After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on
and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power On Self Test).
Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.
13. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup
14. AOpen Bonus Pack CD
15. Installing VIA 4in1 Driver
You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select
model name.
Del
Warning: Please avoid of using "Load
Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure
your system components (CPU,
SDRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for
turbo setting.
You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI
Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry
(INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
Warning: To take advantage of ATA133, it is a must to
install the latest version of VIA 4in1 driver in the Bonus CD.
For Windows2000, it cannot supports ATA133 even after
installing the latest version of VIA 4-in-1 driver until the new
release of Service-Pack 3 from Microsoft.
16. BIOS Upgrade under Windows Environment
You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps,
and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the
upgrading.
1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex:
http://english.aopen.com.tw/
)
2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK86L102.ZIP) with WinZip
(
http://www.winzip.com
) in Windows environment.
3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAK86L102.EXE &
WAK86L102.BIN.
4. Double click on the WAK86L102.EXE, EzWinFlash will detect the model name and
BIOS version of your motherboard. If you had got the wrong BIOS, you will not be
allowed to proceed with the flash steps.
5. You may select preferred language in the main menu, then click [Start Flash] to start
the BIOS upgrade procedure.
6. EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will pop
up to ask you to restart Windows. You may click [YES] to reboot Windows.
7. Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup, choose "Load Setup Defaults", then
“Save & Exit Setup”. Done!
Warning: The upgrade of new BIOS will permanently replace your original BIOS
content after flashing. The original BIOS setting and Win2000/WinXP PnP
information will be refreshed and you probably need to re-configure your system.
