QDI LegenX 9 User Manual

Declaration of conformity

QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.

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

Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

declares that the product

LegenX 9 Motherboard

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in

accordance 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 Generic immunity standard Part 1:

Residential, commercial and light industry

European Representative:
QDI COMPUTER ( UK ) LTD QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S
QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBH QDI 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: LegenX 9

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: 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

1. Introduction ............................................................... 1

Overview .......................................................................................... 1

Key Features.....................................................................................1

2. Installation Instructions ............................................. 3

External Connectors .............................................................. 3

PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector ............................................ 3

USB1 & USB2 .................................................................................... 3

Parallel Port Connector & Serial Port Connector ................................... 3

ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch(POWER) .................... 4

Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED).................................................... 4

Reset Switch (RESET) .......................................................................4

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER) .......................................................... 4

Power LED Connector(PWR_LED) ...................................................... 4

Key_Lock Connector (KEY_L)............................................................ 4

ACPI LED Connector (GRNLED) .........................................................5

Hardware Green Connector(SLEEP)................................................... 5

Infrared Header(IrDA) ........................................................................5

Fan Connector(CPUFAN & CHSFAN) .................................................. 6

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)....................................................................6

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM) ................................................... 6

Chassis Security Switch(CHSSEC).....................................................7

Sound Connector(PC-PCI) ................................................................. 7

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description............................................... 7

Jumper Settings............................................................................ 8

Clear CMOS ....................................................................................... 8

Flash BIOS jumper..............................................................................8

Enable keyboard password power-on function .................................. 8

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Memory Configuration................................................................ 9

3. BIOS Description ...............................................................11

Utility Support........................................................................... 11

FLASH.EXE..........................................................................................11

AWARD BIOS Description ........................................................13

Entering Setup .....................................................................................13

Load Setup Defaults .......................................................................... 13

Standard CMOS Setup ....................................................................... 13

BIOS Features Setup ........................................................................ 16

Chipset Features Setup...................................................................... 18

Power Management Setup ................................................................. 20

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ............................................................... 23

Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................ 25

System Monitor .................................................................................. 27

Supervisor/User Password................................................................ 28

IDE HDD Auto Detection...................................................................... 29

Boot with BIOS defaults ..................................................................... 30

Appendix A QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM...................... 31

Appendix B Boot Logo ........................................................ 32

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 1
Introduction

Introduction

Overview

The LegenX 9 green motherboard utilizes the Intel® 440LX AGPset and provides a highly
integrated solution for fully compatible, high performance PC/ATX platform. It provides 66MHz
system bus support for Intel Celeron

TM

PPGA 370 processors. Both 66MHz SDRAM and
EDO DIMMs are supported. It also provides advanced features such as wake-up on LAN,
wake-up on internal/external modem and keyboard password power-on function.
ManageEasy, our system management application is supplied to enable remote monitoring
and configuration of the system.The green function is in compliance with the ACPI specifi­cation.

Key Features

Form factor

l ATX form factor of 305mm x 178mm.

Microprocessor

l Supports Intel® Celeron
l Supports 66MHz host bus speed.
l CPU core supply voltage adjustable from 1.3V to 2.05V through on- board switching

TM

PPGA 370 processors at 300/333/366/400 MHz.

voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID).

Chipset

®

l Intel

440LX AGPset: 82443LX, 82371EB (PIIX4E)

System memory

l Provides three 168 pin 3.3V unbuffered DIMM sockets.
l Supports both 66MHz SDRAMs and EDO DIMMs.
l Minimum memory size is 8MB, maximum memory size is 768MB.
l SDRAM 64 bit data interface with ECC support.

On-board IDE

l Supports two PCI PIO and Bus Master IDE ports.

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Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and

CD - ROM drives.

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Supports up to mode 4 timing.

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Supports “Ultra DMA/33” Synchronous DMA mode transferring up to 33 Mbytes/sec.

l

Integrated 16x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.

On-board I/O

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Use Winbond W83977EF super I/O chip.

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One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5’ ’ or 5.25” floppy drives with

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

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Two high speed 16550 fast compatible UARTs(COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4

selective) with 16-byte send/receive FIFOs.

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

bi-direction I/O capability and multi-mode as SPP/EPP/ECP (IEEE 1284 compliant).

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Circuit protection provided, preventing damage to the parallel port when a

connected printer is powered up or operates at a higher voltage.

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Supports LS-120 floppy disk drive.

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All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup.

Advanced features

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Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus® On Guard.

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Provides on-board PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard ports.

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Two USB ports supported.

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Provides infrared interface.

l

Supports Windows 95/98 software power-down.

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Supports external modem ring power-on.

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Supports wake-up on LAN and wake-up on internal modem.

l

Supports auto fan off when the system enters suspend mode.

l

On-board W83782D supports system monitoring (monitors CPU and system

temperature,voltages, chassis intrusion and fan speed) (manufacturing option).

l

Provides management application such as ManageEasy and LDCM(LANDesk

Manager) (manufacturing option).

l

Supports keyboard password power-on function.

BIOS

l

Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, supports flash ROM BIOS with 2MB memory

size, plug and play ready.

l

Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up.

®

Client

Green function

l

Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 2.2 and ODPM (OS

Directed Power Management).

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

Expansion slots

l 3 ISA slots and 4 PCI slots.

l 1 AGP Slot

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Installation Instructions

Installation Instructions

This section covers External Connectors, Jumper Settings and Memory Configuration. Re­fer to the motherboard layout chart for locations of all the jumpers, external connectors,
slots and I/O ports. Furthermore, this section lists all necessary connector pin assignments
for your reference. The particular state of the jumpers, connectors and ports are illustrated
in the following figures. Before setting the jumpers or inserting these connectors, please
pay attention to the directions.

Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion
cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your motherboard and expan-

sion cards might be seriously damaged.

External Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard Connector & PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 keyboard connector is for the usage of PS/2 keyboard. If using a standard AT size
keyboard, an adapter should be used to fit this connector. PS/2 mouse connector is for the
usage of PS/2 mouse.

PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

USB1 & USB2

Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices.

USB1
USB2

Parallel Port Connector & Serial Port Connector (UART1, UART2)

The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer, while
the serial port connectors can be connected to serial port devices such as a serial port
mouse. You can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in “Integrated

Peripherals” from AWARD BIOS SETUP.

Parallel Port

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ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER)

Be sure to connect the power supply plug to this connector in its proper orientation. The
power switch (POWER) should be connected to a momentary switch. When powering up
your system, first turn on the mechanical switch of the power supply (if one is provided),
then push once the power button. When powering off the system, you needn’ t turn off the

mechanical switch, just Push once* the power button.

ATX Power Supply Connector

5V 5V -5V GND GND GND PSON GND -12V 3.3V

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12V 5VSB PS-OK GND 5V GND 5V GND 3.3V 3.3V

POWER

Note: * If you change “soft-off by PWR-BTTN” from default “Instant-off” to “Delay
4 Secs” in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS, the power
button should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system powers

down.

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Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED)

The connector connects to the case’ s IDE indicator LED indicating the activity status of
IDE hard disk.

Reset Switch (RESET)

The connector connects to the case’ s reset switch. Press the switch once, the system
resets.

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)

The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case.

Power LED Connector (PWRLED)

The power LED has three status. When no AC power supply is present, the LED is off.
When the system is in soft power-down status, the LED glows dimly. When the system
is powered up, the LED is on.

Key-Lock Connector (KEY_L)

The connector can be connected to the keyboard lock switch on the case for locking the
keyboard.

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ACPI LED Connector (GRNLED)

The ACPI LED has four status. When no AC power supply is present, the LED is off.
When the system is in soft power-down status, the LED glows dimly. When the system
is powered up, the LED is on. When the system enters suspend mode, the LED will flash.

Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP)

Push once the switch connected to this header and the system enters suspend mode.

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This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. If using this function, set
‘ Serial Port 2 Mode’ to IrDA or ASKIR and configure the settings from the ‘ INTEGRATED

PERIPHERALS’ section of the BIOS.

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IRTXVCC

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Fan Connector (CPUFAN & CHSFAN)

These two fans are controllable. They will be automatically turned off after the system
enters suspend mode. You also can choose not to turn the CPUFAN off by setting “CPUFAN
Off In Suspend” as Disabled in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS. If
the system monitor hardware is integrated on the motherboard, the system detects the fan

speed, which can be viewed in “System Monitor” of the BIOS.

CPUFAN

FAN GND(Controllable)

+12V SENSE

SENSE

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)

FAN GND

+12V

CHSFAN

Through the Wake-Up On LAN function, a wake event occurring from the network can
wake up the system. If this function is to be used, please be sure an ATX 2.01 power
supply of which 5VSB line is capable of delivering 720mA, and a LAN adapter which
supports this function are used. Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the
LAN adapter, set “Resume by Ring/LAN” as Enabled in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP”
section of the BIOS. Save & exit, then boot the operating system once to make sure this
function takes effect.

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GND
Signal for waking up (active high)

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)

Through the Wake-Up On Internal Modem function, the system which is in the power-off
status can be powered on by a ring signal received from the internal modem. If this function
is to be used, be sure an internal modem card which supports the function is used. Then
connect this header to the relevant connector on the modem card, set “Resume by Ring/
LAN” to Enabled in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS. Save & exit,
then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.

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Chassis Security Switch (CHSSEC)

The connector connects to the chassis security switch on the case. The system can
detect the chassis intrusion through the status of this connector. If the connector has
been closed once, the system will record the status and indicate to the customer that the
chassis has been opened. You can either get this information from “System Monitor” of

the BIOS (optional) or QDI ManageEasy software.

Indicate signal

GND

Sound Connector (PC-PCI)

The PCI sound card utilizes this connector.

PC/PCI DMA ACKNOWLEDGE-1

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description

Slot / Port Description
ISA 1 First ISA slot.
ISA 2 Second ISA slot.
ISA 3 Third ISA slot.
PCI 1 First PCI slot.
PCI 2 Second PCI slot.
PCI 3 Third PCI slot.
PCI 4 Fourth PCI slot.
IDE 1 Primary IDE port.
IDE 2 Secondary IDE port.
FLOPPY Floppy Drive Port.
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port.

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2-GND

4-PC/PCI DMA REQUEST

6-SERIAL INTERRUPT REQUEST

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Jumper Settings

Jumpers are located on the motherboard, they represent, clear CMOS jumper JCC, flash
BIOS jumper JAV and enable keyboard password power-on function jumper JKB. Pin 1 for
all jumpers are located on the side with a thick white line ( Pin1→ ), referring to
the motherboard’ s silkscreen . Jumpers with three pins will be shown as to
represent pin1 & pin2 connected and to represent pin2 & pin3 connected.

Clear CMOS (JCC)

If you want to clear CMOS, unplug the AC power supply first, close JCC(pin1 & pin2) once,
set JCC back to the normal status with pin2 & pin3 connected, then power on the system.

JCC

Normal status:

Clear CMOS:

(Unplug the AC power supply)

Flash BIOS jumper (JAV)

Disabling flash BIOS function can protect the system BIOS from being attacked by CIH virus.

Therefore enable this function only when wanting to flash BIOS. Set JAV closed when
flashing the BIOS, afterwards set it as normal, status open.

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Disable:

JAV

JAV

Enable keyboard password power-on function (JKB)

The motherboard provides the advanced keyboard password power-on function. When

wanting to use this function, set JKB with pin1 & pin2 closed (default). Otherwise, set JKB
with pin2 & pin3 closed for disabling this function.

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JKB

In order to implement this function, set “POWER ON Function” to KB Only or KB & Button
then set the keyboard power-on password in the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” section of
the BIOS. Refer to BIOS description on page 25 for detailed information.

Please note:

1.If wanting to use this function, 5VSB line of the power supply should be
capable of delivering enough current (eg. 200mA) for all the devices
connected to the keyboard port, or you can’t power up the system using
the keyboard.

2.If you set JKB with pin2 & pin3 closed, set “POWER ON Function” to
“Button Only” or “KB & Button”, don’t set it to “KB Only” or you will be
unable to power up the system.

3. If you encounter problems above or forget the password, clear CMOS
and set the jumper and BIOS option properly again.

Memory Configuration

This motherboard provides three 168 pin 3.3V un-buffered DIMM sockets to support a
flexible memory size ranging from 8MB/384MB for SDRAM or from 8MB/768MB for EDO

memory. The following set of rules allow optimum configuration.

Rules for populating a 440LX memory array:

l The DRAM Timing register, which provides the DRAM speed grade control for the entire

memory array, must be programmed to use the timing of the slowest DRAMs installed.

l Possible SDRAM DIMM memory sizes are 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB in each DIMM

socket.

l Possible EDO DIMM memory sizes are 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB in each

DIMM socket.

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BIOS Description

BIOS Description

Utility Support:

FLASH.EXE

This is a flash memory write/read utility used for the purpose of upgrading your BIOS
when necessary. Before doing so, please note:

l We strongly recommend you only upgrade BIOS when encountering problems.
l Before upgrading your BIOS, review the description below to avoid making

mistakes, resulting in a destroyed BIOS and a non-working system.

When you are encountering problems, for example, you find your system doesn’ t support
the new CPU which is released after our current motherboard, you may therefore upgrade
the BIOS.

Follow the steps exactly for a successful upgrade.

1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette, by typing FORMAT A:/s from the DOS prompt
under DOS6.xx or Windows 9x environment.

2. Copy FLASH.EXE from the directory \Utility located on the QDI Motherboard Utility CD
onto your new bootable diskette.

3. Download the updated BIOS file from the Website (http://www.qdigrp.com). Please
be sure to download the suitable BIOS file for your motherboard.

4. Uncompress the file download, copy the BIOS file (xx.bin) onto the bootable diskette,
and note the checksum of this BIOS which is found in readme file.

5. Reboot the system from the bootable diskette created.

6. Then run the FLASH utility at the A:\ prompt. During the process, the system will
prompt : ‘ Do you want to save the BIOS(Y/N)’ . If you type ‘ Y’ , the system will prompt
for the BIOS name. The system will also display the checksum which should be
exactly the same as the checksum viewed in the readme file. Don’ t turn off power or
reset the system until the BIOS upgrade has been completed.

Concerning how to run the FLASH utility, please refer to the following descriptions:
Usage: FLASH [BIOSfile] [/c[<command...>]][/n]
FLASH [BIOSfile] [/g]
/c: Flashing memory will clear previous settings. Default allows settings to remain.
<command> function definition:
c: clear CMOS;
p: clear PnP;
d: clear DMI.

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/n: programs BIOS without prompting. If this option is chosen:

Be sure your new BIOS is compatible with your MB. If not, the system will
be damaged.
/g: Retrieves BIOS file from BIOS ROM.

Examples:
A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin
A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin /cdpc/n
A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin /g

Note: FLASH utility runs incorrectly at Windows DOS prompt.

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AWARD BIOS Description

Entering Setup

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

Press <Del> to enter SETUP

Once you have entered, the Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The main menu
allows you to select from twelve setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow
keys to select among the items and press the <Enter> key to accept or enter the sub­menu.

Figure-1 Main Menu

Note:The ‘System Monitor’ item will not be displayed if there is no W83782D
system monitor supporting chip on the motherboard.

Load Setup Defaults

The Setup Defaults are common and efficient. It is recommended that users
load the setup defaults first, then modify the needed configuration settings.

Standard CMOS Setup

The basic CMOS settings included in ‘ Standard CMOS Setup’ are Date, Time, Hard Disk
Drive Types, Floppy Disk Drive Types, and VGA etc. Use the arrow keys to highlight

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

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Figure-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu

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

These categories identify the HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the computer system.
There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS: None, Auto, and User. ‘ None’
means no HDD is installed or set; ‘ Auto’ means the system can auto-detect the hard disk
when booting up; by choosing ‘ user’ , the related information should be entered regarding
the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press < Enter>:

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

Video

Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system.

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

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Halt On

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

No errors The system boot will not stop for any errors 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 other errors.

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

for all other errors.

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

stop for all other errors.

Memory

This is a Display-Only Category, 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 how much extended memory is

presented during the POST.

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

applications. Shadow RAM is most used in this area.

Total Memory Total memory of the system equals the sum of the above

memory.

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BIOS Features Setup

Figure-3 BIOS Features Setup Menu

The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning.

Item Option Description

l ChipAway Enabled Guards against boot virus threats early in the boot

Virus On Guard cycle, before they have a chance to load into your
system, ensuring your computer boots to a clean
operating system.

Disabled Invalidates this function.

l CPU Enabled Enables CPU internal Level1/Level2 cache.

L1/L2 Cache Disabled Disables CPU internal Level1/Level2 cache.

l Boot From LAN Enabled Boot from LAN is ahead of any boot sequence

First selection (LAN Adapter must support this function).

Disabled Does not boot from LAN first.

l Boot Sequence C,A,SCSI,... Any search sequency can be chosen for booting

C,CDROM,A

LS/ZIP, C

l Swap Floppy Enabled Exchanges the assignment of A&B floppy drives.

Drive
Disabled The assignment of A&B floppy drives are normal.

l Boot Up On Keypad is used as number keys.

Numlock Status Off Keypad is used as arrow keys.

l Gate A20 Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller

Option or chipset hardware.

Fast Default setting. The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92

or the chipset specific method.

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l Password Setting System The system will not boot and access to BIOS

Setup will be denied if the correct password is
not entered when prompted.

Setup The system will boot up, but access to BIOS

Setup will be denied if the correct password is not
entered when prompted.

l OS Select For Non-OS2 If your operating system is not OS/2, please select

DRAM>64MB this item.

OS2 If system DRAM is more than 64MB and the operating

system is OS/2, please select this item.

l HDD S.M.A.R.T Enabled Enables S.M.A.R.T hard disk support.

Capability Disabled Invalidates this feature.

l Video BIOS Enabled Video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video Shadow

Shadow will increase the video speed.

Disabled Video shadow is disabled.

l C8000~CBFFF Enabled Optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K bytes

Shadow: per unit.
DC000-DFFFF
Shadow: Disabled The shadow function is disabled.

l Show Bootup Enabled Enables the logo when system boots up

Logo Disabled Logo will not be shown when system boots up.

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Chipset Features Setup

Figure-4 Chipset Features Setup Menu

The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning.

Item Option Description

l Auto Configuration Enabled Automatically configures DRAM Timing according

to the value of ‘ DRAM Speed Selection’ .

Disabled Manually configures.

*Note: It is recommended that the ‘Enabled’
option be chosen by common users.

l DRAM Speed 50ns, This item is of selected EDO DRAM read/write

Selection 60ns timing. You must ensure that your DIMMs are as

fast as 50ns, otherwise 60ns should be selected .

l MA Wait State Slow One additional wait state is inserted before the

assertion of the first MA and CAS#/RAS# during
DRAM read or write leadoff cycles. This affects
page hit, row miss and page miss cases.

Fast Without additional wait state.

l EDO RAS# To CAS# 2 Adds a delay time between the assertion of RAS#

Delay and CAS#.

3 Without additional delay time.

l EDO RAS# 3 DRAM RAS# Precharge time=3xSystem Clocks.

Precharge Time

4 DRAM RAS# Precharge time=4xSystem Clocks.

l EDO DRAM x333 The DRAM read burst timing depends on the type

Read Burst x222 of DRAM on a per-row basis. Slower rates may

be required to support slower DRAM.

l EDO DRAM x222 The DRAM write burst timing depends on the type

Write Burst x333 of DRAM on a per-row basis. Slower rates may

be required to support slower DRAM.

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l DRAM ECC Select ECC Provides ECC (Error Checking and Correction)

function.

Non-ECC Disables ECC function.

l CPU-To-PCI Enabled Enable CPU-To-PCI write posting.

IDE Posting Disabled Disable CPU-To-PCI write cycles to IDE.

l Video BIOS Enabled Beside conventional memory, video BIOS area is

Cacheable also cacheable.

Disabled Video BIOS area is not cacheable.

l Video RAM Enabled Besides conventional memory, video RAM area is

Cacheable also cacheable.

Disabled Video RAM area is not cacheable.

l 8 Bit I/ O Recovery 1~ 8 Defines the ISA Bus 8 bit I/O operating recovery

Time. time.

NA 8 bit I/O recovery time does not exist.

l 16 Bit I / O 1~ 4 Defines the ISA Bus 16 bit I/O operating recovery

Recovery Time time.

NA 16 bit I/O recovery time does not exist.

l Memory hole at Enabled Memory hole at 15-16M is reserved for expanded

15M-16M ISA card.

Disabled Does not set this memory hole.

l Passive Release Enabled Default setting is suggested.

Disabled

l Delayed Transaction Enabled Default setting is suggested.

Disabled

l AGP Aperture Size 4~256 Sets the effective size of the Graphics Aperture

(MB) to be used in the particular PAC Configuration.

l SDRAM RAS-To Slow RAS-To-CAS Delay Time = 3 x System Clocks.

CAS Delay Fast RAS-To-CAS Delay Time = 2 x System Clocks.

l SDRAM RAS Slow RAS Precharge Time = 3 x System Clocks.

Precharge Time Fast RAS Precharge time = 2 x System Clocks.

l SDRAM CAS 2 Defines the CLT timing parameter of SDRAM.

Latency Time Latency Time = 2xSystem Clocks.

3 Latency Time = 3xSystem Clocks.

l Close Empty PCI/ Enabled Closes empty PCI/AGP Clock to reduce EMI.

AGP Clock Disabled Does not close empty PCI/AGP Clock.

l Close Empty DIMM Enabled Close empty DIMM Clock to reduce EMI.

Clock Disabled Does not close DIMM Clock.

l Spread Spectrum Enabled Enables Spread Spectrum Modulated to reduce

Modulated EMI.

Disabled Disables Spread Spectrum Modulated.

l CPU Host Clock 66/83 The external frequency of the CPU.

68/75MHz

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Power Management Setup

Figure-5 Power Management Setup Menu

The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning.

Item Option Description

l ACPI function Disabled Invalidates ACPI function.

Enabled Validates ACPI function.

l Power Disabled Global Power Management (PM) will be

Management disabled.

User Define Users can configure their own Power Management

Timer.

Min Saving Pre - defined timer values are used. All timers are

in their MAX values.

Max Saving Pre - defined timer values are used. All timers are in

their MIN values.

l PM Control by No System BIOS will ignore APM when Power

APM Management is enabled.

Yes System BIOS will wait for APM’ s prompt before

entering any PM mode e.g. Standby or Suspend.

Note: If APM is installed, and there is a task
running, even when 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.

l Video Off Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen

Method when disabling video.

V / H SYNC + In addition to Blank Screen, BIOS will also turn
Blank off the V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA

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cards to monitor.

DPMS This function is enabled only for the VGA card

supporting DPMS.

Note: When the green monitor can’t detect
the V/H-SYNC signals, the electron gun will be
turned off.

l Video Off After N/A System BIOS never turns off the screen.

Suspend Screen blanks after the system enters Suspend mode.
Standby Screen blanks after the system enters Standby mode.
Doze Screen blanks after the system enters Doze mode.

l MODEM Use 3,7,5,7,9, Special wake-up event for Modems.

IRQ 10,11

NA Invalidates this feature.

l Doze mode Disabled The system never enters Doze mode.

1Min ~ 1 Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system

enters Doze mode. If any items defined in ‘ Reload
Global Timer Events’ are On and activated, the
system will be woken up.

l Standby Mode Disabled 1 The system never enters Standby mode.

Min ~ 1Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system

enters Standby mode. If any items defined in
‘ Reload Global Timer Events’ are On and activated,
the system will be woken up.

l Suspend Mode Disabled The system never enters Suspend mode.

Min ~ 1Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system

enters Suspend mode. If any items defined in
‘ Reload Global Timer Events’ are On and activated,
the system will be woken up.

l HDD Power Disabled HDD’ s motor will not be off.

Down 1 ~15 Min Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the

HDD enters the power saving mode (motor off).

l Throttle Duty 12.5% Selects the duty cycle of the STPCLK# signal ,

Cycle 25% slowing down the CPU speed when the system

37.5% enters the green mode.
50 %

62.5%
75%
Disabled Does not slow down the CPU Speed.

l VGA Active Enabled VGA active reloads global timer.

Monitor Disabled VGA active has no influence to global timer.

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l Soft-Off by Instant-Off The system will power off immediately once

PWR-BTTN the ‘ Power’ button is pressed.
Delay 4 Secs The system will not power off until the ‘ Power’

button is pressed continuously for more than 4

seconds.

l CPUFAN Off Enabled CPU fan will be automatically turned off when

In Suspend the system enters suspend mode.

Disabled CPU fan remains on when the system enters

suspend mode.

l Resume by Enabled Allows the system to be powered on when a ring

Ring/LAN indicator signal comes up to UART1 or UART2

from an external modem or comes up to WOM
header from an internal modem card, or when a
remote wake up signal comes up to the WOL
header from LAN adapter.

Disabled Does not allow wake up on LAN or wake up

from internal/external modem.

l Resume by Enabled RTC alarm can be used to generate a wake event

Alarm to power up the system which is in power-off
status. You can set any date, any time to power

up the system.

Disabled RTC has no alarm function.

l IRQ8 Break Enabled Genertes a clock event.

suspend Disabled Does not generate a clock event.

l IRQ [3-7, 9-15], Enabled Reloads global timer.

NMI Disabled Does not influence the global timer.
……
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PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

Figure-6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Menu

The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning.

Item Option Description

l PNP OS Installed Yes Device resources assigned by PnP OS.

No Device resources assigned by BIOS.

l Resources Manual Assigns the system resources ( IRQ and DMA)

Controlled By manually .

Auto Assigns system resources (IRQ and DMA)

automatically by BIOS.

l Reset Enabled The system BIOS will reset configuration data

Configuration Data once, then automatically set this item as Disabled.

Disabled Disables the configuration data function.

l IRQ-3~IRQ-15 Legacy ISA The specified IRQ-x will be assigned to ISA only.

assigned to PCI/ISA PnP The specified IRQ-x will be assigned to ISA or

PCI.

l DMA-0~DMA-7 Legacy ISA The specified DMA-x will be assigned to ISA only.

assigned to PCI/ISA PnP The specified DMA-x will be assigned to ISA or PCI.

l Slot 1/2/3/4 Auto,3,4,5,7,9 Assigns an IRQ for slot1/2/3/4 manually

use IRQ No. 10,11,12,14,15 or automatically.

l Used MEM base C800/8 ~ 64K Claims a memory space to be occupied by legacy

addr ISA card. The memory address and the memory
size (8/16/32/64K) can be chosen from the
options.

N/A Invalidates this feature.

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l Assign IRQ Enabled Assigns the needed IRQ for the VGA Card.

for VGA Disabled Does not assign an IRQ for the VGA card, in

order to release the IRQ.

l Assign IRQ Enabled Assigns an IRQ for USB. If an USB device is

for USB used, enable this item.

Disabled Does not assign an IRQ for USB. If no USB device

is used, disabling this item can release the IRQ.

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Integrated Peripherals

Figure-7 Integrated Peripherals Menu

The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning.

Item Option Description

l IDE HDD Block Enabled Allows IDE HDD to read/write several sectors

Mode at once.

Disabled IDE HDD only reads/writes a sector once.

l IDE Mode 0 - 4 Defines the IDE primary/secondary master/ slave

Primary/ Secondary PIO mode.
Master/Slave PIO Auto The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto -detection.

l IDE Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if ultra DMA device

Primary/ Secondary is detected.
Master/Slave UDMA Disabled Disables this function.

l On-chip Enabled On-chip primary/secondary PCI IDE port is enabled.

Primary/Secondary Disabled On-chip primary/secondary PCI IDE port is
PCI IDE disabled.

l USB Keyboard Enabled USB Keyboard Support is enabled.

Support Disabled USB Keyboard Support is disabled.

l Init Display First PCI SLOT Initializes the PCI VGA first. If a PCI VGA card

and an AGP card are installed together in the
system, the one initialized first functions.

AGP Initializes the AGP first.

l POWER ON Button Only Use the power button to power up the system.

Function
KB Only Enables the Keyboard Password Power-on

function and disables the power button’ s power-

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on function. Other than choosing this option, the
password should be set to implement this
function.

KB & Button Either the keyboard or the power button can be

used to power on the system. Other than
choosing this option, the password should be set
to implement this function.

Note:If the option (KB Only) is chosen, the
jumper JKB must be set as PIN1 & PIN2
closed, or you will be unable to power up
the system.

l Onboard FDC Enabled Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled.

Controller Disabled Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled.

l Onboard Serial 3F8/IRQ4, Defines the onboard serial port address and required

1/2 2F8/IRQ3, interrupt number.

3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3,
Auto Onboard serial port address and IRQ are

automatically assigned.

Disabled Onboard serial port is disabled.

l Serial Port 2 Normal Defines Serial Port 2 as standard serial port.

Mode ASKIR Supports SHARP ASK-IR protocol with maximum

baud rate up to 57600bps.

IrDA Supports IrDA version1.0 SIR protocol with

maxiumum baud rate up to 115.2Kbps.

l Onboard Parallel 378/IRQ7, Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ

Port 278/IRQ5, channel.

3BC/IRQ7
Disabled Onboard parallel port is disabled.

l Parallel Port Mode SPP Defines the parallel port mode as,

EPP Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced
ECP, Parallel Port (EPP), or Extended
ECP+EPP Capabilities Port (ECP).

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System Monitor

Figure-8 System Monitor Menu

The following describes the meaning of each item.

Item Current Description
Data Shown

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l Current System Temp. 30
l Current CPU Temp. 39
l Current CPUFAN Speed 4320RPM RPM( Revolution Per Minute) speed of fan

0

C/ 860C The temperature inside the chassis.

0

C/ 1020C The temperature of the CPU core.

Current CHSFAN Speed 2010RPM connected to the fan header CPUFAN or

PSFAN. Fan speed value is based on
an assumption that tachometer signal is
two pulses per revolution; In other cases,
you should regard it relatively.

l VCCVID (CPU) Voltage 1.98V Displays current Voltage values including all

VTT (+1.5) Voltage, 1.37V significant voltages of the motherboard.
+3.3V Voltage, 3.32V +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V are voltages
+ 5V 4.83V from an ATX power supply, VTT (+1.5)
+12V 11.79V Voltage is GTL Termination Voltage from

-12V -13.50V the on-board regulator.

l 5VSB Voltage 4.95V The voltage of 5V standby of the power

supply.

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Supervisor/User Password

When this function is selected, the following message appears 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.

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 CMOS Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED

If you have selected ‘ System’ in ‘ Password Setting’ of ‘ BIOS Features Setup’ menu, you will
be prompted for the password every time the system reboots or whenever you enter
CMOS Setup.

If you have selected ‘ Setup’ at ‘ Password Setting’ from ‘ BIOS Features Setup’ menu, you will be
prompted for the password only when you 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 Use Password when booting system or entering “CMOS Setup” but can not modify
any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled.

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IDE HDD Auto Detection

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

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ10)

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 HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR 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 LARG

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

ESC: Skip

Figure-9 IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu

1. Setup Changes

With auto-detection

• BIOS setup will display all possible modes 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 cylinder is less than or equal to 1024,’ LARGE’

option may not be shown.

• Users can select their appropriate mode .

With Standard CMOS Setup

CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LAND SECTOR MODE

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

When HDD type is in ‘ user’ type, the ‘ MODE’ option will be available for users to
select their own HDD mode.

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2. HDD Modes

The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE, also 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 the 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,
users do not want LBA). The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these
kinds of HDD.

BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) into recognizing 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 the IDE hard disk mode and set it as
one of the three modes.

3. Remark

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

whole INT 13h.

Boot with BIOS defaults

If you have made all the changes to CMOS values and the system can not boot
with the CMOS values selected in setup, clear CMOS after power-down, then
power on again. System will boot with BIOS default settings.

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Appendix

Appendix A

Appendix A

QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM

QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM

A QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM is supplied with each motherboard. The contents used
for this motherboard are:

1. Chipset Dispatches:

Intel Chipset Drivers included in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel can be used for this
motherboard.

a. Intel PIIX4 Driver, included in directory \ChipDrv\Intel\PIIX4
This driver is for Windows 95/OSR2 which supports the latest Intel PCI devices such
as the PCI IDE hard disk controller, PCI USB device etc. It can also remove the yellow
question mark in the Device Manage of Windows 95 after installation.
Run \ChipDrv\Intel\PIIX4\Setup.exe for installation.

b. Intel Bus Master Driver, included in directory \ChipDrv\Intel\BMIDE
It’ s Intel Bus Master Driver for Windows 95, which can enhance the capability of IDE
data transaction up to Ultra DMA/33MB supported by 440LX chipset or other ultimate
chipset.

Run \ChipDrv\Intel\BMIDE\Setup.exe for installation.

2. PC-cillin Anti-Virus software:

For Windows 95/98 English version, it is located in the directory \Pccillin\Win9X. Run
Setup.exe for installation.
For Windows NT English version, it is located in the directory \Pccillin\WinNT4.0. Run
Setup.exe for installation. S/N is PNEF-9991-6558-5857-5535.

3. QDI ManageEasy:

Run Setup.exe from the directory \QME to install the ManageEasy. For detailed
information about QDI ManageEasy, refer to the ManageEasy manual included in the

directory \Doc. Please note, hardware is a manufacturing option.

4. QDI Motherboard Utility:

The utilities located in the directory \Utility are:
FLASH.EXE
CBLOGO.EXE
LF.EXE

Refer to the online help for information on how to use these utilities.

5. Documents for QDI Motherboard:

The files included in the directory \Doc are:
Adobe Acrobat Reader V3.0 — ar32e301.exe
ManageEasy Manuals — QMEV12.PDF.

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Appendix

Appendix B.

Appendix B.

Boot Logo

Boot Logo

When you power on or reset your system, the picture displayed below will appear on the
screen.

If you press <Esc>, it switches to the booting message screen. Otherwise, it enters
operating system directly. You can use ‘ cblogo.exe’ ( included on the QDI Motherboard
Utility CD) to replace it by any other logo prefered. Regarding the method of using cblogo.exe
utility, please refer to it’ s online help. If you don’ t prefer the logo displayed on the screen
during boot up, set the ‘ Show Bootup Logo’ option as Disabled in the ‘ BIOS FEATURES
SETUP’ section of the BIOS

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

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Manual LegenX 9 Ver 1.0

Item Checklist

Completely check your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your
retailer.

LegenX 9 motherboard
QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM
Retention Module
I/O shield
1 IDE ribbon cable
1 floppy ribbon cable
User’ s manual

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