QDI PlatiniX 2PE/800 User Manual

Item Checklist

This item checklist is only available for retail market.

Completely check your package,If you discover dam-

aged or missing items, contact your retailer.

P2PE/800 series mainboard

QDI Utility CD

1HD ribbon cable

1 FDD cable

User’s manual

I/O shield

1 10-pin ribbom cable with bracket

for USB3 and USB4(option)

Notice

The information in this document is subject to

change in order to improve reliability, design, or func-

tion without prior notice and does not represent a

commitment on the part of this company. In no event

will we be liable for direct, indirect, special, inciden-

tal, or consequential damages arising out of the use

or the possibility of such damages.

All trademarks are the property of their respective

owners.

If you need any further information, please visit our

web-site: “www.qdigrp.com”.

Declaration of conformity

QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.

20th Floor, Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road,

Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

declares that the product

Mainboard

P2PE/800

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in

accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)

 EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance

characteristics of information technology equipment

 EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1:

Residential, commercial and light industry

 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 EUROPE B. V.

QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH

LEGEND QDI SPAIN S.L . QDI COMPUTER (SWEDEN) AB

Signature : Place / Date : HONG KONG/2003

Printed Name : Xu Wenge Position/ Title : Assistant President

Declaration of conformity

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

Model Name: P2PE/800

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: Mainboard

Manufacturer: Quantum Designs (HK) Inc.

Address: 20th Floor, Devon House, Taikoo Place

979 King’s 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.

Tested to comply with FCC standards.

Signature : Date : 2003

Chapter 1

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

Key Features ................................................................. 2

Chapter 2

Installation Instructions.........................................................5

External Connectors ............................................................6

PS/2 Keyboard /Mouse Connector ................................... 6

USB1, USB2 and LAN Connectors ................................. 6

Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors ............................. 6

Line-in jack, Mic-in jack, Speaker-out jack and

MIDI/Joystick Connector ................................................. 7

6-Channel Audio ............................................................ 7

ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors & Power Switch ..... 8

Hard Disk LED Connector ( HD_LED ) .......................... 8

Reset Switch ( RESET ) ................................................. 8

Speaker Connector ( SPEAKER ) .................................. 9

Power LED Connector( PWR_LED ) .............................. 9

Green LED Connector( GREEN_LED ) ......................... 9

ACPI LED Connector( ACPI_LED ) ................................ 9

Hardware Green Connector ( SLEEP SW ) ................... 9

Key Lock Connector( KEYLK ) ....................................... 9

COM2,USB3 ,USB4 Connector ...................................... 10

Infrared Header ( IrDA ) ................................................. 10

Fan Connectors( CPU_FAN , SYS_FAN, PWR_FAN ) ... 11

Intruder Detect Switch( JINTR ) ...................................... 11

Wake-Up On LAN ( WOL ) ............................................. 12

Wake-Up On Internal Modem ( WOM ) .......................... 12

Audio Connectors (CD_IN1, CD_IN2, MODEM_IN ) ....... 13

4-pin SMBus Connector( SMBUS ) ................................ 13

Diagnosis LED ............................................................... 14

Hyper-Threading Detector ............................................. 14

Audio Interface ............................................................... 15

Onboard SATA ................................................................ 15

6CH-BRACKET Connector .................................................. 16

Chassis Security Switch(CHSSEC) ................................. 16

Jumper Settings .................................................. .............. 17

Wake-up function(JUSB, JFUSB) .17

Onboard LAN(LAN_EN)................................................................21

Caution

Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or re-

moving expansion cards, RAM or other system peripherals, other-

wise your mainboard and RAM might be seriously damaged.

Caution

Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and the

heatsink to keep them fully contacted to meet the heat sink require-

ment.

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Introduction

P2PE/800 series of mainboards utilize Intel® 82845PE MCH

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82801DB ICH4 chipset, providing a fully compatible,

+Intel
high performance and cost-effective ATX platform. The new
integrated technologies, together with AC’97 audio(2/6­channel), 6 USB, 2 SATA, and ATA100/66/33, give custom­ers an advanced, multimedia solution at reasonable price.
It provides 400/533/800(overclock)MHz host bus speed to
support Intel
DDR200/266/333/400memory. It also provides advanced
features such as Wake up by USB devices, Wake-on-LAN,
Wake-on-Modem, ACPI, CPU overheat triple protection, and
Keyboard Password Power-on functions. Suspending to
RAM, the optimal implementation of the Advanced Configu­ration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification, makes the
PC’s power consumption drop to the lowest possible level
and enable quick wakeup. BootEasy, QDI innovation, lets

the PC boot freely and rapidly.

®

Pentium 4 socket 478 processors and the

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Form factor

ATX form factor of 305mm x 222mm

Microprocessor

Supports Intel

Supports Intel
Supports Intel

/2.8/3.06GHz and above

Supports 400/533/800(overclock)MHz host bus speed

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Pentium 4 (Hyper-Threading) socket 478 processors

®

Pentium 4 (Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.8/1.9/2.0GHz

®

Pentium 4 (Northwood) socket 478 processors at 1.8/2.0/2.2/2.26/2.4/2.53/2.66

System memory

Supports DDR333 SDRAM, provide bandwidth up to 2.66G
Supports DDR200/266/333/400(overclock) SDRAM
Supports 64/128/256/512Mb technology up to 2GB

Provides two 184-pin DDR SDRAM interfaces

Onboard IDE

Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
Supports Ultra ATA 33/66/100, PIO mode
Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD ROM

drives

Onboard LAN(Available on -L, -AL, -6AL,-6ALS,-LS)

10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
10/100M LAN interface built-in on board

USB 2.0/1.0

USB 2.0 compliant, operates at 480Mbps, about 40X times faster than USB 1.1 which cur-

rently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps

Provides 6 USB 2.0/1.0 ports

Onboard I/O

One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5

/2.88M format

Two high speed 16550 compatible COMs with 16 byte send/receive FIFO (COM1 on back panel,

COM2 on header with optional cable)

One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
Provides one IrDA connector
All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup

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or 5.25″ floppy drives with 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M

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Onboard Audio

AC’97 2.2 Specification Compliant
Provides onboard Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out Jack and MIDI/Joystick

Connector

6-channel Onboard Audio(available on -6AS/-6A/-6AL mainboard)

AC’97 2.2 Specification Compliant
Provides Front left&right, Rear left&right/Line-in Jack and Center&Woofer/Microphone-in
Jack,which can be specified by software

Graphics Interface

Supports both 1.5V AGP 4X interface and intel AGP Digital Display(ADD) card

Advanced features

PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant
Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard
Supports Windows 98/2000/ME/XP soft-off
Supports Wake-on-LAN and Wake-on-Modem
Supports Keyboard Password Power-on function
Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures, system voltages, fan speed)
Provides Diagnosis LEDs to indicate CPU, chipset, memory PCI device, clockgen and video
status during system booting up
Providing QDI innovations: RecoveryEasyII, BIOS-ProtectEasy, LogoEasyII, BootEasy,
StepEasyII, SpeedEasyII
CPU, AGP, DDR Voltage adjusting function with SpeedEasyII: Adjusting CPU, AGP and DDR
Score voltage in BIOS to improve system stability and overclocking ability.(optional)
Supports CPU triple overheat protection

1. If the temperature of the CPU reachs the CPU Warning Temperature set in BIOS, the buzzer

will warn.

2. At the same time, the CPU THER-Throttling will be slowed down to the setpoint in BIOS.

3. If the temperature of the CPU reach the CPU Shutdown Temperature, the system will be

shutdown automatically under the ACPI OS and the data will be saved before.

(Reference to “PC Health Status” in BIOS)

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Onboard SATA(available on -S/-LS/-6AS/-6ALS mainboard)(optional)

Supports hot-plug
Two SATA devices including SATA HDD and CDROM/DVD ROM devices
Supports 150Mbps transfer rate.

BIOS

Licensed advanced AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS, supports flash ROM, plug and play ready
Supports IDE CDROM/SCSI/USB boot up.

Green function

Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS Directed
Power Management)
Supports ACPI power status: S0 (full-on), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM),
S4(suspend to Disk, depends on OS) and S5 (soft-off)

Main Expansion Slots and Connectors

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PCI(5) PCI slots
IDE(2 ) IDE ports
FLOPPY(1) Floppy Drive port
DDR(2) DIMM socket
USB(6) USB connectors
AGP(1) AGP slot
LAN(1) LAN connector
COM(2) COM connectors
PARALLEL(1) Parallel connector
IrDA(1) IrDA connector

Note:

Our technology is subject to upgrade from time to time, the de­scription and Interface for Easy technology in this manual are
only for your reference. Please download the latest BIOS or the

utility from the website.

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Installation Instructions

This section covers External Connectors and Jumper
Settings. Refer to the mainboard 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 direction.

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External Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard/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 and LAN Connectors

(LAN connector is only available on -L/-AL/-6AL mainboard)
Two USB ports are for connecting USB devices. The RJ-45 connector is for onboard LAN.

ACTIVE

LINK

LAN (optional)

USB1
USB2

Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors ( COM1 )

The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer. The serial
port COM1 connector can be connected to a serial port device 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.

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COM1

Warning:

Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or remov­ing expansion cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your
mainboard and expansion cards might be seriously damaged.

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Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick Connector

(Available on -A/-AL/ mainboard)

The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player to playback or
record. The Microphone-in jack can be connected to a microphone for voice input. The Speaker-out
jack allows you to connect speakers or headphones for audio output from the internal amplifier.The
MIDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a MIDI device.

MIDI/Joystick

Speaker out

Line in

Microphone in

6-Channel Audio

(Available on -6A,-6AL,-6AS,-6ALS series mainboard)

This mainboard utilizes ALC650 chip providing 6-channel Audio, which consists of Front Left, Front
Right, Rear Left, Rear Right, Center and Woofer for a complete surround sound effect. When 6­Channel audio is available, the front Left&Right jack can be connected to the Front speskers, the
Back Left&Right jack can be connected to the rear speakers and the Center&Woofer jack can be
connected to the center speaker and woofer.
Microphone function is offered by F_AUDIO Connector on the mainboard now.
If set 2-Channel Audio mode on -6A or -6AL mainboard, you can connect two speakers to the Front
Left&Right jack, at the same time use the Rear Left&Right jack as Line in jack, and use the
Center&Woofer jack as Microphone in jack.

MIDI/Joystick

Front left&right

Rear
left&right

Center&Woofer

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ATX 12V Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER SW)

The power switch (POWER SW) 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 switch. When powering off the system, you needn’t turn off the
mechanical switch, just push once the power switch. P2PE/800 series mainboard only sup­port ATX12V power.

+12V Power Supply Connector

1

GND

GND

1

12V

12V

ATX Power Supply Connector

5V

GND 3.3V GND 5V GND PS-OK 3.3V

5VSB

12V

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-5V GND PS-ON -12V 3.3V GND GND GND

5V5V

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POWER SW

If you change “Soft-off by PWR-BTTN” from default “Instant-off”
to “Delay 4 Sec” in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” sec­tion of the BIOS, the power switch should be pressed for morethan
4 seconds before the system powers down.

Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED)

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.

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Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)

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

Power LED Connector (PWR_LED)

When the system is in S0 status, the LED is on. When the system is in S1 status, the LED
is blink; When the system is in S3,S4, S5 status, the LED is off. The connector has an
orientation.

GREEN LED Connector (GREEN_LED)

When the system is in S0,S1,S4 ,S5 status, the LED is off,When the system is in S3 status,
the LED is on.

ACPI LED Connector (ACPI_LED)

The ACPI LED is a dual-color light with three pins. Pin1and Pin2 drive different color lights.
If Pin1 drives the orange light , then, Pin2 drives the green light, the following status will
come out. When the system is in S0 status, the LED is green on. When the system is in S1
status, the LED is green blink. When the system is in S3 status, the LED is orange on.
When the system is in S4, S5 status, the LED is off.

Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP SW)

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

Key Lock Connector (KEYLK)

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

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SW

SW

POWER

HD_LED

SLEEP

PWR_LEDACPI_LED

ACPI_LED

SPEAKER

POWER

SW

RESET GREEN_LED

SW

PWR_LED

KEYLK

HDD LED(+)

ORANGE(-)
GREEN(-)

LED+
POWER
GND
EMPTY

EMPTY

SLEEP

SLEEP

GND

LED+

LED­LED-

HDD LED(-)

VCC
GND

NC
SPKDATA
RESET

GND

EMPTY

LED+

LED-

LED-

GND

KEYLOCK

SPEAKER

RESET

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USB3 ;USB4;Serial Port Connector(COM2)

Besides USB1,2 on the back panel, P2PE/800 series of mainboards also have two 8-pin head­ers on board which may connect to front panel USB cable( optional ) to provide additional four
USB ports. The serial port COM2 is not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 9­pin header.

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COM2

USB3

USB4

SOUT-

+5V

USB0-

USB0+

GND

USB0-

USB0+

GND

DCD

GND

RTS

RI

NC

+5V

NC

SIN

DTR

DSR

CTS

NC

GND

NC

USB1+

USB1-

+5V

GND

NC

USB1+

USB1-

+5V

Infrared Header (IrDA)

This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device. Before using this func­tion, configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR IRQ from the “INTEGRATED
PERIPHERALS” section of the CMOS SETUP.

IrDA

IRTX

GND

IRRX

NC

VCC

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Fan Connectors (PWR_FAN, CPU_FAN, SYS_FAN)

The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in “PC Health” section of the
CMOS SETUP.

SYS_FAN

CPU_FAN

PWR_FAN

GND
+12V
SENSE

GND
+12V

SENSE

GND

+12V

SENSE

Intruder Detect Switch(JINTR)(Reserved)

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 send a message over the network to alert the network manager through
the on board LAN controller within ICH4.

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1

Indicate signal

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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 ATX12V power supply
and a LAN adapter which supports this function are used. Then connect this header to the
relevant connector on the LAN adapter, set “Power on by Ring/LAN” as Enabled in the
“POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the CMOS SETUP. Save and exit, then boot
the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.

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WOL

+5V standby
GND

Signal for waking up

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)

Through this function, the system which is in the suspend or soft-off status can be waked up
by a ring signal received from the internal modem. When this function is used, be sure an
internal modem card which supports this function is used. Then connect this header to the
relevant connector on the modem card, set “Power on by Ring/LAN” as Enabled in the
“Power Management Setup” section of the CMOS SETUP. Save and exit, then boot the
operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.

WOM

1

+5V standby

Signal for waking up(active low)

GND

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Audio Connectors (CD_IN1, MODEM_IN)

(Available on -A/-6A/-AL/-6AL /-6AS/-6ALS mainboard)

CD_IN 1 is Sony standard CD audio connector, it can be connected to a CD-ROM drive through
a CD audio cable. The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice
modem card with a similar connector. It allows connecting the mono_in (such as a phone) or
mono_out (such as a speaker) between the onboard audio and the voice modem card.

MODEM_IN

Common

CD Right Channel

CD_IN 1

Phone-In (from Modem)
GND

Mono-Out (to Modem)

CD Left Channel

4-pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS)

This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices communicate through the
SMBus with a SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices. The SMBus or System Management Bus
is a specific implementation of I
be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer.

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C bus, which is a multi-master bus, that is, multiple devices can

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SMBDATA

SMBCLD

GND

5VSB

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Diagnosis LED(Optional)

During the POST , the LED1~LED5 representing POST steps will light up in turn.
please refer to the following table to learn the POST status:

LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 LED5 status
blink off off off off CPU damaged , BIOS chip absent or damaged
on off off off off system detect CPU and initialize chipset
off on off off off system detect memory
off off on off off system initialize PCI
off off off on off system initialize clockgen
off off off off on system detect Video and invoke Video BIOS

Hyper-Threading Detector

During the POST,If use the CPU of Hyper-Threading and Hyper-Threading is enable in the BIOS,
the LEDs will light up in turn, then blink together.

LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 LED5 status
blink off off off off CPU damaged , BIOS chip absent or damaged
on off off off off system detect CPU and initialize chipset
off on off off off system detect memory
off off on off off system initialize PCI
off off off on off system initialize clockgen
off off off off on system detect Video and invoke Video BIOS
on on on on on Hyper-Threading OK

LED5

LED3

LED4

LED1

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Audio Interface(Optional)

The audio interface provides three kinds of audio output choices: the FrontAudio, the
RearAudio and the ActiveAudio. Their priority level is as sequence. When the FrontAudio is
available, the RearAudio and the ActiveAudio( in-case speakers ) will be cut off. When the
RearAudio is available, the ActiveAudio will be cut off. An onboard amplifier is provided for
the earphone. When the FrontAudio is absent, Pin3 and Pin4, Pin5 and Pin6 must be short
connected.

F_AUDIO

(Audio Interface)

1
3
5
7

Pin

No.

1 MIC 2 GND(MIC)

3 Front LINE Out(R) 4 LINE Next Out(R)

5 Front LINE Out(L) 6 LINE Next Out(L)

7 GND(fLO) 8 (Cut away)

Symbol

2
4
6
8

Pin

No.

Microphone in

Earphone

Speaker

Symbol

Line in

Speaker Out

Onboard SATA(Optional)

The mainboard provides two Serial ATA connectors,SATA is a storage interface that is compli­ant with SATA 1.0 Specification.With speed of up to 150Mbps.you can connect Serial ATA cable

to Serial ATA hard disk.

GND

GND

GND

RX+

TX+

RX-

TX-

SATA1/SATA2

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6CH-BRACKET Connector(optional)

The SPDIF input allow your digital audio input from digital audio devices.(optional) The
6CH_BRACKET output is capable of providing digital audio data or compressed AC3 data to

an external Dolby digital decoder.

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SURR_L

1

CENTER

SPDIF output

SPDIF Input

SPDIF

SURR_R
BASS
NCGND

VCC

GND

GND

SPDIF out
SPDIF in

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 the chassis has been opened. You can
monitor or check this information from some software.

CHSSEC

GND

Indicate signal

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Jumpers are located on the mainboard, the clear CMOS jumper CLR_CMOS, enable key­board password power-on function jumper JKB etc. Pin 1 for all jumpers are located on the

side with a thick white line (Pin1→

Jumpers with three pins will be shown as

and

to represent pin2 & pin3 (“2-3”) closed.

Jumper Symbol Description Represent

1-2 1-2

1-2 set pin1 and pin2 closed

1-2 1-2
2-3 2-3

2-3 set pin2 and pin3 closed

2-3 2-3
close set the pins closed
open set the pins opened

Enable Front/Back Panel USB Device Wake-up Function (JFUSB/JUSB1)

(optional)

The mainboard provides the advanced USB device wake-up function. The system can be
waked up from its power saving status including ACPI S3 by activating USB device. Before
using this function, set JFUSB/JUSB1 with pin1 & pin2 closed. Otherwise, set JFUSB/
JUSB with pin2 & pin3 closed for disabling. Furthermore, the item “Wake-Up From S3 by
USB”in Power Management Setup should also be set correspondingly to enable or disable
this function.

), referring to the mainboard’s silkscreen.

to represent pin1 & pin2 (“1-2”) closed

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Disable

1
2
3

Disable Enable

2

Enable
(default)

1
2

3

(default)

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Jumpers JFS0 and JFS1 provides users with CPU overclocking feature. The host bus speed
can be set as 100x4/133x4/200x4MHz or AUTO. If CPU FSB(front side bus) is set as auto,

the system detects the CPU FSB automatically. The table below is for your reference.

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1

CPU FSB AUTO 100MHz 133MHz 200MHz

JFS0 1-2 OPEN OPEN 2-3

JFS1 OPEN 2-3 1-2 1-2

“1-2”: pin1 & pin2 closed “2-3”: pin2 & pin3 closed

Whether or not your system can be overclocked depends on the capability of your processor
and memory. Whether the processor is bus ratio locked or unlocked should also be taken
into account. For bus ratio unlocked processor, this overclocking feature can be implemented
by setting FSB as 100x4/133x4/200x4MHz, meanwhile adjusting the bus ratio (multiplier) in
“QDI Innovation features” in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup and memorry.
You can also adjust the CPU frequency by running StepEasyII. We do not guarantee the
stability of the overclocking system.

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BIOS-Protection Jumper (BIOS_WP)

The BIOS of the mainboard is inside the FWH. If the jumper BIOS_WP is set as closed, the

system BIOS is protected from being attacked by serious virus such as CIH virus, you will
be unable to flash the BIOS to the mainboard in this status.

Flash Write
Disabled

BIOS_WP

Flash Write
Enabled
(default)

Setting the jumper BIOS_WP as open(default), meanwhile disabling the “Flash Write Pro-

tect” item from “QDI Innovation features ” in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup, allows you to flash
the BIOS to the Flash ROM.

The DMI (Desktop Management Interface) system information such as the CPU type/speed,

memory size, and expansion cards will be detected by the onboard BIOS and stored in the
flash ROM. Whenever the system hardware configuration is changed, DMI information will
be updated automatically. However, setting jumper BIOS_WP as closed makes flashing BIOS
and updating DMI information impossible. Therefore, set BIOS_WP as open when changing
the system hardware configuration, or the error message “Unknown Flash Type” will be dis­played on the screen, and DMI information may not be updated.

Under special conditions, the jumper “BIOS_WP” should be set as OPEN. For further details,

refer to the “BootEasy” part of appendix.

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Enable keyboard password power-on function (JKB)

The mainboard provides the advanced keyboard password power-on function. Before using

this function, set JKB with pin1 & pin2 closed. Otherwise, set JKB with pin2 & pin3 closed for
disabling.

Disable

JKB

Enable

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Furthermore in order to implement this function, set “POWER ON Function” to “Password”
and enter the keyboard power-on password in the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” section
of the CMOS SETUP. Save and exit, then power off your system. In this case, the power
button’s power-on function is disabled.

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capable of delivering enough current for all the devices con
nected to the keyboard port, if not, you will be unable to power
up the system using the keyboard.

2. If you set JKB with pin2 & pin3 closed, set “POWER ON Func
tion” to BUTTON ONLY, don’t set it to Password, or you’ll be
unable to power up your system by the keyboard or the power
button.

3. If you encounter the above problems, clear CMOS and set
the jumper pin2 and pin3 closed to disable the function,them
power on the system by pushing the power button,and set
“power on Fuction” back to “Button Only”.

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Clear CMOS (CLR_CMOS)

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

Normal status
(default)

Clear CMOS

(Unplug the AC power supply)

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Onboard LAN (LAN_EN)

If you want to use the onboard LAN, set LAN_EN with pin1&pin2 closed, Otherwise, set LAN_EN
with pin2&pin3 closed for disable this fuction.

Disable onboard LAN

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1

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BIOS Description

The mainboard uses AWARD BIOS Setup program that
provides a Setup utility for users to modify the basic sys­tem configuration. The information is stored in CMOS
RAM so it retains the Setup information when the power
is turned off. This chapter provides you with the over­view of the BIOS Setup.

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AWDFLASH.EXE

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

We strongly recommend you only upgrade BIOS when encounter problems.

Before upgrading your BIOS, review the description below to avoid making mis­takes, destroying the BIOS and resulting in a non-working system.

When you encounter problems, for example, you find your system does not support the
latest CPU released after our current mainboard, you may therefore upgrade the BIOS,
please don’t forget to set BIOS_WP as open and disable the “Flash Write Protect” item in
AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup first .

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 AWDFLASH.EXE(version>=8

CD to 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.

.24q) from the directory \Utility located on QDI Driver

4. Decompress the file download, copy the BIOS file (xx.bin) to the bootable diskette, and

note the checksum of this BIOS which is located in readme file.

5. Reboot the system from the bootable diskette created.

6. Then run the AWDFLASH utility at the A:\ prompt as shown below:

A:\AWDFLASH xxxx.bin

Follow the instruction through the process. Don’t turn off power or reset the system until

the BIOS upgrade has been completed.

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If you require more detailed information concerning AWDFLASH Utility, for example, the

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only and may not reflect your BIOS screens exactly.

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 to enter the AWARD BIOS
CMOS Setup Utility.

Press <Del> to enter SETUP

When you have entered, the Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. Use the arrow
keys to select among the items and press the <Enter> key to accept or enter the sub-menu.

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Figure-1 Main Menu

Load Optimized Defaults

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

Standard CMOS Features Setup

The basic CMOS settings included in “Standard CMOS Features” 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 desired in each item.

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Figure-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu

For the items marked, press enter, a window will pop up as shown below. You can view
detailed information or make modifications.

Figure-2-1 IDE Primary Master 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 Manual. ‘None’
means no HDD is installed or set; ‘Auto’ means the system can auto-detect the hard disk when
booting up; by choosing ‘Manual’, the related information should be entered regarding the follow-

ing 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

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The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: CHS, LBA and LARGE.

CHS

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 CHS
mode are 1024,16 and 63.

If the user sets his HDD to CHS 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.

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
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BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) into divising 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.

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
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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.

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 detected.

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

stop and you will be prompted.

All, But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; but it will
Keyboard stop for all other errors.

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

All, But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but it
Disk/Key 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 The BIOS determines how much extended memory is
Memory presented

Total Memory Total memory of the system.

during the POST.

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Figure-3 QDI Innovation features Menu

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

Item Option Description

[SpeedEasyII setting]

CPU Clock Ratio Min=8 Select the multiplication of processor core frequency. If

Max=50 a Ratio locked processor is installed, this item will be

hidden. This item is only for users understanding all the
CPU parameters.

AGP Voltage Normal AGP Voltage is normal.

+10% AGP Voltage exceeds Normal by ten percent.

DDR Voltage Normal DDR Voltage is normal.

+10% DDR Voltage exceeds Normal by ten percent.

CPU Host/PCI Clock Default Set CPU Host or PCI frequency.

100/33MHz

... ...

166/33MHz

CPU Voltage Default Set CPU Voltage.

- 0.075V

... ...

+ 0.300V

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[BootEasy setting]

QDI BootEasy Enabled PC boot in rapid speed, without any redunant feature
feature waiting for the displaying of starting OS.

[LogoEasyII setting]

Show Bootup Logo Enabled The EPA logo can be shown when system boots show

[RecoveryEasyII setting]

Menu language Select English Select RecoveryEasyII Interface Menu language.

Hotkey for NULL Backup/Recovery interface can not be used by
Backup/Recovery Pressing Hotkey.

Disabled PC boot in the legacy BIOS way.

up.

Disabled Close this function.

Chinese

F2~F12 Select Hotkey to enter Backup/Recovery interface

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[BIOS -protectEasy setting]

Flash Write Protect Enabled This option is for protecting the system BIOS,

Disabled when enabled, writing to BIOS area is to be discarded.

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Figure-4 Advanced BIOS Features Menu

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

Item Option Description

Anti-Virus Enabled Guard against boot virus threats early in the boot
Protection cycle, before they have a chance to load into your

system, ensuring your computer boots to a clean
operating system.

Disabled Disable this function.

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CPU L1&L2 Enabled Enable CPU L1/L2 cache.
Cache Disabled Disable CPU L1/L2 cache.

Hyper-Threading Enabled Enable Hyper-Threading.
Technology Disabled Disabled Hyper-Threading.

Hard Disk Boot Press Enter Press Enter to set Hard Disk Boot Priority¡£

Priority

Quick Power Enabled Allow the system to skip certain tests while booting.
On Self Test This will decrease the time needed to boot the

system.

Disabled Normal POST.

First (Second, Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority. It could be
Third) Boot Device Floppy Disabled, Floppy, LS200, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100,
Boot Other Device LAN USB-FDD, USB-ZIP,USB-CDROM,USB-HDD,LAN

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Swap Floppy Enabled If the system has two floppy drives, choose enable
Drive Disabled to assign physical drive B to logical drive Aand vice-

versa.

Boot Up On Keypad is used as number keys.
NumLock Status Off Keypad is used as arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard

controller.

Fast The A20 signal is controlled by Port92.

Security Option Setup Select whether the password is required every time

System the system boot or only when you enter setup.

APIC Mode Enabled Enable the APIC mode(Advanced Programmable

Interrupt Controller).

Disabled Disabled the APIC mode.

MPS Version 1.1/1.4 Set the MPS Version Control for OS
Control for OS

OS Select For Non-OS2 Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating
DRAM>64MB OS2 system with more than 64MB of RAM.

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Enabled Enable hard disk S.M.A.R.T. support.
Capability Disabled Invalidate this feature.

Report NO FDD Yes Report NO Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95 to release
for WIN 95 IRQ6.

No Do not report No Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95.

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Figure-5 Advanced Chipset Features Menu

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

Item Option Description

DRAM Timing Manual DRAM timing is defined by user.
Selectable By SPD DRAM timing is defined by SPD.

CAS Latency Time 1.5~3 Set CAS latency time.

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Active to Precharge 5,6,7 Set precharge delay time.

Delay

DRAM RAS# to 2,3 Set DRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 3 SCLKs or 2
CAS# Delay SCLKs.

DRAM RAS#Precharge 2,3 Set DRAM RAS# precharge as 3 or 2.

Memory Frequency Auto Set Memory Frequency
For DDR200

DDR266

DDR333

DDR400 Note: When the mainboard supports FSB800 MHz,

memory frequency can only set DDR400.

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System BIOS Enabled Besides conventional memory, the system BIOS area
Cacheable is also cacheable.

Disabled System BIOS area is not cacheable.

Video BIOS Enabled Besides conventional memory, video BIOS area is
Cacheable also cacheable.

Disabled Video BIOS area is not cacheable.

Delayed Transaction Enabled Enable Delayed Transaction.

Disabled Disable Delayed Transaction.

Delay Prior to 4/8/16Min Setting time for CPU automatically enters thermal mode

thermal 32Min

AGP 4/8/16/32 Set the effective size of the Graphics Aperture to be
Aperture Size 64/128 used in the particular GART Configuration.

256MB

Auto Detect Enabled Close empty PCI clock to reduce EMI.

PCI Clk Disabled Do not close empty PCI clock.

Spread Spectrum +/-0.25% Enable Clock Spread Spectrum to reduce EMI.

...
+/-0.38%
Disabled Disable this function.

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Figure-6 Power Management Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

ACPI function Enabled Enable ACPI function.

ACPI Suspend S1(POS) Select the ACPI suspend type.
Type S3(STR)

Run VGABIOS Auto Select to Run VGABIOS after the system be waked up.
if S3 Resume Y es/No

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Power User Define Users can configure their own Power Management Timer.
Management 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.
Video Off Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen when
Method disabling video.

V / H SYNC + In addition to Blank Screen, BIOS will also turn off the
Blank V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA card to monitor.
DPMS This function is enabled only for VGA cards supporting

DPMS.

Note: When the green monitor does not detect the

V/H-SYNC signals, the electron gun will be turned off.

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Video Off In Yes The system will disable video when entering suspend
Suspend mode.

No Do not turn off video when entering suspend mode.

Suspend Type Stop Grant Select the Suspend type.

PwrOn Suspend

MODEM Use 3,4,5,7,9,10,11 Special Wake-up event for Modem.
IRQ NA This function is not applied.

Suspend Mode Disabled The system never enter Suspend mode by timer.

1Min ~ 1Hour Define the continuous idle time before the system enters

Suspend mode. If any items defined in “PM Events” are
on and activated, the system will be woken up.

HDD Power Disabled HDD’s motor will not be off by timer.
Down 1 - 15 Min Define the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD

enters power saving mode (motor off).

Soft-Off by Instant-Off The system will immediately power off once the power
PWR-BTTN button is pressed.

Delay 4 sec The system will power off when power button is pressec

for 4 seconds.

CPU THRM- 12.5%, 25%, Select the duty cycle of the STPCLK signal, slowing down.
Throttling 37.5%, 50%, the CPU speed when the system enters green mode.

62.5%, 75%,

87.5%

Wake-Up by PCI Enabled Allow the system to be waked up by PCI card.
card Disabled Do not allow the system to be powered on by PCI card.

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Power on by Enabled Allow the system to be powered on when a Ring indicator
Ring/LAN signal comes up to COM1 or COM2 from external modem

(to LAN Wake-up Header from LAN adapter or to modem
Ring on Header from internal modem card).

Disabled Do not allow Ring/LAN wake up.

Resume Enabled RTC alarm can be used to generate a wake-up event to

by Alarm power up the system.

Disabled RTC has no alarm function.

Primary/Secondary Enabled Reload global timer, when there’s an IDE event.

IDE 0/1 Disabled Do not reload global timer.

FDD/COM/LPT Enabled Reload global timer, when there’s a FDD/COM/LPT event.

Port Disabled Do not reload global timer.

PCI PIRQ[A - D] # Enabled Reload global timer, when there’s a PCI event.

Disabled Do not reload global timer.

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PNP/PCI Configurations Setup

Figure-7 PNP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

Reset Configuration Enabled The system BIOS will reset configuration data once
Data then automatically set this item as disabled.

Disabled Disable this function.

Resources Manual Assign the system resources manually.
Controlled By Auto(ESCD) Assign system resources automatically by BIOS.

PCI/VGA Palette Enabled Enable PCI/VGA Palette Snoop.

Snoop Disabled Disable PCI/VGA Palette Snoop.

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Figure-8 Integrated Peripherals Menu

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

Item Option Description

On-Chip Primary/ Enabled On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE is enabled.

Secondary PCI IDE Disabled On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE is disabled.

IDE Mode 0 - 4 Define the IDE primary/secondary master/slave PIO mode.

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

IDE Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an Ultra DMA device is

Primary/ Secondary detected.
Master/Slave UDMA Disabled Disable this function.

USB Controller Enabled Enable onchip USB controller.

Disabled Disable onchip USB controller.

USB Keyboard Enabled Support USB Keyboard under legacy OS.
Support Disabled Do not support USB Keyboard under legacy OS.

AC97 Audio Auto If audio codec was installed on board, the AC97 Audio

function can be used. otherwise, the function is disabled.

Disabled Disable the AC97 Audio onboard.

AC97 Modem Auto If modem codec was installed on board, the AC97 modem

function can be used. otherwise, the function is disabled.

Disabled Disable the AC97 Modem onboard.

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Init Display First PCI Slot Initialize the PCI VGA first.

AGP Initialize the AGP first.

IDE HDD Block Enabled Allow IDE HDD to read/write several sectors once.
Mode Disabled IDE HDD only reads/writes a sector once.

KBC input clock 6/8/12/16MHz Set the PS/2 Keyboard input clock as 6/8/12/16MHz.

Power On Button only Power on by power button.
Function Password Power on with keyboard password.

KB Power ON Enter Enter keyboard password.
Password

Onboard FDC Enabled Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled.
Controller Disabled Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled.

Onboard 3F8/IRQ4 Define the onboard serial port address and required
Serial 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.

UART Mode Normal, IrDA Set UART mode.
Select ASKIR

RxD, TxD Active Hi, Lo/Lo, Hi Default is recommended.

Lo, Lo/ Hi, Hi

Full

IR Transmission Enabled Enable IR Transmission delay function.
Delay Disabled Disable IR Transmission delay function.

UR2 Duplex Half Default is recommended.

Mode Full

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Use IR Pins IR-Rx2Tx2 Default is recommended.

RxD2, TxD2

Onboard Parallel 378/IRQ7 Define parallel port address and IRQ channel.
Port 278/IRQ5

3BC/IRQ7
Disabled Onboard parallel port is disabled.

Parallel Port Mode SPP Define the parallel port mode.

EPP

ECP

ECP+EPP

Normal

EPP Mode Select EPP1.7 Set EPP Mode as EPP 1.7 or EPP1.9 Version.

EPP1.9

ECP Mode Use 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA 1 or 3.
DMA 1

PWRON After OFF,ON The system remains OFF/ON/Former state when the AC

PWR-Fail Former-Sts power supply resumes.

Game Port Disabled This option is used to configure Game Port Adress.
Address 201,209

Midi Port Address Disabled This option is used to configure Midi Port Adress.

290

300

330

Midi Port IRQ 5 This option is used to configure Midi Port IRQ.

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PC Health Status

Figure-9 PC Health Status Menu

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

Item Option Description

CPU Warning 500C/1220F An alarm will beep when the CPU temperature reaches
Temperature 530C/1270F the previous setting, 500C/1220F, 530C/1270F,560C/1330F,

560C/1330F 600C/1400F, 630C/1450F, 660C/1510F,700C/1580F,
600C/1400F 750C/1670F, 800C/1760F, 850C/1850F,900C/1940F, 950C/
630C/1450F 2050F.
660C/1510F
700C/1580F

750C/1670F

800C/1760F
850C/1850F
900C/1940F
950C/2050F
Disabled No alarm beep.

Current System The temperature inside the chassis.
Temp.

Current CPU The temperature of CPU.
Temperature

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Current PWRFAN RPM (Revolution Per Minute) Speed of fan which is
Speed connected to the fan header, CPUFAN, SYSFAN or
Current CPUFAN PWRFAN. Fan speed value is based on an assumption
Speed that tachometer signal is two pulses per revolution. In
Current SYSFAN other cases, you should regard it relatively.
Speed

Vcore(CPU) Display current voltage value including all significant
Voltage, voltages of the mainboard. +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V are
+3.3V voltages from the power supply.
+5 V
+12 V

-12 V Vcore (CPU) Voltage is the CPU core voltage from the
VBAT Voltage on board switching Power Supply. The VBAT Voltage is
5V Standby Voltage the voltage of battery.

Shutdown 600C/1400F The system will shut down automatically under the ACPI
Temperature 650C/1490F OS when the CPU temperature reaches the previous

700C/1580F setting.
750C/1670F
Disabled The system remains on regardless of how much the

CPU temperature is.

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Password Setting

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 BIOS Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED

If you have selected “System” in “Security Option” of “BIOS Features Setup” menu, you will be
prompted for the password every time the system reboots or any time you try to enter BIOS
Setup.

If you have selected “Setup” at “Security Option” from “BIOS Features Setup” menu, you will be
prompted for the password only when you enter BIOS Setup.

Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password. You can use Supervisor Pass­word when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup to modify all settings. Also you can
use User Password when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup but can not modify any
setting if Supervisor Password is enabled.

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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QDI Utility CD

A QDI Utility CD is supplied with this mainboard, the contents contained in it are showed as
below:

1. Driver Install

Using this choice, you can install all the drivers for your mainboard . You should install
the drivers in order, and you need to restart your computer until all the drivers are installed.

A. Chipset software B. Network Driver(optional)
C. Audio Driver(optional) D. USB2.0 Driver(optional)
E. DirecrX F. IAA Setup

2. Accessory

A. Norton AntiVirus 2003 B. QFlashV1.0

3. Browse CD

You could read all the contents contained in this CD, including Utility and Documents.
The files included in Utility are:

A. Awdflash.exe B. Cblogo.exe
C. Lf.exe

The files included in Documents are:

A. Adobe Acrobat Reader V5.0

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Norton AntiVirus

When you install Norton AntiVirus and accept options, your computer is safe. Norton AntiVirus
automatically checks boot records for viruses at system startup, checks programs for vi­ruses at the time you use them, scans all local hard drives for viruses once per week, and
monitors your computer for any activity that might indicate the work of a virus in action. It
also scans files you download from the internet and checks floppy disks for boot viruses
when you use them.
The list below shows the most important tasks Norton AntiVirus helps you perform:Scan for
viruses on your computer;Remove viruses from your computer;Update your virus protec­tion with LiveUpdate;Quarantine an infected file. you can go to the Symantec Web site to
view an online tutorial: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/tutorial

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LogoEasy II

Thank you for using QDI upgraded innovation--- LogoEasy II, which is completely compat­ible with LOGOEASY. LOGOEASY II can be easily operated in a Windows environment,
following in steps with the trend. It has added the functions of supporting JPEG images and
true color display of 64K and 16M colors with regard to JPEG-format graphics files and the
high-precision display equipment, which are now widely used.

LOGOEASY II supports the high-resolution 640x480 or 800x600 image display and full-screen,
top right corner or bottom right corner display. It also supports simultaneous display of logo
and sign-on message of the BIOS testing system. LOGOEASY II is a tool that can be oper­ated in multi-platforms to refresh and change LOGO graphics including DOS, WINDOWS
9X, WINDOWS NT, WINDOWS ME and WINDOWS XP. In particular, the tools under the
interface of WINDOWS are simple and easy to operate. It teaches you by taking your hand
how to change LOGO.

ITEM LogoEasy II LogoEasy
16 colors not support not support
Colors 256 colors support support
16M colors support not support
Resolution 640*480 support support
800*600 support not support
Display Self-test message support support
at the same time
Full Screen Logo support support
Display logo on corners support support

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

You can use “LogoEasy II” to replace it by any other
logo which you want.

We provide two Utilities in the QDI Driver CD , which
bring user the following two means to select:

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A. Using CBLOGO.EXE Utility (Under DOS ):

1. Copy “CBLOGO.EXE”and “AWDFLASH.EXE” from the directory \Utility located on QDI
Driver CD to your hard disk.

2.Get the BIOS file from “AWDFLASH.EXE” or Download the BIOS file from the Website
(http://www.qdigrp.com) and copy the BIOS file(xxxxxx.bin) to your harddisk.

3. Boot the system into DOS environment, Put your favor picture into BIOS file by “CBLOGO.
EXE” command. For example: CBLOGO.EXE xxxxxx.bin myphoto.bmp

4. Flash the BIOS to motherboard by “AWDFLASH.EXE”. For example: AWDFLASH xxxxxx.
bin

B. Using QFlash (Under Windows ):

1.Download the QFlash Utility from the Website (http://www.qdigrp.com) or get it fromQDI

Driver CD.

2.Run QFlash program step by step, following the directions until complete it .

3.Reboot the system, you can see the new picture displayed on the screen.

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please refer to the online help. If you don’t prefer the logo displayed
on the screen during bootup, set the “Show Bootup Logo” option as
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BIOS_ProtectEasy

The BIOS of the mainboard is contained inside the Flash ROM. Severe viruses such as CIH
virus are so dangerous that it may overwrite the BIOS of the mainboard. If the BIOS has been
damaged, the system will be unable to boot. We provide the following solution which protects
the system BIOS from being attacked by such viruses.

There are two choices which implements this function.

1.Set the jumper (BIOS_WP) as closed, the BIOS can not be overwritten.

2.Set the jumper (BIOS_WP) as opened, meanwhile set “Flash Write Protect” as Enabled in

CMOS Setup.In this way, the BIOS can not be overwritten, but the DMI information can be
updated.

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RecoveryEasy II

Introduction:

RecoveryEasy II — the latest edition of RecoveryEasy, providing a more easy-tooperate and
more secure and reliable tool for backing up and recovering the hard disk data. It will make
your data on the hard disk more secure, and make your computer more reliable. RcoveryEasy
II will bring you invaluable experiences. It allows you to experience unprecedented security
and reliability with its one-hotkey backup, one-hotkey recovery and powerful virus-free functions.

Features:

RcoveryEasy II has the following features:

 Secure Backup

(1) Backup area can be reserved automatically in the High Memory Block (HMB)

and all of partitions can be adjusted automatically .

(2) Backup area is invisible to any operating system and its upper software, making

it impossible to be attacked completely.

 Ease to Operate

(1) RcoveryEasy II is supported in both Chinese and English. You can easily enter

Backup or Recover interface by simply pressing hotkeys. Backup or recover
operation can be done with simple choices.

(2) User are not required to define the size of backup area. When backup start, it will

automatically allocate an area in the High Memory Block (HMB) of hard disk as
backup area upon the necessity of data storage, so as to improve the utilization

of hard disk space.

 Adavantage Function

(1) Multiform partition format can be supported in RecoveryEasy II, including FAT16,

FAT32, NTFS etc.

(2) The capability of supportable Hard Disk is up to 137GB.

 Flexible Combination

The hard disk data can be choosed to be protected and restored as required.

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Backup Backup content Restore content

Partition Table Partition Table Partition Table
System Partition System Partition+Partition Table System Partition, PartitionTable
Whole Disk All Partitions+Partition Table System Partition, PartitionTable,

Whole Disk

CMOS Setup CMOS Setup CMOS Setup

Menu Language and Hotkey Selection

Please press “DEL” key to enter CMOS setup during the POST(Power On Self Test), then
user can see [RecoveryEasyII Setting] items of the “QDI Innovation features” menu, in
which the language on RecoveryEasyII interface and hotkey could be selected .

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figure-1 QDI Innovation Features

1. Menu language Select

We provide two menu language for user to select, English is the default.

2 . Hot key for Backup

There are 12 options, including NULL and F2~F12. Key F11 is default. If NULL is
selected, Backup interface can not be used with pressing hotkey. If you select one key
of the rest 11options, you can enter Backup interface by pressing the hotkey you setup
during POST.

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3. Hot key for Recovery

There are 12 options, including NULL and F2~F12. Key F12 is default. If NULL is selected,
Restore interface can not be used with pressing hotkey. If you select one key of the rest
11 options, you can enter Recover interface by pressing the hotkey you setup during
POST.

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the same key, the default will be Backup hotkey.

Hard Disk Selection Menu

If you installed the system with several IDE
hard disks, and you have pressed the
backup or restore hotkey during POST, hard
disk selection menu will popup before you
enter backup or recovery interface, in which
all of the IDE hard disks installed on your
system will be listed. You can scroll the high­light bar to the hard disk you want to work
with using arrow key. Press ENTER to
confirm, and the following operation will be
performed on the selected hard disk:

figure-2 Hard Disk Select

Backup Function Introduction

press Backup Hotkey to enter Backup Interface during the POST(Power On Self Test),
then the follwing interface will appear. You can scroll the highlight bar to the option you
want to work with using arrow key. Press ENTER to confirm.

1 Backup Partition Table

2 Backup System Partition C:

3 Backup Whole Disk

4 Backup CMOS Setup

5 Free Backup Area

6 Exit Backup Menu

figure-3 Backup Interface

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It is used to backup partition table of current hard Disk. A partition table keeps the status
of the hard disk partitions, such as the number of partitions, the type and size of each
partition, etc. Itis the most important information of the hard disk data structure. The
incorrectness or loss of the table will result in the failure of reading data from the hard disk
partitions.

2 Backup System Partition

It is used to backup the system partition of current hard
disk. It makes a backup of the data in the bootable par­tition (actived partition) of current hard disk, as well as
the partition table.

3 Backup Whole Disk

It makes a backup of all the useful data on the hard
disk, including partition table and the data in all partitions.

4 Backup CMOS Setup

It is used to backup the settings you have made in the
CMOS Setup.

5 Release Backup Area

It is used to unload the backup data on the hard disk,

freeing the hard disk space.

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6 Exit Backup Menu

It is used to Exit Backup Interface.

figure-4 Backup process

Recovery Function Introduction

Press Recovery Hotkey to enter Recovery Interface duringthe POST(Power On Self Test),
then the follwing interface will appear. You can scroll the highlight bar to the option you
want to work with using arrow key. Press ENTER to confirm.

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figure-5 Recover Interface

1.Recover Partition Table

It used to restore the partition table data stored in
backup area to current Hard Disk.

2.Recover System Partition

It used to restore the system partition data stored
in current backup area to current system partition.
If current system partition doesn’t match the backup
system partition, a warning will be displayed indi­cating the recovery fails. This feature will only re­store the bootable partition and contents in other
partitions will be untouched.

1 Recover Partition Table

2 Recover System Partition

3 Recover Whole Disk

4 Recover CMOS Setup

5 Exit Backup Menu

3.Recover Whole Disk

It used to restore all the Hard Disk data stored in
current backup area to current Hard DIsk. This op­eration will restore the partition table and data in all
partitions, as a result, existing data in current Hard
Disk will be overwritten.

4.Recover CMOS Setup

This will restore the latest backup of the CMOS
Settings you have made to the current CMOS.

figure-4 Recover process

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SpeedEasy II

Overview:

SpeedEasy II — has just recommended is the upgraded edition of SpeedEasy In addition to
some functions of SpeedEasy, including the wire jumper-free function, the users can also
realize in the BIOS setup the CPU core voltage adjustability. This doubtless renders a quicker
and easier mode for overclocking and will further help the users to tap the maximum potenti-

ality of the system.

Procedures:

1. Correctly insert the your CPU.

2. Plug in other configurations and restore the system.

3. Switch on power to the system and press the <Del> key to enter BIOS Setup.

4. Enter “QDI Innovation features” menu to set up the CPU speed.

5. Set CPU Clock ratio and CPU/DRAM Frequency and adjust CPU voltage.

6. Save and exit BIOS Setup, your system will now boot successfully.

CPU SpeedEasyII Setup Menu

Select <QDI Innovation features> item from the main menu and enter the sub-menu:

QDI Innovation features Menu

BIOS provides you with a set of basic values for your processor selection instead of the
jumper settings. The processor speed can be manually selected on the “QDI Innovation
features” menu screen.

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

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BootEasy

BootEasy technology enormously improves the long BOOT process time of computers. Re­ducing the wait time every user has to suffer when starting their computer. BIOS without
BootEasy has to perform many routines every time when the system starts, such as checking
system core of the computer and initializing system peripherals. Now with the BootEasy,
BIOS will not run these repetitive Processes any longer , PC can boot-up without any redun­dant waiting for the displaying of starting OS. BootEasy is quite easy to use , choose the right
option in CMOS SETUP, ( refer to QDI Innovation features) it can be easily booted quickly.
BootEasy save all the information when PC first normally boot-up, and it restores all the pa­rameters for the system and thus let the PC boot freely and rapidly.

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1. Under the following conditions, PC will boot-up in normal way.

(1) PC boot-up for the first times after set option as Enabled.
(2) the system information saved by BIOS was damaged.
(3) PC fail to boot-up continually over three times.
Setting the jumper BIOS_WP as open if you encounter the
above conditions.

2. Don’t power off or reset system while BootEasy initializing.

3. set “QDI BootEasy Feature” as “Disabled” before you replace
system equipment.set “QDI BootEasy Feature” as “Enabled”
after you accomplished replacing.

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BootEasy ist eine Neuentwicklung von Legend QDI, die neue Innovation der QDI Easy­Technologien.

BootEasy Setup Menu

Mit der BootEasy- Technologie Technik wird der Bootvorgang nur noch vier bis fünf Sekunden
in Anspruch nehmen, bis das Betriebssystem geladen wird. Der Grund für die lange Warterei
liegt in den Routine-Abfragen, die das BIOS bei jedem Start abarbeitet. So wird beispielsweise
jedes Mal die Taktfrequenz des Prozessors geprüft oder angeschlossene Geräte aktiviert.
Die BootEasy-Technik prüft diese Punkte nur beim erstmaligen Start des Rechners und
speichert die Ergebnisse in einem Flash ROM. Beim nächsten Start ruft das System lediglich
diese Informationen aus dem Speicher ab und kann so innerhalb von wenigen Sekunden den
Boot-Prozess abschließen.
Bei Änderungen am System, beispielsweise nach dem Einbau eines neuen Prozessors, muss
deshalb zuvor die BootEasy-Funktion deaktiviert werden, beim nächsten Start werden die
neuen Informationen dann erneut abgespeichert.
Falls Fehler im Flash ROM den Bootvorgang behindern, versucht das System drei Mal den
Rechner hochzufahren, bei Misserfolg schaltet es auf die althergebrachte Art zu booten um,
das heißt, es dauert wieder ebenso lang wie früher. Anschließend kann die BootEasy – Technik
wieder aktiviert werden.
Falls Fehler im Flash ROM den Bootvorgang behindern, versucht das System drei Mal den
Rechner hochzufahren, bei Misserfolg schaltet es auf die althergebrachte Art zu booten um,
das heißt, es dauert wieder ebenso lang wie früher. Anschließend kann die BootEasy – Technik
wieder aktiviert werden.

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Instalación de la placa base QDI P2PE/800(Spanish):

1. Asegúrese que se incluyen los siguientes artículos: Placa base QDI P2PE/800, 1

cable de datos para el puerto IDE y 1 cable de datos para el Floppy, jumpers, 1
manual de usuario QDI P2PE/800y un disco compacto con los controladores de la
placa base QDI P2PE/800.

2. Asegúrese de que el cable de la fuente de alimentación esta desconectado y

asegúrese de estar en contacto a masa utilizando una pulsera antiestática. Si no
dispone de dicha pulsera, toque un objeto directamente conectado a masa o una
parte metálica de su equipo como puede ser la caja de este.

3. Fije la placa base en la caja de su equipo con los tornillos especiales que acompañan

a su caja.

4. Los jumpers están localizados en la placa base, con ellos se configuran, por ejemplo:

Clear CMOS CLR_CMOS, Habilitar BIOS ProtectEasy BIOS_WP etc…, el PIN1 para
todos los jumpers esta marcado con una línea más gruesa (Consulte el apartado
“Jumper Settings” en el manual de usuario de su placa QDI P2PE/800 en el capítulo

2).

5. Inserte el procesador en el socket y conecte el ventilador del procesador en el

conector de su placa base QDI P2PE/800 marcado como “CPUFAN”.

6. Inserte los módulos de memoria en los bancos de memoria DIMM de su placa base

QDI P2PE/800.

7. Inserte las tarjetas PCI y/o la tarjeta AGP en las bahías de expansión de su placa

base QDI P2PE/800.

8. Conecte los periféricos internos IDE y las disqueteras mediante los cables de datos

específicos a su placa base QDI P2PE/800. Asegúrese que la orientación de los
cables sea la correcta. (El cable rojo se corresponde con el pin 1).

9. Conecte los cables de la caja del ordenador a su placa base QDI P2PE/800, como el

conector de la fuente de alimentación, los testigos de corriente, y lectura de disco
duro, interruptores de inicio y reset (consulte el apartado “External Connectors” del
manual de usuario de su placa base QDI P2PE/800).

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10. Conecte los diferentes periféricos externos como el teclado PS/2, ratón PS/2, serie

o USB, los dispositivos USB, el monitor y la impresora a la placa base QDI P2PE/
800 (consulte el apartado “External Connectors” en el manual de su placa base
QDI P2PE/800, en el capítulo 2).

11. Cuando haya finalizado de realizar todas las conexiones, conecte el cable de

alimentación a la fuente de alimentación y encienda su PC:

Instalación del sistema:

1. Encienda su equipo mediante el interuptor de encendido de la caja.

2. Presione la tecla « Supr » para entrar en el menú de configuración de la BIOS.

3. Seleccione los valores de la Bios en concordancia con la configuración de su sistema

(Nosotros le recomendamos que deje los valores establecidos por la Bios por
defecto, para evitar posibles fallos que ocasionen que su sistema no funcione
correctamente). Para más información las funciones de la Bios, consulte el apartado
“BIOS Description” en el manual de usuario de la placa base QDI P2PE/800).
Presione la tecla « F10 » y seleccione la opción “Save & Exit Setup” en el menú de
configuración de la Bios para guardar los cambios y reiniciar el sistema.

4. Instale el sistema operativo en el disco duro, no se olvide de seleccionar la secuencia

de inicio correcta para que el sistema operativo pueda iniciarse.

5. Después de la instalación del sistema operativo, asegúrese que no hay conflictos

con ningún dispositivo de su sistema.

6. Entonces, después del último paso, proceda a la instalación de los controladores

de los diferentes dispositivos.

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Un disco compacto con controladores de QDI esta incluido en el paquete

de la placa base QDI P2PE/800.

1. Instalación de los controladores

Usted puede instalar todos los controladores para su placa base facilmente. Tiene
que instalar los controladores en el siguiente orden para un correcto funcionamiento
del sistema, y es necesario reiniciar el equipo antes de finalizar la instalacción de los
controladores.

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A. Chipset software B. Network Driver( Opcional )
C. Audio Driver ( Opcional ) D. USB2.0 Driver( Opcional)

2. Accessorios

A. QFlashV1.0 B. Norton AntiVirus 2002

3. Navegue por el CD

Usted puede leer todos los documentos incluidos en este CD, incluidos Utility and
Documents.

Los ficheros incluidos en Utility son:

A. Awdflash.exe B. Cblogo.exe
C. Lf.exe

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Manuel d’installation des cartes mères de la série QDI P2PE/

800 (French):

Intégration du système :

1. Vérifier la présence de chaque élément dans la boite de la carte mère de la série

QDI P2PE/800 :

Une carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800.
Un CD-ROM d’installation QDI.
Un manuel d’utilisation de la carte mère QDI P2PE/800.
Un sachet de cavaliers.
Une nappe IDE compatible avec la norme ATA/66 destinée au lecteur de
disque dur.
Une nappe destinée au lecteur de disquette.
Un fond de panier métallique destiné à l’unité centrale de l’ordinateur
(Caractéristique technique optionnelle).
Un câble d’extension destiné à permettre l’exploitation des ports USB 3 et
USB 4 ou USB 5 et USB 6 (Caractéristique technique optionnelle).

2. Vérifier que le câble électrique relié au boîtier d’alimentation de l’unité centrale de

l’ordinateur est déconnecté. Se relier à la terre grâce à un bracelet lié au poignet. A
défaut de disposer d’un bracelet, maintenir un contact physique avec un objet lui­même relié à la terre, ou à une partie métallique du système comme la structure de
l’unité centrale de l’ordinateur.

3. Fixer la carte mère dans l’unité centrale de l’ordinateur grâce aux vis fournies avec

cette dernière lors de son achat.

4. S’assurer que la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 est matériellement correctement

configurée, pour cela vérifier que les cavaliers insérés sur les broches intégrées de
cette dernière sont correctement positionnés. Dans ce but il est important de se
référer à la section nommée « Configuration des cavaliers » du chapitre numéro 2
nommé « Instructions d’installation » contenu dans le manuel d’utilisation livré avec
la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 lors de son achat.

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5. Connecter le processeur dans le socket intégré à la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/

800 et prévus à cet effet. Fixer le système de refroidissement de ce dernier et connecter
son ventilateur sur les broches nommées « CPUFAN » intégrées à la carte mère de
la série QDI P2PE/800 et prévus à cet effet.

6. Connecter les éventuelles barrettes de mémoire dans les slots intégrés à la carte

mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 et prévus à cet effet.

7. Connecter les éventuelles cartes d’extension au format AGP, PCI dans les slots

intégrés à la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 et prévus à cet effet

8. Connecter les éventuels périphériques IDE ainsi que le lecteur de disquette à la

carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 grâce aux nappes fournies avec cette dernière
lors de son achat. S’assurer que l’orientation des nappes connectées est correcte
en vérifiant que le liseré rouge de ces dernières correspond à l’emplacement de la
broche numéro 1 du connecteur.

9. Connecter les câbles de l’unité centrale de l’ordinateur sur les broches intégrées à

la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 et prévues à cet effet. Dans ce but il est
important de se référer à la section nommée « Connecteurs externes » du chapitre
numéro 2 nommé « Instructions d’installation » contenu dans le manuel d’utilisation
livré avec la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 lors de son achat.

10. Raccorder les périphériques externes sur les connecteurs de fond de panier intégrés

à la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800. Dans ce but il est important de se référer
à la section nommée « Connecteurs externes » du chapitre numéro 2 nommé
« Instructions d’installation » contenu dans le manuel d’utilisation livré avec la carte
mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 lors de son achat.

11. Lorsque tous les éléments du système sont correctement intégrés, il est possible de

reconnecter le câble électrique au boîtier d’alimentation de l’unité centrale de
l’ordinateur.

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Installation du système :

1. Démarrer le système en pressant l’interrupteur de fonctionnement de l’unité centrale

de l’ordinateur.

2. Presser la touche “Suppr” du clavier afin d’entrer dans le menu de BIOS.

3. Dans le menu de BIOS nommé “QDI Innovation features”, ajuster la fréquence de

fonctionnement du processeur. Attention, il est fortement recommandé de charger
les réglages de sûreté par défaut afin d’éviter un éventuel dysfonctionnement du
système. Dans ce but il est important de se référer à la section nommée « Description
du BIOS Award » du chapitre numéro 3 nommé « Description du BIOS » contenu
dans le manuel d’utilisation livré avec la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800 lors
de son achat.

4. Procéder à l’installation du système d’exploitation sur le lecteur de disque dur intégré

au système. Dans ce but il est important de vérifier que la séquence de démarrage
du système paramétrable à partir du menu de BIOS permet à la procédure
d’installation du système d’exploitation de s’initialiser.

5. Une fois l’installation du système d’exploitation achevée, vérifier qu’il ne subsiste

aucun conflit ou périphérique inconnu au sein du système.

6. Après cette étape, procéder à l’installation des pilotes de chaque périphérique

détecté par la carte mère de la série QDI P2PE/800.

Lors de son achat un CD-ROM d’installation QDI est livré avec la carte mère de la

série QDI P2PE/800.

1. Driver Install :

Avec cette option, il est possible d’installer les pilotes de la carte mère de la série QDI

P2PE/800 aisément. Il est important d’installer les pilotes en respectant l’ordre prédéfinit
et de redémarrer le système après avoir effectué l’installation de tous les pilotes.

Applications contenues dans le dossier :

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A. Chipset software.
B. Network Driver(Optional)

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C. Audio Driver(Optional)
D. USB2.0 Driver(Optional)
E. DirectX
F. IAA Setup

2. Accessory :

Applications contenues dans le dossier :

A. QflashV1.0.
B. Norton AntiVirus 2002.

3. Browse CD :

Avec cette option, il est possible de consulter l’ensemble des données contenues sur le
CD-ROM d’installation QDI

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Applications contenues dans le dossier :

A. Awdflash.exe.
B. Cblogo.exe.
C. Lf.exe.

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QDI P2PE/800 installazione mainboard (Italian):

1. Assicurarsi che la scatola sia completa: QDI P2PE/800mainboard, cavo IDE e Floppy,

jumpers, manuale dell’utente della mainboard QDI P2PE/800 e cd-rom drivers.

2. Controllare che il cavo alimentazione proveniente dal computer-case sia sconnesso

assicurarsi inolre di aver indossato corretamente il bracciale da polso collegato a
massa. In mancanza di questo toccare un punto a massa o una parte metallica del
case

3. Fissare la mainboard nel case con le speciali viti fornite con il computer-case

4. I jumper locati sulla mainboard rappresentano: CLR_CMOS azzeratore BIOS,

BIOS_WP abbilitatore/disabbilitatore in BIOS della funzione protectEasy; per tutti
i jumper il PIN 1 e’ contrassegnato da un spessa linea bianca ( consultare il manuale
al capitolo 2 “ JUMPER AND SETTINGS”)

5. Inserire il processore nell’apposito slot ; la ventola del processore deve essre collegato

nello speciale connettore targato “ CPUFAN ”.

6. Inserire il modulo/i di memoria nell’apposito memory slots

7. Inserire le periferiche Pci negli appositi Pci slots

8. Collegare le periferiche IDE e il FLOPPY con l’apposito cavo fornito con la mainboard

negli specifici connetori marcati. Assicurarsi che l’orientamento del cavo sia corretto.

( La linea rossa sul cavo deve essere inserita nellapposito connettore in

corispondezza del pin 1)

9. Conettere la mainboard con: il cavo di alimentazione proveniente dall’alimentatore,

il connettore dell’interuttore di stand by, il conettore del led di segnalazione “acceso”,

il connettore led di funzionalita’ HARD DISK, il connettore dello spekear interno al

CASE..... ( consultare il manuale capitolo 2. “ EXTERNAL CONNECTORS ”. Dopo

chiudere il CASE)

10.Connettere le differenti periferiche esterne come il PS/2 mouse, la PS/2 tastiera, le

prese USB, il monitor e la stampante con gli specifici connettori posizionati sulla

faccia esterna della mainboard.

11.Quando la vostra configurazione sara’ tutta connessa, aggangiare il cavo di

alimentazione.

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Installazione di sistema

1. Portare in posizione di acceso l’interuttore di ACCESO

2. Usare il tasto DEL per entrare nel nel software di configurazione del BIOS

3. Regolare le funzioni del BIOS in accordo con la configurazione di sistema ( Noi ti

raccomandiamo di usare l’impostazione di default per evitare rischi di anomalie di
funzionalita’). Per maggiori informazioni controllare il capitolo 3, sezione “BIOS
DESCRIPITION”. Premere F10 sulla tastiera o scegliere “SAVE and EXIT” dal
menu di BIOS per salvare le impostazioni scelte ed uscire dal BIOS program.

4. Installare il sistema operativo , non dimenticando di mettere nelle giuste condizioni

di partenza la sequenza di boot.

5. Dopo una giusta installazione accertarsi che non vi siano conflitti tra le periferiche in

uso

6. Dopo questo ultimo passo procedere all’installazione dei driver delle varie periferiche

IL CD CONTENENTE I DRIVER DELLA VOSTRA MAINBOARD QDI

E’CONTENUTO NELLA SCATOLA

1. Installazione driver

E possibile installare tutti i driver della Vs. mainboard in modo facile e veloce.
Dovreste installare i driver nella seguente succesione, finito cio’ bisogna far
ripartire il personal computer.

A. Chipset software B. Network Driver (Optional)
C. Audio Driver (Optional) D. USB2.0 Driver(Optional)
E. DirectX F. IAA Setup

A. QflashV1.0
B. Norton AntiVirus2002

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3. Guardando il CD

Questo manuale di installazionee’ disponibile anche nella sua versione elettronica
all’interno del cd accompagnativo, insieme anche diverse utili quali:

A. Awdflash.exe B. Cblogo.exe

C. Lf.exe

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Using 4/6-Channel Audio

The motherboard is equipped with Realtek ALC650 chip, which provides support for 6-channel
audio output, including 2 Front, 2 Rear, 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel. ALC650 allows the
board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better surround sound effect. The section will tell you how

to install and use 4/6-channel audio function on the board.

Installing the Audio Driver

You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC650 chip to function properly before you can get
access to 4-/6-channel audio operations. Follow the procedures described below to install the
drivers for different operating systems.

Installation for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

The following illustrations are based on Windows ® XP environment and could look slightly
different if you install the drivers in different operating systems.

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1. Insert the companion CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup screen will
automatically appear.

2. Select the Sound Driver.

3. Click Next to start installing files into the system.

click here

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4. Click Finish to restart the system.

Select this
option

Click here

Attaching speakers

To perform multichannel audio operation, connect multiple speakers to the system. You should
connect the same number of speakers as the audio channels you will select in the software
utility.

2-Channel Analog Audio Output

The audio connectors on the back panel already provide 2-channel analog audio output
function. The back panel’s audio connectors can be transformed to 4/6-channel analog audio
connectors automatically when you select correct setting in the software utility. For informa-

tion about the setting, refer to Selecting 4- or 6-Channel Setting later in the section.
Make sure all speakers are connected to Line Out connectors. Diverse connector configura-

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Line Out (Front channels)

Line In

M IC

Description:

Line Out, Line In and MIC functions all exist under 2-channel configuration.

4-Channel Analog Audio Output

Line Out (Rear channels)

Line Out (Front channels)

MIC

Description:

Line In is converted to Line Out function under 4-channel configuration.

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6-Channel Analog Audio Output

Line Out (Rear channels)

Line Out (Front channels)

Line Out (Center and
Subwoofer channels)

Description:

Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6-channel configuration.

Digital Audio Output

Coaxial SPDIF jack

Description:

Connnet the SPDIF speakers to the Coaxial SPDIF jack.

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Selecting 4- or 6-Channel Setting

1. Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen.

2. Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the “Environment” pull-down menu under
the Sound Effect tab.

Click here and the
pull-down menu
will appear

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3. Click the Speaker Configuration tab.

Click here

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4. The following window appears.

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5. Select the multi-channel operation you prefer from No. of Speakers.

6. Click OK

Testing the Connected Speakers

To ensure 4- or 6-channel audio operation works properly, you may need to test each

connected speaker to make sure every speaker work properly. If any speaker fails to sound,
then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers
with good ones.

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Testing Each Speaker

1. Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen.

2. Click the Speaker Test tab.

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Front Left

Rear Left

Center

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Front Right

Rear Right

4. Select the speaker which you want to test by clicking on it.

Playing KaraOK

The KaraOK function will automatically remove human voice (lyrics) and leave melody for you
to sing the song. The function is applied only for 2-channel audio operation, so make sure
“2 channels mode” is selected in the “No. of Speakers” column before playing KaraOK.

Playing KaraOK

1. Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen.

2. Make sure the Sound Effect tab is selected.

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3. Select Voice Cancellation in the “KaraOK” column.

Click this

4. Click OK.

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CPU Installation Procedures

1. Pull the lever sideways away from
the socket. Then, raise the lever up
to a 90-degree angle.

2. Look for the cut edge. The cut edge
should point towards the lever pivot.
The CPU will only fit in the correct
orientation. If the CPU is correctly
installed, the pins should be com­pletely embedded into the socket
and can not be seen.

3. Hold the CPU down firmly, and then
close the lever to complete
installation.

Warning: Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system, always

make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU

from overheating.

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F_AUDIO

6CH-BRACKET

MODEM_IN

CD_IN1

LAN_EN

Top :LAN(optional)

BTTM:USB1,2

JUSB1

Mic.
In

Line
In

MIDI/Joystick

Speaker
Out

UART 1

Parallel Port

Top :PS/2 Mouse
Bttm:PS/2 Keyboard

FDD

2
3 4

5

1

COM2

6

7
*
8

9

SYS_FAN

JFS0

JFS1

SATA2

SATA1

CHSSEC

PCI 5

BIOS_WP

PCI 4

PCI 3

USB4

PCI 2

JFUSB

USB3

PCI 1

AGP

Intel
FW82845PE

Socket 478

CPU_FAN

JKB

ATX 12V

Intel

IDE2

IrDA

IDE1

SMBUS

CLR_CMOS

JINTR

FW82801DB

FLASH

ROM

BAT

LED5

DIMM1

DIMM2

LED4

LED3

LED2

LED1

PWR_FAN

ATX_ POWER

Note: Pin1 for all jumpers are located on the side with black line.

1.

HDLED

2. ACPI_LED

3. POWER SW

* Empty

4. SLEEP SW

5. PWR_LED

6. SPEAKER

7. RESET

* Empty

8. GREEN_LED

9. KEYLK