After you finish jumper settings 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.
16. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup
15. AOpen Bonus Pack CD
17. 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://www.aopen.com
)
2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX45F8XMAX102.ZIP) with WinZip
(
http://www.winzip.com
) in Windows environment.
3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX45F8XMAX102.EXE &
WAX45F8XMAX102.BIN.
4. Double click on the WAX45F8XMAX102.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!
It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any application during
FLASH PROCESS.
You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select
model name. After selecting the model name, you can install its AGP, IDE, Audio, LAN
and USB2.0 drivers from this CD.
Del
Warning:
Please avoid of using "Load Turbo
Defaults", unless you are sure your system
components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good
enough for turbo setting.
14. Die Hard BIOS II
Many viruses have been found that they may destroy bios code and data area lately. This
motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method without any software or
BIOS coding involved, therefore it is 100% virus free. Once your BIOS were crashed, it is
easy to save it back. First step is to set JP24 to Pin2-3 to boot up the system with BIOS 2.
After that, please set the JP24 back to Pin1-2, go to AOpen website
(
http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloads
) to get your BIOS version suited for your
motherboard, and have it downloaded and flashed.
Pin1
Pin1
1
Boot from
BIOS1 (default)
1
Boot from
BIOS2
JP 24
1
Protect
BIOS2 (default)
Not protect
BIOS2
1
JP 25
