QDI WinneX 1E User's Manual

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WinneX 1E mainboard QDI M ainboard Utility CD-ROM I/O shield 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 1 9-pin ribbon cable with bracket for serial port 2 (m anufacturing option) 1 spare jum per cap QDI Serial P roduct R.M.A. Warranty Card Use r’s m anual

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Declaration of conformity

QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.

5/F Somers et House, TaiKoo Place 979 Kings Road,

Quarry Bay , Hong Kong

declares that the product

Mainboard

W inneX 1E

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in

accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)

þ E N 55022 Lim its and methods of measurements of radio disturbance

cha racteristics of information technology equipment

þ E N 50081-1 Generic em ission standard Part 1:

Residential, com mercial and light industry

þ E N 50082-1 Generic im munity standard Part 1:

Residential, com mercial and light industry

E uropean Representative: QDI COM PUTER ( UK ) LTD QDI COM PUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S QDI SYSTE M HANDEL GMBH QDI COM PUTER ( NETHERLANDS) B. V. QDI COM PUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COM PUTER HANDELS GMBH QDI COM PUTER (ESPANA) S.A. QDI COM PUTER (SWEDEN) AB

Signature : P lace / Date : HONG KONG/1999

P rinted Name : Anders Cheung Position/ Title : President

Declaration of conformity

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

M odel Name: WinneX 1E

Res ponsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc.

Address: 41456 Christy Street

Fremont, CA 94538

T elephone: (510) 668-4933

Facsimile: (510) 668-4966

Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly

T ype of Product: Mainboard

Manufacturer: Quantum Designs (HK) Inc.

Address: 5/F, Somerset House, TaiKoo Place

979 Kings Road, Quarry Bay, HONG KONG

S upplementary Information:

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

Signature : Date : 1999

CO NTE N T S

SpeedE asy Quick Setup(English) ........................................................S.1

SpeedE asy Schnell-Installation(Deutsch) ............................................S.3

Fácil Y Veloz Rápida Instalación(Español)...........................................S.5

Facilité de vitesse Initialisation(Francais).............................................S.7

Setup Della Scheda SpeedE asy(Italiano)........................................... S.11

SpeedE asy 快速安装指南（中文繁体） ........................................... S.13

SpeedE asy 快速安装指南（中文简体） ............................................S.15

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

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

Flexibility in Designing Cost-effective System ........................................1

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

Introduction to New Features ................................................................. 4

2. Ins tallation Instructions........................................... 7

External Connectors .........................................................................7

P S/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector ............................................... 7

USB1 & USB2..........................................................................................7

P arallel Port Connector, Monitor Output Connector

and Serial P ort Connector ....................................................................... 7

Line-in jack, M icrophone-in jack, Speaker-out jack

and M IDI/Joystick connector ...................................................................8

ATX P ower Supply Connector & Power Sw itch ..................................... 8

Hard Disk LE D Connector (HDLED) ......................................................... 9

Reset Switch (RE SET) ............................................................................ 9

Speaker Connector (SP EAKER).............................................................. 9

P ower LED Connector (PWR_LED)......................................................... 9

Key-Lock Connector (KE Y_L) ................................................................9

ACP I LED Connector (GREEN_LED) ....................................................... 9

Hardware Green Connector (SLE EP) ..................................................... 9

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

Fan Connector (CP UFAN & CHSFAN) ..................................................10

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) ...................................................................... 11

Wake-Up On Internal M odem (WOM) .................................................... 11

Audio Connector (CDLIN, M ODEM) ....................................................... 11

4 pin SM Bus Connector(SMBUS) .......................................................... 12

Sound Connector (P C-PCI).................................................................... 12

Chassis Security Switch (CHSSE C) ..................................................... 12

Audio/M odem Riser Interface Connector (AMR) ................................... 13

CO NTE N T S

E xpansion Slots & I/O Ports description.................................................... 13

Jumper Settings...................................................................................13

Overclocking Jum per Setting (JFS0, JFS1) ............................................... 13

Clear CM OS...............................................................................................14

E nable/Disable on-board audio (JSD) .......................................................14

E nable keyboard password pow er-on function(JKB)............................ 15

Connector P CI 3.3VSB Voltage Jumper (JSB) ..........................................15

FWH P rotection Jumper (JAV) ..................................................................16

Front/Back P anel USB Enable (JP26,JP27) ...............................................16

E nable Front/Back Panel USB Device Wake-up Function

(JFUSB/JUSB) ...........................................................................................17

Front P anel USB Port(JP25) ......................................................................17

Installation of All Drivers ........................................................................... 18

P C-cillin 98................................................................................................. 19

QDI M anageEasy ....................................................................................... 19

Additional Inform ation................................................................................19

3. BIOS Des cription......................................................................... 21

Utility Support........................................................................................21

AWDFLASH.E XE....................................................................................... 21

AWARD BIOS Description .................................................................. 22

E ntering Setup........................................................................................... 22

Load Optim ized Defaults ......................................................................... 22

Standard CM OS Features Setup............................................................. 22

CP U SpeedEasy Setup.............................................................................. 26

Advanced BIOS Features Setup............................................................. 27

Advanced Chipset Features Setup......................................................... 29

P ower Management Setup...................................................................... 30

P NP/PCI Configuration Setup ................................................................... 32

Integrated P eripherals ............................................................................. 33

P C Health Status .......................................................................................35

P assword Setting .................................................................................... 37

Boot with BIOS Defaults ......................................................................... 37

Appendix QDI M ainboard Utility CD-ROM............................................ 38

RecoveryEas y ............................................................... 39

Introduction ............................................................................................... 39

Operation P rocess .................................................................................... 39

FAQ ........................................................................................................... 44

Caution 1

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

The AC power status(ON/OFF) of the system is indicated by the red LED near the two DIMM sockets. 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 (Copperm ine) CPU and the FAN t o keep them full y contact , meanwhil e to meet the heat sink r equirement.

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SpeedEasy Quick Setup

P rocedures :

1. Correctly insert the Intel® Celeron™ P PGA or Intel® P entium III(Copperm ine) FC-P GA processor.

2. P lug in other configurations and restore the system.

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

4. E nter “CPU SpeedEasy Setup” menu to set up the CP U speed.

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

setting ( 200MHz 133MHz for processor with 66MHz host bus speed, for bus ratio

locked processor, run its real speed).

for processor with 100MHz host bus speed,

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

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CPU SpeedEasy Setup Menu

Select <CP U SpeedEasy Setup> item from the main m enu and enter the sub-menu:

Figure - 1 CP U SpeedEasy Setup Menu

BIOS pr ovides you with a set of basic values for your processor selection instead of the jum per settings. The processor speed can be manually selected on the “CP U SpeedEasy SE TUP” menu sc reen.

Warning:

Do not set CP U frequency higher than its working frequency. If you do, w e w ill not be

responsible for any dam ages caused.

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Overview

The WinneX 1E green mainboard utilizes the Intel integrated graphics chipset - Intel® 810E Chipset, providing a fully c ompatible and cost-effective PC/microATX platform with high perform ance. The new integrated technologies, together with the software configurable AC’97 audio and m odem system give customers an advanced, multimedia solution at an extrem ely low price. It provides 66/100/133 MHz system bus support for all Intel® Celeron™ P PGA 370 and Intel® P entium III(Copperm ine) FC-P GA processors. SDRAMs are supported up to 512M B. I t also provides advanced features such as Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-M odem and Keyboard Passw ord Power-on functions. Suspend to RAM, the optimal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and P ower Interface (ACPI) specification, makes the PC’s powe r consu mption drop to the l owest possible level and enable quick wa keup. ManageE asy, our system managem ent application is also supplied to enable remote monitoring and configuration of the system .

Flexibility in Designing Cost-effective System

The Intel® 810E Chipset is a high-integration chipset w hic h consists of a Graphics and M emory Controller Hub (GMCH) Host Bridge and an I/O Controller Hub (ICH) Bridge. Th e Intel 810E Chipset System provides added flexibility in designing cost-effective solutions.

1. Intel® 810E : GMCH (Intel® 82810E ) + ICH ( Intel® 82801AA)

Added features:

• Includes 4M B, 32-bit 100/133MHz SDRAM Display Cache.

• Supports Ultra ATA/66.

Key Features

Form factor

l M icroATX form factor of 244mm x 205mm.

Microprocessor

l Supports all Intel

533M Hz and future processors with 66M Hz bus speed.

l Supports all Intel

700/750M Hz and future processors with 100M Hz bus speed.

l Supports all Intel

and future processors with 133M Hz bus speed.

Celeron™ P PGA processors at 266/300/333/366/400/433/466/500/

P entium III(Copperm ine) FC-P GA processors at 500/550/600/650/

P entium III(Copperm ine) FC-P GA processors at 533/667/733MHz

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l Supports 66/100/133M Hz host bus speed. l The CP U core voltage adjustable from 1.3V to 2.0V automatically through onboard

switching voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID).

l P rovides onboard 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V and 3.3V standby regulator.

System memory

l P rovides two 168 pin 3.3V unbuffered DIMM sockets. l Supports 64-bit wide DIM M m odules with 100MHz SDRAM devices. l Supports 8M B to 256MB SDRAM using 16Mb/64M b technology. l Supports 512M B SDRAM using 128Mb technology. l Supports Suspend to RAM .

Onboard IDE

l Supports two P CI PIO and Bus M aster IDE ports. l Tw o fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and

CD-ROM drives.

l Supports up to P IO Mode 4 timing. l Supports “Ultra ATA/33” Synchronous DMA modes, transferring data up to 33MB/s. l Supports “Ultra ATA/66” Synchronous DMA modes, transferring data up to 66MB/s. l Integrated 16x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.

Onboard I/O

l Winbond W83627HF LP C 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 Tw o high speed 16550 compatible UART (COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 selective) with

16-byte send/receive FIFOs.

l USB host interface supporting 2 USB ports. l One joystick port. l P rovides onboard MIDI/Joystick connector. l Infrared interface. l All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in BIOS setup.

Onchip AG P

l Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Controller. l Integrated H/W M otion Com pensation Engine. l P rovides 4MB SDRAM Display Cache.

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Onboard Sound

l Intel AC’9 7 2.1 Specification Com pliant. l 16bit stereo codec. l M ultiple stereo input mixer. l M ono and stereo volume control. l P rovides onboard Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack and Speaker-out Jack.

Advanced features

l P CI 2.2 Specification Compliant. l P rovides Trend ChipAwayVirus l Supports Windows 95/98 software power-down. l Supports Wake-on-LAN and Wake-on-M odem. l Supports Keyboard P assword Power-on function. l Onboard I/O Winbond 83627HF supports system monitoring (m onitors CPU and

system temperatures, system voltages, chassis intrusion and fan speed).

l Supports m anagement applications such as LDCM (LANDesk Client M anager) or

QDI’s M anageEasy. (m anufacturing option)

l P rovides onboard 3.3V regulator to support ATX power supply w ithout 3.3V output. l System status resumes after AC power failure. l Supports QDI’s innovations such as SpeedE asy, RecoveryEasy etc. l P rotects the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH. l Supports Suspend to RAM .

On Guard.

BIOS

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

and play ready.

l Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up.

G reen function

l Supports ACP I (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS

Directed P ower Management).

l Supports four ACP I power states: Full-on, Stop Grant, Suspend to RAM , and soft-off.

Expansion slots

l 3 P CI slots. l 1 AM R.

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Introduction t o New Features

FWH(Firmware Hub) Protection

The BIOS of the m ainboard is inside the FWH. Som e severe viruses such as CI H virus are so dangerous that it may over w rite the BIOS of the mainboard. If the BIOS has been damaged, the sys tem w ill be unable to boot. We provide the follow ing solution w hich protects the system BIOS from being attacked by such viruses.

Here are two choices which im plements this function:

1. Set the jum per (JAV) as closed, the BI OS can not be overwritten.

2. Set the jum per (JAV) as open, meanwhile set “Flash Write Protect” as Enabled in AWARD BIOS CM OS Setup. I n this way, the BIOS can not be over w ritten, but the DMI inform ation can be updated.

Refer to page 16 for detailed inform ation on jumper setting, and page 28 for related

BIOS setting.

Suspend to RAM

Suspend to RAM is a cost-effectiv e, optimal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and P ower Interface (ACPI) 1.0 specification, which makes a PC’s power c onsumption drop to the lowes t possible level and enables quick w akeup. When the system is in Suspend-to-RAM status, the system c ontext is maintained in system memory, the system cons umes only a small fraction of the pow er used for full operation. Instead of shutting down the s ystem to save pow er w hen not in use and then having to reboot later, Suspend-to-RAM solution enables the system to quickly w ake up, restoring all applications and features, enabling operation in a few sec onds.

To implement this function, the following requirments are essential:

1. P ower supply requirements: The current of 5VSB line of the power supply should be

m ore than 0. 75A.

2. The BIOS option “ACP I function” should be enabled, and “ACPI Suspend Type”

should be set as S3 in AWARD BIOS CM OS setup. Refer to page 30 for detailed inform ation.

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3. An ACPI-enabled operating system such as Window s 98 is needed. Navigate to the CD-ROM drive fr om the MS-DOS Command Prompt and enter the follow ing from the Win98 directory on the CD:

D:\SE TUP /P J (This m anual assumes that your CD-ROM device driv er letter is D:) Windows 98 will be installed with ACP I enabled.

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

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

RAM status.

l Clic k Start -> Setup -> Control Panel -> Power Management -> A dvanced and

choose Standby item , the system will enter Suspend- to-RAM status w hen you press pow er button.

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

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

The s ame ways used to pow er up the system can be used to wake up the system from Suspend-to-RAM status. For exam ple, pushing the power button, through the Wake-onLAN, Wake-on-M odem function or RTC Alarm . I f the keyboard password power-on function is enabled, the keyboard password should be used to wake up the sy stem instead of pushing the power button.

Ultra ATA/66

According to the previous ATA/IDE hard drive data transfer protocol, the signaling w ay to send data w as in synchronous strobe mode by using the rising edge of the strobe signal. The Ultra ATA/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, this tim e Ultra ATA/66 doubles the Ultr a ATA burst transfer rate once again (f rom 33.3MB/s to 66.6MB/s) by reducing setup tim es and increasing the str obe rate. The faster strobe rate increases EMI, w hich cannot be elim inated by the standard 40-pin cable used by ATA and Ultra ATA. To eliminate this increase in E MI, a new 40-pin, 80-conductor cable is needed. This cable adds 40 additional ground lines between eac h of the original 40 ground and signal lines. The additional 40 lines help shield the signal from EMI , reduce cros stalk and improve signal integrity.

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Ultra ATA/33 introduced CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check), a new feature of IDE that provides data integrity and reliability. Ultra ATA/66 uses the same process. The CRC value is calc ulated 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 com pares 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.

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

1. The sy stem board must have a special Ultra ATA/66 detect circuit, s uch as WinneX 1E mainboard.

2. The s ystem BIOS must also support Ultra ATA/66.

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

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

5. Ultra ATA/66 compatible IDE device such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive.

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The s erial port UART2 is not available on the back panel. Therefore, w e provide a 9-pin ribbon cable with bracket for UART2 port. (m anufacturing option)

UART2

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

The Line-in jack can be connec ted to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player for playback or recording. The M icrophone-in jack can be connected to a m icrophone for voice input. The Speaker -out jack allow s you to connect speakers or headphones f or audio output from the internal amplifier. The M IDI /Joystick connector allows you to connect a gam e joystick or a M IDI device.

MIDI/Joy stick

Speaker out

Line in

Microphone in

A TX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER)

Be sure to connect the power supply plug to this connector in its proper orientation. The power switch (P OWER) should be connected to a momentary switch. When powering up your sys tem, first turn on the mechanical sw itch of the pow er supply (if provided), then push the power sw itch once. When pow ering off the system, you needn’t turn of f the m echanical switch, just Push once* the power switch.

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ATX Pow er Supply Connector

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Note: If you chang e “Soft-off by PWR-BTTN” from de fault “Ins tant-off” to “ Delay 4 Secs” in the “ POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS, the pow er sw itch should be pre ssed for more than 4 se conds be fore the system powers d own.

Hard Dis k LED Connector (HDLED)

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

Res et Switch (RESET)

The connector connects to the case’s reset switch. P ress the sw itch 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 LE D has two status. When the system is in power-off status, the LED is off. When the system is powered up, the LED is on. The connector has an orientation.

Key-Lock Connector (KEY_L)

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

ACPI LED Connector (GREEN_LED)

The ACP I LED has four status. When the system is in pow er-off s tatus, the LED is off. When first tim e plug in the 220V power supply, the LED is dimmish. When the system is powered up, the LE D is on. When the system enters suspend mode(including Suspend to RAM status), the LED will flash. The connector has an orientation.

Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP)

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

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Infrared Header (IrDA)

This connector supports w ireless transmitting and receiving. When using this function, configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR I RQ from the “INTE GRATED P ERIPHE RALS” section of the BIOS.

Fan Connector (CPUFAN, CHSFAN)

The fan speed of these two fans can be detected and viewed in “P C Health” section of the BIOS. These two fans will be autom atically tur ned of f after the system enters suspend m ode.

CPUFAN

CHS FAN

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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)

Th roug h th e Wa ke -Up On LAN function, a wake event occu rring from the ne twork can wake up the system. If this function is to be use d, p lease be su re a n ATX 2.01 power supply of which 5VSB line is cap able of de liverin g 720m A, and a LAN ad apter which supports this fu nction is u sed. Th en co nnect thi s header to the rel evant connector on the LAN ada pter, set “Wake-Up by LAN/Ring ” as E nabled in the “P OWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS. S ave & exit, then boot t he op erati ng system once to m ake sure th is fu nction take s effect.

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)

Th roug h th e W ake-Up On Interna l M odem function, the system w hich is in the power-o ff status can be powe red o n by a rin g sig nal received from th e intern al m odem. If th is fu nctio n is to be u sed, be su re a n internal modem card which sup ports thi s function is used. Then connect this header to the re levant co nnector on the modem card, set “Wake-Up by LAN/Ring” to E nabled in the “P OWER M ANAGE MENT SE TUP” sect ion o f the B IOS. Save & e xit, th en bo ot th e op erati ng system once to m ake sure this functio n takes effect.

Audio Connector (CDLIN, MODEM)

CDLIN is a Sony standard CD au dio con nector, it can be connected to a CD-ROM dri ve th roug h a CD au dio ca ble. Th e M ODEM co nnector a llows the onb oard audi o to interface wi th a voice mode m card wi th a similar connector. It also allows the sharing of mono_in (such as a phone) a nd m ono_o ut (such a s a spe ake r) be tween the on board audi o and the voice mo dem card.

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4 pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS)

This connector allow s you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices communicate by m eans of the SMBus with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices. The SMBus or Sy stem Management Bus is a specif ic implementation of an I2C bus, which is a m ultim aster bus, that is, m ultiple chips can be connected to the sam e bus and each one can act as a m aster by initiating data transfer.

Sound Connector (PC-PCI)

This connector provides a bridge between the mainboard and P CI sound card to deliver sound com patibility under DOS real-mode environm ent.

Chas sis Security Switch (CHSSEC)

The connector connects to the chas sis security sw itch on the case. The system can detect the c hassis intrusion through the status of this connector. If the connector has been closed once, the sys tem will record the status and indicate the chassis has been opened. You can receive this information from QDI M anageEasy software.

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Audio/Modem Ris er Interface Connector (AMR)

The AM R Interface Connector is the interface between the mainboard and the Audio/Modem Riser card. The connector provide s all necessary signal s which supports several different configurations of audio and m odem in the system , such as audio and modem on the Riser, audio on the m ainboard and modem on the Riser, or no audio w ith m odem on the Riser. WinneX 1E mainboard provides you with audio onboard solution, onboard audio can be enabled/disabled. E ither AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) card or M R (M odem Riser) card can be used on this system. If you choose to use the audio on AMR card, the onboard audio can be set as disabled. This softw are configurable AC’97 audio and modem system gives customers an advanced, m ultimedia solution at an extrem ely low price.

AM R I nterface Con nector

Expans ion Slots & I/O Ports description

Slot / P ort Description P CI 1 First PCI slot. P CI 2 Second PCI slot. PCI3 Third P CI slot. IDE 1 Primary IDE port. IDE 2 Secondary IDE port. AM R AMR slot. FLOP PY Floppy Drive P ort.

Ju mper Settin gs

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

JFS0 1-2 ( Auto) JKB 1-2 (E nable KB Power-on) JFS1 2-3 ( Auto) JUSB/JFUSB 1-2 (E nable USB Wake-Up) JCC 2-3 ( Normal Status) JSB Closed (Connec t PCI 3.3Vsb) JSD 2-3 ( Enable Audio) JAV Open (E nable Flash BIOS)

Overclocking Jumper Setting (JFS0, JFS1)

Jum pers labeled JFS0 and JFS1 ar e located on the mainboard providing users w ith CPU overclocking feature. The host bus speed c an be set as 66/100/133MHz or AUTO select. Refer to the chart below for the location of these jum pers, and the table for information on how to s et them.

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JFS1 JFS0

CP U FSB 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz AUTO

JFS1 1- 2 1-2 OPEN 2-3

JFS0 2-3 OP EN OPEN 1-2

‘1-2’ represents pin1 & pin2 c losed. ‘2-3’ rep resents pin2 & pin 3 closed.

If CP U FSB is set as def ault setting A uto, the system detects the CPU f ront side bus autom atic ally. If CPU FSB is set as 100MHz, the system will run at 100MHz even if a processor with 66M Hz or 133M Hz FSB is installed. Setting up to 133MHz using processors with 100M Hz bus speed is also supported. However, whether or not the system can be ov erclocked 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 processor, this overclocking feature can be implemented by setting CPU FSB as 100/133MHz, m eanwhile adjus ting the bus ratio(multiplier) low er in “CPU SpeedEasy Setup” in AWARD

BIOS CM OS Setup. We do not guarantee the overclocking system to be stable.

Clear CMOS (JCC)

If you w ant to clear CMOS, unplug the AC power supply first, close JCC (pin1 & pin2) once, set JCC b ack to the normal status w ith pin2 & pin3 connected, then pow er on the system.

Norm al status:

Clear CM OS:

(Unplug the AC power supply)

JCC

Enable/Dis able 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.

E nable on-board audio:

JSD

Disable on-board audio:

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Enable keyboard pas sword power-on function (JKB)

The m ainboard provides the advanced keyboard pass w ord power-on function. Before

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

Disable:

E nable:

Furtherm ore in order to implement this function, set “POWER ON Function” to P assw ord and enter the keyboard power-on password in the “INTE GRATED P ERIPHERALS” section of the BIOS. Save and exit, then power off your system . In this case, the pow er button’s power- on function has been disabled.

Note: 1. If using this function, 5VSB line o f the power supply should be

capab le of delivering enough curre nt (eg. 200mA) for all the de vices connected to th e keyboard port, if not, you w ill be unable to pow er up the system using the keyboard.

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

3. If you en counter the above problems, clear CMOS and se t the jumper and BIOS option again.

JKB

Connector PCI 3.3VSB Voltage Jumper (JSB)

Setting JSB open can disconnec t the 3.3VSB voltage to PCI slots. This can prevent the m ainboard from being damaged if you add or rem ove expansion cards without unpluging the AC power supply. How ever, if you w ant to use the PCI 2.2 specification compliant expansion cards to wake up the sys tem, for example, a netw ork card w hich supports wake-up on LAN function but without the WOL header or if you want to use an AM R card, set JSB as closed, m eanwhile set “Wake-Up by PCI card” as enabled in “P ower Manage-

m ent Setup” section of the BIOS.

Disconnect P CI 3.3VSB

Connect P CI 3.3VSB (default)

Note: If AM R card is used, this jum per must be set as default setting closed.

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FWH Protection Jumper (JA V)

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 m ainboard. However in this status, the system BI OS is protec ted from being attacked by serious virus such as CIH virus.

Flash Write Disabled

Flash Write E nabled

Setting the jum per JAV as open (default), meanwhile disabling the “Flash Write Protect”

item in AWARD BI OS CM OS Setup, allows you to flash the BI OS to the flash ROM in FWH.

The DM I (Desktop Mana gement Interface) system information such as the CP U type/speed,

m emory 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 autom atically. However, setting jum per JAV as closed makes flashing BIOS and updating DM I inform ation impossible.

Refer to page 4 for the two choices to im plement FWH P rotection function.

JAV

Front /Back Panel USB Enable ( JP26, JP27)

Set JP26&27 as pin2&pin3 closed to enable front panel USB, if they are set as pin1&pin2 closed, the upper port of the back panel USB is enabled. In any cas e, the low er one of the back panel USB is alw ays enabled.

Front P anel USB Enable:

JP 26 JP 27

Back P anel USB Enable:

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

The m ainboard provides the advanced USB device wake-up function. The system can be waken up fr om its pow er saving status including ACPI S3 by activating USB devices. Befor e using this function, set JFUSB/JUSB w ith pin1 & pin2 clos ed. Otherw ise, set JFUSB/JUSB with pin2 & pin3 closed for disabling.

Front Panel USB Port (JP25)

Disable:

E nable:

JFUSB /JUSB

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Ins tallation of All Drivers

A QDI Mainboard Utility CD-ROM is supplied with each mainboard. All drivers can be installed from this CD-ROM . Before installing all the drivers, check the system requirem ents such as the enough system mem ory (at least 32MB for Windows 95/98 system or 64MB for Windows 2000 system ) and enough disk space. Windows 95 or Window s 98 must be fully ins talled and running on the system. All running applications should be closed bef ore installing these drivers.

1. Install INF File for Intel® 810E Chipset

The INF File s for Intel® Chipset 810 E contains Windows device installation (*.INF) files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components shall be configured for the proper functionality. Under Windows 95/98, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf\Setup.exe for installation. P lease refer to README.TXT in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf\ for m ore information.

2. Install INF Utility Files for Intel® 810E Chipset

Under Windows 95/98, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf utility\Setup.exe for installation. P lease refer to README.TXT in the direc tory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf utility\ for more inform ation.

3. Install VGA Drivers

Under Windows 95/98 English version, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\w in9x \Graphics \Setup.exe for installation.

Under W indows 95/98 Chinese version, the VGA driver should be i nstalled manually from the Disp lay Proper ties Window. Locate the directory to \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney \Display\win9x\Graphics\Win9x when prom pted. P lease refer to README.TXT in the director y \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\w in9x for m ore information.

Under Window s NT 4.0, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\NT40 \Graphics\Setup.exe for installation.

P lease refer to README.TXT in the director y \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\NT40\ for m ore information.

Under Win2000, the VGA driver should be installed m anually. For installation guide, refer to RE ADME.TXT in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\win2k.

4. Install Sound Drivers

Under Windows 95, run \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\95\driver\Setup.exe for installation. For WaveSynth M IDI function under Windows 95, ich.inf contained in the directory \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\95\95synth should be installed. (P oint to the file ich.inf --- Right click the m ouse --- select install).

Under Windows 98, run \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\98\Setup.exe for installation. Under Windows NT 4.0, run \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\nt40\driver\Setup .exe for installation. Regarding the WaveSynth M IDI func tion under Window s NT 4.0, please refer to RE ADME.TXT in the directory \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\nt40\M IDI .

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PC-cillin 98

New viruses are appear ing frequently; the chance of your PC being infected increases; antivirus softwar es 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. P C-cillin 98 provides Free Virus Pattern File Updates from the Trend M icro Website: http://www.trend.com /download /pattern.htm or

http://www.antivirus.co m/downloa d/pattern.htm .

Installation o f PC-cillin 98

For Windows 95/98 E nglish version, run Setup.exe for installation from the utility CD directory \P ccillin\Win9x. For Window s 95/98 Chinese version, run Setup.exe for installation from the utility CD directory \P ccillin\PWin9x. For Window s NT 4.0, run Setup.exe for installation from the utility CD directory \P ccillin\WinNT4.0. S/N is P N EF-9991-6558-5857-5535.

QDI ManageEas y

It is w ell known that guaranteeing the computer’s security and reliability is essential. E specially today, effectively managing and monitoring the computer’s hardw are is even m ore important; because proces sing and exchanging critical data through computer and network are happening everyday. Along with the com puter’s development, the system of the com puter wi ll become more and more com plex; at the sa me time, the control of computer’s hardware will be strengthened. Today, it is possible to monitor and manage your complex hardw are from Window s 9X and Window s NT. QDI ManageEasy is a system tool, like a bridge between the com plex hardware and OS, used to acces s hardw are status and to execute som e 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 inform ation about y our computer and monitor some key reference data about computer health in real tim e. QDI ManageEasy also helps you to use remote access and control com puters in your local area network. With QDI ManageE asy, you can improve your managem ent level.

Installation of QDI ManageE asy V2.0

Run Setup.exe from the utility CD directory \QM E2 to install the QDI ManageE asy V2.0. The QDI M anageEasy Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation process. For detailed information on how to use QDI ManageEasy V2.0, please refer to the QDI M anageEasy V2.0 online help.

Additional Information

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

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BIOS Description

Utility Support:

A WDFLASH.EXE

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

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

m istakes, destroying the BIOS and resulting in a non-working system.

When you encounter problem s, for example, you find your system does not support the latest CPU released after our cur rent mainboard, you may theref ore upgrade the BIOS, please don’t forget to set JAV as open(refer to page 16) and disable the “Flash Write P rotect” item in AWARD BIOS CM OS Set up first (refer to page 28).

Follow the steps exactly for a succ essful upgrade.

1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing Format A:/s from the DOS

prom pt under DOS6.xx or Windows 9x environment.

2. Copy AWDFLASH.E XE (version>7.07) from the directory \Utility located on QDI

M ainboard Utility CD onto y our new bootable diskette.

3. Download the updated BIOS file from the Website (http://www.qdigr p.com). Please

be sur e to dow nload the suitable BIOS file for your mainboard.

4. Uncom press the file download, 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:\ prom pt as shown below:

A:\AWDFLASH xxx x.bin Follow the instruction through the process. Don’t tur n off pow er or reset the

system until the BIOS upgrade has been com pleted.

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

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

Not e: AWDFLASH.EXE (version>7.07) utility must be used to upgrade the WinneX 1E m ainboard BIOS instead of QDI flash utility. So far QDI flash utility —- FLASH.E XE (V 1.3) does not support the Flash EP ROM on WinneX 1E mainboard.

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AWARD BIOS Description

Entering Setup

P ower on the computer, when the following message briefly appears at the bottom of the screen during the P OST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key or sim ultaneously press the <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <E sc> key s, to enter the AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility.

Press <Del> to enter SE TUP

Onc e you have entered, the Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The main m enu allows y ou to select from eleven setup functions and tw o exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select am ong the items and press the <Enter> key to accept or enter the sub-menu.

Figure-1 M ain Menu

Load Optimized Defaults

The Optim ized Defaults are c ommon and efficient. It is recommended users load the optim ized defaults first, then modify the needed configuration settings.

Standard CMOS Features Setup

The basic CM OS settings included in “ Standard CMOS Features” are Date, Time, Hard Disk Drive Types, Floppy Disk Drive Types, and VGA etc. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item , then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value desir ed in each item.

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Figure-2 Standard CM OS Setup M enu

For the item s m arked, press enter, a window will pop up as show n below. You can view detailed inform ation or make modifications.

Figure-2-1 IDE Primary Master Setup Menu

Hard Dis k Primary Mas ter/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/Secondary Slave

These categories identi fy the HDD types of 2 IDE channels i nstalled in the computer system. There are th ree choices provided for the E nhanced IDE BIOS: None, Au to, and User. ‘None’ m eans no HDD i s instal led or set; ‘Auto’ means the system can auto-detect the hard disk w hen boo ting up; by choosing ‘user’, the related information should be entered regard ing the foll ow-

ing i tems. Enter the information directly from the keyboa rd and press < E nter>:

CYLS number of cylinders HE AD number of heads P RECOMP write pre-com pensation LANDZ landing zone SE CTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access m ode

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

NORMAL

Generic access m ode in which neither the BIOS nor the I DE controller will make any transform ation during access ing. The maximum number of cylinders, heads and sectors for NORM AL mode are 1024,16 and 63.

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

LBA (Logical Block Addres sing) mode

A new HDD accessing method to overcom e the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The num ber of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in setup m ay not be the num ber physically contained in the HDD.

During HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by sector, head and cylinder num ber into its own physical address inside the HDD.

LARGE mode

Som e IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in s ome 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 nu mbe r of cylind ers is less than 102 4 by di viding it by 2. At the sam e time, the number of heads is m ultiplied by 2. A reverse transform ation pro cess will be made inside INT13h in orde r to acce ss the ri ght HDD address.

If using Auto detect, th e BIOS will autom atically detect the I DE hard disk mode and set it as one of the three m odes.

Remark

To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there m ust 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 .

E GA/ VGA E nhanced Graphics Adapter / Video Graphic Array. For EGA,

VGA, SE GA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters. CGA 40 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 40 colum n mode. CGA 80 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 80 colum n mode. M ONO M onochrome adapter, including high resolution m onochrome

adapters.

Halt On

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

No errors The system boot w ill 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 prom pted.

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 Th e system boo t will not stop for a keyboa rd or disk e rror, but it wi ll

stop for al l other errors.

Memory

This is a Display-Only Category, determ ined by POST (P ower On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base M emory The POST of the BIOS w ill determine the amount of base

(or conventional) m emory installed in the system .

E xtended Memory The BIOS determ ines how much extended mem ory is

presented during the P OST.

Other M emory This is the m emory that can be used for different applications.

Shadow RAM is most used in this area.

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

m emory.

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CPU SpeedEasy Setup

Figure-3 CP U SpeedEasy Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l CP U Speed Jumper Emulation This item is only for users who understand all

the CP U parameters, i.e. system bus frequency, “66/75/100/1 12/133/140/150MHz” and m ultiplication of processor core frequency for system bus frequency “x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x7.5, x8”.

200MHz(66x3) Selects the CP U speed according to your CPU 233MHz(66x3.5) brand and type.

. 533MHz(66x8) 300MHz(100x3) 35 0MHz(100 x3.5)

. 800MHz(100x8) 400MHz(133x3)

86 6MHz(133 x6.5)

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Advanced BIOS Features Setup

Figure-4 Advanced BIOS Features M enu

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

Item Option Description

l ChipAwayVirus Enabled Guards against boot virus threats early in the

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

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

Disabled Disables this function.

l CP U Internal Enabled E nabling this option speeds up memory access.

Cache Disabled However, it depends on CPU/chipset design.

l E xternal Enabled Enables external L2 cache. This allows better

Cache perform ance.

Disabled Disables external cache.

l CP U L2 Cache Enabled Enables CPU L2 Cache E CC (Error Checking and

E CC Checking Correction) function.

Disabled Disables CP U L2 Cache ECC function.

l Quick P ower Enabled Allow s the system to skip certain tests w hile

On Self Test booting. This will decrease the tim e needed to

boot the system .

Disabled Norm al POST.

l First (Second, Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority. It could be

Third) Boot Device Floppy Disabled, Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0, HDD-1, HDD-2, Boot Other Device HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM , LAN.

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l Swap Floppy Enabled If the system has two floppy drives, choose

Drive Disabled enable to assign physical drive B to logical drive

A and vice-versa.

l Boot Up Enabled Tests floppy drives to determine whether they

Floppy Seek Disabled have 40 or 80 tracks.

l Boot Up On Select power on state for Num Lock.

Num Lock Status Off

l Gate A20 Option Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 and Normal - a pin

Fast in the keyboard controller controls GateA20.

Default is Fast.

l Typermatic Rate Enabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the

Setting Disabled keyboard controller - when enabled, the

typem atic rate and typematic delay can be selected.

l Typermatic Rate 6-30 The rate at which character repeats w hen you

(chars/sec) hold down a key.

l Typermatic Delay 250-1000 The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat.

(M sec)

l Security Option Setup Select whether the passw ord is required every

System time the system boots or only when you enter

setup.

l OS Select For Non-OS2 Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating

DRAM >64MB OS2 system with more than 64MB of RAM.

l Flash Write Enabled Does not allow flash program .

P rotect Disabled Flash program is allow ed.

l Report NO FDD Yes Reports NO Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95 to

for WIN 95 release IRQ6.

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

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The serial port UART2 is not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 9-pin ribbon cable with bracket for UART2 port. (manufacturing option)

UART2

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

MIDI/Joystick

Speaker out

Line in

Microphone in

ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER)

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

POWER

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12V 5VSB

PS-OK GND

GND

5V GND

3.3V

5V 5V

-5V GND GND GND PSON GND

-12V

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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.

Hard Disk LED Connector (HDLED)

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

Reset Switch (RESET)

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

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)

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

Power LED Connector (PWR_LED)

The power LED has two status. When the system is in power-off status, the LED is off. When the system is powered up, the LED is on. The connector has an orientation.

Key-Lock Connector (KEY_L)

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

ACPI LED Connector (GREEN_LED)

The ACPI LED has four status. When the system is in power-off status, the LED is off. When first time plug in the 220V power supply, the LED is dimmish. When the system is powered up, the LED is on. When the system enters suspend mode(including Suspend to RAM status), the LED will flash. The connector has an orientation.

Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP)

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

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LED+ LED -

RESET

SPKDATA

SIGNAL IN

POWER

LED+ LED LED -

KEYLOCK

LED+ LED LED -

SLEEP

GND

VCC

GND

HDLED

RESET

SPEAKER

POWER

POWER_LED

KEY-L

GREEN_LED

SLEEP

Infrared Header (IrDA)

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

VCC

IRRX

GND

IRTX

VCC

Fan Connector (CPUFAN, CHSFAN)

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

CPUFAN

FAN GND +12V SENSE

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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)

Through the Wake-Up On LAN function, a wake event occurring from the network can wake up the system. If this function is to be used, please be sure an ATX 2.01 power supply of which 5VSB line is capable of delivering 720mA, and a LAN adapter which supports this function 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.

+5V standby

GND Signal for waking up (active high)

Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)

Through the Wake-Up On Internal Modem function, the system which is in the power-off status can be powered on by a ring signal received from the internal modem. If this function is to be used, be sure an internal modem card which supports 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.

GND Signal for waking up (active low)

+5V standby

Audio Connector (CDLIN, MODEM)

CDLIN 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 also allows the sharing of mono_in (such as a phone) and mono_out (such as a speaker) between the onboard audio and the voice modem card.

MODEM

Mono-Out (to Modem)

GND Phone-In (from Modem)

CDLIN

CD Right Channel Common

CD Left Channel

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4 pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS)

This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices. The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an I2C bus, which is a multimaster bus, that is, multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer.

2 3 4

SMBDATA SMBCLK GND

5VSB

Sound Connector (PC-PCI)

This connector provides a bridge between the mainboard and PCI sound card to deliver sound compatibility under DOS real-mode environment.

GND

PC-PCI DMA REQUEST

SERIAL INTERRUPT REQUEST

2 4 6

1 3 5

GND

PC-PCI DMA ACKNOWLEDGE

Chassis Security Switch (CHSSEC)

The connector connects to the chassis security switch on the case. The system can detect the chassis intrusion through the status of this connector. If the connector has been closed once, the system will record the status and indicate the chassis has been opened. You can receive this information from QDI ManageEasy software.

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Audio/Modem Riser Interface Connector (AMR)

The AMR Interface Connector is the interface between the mainboard and the Audio/Modem Riser card. The connector provides all necessary signals which supports several different configurations of audio and modem in the system, such as audio and modem on the Riser, audio on the mainboard and modem on the Riser, or no audio with modem on the Riser. WinneX 1E mainboard provides you with audio onboard solution, onboard audio can be enabled/disabled. Either AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) card or MR (Modem Riser) card can be used on this system. If you choose to use the audio on AMR card, the onboard audio can be set as disabled. This software configurable AC’ 97 audio and modem system gives customers an advanced, multimedia solution at an extremely low price.

AMR Interface Connector

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description

Slot / Port Description PCI 1 First PCI slot. PCI 2 Second PCI slot. PCI3 Third PCI slot. IDE 1 Primary IDE port. IDE 2 Secondary IDE port. AMR AMR 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) JKB 1-2 (Enable KB Power-on)

JFS1 2-3 (Auto) JUSB/JFUSB 1-2 (Enable USB Wake-Up) JCC 2-3 (Normal Status) JSB Closed (Connect PCI 3.3Vsb) JSD 2-3 (Enable Audio) JAV Open (Enable Flash BIOS)

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.

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JFS1 JFS0

CPU FSB 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz AUTO JFS1 1-2 1-2 OPEN 2-3 JFS0 2-3 OPEN 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 processors 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 processor, 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 to be stable.

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 3

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:

Disable on-board audio:

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Enable keyboard password power-on function (JKB)

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

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

Disable:

Enable:

JKB

1 2 3

JKB

1 2 3

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 using this function, 5VSB line of the power supply should be

capable of delivering enough current (eg. 200mA) for all the devices connected to the keyboard port, if not, you will be unable to power up the system using the keyboard.

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

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

Connector PCI 3.3VSB Voltage Jumper (JSB)

Setting JSB open can disconnect the 3.3VSB voltage to PCI slots. This can prevent the mainboard from being damaged if you add or remove expansion cards without unpluging the AC power supply. However, if you want to use the PCI 2.2 specification compliant expansion cards to wake up the system, for example, a network card which supports wake-up on LAN function but without the WOL header or if you want to use an AMR card, set JSB as closed, meanwhile set “Wake-Up by PCI card” as enabled in “ Power Manage-

ment Setup” section of the BIOS.

Disconnect PCI 3.3VSB

Connect PCI 3.3VSB (default)

JSB

Note: If AMR card is used, this jumper must be set as default setting closed.

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FWH 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

Setting the jumper JAV as open (default), meanwhile disabling the “Flash Write 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 4 for the two choices to implement FWH Protection function.

Front/Back Panel USB Enable (JP26, JP27)

Set JP26&27 as pin2&pin3 closed to enable front panel USB, if they are set as pin1&pin2 closed, the upper port of the back panel USB is enabled. In any case, the lower one of the back panel USB is always enabled.

Front Panel USB Enable:

JP26 JP27

1 2 3

Back Panel USB Enable:

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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 status including ACPI S3 by activating USB devices. Before using this function, set JFUSB/JUSB with pin1 & pin2 closed. Otherwise, set JFUSB/JUSB with pin2 & pin3 closed for disabling.

JFUSB

Front Panel USB Port (JP25)

JUSB

Disable:

Enable:

+5V

2 4 6 8 10

1 3 5 7 9

GND

USBP0+

GND

JFUSB/JUSB

1 2 3

JFUSB/JUSB

1 2 3

GND

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Installation of All Drivers

A QDI Mainboard Utility CD-ROM is supplied with each mainboard. All drivers can be installed from this CD-ROM. Before installing all 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.

1. Install INF File for Intel® 810E Chipset

The INF Files for Intel® Chipset 810E contains Windows device installation (*.INF) files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components shall be configured for the proper functionality. Under Windows 95/98, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf\Setup.exe for installation. Please refer to README.TXT in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf\ for

more information.

2. Install INF Utility Files for Intel® 810E Chipset

Under Windows 95/98, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf utility\Setup.exe for installation. Please refer to README.TXT in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf utility\ for more

information.

3. Install VGA Drivers

Under Windows 95/98 English version, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\win9x \Graphics \Setup.exe for installation.

Under Windows 95/98 Chinese version, the VGA driver should be installed manually from the Display Properties Window. Locate the directory to \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney \Display\win9x\Graphics\Win9x when prompted. Please refer to README.TXT in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\win9x for more information.

Under Windows NT 4.0, run \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\NT40 \Graphics\Setup.exe for installation.

Please refer to README.TXT in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\NT40\ for more information.

Under Win2000, the VGA driver should be installed manually. For installation guide, refer to README.TXT in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\Display\win2k.

4. Install Sound Drivers

Under Windows 95, run \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\95\driver\Setup.exe for installation. For WaveSynth MIDI function under Windows 95, ich.inf contained in the directory \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\95\95synth should be installed. (Point to the file ich.inf --- Right click the mouse --- select install).

Under Windows 98, run \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\98\Setup.exe for installation. Under Windows NT 4.0, run \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\nt40\driver\Setup.exe for installation.

Regarding the WaveSynth MIDI function under Windows NT 4.0, please refer to README.TXT in the directory \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881\nt40\MIDI.

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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.

Installation of PC-cillin 98

For Windows 95/98 English version, run Setup.exe for installation from the utility CD directory \Pccillin\Win9x. For Windows 95/98 Chinese version, run Setup.exe for installation from the utility CD directory \Pccillin\PWin9x. For Windows NT 4.0, run Setup.exe for installation from the utility CD directory \Pccillin\WinNT4.0.

S/N is PN EF-9991-6558-5857-5535.

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. Along 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. Today, 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 management level.

Installation of QDI ManageEasy V2.0

Run Setup.exe from the utility CD directory \QME2 to install the QDI ManageEasy V2.0. The QDI ManageEasy Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation process. For detailed information on how to use QDI ManageEasy V2.0, please refer to the QDI ManageEasy V2.0 online help.

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 after our current mainboard, you may therefore upgrade the BIOS, please don’ t forget to set JAV as open(refer to page 16) and disable the “Flash Write Protect” item in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup first (refer to page 28).

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>7.07) 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. Uncompress the file download, 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>7.07) utility must be used to upgrade the WinneX 1E mainboard BIOS instead of QDI flash utility. So far QDI flash utility —- FLASH.EXE (V1.3) does not support the Flash EPROM on WinneX 1E mainboard.

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AWARD BIOS Description

Entering Setup

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

Press <Del> to enter SETUP

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

Figure-1 Main Menu

Load Optimized Defaults

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

Standard CMOS Features Setup

The basic CMOS settings included in “Standard CMOS Features” are Date, Time, Hard Disk Drive Types, Floppy Disk Drive Types, and VGA etc. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item, then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value desired in each item.

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Figure-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu

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

Figure-2-1 IDE Primary Master Setup Menu

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

These categories identify the HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the computer system. There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS: None, Auto, and 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.

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

Shadow RAM is most used in this area.

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

memory.

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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 Speed Jumper Emulation This item is only for users who understand all

the CPU parameters, i.e. system bus frequency, “66/75/100/112/133/140/150MHz” 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”.

200MHz(66x3) Selects the CPU speed according to your CPU 233MHz(66x3.5) brand and type.

. .

. 533MHz(66x8) 300MHz(100x3) 350MHz(100x3.5)

. .

. 800MHz(100x8) 400MHz(133x3)

. . .

866MHz(133x6.5)

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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 Enabled Guards against boot virus threats early in the

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

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

Disabled Disables this function.

l CPU Internal Enabled Enabling this option speeds up memory access.

Cache Disabled However, it depends on CPU/chipset design.

l External Enabled Enables external L2 cache. This allows better

Cache performance.

Disabled Disables external cache.

l CPU L2 Cache Enabled Enables CPU L2 Cache ECC (Error Checking and

ECC Checking Correction) function.

Disabled Disables CPU L2 Cache ECC function.

l Quick Power Enabled Allows the system to skip certain tests while

On Self Test booting. This will decrease the time needed to

boot the system.

Disabled Normal POST.

l First (Second, Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority. It could be

Third) Boot Device Floppy Disabled, Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0, HDD-1, HDD-2, Boot Other Device HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAN.

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l Swap Floppy Enabled If the system has two floppy drives, choose

Drive Disabled enable to assign physical drive B to logical drive

A and vice-versa.

l Boot Up Enabled Tests floppy drives to determine whether they

Floppy Seek Disabled have 40 or 80 tracks.

l Boot Up On Select power on state for NumLock.

NumLock Status Off

l Gate A20 Option Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 and Normal - a pin

Fast in the keyboard controller controls GateA20.

Default is Fast.

l Typermatic Rate Enabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the

Setting Disabled 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 Typermatic Delay 250-1000 The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat.

(Msec)

l Security Option Setup Select whether the password is required every

System time the system boots or only when you enter

setup.

l OS Select For Non-OS2 Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating

DRAM>64MB OS2 system with more than 64MB of RAM.

l Flash Write Enabled Does not allow flash program.

Protect Disabled Flash program is allowed.

l Report NO FDD Yes Reports NO Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95 to

for WIN 95 release IRQ6.

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

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Advanced Chipset Features Setup

Figure-5 Advanced Chipset Features Menu

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

Item Option Description

l SDRAM CAS Auto Contains the information for SDRAM initialization

Latency Time 3 procedure.

l SDRAM Cycle Time 5/7

Tras/Trc 6/8

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

Delay 3 and CAS.

Without additional delay time.

l SDRAM RAS 2 Default setting is suggested.

Precharge Time 3

l System BIOS Enabled Besides conventional memory, the system BIOS

Cacheable Disabled area is also cacheable.

l Video BIOS Enabled Besides conventional memory, video RAM area

Cacheable is also cacheable.

Disabled Video RAM area is not cacheable.

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

15M-16M expanded ISA card.

Disabled Does not set this memory hole.

l Delayed Enabled Default setting is suggested.

Transaction Disabled

l On-Chip Video 32/64MB Selects graphic display cache window size.

Window Size Disabled Does not select it.

l Local Memory 100MHz Defines the local memory frequency, 100MHz or

Frequency 133MHz 133MHz.

l Close Empty Enabled Closes empty DIMM clock or PCI clock to reduce

DIMM/PCI Clk EMI.

Disabled Does not close empty DIMM/PCI clock.

l Spread Enabled Enables Spread Spectrum to reduce EMI.

Spectrum Disabled Disables Spread Spectrum.

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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 Disabled Invalidates ACPI function.

Enabled Validates ACPI function.

l ACPI Suspend S1 Selects the ACPI suspend type.

Type S3

l Power Disabled Global Power Management (PM) will be disabled.

Management User Define Users can configure their own Power Management

Timer.

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

in their MAX values.

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

their MIN values.

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

Method when disabling video.

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

off the V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA card to monitor.

DPMS This function is enabled only for VGA cards

supporting DPMS.

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

l Video Off In Yes The system will disable video when entering

Suspend suspend mode.

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No Does not turn off video when entering suspend

mode.

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 The system never enters Suspend mode by timer.

Min ~ 1Hr 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 HDD’ s motor will not be off by timer.

1 - 15 Min Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the

HDD enters power saving mode (motor off).

l Soft-Off by Instant-Off They 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 woken 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

LAN/Ring 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).

Disabled Does not allow Ring/LAN wake up.

l CPU Thermal- 12.5%, 25%, Selects the duty cycle of the STPCLK# signal,

Throttling 50%, 37.5%, slowing down the CPU speed when the system

62.5%, 75%, 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.

Disabled RTC has no alarm function.

l Primary IDE 0/1, Enabled Reloads global timer, when there’ s an IDE event.

Secondary IDE 0/1 Disabled Does not reload global timer.

l FDD/COM/LPT Enabled Reloads global timer, when there’ s a FDD/COM/

Port LPT event.

Disabled Does not reload global timer.

l PCI IRQ [ A - D ] # Enabled Reloads global timer, when there’ s an PCI event.

Disabled 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 Enabled Default is Disabled. Select Enabled to reset

Data Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when

you exit Setup, if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused serious conflicts preventing the OS from booting.

Disabled Disables the configuration data function.

l Resources Auto(ESCD) BIOS can automatically configure all boot

Controlled By Manual 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.

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l Power On BUTTON Uses the power button to power up the system. Function ONLY

Password Enables the Keyboard Password Power-On.

l Onboard FDC Enabled Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled.

Controller Disabled Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled.

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

Serial Port 1/2 2F8/IRQ3, required interrupt number.

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

automatically assigned.

Disabled Onboard serial port is disabled.

l UART Mode Normal This option is used to configure UART Mode. Select l Onboard Parallel 378/IRQ7, Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ

Port 278/IRQ5, channel.

3BC/IRQ7 Disabled Onboard parallel port is disabled.

l Parallel Port SPP Defines the parallel port mode as standard

Mode EPP Parallel Port(SPP), Enhanced Parallel Port(EPP), or

ECP Extended Capabilities Port(ECP). ECP+EPP

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 Disabled This option is used to configure Game Port

Address 201 Address.

209

l Midi Port Address Disabled This option is used to configure Midi Port

300 Address. 330

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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 50

Temperature 530C/1270F temperature reaches the previous setting,

l Current System The temperature inside the chassis.

Temp.

l Current CPU The temperature near CPU.

Temperature

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

Speed is connected to the fan header, CPUFAN or Current CHSFAN CHSFAN. Fan speed value is based on an Speed assumption that tachometer signal is two pulses

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

C/1220F An alarm will beep when the CPU

560C/1330F 500C/1220F, 530C/1270F, 560C/1330F, 600C/1400F 600C/1400F, 630C/1450F, 660C/1510F, 700C/1580F. 630C/1450F 660C/1510F 700C/1580F Disabled No alarm beep.

per revolution. In other cases, you should regard it relatively.

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+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 60

C/1400F The system will shut down automatically when

Temperature 650C/1490F the CPU temperature reaches the previous

700C/1580F setting, 600C/1400F, 650C/1490F, 700C/1580F,

750C/1670F 750C/1670F. Disabled The system remains on regardless of how

much the CPU temperature is.

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Password Setting

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.

When User/Supervisor password setting 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.

Boot with BIOS Defaults

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

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QDI Mainboard Utility CD-ROM

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

1. Intel® 810E Chipset Drivers

A. INF Files for Intel® 810E Chipset Contained in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf for Windows 95/98. B. INF Utility Files for Intel® 810E Chipset Contained in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\inf utility for Windows 95/98. C. VGA Drivers Contained in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel\Whitney\display for Windows 9x, Windows 2000 and Windows NT4.0 respectively.

2. Sound Drivers

Contained in the directory \DevDrv\Codec\ad1881 for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 respectively.

3. PC-cillin 98 Anti-Virus software:

Contained in the directory \Pccillin\Win9x for Windows 95/98 English version. Contained in the directory \Pccillin\PWin9x for Windows 95/98 Chinese version. Contained in the directory \Pccillin\WinNT4.0 for Windows NT 4.0.

4. QDI ManageEasy V2.0:

Contained in the directory \QME2.

5. QDI Mainboard Utilities:

AWDFLASH.EXE LF.EXE Please refer to the online help for information on how to use these utilities.

6. Documents

The files included in the directory \Doc are: Adobe Acrobat Reader V3.0 - ar32e301.exe QDI ManageEasy (V1.2) Manual - QMEV12.PDF.

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RecoveryEasy

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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 PAR” 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. Af-

ter 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 PAR

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

FAT32) 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 wheninstall-

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 system halt when HDD access mode is changed (eg. LBA->LARGE)?

This is a way to protect the system from the errors of data accessing caused by changing HDD access mode. When RecoveryEasy detects such things, the system will be locked, users could reboot the system and set the HDD access mode as the original one in BIOS SETUP.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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. To avoid this problem, a “ATTRIB 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.

10. Why does the converting of FAT16->FAT32 in PQ Magic go wrong?

MBR will be accessed when converting FAT16 to FAT32 with PQ Magic, which is protected by RecoveryEasy, therefore the conversion will beinvalidate. Enabling the “ ATTRIB PAR” switch from Recovery User Interface

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before converting can avoid this problem. It’ s the same situation as “FAT32 Converter” provided in Windows98.

11. 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” 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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 FAT. 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 CIH virus affects the system. CIH normally outbreaks on 26th 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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