QDI BrillianX I User Manual

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PENTIUM

IIP6I440BX/B1

Brilliant - I

Notice

The information in this document is subject to change in order to improve
reliability, design, or function without prior notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of this company. In no event will we be liable for direct,
indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or the
possibility of such damages.

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Declaration of conformity

(EC conformity marking)

QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.

5/F Somerset House, TaiKoo Place 979 Kings Road,

Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

declare that the product

Pentium® II Motherboard

Brilliant - I

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with

is in conformity with

89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)

þ EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance

characteristics of information technology equipment

þ EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard part 1:

Residential, commercial and light industry

þ EN 50082-1 Genetic immunity standard Part 1:

Residential, commercial and light industry

European Representative:
QDI COMPUTER ( UK ) LTD QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S
QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBHQDI COMPUTER ( NETHERLANDS) B. V.
QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH
QDI COMPUTER (ESPANA) S.A. QDI COMPUTER (SWEDEN) AB

Signature : Place / Date : HONG KONG /1998

Printed Name : Anders Cheung Position/ Title : President

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc.

Model Name: P6440BX/B1 Brilliant -I

Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc.

Address: 41456 Christy Street

Fremont, CA 94538

Telephone: [phone]

Facsimile: [phone]

Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly

Type of Product: AGP Pentium® II Motherboard

Manufacturer: Quantum Designs (HK) Inc.

Address: 5/F, Somerset House, TaiKoo Place

979 Kings Road, Quarry Bay, HONG

KONG

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Signature : Date : 1998

CONTENTS

SpeedEasy Quick Setup(English)----------------------------------------1
SpeadEasy Schnell-Installation(Deutsch)------------------------------ 3
Fácil Y Veloz Rápida Instalación(Español)----------------------------5
Facilité de vitesse Initialisation(Francais)-----------------------------7
Setup Della Scheda Speedeasy(Italiano)-------------------------------9
SpeedEasy¿ìËÙ°²×°Ö¸ÄÏ(ÖÐÎÄ·±Ìå ) ----------------------------------11
SpeedEasy¿ìËÙ°²×°Ö¸ÄÏ(ÖÐÎļòÌå )---------------------------------13

1. Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------15

Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------15
Key Features----------------------------------------------------------------15

2. Connector Configuration ----------------------------------------------19

Power Switch ---------------------------------------------------------------19
Hard Disk LED Connector -----------------------------------------------20
Reset Switch ----------------------------------------------------------------20
Speaker Connector---------------------------------------------------------20
Power LED Connector ----------------------------------------------------20
Key lock connector --------------------------------------------------------20
Green_LED Connector----------------------------------------------------21
Hardware Green Connector----------------------------------------------21
Infrared Header------------------------------------------------------------21
SBLINK
Cooing Fan Connector----------------------------------------------------22
Chassis security ------------------------------------------------------------22
Wake on Lan Header (WOL) ---------------------------------------------22
Wake on internal Modem(WOM) ----------------------------------------22
I/O Port Description-------------------------------------------------------23
Memory Configuration----------------------------------------------------24

TM

Connector -----------------------------------------------------21

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CONTENTS

Clear CMOS----------------------------------------------------------------24

3. AWARD BIOS Description ------------------------------------------25

Entering Setup--------------------------------------------------------------25
Load Setup Defaults -------------------------------------------------------25
Standard CMOS Setup ----------------------------------------------------26
SpeedEasy CPU Setup ----------------------------------------------------29
BIOS Features Setup ------------------------------------------------------30
Chipset Features Setup----------------------------------------------------33
Power Management Setup ------------------------------------------------35
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ------------------------------------------38
Integrated Peripherals ----------------------------------------------------40
System Monitor Setup -----------------------------------------------------42
Supervisor/UserPassword Setting ---------------------------------------43
IDE HDD Auto Detection ------------------------------------------------44
Power-on Boot--------------------------------------------------------------46

Appendix. BIOS Utility Diskette ---------------------------------------- 47

Installation Procedures-------------------------------------48
Boot Logo ----------------------------------------------------51

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P6I440BX/B1 Brilliant-I

SpeedEasy Quick Setup

Procedures :

1. Insert the Pentium II correctly.

2. Plug in other configurations and restore the system.

3. Press <Del> key and switch on power to the system to enter BIOS

Setup.

4. Enter “SpeedEasy CPU Setup” menu to set up CPU speed.

Note: If you do not set CPU speed, your system will run at

the default setting ( 300MHZ for PentiumII with
100MHz host bus speed, 200MHz for PentiumII with
66MHz host bus speed.).

5. Save and exit BIOS Setup, your system can now boot successfully

as you expected.

1

SpeedEasy Type Introduction

SpeedEasy CPU Setup Menu

Select <SpeedEasy CPU Setup> item from the main menu and enter the sub­menu:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

SpeedEasy CPU SETUP

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CPU Model :
Pentium(R)II
Speed Mode : SpeedEasy
CPU Speed : 350MH

Figure - 1 SpeedEasy CPU Setup Menu

BIOS will provide you with a set of basic values for your PentiumII selection
instead of the jumper setting. You can manually select PentiumII speed on
“SpeedEasy CPU Setup” menu screen.

Warning: Be sure your selection

is right .CPU over speed
will be dangerous!

Z

ESC:Quit ↑ ↓ → ←Select Item
F1: Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
(Shift) F2: Color

M Warning:
Do not set CPU frequency higher than its working frequency.
If you do, we will not be responsible for any damage caused.

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P6I440BX/B1 Brilliant-I

Schnell-Installation durch SpeadEasy

Vorgehensweise der Installation:

1. Legen sie die Pentium® II im Slot 1 mit Hilfe der mitgelieferten
halterung.

2. Vervollständigen Sie das System mit den weiteren erforderlichen
Coputerkomponenten

3. Drücken Sie die Taste < Entf > und schalten Sie das System an um
das BIOS-setup zu gelangen.

4. Steigen Sie in das Menü “SpeedEasy CPU Setup” ein, um die
Geschwindigkeit einzustellen.

ACHTUNG:Falls Sie die Taktfrequenz der CPU nicht setzen,

arbeitet Ihr System mit den Standardwerten für die
CPU. (300MHz für den Pentium®II mit 100MHz
Host Bus Speed, 200MHz für den Pentium®II mit
66MHz Host Bus Speed).

5. Speichern Sie die Einstellungen und verlassen Sie das BIOS, um die

auvor eingestellte Taktfrequenz zu aktivieren.

3

SpeedEasy Einführung

SpeedEasy CPU Installationsmenü

Wählen Sie < SpeedEasy CPU Setting> aus dem Hauptmenü und öffnen Sie
das untergeordnete Menü

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

SpeedEasy CPU SETUP

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CPU Model :
Pentium(R)II
Speed Mode : SpeedEasy
CPU Speed : 350MH

Abb. 1 SpeedEasy CPU Installationsmenü

Das BIOS stellt lhnen eine Reihe von Grundeinstellungen für lhren Pentium® II
zur Verfügung, anstelle von “jumper setting”. Sie können manuell die
Geschwindigkeit des Pentium® II innerhalb des “SpeedEasy CPU
Installationsmenüs” einstellen

Warning: Be sure your selection

is right .CPU over speed
will be dangerous!

Z

ESC:Quit ↑ ↓ → ←Select Item
F1: Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
(Shift) F2: Color

M Warnung:
Bitte Setzen Sie die Taktfrequenz dor CPU nicht höber als die
tatsëchliche freigegebene Taktfrequenz, ansonsten Kann QDI für
rechtliche Anspruche nicht herangezogen werden.

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P6I440BX/B1 Brilliant-I

SpeedEasy Instalación rápida

Procedimiento:

1. Introduzca correctamente el Pentium®II.

2. Finalize el proceso de ensamblaje de su equipo.

3. Presione la tecla <Supr> y encienda el sistema, para entrar en BIOS.

4. Entre al menu “SpeedEasy CPU setup” para establecer la velocidad
de su CPU.

Nota: Si no establece la velocidad del CPU, su sistema funcionará
a la velocidad minima por defecto (300MHz para Pentium® II con
velocidad de bus de 100MHz, 200MHz para Pentium® II con
velocidad de bus de 66MHz )

5. Salve y salga de BIOS, luego su sistema arrancará a la velocidad por
Ud. seleccionada.

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Introducción de Instalación SpeedEasy

Menu del SpeedEasy CPU

Seleccione el item <SpeedEasy CPU setup> desde el menu principal, y entre
en el submenu:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

SpeedEasy CPU SETUP

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CPU Model :
Pentium(R)II
Speed Mode : SpeedEasy
CPU Speed : 350MH

Figura-1 Menu del CPU SpeedEasy

BIOS le proporcionará unos valores básicos para la elección de su Pentium®II,
en vez de tener que configurar jumpers. Ud. puede seleccionar manulmente la
velocidad de Pentium®II en el menu “SpeedEasy CPU Setup”.

Warning: Be sure your selection

is right .CPU over speed
will be dangerous!

Z

ESC:Quit ↑ ↓ → ←Select Item
F1: Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
(Shift) F2: Color

M Aviso

NO es recommendable selecclonar una frecuencia de trabajo
superìor a la cual esta diseñada su CPU. De otra manera, no
seremos responsables de los daños que esto pudiera ocasionar.

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P6I440BX/B1 Brilliant-I

Facilité de vitesse Initialisation

Procédure:

1. Insérez le Pentium® II correctement.

2. Connectez les autres configurations et restaurez le système.

3. Appuyez sur la touche <Del> et mettez le système sous tension

pour entrer dans l’initialisation BIOS.

4. Entrez le menu “SpeedEasy CPU Setup” (=initialisation de la

facilité de vitesse dans l’unité centrale) pour déterminer la vitesse
de l’unite centrale.

Note: Si vous ne déterminez pas la vitesse de votre unité

centrale, votre système fonctionnera par défaut
(300MHz pour le Pentium® II avec vitesse bus d'hõte
de 100MHz, 200MHz pour le Pentium® II avec vitesse
bus d'hõte de 66MHz).

5. Sauvegardez et sortez de la position BIOS. Le système pourra alors

démarrer avec le succès auquel vous vous attendez.

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Introduction Du Type Facilité de vitesse

Menu d’initialisation de “SpeedEasy” dans l’unité centrale.

Sélectionnez la rubrique <SpeedEasy CPU Setup> dans le menu principal et
entrez le sous-menu:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

SpeedEasy CPU SETUP

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CPU Model :
Pentium(R)II
Speed Mode : SpeedEasy
CPU Speed : 350MH

Figure-1 Menu d’initialisation de “SpeedEasy” dans l’unité centrale

BIOS fournira un jeu de valeurs de base pour votre sélection de Pentium ®II
au lieu de positions cavaliers. Vous pouvez sélectionner manuellement la
vitesse de Pentium® II dans l’affichage du menu “SpeedEasy CPU Setup”.

Warning: Be sure your selection

is right .CPU over speed
will be dangerous!

Z

ESC:Quit ↑ ↓ → ←Select Item
F1: Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
(Shift) F2: Color

MAvertissement:

Ne vous laissez pas aller à installer une fréquence à l’unité centrale
supérieure à sa fréquence de travail. Sinon nous déclinerons toutes
responsabilités en ce qui concerne les dégâts qui en résulteraient.

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P6I440BX/B1 Brilliant-I

SETUP DELLA SCHEDA
SPEEDEASY

Procedura di installazione:

1. Inserite il microprocessore Pentium®II come da istruzioni.

2. Modificate la configurazione del computer e ripristinate il sistema.

3. Premete il tasto <Del> e accendete il computer per entrare nel setup

BIOS.

4. Entrate nel menu “SpeedEasy CPU* Setup” per regolare la velocità

del microprocessore.

Nota: se non regolate la velocità del microprocessore, il sistema

funzionerà con le regolazioni standard (Microprocessore
Pentium® II da 300MHz con velocità di “host bus” da
100MHz e microprocessore Pentium® II da 200MHz con
velocità di “host bus” da 66MHz).

5. Salvate e uscite dal Setup BIOS, e fate ripartire il computer.

1

*CPU= microprocessore

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Spiegazioni tecniche sul microprocesore SpeedEasy

carico di eventuali danni al micorprocessore.

Menu del Setup del Microprocessore
SpeedEasy

Selezionare <SpeedEasy CPU Setup> dal menu principale ed entrare nel
seguente sottomenu:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

SpeedEasy CPU SETUP

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CPU Model :
Pentium(R)II
Speed Mode : SpeedEasy
CPU Speed : 350MH

Figure -1 Menu del Setup del Microprocessore SpeedEasy

I1 sistema BIOS Vi fornirà una serie di valori base per la selezione del
microprocessore Pentium® II al posto della regolazione jumper
(dell’accoppiamento). Potete selezionare manualmente la velocità del
Pentium® II sulla schermata “SpeedEasy CPU Setup”.

Warning: Be sure your selection

is right .CPU over speed
will be dangerous!

Z

ESC:Quit ↑ ↓ → ←Select Item
F1: Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
(Shift) F2: Color

MAvvertenza:

non dovete regolare la frequenza del microprocessore più alta di
quella predisposta, altrimenti la casa produttrice non si farà

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1
Introduction

Overview

P6I440BX/B1 Brilliant-I green mainboard provides a highly integrated
solution for fully compatible, high performance PC/ATX platforms, and
supports PentiumII processors, flexible main memory size can be installed
from 8MB up to 384MB SDRAM, so as to give full play to the advantages of
PentiumII processors. The mainboard offers a wide range of interface to
support integrated on-board IDE and on-board I/O function. The current green
function is compliant to ACPI specification and OS Directed Power
Management.

Key Features

PentiumII

• Supports all Intel Pentium® II processors, eg.

233/266/300/333Mhz with 66MHz bus speed and
350/400/450MHz with 100MHZ bus speed

• Supports 100/66MH

• Pentium

x5, x5.5



II core frequency =Bus speed x2.5 x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5,

• On board switching voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID), and

PentiumII core supply voltage can be selected from 1.3V to

3.5V automatically.

bus speed

Z

Chipset

• Intel

System memory

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

440BX (82443BX, 82371EB PIIX4E)
It’s a Intel third generation of desktop PCIset on Pentium® II
processor architecture.

Introduction

• Three 168-pin DIMM sockets

• 3.3V only DIMM DRAM configuration.

• Synchronous 100-MHz or 66-MHz SDRAM

• 4-Mbit, 16-Mbit, 64-Mbit and 128-Mbit DRAM devices.

• For up to 384MB SDRAM memory.

• SDRAM 64 bit data interface with ECC support.

On-board IDE

• Supports two PCI PIO and bus Master IDE ports.

• Supports up to Mode 4 Timing

• Supports 2 Fast IDE interfaces for up to 4 IDE devices including

• Supports “Ultra DMA/33” Synchronous DMA mode transfers up

• Integrated 8x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.

Green function

• Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)

• Supports three green modes: Doze, Standby and Suspend.

• Power LED will blink when the system is in green status.

IDE hard disks and CD ROMs.

to 33 Mbytes/sec.

specification and OS Directed Power Management.

On-board I/O

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• Use WINBOND W83977TF-AW I/O chip

• One floppy port supports up to two 3.5”or 5.25” floppy drives of

360K /720K/1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format.

• Supports LS-120 floppy disk drive and ZIP drive.

• All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled by BIOS setup

• Two high speed 16550 fast compatible UARTs (COM1/COM2/

COM3 /COM4 selectable) with 16-byte send/receive FIFOs and
support MIDI mode.

Chapter 1

• One enabled parallel port at I/O address 378H/278H/3BCH with

additional bi-direction I/O capability and multi-mode (SPP/EPP/
ECP) (IEEE1284 compliant).

• Provides protection circuit to prevent damage to the parallel

port when a connected printer is powered up or operated at a
higher voltage.

Advanced Feature

• On board LM80 support system monitoring (monitor system

voltages, temperature, chassis intrusion and FAN speed)
(Optional)

• MAXIM1617 monitors the temperature of the CPU (Optional)

• Supports LDCM(LanDesk Client Manager) software (Optional)

• On board PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard socket

• Two USB ports

• On board switching voltage regulator with VID (support1.3V to

3.5V)

• Provides Anti-Virus function

• Provides Infrared interface

• Supports Windows 95 Software Power-Down

• Supports both internal and external Modem Ring Power-On

• Supports Auto Fan off when system enters suspend mode

• Supports Wake on LAN function.

BIOS

• Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, Supports Flash ROM

BIOS, Plug and play ready. Built-in NCR® 53C810 SCSI BIOS

• Full supports for ACPI Specification and OS Directed Power

Management

• Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI bootup

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Introduction

AGP

• Complies with the A.G.P specification Rev 1.0

• Supports for +3.3V A.G.P -66/133 devices

• Synchronous complying to the host bus frequency.

Expansion slots

• 3 x ISA slots and 4 x PCI slots

• 1 AGP Slot

Board size

• 305 mm x 190mm

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Chapter 2

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

Chapter 2
Connector Configuration

This section lists all connector pin assignment and port description on the
main-board. The situations of the connectors and ports are illustrated in the
following figures. Before inserting these connectors, please pay attention to
the directions.

Power Switch (POWER)

1 POWER
2 3V_STB

Connect ATX Power Supply connector to socket J1 first.

1. If you want to power up your system, you should turn on the mechanical
switch of ATX power supply first, then push once the button connected to the
two pin header (POWER).

2. If you want to power off your system, you need not turn off the mechanical
switch of ATX power supply , just push once* again the button connected to
the two pin header(POWER). The location of connector is shown as below
figure:

*Note: If you change “soft-off by PWR-BTTN” from default “Instant-off”

to “Delay 4 Secs”, you will have to press the power button for more than 4
seconds before the system power down. For details, please refer to Page 37.

J1

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Connector Configuration

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

SETTING

FUNCTION

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

SETTING

FUNCTION

.Hard Disk LED Connector(HD.LED)

1 LED ANODE
2 LED CATHODE

Reset Switch (RESET)

CLOSE ONCE RESET THE SYSTEM
OPEN NORMAL

Speaker Connector(SPEAKER)

1 SPKDATA
2 NC
3 GND
4 VCC

Power LED Connector (PWR_LED)

PIN NUMBER FUNCTION

1 LED Anode
2 LED Cathode
3 LED Cathode

The LED connected to “PWR LED” will light slightly when system in soft
Power-Down status.

Key lock Connector ( KEY_L)

CLOSE PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard
OPEN NORMAL

Green LED Connector(

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Chapter 2

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

1

GREEN

SETTING

FUNCTION

CLOSE ONCE

HARDWARE GREEN

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

1

VCC

2NC3

IRRX

4

GND5IRTX

6

VCC

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

1

PC/PCI DMA ACKNOWLEDGE

2

GND3KEY4PC/PCI DMA REQUEST

5

GND6SERIAL INTERRUPT REQUEST

GREEN_LED)

2 GND
3 GND

The LED connected to “GREEN_LED” will light when system is running, blink
when system in green status and will light slightly when system is soft Power­Down status. If you have only one power LED on you chassis, connecting it to
this connector is recommended.

Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP)

OPEN NORMAL

Infrared Header(INFRARED)

SBLINK

TM

Connector (SBLINK)

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Connector Configuration

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

1

FAN ground

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

1

Standby Power(+5V)

PIN NUMBER

FUNCTION

1

Standby Power(+5V)

Cooling Fan Connectors(CPUFAN,CHSFAN)

2 FAN power
3 FAN speed sense

Note: These two fans are set as “ ON ”as default. They will be stopped

automatically when system entering suspend mode.

Chassis Security (CHSSEC):

Opened if chassis is closed.
Closed if chassis is opened.

Wake on Lan connector( WOL)

2 GND
3 Wake on Lan signal (active high)

Wake on internal Modem connector( WOM)

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2 GND
3 WOM# signal (active low )

I/O Port Description

IDE1

Primary IDE Port

CONNECTOR FUNCTION

IDE2 Secondary IDE Port
FLOPPY Floppy Drive Port
PRINTER Parallel Port
UART1 COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4
UART2 COM2/COM3/COM4/COM1
USB1 First USB Port
USB2 Second USB Port

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Memory Configuration

Figure 2-1 Illustration of All Connectors on Board

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Connector Configuration

supply then close once

The P6I440BX/B1 Brilliant-I main board supports up to three 168PIN 3.3V
un-buffered 100MHz/66MHz DIMM, provides a flexible size from 8MB up to
384MB SDRAM memory. The following set of rules allows for optimum
configurations.
Rules for populating a 440BX memory array:

, DIMM sockets can be populated in any order.
, Using the serial presence detect (SPD) data structure, programmed into

an E2PROM on the DIMM, the BIOS can determine the SDRAM’S size
and speed.

, The DRAM Timing register, which provides the DRAM speed grade

control for the entire memory array, must be programmed to use the
timings of the slowest DRAMs installed.

, Pentium® II processors with 100MHz bus speed should be paired only

with 100MHz SDRAM.

, Possible SDRAM memory size is 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB

in each DIMM socket.

Clear CMOS

¸ Power down the AC

Note: You must power down the AC supply(110/220V) when you want to

clear CMOS.

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Clear CMOS :

Normal:

JCC

JCC

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Entering Setup

Power on the computer, when the following message appears briefly at
the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press
<Del> key or simultaneously press <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Esc> keys.

Press <Del> to enter SETUP

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
(Figure 1) will be appeared on the screen. The main menu allows you to
select from twelve setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys
to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub­menu.

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CMOS SETUP UTILITY

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP

SpeedEasy CPU SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
Esc: Quit
F10: Save & Exit Setup ( Shift) F2:Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type ...

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
System Monitor SETUP

↑ ↓ → ← :Select Item

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Figure-1 Main Menu

Load Setup Defaults

The Setup Defaults is common and efficient setting.

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Standard CMOS Setup

Use the arrow keys to highlight the item, then use the < PgUp> or <PgDn>
keys to select the value you want in each item.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KQ19)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Thu, Mar, 3, 1998
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 17:27:52

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master
Primary Slave
Secondary Master
Secondary Slave

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in. Base Memory
Drive B : None Extended Memory : 97280K

Video : EGA/VGA Total Memory : 98304K
Halt On : All Errors

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F1 :Help (Shift)F2 :Change Color

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:Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

:Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

:Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

:Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Other Memory : 384K

Figure-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu

Hard Disk
Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/Secondary Slave

The categories identify the types of 2 IDE channels that have been installed in
the computer. There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types are
used for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined. Type “User”
is user-definable. If your hard disk drive type is not matched with drive table
or listed in it, you can use Type “User” to define your own drive type
manually.

If you select Type “Auto”, that means the system can autodetect your hard
disk when boots up. If you select Type “User”, related information is asked to
be entered into the following items. Enter the information directly from the
keyboard and press <Enter>:

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CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of heads
PRECOMP write pre-compensation LANDZ landing zone
SECTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access

mode

Video

You have two ways to boot up the system:
I. When VGA is used as primary and monochrome is used as

secondary, the selection of the video type is “EGA/VGA” mode.

II. When monochrome is used as primary and VGA is used as
secondary, the selection of the video type is “Mono” mode.

EGA/ VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter / Video Graphic Array. For

EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters.
CGA 40 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 40 column mode.
CGA 80 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 80 column mode.
MONO Monochrome adapter, including high resolution

monochrome adapters.

Halt On

The category determines that whether the computer will stop or not if an
error is detected during powering up.

No errors The system boot will not stop for any error that

may be detected.

All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error,

the system will stop and you will be prompted.

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard

error, but it will stop for all the other errors.

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error;

but it will stop for all the other errors.

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk

error, but it will stop for all the other errors.

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Memory

The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self
Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the

amount of base (or conventional) memory
installed in the system.

Extended Memory The BIOS determines that how much extended

memory is presented during the POST.

Other Memory This is the memory that can be used for different

applications. Most use for this area is Shadow
RAM.

Total Memory Total memory of the system is the sum of the

above memory.

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SpeedEasy CPU SETUP

QDI Innovative Technology

CPU Model : Pentium ( R ) II
Speed Model : SpeedEasy
CPU Speed : 350MH

z

Figure-3 SpeedEasy CPU Setup

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Warning: Be sure your selection
is right. CPU over speed

will be dangerous.

ESC : Quit ↑↓→←: Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
(Shift)F2 : Color

The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the
meanings of each option.

Item Option Description

• CPU Model

• Speed Mode

SpeedEasy

Jumper
Emulation

BIOS can automatically detect CPU model, so
this item is shown only.
You should select CPU speed according to your
CPU brand and type.
This item is only for the user who understand all
the CPU parameters, i.e. System Bus frequency,
“100MHz / 66MHz” and multiplication of
Processor Core frequency to System Bus
frequency “ ×2.5, ×3, ×3.5, ×4, ×4.5, ×5, ×5.5”.

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Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow :Enabled
Pentium(R)II L1 Cache : Enabled C8000~CBFFF Shadow :Disabled
Pentium(R)II L2 Cache : Enabled CC000~CFFFF Shadow :Disabled
Pentium(R)II L2 Cache ECC : Enabled D0000~D3FFF Shadow :Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D4000~D7FFF Shadow :Disabled
Boot From LAN First : Disabled D8000~DBFFF Shadow :Disabled
Boot Sequence : C,A, SCSI DC000~DFFFF Shadow :Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled Delay For HDD (Secs) : 0
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Disabled Show Bootup Logo : Enabled
Hard Disk Write Protect : Disabled
Drive A Boot Permit : Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status : On
Gate A20 Option : Fast
Security Option : Setup
PS/2 mouse function control : Enabled
OS Select For DRAM>64MB : Non-OS2 F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
Report No FDD For Win95 : Yes F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color

Figure-4 BIOS Features Setup Menu

The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the
meaning of each option.

ESC: Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Item Option Description

• Virus Warning

• Pentium(R)II

L1/L2 Cache

• Pentium(R)II

L2 Cache
ECC

• Quick Power
On Self Test

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Enabled

Disabled

Enabled
Disabled
Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Activate automatically when the system boots up
causing a warning message to appear when anything
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk
partition table.
No warning message appears when anything
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk
partition table.

Note:This function is available only for DOS
and other OS that do not trap INT13.

Enable Pentium® II internal Level1/Level2 cache.
Disable Pentium® II internal Level1/Level2 cache.
Enable Pentium® II L2 Cache ECC (Error
Checking and Correction) function.
Disabled Pentium® II L2 Cache ECC function.

Enable quick POST. BIOS will shorten or skip
some check items during POST to speed up POST
after you power on the computer.

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• Boot from LAN
First

• Boot Sequence

• Swap Floppy

Drive

• Boot Up Floppy
Seek

• Hard Disk Write

Protect

• Driver A Boot

Permit

• Boot Up
Numlock Status

• Gate A20
Option

• Security Option

• PS/2 mouse

function control

• OS Select For
DRAM>64MB

• Video BIOS
Shadow

• C8000~CBFFF
Shadow ...
DC000-DFFFF
Shadow:

• Delay For HDD
(Secs):

• Show Bootup

Logo

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
C,A,SCSI, ...
C,CDROM,A
LS/ZIP, C
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
On
Off
Normal

Fast

System

Setup

Enabled
Disabled
Non-OS2

OS2

Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
0∼15

Enabled
Disabled

Normal POST.
Boot from LAN is ahead of any boot sequence
selection (LAN Adapter must support this function).
Do not boot from LAN first.

You can choose any search sequence for bootup.

It will exchange the assignment of A&B floppy
drives.
The assignment of A&B floppy drives are normal.
BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if
drive is ready for diskette read/write during booting.
skip drive seeking to speed up system booting.
Do not allow hard disk to be writed any data.
Allow hard disk to be writed any data.
Boot from driver A function is enabled
Boot from driver A function is disabled
Keypad is used as number keys.
Keypad is used as arrow keys.
The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller
or chipset hardware.
It is default. The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92
or chipset specific method.
The system will not boot and access to Setup will be
denied if the correct password is not entered when
prompting.
The system will boot up, but access to Setup will be
denied if the correct password is not entered when
prompting.
Without using PS/2 mouse, it will release all PS/2
resource.
If your operating system is not OS/2, please select
this item.
If system DRAM is more than 64MB and operating
system is OS/2, please select this item.
Video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video Shadow
will increase the video speed.
Video shadow is disabled.
Optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K
bytes per unit.

The shadow function is disabled.
Set the predelay time for hard disk to be ready to be
accessed by the system.
Show Bootup Logo.
Do not show Bootup Logo.

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16Bit I/O Recovery Time

ESC: Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item

One additional wait state is inserted before the

assertion of the first CASx# for page hit

setup time to the CASx# for the leadoff page

hit cycle. Page miss and row miss timing are

Chipset Features Setup

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CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

Auto Configuration : Enabled Clock Spread Spectrum : Disabled
EDO DRAM Speed Selection : 60ns Close Empty DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled
EDO CASx# MA Wait State : 2 Close Empty PCI Clock : Disabled
EDO RASx# Wait State : 2
SDRAM CAS Latency Time : 3
DRAM ECC Select : Non-ECC
System BIOS Cacheable : Disabled
Video BIOS Cacheable : Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable : Disabled
8Bit I/O Recovery Time : 1

Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled
Passive Release : Enabled
Delayed Transaction
AGP Aperture Size (MB) : 64

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F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure-5 Chipset Features Setup Menu

The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the
meaning of each option.

Item Option Description

• Auto Configuration

• EDO DRAM Speed

Selection

• EDO CASx# MA
Wait State

• EDO RASx# Wait
State

Enabled

Disabled
50ns,
60ns

2

1
2

Automatically configure DRAM Timing
according to the value of “DRAM Speed
Selection”.
Manually configure.

This item is of selected EDO DRAM read/write
timing. You must ensure that your DIMMs are as fast
as 50ns, otherwise you have to select 60ns.

cycles. This allows one additional clock of MA

not affected by this bit .
Without additional wait state.
One additional wait state is inserted before

RASx# is asserted for row misses. This

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provides one clock of additional MAX[13:0]
setup time to RASx# assertion. This bit does
not affect page misses since the MAX[13:0]
lines are setup several clocks in advance of
RASx# assertion for page misses.
Without additional wait state.

Define the CLT timing parameter of SDRAM
expressed in the bus speed (eg. 100 MHZ
clocks. Latency Time=2 clocks
Latency Time=3 clocks
Provide ECC (Error Checking and Correction)
function.
Disable ECC function.
Beside conventional memory, the system BIOS
area is also cacheable.
The system BIOS area is not cacheable.
Beside conventional memory, video BIOS area
is also cacheable.
Video BIOS area is not cacheable.
Beside conventional memory, video BIOS area
is also cacheable.
Video BIOS area is not cacheable.
Define the ISA Bus 8 bit I/O operating
recovery time.
8 bit I/O recovery time is not exist.
Define the ISA Bus 16 bit I/O operating
recovery time.
16 bit I/O recovery time is not exist.
Memory Hole at 15-16M is reserved for
expanded PCI card.
Do not set this memory hole.
Suggest to use default.

Suggest to use default.

Set the effective size of the Graphics Aperture
to be used in the particular PAC
Configuration.
Enable Clock spread spectrum or close empty
DIMM clock or PCI clock will be helpful to
reduce EMI.

• SDRAM CAS Latency
Time

• DRAM ECC Select

• System BIOS

Cacheable

• Video BIOS Cacheable

• Video RAM

Cacheable

• 8 Bit I/ O Recovery
Time

• 16 Bit I / O
Recovery Time

• Memory Hole At
15M-16M

• Passive Release

• Delayed Transaction

• AGP Aperture Size

(MB)

•Clock Spread
Spectrum
Close Empty
DIMM/PCI Clk
Close Empty PCI Clock

1
2

3
ECC

Non-ECC
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
1∼ 8

NA
1∼ 4

NA
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
4∼256

Enabled
Disabled

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POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

ACPI function :Disabled IRQ 8 Break Suspend :Disabled
Power Management :User Define ** Reload Global Timer Events **
PM Control by APM :Yes IRQ [3-7,9-15], NMI :Enabled
Video Off Method :V/H SYNC+Blank Primary IDE 0 :Disabled
Video Off After :Standby Primary IDE 1 :Disabled
MODEM Use IRQ : NA Secondary IDE 0 :Disabled

Doze Mode :Disabled Serial Port :Enabled
Standby Mode :Disabled Parallel Port :Disabled
Suspend Mode :Disabled
HDD Power Down
Throttle Duty Cycle

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN :Instant-Off
CPUFAN Off In Suspend :Enabled
Resume by Ring :Disabled
Resume by LAN :Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
Resume by Alarm :Disabled F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color

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Secondary IDE 1 :Disabled
Floppy Disk :Disabled

:Disabled
:50%

ESC: Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure-6 Power Management Setup Menu

The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the
meanings of each option.

Item Option Description

• ACPI function

• Power

Management

• PM Control

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

User Define

Min Saving

Max Saving

No

Invalidates ACPI function.
Validates ACPI function.
Global Power Management (PM) will be disabled.
Users can configure their own Power Management
Timer.

Pre - defined timer value are used such that all
timers are in their MAX values
Pre - defined timer value are used such that all
timers are in their MIN value
System BIOS will ignore APM when Power

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by APM Management is enabled.

Yes

• Video Off
Method

• Video Off After

• MODEM Use

IRQ

• Doze mode

• Standby Mode

• Suspend Mode

• HDD Power

Down

Blank Screen

V / H SYNC +
Blank

DPMS

N/A
Suspend
Standby
Doze
3,7,5,7,9,
10,11
NA
Disabled
1Min ∼ 1 Hr

Disabled
1 Min ∼ 1Hr

Disabled
1 Min ∼ 1Hr

Disabled
1 ∼15 Min

System BIOS will wait for APM’s prompt before it
enters any PM mode e.g. Standby or Suspend.

Note: If APM is installed, and if there is a task
running, even the timer is time out, the APM
will not prompt the BIOS to put the system into
any power saving mode. But if APM is not
installed, this option has no effect.

The system BIOS will only blank off the screen
when disabling video.
In addition to Blank Screen, BIOS will also turn
off the V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA
cards to monitor.
This function is enabled only for the VGA card
supporting DPMS.

Note: Green monitors detect the V/H-SYNC
signals to turn off its electron gun .

System BIOS will never turn off the screen.
Screen off after system enters into Suspend mode.
Screen off after system enters into Standby mode.
Screen off after system enters into Doze mode.
Special wake-up event for Modem.

Invalidates this feature.
The system will never enter Doze mode.
Define the continuous idle time before the system
entering Doze mode. If any item defined in “Wake
Up Events In Doze & Suspend” is On and
activated, the system will be waken up.
The system will never enter Standby mode.
Define the continuous idle time before the system
entering Standby mode. If any item defined in
“Wake Up Events In Doze & Suspend” is On and
activated, the system will be waken up.
The system will never enter Suspend mode.
Define the continuous idle time before the system
entering Suspend mode. If any item defined in
“Wake Up Events In Suspend” is On and
activated, the system will be waken up.
HDD’s motor will not be off.
Define the continuous HDD idle time before the
HDD entering power saving mode (motor off).

• Throttle Duty

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12.5%
25%

Selects the duty cycle of the STPCLK# signal
when the system is in the system throttling mode.

• Soft-Off by
PWR-BTTN

• Resume by

Ring

• Resume by LAN

• Resume by

Alarm

• IRQ 8 Break

Suspend

37.5%
50 %

62.5%
75%

87.5%
Instant-Off

Delay 4 Secs

Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

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The system will power off immediately when you
press the “Power” button.
The system will power off after you press the
“Power” button for more than 4 seconds,
otherwise the system will enter “sleeping” mode.
Allow the system to be powered on when a Ring
Indicator signal comes up to UART1 or UART2
from external modem or comes up to WOM# from
internal modem card.
Do not allow Ring Power-On.

Allow the system to be powered on when a remote
waker-up signal comes up from LAN adapter .
Do not allow wake-up on LAN

RTC alarm can be used to generate a wake event
when the system is in a sleeping or in power off.
RTC no alarm function.
Generate a clock event.
Do not generate a clock event.

Note: IRQ8 Clock Event must be enabled when
you want to use Resume By Ring, Resume by LAN
and Alarm.

• IRQ [3-7, 9-15],
NMI
……

Parallel Port

Enabled
Disabled

Reload global timer.
No influence to global timer.

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PNP OS Installed : No PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ No. : Auto
Resources Controlled By : Manual PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ No. : Auto
Force Updating ESCD : Disabled PCI Slot 3 Use IRQ No. : Auto

IRQ-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-4 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP Used MEM base addr : N/A
IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP Assign IRQ For USB : Enabled
IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP Assign IRQ For VGA : Enabled
IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-15 assigned to : Legacy ISA
DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color

PCI Slot 4 Use IRQ No. : Auto

ESC: Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure-7 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Menu

The following pages will tell you the options of each item and describe the
meaning of each option.

Item Option Description

• PNP OS Installed

• Resources Controlled By

• Force Update ESCD

• IRQ-3∼IRQ-15 assigned

to

Yes
No
Manual

Auto

Enabled

Disabled
Legacy ISA

Device resource assigned by PnP OS.
Device resource assigned by BIOS.
Assign system resources (IRQ and
DMA) manually by user.
Assign system resources (IRQ and
DMA) automatically by BIOS.
The system BIOS will force updating
ESCD once, then automatically set
this item Disable.
Disable force update ESCD function.
The specified IRQ-x will be assigned
to ISA only.

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• DMA-0∼DMA-7
assigned to

• PCI Slot 1/2/3/4 Use IRQ

No.

• Used MEM base address C800/8 ∼ 64K

• Assign an IRQ for USB

• Assign an IRQ for VGA

Legacy ISA

PCI/ISA PnP

Auto,3,4,5,7,9
10,11,12,14,15

N/A
Enabled
Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

The specified IRQ-x will be assigned
to ISA or PCI.
The specified DMA-x will be assigned
to ISA only.
The specified DMA-x will be assigned
to ISA or PCI.
Assign an IRQ for PCI slot1/2/3/4
manually or automatically.
Claim a memory space occupied by
legacy ISA card.
Invalidate this feature.
Assign an IRQ for USB when used
This function is disabled (USB can’t
be used in this moment ).
Assign an IRQ for VGA Card which
needed
Do not assign an IRQ for VGA card .

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: 378/IRQ7

: SPP

Integrated Peripherals

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

IDE HDD Block Mod : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port
IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Parallel Port Mode
IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto

IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto

IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled
USB Keyboard Support : Disabled

Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled
FDC Write Protect : Disabled

Onboard Serial Port 1 :3F8/IRQ4 F1 : Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
Onboard Serial Port 2 :2F8/IRQ3 F5 : Old Value (Shift) F2 : Color
Serial Port 2 Mode : Normal F7 : Load Setup Default

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ESC: Quit ↑↓→← : Select Ite

Figure-8 Integrated Peripherals Menu

The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the
meaning of each option.

Item Option Description

• IDE HDD Block

Mode

• IDE

Primary/ Secondary
Master/Slave PIO

• IDE

Primary/ Secondary
Master/Slave UDMA

Enabled

Disabled

Mode 0 - 4

Auto

Auto

Disabled

Allow IDE HDD read/write several sectors
one time.
IDE HDD only reads/writes a sector for one
time.
Define the IDE primary/secondary master/
slave PIO mode.
The IDE PIO mode is defined according to
auto - detect.
Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if ultra
DMA device is detected.
Disable this function.

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• On-chip

Primary/Secondary
PCI IDE

• USB Keyboard

Support

• Onboard FDC

Controller

• FDC Write Protect

• Onboard Serial Port

1/2

• Serial Port 2 Mode

• Onboard Parallel

Port

• Parallel Port Mode

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

Disabled
Enabled
3F8/IRQ4,
2F8/IRQ3,
3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3,
3F8/IRQ10
2F8/IRQ11
3E8/IRQ10
2E8/IRQ11
Disabled,
Normal
ASKIR

IrDA

378/IRQ7,
278/IRQ5,
3BC/IRQ7
SPP
EPP
ECP,
ECP+EPP

On-chip primary/secondary PCI IDE port is
enabled.
On-chip primary/secondary PCI IDE port is
disabled.
USB Keyboard Support enabled.
USB Keyboard Support disabled.
Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled.
Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled.
Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled.
Disable FDC Write Protection
Enable FDC Write Protection
Define onboard serial port address and
required interrupt number.

Onboard serial port is disabled.
Define Serial Port 2 as standard serial port.
Support SHARP ASK-IR protocol with
maximum baud rate up to 57600bps.
Support IrDA version 1.0 SIR protocol with
maxiumum baud rate up to 115.2Kbps.
Define onboard parallel port address and
IRQ channel.

Define the parallel port mode as
Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced
Parallel Port (EPP), or Extended
Capabilities Port (ECP).

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AWARD BIOS Description

System Monitor Setup

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

System Monitor SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE , INC.

Current System Temp.

Current CHSFAN Speed : 0 RPM
Current CPUFAN Speed : 4821RPM

+3.3V Voltage : 3.32V

VTT (+1.5V) Voltage : 1.53V`

+5V Voltage : 5.02V
VCCVID (CPU) Voltage : 2.02V
+12V Voltage : 11.96V

-12V Voltage : -12.03V

-5V Voltage : -5.06V

: 320C / 890F

Chassis status : Closed

Figure-9 System Monitor Setup Menu

ESC: QUIT ↑↓→← : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

The following pages tell you the meaning of each item.

Item

• Current System Temp.

• Current CHSFAN Speed

Current CPUFAN Speed

• + 3.3V,
VTT (+1.5) Voltage,
+ 5V,
VCCVID (CPU) Voltage,
+12 V,

- 12 V,

- 5 V.

• Chassis Status

Current
data shown

:

Display the current mainboard temperature
detected by “LM80” chip.
RPM (Revolution Per Minute) Speed of fan
which is connected to the fan header CPUFAN
or CHSFAN. Fan speed value is based on an
assumption that tachometer signal is two pulses
per revolution; In other cases, you should
regard it relatively.
Display current Voltage value including all the
most important voltages of the mainboard.
+3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V are voltages
from the ATX power supply, VTT (+1.5)
Voltage is GTL Termination Voltage from the
on board regulator, and VCCVID (CPU)
Voltage is CPU Core Voltage from the on board
switching Power Supply.
The chassis is closed or opened currently.

Description

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Chapter 3

Supervisor/User Password

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center
of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD

Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password
typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory.
You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and
press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter
a password.

To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter
password. A message will confirm the password being disabled. Once the
password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED

If you select “System” at “Security Option” of “BIOS Features Setup” Menu,
you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or
any time you try to enter “CMOS Setup”.

If you select “Setup” at “Security Option” of “BIOS Features Setup” Menu, you
will be prompted for the password only when you try to enter “CMOS Setup”.

Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password. You can use
Supervisor Password when booting system or entering “CMOS Setup” to modify

all settings. Also you can use User Password when booting system or entering
“CMOS Setup” but can not modify any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled.

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AWARD BIOS Description

IDE HDD Auto Detection

The Enhanced IDE features was included in all Award BIOS. Below is a brief
description of this features.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master:

Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N

Option Size Cyls Heads Precomp Landzone Sectors Mode
2(Y) 541 525 32 0 1049 67 LBA
1 541 1050 16 65535 1049 63 NORMAL
3 541 525 32 65535 1049 63 LARGE

Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use “NORMAL” for installation

ESC: Skip

Figure-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu

1. Setup Changes

With auto-detection

• BIOS setup will display all possible modes that is supported by

the HDD including NORMAL, LBA and LARGE.

• If HDD does not support LBA modes, no “LBA” option will be shown.

• If number of physical cylinders is less than or equal to 1024,“LARGE”

option may not be shown.

• Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them.

With Standard CMOS Setup

CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LAND SECTOR MODE

Drive C: User(516MB) 1120 16 65535 1119 59 Normal
Drive D: None(203MB) 684 16 65535 685 38 ---------

ZONE

When HDD type is in “user” type, the “MODE” option will be opened for
user to select their own HDD mode.

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Chapter 3

2. HDD Modes

The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE,
and Auto detect.

NORMAL

Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller
will make any transformation during accessing. The maximum number of
cylinders, heads and sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024,16 and 63.

If user sets his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD
size will be 528 megabytes even though its physical size may be greater
than that.

LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode

A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck.
The number of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in setup may not be
the number physically contained in the HDD.

During HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical
address described by sector, head and cylinder number into

its own physical address inside the HDD. The maximum HDD size

supported by LBA mode is 8.4 Gigabytes.

LARGE mode

Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support
(in some cases, user do not want LBA). The Award BIOS provides
another alternative to support these kinds of HDD.

BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) that the number of cylinders is less than
1024 by dividing it by 2. At the same time, the number of heads is multiplied
by 2. A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT13h in order to
access the right HDD address.

Auto detect

If using Auto detect, the BIOS will automatically detect IDE hard disk
mode and set it to one kind of HDD modes.

3. Remark

To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some software
involved which are located in Award HDD Service Routine(INT13h).It
maybe fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are
running under an Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h.

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AWARD BIOS Description

Power - On Boot

If you have made all the changes to CMOS values and the system can not boot
with the CMOS values selected in Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF
then ON or press the “RESET” button on the system case. You may also
restart the system by simultaneously pressing < Ctrl >, < Alt > and < Del >
keys.

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Appendix A.

Utility Diskette

You may use this diskette to update your BIOS when necessary.
For the most update and additional information about BIOS

upgrade, please refer to “README” in the “Utility Diskette”.

Warning:

1. We strongly recommend that you only upgrade BIOS

when in trouble.

2. Before you update your BIOS, you should look over the

“README ” file to avoid making mistake.

Appendix

Appendix B.

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Appendix

Retention Mechanism & Pentium® II Processor
Installation Procedures

1. Insert the two Retention Mechanism Attach Mount up through
the bottom of the mainboard.

Two Retention
Mechanism Attach Mount

2. Place Plastic Guide with captive nuts on mainboard, then fasten all the four nuts.

Plastic Guide with four

nuts

Note: Please pay attention to the direction of the window.

3. Install HSSBASE (Heatsink Support Base) on mainboard, then insert the
two plastic pins through the HSSBASE to secure it to the mainboard.

Window

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Small

4. Insert Pentium® II Processor in Slot1.

Appendix

Big

HSSBASE

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Appendix

5. Clip Plastic Bar onto the HSSBASE through the fins on the
processors’ heatsink.

6. The Retention Mechnism installation procedure is finished as below shown.

Remark:

Please skip step3 and step5 for Boxed Pentium® II Processor and
refer to relevant details of this kind of processor for you installation.

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Appendix

Appendix C.
Boot Logo

When you power on or reset your system, the picture listed below will be
shown on the screen.

If you press <Esc>, it will switch to the booting message screen.
Otherwise, it enters operating system directly. You can use “cblogo.exe”
(See Utility Diskette) to replace it by any other logo which you prefer.
Regarding the method of using cblogo.exe utility, please refer to it’s
online help. If you don’t like the logo shown on the screen when every
boot up, you can set “Disabled” to the “Show Bootup Logo” option.
Please refer to page 32.

* We reserve the right of modifying the default full-logo of QDI without further
notification.

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