Installing Lan Driver; Bios Upgrade; Installing Onboard Sound Driver - AOpen MX3S Easy Installation Manual

Installing LAN Driver

The South Bridge in Intel i815E/i815EP (Solano Series) integrates a total
communication solution including 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet for Office requirement. You
can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, WindowsNT & Windows2000 by
following steps.
Manually Adding an Adapter in Windows 95 / 98
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LOCATION OF DRIVER: \Intel\Driver\Lan\E100BNT5.SYS (NDIS 5.0)
LOCATION OF SETUP FILE: \Intel\Driver\Lan\NET82557.INF
1. From the Control Panel, double-click the "Add Hardware" icon.
2. Double-click Other Devices or Network Adapters in the list area.
3. Double-click a PCI Ethernet Controller.
4. Click the Driver tab, then click Update Driver.
5. Click Next at the Update Device Driver Wizard.
6. Select "Display a list of all the drivers..." and click Next.
7. Insert the AOpen Bonus CD and click Have Disk.
8. Enter the appropriate drive for your disk media
(for example: D:\) ,and click OK.
9. Click OK at the Select Device dialog box.
10. The Update Wizard displays the message that it has found
the driver. Click Next.

Installing Onboard Sound Driver

This motherboard comes with an AD 1885 AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio
driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc autorun menu.
Del
Note: If the New
Hardware Found
dialog box does not
appear at startup
and you cannot
connect to the
network, check the
Device Manager list
to see if the new
adapter is present. If
it is not, please
install the LAN
driver manually.
AOpen Easy Flash is more user friendly than traditional flash method. The BIOS binary
file and flash routine are combined together and you simply run a single file to complete
the flash process.
1.Get new BIOS upgrade program from AOpen's web site. For example,
MX3SP102.EXE. It is recommended to save it to a bootable DOS floppy diskette for
error recovery.
2. Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler (such as
EMM386) or device driver. It needs around 520K free memory space.
3. Execute A:> MX3SP102
DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS!
4. Reboot system and press <Del> 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
Win95/Win98 PnP information will be refreshed and you probably need
to re-configure your system.
Power-on and Load BIOS Setup
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.
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.

BIOS Upgrade