QDI LegenX 7 User Manual

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QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.

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

Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

declares that the product

LegenX 7 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 7

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

Address: 41456 Christy Street

Fremont, CA 94538

Telephone: (510) 668-4933

Facsimile: (510) 668-4966

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

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

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

Parallel Port Connector and Serial Port Connector................................ 4

AT Power Supply Connector ..............................................................4

ATX Power Supply Connector ............................................................ 4

Hard Disk LED Connector (HDLED) ..................................................... 5

Reset Switch (RESET) .......................................................................5

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER) .......................................................... 5

Power LED Connector(PWRLED) ........................................................ 5

Key_Lock Connector (KEY_L)............................................................ 5

Green LED Connector (GRNLED) ........................................................ 5

Hardware Green Connector(SLEEP)................................................... 6

Infrared Header(IrDA) ........................................................................6

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

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)....................................................................7

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM) ................................................... 7

Sound Connector(PC-PCI) ................................................................. 8

Chassis Security(CHSSEC) ................................................................ 8

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description............................................... 8

Jumper Settings............................................................................ 9

Clear CMOS ...................................................................................... 9

CONTENTS

Enable keyboard password power-on function .................................. 9

Memory Configuration..............................................................10

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 Introduction

Introduction

Overview

The LegenX 7 green motherboard utilizes the Intel® 440LX AGPset and provides a highly integrated solution for fully compatible, high performance PC/AT platform. It provides 66MHz system bus support for all Intel® CeleronTM PPGA 370 processors. Both 66MHz SDRAM and EDO DRAMs 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. The green function is in compliance with the ACPI specification.

Key Features

Form factor

l BabyAT form factor of 220mm x 230mm.

Microprocessor

l Supports all Intel® Celeron

466MHz.

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

switching voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID).

Chipset

l Intel® 440LX AGPset: 82443LX system controller

System memory

l Provides two 168 pin 3.3V unbuffered DIMM sockets. l Supports both 66MHz SDRAMs and EDO DRAMs. l Minimum memory size is 8MB, maximum memory size is 512MB. l SDRAM 64 bit data interface with ECC support.

On-board IDE

l Supports two PCI PIO and Bus Master IDE ports.

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

CD - ROM drives.

Supports up to PIO mode 4 timing.

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

sec.

Integrated 16x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.

On-board I/O

Use Winbond W83977EF super I/O chip.

PPGA 370 processors at 300A/333/366/400/433/

82371EB(PIIX4E) PCI to ISA bridge

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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.

Two high speed 16550 compatible UARTs(COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 selective) with

16-byte send/receive FIFOs.

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).

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

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

Supports LS-120 floppy disk drive.

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

Advanced features

PCI 2.2 specification compliant.

Provides Anti-Virus function.

Provides on-board PS/2 mouse connector (with adapter).

Two USB ports supported.

Provides infrared interface.

Supports Windows 95/98 software power-down when using an ATX power supply.

Supports wake-up on LAN and wake-up on internal/external modem when using an

ATX power supply.

Provides on-board 3.3V regulator to support AT/ATX power supply without 3.3V output.

On-board W83782D supports system monitoring (monitors the CPU and system temperature,voltages and fan speed) (manufacturing option).

Supports keyboard password power-on function when using an ATX power supply.

System status resumes after AC power supply failure, when using an ATX power supply.

Protects the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH, by

enabling “Flash Write Protect” item in CMOS setup.

BIOS

Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, supports DIP flash ROM, plug and play ready.

Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up.

Green function

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

Directed Power Management).

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

Expansion slots

l 2 ISA slots and 3 PCI slots.

l 1 AGP Slot.

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Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

This section covers External Connectors, Jumper Settings and Memory Configuration. Refer to the motherboard layout chart for locations of all 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

Keyboard Connector, PS/2 Mouse Connector

A standard AT size keyboard utilizes the keyboard connector. If using a PS/2 keyboard, an adapter should be used to fit this connector. A PS/2 mouse adapter with bracket is provided

for utilizing a PS/2 mouse.

Keyboard Connector

PS/2 Mouse Connector

USB1 & USB2

Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices.

USB1USB2

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Parallel Port Connector and 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. 1 Parallel ribbon cable and 2 serial ribbon cables (9-pin connector and 25-pin connector) with brackets are provided for your convenience.

UART1 UART2

Parallel Port

AT Power Supply Connector(ATPS)

Insert the AT power supply plugs (P8 and P9) to this connector. Make sure the direction is right by referring to the picture below.

AT Power Supply Connector

Power Good

+12V

GND

-5V

+5V

-12V

GND

GND +5V

+5V

Direction of Power Plugs (P8&P9)

ATX Power Supply Connector(ATXPS)

When using an ATX power supply, be sure to connect the ATX power supply plug to the power connector in its proper orientation, and the power switch(power) should be connected to a momentary switch (power button). 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.

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12V 5VSB

PS-OK GND 5V

GND 5V GND

3.3V

-5V GND

GND

ATX Power Supply Connector

GND PSON GND

-12V

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.

Hard Disk LED Connector (HDLED)

The connector connects to the case’ s IDE indicator LED indicating the activity status of IDE hard disk. The connector has an orientation. If one way doesn’ t work, try the other way.

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. If an AT power supply is used, no soft power-down status is available. The connector has an orientation.

Key_Lock Connector (KEY_L)

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

Green LED Connector (GRNLED)

The green 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. If an AT power supply is used, the soft power-down status would not be available. The connector has an orientation.

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Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP)

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

S P

L E D

H D _

L E D

R E S E T

P O W

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A K

K E Y

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P W

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Infrared Header (IrDA)

This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. If using this function, configure the settings of “Serial Port 2 Mode”’ from the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS section of the BIOS.

VCC

IRTX

GND

IRRX

VCC

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 can detect the fan speed, which can be viewed in “System Monitor” of CMOS setup.

FAN GND

+12V

SENSE

CPUFAN

CHSFAN

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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)

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. 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.

Signal for waking up (active high)

GND

+5V standby

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” 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.

Signal for waking up (active low)

GND

+5V standby

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Sound Connector (PC-PCI)

The PCI sound card utilizes this connector.

PC/PCI DMA REQUEST

GND

PC/PCI DMA ACKNOWLEDGE

2 1

SERIAL INTERRUPT REQUEST

GND

Chassis Security(CHSSEC) (manufacturing option)

The connector connects to the chassis security switch on the case. The system can detect chassis intrusion through the status of this connector. If the connector has been closed once, the system will record the status and inicate 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.

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description

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

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CHSSEC

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Jumper Settings

Jumpers are located on the motherboard, they represent, clear CMOS jumper JCC and enable keyboard password power-on function jumper JKB. Pin 1 of all jumpers are located on the side with a thick white line (Pin1→ ), refer 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) for 3 or 4 seconds, set JCC back to the normal status with pin2 & pin3 connected, then power on

the system.

Normal status:

Clear CMOS:

3 2 1

JCC

(Unplug the AC power supply)

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.Otherwise, set JKB with pin2 & pin3 closed for disabling this function.

Disable:

Enable:

In order to implement this function, set “POWER ON Function” to Password and set the keyboard power-on password in the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” section of the BIOS. Save and exit, then power off your system. In this case, the power button’ s power-on function has been disabled. The only way to power up the system is to enter the correct password. If you forget the password, clear CMOS and reset it.

JKB

1 2 3

JKB

1 2 3

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Note: 1.If this function is to be used, 5VSB line of the power supply should be

capable of delivering enough current (eg. 200mA) for all devices connected to the keyboard port, or you will be unable to power up the system using the keyboard.

2.If you set JKB with pin2 & pin3 closed, set “POWER ON Function” to BUTTON ONLY, don’t set it to Password, or this will prevent you from powering up your system.

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

Memory Configuration

This motherboard provides two 168 pin 3.3V un-buffered DIMM sockets which supports a flexible memory size ranging from 8MB/256MB for SDRAM or from 8MB/512MB for EDO DRAM. Both 66MHz SDRAM and EDO DRAMs are supported. The following set of rules allow optimum configurations.

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

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, destroying BIOS and resulting in 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 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 eleven 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 hardware monitor 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

adapters.

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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 Virus Warning 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.

Disabled No warning message appears when anything

attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

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 other boot

First sequence selection (LAN Adapter must support

this function).

Disabled Does not boot from LAN first.

l Boot Sequence C,A,SCSI,... Any of these search sequence can be chosen

C,CDROM,A for booting.

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 up and access to BIOS

Setup will be denied if no valid password is entered when prompted.

Setup The system will boot up, but access to BIOS

Setup will be denied if no valid password is 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 shadowed to RAM. Video

Shadow Shadow will increase the video speed.

Disabled Video shadow is disabled.

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

Shadow: bytes 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.

l Flash Write Disabled Disabling this item allows you to upgrade the BIOS.

Protect Enabled Does not allow you to upgrade the BIOS.

Note: Enabling this item can protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH. Therefore disable this item only when wanting to flash BIOS. After completing flashing the BIOS, set it as Enabled(default).

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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 configuring.

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

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

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

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

l MA slow One additional wait state is inserted before the

Wait State 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 2 Adds a delay time between the assertion of

CAS# Delay RASx# and CAS#.

3 Without additional delay time.

l EDO RAS# 3 DRAM RAS# Precharge time=3 x System Clocks.

Precharge Time 4 DRAM RAS# Precharge time=4 x System 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 Enables CPU-To-PCI IDE write posting.

IDE Posting Disabled Disables CPU-To-PCI IDE write posting cycles.

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- Slow RAS-To-CAS Delay Time = 3 HCLK.

To-CAS Delay Fast RAS-To-CAS Delay Time = 2 HCLK.

l SDRAM RAS Slow RAS Precharge Time = 3 HCLK.

Precharge Time Fast RAS Precharge Time = 2 HCLK.

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

Latency Time Latency Time=2 x System Clocks.

3 Latency Time=3 x System Clocks.

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

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

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

DIMM 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 host bus 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.

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V / H SYNC + In addition to Blank Screen, BIOS will also turn

off the V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA 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 The system never enters Standby mode.

1Min ~ 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 remains on.

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%

87.5%

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 Ring Power-On or Wake Up On

LAN.

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 Generates a clock event.

suspend Disabled Does not generate a clock event.

l IRQ [3-7, 9-15], Enabled Enables events that can reload global timer.

NMI Disabled Does not influence the global timer. …… Parallel Port

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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 channels) manually .

Auto Assigns system resources (IRQ and DMA

channels) automatically by BIOS.

l Reset Configuration Enabled The system BIOS will reset configuration data

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 PnP 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 PnP ISA or PCI.

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

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

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 Use the power button to power up the system.

Function ONLY

Password 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.

Note: If this option(Password) is chosen, the

jumperJKB must be set as PIN1 & PIN 2 closed,

or this will prevent you from powering up

your 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

Port 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).

l Power After Off The system remains OFF when the AC power

PWR-Fail supply resumes.

On The system will be powered up when the AC

power supply resumes.

Former-Sts Whatever the system status is, before the AC

power supply cuts off, the system resumes in the

previous status(ON/OFF) when the AC power

supply resumes.

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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

Current CPU Temp. 39

l Current CPUFAN Speed 4320RPM RPM( Revolution Per Minute) speed of fan

C/ 860C The temperature inside the chassis.

C/ 1020F The temperature of the CPU core.

Current CHSFAN Speed 2010RPM 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.

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

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

-12V Voltage -12.50V Voltage from the on-board regulator. 5VSB Voltage

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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 boots or any time 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.

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.

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

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:

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.

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 which you prefer. 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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Item Checklist

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

LegenX 7 motherboard QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM or LDCM CD-ROM 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 1 parallel ribbon cable and 1 UART ribbon cable (9-pin) with mounting bracket. 1 UART ribbon cable (25-pin connector) and PS/2 mouse adapter with mounting bracket. User’ s manual

Notice

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