Bios Upgrade - AOpen AX34-U Easy Installation Manual

16. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup
After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on
Del
and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power On Self Test).
Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.
17. AOpen Bonus Pack CD
You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select
model name.
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.
18. Installing Onboard Sound Driver
This motherboard comes with AD 1885 AC97 CODEC chip, you can find the audio driver
from the Bonus Pack CD autorun menu.

19. BIOS Upgrade

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. Download new BIOS upgrade zipped file from AOpen's web site. For example,
AX34U102.ZIP.
2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports
miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash
utility. Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/) in Windows environment.
3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk.
For example, AX34U102.BIN & AX34U102.EXE
4. Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler (such as
EMM386) or device driver. It needs around 520K free memory space.
5. Execute A:> AX34U102 and the program will do the rest of it.
DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS until you are asked to!!
6. Reboot system and press <Del> to enter BIOS Setup, Choose "Load Setup
Defaults", then "Save & Exit Setup" and finish the BIOS upgrade.
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.