QDI SynactiX 1E, SynactiX 1EP User Manual

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Completely check your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your
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SynactiX 1E mainboard
QDI Driver CD 2000
I/O shield(optional)
1 ATA 100/66 cable
1 FDD cable
1 COM2 cable(optional)
QDI Serial Product R.M.A. Warranty Card
User’s manual

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Declaration of conformity

QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) L TD.

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

Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

declares that the product

Mainboard

SynactiX 1E

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/2000

Printed Name : Lv Yan Position/ Title : Assistant President

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc.
Model Name: SynactiX 1E
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.

Signature : Date : 2000

CONTENTS

SpeedEasy Quick Setup(English)...................................................... S.1

SpeedEasy

Facilité de vitesse Initialisation(Francais) .......................................... S.5

............................................................... S.3

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

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

Intel 815E chipset ................................................................................ 1

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

Introduction to New Features .............................................................. 3

2. Instal latio n Inst ructi ons............................................ 9

External Connectors ................................................................. 9

PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector ........................................................ 9

USB1 & USB2 and LAN connector....................................................... 9

Parallel Port, Serial Port and Monitor Output Connector......................... 9

Line-in, Microphone-in, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick connector.. 9

Diagnostic LED Function .................................................................... 10

UART2,Front Panel USB Port(USB3.4) ............................................... 10

ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch(POWER SW) .............11

Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED) ...................................................11

Reset Switch (RESET)........................................................................ 11

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)..........................................................11

Power LED Connector (PWR LED) ......................................................11

GREEN LED Connector (GREEN LED) ..................................................11

ACPI LED Connector (ACPI LED) ....................................................... 12

Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP SW) .......................................... 12

Key Lock Connector (KEY LK) .......................................................... 12

Infrared Header (IrDA)....................................................................... 12

Fan Connector (PWRF AN, CPUFAN, CHSFAN) ................................... 13

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)................................................................... 13

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM).................................................. 13

Audio Connector (CDLIN1, MODEM)................................................... 14

Audio Interface ................................................................................. 14

Chassis Security Switch (CHSSEC) .................................................. 15

Communication and Networking Riser Interface Connector(CNR) ....... 15

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description ............................................. 16

Jumper Settings ........................................................................... 16

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CONTENTS

Clear CMOS(JCC) .................................................................................. 17

Enable/Disable on-board audio (JSD) ..................................................... 17

Enable keyboard password power-on function(JKB) .......................... 17

Overclocking Jumper Setting (JFS0, JFS1).............................................1 8

BIOS Protection Jumper (JAV) ............................................................... 19

Enable Front/Back Panel USB Device Wake-up Function(JFUSB/JUSB) .. 19

Memory Configuration............................................................................ 20

Installation of All Drivers (EASY!)........................................................... 20

PC-cillin 98 ............................................................................................ 21

QDI ManageEasy ................................................................................... 21

Additional Information ............................................................................ 21

3. BIOS Description .................................................................. 23

Utility Support ..............................................................................

AWDFLASH.EXE ................................................................................... 23

23

AW ARD BIOS Description........................................................... 23

Entering Setup....................................................................................... 24

Load Optimized Defaults...................................................................... 24

Standard CMOS Features Setup .......................................................... 24

CPU SpeedEasy Setup ..........................................................................28

Advanced BIOS Features Setup .......................................................... 29

Advanced Chipset Features Setup ...................................................... 31

Power Management Setup................................................................... 32

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ................................................................ 34

Integrated Peripherals.......................................................................... 35

PC Health Status....................................................................................38

Password Setting................................................................................. 40

Boot with BIOS defaults ...................................................................... 40

Appendix A QDI Driver CD 2000..................................................... 41

Appendix B Boot Logo................................................................... 42

RecoveryEasy....................................................................43

Introduction ........................................................................................... 43

Operation Process ................................................................................ 43

F AQ ...................................................................................................... 48

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Caution 1

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

The power status of the system is indicated by the red LED near the battery.
If the LED is on, adding or removing devices like SDRAM memory is prohib­ited.

Caution 2

Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the PentiumIII
(Coppermine) CPU and the F AN to keep them fully contact , meanwhile
to meet the heat sink requirement.

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SpeedEasy Quick Setup

Procedures :

1. Correctly insert the Intel® Pentium III FC-PGA, Celeron FC-PGA and Celeron PPGA
370 processors.

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 “CPU SpeedEasy Setup” menu to set up the CPU speed.

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

setting (400MHz processor with 133MHz host bus speed, 300MHz
for processor with 100MHz host bus speed, 200MHz for processor
with 66MHz host bus speed, for bus ratio locked processor, run its
real speed.

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

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SpeedEasy Type Introduction

CPU SpeedEasy Setup Menu

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

Figure - 1 CPU SpeedEasy Setup 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 “CPU SpeedEasy
SETUP” menu screen.

Warning:

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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Intel® Pentium III FC-PGA, Celeron FC-PGA, Celeron PPGA 370

Del BIOS

CPU SpeedEasy Setup

133

CPU 400 100 CPU 300 66

CPU 200 CPU

BIOS

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SpeedEasy

SpeedEasy

CPU SpeedEasy Setup

SpeedEasy

BIOS jumper

CPU SpeedEasy Setup

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SynactiX 1E

Installation de la carte mère SynactiX 1E

1. Assurez-vous que votre ensemble est complet: carte mère, câbles IDE et
FLOPPY , notice d’utilisation et CD-ROM d’installation.

2. Vérifiez que l’alimentation est débranchée et reliez-vous à la terre par une
courroie à votre poignet. A défaut, maintenez le contact de vos deux mains
avec un objet lui-même relié à la terre, ou une partie en métal de votre
système.

3. Fixez la carte mère dans le boîtier grâce aux vis fournies avec celui-ci.

4. Si votre carte mère est munie de cavaliers, placez les en fonction des options
que vous souhaitez utiliser: réglage de la fréquence du processeur si votre
carte n’est pas SpeedEasy, fonction allumage par saisie du mot de
passe…(voir le manuel, rubrique «configuration des cavaliers» pages 16 à

19)

5. Insérez le processeur dans son logement avec son ventilateur que vous
brancherez au connecteur «CPUFAN».

6. Insérez la/les barrette(s) mémoire dans les slots DIMM.

7. Installez vos éventuelles cartes PCI et AMR dans les slots prévus à cet effet
(voir page centrale du manuel).

8. Branchez vos périphériques IDE et FLOPPY sur les connecteurs prévus à
cet effet grâce aux nappes fournies avec la carte. Vérifiez que le sens de
branchement est correct (liseré rouge du câble sur la broche 1 du
connecteur).

9. Reliez les câbles du boîtier aux connecteurs prévus à cet effet (Connecteur
d’alimentation, LED de marche/arrêt, disque dur, haut-parleur…voir manuel
pages 11 à 15). Refermez le boîtier .

10. Branchez les périphériques externes sur les sorties du fond de panier:
clavier, souris PS/2, périphériques USB, moniteur , imprimante…(voir manuel
pages 9-10)

11. Lorsque tous les éléments du système sont installés physiquement,
rebranchez l’unité centrale.

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Installation du SynactiX 1E système

Installation du système.

1. Démarrez votre système en pressant le bouton «POWER».

2. Pressez la touche «Suppr» pour entrer dans le setup du BIOS.

3. Dans le menu «SpeedEasy CPU Setup», réglez la vitesse de votre
processeur (ATTENTION: il est recommandé de ne pas sélectionner une
fréquence supérieure à celle de votre processeur, nous déclinons toute
responsabilité pour les dommages qui en résulteraient)

4. Effectuez les autres réglages du BIOS selon votre configuration (nous vous
conseillons fortement de maintenir les réglages par défaut afin d’éviter toute
manipulation hasardeuse pouvant résulter en un dysfonctionnement). Pour
plus d’informations sur les fonctions du BIOS, vous pouvez consulter la
version française du manuel sur le CD-ROM.

5. Pressez la touche F10 ou choisissez «Save and exit» pour enregistrer vos
paramètres et relancer la machine.

6. Installez votre système d’exploitation

7. Après installation, assurez-vous qu’il ne subsiste aucun conflit ou
périphérique inconnu dans votre système.

8. Installation des pilotes:

Ø Logiciel Demo Shield

Un logiciel qui vous apporte une nouvelle interface plus conviviale et facile
à utiliser.

Ø Point-and-Click

Placez simplement la souris sur l’option que vous désirez et cliquez , le pilote
ou le logiciel dont vous avez besoin s’installe automatiquement.

Ø Intelligently Recognition

Reconnaissance automatique du matériel et installation des pilotes
nécessaires pour les composants intégrés.

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Express Install

Il est recommandé d’installer les programmes avec les options les plus com-

munes.
A. Intel INF
B. VGA driver
C. Network driver
D. DirectX
E. Audio driver

Redémarrez l’ordinateur après installation des pilotes son, le système trouvera
un périphérique Son, cliquez sur « Suivant » jusqu’à « Terminer » et le
périphérique son fonctionnera normalement. N’oubliez pas de redémarrer une
nouvelle fois l’ordinateur !
Note : si vous cliquez sur « Annuler » au lieu de « Suivant » pendant la
procédure ci-dessus, le périphérique son risque de ne pas être détecté,
redémarrez alors l’ordinateur et reprenez la procédure ci-dessus.

1. Accessory

Les logiciels contenus dans ce répertoire sont :
A. DirectX 7.0
B. QDI ManageEasy
C. PC-Cillin

2. Browse CD

Vous pouvez voir le contenu du CD-ROM

Dans le répertoire Utility :
A.AWDFLASH.EXE
B. CBLOGO.EXE
C. LF.E X E

3. Dans le répertoire Documents :
A. Adobe Acrobat Reader V3.0 – Ar32e301.exe
B. Manuels français des cartes mères

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Installation du SynactiX 1E système

Le menu SpeedEasy

I. Insérez le processeur correctement.
II. Connectez les autres éléments du système (voir Installation).
III. Au démarrage du système, pressez la touche <Suppr> pour entrer dans

le Bios

IV. Entrez dans le menu «CPU SpeedEasy setup»

Note: si vous ne déterminez pas la vitesse de votre unité centrale, votre
système fonctionnera par défaut ( 200MHz pour les CPU avec une
fréquence de Bus de 100MHz et 133MHz pour les CPU à 66MHz).

V. Sauvegardez et quittez le Bios.

CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright© 1984-1999 A ward Software

SpeedEasy CPU Setup

CPU Model : Intel® Celeron™ Item Help

CPU Speed : 433 Mhz (66x6.5)

X Multiplier X2 Menu Level >

X Bus Clock 66MHz

Spread Spectrum Disabled

Le menu SpeedEasy vous fournit un ensemble de valeurs. Vous pouvez
sélectionner manuellement la vitesse de CPU dans ce menu soit en mode
“SpeedEasy” soit en mode “Jumper Emulation” (voir manuel).

ATTENTION: Ne pas sélectionner une fréquence de fonctionnement du CPU
supérieure à celle indiquée par le constructeur. Nous déclinons toute
responsabilité pour tout dégât qui en résulterait.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Introduction

Introduction

Overview

SynactiX 1E green mainboard utilizes the Intel integrated graphics chipset — Intel® 815E
(Intel 82815GMCH+82801ICH2)Chipset, providing a fully compatible, high performanced
and cost-effective PC/Micro-ATX platform. The new integrated technologies, together
with AGP 4X support, the software configurable AC’97 audio(support up to 6 channels by
CNR), integrated LAN(optional), 4 USB ports, and ATA100/66/33 give customers an ad­vanced, multimedia solution at an extremely low price. It provides 66/100/133 MHz system
bus to support all Intel® Pentium III FC-PGA, Celeron FC-PGA and Celeron PPGA 370
processors. 100/133MHz SDRAMs are supported up to 512MB. It also provides advanced
features such as Wake up by USB devices, Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-Modem and Key­board Password Power-on functions. Suspend 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. ManageEasy,
our system management application is also supplied to enable remote monitoring and
configuration of the system.

Intel 815E Chipset

Intel 815E can support 133MHZ FSB and PC-133. Intel’s 3D with Direct AGP is easily
upgraded by adding an AGP 4X card for maximum 3D graphics and video performance.
The smart integration in the intel 815E chipset design is extended to feature internal LAN
capability as well as four USB ports. By combining internal graphics, LAN, and support for
four USB ports with the ability to take advantage of soft audio/modem technology, the intel
815E chipset delivers an ideal solution for new innovative form factors. Further flexibility
can be achieved by taking advantage of the communication and Network Riser (CNR)
card option, which allows for audio, modem, and/or LAN configuration on a single base
board design. Intel 815E is the first Intel chipset to support PC-133 .It is highly integratedfor

flexibility and cost/performance.

Key Features

Form factor

l Micro-A TX form factor of 244mm x 220mm.

Microprocessor

l Supports all Intel® Pentium III(Coppermine) FC-PGA processors at 600/667/733/800/

866/933MHz/1GHz and future processors with 133MHz bus speed.

l Supports all Intel® Pentium III(Coppermine) FC-PGA processors at 500/550/600/650/

700/750/800/850MHz and future processors with 100MHz bus speed.

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l Supports all Intel® Celeron™FC-PGA processors at 533/566/600/633/667/700/733MHz

and future processors with 66MHz bus speed.

l Supports all Intel® Celeron™ PPGA processors at 300/300A/333/366/400/433/466/

500/533MHz with 66MHz bus speed.

l Supports 66/100/133MHz host bus speed.
l CPU core frequency = Bus speed x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x7.5, x8,

x8.5, x9, x9.5, x10, x10.5, x11, x11.5, x12.

l The CPU core voltage adjustable from 1.3V to 2.0V automatically through onboard

switching voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID).

System memory

l Provides three 168 pin 3.3V unbuffered DIMM sockets.
l Supports 64-bit wide DIMM modules with 100/133MHz SDRAM devices.
l Supports 32MB to 256MB SDRAM using 16Mb/64Mb/128Mb technology.

l Supports 512MB SDRAM using 256Mb technology .
l Supports up to three double-sided DIMMs(6 Rows) at 100MHz system memory bus.
l Supports up to two double-sided or three single-sided DIMMs(4 Rows Max) at 133MHz

system memory bus(PC-133).

Onchip AGP

l Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Controller .
l Up to 1600x1200 in 8bit color at 85MHz refresh.
l Integrated H/W Motion Compensation Engine.
l Intel D.V . M. technology .
l 4MB 32-bit 133MHz SDRAM Display Cache interface multiplexed on the AGP interface,

providing flexibility by optional AIMM.

Onboard IDE

l Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives.
l Supports Ultra A TA/100/66/33, BMIDE and PIO modes.
l Read transfers up to 100MB/s, Writes to 89MB/s.
l Seperate IDE connections for Primary and Secondary cables.
l Implements Write Ping-Pong Buffer for faster write performance.
l T wo fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD-

ROM drives.

l Integrated 16x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.

Onboard LAN

l 10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support.
l 10/100M LAN interface built-in on-board(optional).

4 USB

l 2 UHCI Host Controllers with a total of 4 ports.
l USB 1.1 compliant.
l Supports wake-up from sleeping states S1-S3.

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Onboard I/O

l Winbond W83627HF LPC I/O chip.
l One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5

″

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

1.44M/2.88M format.

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

16-byte send/receive FIFOs.

l One joystick port.
l Infrared interface.
l All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup.

Onboard Sound

l AC’97 2.1 Specification Compliant.
l 18bit stereo codec.
l Multiple stereo input mixer.
l Mono and stereo volume control.
l Provides onboard FrontAudio socket, Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out

Jack and MIDI/Joystick Connector .

AGP Interface

l AGP Universal Connector supports AGP 2.0 including 4x AGP data transfers.

Advanced features

l PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant.
l Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard.
l Provides PC-Cillin software with killing virus function.
l Supports Windows 95/98/2000 software power-down.
l Supports Wake-on-LAN and Wake-on-Modem.
l Supports Keyboard Password Power-on function.
l Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures, system volt-

ages, chassis intrusion and fan speed).

l System status resumes after AC power failure.
l Supports management applications such as QDI’s ManageEasy or LDCM (LANDesk

Client Manager). (optional)

l Providing QDI’s innovations such as SpeedEasy, RecoveryEasy , BIOS-ProtectEasy(to

protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH ), LogoEasy
and ManageEasy .

BIOS

l Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, supports flash ROM with 4Mb memory size, plug

and play ready .

l Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up.

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Green function

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

Directed Power Management).

l Supports four ACPI power status: Full-on, Stop Grant, Suspend to RAM, and Soft-off.

Expansion slots

l 1 AGP slot.
l 3 PCI slots.
l 1 CNR slot.

Introduction to New Features

AGP In-Line Memory Module(AIMM)

The Intel 815E chipset GMCH multiplexes the integrated graphics’ display cache interface
with the AGP signal interface. As a result, for a flexible mainboard that supports both

integrated graphics and add-in AGP video cards, display cache (for integrated graphics)
is needed to populate on a card sharing the universal AGP slot. The card is called an AGP
In-Line Memory Module(AIMM) .

When an AGP card is installed in the system, the Intel 815E GMCH internal graphics is
disabled and the AGP controller will be enabled. Y ou can choose to populate the AGP slot
with AGP graphics card to utilitze the advanced features that your AGP card may provide
you, or with an AIMM card to enable the highest-possible internal graphics performance,
or with nothing to obtain the lowest-cost internal graphics solution.

Installation Steps:

1. Insert the AIMM card into the AGP slot. Please notice that the side of Display Cache is
towards those PCI slots.

2. Install the AGP retainer(Optional) on the AGP slot to ensure its fixity.

AIMM Card

ESD(Electrostatic discharge) Protection:

This mainboard provides a very high level(up to 8kv) of protection for sensitive electronic
components that may be subjected to electrostatic discharge(ESD), especially for I/O
ports such as printer interface,VGA connectors, PS2 connectors or USB interfaces(any
components is optional ). The ESD components that complies with IED61000-4-2 (level 4)
and MIL STD883C-Method 3015-6 Class-3 are populated on the mainboard to prevent the
system from resetting or hanging by static electricity.

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BIOS-ProtectEasy

The BIOS of the mainboard is inside the FWH. Some 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.

Here are two choices to implement this function,

1. Set the jumper (JA V) as closed, the BIOS can not be overwritten and the DMI informa-

tion can not be updated either.

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

AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup. In this way , the BIOS can not be overwritten, but the DMI
information can be updated.
Refer to page 19 for detailed information on jumper setting, and page 30 for related
BIOS setting.

Suspend to RAM

Suspend to RAM is a cost-effective, optimal implementation of the Advanced Configura­tion and Power Interface (ACPI) 1.0 specification, which makes a PC’s power consump-

tion drop to the lowest possible level and enables quick wakeup. When the system is in
Suspend-to-RAM status, the system context is maintained in system memory , the system
consumes only a small fraction of the power used for full operation. Instead of shutting
down the system when not in use and then having to reboot later, Suspend-to-RAM
solution enables the system to save power and to quickly wake up, restoring all applica­tions and features, enabling operation in a few seconds.

To implement this function, the following requirments are essential:

1. Power supply requirements: The current of 5VSB line of the power supply should be
more than 0.72A.

2. The BIOS option “ACPI function” should be enabled, and “ACPI Suspend T ype” should

be set as S3 in AWARD BIOS CMOS setup. Refer to page 32 for detailed information.

3. An ACPI-enabled operating system such as Windows 98 or Windows 2000 family is
needed. Set the “ACPI Function” as “Enabled” in “Power Management Setup” of BIOS.
Navigate to the CD-ROM drive from the MS-DOS Command Prompt and enter the
following from the Win98 directory on the CD:

D:\SETUP /P J
(This manual assumes that your CD-ROM device driver letter is D:)
Windows 98 will be installed with ACPI enabled.
For Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000, just install them directly .

4. Three ways to enter Suspend-to-RAM status under ACPI-enabled Windows 98 or
Windows 2000:

l Click Start -> Shut down -> Standby to enable the system to enter Suspend-to-

RAM status.

l Click Start -> Setup -> Control Panel -> Power Management -> Advanced and

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choose Standby item, the system will enter Suspend-to-RAM status when you

press power button.

l From Power Management Properties in Control Panel, set the latency time in

System Standby , the system will enter Suspend-to-RAM status when time out.

The same ways used to power up the system can be used to wake up the system from
Suspend-to-RAM status. For example, pushing the power button, through the Wake-on­LAN, Wake-on-Modem function or RTC Alarm. If the keyboard password power-on func­tion is enabled, the keyboard password should be used to wake up the system instead of
pushing the power button.

Ultra AT A/100

According to the previous AT A/IDE hard drive data transfer protocol, the signaling way to
send data was in synchronous strobe mode by using the rising edge of the strobe signal.
The Ultra A TA/33 protocol doubles the burst transfer rate from 16.6MB/s to 33.3MB/s, by

using both the rising and falling edges of the strobe signal, and Ultra AT A/66 doubles the
Ultra ATA burst transfer rate once again (from 33.3MB/s to 66.6MB/s) by reducing setup
times and increasing the strobe rate. In the same way, the burst transfer rate of Ultra

A T A/100 is 50% higher than ATA/66(from 66.6MB/s to 100MB/s) by reducing the pulse
width from 30ns to 20ns and increasing the strobe rate. When the AT A_F AST bit is set for
any of the 4 IDE devices, then the timings for the transfers to and from the corresponding
device run at a higher rate. The ICH2 Ultra AT A/100 logic can achieve read transfer rates
up to 100MB/s, and write transfer rates up to 88.9MB/s. The cable improvements required
for Ultra ATA/66 are sufficient for Ultra ATA/100, so no further cable improvements are
required when implementing Ultra ATA/100. The faster strobe rate increases EMI, which
cannot be eliminated by the standard 40-pin cable used by AT A and Ultra A T A. T o eliminate
this increase in EMI, a new 40-pin, 80-conductor cable is needed. This cable adds 40
additional ground lines between each of the original 40 ground and signal lines. The
additional 40 lines help shield the signal from EMI, reduce crosstalk and improve signal
integrity.

Ultra ATA/33 introduced CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check), a new feature of IDE that
provides data integrity and reliability. Ultra ATA100/66 uses the same process. The CRC
value is calculated by both the host and the hard drive. After the host-request data is sent,
the host sends its CRC to the hard drive, and the hard drive compares it to its own CRC
value. If the hard drive reports errors to the host, then the host retries the command
containing the CRC error.

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Ultra ATA100/66 technology increases both performance and date integrity. However,
there are basically five requirements for your system to run in Ultra ATA100/66 mode:

1. The system board must have a special Ultra ATA100/66 detect circuit, such as
SynactiX 1E mainboard.

2. The system BIOS must also support Ultra AT A100/66.

3. The operating system must be capable of DMA transfers. Win95 (OSR2) and
Win98 are capable.

4. An Ultra A TA100/66 capable, 40-pin, 80-conductor cable is required.

5. Ultra AT A100 or ATA66 compatible IDE device such as a hard drive or CD-ROM
drive.

Onboard LAN

The ICH2’s integrated LAN Controller includes a 32-bit PCI controller that provides en­hanced scatter-gather bus mastering capabilities and enables the LAN Controller to per­form high speed data transfers over the PCI bus. Its bus master capabilities enable the
component to process high level commands and perform multiple operations, which low­ers CPU utilization by off-loading communication tasks from the CPU. Two large transmit
and receive FIFOs of 3 Kbyte each help prevent data underruns and overruns while
waiting for bus accesses. This enables the integrated LAN Controller to transmit data with
minimum interframe spacing(IFS).

The integrated LAN Controller also includes an interface to a serial (4-pin) EEPROM. The
EEPROM provides power-on initialization for hardware and software configuration pa­rameters.

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Installation Instructions

This section covers External Connectors, Jumper Settings and Memory Configuration.
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 directions.

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.

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 Connector(LAN is manufacturing optional)

Two USB ports are for connecting USB devices. The RJ-45 connector is for onboard LAN.

Active

LINK

LAN
USB1

USB2

Parallel Port, Serial Port and Monitor Output Connector

The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer. The serial
port UART1 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. The monitor output connector is for output to a VGA-compatible
device.

Parallel Port

UART1

VGA

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

The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player for
playback or recording input. 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 for entertainment.

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Diagnostic LED Function(Optional)

Diagnostic LED Function
R1 R2 R3 R4 Description
0 0 0 0 System Power ON
0 0 0 1 Early Chipset Ini tialization
0 0 1 0 Memory Detection Test
0 0 1 1 Decompressing BIOS image to RAM
0 1 0 0 Initializing Keyboard Contr oller
0 1 0 1 Testing VGA BIOS
0 1 1 0 Processor Initialization
0 1 1 1 Testing RTC(Real Time Clock)
1 0 0 0 Initializing Video Interface
1 0 0 1 BIOS Sign On
1 0 1 0 Testing Base and Extended Memory
1 0 1 1 Assign Resource to all ISA
1 1 0 0 Initializing Hard Drive C ontroller
1 1 0 1 Initializing Floppy Drive C ontroller
1 1 1 0 Boot Attempt
1 1 1 1 Operating System Booting

MIDI/Joystick

R1
R2
R3
R4

Diagnostic LED

1=GREEN 0=RED

UART2

The serial port UART2 is not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 9-pin
header and a ribbon cable with bracket for UART2 port. (manufacturing option).Synactix
1E provides four USB ports,USB3,4 are provided by a 10-pin ribbon cable on board.The
optional ribbon cable connects USB3,4 on the panel or the back panel.

UART2

D0-

D0+

+5V

GND

GND

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ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER SW)

Be sure to connect the power supply plug to this connector in its proper orientation. 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

should be capable of delivering about 750mA current.

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
switch should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system pow­ers down.

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the power switch.5VSB line of the power supply

ATX Power Supply Connector

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

20

12V 5VSB 5V GND 3.3V GND 5V GND

PS-OK

POWER
SW

GND

1

3.3V

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.

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)

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

Power LED Connector (PWR LED)

The power LED has three status. When the system is in power up status, the LED is on.
When the system is in suspend status, the LED is blink. When the system is in Suspend to
RAM or in Soft-Off status, the LED is off.The connector has an orientation.

GREEN LED Connector (GREEN LED)

The GREEN LED has two status. When the system is in power up, suspend or soft-off
status), the LED is off. When the system is in suspend to RAM status, the LED is on.

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ACPI LED Connector (ACPI LED)(Reserved)

The ACPI LED is a double-color light with three pins. Pin1&Pin2 drive different color lights. If
Pin1 drives the orange light , Pin2 drives the green light, the following status will come out.
When the system is in power up status, the LED is green on. When the system is in suspend
status, the LED is green blink. When the system is in Suspend to RAM status, the LED is
orange on. When the system is in soft-off 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.

ACPI LED

POWER

SW

SLEEP

SW

PWR LED

HD_LED

SPEAKER

ACPI LED

POWER

SW

RESET

GREEN LED

SLEEP

PWR LED

KEYLK

HDD LED(+)

ORANGE(-)
GREEN(-)
LED+(VCC)
POWER
GND
EMPTY

EMPTY
SLEEP
GND

LED+
LED­LED- KEYLOCK

HDD LED(-)
VCC

GND
NC

SPKDAT A
RESET
GND
EMPTY
LED+

LED­LED­GND

SPEAKER

RESET

GREEN LED

KEYLK

Infrared Header (IrDA)

This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. Before using this function,
configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR IRQ from the “INTEGRA TED PERIPH­ERALS” section of the BIOS.

VCC

NC

IRRX

GND

IRTX

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Fan Connector (PWRFAN, CPUFAN, CHSF AN)

The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in “PC Health” section of
the BIOS. These three fans will be automatically turned off after the system enters
suspend mode.

FAN GND
+12V

CPUFAN

PWRFAN

CHSFAN

SENSE

FAN GND

+12V

SENSE

SENSE

+12V

FAN GND

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 is used. Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the
LAN adapter, set “Wake-Up by LAN/Ring” 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.

1

+5V standby
GND

Signal for waking up (active high)

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)

Through this function, the system which is in the power-off status can be powered on 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 “Wake-Up by LAN/Ring” to Enabled in the
“Power Management Setup” section of the BIOS. Save & exit, then boot the operating
system once to make sure this function takes effect.

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+5V standby
Signal for waking up (active low)
GND

Audio Connector (CDLIN1, MODEM,AUX)

CDLIN1 is a 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. AUX allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as
a CD-ROM,TV tuner,or MPEG card.

CDLIN1

CD Right Channel

Common

CD Left Channel

MODEM

Mono-Out (to Modem)

GND

Phone-In (from Modem)

AUX

Left Audio Channel

GND

Right Audi Channel

Audio Interface

The audio interface includes three parts,one is the FrontAudio(for earphone or front
speaker),another is the RearAudio(for speakerout),the last is the ActiveAudio(for incase
speaker).Their priority level is as sequence.when the FrontAudio is available,the RearAudio
and the ActiveAudio will be cut off.When the RearAudio is available,the ActiveAudio will
be cut off. An onboard amplifier is needed for the case of earphone plugged into. The
ActiveAudio will be connected to incase active speaker whose power supply must be
provided as +12V by motherboard. In this table, Pin1 to Pin 8 will be connected to the
incase active speaker. The FrontAudio is optional, which is defined from Pin9 to Pin 16.
When the FrontAudio is inexistence,Pin1 1 and Pin12,Pin13 and Pin14 must be short con­nected.

FrontLineOutR
LineNextR

LineNextL
FrontLineOutL

GND

Microphone in

Line in

Speaker Out(RearAudio)

Speaker(Active Audio)

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Pin

Symbol Pin

No.
1Active LINE Out(R)2Active LINE Out(L
3 GND (ALO) 4 GND (ALO)
5 GND(+12) 6 GND(+12)
7 +12V(1A) 8 (Cut away )
9 MIC 10 GND ( MIC )
11 Front LINE Out( R ) 12 LINE Next( R )
13 Front LINE Out( L ) 14 LINE Next( L )
15 GND (FLO) 16 (Cut away )

14

12

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1 3 5 7 9 1 1 13 15

16

Audio Interface

No.

Symbol

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. Y ou can receive this information from QDI ManageEasy software.

GND

Indicate signal

Communication and Networking Riser Interface Connector(CNR)

SynactiX 1E mainboard provides this Communication and Networking Riser(CNR) interface
which can support audio and/or modem functions. Furthermore, it provides a LAN interface
for networking functions. when the mainboard have LAN connectors,the CNR can’t support
LAN function. What its superiority compared with AMR is to be able to support plug-and-play
function. Mechanically the CNR shares a PCI slot, thus when you insert the CNR card, the
neighboring PCI slot cannot be used.

CNR Interface Connector

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CNR card with LAN CNR card with audio

CNR card with modem

By using an audio codec, the AC’97 digital link providing by CNR allows for cost-effective,
high-quality, integrated audio on the SynactiX 2E platform. In addition, an AC’97 soft modem
can be implemented with the use of a modem codec. AC’97 digital link allows several
external codecs to be connected to the ICH2. The digital link is expanded to support two
audio codecs for up to 6 channels of PCM audio output(full AC-3 decode) or a combination
of an audio and modem codec.

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description

Slot / Port Description
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.
CN R CNR slot.
AG P AGP slot.
FLOPPY Floppy Drive Port.

Jumper Settings

Jumpers are located on the mainboard, they represent, clear CMOS jumper JCC, enable
keyboard password power-on function jumper JKB, and enable/disable onboard audio
jumper JSD etc. Pin 1 for all jumpers are located on the side with a thick white line ( Pin1→
), referring to the mainboard’s silkscreen. Jumpers with three pins will be
shown as to represent pin1 & pin2 connected and to represent pin2
& pin3 connected. For default jumper settings, please refer to the following table:

JFS0 1-2 (Auto)
JFS1 1-2 (Auto)
JCC 2-3 (Normal Status)
JSD 2- 3 (Enable onboard Audio)
JKB 1-2 (Enable KB Power-on)
JAV Open (Enable Flash BIOS)
JFUSB/JUSB 1-2 (Enable Front/Back Panel USB Device Wake-Up Function)

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Clear CMOS (JCC)

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

Normal status:

Clear CMOS:

1 2

1 2 3

3

JCC

JCC

(Unplug the AC power supply)

Enable/Disable on-board audio(JSD)

If you want to use the on-board audio, set JSD with pin2 & pin3 closed (default). Other­wise, set JSD with pin1 & pin2 closed for disabling this function.

Enable on-board audio:

1

2

JSD

3

Disable on-board audio:

1

2

JSD

3

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.

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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 BIOS. Save and exit, then power off your system. In this case, the power button’s
power-on function has been disabled.

Note:

1. If you set JKB with pin2 & pin3 closed, set “POWER ON Function” to
BUTTO N O N LY, don’t set it to Password, or you’ll be unable to power up
your system by the keyboard or the power button.

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

Overclocking Jumper Setting (JFS0, JFS1)

Jumpers labeled JFS0 and JFS1 are located on the mainboard providing users with CPU

overclocking feature. The host bus speed can be set as 66/100/133MHz or AUTO select.

Refer to the chart below for the location of these jumpers, and the table for information on

how to set them.

JFS1
JFS0

CPU FSB 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz AUTO
JFS0 2-3 OPEN OPEN 1-2

JFS1 2-3 2-3 OPEN 1-2

‘1-2’ represents pin1 & pin2 closed.
‘2-3’ represents pin2 & pin3 closed.

If CPU FSB is set as default setting Auto, the system detects the CPU front side bus

automatically. If CPU FSB is set as 100MHz, the system will run at 100MHz even if a

processor with 66MHz or 133MHz FSB is installed. Setting up to 133MHz using proces-

sors with 100MHz bus speed is also supported. However, whether or not the system can

be overclocked depends on your processor’s capability. Whether the processor is bus

ratio locked or unlocked should also be taken into account. For bus ratio unlocked proces-

sor, this overclocking feature can be implemented by setting CPU FSB as 100/133MHz,

meanwhile adjusting the bus ratio(multiplier) lower in “CPU SpeedEasy Setup” in AWARD

BIOS CMOS Setup. We do not guarantee the overclocking system will be stable.

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BIOS Protection Jumper (JAV)

The BIOS of the mainboard is inside the FWH. If the jumper JAV is set as closed, you will

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

Flash Write Disabled

Flash Write Enabled

JAV

JAV

Setting the jumper JAV as open (default), meanwhile disabling the “Flash W rite Protect” item

in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup, allows you to flash the BIOS to the flash ROM in FWH.

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 in FWH. Whenever the system hardware configuration is changed, DMI informa­tion will be updated automatically . However, setting jumper JAV as closed makes flashing

BIOS and updating DMI information impossible.

Refer to page 5 for the two choices to implement BIOS-ProtectEasy.

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

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

JUSB

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Enable:

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Memory Configuration

This mainboard provides three168 pin 3.3V PC133 un-buffered DIMM sockets to support
a flexible memory size ranging from 32MB up to 512MB for SDRAM. PC100/PC133MHz
SDRAM with SPD are supported, the following set of rules allows optimum configurations.

l Possible SDRAM DIMM memory sizes are 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB in each

DIMM socket, but the total memory size cannot exceed 512MB.

l Processor with 66MHz FSB should be paired with PC100, PC133 SDRAM

processor with 100MHz FSB should be paired with either PC100 or PC133 SDRAM,
processor with 133MHz FSB should be paired with PC133 SDRAM.

l Supports Suspend to RAM.
l Supports up to two double-sided or three single-sided DIMMs(4 Rows Max) at 133MHz

system memory bus(PC-133).

Installation of All Drivers (EASY!)

A QDI Driver CD 2000 is supplied with this mainboard, all drivers can be installed from this
CD-ROM. Before installing the drivers, check the system requirements such as the enough
system memory (at least 32MB for Windows 95/98 system or 64MB for Windows 2000
system) and enough disk space. Windows 95 or Windows 98 must be fully installed and
running on the system. All running applications should be closed before installing these
drivers.

Features of this CD-ROM:

- DemoShield Software

Utilizing DemoShield software to develop it, providing you a very new, easier-to-use and
more intuitive user interface.

- Point-and-Click

when using this CD-ROM, just point to the option you required and click it, then the driver
or the software that you need will be automatically installed.

- Intelligently Recognition

Automatically recognizing the hardware, then installing the necessary drivers for your
onboard components to work properly.

Please refer to page 41 to get more detailed information of the contents contained in this
CD-ROM.

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PC-cillin 98

New viruses are appearing frequently; the chance of your PC being infected increases;
antivirus softwares are becoming a must. PC-cillin 98 offers you full-time active virus
protection as well as manual scans, plus virus clean capability. Keeping up to date on the
latest threats and updating significant files are crucial in keeping antivirus software effec­tive. PC-cillin 98 provides Free Virus Pattern File Updates from the Trend Micro Website:
http://www.trend.com/download/pattern.htm or
http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.htm .

QDI ManageEasy

It is well known that guaranteeing the computer’s security and reliability is essential. Espe­cially today, effectively managing and monitoring the computer’s hardware is even more
important; because processing and exchanging critical data through computer and network
are happening everyday. Moving with the computer’s development, the system of the
computer will become more and more complex; at the same time, the control of computer’s
hardware will be strengthened. T oday , it is possible to monitor and manage your complex
hardware from Windows 9X and Windows NT. QDI ManageEasy is a system tool, like a
bridge between the complex hardware and OS, used to access hardware status and to
execute some control functions. It supports stronger functions for Windows 9X and Win­dows NT. These functions enables you to view more than one hundred of the basic
information about your computer and monitor some key reference data about computer
health in real time. QDI ManageEasy also helps you to use remote access and control
computers in your local area network. With QDI ManageEasy , you can improve your man-

agement level.

Additional Information

When you change a new CPU, whose bus ratio has not been locked, and is lower than that
of the previous one, be sure to clear CMOS once before boot up, otherwise the previous
CPU’s higher bus ratio saved in CMOS will still take effect, and the new CPU may not work
at that high speed.

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Utility Support:

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:

l We strongly recommend you only upgrade BIOS when encounter problems.
l 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 on our current mainboard, you may therefore upgrade the BIOS,
please don’t forget to set JAV as open and disable t he “Flash W rite Protect” item in AW ARD
BIOS CMOS Setup first (refer to page 19 and page 30).

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>7.71) from the directory \Utility located on QDI
Mainboard 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 mainboard.

4. Decompress the file downloaded, copy the BIOS file (xx.bin) onto 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.

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

different usage of parameters, please type A:\>AWDFLASH /?

Note:AWDFLASH.EXE (version>7.71) utility must be used to upgrade the SynactiX 1E

mainboard BIOS instead of QDI flash utility.

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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 AW ARD 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

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.

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 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 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: 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.

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 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 13h.

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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 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.

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

memory.

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CPU SpeedEasy Setup

Figure-3 CPU SpeedEasy Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l CPU Ratio

l Host Clock

/Sprd Spec

/PC133

x3,
x3.5,
.
.
.
x8

Default
66Mhz/0.60%/No
68Mhz/Off/No
.
.
100Mhz/0.60%/No
.
.
166Mhz/Off/No

Selects the multiplication of processor core
frequency. If a Ratio locked processor installed,
this item will be hidden.
This item is only for users who understand all
the CPU parameters, i.e. system bus frequency,
“66MHz” and multiplication of processor core
frequency for system bus frequency “x3, x3.5,
x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x7.5, x8”.
Selects the CPU speed according to your CPU
brand and type.
Sets the bus frequency/Spread Spectrum/PC133
support.

Warning: Be sure your selection is right. CPU over speed will be dangerous!

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Advanced BIOS Features Setup

Figure-4 Advanced BIOS Features Menu

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

Item Option Description

l ChipAwayVirus

On Guard boot cycle, before they have a chance to load

l CPU Internal

Cache

l External

Cache p erformance.

l CPU L2 Cache

ECC Checking Correction) function.

l Processor

Number Feature number is readable.

l Quick Power

On Self Tes t booting. This will decrease the time needed to

l First (Second,

Third) Boot Device
Boot Other Device HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAN.

Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Disabled
Floppy

Guards against boot virus threats early in the

into your system, ensuring your computer boots
to a clean operating system.
Disables this function.
Enabling this option speeds up memory access.
However, it depends on CPU/chipset design.
Enables external L2 cache. This allows better

Disables external cache.
Enables CPU L2 Cache ECC (Error Checking and

Disables CPU L2 Cache ECC function.
When Pentium III CPU is installed, the serial

The serial number is unreadable.
Allows the system to skip certain tests while

boot the system.
Normal POST .
Select Your Boot Device Priority. It could be

Disabled, Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0, HDD-1, HDD-2,

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l Swap Floppy

Drive

Enabled
Disabled

If the system has two floppy drives, choose

enable to assign physical drive B to logical drive
A and vice-versa.

l Boot Up

Floppy Seek

l Boot Up

NumLock Status

l Gate A20 Option

Enabled
Disabled
On
Off

Normal

Fast

Tests floppy drives to determine whether they
have 40 or 80 tracks.
Selects power on state for NumLock.

Lets chipset control GateA20 and Normal - a pin
in the keyboard controller controls GateA20.
Default is Fast.

l Typermatic Rate

Setting

Enabled
Disabled

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the
keyboard controller - when enabled, the
typematic rate and typematic delay can be
selected.

l Typermatic Rate

6-30

The rate at which character repeats when you

(chars/sec) hold down a key.

l T ypermatic Delay

250-1000

The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat.

(Msec)

l Security Option

Setup
System

Selects whether the password is required every
time the system boots or only when you enter
setup.

l OS Select For

DRAM>64MB

l HDD S.M.A.R.T.

Capability

l Report NO FDD

Non-OS2
OS2
Disabled
Enabled
Yes

Selects OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating
system with more than 64MB of RAM.
Disables hard disk S.M.A.R.T. support.
Enables hard disk S.M.A.R.T. support.
Reports NO Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95 to

for WIN 95 release IRQ6.

l Flash Write

Protect

No
Enabled
Disabled

Does not report No Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95.
This option is for protecting the system BIOS,
when enabled, writing to BIOS area is to be
discarded.

l Show Bootup

Logo

Enabled
Disabled

The logo will be shown automatically when
system boots up, otherwise, no logo appears
on the screen.

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Advanced Chipset Features Setup

Figure-5 Advanced Chipset Features Menu

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

Item Option Description

l SDRAM CAS

Latency Time

l SDRAM Cycle Time

Tras/Trc

l SDRAM RAS-to-CAS

Delay

l SDRAM RAS

Precharge Time

l System BIOS

Cacheable

l Video BIOS

Cacheable is also cacheable.

l Memory hole at

15M-16M expanded ISA card.

l CPU Latency Timer

l Delayed

Transaction

l Display Cache

Frequency

3

2
5/7
6/8

2

3

2
3
Enabled

Disabled

Enabled
Disabled

Enabled
Disabled

Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
100 MHz
133 MHz

Contains the information for SDRAM initialization
procedure.

Adds a delay time between the assertion of RAS
and CAS.
Without additional delay time.
Default setting is recommended.

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

Besides conventional memory , video RAM area

Video RAM area is not cacheable.
Memory hole at 15-16M is reserved for

Does not set this memory hole.
Defines the CPU Latency Timer

Default setting is recommended.

Selects the Display Cache Frequency as 100MHz
or 133MHz.

l System Memory

100 MHz
133 MHz

l Close Empty

DIMM/PCI Clk

Enabled
Disabled

Selects the System Memory Frequency 100MHz

or 133MHz, 133MHz can be set only if CPU

Auto

frequency is over 133MHz.

Closes empty DIMM or PCI clock to reduce EMI.
Does not close empty DIMM or PCI clock.

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Power Management Setup

Figure-6 Power Management Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l ACPI function

l ACPI Suspend

Type

l Power

Management

l Video Off

Method when disabling video.

l Video Off In

Suspend suspend mode.

Disabled
Enabled
S1
S3
Disabled
User Define

Min Saving

Max Saving

Blank Screen

V / H SYNC +

DPMS

Yes

No

Invalidates ACPI function.
Validates ACPI function.
Selects the ACPI suspend type.

Global Power Management (PM) will be disabled.
Users can configure their own Power Management
Timer.
Pre - defined timer values are used. All timers are
in their MAX values.
Pre - defined timer values are used. All timers are in
their MIN values.
The system BIOS will only blank off the screen

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

The system will disable video when entering

Does not turn off video when entering suspend
mode.

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l Suspend Type

Stop Grant

Selects the Suspend type.

PwrOn
Suspend

l MODEM Use IRQ

3, 5, 7, 9, 10,

Special wake-up event for Modem.

11 NA

l Suspend Mode

Disabled
Min ~ 1Hr

The system never enters Suspend mode by timer .
Defines 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.

l HDD Power

Down

Disabled
1 - 15 Min

HDD’s motor will not be of f by timer .
Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the
HDD enters power saving mode (motor off).

l Soft-Off by

Instant-Off

The system will immediately power off once the

PWR-BTTN power button is pressed.

Delay 4 secs

The system will power off when power button is
pressed for 4 seconds.

l Wake-Up by PCI

Enabled

Allows the system to be waken up by PCI card.

card Does not allow the system to be powered on by

PCI card.

l Wake-Up by

Enabled

Allows the system to be powered on when a

Ring/LAN Ring indicator signal comes up to UART1 or

UART2 from external modem (to LAN Wake-up
Header from LAN adapter or to modem Ring on
Header from internal modem card).

l Wake-Up From

Disabled
Enabled

Does not allow Ring/LAN wake up.
The system could be waken up by USB Device

S3 by USB from the Suspend to RAM status.

Disabled

The system cannot be waken up by USB Device
from the Suspend To RAM status.

l CPU Thermal-

Throttling

12.5%, 25%,
50%, 37.5%,

62.5%, 75%,

Selects the duty cycle of the STPCLK# signal,
slowing down the CPU speed when the system
enters green mode.

87.5%

l Resume

Enabled

RTC alarm can be used to generate a wake-up

by Alarm event to power up the system.

l Primary IDE 0/1,

Secondary IDE 0/1

l FDD/COM/LPT

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled

RTC has no alarm function.
Reloads global timer , when there’s an IDE event.
Does not reload global timer .
Reloads global timer , when there’s a FDD/COM/

Port LPT event.

l PCI IRQ [ A - D ] #

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

Does not reload global timer .
Reloads global timer , when there’s a PCI event.
Does not reload global timer .

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PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

Figure-7 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l Reset Configuration

Data Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when

l Resources

Controlled By

l PCI/VGA Palette

Snoop

Enabled

Disabled
Auto(ESCD)
Manual

Disabled
Enabled

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Default setting is Disabled. Select Enabled to reset

you exit Setup, if you have installed a new
add-on and the system reconfiguration has
caused serious conflicts preventing the OS
from booting.
Disables the configuration data function.
BIOS can automatically configure all boot
and Plug and Play compatible devices. If you
choose Auto, you cannot select IRQ DMA and
memory base address fields, because BIOS
automatically assigns them.
Default setting.
Non-standard VGA cards such as graphics
accelerators or MPEG video cars may not show
colors properly. Enabling this item can solve this
problem.

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Integrated Peripherals

Figure-8 Integrated Peripherals Menu

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

Item Option Description

l On-Chip Primary/

Secondary PCI IDE

l IDE

Primary/ Secondary PIO mode.
Master/Slave PIO

l IDE

Primary/ Secondary device is detected.
Master/Slave UDMA

l USB Controller

l USB Keyboard

Support

l USB Mouse
Support
l Init Display First

Onboard/AGP

l AC97 Audio

l AC97 Modem

l Onboard/CNR LAN
Selection will be automatically disabled. Otherwise, the

Enabled
Disabled
Mode 0 - 4

Auto
Auto

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
PCI Slot

Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Auto

Onboard
Disabled

On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE is enabled.
On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE is disabled.
Defines the IDE primary/secondary master/ slave

The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto -detection.
Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an Ultra DMA

Disables this function.
Enables onchip USB controller.
Disables onchip USB controller.
Supports USB Keyboard under legacy OS.
Does not support USB Keyboard under legacy OS.
Supports USB Mouse under legacy OS.
Does not support USB Mouse under legacy OS.
Initializes the PCI VGA first.
Initializes the onboard VGA or AGP first.
Enables the AC97 Audio onboard.
Disables the AC97 Audio onboard.
Enables the AC97 Modem onboard.
Disables the AC97 Modem onboard.
If a CNR Interface is enabled, the onboard LAN

onboard LAN is enabled.
The onboard LAN is enabled.
Onboard LAN Interface is disabled.

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l IDE HDD Block

Enabled

Allows IDE HDD to read/write several sectors at

Mode once.

l KBC input clock

Disabled
6 MHz
8 MHz

IDE HDD only reads/writes a sector once.
Sets the PS/2 Keyboard input clock as 6/8/12
/16MHz.

12 MHz
16 MHz

l Power On

Function

l KB Power ON

Password system.

l Onboard FDC

Controller

l Onboard

Serial Port 1/2

BUTTON
ONLY
Password
Enter

Enabled
Disabled
3F8/IRQ4,
2F8/IRQ3,

Uses the power button to power up the system.

Enables the Keyboard Password Power-On.
Uses the keyboard password to power up the

Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled.
Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled.
Defines the onboard serial port address and
required interrupt number.

3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3,
Auto

Onboard serial port address and IRQ are
automatically assigned.

l UART Mode

Disabled
Normal

Onboard serial port is disabled.
This option is used to configure UART Mode.

Select

l RxD, TxD Active

Hi, Lo

The default setting is recommended.

Lo, Hi
Lo, Lo
Hi, Hi

l IR Transmission

Delay

l UR2 Duplex Mode

Enabled
Disabled
Half

The default setting is recommended.

The default setting is recommended.

Full

l Use IR Pins

IR-Rx2Tx2
RxD2, TxD2

l Onboard Parallel

Port

378/IRQ7,
278/IRQ5,

Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ
channel.

3BC/IRQ7

l Parallel Port

Mode

Disabled
SPP
EPP
ECP

Onboard parallel port is disabled.
Defines the parallel port mode as standard
Parallel Port(SPP), Enhanced Parallel Port(EPP), or
Extended Capabilities Port(ECP).

ECP+EPP

l EPP Mode Select

EPP1.7

The default setting is recommended.

EPP1.9

l ECP Mode Use

DMA

3

The default setting is recommended.

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l PWRON 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.

l Game Port

Address

Disabled
201

This option is used to configure Game Port
Address.

209

l Midi Port Address

Disabled
300

This option is used to configure Midi Port
Address.

330

l Midi Port IRQ

5
7

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

l CPU Warning

Temperature

l Current System The temperature inside the chassis.

Temp.

l Current CPU The temperature near CPU.

Temperature

l Current CHSF AN RPM (Revolution Per Minute) Speed of fan which

Speed is connected to the fan header, CHSFAN, CPUFAN
Current CPUFAN or PWRFAN. Fan speed value is based on an
Speed assumption that tachometer signal is two pulses
Current PWRFAN per revolution. In other cases, you should regard
Speed it relatively.

500C/1220F
530C/1270F
560C/1330F
600C/1400F
630C/1450F
660C/1510F
700C/1580F

750C/1670F

800C/1760F
850C/1850F
900C/1940F
950C/2050F
Disabled

An alarm will beep when the CPU
temperature reaches the previous setting,
500C/1220F, 530C/1270F, 560C/1330F,
600C/1400F, 630C/1450F, 660C/1510F, 700C/1580F.
750C/1670F, 800C/1760F, 850C/1850F, 900C/1940F,
950C/2050F.

No alarm beep.

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l VCCVID(CPU) Displays current voltage value including all

Voltage, significant voltages of the mainboard.
VTT(+1.5V) +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V are voltages from the
Voltage, ATX power supply, VTT(+1.5) Voltage is GTL
+3.3V, Termination voltage from the on board regulator
+5 V, and VCCVID (CPU) Voltage is the CPU core
+12 V, voltage from the on board switching Power

-12 V, Supply.
5V Standby Voltage

l Shutdown

Temperature

600C/1400F
650C/1490F

automatically when the CPU temperature

700C/1580F

750C/1670F

800C/1760F

800C/1760F, 850C/1850F, 900C/1940F,950C/2050F

Under ACPI OS,the system will shut down

reaches the previous setting, 600C/1400F,

650C/1490F, 7 00C/1580F, 750C/1670F,

850C/1850F

900C/1940F
950C/2050F
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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Appendix

Appendix A

Appendix A

QDI Driver CD 2000

QDI Driver CD 2000

A QDI Driver CD 2000 is supplied with this mainboard, the contents contained in it are
showed as below:

1. Express Install

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

A. Intel INF B. VGA Driver
C . Network Driver D . Direct X
E . Audio Driver

2. Accessory

Using this choice, you can install some common software. It includes game interface
software DirectX, system management software(RM) and anti-virus software PC-cillin.

A. DirectX B. QDI ManageEasy
C. PC-Cillin

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
C. Lf.exe

The files included in Documents are:
BX1S-2000 FR, BX9 FR, CX1 FR, CX2 FR, handbuch-winnex , RecoveryEasy_FR,
WX1 FR, WX1E FR, WX2 FR, WX2E FR, WX3 FR, WX3E FR, SX1 FR, SX1E FR.

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Appendix B.

Appendix B.

Boot Logo

Boot Logo

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

If you press <Esc>, it switches to the booting message screen. Otherwise, it enters
operating system directly . Y ou can use “cblogo.exe” (included on the QDI Mainboard 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
FEA TURES SETUP” section of the BIOS.

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

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Introduction:

RecoveryEasyTM, the latest QDI innovation, is able to protect the system from being
destroyed, by creating a so-called “mirror partition” for a current hard disk partition
and backuping all the data to the mirror area. This ideal utility provides disk partition,
disk data backup/recovery, CMOS settings backup/recovery and multi-boot functions.
RecoveryEasy is also able to prevent the system from being attacked by different
kinds of boot virus or other severe virus such as CIH. In case the system is ruined
either by mistake or virus, the system can be recovered from the mirror partition. It
applies the build-in BIOS technology that does not occupy either the hard disk space
or the system memory . It ’s the best choice for both corporations and PC users.

Operation Process:

There are two hotkeys – Ctrl+Bksp and F12 for RecoveryEasy to enter “Partition” and
“Recovery” user interfaces accordingly during BIOS booting up. If two or more hard

disks are installed, use F5 key to choose the hard disk.

1. Partition Interface (see figure-1)

Users can create and delete partitions/mirror partitions, activate partitions, and uninstall
RecoveryEasy in Partition User Interface.

figure-1 Partition Interface

1.0 Install RecoveryEasy for the first time

a. The utility checks the previous disk partition at first, and displays the status of

the first four partitions. If there are more than four disk partitions, users will be
asked to delete the redundant disk partitions, since only four partitions that can
be activated are allowed to exist. However, if there’re only four or fewer parti­tions, users can follow the system prompt and choose to install RecoveryEasy
based on the previous disk partitions. In this way, the original extension parti­tions will be changed to normal ones, and probably the sequence of the parti­tions will be changed also, but the contents contained in each partition will
remain the same.

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b. If choosing to install RecoveryEasy on an absolutely clear disk, the utility will

delete all the previous partitions.

c. The password is set as default setting “qdiqdi” after installing RecoveryEasy .

1.1 CREATE PAR

Function : Creates a new partition.
Limitation: When no disk space remains or 4 partitions already exist, this button is

disabled.
Steps : After pressing the “CREATE P AR” button.
a. The system will prompt whether users want to create a mirror partition for it or

not.

b. If answering “Y”, input the new partition size in Megabyte. Notice that the

maximum partition size that can be assigned is half of the left disk space, which
is also displayed in the status line. Another half is for the mirror partition. If
answering “N”, the whole disk space left can be assigned. See figure-2.

figure-2 Create Partition

Note:

a. The system will prompt “Insert system floppy, then reset” when the first

partition on the first hard disk is created.

b. After using DOS6.xx boot disk to format C partition, the system should be reset in

order to access the partition.

c. In Windows system 1,048,576 bytes equal 1 Megabyte, while in RecoveryEasy

1,000,000 bytes equal 1 Megabyte, therefore a smaller size will be displayed in
Windows system compared with the size displayed in RecoveryEasy.

1.2 DELETE PAR

Function : Deletes the last partition and its mirror partition.
Limitation: When no partition exists, this button is disabled.
Steps : After choosing this function, only the final partition can be deleted in

order to keep the continuous disk space. If the warning message is

confirmed, the partition will be deleted. By pressing “N” or “ESC” key ,

the system quits.

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1.3 ACTIVE PAR

Function : Implements multi-boot function by activating one of the partitions.
Limitation: When no partition exists, this button is disabled.
Steps : If there’re two or more partitions, choose one of them by pressing F5

key .

Note : After setting active partition, a letter “A” will be shown in front of this

partition.

1.4 CREATE MIR

Function : Adds mirror partition for the disk partition that has no mirror .
Limitation: This function should be performed by order, for example, from partition

1 to 4. If no disk space remains or the last partition has its mirror
partition already, this button is disabled.

Steps : After pressing the “CREATE MIR” button, use F5 key to choose the

partition to create mirror . The partition of which the size is bigger than
the left disk space will be ignored.

1.5 DELETE MIR

Function : Deletes the mirror partition.
Limitation: If there is no mirror partition, this button is disabled. This function

should be performed in reverse order, for example, from partition 4 to 1.

Steps : After pressing the “DELETE MIR” button, only the final mirror partition

can be deleted in order to keep the continuous disk space. If the
warning message is confirmed, the mirror partition will be deleted. By
pressing “N” or “ESC” key, the system quits.

1.6 UNINST SFW

Function : Uninstall RecoveryEasy.
Limitation: None.
Steps : After pressing the “UNINST SFW” button and the warning message is

confirmed, RecoveryEasy will be uninstalled. By answering “N”, the
system quits.

Note : After RecoveryEasy is uninstalled, all the mirror areas have been

disconnected with the relate partitions. If no partition is deleted or
changed in size, or no other partition is created, users have chance to
“Recover existing RecoveryEasy settings” when next time entering
RecoveryEasy partition interface, meanwhile the password will be set
as default setting “qdiqdi”.

1.7 OTHERS

F12 : Switches to Recovery User Interface.
ESC : Exits from the Partition User Interface. If users made some mistakes, for

example, wrongly delete a partition, do not press the “ESC” key , press the
reset button on your system at once, in this way users can save their system.

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F5:

a. When two or more than two hard disks are installed on the system, use F5

key to choose the hard disk. Every time users use F5 key to switch the hard
disk, the operation result for the previous hard disk is saved. When processing
a certain hard disk, F5 key can be used to choose the partition.

b. In addition, when two or more than two hard disks are installed, the sign of

partitions will be changed from C, D, E, F to 1, 2, 3, 4 accordingly .

2. Recovery Interface (see figure-3)

Users can backup the partition to its mirror area, and recover the partition from its
mirror area from Recovery User Interface. This interface also provides users with
CMOS settings backup or recovery , and changing password functions.

figure-3 Recovery User Interface

2.1 BACKUP PAR

Function : Backups the content of the partition to its mirror area.
Limitation: If no mirror partition exists, this button is disabled.
Steps:

a. Use F5 key to choose the partition with mirror area existed.
b. If the partition chosen has been backuped before, a warning message will be

shown, and the time when last backup was done will be displayed in the status line.
After confirming the warning message, the system performs the backup. By press­ing “N” or “ESC” key , the system quits.

2.2 RE-CVR PAR

Function : Recovers the content from the mirror area to the relate partition.
Limitation: If users didn’t backup any partitions before, this button is disabled.
Steps:

a. Use F5 key to choose the backuped partition.
b. The time when the latest backup was done will be displayed in the status line.

After confirming the warning message, the system performs the content
recovery. By pressing “N” or “ESC” key , the system quits.

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Note:

a. During the process of partition backup or recovery, a guage will be shown as

below, the backup or recovery speed is about 4-5Mbyte/s. See figure-4.

figure-4 Backup Partition

b. If a disk I/O error occurs during the process of partition backup or recovery, this

means there’s physical damage on the hard disk, however users can ignore it
and continue the process.

2.3 ATTRIB P AR

Function : Allows users to modify the properties of the partition (eg. FAT16 ->

FA T32) after entering OS.

Limitation: None.
Steps : After pressing this button, turn on/off the switch.
Note:

a. The switch resets to the default setting “disable” every time the system reboots.
b. In order to implement this function, users need to enable the switch when install-

ing the OS or modifying the partition properties. Please note: Do not create or delete
partitions or change the partition size when modifying the partition properties.

2.4 BACKUP CMS

Function : Backups all CMOS settings.
Limitation: None.
Steps : After choosing this function, the current CMOS settings will be saved.

2.5 RE-CVR CMS

Function : Recovers all CMOS settings.
Limitation: None.
Steps : After choosing this function, the latest backup of the CMOS settings

will be recovered. The system needs reboot in order to validate the
new CMOS settings.

Note : If users have never backuped the CMOS settings, a wrong message

will be shown after choosing this function.

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2.6 CHANGE PWD

Function : Changes the password to enter RecoveryEasy Partition or Recovery

User Interface.

Limitation: None.
Steps : Follow the system prompt, input the password no more than 6

characters twice. To delete the password, follow the system prompt
and press the “Enter” key twice.

Note:

a. The password should be no more than 6 characters, only digital and alphabetic

letters are valid.

b. Once the password is enabled, users will be asked to input the password every

time they try to enter the RecoveryEasy user interfaces, and up to 3 times try is
permitted.

2.7 Others

Ctrl+Bksp : Switches to Partition User Interface.
ESC : Exits from the Partition User Interface.
F5 : When two or more than two hard disks are installed on the system,

use F5 key to choose the hard disk. When processing a certain hard
disk, F5 key can be used to choose the partition.

FAQ:

1. What does RecoveryEasy do?

RecoveryEasy creates a so-called “mirror partition” with same size for the
hard disk partition on the same hard disk, and then completely backups all the
data sector by sector to the mirror area. This mirror partition is reserved to
OS. When the OS ruins either by mistakes or virus, users can recover the
partition from its mirror .

2. Does RecoveryEasy occupy the system resources?

Although some hard disk data protection applications can automatically
protect the disk data in runtime, it lowers the system performance. Unlike
theseapplications, RecoveryEasy need users to backup or restore data
manually when needed, but it DOES NOT lower the system performance
when the system is running. It does not occupy either hard disk space or
system memory , additional floppy disk or ISA/PCI cards are unnecessary .

3. RecoveryEasy utilizes Build-in BIOS skill, what is build-in BIOS?

RecoveryEasy build-in BIOS means all functions of RecoveryEasy including
creating partition, backuping and restoring partition are built in BIOS. Users just
need to down load the latest BIOS from our Website (http://www .qdigrp.com)
when wanting to upgrade (It’s free!).

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4. Are there any hard disk limitations of RecoveryEasy?

RecoveryEasy supports all kinds of current IDE hard disks and has no limita­tion on the hard disk capacity. RecoveryEasy can not provide its function for
some special hard disk types such as SCSI, but it will not affect their usage.

5. Are there any OS limitations of RecoveryEasy?

RecoveryEasy supports current operating systems such as DOS, Windows
95/98. However in Windows NT , Windows 2000, Unix and OS2 systems,
users should notice that the disk tools bundled in the OS could change the
mirror partition. On the other hand, since users can create partition with
RecoveryEasy, it is unnecessary to use other disk tools.

6. Why does the remainder size plus partitions size not match the
total size shown in RecoveryEasy sometimes?

When the location of partitions is not continuous, the above problem exists.

7. Are there any other disk partition tools that can modify the partition

table made by RecoveryEasy?

RecoveryEasy provides a write-protect function, so the disk tools such as
Fdisk, Partition Magic, BootMenu, SmartDisk and BootStar can not modify the
partition table created by RecoveryEasy. Some of the applications even
terminate during operation. However the disk tools bundled in the OS such as
Windows NT , Windows 2000, Unix and OS2 could change the mirror partition.

8. Why does it happen that a prompt “

installation can not continue”

pops up when installing Windows98 or a yellow exclamation mark
shown beside IDE device in system properties?

During Windows 98 installation, the installation program will write to MBR
(Master Boot Record) which is protected by RecoveryEasy, therefore the
installation will be terminated. T o avoid this problem, a “A TTRIB PAR” button
is provided in Recovery User Interface. Enable this switch before installing
Windows 98, then the installation will be successfully completed. In order to
remove the yellow question mark before IDE devices in Device Manager,
enable this switch once more after system reboot.

9. Why does the converting of FAT16->FA T32 in PQ Magic go wrong?

MBR will be accessed when converting FA T16 to F A T32 with PQ Magic,
which is protected by RecoveryEasy, therefore the conversion will beinvali­date. Enabling the “ ATTRIB P AR” switch from Recovery User Interface
before converting can avoid this problem. It’s the same situation as “FAT32
Converter” provided in Windows98.

10. What if partitions be wrongly deleted in RecoveryEasy?

If users delete a partition in RecoveryEasy by mistake, they can save it by
pressing the Reset button on their system at once. Do not press the “ESC”

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key to quit RecoveryEasy , this will save the change. Do not try to create the
partition again, since creating partition will clear all the content of the partition.

11. What is multi-boot?

RecoveryEasy can implement the multi-boot function by activating different
partition. For example on the hard disk, partition C contains DOS, partition D
contains Windows 95 version, partition E contains Windows 98 version, when
activating partition C in RecoveryEasy , the system enters DOS, when activating
partition E, the system enters Windows 98 version. At the same time, the
sequence of the partitions is adjusted accordingly , partition E becomes C:,
partition C becomes D: and partition D becomes E:. This function is the same as
that of fdisk.exe, but the system needs reboot in order to make the change
validate for fdisk.exe.

12. What if computer accidentally power off when backuping (recover­ing)?

The partition should be completely backuped or recovered. If the computer
accidentally powers off, the partition should be backuped or recovered once
again.

13. What if users lose the password?
To make sure the security, the password is saved in the hard disk. It’s very
important for users to remember the password. If forgetting the

password, contact us, clearing CMOS is useless.

14. Does RecoveryEasy protect hard disk against CIH?

RecoveryEasy can strongly protect the hard disk from boot-virus, as well as the
attack of CIH. If the system is attacked by CIH, RecoveryEasy will automatically
recover the MBR and each partition boot record before system boots up, and try
to recover the F A T. In this way the system can basically boot up, then users can
use some anti-virus application to kill the virus. However this depends on how

th

CIH virus affects the system. CIH normally outbreaks on 26

every month, if the
system cannot boot up that day, power off the computer instantly , and use the
second safe way to recover the system, that is, recover the partition from its
mirror area from Recovery User Interface. Remember to create a mirror partition

and backup before virus attacks the system.

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