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Item Checklist
Completely check your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your
retailer.
ZillioX 6 motherboard
QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM
Retention Module
I/O shield (manufacturing option)
1 IDE ribbon cable
1 serial port ribbon cable (25-pin connector)with bracket (manufacturing option)
1 floppy ribbon cable
User’ s manual
Notice
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company. In no event will we be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or the possibility of such damages.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
For further information, please visit our web-site: “www.qdigrp.com”.
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Declaration of conformity
(EC conformity marking)
QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.
5/F Somerset House, TaiKoo Place 979 Kings Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
declares that the product
Pentium® II Motherboard
ZillioX 6
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in
accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)
þ EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance
characteristics of information technology equipment
þ EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
þ EN 50082-1 Generic immunity standard Part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
European Representative:
QDI COMPUTER ( UK ) LTD QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S
QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBH QDI COMPUTER ( NETHERLANDS) B. V.
QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH
QDI COMPUTER (ESPANA) S.A. QDI COMPUTER (SWEDEN) AB
Signature : Place / Date : HONG KONG/1998
Printed Name : Anders Cheung Position/ Title : President
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Declaration of conformity
Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc.
Model Name: ZillioX 6
Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc.
Address: 41456 Christy Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Telephone: (510) 668-4933
Facsimile: (510) 668-4966
Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly
Type of Product: AGP Pentium® II Motherboard
Manufacturer: Quantum Designs (HK) Inc.
Address: 5/F, Somerset House, TaiKoo Place
979 Kings Road, Quarry Bay,
HONG KONG
Supplementary Information:
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Signature : Date : 1998
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction ............................................................... 1
Overview .......................................................................................... 1
Key Features..................................................................................... 1
2. Installation Instructions ............................................. 5
Jumper Settings .................................................................... 5
Clock Multiple Selection ...................................................................... 5
Clear CMOS ....................................................................................... 6
Enable/Disable on-board audio ........................................................... 6
Enable/Disable on-board VGA ............................................................ 7
Speaker-out/Line-out Selection........................................................... 7
Enable keyboard password and PS/2 mouse power-on function ......... 7
External Connectors .............................................................. 8
PS/2 Keyboard Connector, PS/2 Mouse Connector .............................. 8
USB1, USB2 ......................................................................................8
Parallel Port Connector and Serial Port Connector................................ 9
Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack and Speaker-out/Line-out Jack ......... 9
AGP VGA Connector ....................................................................... 10
Power Supply Connector & Power Switch........................................ 10
Hard Disk LED Connector ................................................................. 10
Reset Switch................................................................................... 11
Speaker Connector .......................................................................... 11
Power LED Connector...................................................................... 11
Key-Lock Connector ........................................................................ 11
Green LED Connector ...................................................................... 11
Hardware Green Connector ............................................................. 11
Infrared Header ............................................................................... 12
Fan Connector ................................................................................. 12
Wake-Up On LAN ............................................................................ 12
Wake-Up On Internal Modem............................................................. 13
Chassis Security ............................................................................. 13
CD Audio Connector ........................................................................ 13
VESA Feature Connector ................................................................. 14
Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description............................................. 14
Memory Configuration ................................................................ 14
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3. BIOS Description .............................................................. 15
Utility Support ........................................................................... 15
AWARD BIOS Description ........................................................ 17
Entering Setup .....................................................................................17
Load Setup Defaults .......................................................................... 17
Standard CMOS Setup ....................................................................... 17
BIOS Features Setup ........................................................................ 20
Chipset Features Setup...................................................................... 22
Power Management Setup ................................................................. 24
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .............................................................. 27
Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................ 30
System Monitor Setup ....................................................................... 30
Password Setting .............................................................................. 31
IDE HDD Auto Detection...................................................................... 32
Boot with BIOS defaults ..................................................................... 33
4. ATI Rage IIC/Pro AGP Graphics Description ............... 35
Features..............................................................................................35
System Requirements ..............................................................35
Installation of ATI Rage IIC Display Drivers for Windows 95/98/NT .......... 36
Configuring Windows 95 Driver ............................................................ 38
Configuring Windows NT 4.0 Driver ......................................................40
5. Creative Audio Description ............................................ 41
Features..............................................................................................41
Creative Software Installation ....................................................42
Installation of Windows 95 driver..........................................................42
Installing Driver in DOS/Windows 3.1X .................................................. 43
Installation of Windows NT 4.0 Driver ...................................................43
Enabling/Disabling the Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement Effect ..............44
Software Wavetable Synthesis ............................................................ 45
Appendix A QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM...................... 47
Appendix B Processor Installation Procedures.................... 49
Appendix C Boot Logo ........................................................ 52
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Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Introduction
Overview
The ZillioX 6 is a highly integrated, cost-effective, microATX motherboard which is centered
on the Intel® 440ZX AGPset. It provides 66MHz and 100MHz system bus support for Intel
Pentium® II and Celeron
TM
processors. Both 66MHz/100MHz SDRAMs and 66MHz EDO DIMMs
are supported. It also provides advanced features such as wake-up on LAN, wake-up on
internal/external modem and keyboard password power-on function. ManageEasy, our
management application is supplied to enable remote monitoring and configuring of the
system. Together with its integrated Creative CT2511SBT audio and integrated ATI Rage
IIC(or ATI Rage Pro) AGP video, you get a state-of-the-art corporate system.
Key Features
Form factor
l microATX form factor of 244mm x 210mm.
l Provides backward compatibility with standard ATX 2.01 chassis for easy
integration.
Microprocessor
l Supports all Intel Pentium
with 66MHz bus speed and 350/400/450MHz with 100MHz bus speed.
l Supports Intel
®
Celeron
speed.
l Supports 66MHz and 100MHz host bus speed.
l CPU core frequency = Bus speed x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5.
l CPU core voltage can be selected from 1.3V to 3.5V automatically through
on-board switching voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID).
®
II processors at 233/266/300/333MHz
TM
processors at 266/300/333MHz with 66MHz bus
Chipset
l Intel
System memory
®
440ZX AGPset: 82443ZX, 82371EB(PIIX4E).
l Provides two 168 pin 3.3V unbuffered DIMM sockets.
l Supports both 66MHz/100MHz SDRAMs and 66MHz EDO DIMMs.
l Minimum memory size is 8MB, Maximum memory size is 512MB.
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On-board IDE
l
Supports two PCI PIO and Bus Master IDE ports.
l
Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and
CD-ROM drives.
l
Supports up to PIO mode 4 timing.
l
Supports “Ultra DMA/33” Synchronous DMA mode, transferring up to 33Mbytes/sec.
l
Integrated 16x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.
On-board I/O
l
Use Winbond W83977EF super I/O chip.
l
One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5” or 5.25” floppy drives with 360K/720K/
1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format.
l
Two high speed 16550 fast compatible UARTs (COM1 /COM2 /COM3 /COM4
selective) with 16-byte send/receive FIFOs.
l
One enabled parallel port at the I/O address 378H/278H/3BCH with additional
bi-direction I/O capability and multi-mode as SPP/EPP/ECP (IEEE 1284 compliant).
l
Circuit protection provided, preventing damages to the parallel port when a
connected printer is powered up or operates at a higher voltage.
l
Supports LS-120 floppy disk drive.
l
All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup.
On-board audio
l
Based on the Creative ViBRA™ 16XV CT2511 sound chip.
l
Compatible with Sound Blaster™, Sound Blaster Pro™ and Windows Sound
System™.
l
Supports FM Music Synthesizer and Software-based Wavetable Synthesizer.
l
Stereo Enhancement Support.
l
Provides on-board Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out/Line-out Jack
and MIDI/Joystick Connector.
On-board AGP
l
Based on the ATI Rage IIC (or ATI Rage Pro) AGP graphics controller.
l
Integrated 3D, 2D and video accelerators with palette DAC and quadruple clock
synthesizer.
l
2MB/4MB SGRAM on board and a SO-DIMM socket for extension use
(manufacturing option).
l
Supports a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 at 76Hz.
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l Provides Trend ChipAway Virus
l Provides on-board PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard ports.
l Provides two USB ports.
l Provides infrared interface.
l Supports Windows 95/98 software power-down.
l Supports external modem ring power-on.
l Supports wake-up on LAN and wake-up on internal modem.
l Supports auto fan off when the system enters suspend mode.
l On-board Winbond W83782D supports system monitoring (monitors the CPU &
system temperature, system voltages, chassis intrusion and fan speed).
l Provides management application such as ManageEasy and LDCM (LANDesk
Client Manager). (manufacturing option).
l Supports keyboard password and PS/2 mouse power-on function.
l System status resumes(selectable) after AC power supply failure.
BIOS
l Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, supports DIP flash ROM with 2MB
memory size, plug and play ready.
l Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up.
®
On Guard.
®
Green function
l Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS
Directed Power Management).
l Supports three green modes: Doze, Standby and Suspend.
l The Green LED will flash when the system is in the green status.
Expansion slots
l 1 ISA slot and 2 PCI slots.
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Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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Installation Instructions
This section covers Jumper Settings, External Connectors and Memory Configuration. Refer to the motherboard layout chart for locations of all the jumpers, external connectors,
slots and I/O ports. Furthermore, this section lists all necessary connector pin assignments
for your reference. The particular state of the jumpers, connectors and ports are illustrated
in the following figures. Before setting the jumpers or inserting these connectors, please
pay attention to the directions.
Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion
cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your motherboard and expansion
cards might be severely damaged.
Jumper Settings
Jumper settings are located on the motherboard. Pin 1 of all jumpers are located on the side
with a thick white line (Pin 1 ), referring to the motherboard silkscreen. Jumpers
with two pins will be shown graphically as for close and for open. Jumpers with three pins will be shown as to represent pin1&pin2 connected and
to represent pin2 & pin3 connected.
Clock Multiple Selection (JX4,JX3,JX2,JX1)
These jumpers set the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the
external frequency (namely the Bus Clock). The system can determine the external frequency (Bus Clock) of the CPU automatically. The Bus Clock multiplied by the Clock Multiple
equals the CPU’ s frequency.
x3.0
JX4 JX3 JX2 JX1
x4.5
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JX4 JX3 JX2 JX1
x4.0
JX4 JX3 JX2 JX1
x5.5
JX4 JX3 JX2 JX1
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Carefully set the Clock Multiple by referring to the CPU list.
CPU Freq. SC Ratio JX1 JX2 JX3 JX4
Model (MHz) (MHz)
233 66
266 66
Intel
Pentium II
(or CeleronTM)
300
333
350
400
450
500
Clear CMOS (JCC)
If you want to clear CMOS, unplug the AC power supply first, close JCC (pin1&pin2) once,
set JCC back to normal status with pin2 & pin3 connected, then power on the system.
66
66
100
100
100
100
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
Close
Close
Close
Close
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Close
Close
5.0 Close CloseOpen Open
Close
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Open
Open
Close
Open
Open
Open
Close
Close
Open
Open
Close
Open
Close
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Normal status:
Clear CMOS:
Enable/Disable on-board audio (JP7)
If you want to use the on-board audio, close JP7(default). Otherwise, set JP7 open to
disable the on-board audio.
Enable on-board audio
Disable on-board audio
1 2 3
JCC
1 2 3
JCC
(Unplug the AC power supply)
JP7
JP7
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Enable/Disable on-board VGA(JP10)
If you want to use on-board VGA, close JP10(default). Otherwise, set JP10 open for
disabling the on-board VGA.
Enable on-board VGA
Disable on-board VGA
JP10
JP10
Speaker-out/Line-out Selection(JP8, JP9)
If you want to set the Speaker-out/Line-out Jack as Speaker out, set JP8 & JP9 with pin1&
pin2 closed(default). Otherwise, set JP8 & JP9 with pin2 & pin3 closed for Line out.
3 2 1
Speaker out
JP9
JP8
3 2 1
Line out
JP9
JP8
Enable keyboard password and PS/2 mouse power-on function
The motherboard provides advanced keyboard password and PS/2 mouse power-on
function. To use these functions, set JP3 with pin1& pin2 closed(default). Otherwise, set
JP3 with pin2 & pin3 closed for disabling these two functions.
Enable
JP3
3 2 1
3 2 1
Disable
JP3
In order to implement these functions, you need to set “POWER ON Function” as Pass-
word/Mouse Left/Mouse Right accordingly in the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS”
section of CMOS Setup. If set as Password, the keyboard
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power-on password must be set also. Then save and exit, power off the system. The
system can be powered up by entering the correct password from the keyboard or double
clicking the PS/2 mouse button (Left/Right), according to your previous settings in CMOS
Setup. Refer to BIOS description for detailed information.
Note:
1. If wanting to use keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power up the system,
make sure 5VSB line of the power supply is capable of delivering
enough current(eg. 200mA) for all devices connected to the keyboard
port, or you will be unable to power up the system by using the keyboard
or PS/2 mouse.
2. The power button’s power-on function is disabled when keyboard
password power-on function is enabled.
3. A PS/2 mouse is required to power up the system, rather than a serial
port mouse.
4. If you set JP3 with pin2 & pin3 closed, you should set “POWER ON Func
tion” as BUTTON ONLY, do not set it as Password/Mouse Left/Mouse
Right, or this will prevent you from powering up the system.
5. If you encounter the above problems ( the system can’t be powered
up), or you forgot the password, clear CMOS, reset the jumper and BIOS
option.
External Connectors
PS/2 Keyboard Connector, PS/2 Mouse Connector
PS/2 keyboard connector is for the usage of PS/2 keyboard. If using a standard AT size
keyboard, an adapter should be used to fit this connector. PS/2 mouse connector is for
the usage of PS/2 mouse.
PS/2 Mouse Connector
PS/2 Keyboard Connector
USB1, USB2
Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices.
Top: USB1
Bottom: USB2
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Parallel Port Connector and Serial Port Connector (UART1, UART2)
The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer, while
the serial port connectors can be connected to serial port devices such as a serial port
mouse. You can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in “INTEGRATED
PERIPHERALS” from AWARD BIOS SETUP.
Parallel Port
Serial Port (UART1)
The serial port UART2 is not located on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 25-pin
ribbon cable with bracket for UART2 port. (manufacturing option)
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Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack and Speaker-out/Line-out Jack
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/Line-out jack is determined by the jumpers JP8 & JP9(refer to Jumper
Settings for details). If set as Line-out, it allows you to bypass the built-in amplifier to
connect powered speakers or an external amplifier for audio output. If set as Speaker-out,
it allows you to connect speakers or headphones for audio output from the internal amplifier.
MIDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a MIDI device.
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Microphone in
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AGP VGA Connector
This connector should be connected to a standard monitor if the on-board AGP VGA is
used (refer to Jumper Settings for detailed information on enabling/disabling AGP).
AGP VGA Connector
Power Supply Connector(J10,J11) & Power Switch (POWER)
ATX/SFX power supply can both be used on this system. Be sure to connect the power
supply plug to connector J10 in the proper orientation. The power switch (POWER) should
be connected to a momentary switch. When powering up your system, first turn on the
mechanical switch of the power supply (if one is provided), then push once the button of
the power switch. When powering off the system, you needn’ t turn off the mechanical
switch, just push once* the button of the power switch.
J11 is an optional 6-pin power connector used for the power supply which has an identical
connector. The pin assignment and the location of the connectors are as shown below:
Power Supply Connector (J10)
**
5V 5V -5V GND GND GND PSON GND -12V 3.3V
20
1
12V 5VSB PS-OK GND 5V GND 5V GND 3.3V 3.3V
Optional Power
Connector(J11)
POWER
NC
NC
NC
Fan monitoring
Fan control
3.3V sense
Note: * If you change “soft-off by PWR-BTTN” from default “Instant-off” to
“Delay 4 Secs” in BIOS Setup (POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP), the power button
should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system powers down.
**This optional signal (-5V) is not available in the SFX power supply.
Hard Disk LED Connector (HDLED)
The connector connects to the case’ s IDE indicator LED indicating the activity status of
IDE hard disk.
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Reset Switch (RESET)
The connector connects to the case’ s reset switch. Press the switch once, the system
resets.
Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)
The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case.
Power LED Connector (PWRLED)
The power LED has three status. When no AC power supply is present, the LED is off.
When the system is in soft power-down status, the LED glows dimly. When the system is
powered up, the LED is on.
Key-Lock Connector (KEY_L)
The connector can be connected to the keyboard lock switch on the case for locking the
keyboard.
Green LED Connector (GRNLED)
The Green LED has four status. When no AC power supply is present, the LED is off. When
the system is in power-off status, the LED is glows dimly. When the system is powered up,
the LED is on. When the system enters green mode, the LED will flash.
Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP)
Push once the switch connected to this connector, the system enters suspend
mode.
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Infrared Header (IRDA)
This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. You must set “Serial Port 2
Mode” to IrDA or ASKIR and configure the settings in the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS”
section of the BIOS.
NC
IRRX
GND
VCC
IRTXVCC
IrDA
Fan Connector (CPUFAN, CHSFAN)
These two fans are controllable. They will be automatically turned off after the system
enters suspend mode. You can also choose not to turn the CPUFAN off by setting “CPUFAN
off In Suspend” as Disabled in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS.
FAN GND(Controllable)
+12V
+12V
SENSE
SENSE
CPUFAN
CHSFAN
FAN GND
Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)
Through Wake-up On LAN function, a wake event occuring from network can wake up the
system. If this function is to be used, please be sure an ATX 2.01 power supply of which
5VSB line is capable of delivering 720mA, and a LAN adapter which supports this function
are used. Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the LAN adapter, set
“Wake Up On LAN” as Enabled from the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the
BIOS. Save & exit, then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes
effect.
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GND
Signal for waking up (active high)
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Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)
Through the Wake-Up On Internal Modem function, the system which is in power-off status
can be powered up by a ring signal received from the internal modem. If this function is to
be used, please 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 “Resume by Ring” to
Enabled from the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS. Save & exit, then
boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.
WOM
+5V standby
Signal for waking up (active low)
GND
Chassis Security (CHSSEC)
The connector can be connected to the chassis security switch on the case. When using
QDI’ s ManageEasy software, the system can detect the status of the chassis. For detailed
information, refer to the ManageEasy manual located in the path \Doc from the QDI
motherboard utility CD.
Indicate signal
GND
CHSSEC
CD Audio Connector (CDLIN, MITSU)
The CD Audio Connector can be connected to a CD-ROM drive through a CD audio cable.
With the speakers connected to Speaker-out/Line-out jack, audio can be heard from the
CD-ROM drive.
MITSU CDLIN (SONY)
CD Right Channel
GND
CD Left Channel
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CD Left Channel
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VESA Feature Connector (VFC)
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Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description
Slot / Port Description
ISA ISA slot
PCI 1 First PCI slot
PCI 2 Second PCI slot
IDE 1 Primary IDE port
IDE 2 Secondary IDE port
FLOPPY Floppy Drive Port
Memory Configuration
This motherboard provides two 168 pin 3.3V un-buffered DIMM sockets to support a
flexible memory size ranging from 8MB/256MB for SDRAM or from 8MB/512MB for EDO
memory. Both 66MHz/100MHz SDRAM and 66MHz EDO DIMMs are supported. The
following set of rules allows optimum configurations.
Rules for populating a 440ZX memory array:
l EDO/SDRAM DIMMs can not be used on the same system, it is advised you
use only one kind of DIMM.
l Processors with 100MHz front-side bus should be paired only with 100MHz SDRAM.
Processors with 66MHz front-side bus can be paired with either 66MHz SDRAM/EDO
or 100MHz SDRAM.
l No Registered DIMM support.
l The DRAM Timing register, which provides the DRAM speed grade control for the
entire memory array, must be programmed to use the timing of the slowest DRAMs
installed.
l Possible EDO DIMM memory sizes are 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB in
each DIMM socket.
l Possible SDRAM DIMM memory sizes are 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB in each
DIMM socket.
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BIOS Description
BIOS Description
Utility Support:
FLASH.EXE
This is a flash memory write/read utility used for the purpose of updating your BIOS
when necessary. Before doing so, please note:
l We strongly recommend you only upgrade BIOS when encountering problems.
l Before upgrading your BIOS, review the description below to avoid making
mistakes, resulting in a destroyed BIOS and a non-working system.
When you are encountering problems, for example, you find your system doesn’ t support
the new CPU which is released after our current motherboard, you may therefore update
the BIOS.
Follow the steps exactly for a successful upgrade.
1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing Format A:/s from the DOS prompt
under DOS6.xx or Windows 9x environment.
2. Copy FLASH.EXE from the directory \Utility on the QDI Motherboard Utility CD onto
your new bootable diskette.
3. Download the updated BIOS file from the Website (http://www.qdigrp.com). Please
be sure to download the suitable BIOS file for your motherboard.
4. Uncompress the file download, copy the BIOS file (xx.bin) onto the bootable diskette,
and write down the checksum of this BIOS which is included in readme file.
5. Reboot the system from the bootable diskette which you have created.
6. Then run the FLASH utility at the A:\ prompt. During the process, the system will
prompt : ‘ Do you want to save the BIOS(Y/N)’ . If you type ‘ Y’ , the system will prompt
for the BIOS name. The system will also display the checksum which should be
exactly the same as the checksum you copied from the readme file. Don’ t turn off
power or reset the system until the BIOS upgrade has been completed.
Concerning how to run the FLASH utility, please refer to the following descriptions:
Usage: FLASH [BIOSfile] [/c[<command...>]][/n]
FLASH [BIOSfile] [/g]
/c: Flashing memory will clear previous settings. Default allows settings to remain.
<command> function definition:
c: clear CMOS;
p: clear PnP;
d: clear DMI.
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/n: programs BIOS without prompting. If this option is chosen:
Be sure your new BIOS is compatible with your MB. If not, the system will
be damaged.
/g: Retrieves BIOS file from BIOS ROM.
Examples:
A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin
A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin /cdpc/n
A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin /g
Note: FLASH utility runs incorrectly at Windows DOS prompt.
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AWARD BIOS Description
Entering Setup
Power on the computer, when the following message briefly appears at the bottom of the
screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key or simultaneously press
the <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Esc> keys, to enter the AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility.
Press <Del> to enter SETUP
Once you have entered, the Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The main menu
allows you to select from ten 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. The
<ESC> key is used to exit the sub-menu.
Figure-1 Main Menu
Note: The ‘System Monitor SETUP’ item will not be displayed if there is no
hardware monitor chip on the motherboard.
Load Setup Defaults
The Setup Defaults are common and efficient. It is recommended that users
load the setup defaults first, then modify the needed configuration settings.
Standard CMOS Setup
The basic CMOS settings included in “Standard CMOS Setup” are Date, Time, Hard Disk
Drive Types, Floppy Disk Drive Types and Video etc. Use the arrow keys to highlight
the item, then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value preferred in
each item.
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Figure-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu
Hard Disk
Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/Secondary Slave
These categories identify the HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the computer system.
There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS: None, Auto and User. “None”
means no HDD is installed or set; “Auto” means the system can auto-detect the hard disk
when booting up; by choosing “user”, the related information should be entered regarding
the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press < Enter>:
CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of heads
PRECOMP write pre-compensation LANDZ landing zone
SECTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access mode
Video
Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system.
EGA/ VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter / Video Graphic Array. For EGA,
VGA, SEGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters.
CGA 40 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 40 column mode.
CGA 80 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 80 column mode.
MONO Monochrome adapter, including high resolution monochrome
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Halt On
This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected
during powering up.
No errors The system boot will not stop for any error 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 SelfTest) 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 for this area.
Total Memory Total memory of the system equals the sum of the above
memory.
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BIOS Features Setup
Figure-3 BIOS Features Setup Menu
The following indicates the options of each item and describes their meaning.
Item Option Description
l ChipAway Enabled Guards against boot virus threats early in the boot
Virus On Guard cycle, before they have a chance to load into your
system, ensuring your computer boots to a clean
operating system.
Disabled Invalidates this function.
l CPU Enabled Enables CPU internal Level1/Level2 cache.
L1/L2 Cache Disabled Disables CPU internal Level1/Level2 cache.
l CPU Enabled Enables CPU L2 Cache ECC (Error Checking
L2 Cache and Correction) function.
ECC Disabled Disables CPU L2 Cache ECC function.
l Quick Power Enabled Enables quick POST. BIOS will shorten or skip some
On Self Test check items during POST to speed up POST after
you power on the computer.
Disabled Normal POST.
l Boot From LAN Enabled Boot from LAN is ahead of any boot sequence
First selection (LAN Adapter must support this function).
Disabled Does not boot from LAN first.
l Boot Sequence C,A,SCSI,... Any of these search sequence can be chosen for
booting. C,CDROM,A
LS/ZIP, C
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l Swap Floppy Enabled Exchanges the assignment of A&B floppy drives.
Drive
Disabled The assignment of A&B floppy drives are normal.
l Boot up Floppy Enabled BIOS searches for the floppy disk drive to
Seek determine if the drive is ready for diskette read/
write during booting.
Disabled Skips the drive seeking to speed up system
booting.
l Boot Up On Keypad is used as number keys.
Numlock Status Off Keypad is used as arrow keys.
l Gate A20 Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller
Option or chipset hardware.
Fast Default setting. The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92
or the chipset specific method.
l Typematic Rate Enabled Enables typematic rate and typematic delay
Setting programming.
Disabled Disables typematic rate and typematic delay
programming. The system BIOS will use the
default value of these two items.
l Typematic Rate 6-30 Sets the speed of the typematic rate (characters
(Chars/Sec) per second).
l Typematic 250-1000 Sets the time of the typematic delay.
Delay (Msec)
l Password Setting System The system will not boot and access to BIOS
Setup will be denied if the correct password is
not entered when prompted.
Setup The system will boot up, but access to BIOS
Setup will be denied if the correct password is not
entered when prompted.
l PCI/VGA Palette Enabled Non-standard VGA cards such as graphics
Snoop accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show
colors properly. Enabling this item can solve this
problem.
Disabled Default setting.
l OS Select For Non-OS2 If your operating system is not OS/2, please select
DRAM>64MB this item.
OS2 If system DRAM is more than 64MB and the operating
system is OS/2, please select this item.
l HDD S.M.A.R.T Enabled Enables S.M.A.R.T hard disk support.
Capability Disabled Invalidates this feature.
l Report NO FDD Yes Reports ‘ No Floppy Disk Drive’ for WIN95 to
For WIN95 release IRQ6.
No Does not report ‘ No Floppy Disk Drive’ for WIN95.
l Video BIOS Enabled Video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video Shadow
Shadow will increase the video speed.
Disabled Video shadow is disabled.
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l C8000~CBFFF Enabled Optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K bytes
Shadow: per unit.
DC000-DFFFF
Shadow: Disabled The shadow function is disabled.
l Show Bootup Enabled Enables the logo when system boots up.
Logo Disabled Logo will not be shown when system boots up.
Chipset Features Setup
Figure-4 Chipset Features Setup Menu
The following indicates the options of each item and describes their meaning.
Item Option Description
l Auto Configuration Enabled Automatically configures DRAM Timing according
to the value of “DRAM Speed Selection”.
Disabled Manually configure.
*Note: It is recommended that the “En
abled”option be chosen by common users.
l EDO DRAM Speed 50ns, This item is of selected EDO DRAM read/write
Selection 60ns timing. You must ensure that your DIMMs are as
fast as 50ns, otherwise 60ns should be selected .
l EDO CASx# MA 2 One additional wait state is inserted before the
Wait State assertion of the first CASx# for page hit cycles.
This allows one additional clock of MA setup time
to the CASx# for the leadoff page hit cycle. Page
miss and row miss timing are not affected by this
item.
1 Without additional wait state.
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l EDO RASx# Wait 2 One additional wait state is inserted before
State RASx#is asserted for row misses. This
provides one clock of additional MAX[13:0]
setup time to RASx# assertion. This bit does
not affect page misses since the MAX[13:0]
lines are setup several clocks in advance of
RASx# assertion for page misses.
1 Without additional wait state.
l SDRAM CAS 2 Defines the CLT timing parameter of SDRAM.
Latency Time Latency Time=2x system clocks.
3 Latency Time=3x system clocks.
l SDRAM Percharge Enabled Default setting is suggested.
Control Disabled
l DRAM ECC Select ECC Provides ECC (Error Checking and Correction)
function.
Non-ECC Disables ECC function.
l Video BIOS Enabled Beside conventional memory, video BIOS area is
Cacheable also cacheable.
Disabled Video BIOS area is not cacheable.
l Video RAM Enabled Besides conventional memory, video RAM area is
Cacheable also cacheable.
Disabled Video RAM area is not cacheable.
l 8 Bit I/ O Recovery 1~ 8 Defines the ISA Bus 8 bit I/O operating recovery
Time. time.
NA 8 bit I/O recovery time does not exist.
l 16 Bit I / O 1~ 4 Defines the ISA Bus 16 bit I/O operating recovery
Recovery Time time.
NA 16 bit I/O recovery time does not exist.
l Memory hole at Enabled Memory hole at 15-16M is reserved for expanded
15M-16M ISA card
Disabled Does not set this memory hole.
l Passive Release Enabled Default setting is suggested.
Disabled
l Delayed Transaction Enabled Default setting is suggested.
Disabled
l AGP Aperture Size 4~256 Sets the effective size of the Graphics Aperture
(MB) to be used in the particular PAC Configuration.
l Clock Spread Enabled Enables Clock Spread Spectrum to reduce EMI.
Spectrum Disabled Disables Clock Spread Spectrum.
l Close Empty Enabled Closes empty DIMM clock or PCI clock to reduce
DIMM/PCI Clk EMI.
Disabled Does not close empty DIMM or PCI clock.
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Power Management Setup
Figure-5 Power Management Setup Menu
The following indicates the options of each item and describes their meaning.
Item Option Description
l ACPI function Disabled Invalidates ACPI function.
Enabled Validates ACPI function.
l Power User Define Users can configure their own Power Management
Management Timer.
Min Saving Pre - defined timer values are used. All timers
are in their MAX values.
Max Saving Pre - defined timer values are used. All timers are
in their MIN values.
l PM Control by No System BIOS will ignore APM when Power
APM Management is enabled.
Yes System BIOS will wait for APM’ s prompt before
it enters any PM mode e.g. Standby or Suspend.
Note: If APM is installed, and there is a task
running, even when the timer is time out, the
APM will not prompt the BIOS to put the
system into any power saving mode. But if
APM is not installed, this option has no effect.
l Video Off Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen
Method when disabling video.
V / H SYNC + In addition to Blank Screen, BIOS will also turn
Blank
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off the V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA
cards to monitor.
DPMS This function is enabled only for the VGA card
supporting DPMS.
Note: When the green monitor can’t detect
the V/H-SYNC signals, the electron gun will be
turned off.
l Video Off After N/A System BIOS will never turn off the screen.
Suspend Screen blanks after the system enters Suspend
mode.
Standby Screen blanks after the system enters Standby
mode.
Doze Screen blanks after the system enters Doze
mode.
l MODEM Use 3,7,5,7,9, Special wake-up event for Modems.
IRQ 10,11
NA Invalidates this feature.
l Doze mode Disabled The system never enters Doze mode.
1Min ~ 1 Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system
enters Doze mode. If any items defined in “Reload
Global Timer Events” are On and activated, the
system will be woken up.
l Standby Mode Disabled 1 The system never enters Standby mode.
Min ~ 1Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system
enters Standby mode. If any items defined in
“Reload Global Timer Events” are On and activated,
the system will be woken up.
l Suspend Mode Disabled The system never enters Suspend mode.
Min ~ 1Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system
enters Suspend mode. If any items defined in
“ Reload Global Timer Events ” is On and activated,
the system will be woken up.
l HDD Power Disabled HDD’ s motor remains on.
Down 1 ~15 Min Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the
HDD enters the power saving mode (motor off)
l HDD Down Enabled HDD’ s motor will be off when the system enters
When suspend suspend mode.
Disabled HDD’ s motor remains on.
l Throttle Duty 12.5% Selects the duty cycle of the STPCLK# signal,
Cycle 25% slowing down the CPU speed when the system
37.5% enters the green mode.
50 %
62.5%
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l VGA Active Enabled VGA active reloads global timer.
Monitor Disabled VGA active has no influence to global timer.
l Soft-Off by Instant-Off The system will power off immediately once
PWR-BTTN the “Power” button is pressed.
Delay 4 Secs The system will not power off until the “Power”
button is pressed continuously for more than 4
seconds.
l CPUFAN Off Enabled CPU FAN will be automatically turned off when
In Suspend the system enters suspend mode.
Disabled CPU FAN remains on when the system enters
suspend mode.
l Resume by Enabled Allows the system to be powered on when a Ring
Ring Indicator signal comes up to UART1 or UART2
from external modem or comes up to WOM#
from an internal modem card.
Disabled Does not allow Ring Power-On.
l Resume by Enabled RTC alarm can be used to generate a wake event
Alarm to power up the system which is in power-off
status. You can set any time or any date to
power up the system.
Disabled RTC has no alarm function.
l Wake Up On LAN Enabled Allows the system to be powered on when
a remote wake-up signal comes up to the WOL
header from LAN adapter .
Disabled Does not allow wake-up on LAN.
l IRQ 8 Break Enabled Generates a clock event.
Suspend Disabled Does not generate a clock event.
l IRQ [3-7, 9-15], Enabled Reload global timer.
NMI Disabled Does not influence the global timer.
……
Parallel Port
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PNP/PCI Configuration Setup
Figure-6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Menu
The following indicates the options of each item and describes their meaning.
Item Option Description
l PNP OS Installed Yes Device resources assigned by PnP OS.
No Device resources assigned by BIOS.
l Resources Manual Assigns the system resources ( IRQ and DMA)
Controlled by manually.
Auto Assigns system resources (IRQ and DMA)
automatically by BIOS.
l Force Updating Enabled The system BIOS will force updating ESCD once,
ESCD then automatically set this item as Disabled.
Disabled Disables the forced update ESCD function.
l IRQ-3~IRQ-15 Legacy ISA The specified IRQ-x will be assigned to Legacy ISA.
assigned to PCI/ISA PnP The specified IRQ-x will be assigned to ISA or PCI.
l DMA-0~DMA-7 Legacy ISA The specified DMA-x will be assigned to Legacy ISA.
assigned to PCI/ISA PnP The specified DMA-x will be assigned to ISA or PCI.
l PCI Slot 1/2 use Auto,3,4,5,7,9 Assigns an IRQ for PCI slot1/2 manually or
IRQ No. 10,11,12,14,15 automatically.
l Used MEM base C800/8 ~ 64K Claims a memory space to be occupied by legacy
ISA card. The memory address and the memory
size (8/16/32/64K) can be chosen from this option.
N/A Invalidates this feature.
l Assign IRQ Enabled Assigns an IRQ for USB. If an USB device is used,
for USB Enable this item.
Disabled Does not assign any IRQ for USB. If no USB device
is used, disabling this item can release the IRQ.
l Assign IRQ For Enabled Assigns the needed IRQ for the VGA card.
VGA Disabled Does not assign an IRQ for the VGA Card, in
order to release the IRQ.
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Integrated Peripherals
Figure-7 Integrated Peripherals Menu
The following indicates the options of each item and describes their meaning.
Item Option Description
l IDE HDD Block Enabled Allows IDE HDD to read/write several sectors
Mode at once.
Disabled IDE HDD only reads/writes a sector once.
l IDE Mode 0 - 4 Defines the IDE primary/secondary master/ slave
Primary/ Secondary PIO mode.
Master/Slave PIO Auto The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto -detection.
l IDE Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if ultra DMA device
Primary/ Secondary is detected.
Master/Slave UDMA Disabled Disables this function.
l On-chip Enabled On-chip primary/secondary PCI IDE port is enabled.
Primary/Secondary Disabled On-chip primary/secondary PCI IDE port is
PCI IDE disabled.
l USB Keyboard Enabled USB Keyboard Support is enabled.
Support Disabled USB Keyboard Support is disabled.
l Init Display First PCI Slot Initializes the PCI VGA first. If a PCI VGA is
Support installed and the onboard AGP is enabled on the
system, the first one initialized functions.
AGP Initializes the AGP first.
l POWER ON BUTTON Only Uses the power button to power up the system.
Function Password Enables the Keyboard Password Power-on
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function and disables the power button’ s
power-on function. Other than choosing this option,
the password should be entered to implement this
function.
Mouse Left The system can be powered up by double clicking
the left mouse button.
Mouse Right The system can be powered up by double clicking
the right mouse button.
Note: If the option (Password/Mouse Left/
Mouse Right) is chosen, the jumper JP3
must be set as PIN1&PIN 2 closed, or it will
prevent you from powering up your system.
l Onboard FDC Enabled Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled.
Controller Disabled Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled.
l Onboard Serial 3F8/IRQ4, Defines the onboard serial port address and required
port 1/2 2F8/IRQ3, interrupt number.
3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3,
Auto
Disabled, Onboard serial port is disabled.
l Serial Port 2 Normal Defines Serial Port 2 as standard serial port.
Mode ASKIR Supports SHARP ASK-IR protocol with maximum
baud rate up to 57600bps.
IrDA Supports IrDA version1.0 SIR protocol with maxiumum
baud rate up to 115.2Kbps.
l Onboard Parallel 378/IRQ7, Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ
Port 278/IRQ5, channel.
3BC/IRQ7
Disabled Onboard parallel port is disabled.
l Parallel Port Mode SPP Defines the parallel port mode as
EPP Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced
ECP, Parallel Port (EPP), or Extended
ECP+EPP Capabilities Port (ECP).
l 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.
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System Monitor
Figure-8 System Monitor Menu
The following describes the meaning of each item.
Item Current Description
Data Shown
0
l Current System Temp. 30
Current CPU Temperature 39
l Current CPUFAN Speed 4320RPM RPM(Revolution Per Minute)-speed of fan
Current PSFAN Speed 2150RPM connected to the fan header CPUFAN or
Current CHSFAN Speed 2010RPM CHSFAN. Fan speed value is based on
l VCCVID(CPU) Voltage 1.98V Displays current Voltage values including all
VTT (+1.5) Voltage, 1.37V significant voltages of the mainboard.
+ 3.3V Voltage 3.32V +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V are voltages
+ 5V 4.83V from the ATX power supply, VTT (+1.5)
+12V 11.79V Voltage is GTL Termination Voltage from
-12V -13.50V the on-board regulator, and VCCVID (CPU)
- 5V -5.85V Voltage is CPU Core Voltage from the on
0
C/ 86
C The temperature inside the chassis.
0
0
C/ 102
C The temperature of the CPU core.
an assumption that tachometer signal is
two pulses per revolution; In other cases,
you should regard it relatively.
board switching Power Supply.
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Password Setting
When this function is selected, the following message appears at the center of the screen
to assist you in creating a password.
ENTER PASSWORD
Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password typed now
will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to
confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press
<Esc> to abort the selection.
To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A
message will confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter CMOS Setup freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED
If you have selected ‘ System’ in ‘ Password Setting’ of ‘ BIOS Features Setup’ menu, you will
be prompted for the password every time the system reboots or any time you enter CMOS
Setup.
If you have selected ‘ Setup’ at ‘ Password Setting’ from ‘ BIOS Features Setup’ menu, you will be
prompted for the password only when you enter CMOS Setup.
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IDE HDD Auto Detection
The Enhanced IDE features are included in all Award BIOS. Below is a brief description of
these features.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ10)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master:
Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N
OPTION SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
2(Y) 541 525 32 0 1049 67 LBA
1 541 1050 16 65535 1049 63 NORMAL
3 541 525 32 65535 1049 63 LARG
Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use “NORMAL” for installation
ESC: Skip
Figure-9 IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu
1. Setup Changes
With auto-detection
• BIOS setup will display all possible modes supported by the HDD
including NORMAL, LBA and LARGE.
• If HDD does not support LBA modes, no ‘ LBA’ option will be shown.
• If number of physical cylinder is less than or equal to 1024,’ LARGE’
option may not be shown.
• Users can select their appropriate mode .
With Standard CMOS Setup
CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LAND SECTOR MODE
ZONE
Drive C: User(516MB) 1120 16 65535 1119 59 Normal
Drive D: None(203MB) 684 16 65535 685 38 --------
When HDD type is in ‘ user’ type, the ‘ MODE’ option will be available for users to
select their own HDD mode.
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2. HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE.
NORMAL
Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformation during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, heads and sectors for
NORMAL mode are 1024,16 and 63.
If the user sets his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528
megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode
A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The number of
cylinders, heads and sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained
in the HDD.
During HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by
sector, head and cylinder number into its own physical address inside the HDD. The
maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8.4 Gigabytes.
LARGE mode
Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in some cases,
users do not want LBA). The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these
kinds of HDD.
BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) into recognizing the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by
dividing it by 2. At the same time, the number of heads is multiplied by 2. A reverse transformation
process will be made inside INT13h in order to access the right HDD address.
If using Auto detect, the BIOS will automatically detect the IDE hard disk mode and set it as
one of the three modes.
3. Remark
To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some softwares involved which
are located in Award HDD Service Routine(INT13h).It may fail to access a HDD with LBA
(LARGE) mode selected if you are running under an Operating System which replaces the
whole INT 13h.
Boot with BIOS defaults
If you have made all the changes to CMOS values and the system can not boot
with the CMOS values selected in setup, clear CMOS after power-down, then
power on again. System will boot with BIOS default settings.
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ATI Rage IIC/Pro AGP Graphics Description
ATI Rage IIC/Pro AGP Graphics Description
The onboard AGP VGA is based on ATI Rage IIC/Pro Graphics Accelerator which brings
excellent 2D graphics acceleration, high 3D performance and superior video quality for
business and multimedia applications.
Features :
• AGP Bus, AGP V1.0 compliant.
• ATI Rage IIC/Pro 2D/3D/ Video acceleration chip.
• 2MB/4MB SGRAM on board and a SO-DIMM socket for extension use
(manufacturing option).
• Excellent 2D Graphics for business applications.
• 3D performance unmatched in its class.
• High quality full screen and full speed video playback.
Supports multi-stream video for video conference.
• Integrated 200 MHz internal DAC, supports resolutions up to 1600x1200 at 76 Hz,
true color operation up to 1280x1024 at 85 Hz(depend on video memory size).
• VGA Fully compatible, DPMS for power management support.
• DDC2B for monitoring plug and play support.
• Drivers for major operation systems and APIs including Windows 95/98, Windows
NT /4.0, DirectX 5.0, etc.
• Drivers meet Microsoft rigorous WHQL criteria.
• Driver Auto-installation for Windows 95/98/NT.
• Popular games supported.
System Requirements:
Please refer to Chapter2 for information on connecting the VGA monitor on page 10, and
how to disable/enable the onboard VGA on page 7. The system requirements are as
stated below:
Monitor: Standard VGA monitor. For receiving all benefits from the graphics
card, a high resolution multi-frequency monitor is needed.
Operating: Windows 95; Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 etc.
System
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Installation of ATI Rage IIC Display Drivers
for Windows 95/98/NT
Before you begin
Note: If your onboard VGA is based on ATI Rage Pro, from the QDI motherboard utility
CD, manually direct the path to DevDrv\VGA\Rage Pro for installation.
For all AGP features benefits, use Windows 95 OSR2.1 or the later version. To install
Windows 95 OSR2.1, first install OSR2.0 then upgrade to OSR2.1 by installing USB supplement which is provided by Microsoft. You can contact the distributor of Windows 95 OSR2
for USB supplement. If your OS is Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 3 should be installed before
the actual installation of the AGP driver.
1. Installing Standard VGA Driver
It is recommended that you first install Windows 95/98/NT with this motherboard. After
the installation of Windows 95/98/NT, the default standard VGA driver should have been
installed.
If Windows 95(OSR2) has been installed previously on another system, when you first
start up Windows 95 with this motherboard, the Update Device Driver Wizard
window appears, click next (Do not click Cancel, or your system will hang!). Then click
finish to install the standard VGA driver, direct the installation path to your
\windows\system directory if Windows 95 CD is requested. Follow the prompt, it is not
necessary to restart Windows 95, then proceed to step 2. Under Windows 98/NT, this
incident will not occur.
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2. Installing the ATI Rage IIC display driver
Insert the QDI Motherboard Utility CD into the CD-ROM drive, run Auto.exe in the CD
directory\DevDrv\VGA\Rage2C, a dialog box pops up as shown below:
Select ‘ Install Display Driver’, the ATI Rage IIC driver will be automatically installed.
When completed, a message box pops up, prompting you to restart the computer. Press
OK to restart the computer.
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3. Installing DirectX
Under Windows 95, run auto.exe in the CD-ROM directory \DevDrv\VGA\Rage2C and
select ‘ Install DirectX’ from the dialog box, then follow the prompts to install DirectX.
Note: If you try to install DirectX under Windows 98 or NT, a message box will popup,
informing you that it is unnecessary to install them in these two operation systems.
Please take note that the DirectX can only be auto-installed in Windows English, Simpli-
fied and Tradition Chinese versions. For the other language versions, please direct the
path to \DevDrv\VGA\Rage2C and install the correspondent language version manu-
ally. You can read the Readme file in this path to receive the name of corresponding
installation program.
Configuring Windows 95 Driver
To receive optimum visual display and performance, configure your Windows 95 driver
once it is installed.
Click the right mouse button while the mouse is pointing at an empty area of Windows
95 desktop and select Properties from Display Properties Window, you can adjust
screen resolution, color depth, monitor setting, refresh rate etc.
Refer to the sections below for a complete description of what options are available for
each configuration tab. After making your changes, follow the on-screen prompts to
complete the configuration.
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If you want to change the screen resolution or color depth, click on the Settings tab at the top
of the screen. The below panel will now be displayed. Change the screen resolution using the
“Desktop area” slider on the right side of the window. To change the color depth of the screen
use the “Color palette” selector on the left side of the window.
If you are unable to choose a resolution supported by your monitor, you may need to
change your monitor settings by clicking the Advanced Properties button and clicking
the Monitor tab. Click Change button for Monitor Type. Click the Manufacturer and
Model that matches your monitor. If your monitor brand is not available, choose Standard
monitor and VGA model.
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If you want to change the refresh rate, click Advanced Properties button in the
Setting panel, click the down arrow button on the Adapter active screen and click the
number of refresh rate you hope to select, then click OK button. In general, the higher the
refresh rate, the better the display quality. Be sure your monitor can support the refresh
rate you choose!
Configuring Windows NT 4.0 Driver
To configure your Windows NT 4.0 driver once it is installed, follow the procedures
listed below.
1. Right click on the Windows NT desktop and select Properties.
2. From the Display Properties dialog box, you can change your driver and monitor
configurations. Click on the Settings tab located at the top of the dialog box,
adjust the settings using the drop-down boxes and slider bars.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts for completing configuration.
Note: The picture which appears on your screen might be different from the
chart above, this is the result of the driver updating.
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Chapter 5
Creative Audio Description
On-board audio system is based on the high performance Creative ViBRA™ 16XV CT2511
chip that integrates 3D stereo enhancement technology. It incorporates the best features of
Sound Blaster™ , Sound Blaster™ Pro, Microsoft Windows Sound System and MPU-401
for all multimedia applications, entertainment, educational sound and business audio.
Features
Analog Audio
• Analog mixing of 7 audio sources: Digital Audio (Stereo), CD Audio (Stereo),
Synthesised Music (Stereo), Line Level Audio (Stereo), Microphone Level Audio
(Mono) and Mono Audio (Mono).
• Individual software programmable volume controls.
Digital Audio
• Variable sampling rates from 5KHz to 48KHz.
• Full-duplex record and playback.
• 8/16 bit stereo/mono digital audio playback and recording.
• FIFO’ s for digital audio playback and recording for optimum Windows operations.
Mixer
• 32-level volume control mixer.
Music Synthesizer and DAC
• Creative Music synthesizer.
Stereo Enhancement
• Built-in Creative Stereo Enhancement.
• Supports enhancement effect on all inputs to the mixer.
• CD audio, Line-in, Midi, Mic or Mono.
PnP Support
•
Built-in PnP interface.
•
Supports direct connection to ISA bus.
Joystick Port
• Built-in Analog Joystick quad timer.
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Creative Software Installation
I. Installation of Windows 95 driver
• Under Window95, insert the QDI Motherboard Utility CD into the CD-ROM drive.
• Direct the path to D:\ DevDrv\ Sound \ CT2511\ Win 95 and run setup.exe. The Creative
software installation will guide you through the setup process.
• Restart the computer when prompted.
• After completing the installation, the sound , video and game controllers should be
listed in Device Manager from System Properties as shown below.
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II . Installing Driver in DOS/ Windows 3.1X
Before installing the audio card’ s software from the CD-ROM, a CD-ROM drive must be
installed and working properly in your system . If you have not yet installed a CD-ROM drive
and associated drivers, refer to your CD-ROM drive’ s documentation for instructions. Use
the diskette provided with the CD-ROM to install the drivers needed by your CD-ROM drive.
To install the audio card’ s software from the CD-ROM:
1. Start your system.
2. Insert the QDI Motherboard Utility CD into your CD-ROM drive.
3. At the DOS prompt, change to the drive containing your CD-ROM. For example, type D:
4. Change to the directory D:\DevDrv\ Sound\ CT2511\ Win31.
5. Type INSTALL then press <Enter>.
6. Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete the installation.
Note: The installation will not work if installed from the Windows DOS prompt.
III. Installation of Windows NT 4.0 Driver
Installing Audio Drivers in Windows NT4.0
1. Installing PNPISA.INF
• In Windows NT4.0, insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
• Locate the file PNPISA.INF in the CD directory \DRVLIB\PNPISA\X86 .
• If this file can not be located, click Options on the View menu of Windows NT
Explorer, select the “Show All Files” option and clear the “Hide Extensions
For Known File Types” check box, then click the OK button.
• The file PNPISA.INF will be displayed. Right-click on this file and select Install.
• Restart your computer when prompted.
2. Installing Creative Audio Drivers
• When the system restarts, the New Hardware Found message boxes for the various
devices will appear.
• If you have previously installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3, the system might
prompt for the Service Pack 3 CD to install sound driver, click the cancel button.
• However if Windows NT 4.0 service park 3 is not installed, When prompted for the
driver, click the Cancel button.
• Insert the QDI Motherboard Utility CD into the CD-ROM drive.
• Run UPDPNPNT.EXE in the directory \DevDrv\Sound\CT2511\Winnt40 .
• Click the OK button If the Sound Blaster 16 Configuration box appears with no conflicts.
• If you are prompted for the Windows NT CD-ROM to install the Joystick port enabler,
insert the Windows NT4.0 CD-ROM into the drive, direct the path to
\DRVLIB\AUDIO\SBPNP\i386 and click the OK button.
• Restart the computer when prompted.
Please refer to the readme file in the directory
D:\ DevDrv \ Sound\ CT2511\ Winnt 40 for detailed information on installing Windows NT 4.0
driver.
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IV. Enabling/ Disabling the Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement Effect
The Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement effect allows you to eliminate speaker crosstalk when
two speakers are placed close together. The results are sounds with increased depth and
breadth, thereby giving you enhanced mono and stereo output from the speakers.
The Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement effect can be enabled or disabled in DOS and
Windows95.
In DOS
To enable or disable the effect in DOS:
1. At the DOS prompt, change to the directory containing your audio card’ s software.
2. Type CT3DSE ON to enable the effect or CT3DSE OFF to disable the effect.
In Windows 95
To enable or disable the effect in Windows 95:
1. Click Start button in the task bar.
2. Select Settings then Control Panel. The Control Panel group box appears.
3. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box appears.
4. Click the Device Manager tab. A list of devices found on your system appears.
5. Double-click Sound, video and game controllers. The audio card’ s name appears.
6. Select your audio card and choose Properties. The audio card’ s properties dialog box
appears.
7. Click the Settings tab. The dialog box as shown below appears.
8. Click on the Enable/ Disable check box to enable/ disable the Creative 3D Stereo
Enhancement effect.
9. Choose OK.
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V. Software Wavetable Synthesis
Function
Wavetable Synthesizer uses digital samples of actual musical instruments to create the
waveforms produced by those instruments. Software wavetable synthesis uses the
power of the CPU to fetch and manipulate this data. While this does require the use of
some processing power, it means that no additional hardware is required to obtain higherquality sound other than what would normally be expected from a PC.
Installation Instructions (in Windows95)
• Under Windows 95, insert the QDI Motherboard Utility CD into the CD-ROM drive.
• Direct the path to D:\ DevDrv\ Sound \ CT2511\ Wavesynt and run setup.exe. The
Creative software installation will guide you through the setup process.
• Restart Windows when prompted.
Select the WaveSynth MIDI as your default MIDI device
• Double click the Multimedia icon in Control Panel.
• Select the MIDI tab.
• In the single instrument window, highlight “ WaveSynth MIDI ” from the device list.
• Click < Apply >, then press < OK>.
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Appendix A.
Appendix A.
QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM
A QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM is supplied with each motherboard. The contents used
for this motherboard are:
1. Chipset Dispatches:
Intel Chipset Drivers included in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel can be used for this
motherboard.
a. Intel PIIX4 Driver, included in directory \ChipDrv\Intel\PIIX4
This driver is for Windows 95/OSR2 which supports the latest Intel PCI devices such
as the PCI IDE hard disk controller, PCI USB device etc. It can also remove the yellow
question mark in the Device Manage of Windows 95 after installation.
Run \ChipDrv\Intel\PIIX4\Setup.exe for installation.
b. Intel Bus Master Driver, included in directory \ChipDrv\Intel\BMIDE
It’ s Intel Bus Master Driver for Windows 95, which can enhance the capability of IDE
data transaction up to Ultra DMA/33MB supported by 440ZX chipset or other ultimate
chipset.
Run \ChipDrv\Intel\BMIDE\Setup.exe for installation.
2. Onboard Device Drivers:
a. The ATI Rage IIC AGP drivers included in the directory \DevDrv\VGA\Rage2C are
for the onboard VGA.
Run \DevDrv\VGA\Rage2C\Auto.exe for installation, referring to the installation
guide in Chapter 4.
Note: If your onboard AGP is based on ATI Rage Pro, direct the path to
\DevDrv\VGA\RagePro for installation, according to your OS.
b. The sound drivers included in the directory \DevDrv\Sound\CT2511 are for the
onboard audio creative CT2511.
Find the proper driver for your OS in \DevDrv\Sound\CT2511, referring to the
installation guide in Chapter 5.
3. PC-cillin Anti-Virus software:
For Windows 95/98 English version, it is located in the directory \Pccillin\Win9X. Run
Setup.exe for installation.
For Windows NT English version, it is located in the directory \Pccillin\WinNT4.0. Run
Setup.exe for installation. S/N is PNEF-9991-6558-5857-5535.
4. QDI ManageEasy:
Run Setup.exe from the directory \QME to install the ManageEasy. For detailed
information about QDI ManageEasy, refer to the ManageEasy Manual included in the
directory \Doc. Please note, hardware is a manufacturing option. Users can still use
the ManageEasy application to configure the system if no monitor hardware is
contained on the motherboard.
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5. QDI Motherboard Utility:
FLASH.EXE
CBLOGO.EXE
LF.EXE
Refer to the online help for information on how to use these utilities.
6. Documents for QDI Motherboard:
The files included in the directory \Doc are:
Adobe Acrobat Reader V3.0 — ar32e301.exe
ManageEasy Manuals — QMEV12.PDF.
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Appendix B.
Appendix
Retention Mechanism & Pentium® II/ Celeron
TM
Proces-
sor Installation Procedures
1. Place Plastic Guide with plastic caps on the motherboard, and secure all four caps.
Plastic Guide with
four nuts
Windows
Celeron fittings
Note: 1. Please choose four caps which match the motherboard.
2. If choosing to use CeleronTM Processor, snap-on Celeron fittings onto the
Plastic Guide.
3. Please note the Plastic Guide has one orientation. If one way doesn’ t fit, change
the direction to the other way. Do not forcefully press the Plastic Guide onto the
motherboard.
2. To Install HSSBASE (Heatsink Support Base) , insert the two plastic pins through the
HSSBASE securing it to the motherboard.
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3.
Insert Pentium® II or Celeron
TM
Processor in Slot1.
4. Clip Plastic Bar onto the HSSBASE through the fins on the processors’ heatsink.
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5. The Retention Mechanism installation procedure is completed as shown below.
S.E.C Cartridge, Retention Mechanism, Heatsink
support, and ATX Form Factor Headsink Isometric View
Not To Scale
Remark:
Please skip step2 and step4 for Boxed Pentium
®
II Processor and refer to relevant
details concerning this type of processor installation.
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Appendix C.
Boot Logo
When you power on or reset your system, the picture shown below will appear on the
screen.
If you press <Esc>, it switches to the booting message screen. Otherwise, it enters
operating system directly. You can use ‘ cblogo.exe’ ( included on the QDI Motherboard
Utility CD) to replace it by any other logo which you prefer. Regarding the method of using
cblogo.exe utility, please refer to it’ s online help. If you don’ t prefer the logo displayed on
the screen during boot up, set the ‘ Show Bootup Logo’ option as Disabled in the ‘ BIOS
FEATURES SETUP’ section of the BIOS
* We reserve the right of modifying the default full-logo of QDI without further
notification.
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