Quantum KuDoz 7 series User Manual

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Declaration of Conformity

QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) L TD.

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

Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

declares that the product

Motherboard

KuDoz 7

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 EUROPE B.V QDI COMPUTER( FRANCE ) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH LEGEND QDI SPAIN S.L QDI COMPUTER( SWEDEN )AB

Signature : Place / Date : HONG KONG/2001

Printed Name : Xu Wenge Position/ Title : Assistant President

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc. Model Name: KuDoz 7 Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc.

Address: 41456 Christy Street

Fremont, CA 94538

Telephone: (510) 668-4933

Facsimile: (510) 668-4966

Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly

Type of Product: Motherboard

Manufacturer: Quantum Designs (HK) Inc.

Address: 20th Floor, Devon House, Taikoo Place

979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, HONG KONG

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Tested to comply with FCC standards.

Signature : Date : 2001

CONTENTS

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

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

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

Creative CT5880( optional )....................................................4

2. Instal latio n Inst ructio ns............................. 5

External Connectors .............................................. 5

PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector.........................5

USB1, USB2 Connectors .................................................5

USB3, 4, 5, 6 Connectors ................................................5

Parallel Port and Serial Port Connectors............................. 6

Line-in jack, Mic-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick

Connector( optional )...........................................................6

ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch...............6

Hard Disk LED Connector ( HD_LED )...............................7

Reset Switch ( RESET )...................................................7

Speaker Connector ( SPEAKER ) .....................................7

Power LED Connector( PWR LED ) ..................................7

ACPI LED Connector( ACPI LED ) .....................................7

Green LED Connector( GREEN LED ) ...............................7

Hardware Green Connector ( SLEEP SW ) ...................... 7

Fan Connectors( CPUFAN , CHSFAN, BAKF AN ) ..............8

Infrared Heade r ( IrD A )...................................................8

Wake-Up On LAN ( WOL ) ...............................................8

Wake-Up On Internal Modem ( WOM ) ..............................9

Internal Audio Connectors

( AUX, CD_IN, MODEM )( optional ) ..................................9

Advanced Communications Riser Slot

( ACR )................................................................................10

Smart Card Reader Connector( SCR )................................10

Jumper Settings.............................................................11

Overclocking Jumper Setting( JFSB )..................................1 1

CPU Bus Ratio Selection( JFID )..........................................12

CPU Core Voltage Selection( JVID )....................................12

CPU Bus Ratio Setting( J1, J3 )...........................................13

CPU Core Voltage Setting( J4 )...........................................14

CONTENTS

BIOS-ProtectEasy Jumper( JA V )...................................15

Clear CMOS( JCC )........................................................15

Enable/Disable onboard Audio

( JP1,JP2,JP3 )( optional ) ..............................................16

Enable/Disable Onboard SoundBlaster

( J2 )( optional )..............................................................16

Enable USB KeyDevice Wake-up Function

( JUSB1, JUSB2, JUSB4 )...............................................17

SCR/Floppy B Selection( J5, J6 )............................ .......17

Suspend to RAM Switch( JSTR )...................................18

Enable keyboard Wake-up Function( JKB )....................18

3. BIOS Description..................................19

Utility Support............................................................19

AWDFLASH.EXE............................................................19

A WARD BIOS Description.......................................20

Entering Setup................................................................20

Load Fail-Safe Defaults..................................................20

Load Optimized Defaults................................................20

Standard CMOS Features Setup....................................20

Frequency/V oltage Control Setup..................................24

Advanced BIOS Features Setup....................................25

Advanced Chipset Features Setup................................28

Power Management Setup.............................................31

PnP/PCI Configurations Setup.........................................34

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

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

Supervisor/User Password...........................................39

Appendix

QDI Driver CD 2000..................................................A.1

ManageEasy .............................................................A.2

BIOS-ProtectEasy......................................................A.2

Norton AntiVirus........................................................A.2

LogoEasy...................................................................A.3

RecoveryEasy............................................................A.4

BootEasy....................................................................A.12

KuDoz 7( Francais )................................................A.16

StepEasy....................................................................A.19

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Introduction

Overview

The KuDoz 7 series are high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient motherboards from 200MHz and 266MHz FSB based on Socket-A processors. They utilize the Apollo KT 266 chipset consisting of VIA VT8366 and VT8233. They support the UltraDMA-33/66/100, DDR SDRAM and AGP 4x. They also provide one ACR slot and one SCR(Smart Card Reader) interface connector. In addition, advanced features are supported such as wakeup on LAN, wake-up on internal/external modem, wake-up by hot keys of PS/2 keyboard, ACPI power management and hardware monitoring. IMPORTANT: Onboard Audio( AC97 codec ) and Onboard SoundBlaster(

Creative

CT5880

) are optional. Please take note of the difference.

Key Features

Form Factor

l ATX form factor of 305mm x235mm

Microprocessor

l Supports 200MHz/266MHz FSB l Supports AMD Socket-A Athlon “B” type( FSB is 200MHz )/ “C” type( FSB is 266MHz )

processors at 700MHz/750MHz/800MHz/850MHz/900MHz/950MHz/1GHz/1.1GHz/

1.2GHz/1.33GHz /1.4GHz and future processors

l Supports AMD Socket-A Duron processors at 600MHz/650MHz/700MHz/750MHz/

800MHz/850MHz/900MHz/950MHz and future processors

Chipset

l VIA Apollo KT266 chipset: VT8366( North Bridge ), VT8233( South Bridge ) l Adopts ITE IT8705F I/O chip

Memory

l Provides three 2.5V SSTL-2, 184-pin, 64-bit data width DRAM interfaces l Supports PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM l Supports ACPI S3 mode

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Onboard IDE

l Supports two PCI PIO and Bus Master IDE ports

l Two fast IDE interfaces supporting up to four IDE devices including IDE hard disks

and CDROM drives

l Supports Ultra DMA-33/66/100

Onchip I/O

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 UAR T s( COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 selective )

with 16-byte transmit/receiver FIFOs

l One enabled parallel port at the I/O address 378H/278H/3BCH with additional bi-

direction I/O capability and multimode as SPP/EPP/ECP

l Provides Six USB ports and One IrDA connector l Provides One SCR interface connector and One ACR slot l Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard l Supports LS-120 floppy disk drive and Zip drive l All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup

AGP Slot

l Provides one AGP slot l AGP v2.0 compliant l Supports AGP 4x mode

Onboard Audio( Available on KuDoz 7-A )

l Standard AC97 Codec interface

Creative® CT5880 PCI Hardware Sound ( Available on KuDoz 7-C )

l 3D audio effects l 32-voice XG wavetable synthesizer l Direct Sound/Music Hardware Accelerator l Full-Duplex stereo l Supports four speakers output based on Speaker-out jack and Line-in jack

Advanced Features

l Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus® On Guard l Supports wake-up on LAN l Supports wake-up on internal/external modem l Supports wake-up on hot keys l Supports system monitoring (monitors system temperature, CPU temperature, voltages

and fan speed)

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l Supports QDI innovations: StepEasy , BootEasy, LogoEasy , RecoveryEasy ,

BIOS-ProtectEasy and ManageEasy

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

enabling “Flash Write Protect” in CMOS setup or closing the Jumper “JA V”

BIOS

l Licensed advanced AWARD( Phoenix ) BIOS l Supports Flash ROM with 2M-bit memory size, plug and play ready l Supports IDE CDROM or SCSI bootup

Green Function

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

Directed Power Management )

l Supports ACPI status: S0( full-on ), S1( power on suspend ), S3( STR ), S4( STD )

( Windows Me, Windows 2000 ), S5( soft-off )

Main Expansion Slots and Connectors

Slot/Port (Quantity) Description PCI( 5 ) PCI slots IDE( 2 ) IDE ports FLOPPY( 1 ) Floppy drive port DDR( 3 ) DDR DIMM slots USB( 6 ) USB connectors ACR( 1 ) ACR slot AGP( 1 ) AGP slot SCR( 1 ) SCR connector IrDA( 1 ) IrDA connector

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Creative CT5880 chip ( Available on KuDoz 7-C )

The CT5880 provides high-quality audio performance and low CPU utilization for you. Featuring 128-voice wave-table synthesis with very high sample rate converters. In addition, CT5880 supports localized three-dimensional sound immersion in headphone and four-speaker environments. The four-speaker based on speaker-out and line-in jack. the CT5880 also supports multiple algorithm levels of reverb and chorus effects on the wave-table sounds as well as spatial sound enhancement on MIDI and wave sounds in two speakers. Full duplex operation also allows simultaneous audio recording and playback. The motherboard has two solutions for onboard audio.

Soft Sound( AC97 ) ( Available on KuDoz 7-A )

Hardware Sound( CT 5880 ) ( Available on KuDoz 7-C )

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Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

This section covers External Connectors and Jumper Settings. Refer to the motherboard layout chart for the locations of all jumpers, external connectors, slots and I/O ports. Furthermore, this section lists all necessary connector pin assignments for your reference. The particular states 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 seriously damaged.

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.

USB1, USB2 Connectors

Two USB ports are for connecting USB devices.

USB3, USB4 and USB5, USB6 Connectors

Four USB ports are not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 10-pin cable( optional ) to connect onboard USB headers and USB devices.

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PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

Optional

USB1 USB2

Optional

+5v

DT3-

DT3+

GND

DT4+

DT4-

+5v

DT5-

DT5+

GND

DT6+

DT6-

+5v

USB6, USB5

USB4, USB3

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Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors ( UART1, UART2 )

The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer. The serial ports UART1,2 connectors can be connected to serial port devices such as serial port mouses. Y ou can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from AWARD BIOS SETUP .

Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick Connector( Available on KuDoz 7-A/-C )

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 to 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.

Note: For the KuDoz 7-C motherboard, the rear out jack replaces Line-in jack to connect powered speakers for audio output.

Installation Instruction

ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch ( POWER SW )

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

Push once

the power button.

Note: * If you change “soft-off by PWRBTN” from default “Instant-off” to “Delay 4 Sec” in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS, the power button should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system powers down.

Parallel Port

UART1

UART2

Optional

POWER SW

ATX Power Supply Connector

5V5V -5V GND GND PSON -12V

3.3V

GND

12V 5VSB

GND

3.3V

GND

5V GND PWOK 3.3V

GND

MIDI/Joystick

Speaker out

Line in

Microphone in

Optional

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Hard Disk LED Connector ( HD_LED )

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

Reset Switch ( RESET )

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

Speaker Connector ( SPEAKER )

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

Power LED Connector ( PWR LED )

When the system is in S0( full-on ) status, the LED is on. When the system is in S1( power on suspend ) status, the LED is blink. When the system is in S3( STR ) or S5( soft-off ) status, the LED is off. The connector has an orientation.

ACPI LED Connector ( ACPI LED )

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

system is in S5 status, the LED is off.

GREEN LED Connector ( GREEN LED )

When the system is in S0, S1 or S5 status, the LED is off. When the system is in S3 or APM power on suspend status, the LED is on.

Hardware Green Connector ( SLEEP SW )

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

POWER

SLEEP

SPEAKER

RESET GREEN LED

PWR LED

ACPI LED

HD_LED

SPEAKER

RESET

GREEN LED

ACPI LED

SLEEP

PWR LED

HDD LED(+)

HDD LED(-)

ORANGE(-)

GREEN(-)

LED+ POWER GND EMPTY EMPTY SLEEP GND

LED+ LEDLED-

LED-

LED+

EMPTY

GND

RESET

SPKDA TA

GND

VCC

POWER

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Fan Connectors ( CPUF AN, CHSF AN, BAKF AN )

The fan speeds of CPUF AN and CHSFAN can be detected and viewed in “PC Health” section of the BIOS. They will be automatically turned off after the system enters suspend mode.

Infrared Header ( IrDA )

This connector supports Infrared transmitting and receiving. If using this function, set “UART Mode Select” to IrDA or ASKIR and configure the settings in the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” section of the BIOS.

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 A TX 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 on 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.

VCC

IRRX

GND

IRTX

VCC

+5VSB

GND Signal for waking up

GND

+12V

BAKFAN

GND

SENSOR

+12V

CHSFAN

GND

SENSOR

+12V

CPUFAN

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Wake-Up On Internal Modem ( WOM )

Through the Wake-Up On Internal Modem function, the system which is in the suspend or soft-off status can be waked up by a ring signal received from internal modem. If this function is to be used, be sure an internal modem card which supports the function is used. Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the modem card, set “Wake up on 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.

Internal Audio Connectors ( AUX, CD_IN, MODEM ) ( Available on KuDoz 7-A/-C )

AUX and CD_IN connectors allow you to receive audio input from such sound sources as a CDROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card. The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector. It allows connecting the mono_in (such as a phone) or mono_out (such as a speaker) between the onboard audio and the

voice modem card.

Common

Mono-Out (to Modem)

GND

MODEM

CD_IN

Phone-In (from Modem)

Right Channel

AUX

GND

Left Channel

Right Channel

Left Channel

+5VSB

GND

Signal for waking up

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Advanced Communications Riser Slot ( ACR )

The ACR connector uses a standard connector that is reversed and offset. Legacy AMR card can be plugged into the ACR slot and works without modification. ACR provides a common architecture for analog modem, Ethernet, phoneline networking and so on. It supports legacy AMR riser designs for modem and audio codecs.

Note: For the KuDoz 7, the AMR card should be set as AMR Primary card to use only. For the KuDoz 7-A, to avoid conflict, you should set the AMR card as Slave when use onboard audio codec( AC97 Codec ) or set the AMR card as Primary and jumpers JP1, JP2, JP3 as disabling onboard audio codec( AC97 Codec ) when use the audio codec on the AMR card. For the KuDoz 7-C, the PCI1 slot can only use Slave card, and the AMR card should

be set as AMR Primary card to use only.

Smart Card Reader Connector( SCR )

The SCR interface connector is the interface between the motherboard and the Smart Card. The SCR is built in IT8705F I/O chip and includes a standard UART to control Smart Card interface handshaking and then performs data transfers. The SCR can be used for a broad range of applications in GSM, ID, pay TV, banking and so forth. It also provides a Smart Card clock divider for those ICC ( Integrated Circuit Card ) without internal clocks. If use this function, set “UART Mode Select” to SCR in the “INTEGRA TED PERIPHERALS” section of the BIOS and jumpers J5, J6 as SCR enabled.

SCRFET#

VCC

SCRCLK

RFU1

GND

LED NC SCRREST

RFU2 SCRIO SCRPRES#

SCR1

ACR Slot

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Jumper Settings

Jumpers are located on the motherboard, they represent, clear CMOS jumper JCC, enable BIOS ProtectEasy function jumper JAV etc. Pin 1 of all jumpers are located on the side with a thick white line ( Pin1→ ), refer to the motherboard’s silkscreen. Jumpers with three pins will be shown as to represent pin1 & pin2 connected and to represent pin2 & pin3 connected.

Overclocking Jumper Setting ( JFSB )

The jumper JFSB located on the mainboard provides users with CPU overclocking feature. The host bus speed can be set as 100/133MHz. The table below for your reference.

AMD Athlon CPU FSB is 100MHz/133MHz, but delivering twice the throughput of 100MHz/ 133MHz Pentium III-based systems( Ultra -Fast 200MHz/266MHz ). However, whether or not your system can be overclocked depends on your processor’s capability. We do not guarantee the overclocking system to be stable.

Warning: Be sure your selection is right. CPU over speed will be dangerous! We will not be responsible for any damages caused.

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JFSB

HCLK

JFSB

100MHz

133MHz

Close( default )

Open

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CPU Bus Ratio Selection ( JFID )

The jumper JFID located on the motherboard provides users with CPU bus ratio selection. If it is set as closed, the system detects the CPU bus ratio automatically. If it is set as opened, the CPU bus ratio can be set manually by jumpers J1 and J3.

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RATIO SETJFID

AUTO SET

JUMPER SET

Close( default )

Open

JFID

CPU Core Voltage Selection ( JVID )

The jumper JVID located on the motherboard provides users with CPU core voltage selection. If it is set as AUTO SET, the system detects the CPU core voltage automatically. If it is set as JUMPER SET , the CPU core voltage can be set manually by jumper J4.

JVID

AUTO SET

JUMPER SET

JVID

Open( default )

Vcore SET

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CPU Bus Ratio Setting ( J1, J3 )

The Host Bus speed by the CPU bus ratio equals the CPU’s internal frequency (CPU speed)

If Host Bus speed = 100MHz, CPU bus ratio =4 then CPU speed= 100MHz x 4= 400MHz

please set CPU bus ratio according to the following table.

Note: The most of Socket-A processors have bus ratio locked. In this case, it’s not necessary to set the bus ratio by jumper setting. So only unlocked Socket- A processors can adjust specified bus ratio through hardware jumper setting.

Warning: Be sure your selection is right. CPU over speed will be dangerous! We will not be responsible for any damages caused.

1357

7531

8642

RATIO

Pin(1-2)

J3Jumper

Pin(3-4) Pin(5-6) Pin(7-8)J1Pin(1-2) Pin(3-4) Pin(5-6) Pin(7-8)

5 Close Close Open Close Close Close Open Close

5.5 Open Close Open Close Open Close Open Close 6 Close Open Open Close Close Open Open Close

6.5 Open Open Open Close Open Open Open Close 7 Close Close Close Open Close Close Close Open

7.5 Open Close Close Open Open Close Close Open 8 Close Open Close Open Close Open Close Open

8.5 Open Open Close Open Open Open Close Open 9 Close Close Open Open Close Close Open Open

9.5 Open Close Open Open Open Close Open Open 10 Close Open Open Open Close Open Open Open

10.5 Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open 11 Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close

11.5 Open Close Close Close Open Close Close Close 12 Close Open Close Close Close Open Close Close

12.5 Open Open Close Close Open Open Close Close

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CPU Core Voltage Setting ( J4 )

The jumper J4 allows you to adjust the CPU core voltage manually.

Voltage

Pin(1-2)

Jumper

Pin(3-4)

Pin(5-6) Pin(7-8)

Pin(9-10)

1.65V Close Close Close Open Close

1.675V Open Open Open Close Close

1.7V Close Open Open Close Close

1.725V Open Close Open Close Close

1.75V Close Close Open Close Close

1.775V Open Open Close Close Close

1.8V Close Open Close Close Close

1.825V Open Close Close Close Close

1.85V Close Close Close Clo se C lose

Warning: To set CPU core voltage higher than its default core voltage is not suggested. If you do, we will not be responsible for any damages caused.

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BIOS-ProtectEasy Jumper ( JAV )

The BIOS of the motherboard is contained inside the Flash ROM. If the jumper JAV is set

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

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

to the “BootEasy” part of appendix.

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

from “Advanced BIOS Features ” in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup, allows you to flash the BIOS to the Flash ROM.

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

memory size, and expansion cards will be detected by the onboard BIOS and stored in the flash ROM. Whenever the system hardware configuration is changed, DMI information will be updated automatically. However , setting jumper JA V as closed makes flashing BIOS and updating DMI information impossible. Therefore, set JAV as open when changing the system hardware configuration, or the error message “Unknown Flash Type” will be displayed on the screen, and DMI information update will be fail.

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.

JAV

Flash Write Disabled

Flash Write Enabled

( default )

Normal status ( default )

Clear CMOS

JCC

( Unplug the AC power supply )

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Enable/Disable Onboard Audio( JP1, JP2, JP3 ) ( Available on KuDoz 7-A )

If you want to use the onboard audio( AC97 Codec ), set JP1, JP2, JP3 as closed. Otherwise, set JP1, JP2, JP3 as opened to disable onboard audio. T o avoid conflict, it is recommended to set the jumpers as disabling onboard audio when using expansion sound card.

Enable onboard codec

( default )

Disable onboard codec

JP1 JP2 JP3

Close Close Close

Open Open Open

Enable/Disable Onboard SoundBlaster( J2 ) ( Available on KuDoz 7-C )

If you want to use the onboard SoundBlaster( Creative® CT5880 PCI Hardware Sound ) , set J2 as pin1&pin2 closed. Otherwise, set J2 as pin2&pin3 closed to disable this func-

tion. T o avoid conflict, it is recommended to set the jumper as disabling onboard SoundBlaster when using expansion sound card.

JP1

JP3

JP2

Enable onboard

SoundBlaster

( default )

Disable onboard

SoundBlaster

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Enable USB KeyDevice Wake-up Function ( JUSB1, JUSB2, JUSB4 )

The mainboard provides the advanced USB keyDevice wake-up function. The system can be waked up from its power saving status including ACPI S3 by activating USB keyDevice. When using this function, set JUSB1, JUSB2 and JUSB4 with pin1 and pin2 closed. Otherwise, set the jumpers with pin2 and pin3 closed for disabling.Before using this function,please set “USB Resume from S3” as Enabled in “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” of BIOS.

JUSB4, JUSB2

JUSB1

Enable

JUSB4,JUSB2

JUSB1 JUSB4,JUSB2

Disable

( default )

SCR/Floppy B Selection ( J5, J6 )

The jumpers provides users with SCR/Floppy B selection. The floppy port supports up to two floppy drives( default ). When you use SCR, the floppy B should be disabled by the jumpers J5 and J6.

Enable SCR

Disable Floppy B

J5 J6

Disable SCR

Enable Floppy B

( default )

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Suspend to RAM Switch ( JSTR )

If you want to disable ACPI S3( STR ) function, set JSTR as opened, meanwhile, set “ACPI Suspend Type” to S1 in “Power Management Setup” section of the BIOS. Otherwise, set JSTR as closed for implementing this function. Warning: If you set JSTR as opened and set “ACPI Suspend Type” to S3 in “Power Management Setup” section of the BIOS, the

blank screen will come out, in this case, just

clear CMOS and boot up the system once again.

Disable STR

Enable STR ( default )

JSTR

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Enable keyboard Wake-up Function( JKB )

The mainboard provides the advanced hotkeys wake-up function. The hotkeys of key-

board can waked up the system from ACPI S3( STR ), S4( STD ) and S5( Soft-off ) states and be set in “PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5” of “Power Management Setup” from BIOS. Before using this function, set JKB as enabling this function.

Note: 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.

JKB

Enable

Disable

( default )

JKB

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Chapter 3 BIOS Description

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 BIOS Description

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 and disable the “Flash W rite Protect” item in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup first .

Follow the steps exactly for a successful upgrade.

1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing Format A:/s from the DOS prompt under DOS6.xx or Windows 9x environment.

2. Copy AWDFLASH.EXE(version>=7.95) from the directory \Utility located on QDI Driver CD to your new bootable diskette.

3. Download the updated BIOS file from the Website (http://www.qdigrp.com). Please be sure to download the suitable BIOS file for your motherboard.

4. Uncompress the file download, copy the BIOS file (xx.bin) to the bootable diskette, and note the checksum of this BIOS which is located in readme file.

5. Reboot the system from the bootable diskette created.

6. Then run the AWDFLASH utility at the A:\ prompt as shown below: A:\AWDFLASH xxxx.bin Follow the instruction through the process. Don’t turn off power or reset the

system until the BIOS upgrade has been completed.

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

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

Note: Because the BIOS Software will be updated constantly, the following BIOS screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not reflect your BIOS screens exactly.

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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 T est), press <Del> key to enter the AW ARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility .

Press <Del> to enter SETUP

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

Figure-1 Main Menu

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

The Fail-Safe Defaults are secure and useful for system. It is recommended users load the Fail -Safe Defaults when the system is in trouble.

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. Y ou can view detailed information or make modifications.

Figure-2-1 IDE Primary Master Setup Menu

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

These categories identify the HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the computer system. There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS: None, Auto, and Manual. ‘None’ means no HDD is installed or set; ‘Auto’ means the system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting up; by choosing ‘Manual’, the related information should be entered regarding the

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

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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 / V ideo Graphic Array. For EGA,

VGA, SEGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters. CGA 40 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 40 column mode. CGA 80 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 80 column mode. MONO Monochrome adapter, including high resolution monochrome

adapters.

Halt On

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

No errors The system boot will not stop for any errors that may be

detected.

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

stop and you will be prompted.

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

stop for all other errors.

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

for all other errors.

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but it will

stop for all other errors.

Memory

This is a Display-Only Category, determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base

(or conventional) memory installed in the system.

Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is

presented during the POST.

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

memory.

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Frequency/Voltage Control Setup

Figure-3 Frequency/Voltage Control Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l Auto Detect

Enabled

Closes empty DIMM or PCI clock to reduce EMI.

DIMM/PCI Clk

Disabled

Does not close empty DIMM or PCI clock.

l Spread

+/-0.25%

Enables Spread Spectrum to reduce EMI.

Spectrum

-0.5% ...

Disabled

Disables Spread Spectrum to reduce EMI.

l CPU Host/PCI

Default

Sets CPU/PCI Clock as default.

Clock

100/33MHz

Sets CPU/PCI Clock manually . When JFSB is closed,

... and CPU host clock is 100MHz, these items will be

115/38MHz

shown to choose.

133/33MHz

When JFSB is opened, and CPU host clock is 133MHz,

...

these items will be shown to choose.

150/38MHz

Warning: Be sure your selection is right. CPU over speed will be dangerous! We will not be responsible for any damages caused.

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Advanced BIOS Features Setup

Figure-4 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l QDI BootEasy

Enabled

PC boots in rapid speed, without any redundant

Feature waiting for the displaying of starting OS.

Disabled

PC boots in the legacy BIOS way.

l ChipAway Virus

Enabled

Allows you to choose the virus warning feature

On Guard for IDE hard disk boot sector protection. If this

function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.

Disabled

Invalidates this function.

l CPU

Enabled

Enables CPU internal cache.

Internal Cache

Disabled

Disables CPU internal cache.

l External Cache

Enabled

Enables CPU external cache.

Disabled

Disables CPU external cache.

l CPU L2 Cache

Enabled

Enables CPU L2 Cache ECC function.

ECC Checking

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 .

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l First (Second,

Disabled

Selects Your Boot Device Priority. It could be

Third) Boot Device

Floppy

Disabled, Floppy , LS120, ZIP100, HDD-0, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAN.

l Boot Other

Enabled

Boot other Device enabled.

Device

Disabled

Boot other Device disabled.

l Swap Floppy

Enabled

Exchange the assignment of A and B floppy drives.

Drive

Disabled

The assignment of A and B floppy drives are normal.

l Boot Up

Enabled

Tests floppy drives to determine whether they

Floppy Seek

Disabled

have 40 or 80 tracks.

l Boot Up

Keypad is used as number keys.

NumLock Status

Off

Keypad is used as arrow keys.

l Gate A20 Option

Normal

The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller.

Fast

The A20 signal is controlled by Port92.

l Typematic 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 Typematic Rate

6~30

The rate at which character repeats when you

(Chars/Sec) hold down a key.

l Typematic Delay

250~1000

The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat.

(Msec)

l Security Option

Setup

Selects whether the password is required every

System

time the system boot or only when you enter setup.

l OS Select For

Non-OS2

Selects OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating

DRAM>64MB

OS2

system with more than 64MB of RAM.

l Report NO FDD

Yes

Reports NO Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95 to

for WIN 95 release IRQ6.

Does not report No Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95.

l Video BIOS

Enabled

Video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video Shadow

Shadow will increase the video speed.

Disabled

Invalidates this feature.

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l Show Bootup

Enabled

The logo will be shown when system boots up.

Logo

Disabled

The logo will not be shown when system boots up.

l Flash Write

Enabled

This option is for protecting the system BIOS from

Protect being attacked by severe virus such as CIH.

Disables you to upgrade the BIOS.

Disabled

Enables you to upgrade the BIOS.

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Advanced Chipset Features Setup

Figure-5 Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l DRAM Clock/Drive

Press Enter

Enters to set the items about DRAM.

Control

l Current FSB Displays current FSB Frequency. Frequency

l Current DRAM

100MHz

Current DRAM Frequency is 200MHz.

Frequency

133MHz

Current DRAM Frequency is 266MHz.

l DRAM Clock

100MHz

Sets DDR clock as 200MHz .

133MHz

Sets DDR clock as 266MHz.

By SPD

DDR clock is defined by SPD.

l DRAM Timing

By SPD

DDR Timing is defined by SPD.

Manual

Sets DDR Timing manually .

l SDRAM Cycle

Defines the CL parameter of DDR.

Length

2.5 3

l Bank Interleave

Disabled

Disables DDR Bank Interleave.

4Bank

Sets Bank Interleave as 4 bank.

2Bank

Sets Bank Interleave as 2 bank.

l DRAM Command

1T Command

Defines the DRAM command rate.

Rate

2T Command

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l AGP&P2P

Press Enter

Enters to set the following items.

Bridge Control

l AGP Aperture Size

4~256M

Sets the effective size of the Graphics Aperture

to be used in the particular PAC Configuration.

l AGP Mode

1x,2x

Supports AGP 1x, 2x or 4x mode. If the AGP

card does not support 4x mode, the item “4x” will hide.

l AGP Driving

Auto

The default setting is recommended.

Control

Manual

l AGP Driving

00-FF

Sets this item when the AGP 4x card runs

Value incorrectly.

l AGP Fast Write

Enabled

Enables AGP Fast Write.

Disabled

Disables AGP Fast Write.

l AGP Master 1 WS

Enabled

Enables AGP Master 1 WS Write.

Write

Disabled

Disables AGP Master 1 WS Write.

l AGP Master 1 WS

Enabled

Enables AGP Master 1 WS Read.

Read

Disabled

Disables AGP Master 1 WS Read.

l CPU&PCI Bus

Press Enter

Enters to set the items about CPU&PCI Bus.

Control

l PCI1 Master 0 WS

Enabled

Enables PCI1 Master 0 WS Write.

Write

Disabled

Disables PCI1 Master 0 WS Write.

l PCI2 Master 0 WS

Enabled

Enables PCI2 Master 0 WS Write.

Write

Disabled

Disables PCI2 Master 0 WS Write.

l PCI1 Post

Enabled

Enables PCI1 Post Write.

Write

Disabled

Disables PCI1 Post Write.

l PCI2 Post

Enabled

Enables PCI2 Post Write.

Write

Disabled

Disables PCI2 Post Write.

l PCI Delay

Enabled

Enables PCI Delay Transaction.

Transaction

Disabled

Disables PCI Delay Transaction.

l Delay Transaction

Enabled

Enables PCI Buffer Delay Transaction.

Disabled

Disables PCI Buffer Delay Transaction.

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l Memory Hole

15M~16M

Memory Hole at 15-16M is reserved for expanded ISA card.

Disabled

Does not set this memory hole.

l System BIOS

Enabled

Besides conventional memory, system BIOS area

Cacheable is also cacheable.

Disabled

System BIOS area is not cacheable.

l Video RAM

Enabled

Besides conventional memory, video RAM is also

Cacheable cacheable.

Disabled

Video RAM area is not cacheable.

l Assign IRQ

IRQ9/10/11

Selects IRQ for ACPI.

For ACPI

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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

Enabled

Validates ACPI function.

Disabled

Invalidates this function.

l ACPI Suspend

S1(POS)

Selects the ACPI suspend type.

Type

S3(STR)

S1(power on suspend), S3(STR)

l Power

User Define

Users can configure their own Power Management Management Timer. Option

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 HDD Power

1Min~15Min

Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the Down HDD entering power saving mode (motor off).

Disable

Invalidates this function.

l Suspend Mode

1Min~1Hour

Defines the continuous idle time before the system

entering suspend mode.

Disable

Invalidates this function.

l Video Off

Suspend -> Off

Screen blanks after the system enters either Option standby mode or suspend mode.

Always On

Screen is always on.

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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

off the V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA

cards to monitor.

DPMS Support

This function is enabled only for the VGA card

supporting DPMS.

l MODEM Use 3,4,5,7,9, Special Wake-up event for Modem.

IRQ 10,1 1

This function is not applied.

l Soft-off by

Instant-off

The system will power off immediately once the

PWRBTN power button is pressed.

Delay 4 Sec

The system will not power off until the power button has been pressed continuously for more than 4 seconds.

l State After

Auto

The system remains former state/Off/On when

Power Failure

Off,On

the AC power supply resumes.

l IRQ/Event

Press Enter

Enters to set the following items.

Activity Detect

l PS2KB Wakeup

Ctrl+F1~F12

Wakes up the system from S3/S4/S5 status

from S3/S4/S5

Power

by pressing Ctrl+F1~Ctrl+F12 ,Power or Wake

Wake

key on the PS2 keyboard.

Disable

Invalidate this function.

l USB Resume

Enabled

When system in S3 state, USB device can

from S3 wake up the system.

Disabled

Invalidate this function.

l VGA

VGA active reloads global timer.

Off

VGA active has no influence to global timer.

l LPT&COM

LPT, COM

Sets the options of these items to reload global

LPT/COM

timer.

None

LPT&COM active has no influence to global timer.

l HDD&FDD

HDD&FDD active reloads global timer.

Off

HDD&FDD active has no influence to global timer.

l PCI Master

PCI Master active reloads global timer.

Off

PCI Master active has no influence to global timer.

l Power On by PCI

Enabled

Enables to wake up by PCI card.

Card

Disabled

Disables to wake up by PCI card.

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l Wake Up On

Enabled

Allows the system to be powered on when a ring

LAN/Ring indicator signal comes up to UART1 or UART2

from an external modem or comes up to WOM header from an internal modem card, or when a remote wake-up signal comes up to the WOL header from LAN adapter.

Disabled

Does not allow wake up on LAN or wake up from internal/external modem.

l RTC Alarm

Enabled

RTC alarm can be used to generate a wake event Resume to power up the system which is in power-off status. You can set any date or any time to

power up the system.

Disabled

Invalidate this function.

l Date( of Month ) Sets the date of RTC.

l Resume Time Sets the resume time of RTC.

l IRQs Activity

Press Enter

Reloads global timer.

Monitoring

l Primary INTR

Allows wake-up from IRQ.

Off

Does not allow wake-up from IRQ.

l IRQ3~IRQ15

Enabled

Enables IRQ3~IRQ15 to wake up.

Disabled

Disables IRQ3~IRQ15 to wake up.

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PnP/PCI Configurations Setup

Figure-7 PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l PNP OS Installed

Yes

Device resources assigned by PnP OS.

Device resources assigned by BIOS.

l Reset Configuration

Enabled

The system BIOS will reset configuration data

Data once then automatically set this item as disabled.

Disabled

Disables this function.

l Resources

Manual

Assigns the system resources (IRQ and DMA)

Controlled By manually .

Auto(ESCD)

Assigns system resources (IRQ and DMA) automatically by BIOS.

l IRQ-3~IRQ-15

PCI Device

The specified IRQ-x will be assigned to PCI only.

assigned to

Reserved

The specified IRQ-x reserved.

l PCI/VGA Palette

Enabled

Enables PCI/VGA Palette Snoop.

Snoop

Disabled

Disables PCI/VGA Palette Snoop.

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.

l Assign IRQ For

Enabled

Assigns an IRQ for USB device.

USB

Disabled

Does not assign an IRQ for USB.

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Integrated Peripherals Setup

Figure-8 Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu

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

Item Option Description

l VIA OnChip

Press Enter

Enters to set the following items. IDE Device

l OnChip IDE

Enabled

Enables OnChip IDE First/Second Channel. Channel 0/1

Disabled

Disables OnChip IDE First/Second Channel.

l IDE Prefetch Mode

Enabled

Enables IDE Prefetch Mode.

Disabled

Disables IDE Prefetch Mode.

lPrimary/ Secondary

Mode 0 ~ 4

Defines the IDE primary/secondary master/slave Master/Slave PIO PIO mode.

Auto

The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto-detection.

lPrimary/ Secondary

Auto

Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an ultra DMA Master/Slave UDMA device is detected.

Disabled

Disables this function.

l VIA OnChip

Press Enter

Enters to set the following items. PCI Device

l VIA-3058

Auto

Enables the AC97 Audio.When CT5880 onboard, AC97 Audio this item will hide.

Disabled

Disables the AC97 Audio.

l VIA-3068

Auto

Enables the MC97 Modem. MC97 Modem

Disabled

Disables the MC97 Modem.

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l VIA-3043

Enabled

Enables Onchip LAN controller.

OnChip LAN

Disabled

Disables Onchip LAN controller.

Auto

If detect a LAN device in ACR slot, the onchip LAN controller will be enabled. Otherwise, the onchip LAN controller is disabled.

l Init Display First

PCI Slot

Initializes the PCI VGA first. If a PCI VGA card and an AGP card are installed together in the system, the one initialized first functions.

AGP

Initializes the AGP first.

l OnChip USB

All Enabled

Enables all Onchip USB controller.

Controller

All Disabled

Disables all Onchip USB controller.

1&2/2&3/1&3

Enables USB 1&2,2&3 or 1&3 controller.

USB Port 1/2/3USB Port

Enables USB 1,2, or 3 controller. USB1 controller controls USB1&USB2 connectors. USB2 controller controls USB3&USB4 connectors. USB3 controller controls USB5&USB6 connectors.

l USB Keyboard

Enabled

Supports USB keyboard under legacy OS.

Support

Disabled

Does not support USB keyboard under legacy OS.

l IDE HDD Block

Enabled

Allows IDE HDD to read/write several sectors

Mode once.

Disabled

IDE HDD only reads/writes a sector once.

l Onboard FDC

Enabled

Onboard floppy drive controller is enabled.

Controller

Disabled

Onboard floppy drive controller is disabled.

l Onboard Serial

3F8/IRQ4

Defines the onboard serial port address and

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

Defines Serial Port as standard serial port.

Select

IrDA

Supports IrDA mode.

ASKIR

Supports SHARP ASK-IR protocol with maximum baud rate up to 57600bps.

SCR

Supports SCR mode.

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l UR2 Duplex Mode

Full

Sets UR2 as full duplex mode.

Half

Sets UR2 as half duplex mode.

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 Parallel

Mode

EPP,ECP

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

ECP+EPP

or Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).

l ECP Mode Use

1, 3

Sets DMA for ECP mode use.

DMA

l Game Port

201/209

Sets Game Port address. When CT5880 onboard,

Address this item will hide.

Disabled

Disables Game Port.

l Midi Port

300/330

Sets Midi Port address. When CT5880 onboard,

Address this item will hide.

Disabled

Disables Midi port.

l Midi Port IRQ

5,10

Sets Midi Port IRQ. When CT5880 onboard, this item will hide.

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PC Health Status

Figure-9 System Monitor Menu

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

Item Current Description Data Shown

l Shutdown Temperature

750C/1670F

The system will shut down automatically under the ACPI OS when the CPU temperature reaches the previous setting.

l Vcore Displays current Voltage values including all

2.5V significant voltages of the motherboard. 3.3V,

3.3V 5V, 12V, -12V, 3.3V Standby and 5V 5V Standby are voltages from the ATX power 12V supply. Vcore Voltage is the CPU core

-12V voltage from the onboard switching Power

3.3V Standby Supply. The Voltage Battery is the voltage of 5V Standby the onboard battery. Voltage Battery

l Current CPU Temp. Temperature of the CPU.

l Current System Temp. Temperature inside the chassis.

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

connected to the fan header CPUFAN,

l Current CHSFAN Speed CHSFAN. Fan speed value is based on an

assumption that tachometer signal is two pulses per revolution. In other cases, you should regard it relatively.

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Supervisor/ User Password

When this function is selected, the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER P ASSWORD

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.

P ASSWORD DISABLED

If you have selected “System” in “Security Option” of “Advanced BIOS Features” 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 select ed “Setup” in “Security Option” of “Advanced BI OS Features” menu, you will be prompted for the password only when you enter BIOS Setup.

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

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Appendix

QDI Driver CD 2000

Appendix

QDI Driver CD 2000

The QDI Driver CD 2000 is supplied with this motherboard. The contents contained in it are shown as below:

1. Install Driver

Using this choice, you can install all the drivers for your motherboard easily. Y ou should install the drivers in order, and you need to restart your computer after all the drivers are installed.

A. Chipset Software

B. Audio Driver( optional )

C. DirectX

2. Accessory

A: QDI ManageEasy B: QDI StepEasy C: Norton AntiVirus

3. Browse CD

You could read all the contents contained in this CD, including Utility and Documents.

The files included in Utility are: A. Awdflash.exe B. Lf.exe C. Cblogo.exe

The files included in Documents are: A. Adobe Acrobat Reader V3.0 - Ar32e301.exe B. French Manual - AD11M FR.doc, etc. C . Handbuch_ManageEasy

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QDI ManageEasy V2.0

It is well known that guaranteeing the computer’s security and reliability is essential. Especially today, ef fectively managing and monitoring the computer’s hardware is even more important; because processing and exchanging critical data through computer and network are happening everyday. Moving with the computer’s development, the system of the computer will become more and more complex; at the same time, the control 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, a bridge between the complex hardware and OS, used to access hardware status and to execute 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 the system and monitor some key reference data concerning 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.

BIOS-ProtectEasy

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

There are two choices which implements this function.

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

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

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

Norton AntiVirus

When you install Norton AntiVirus and accept options, your computer is safe. Norton AntiVirus automatically checks boot records for viruses at system startup, checks programs for viruses at the time you use them, scans all local hard drives for viruses once per week, and monitors your computer for any activity that might indicate the work of a virus in action. It also scans files you download from the internet and checks floppy disks for boot viruses when you use them. The list below shows the most important tasks Norton AntiVirus helps you perform: scan for viruses on your computer; remove viruses from your computer; update your virus protection with LiveUpdate; quarantine an infected file. You can go to the Symantec W eb site to view an online tutorial: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/tutorial/nav2001

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LogoEasy

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

Y ou can use “CBLOGO.EXE” ( included in the QDI Driver CD ) to replace it by any other logo which you prefer.

Please follow the steps to use CBLOGO.EXE Utility:

1. Copy “CBLOGO.EXE”and “AWDFLASH.EXE” from the directory \Utility located on QDI Driver CD 2000 to your hard disk.

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

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

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

Reboot the system, you can see the new picture displayed on the screen. If you require more parameters information concerning “CBLOGO.EXE”, please refer to the online help. If you don’t prefer the logo displayed on the screen during bootup, set the “Show Bootup Logo” option as Disabled in the “ADV ANCED BIOS FEA TURES ” section of the BIOS.

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

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Introduction:

RecoveryEasy , 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.

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.

RecoveryEasyRecoveryEasy

figure-1 Partition Interface

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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 CREA TE P AR

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

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

not.

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

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

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.

figure-2 Create Partition

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1.3 ACTIVE P AR

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 CREAT E 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 s hould 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.

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 P AR

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

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

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

figure-3 Recovery User Interface

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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.

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 A TTRIB 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 when installing 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.

figure-4 Backup Partition

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2.6 CHANGE PWD

Function : Changes the password to enter RecoveryEasy Partition or RecoveryUser

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 these applications, RecoveryEasy need users to backup or restore datamanually 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 “A TTRIB P AR” 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 F AT32 with PQ Magic, which is protected by RecoveryEasy , therefore the conversion will be invalidate. Enabling the “ ATTRIB P AR” 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 asthat 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 F AT . 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 26

every month, if the system cannot boot up that day, power of f 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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QDI BootEasy

BootEasy is a new member of legend QDI Easy series, which is the latest innovation comes from legend QDI.

BootEasy Setup Menu

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

Note:

1. Under the following conditions, PC will boot-up in normal way. (1) PC boot-up for the first times after set option as Enabled. (2) the system information saved by BIOS was damaged. (3) PC fail to boot-up continually over three times. Note: Please make sure the jumper “JAV” is set as OPEN under these conditions.

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

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

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QDI BootEasy

Boot Easy e il nuovo software membro della famiglia legend QDI Easy, quale innovazione da LEGEND- QDI.

BootEasy Setup Menu La tecnologia Boot Easy abbrevia gli enormi tempi del computer in fase di BOOT . Riduce le attese d’ogni utente che accede al suo computer. Il BIOS senza Boot Easy deve eseguire molte routines ogni qualvolta il sistema parte, come controllo della sezione centrale del computer oltre che inizializare le varie periferiche esterne. Ora con Boot Easy, il BIOS non eseguirà questi processi ripetitivi cosi lunghi , il Pc potrà partire senza attese ridondanti prima della presentazione del logo del sistema operativo. Boot Easy e’ facile da usare, basta scegliere la giusta opzione nel BIOS setup, ( riferito al Advanced BIOS Features ) ed il computer potrà velocemente ripartire. Boot Easy salva tutte le informazioni al primo avvio normale, tutti i parametri saranno restituiti ai BOOT successivi

Nota: 1 Il Pc partira’ normalmente se saranno rispettate le seguenti condizioni (1) Il Pc fa’ il primo BOOT con l’opzione Enable (2) Le informazioni su i parametri salvati dal BIOS non erano DANNEGIA TE (3)Il PC fallisce l’avvio piu’ di tre volte Non spegnere o resetta il PC durante l’avvio di BOOT EASY Disabilita il “QDI BootEasy Feature” prima di sostituire le periferiche ad esso collegate ( HDD, CD-ROM, ecc.) solo dopo riabilita il “QDI BootEasy Feature”.

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QDI BootEasy

BootEasy es el nuevo miembro de la familia de “Easies” de Legend QDI , que se acaba de incorporar a los últimos modelos de placas base.

Menu de configuración de BootEasy

La tecnología BootEasy disminuye enormemente el tiempo dedicado al proceso de arranque del ordenador, reduciendo considerablemente el tiempo de espera que tiene que sufrir el usuario al arrancar su PC. Las BIOS normales, sin BootEasy, deben realizar multitud de rutinas repetitivas cada vez que el sistema se arranca, como verificar el “core” del sistema e inicializar periféricos. Ahora, con BootEasy, su BIOS no realizará estas tareas repetitivas nunca más, su PC podrá arrancar sin ninguna necesidad de repetir estas tareas antes de mostrar la pantalla de arranque de su sistema operativo. BootEasy es muy simple de utilizar, basta con escoger la opción correcta en CMOS SETUP , (refiérase al apartado Advanced BIOS Features); Así, conseguirá arrancar su sistema rápidamente. BootEasy guardará toda la información durante el primer arranque correcto, y, la próxima vez que arranque, restaurará esta información para permitir al sistema un arranque rápido y fiable.

Nota:

1. Bajo estas circunstancias, el PC arrancará en modo normal: (1) La primera vez que arranque su PC después de haber activado la opción BootEasy en BIOS (“Enabled”). (2) La información guardada en BIOS es incorrecta. (3) El arranque de su PC falla por tres veces consecutivas.

2. No apague su ordenador mientras se inicia BootEasy.

3. Desactive “QDI BootEasy Feature” seleccionándolo como “Disabled” antes de

cambiar algún componente de su PC. Puede restaurar la opción “QDI BootEasy Feature” como “Enabled” al terminar la instalación de nuevos componentes.

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QDI BootEasy

BootEasy ist eine Neuentwicklung von Legend QDI, die neue Innovation der QDI Easy – T echnologien.

BootEasy Setup Menu

Mit der BootEasy- T echnologie Technik wird der Bootvorgang nur noch vier bis fünf Sekunden in Anspruch nehmen, bis das Betriebssystem geladen wird. Der Grund für die lange Warterei liegt in den Routine-Abfragen, die das BIOS bei jedem Start abarbeitet. So wird beispielsweise jedes Mal die T aktfrequenz des Prozessors geprüft oder angeschlossene Geräte aktiviert.

Die BootEasy-T echnik prüft diese Punkte nur beim erstmaligen Start des Rechners und speichert die Ergebnisse in einem Flash ROM. Beim nächsten Start ruft das System lediglich diese Informationen aus dem Speicher ab und kann so innerhalb von wenigen Sekunden den Boot-Prozess abschließen.

Bei Änderungen am System, beispielsweise nach dem Einbau eines neuen Prozessors, muss deshalb zuvor die BootEasy-Funktion deaktiviert werden, beim nächsten Start werden die neuen Informationen dann erneut abgespeichert.

Falls Fehler im Flash ROM den Bootvorgang behindern, versucht das System drei Mal den Rechner hochzufahren, bei Misserfolg schaltet es auf die althergebrachte Art zu booten um, das heißt, es dauert wieder ebenso lang wie früher. Anschließend kann die BootEasy – Technik wieder aktiviert werden.

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Installation de la carte mère KuDoz 7 :

1. Assurez-vous que votre ensemble est complet: carte mère, câbles IDE et FLOPPY,

notice d’utilisation et CD-ROM d’installation.

2. Vérifiez que l’alimentation est débranchée et reliez-vous à la terre par une courroie

à votre poignet. A défaut, maintenez le contact de vos deux mains avec un objet luimême relié à la terre, ou une partie en métal de votre système.

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

4. Si votre carte mère est munie de cavaliers, placez les en fonction des options que

vous souhaitez utiliser: réglage de la fréquence du processeur si votre carte n’est pas SpeedEasy, fonction allumage par saisie du mot de passe…(voir le manuel, rubrique «configuration des cavaliers» pages 13 à 16)

5. Insérez le processeur dans son logement avec son ventilateur que vous

brancherez au connecteur «CPUFAN».

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

7. Installez vos éventuelles cartes PCI et AMR dans les slots prévus à cet effet (voir

page centrale du manuel).

8. Branchez vos périphériques IDE et FLOPPY sur les connecteurs prévus à cet effet

grâce aux nappes fournies avec la carte. Vérifiez que le sens de branchement est correct (liseré rouge du câble sur la broche 1 du connecteur).

9. Reliez les câbles du boîtier aux connecteurs prévus à cet effet (Connecteur

d’alimentation, LED de marche/arrêt, disque dur, haut-parleur…voir manuel pages 9 à 12). Refermez le boîtier.

10. Branchez les périphériques externes sur les sorties du fond de panier: clavier,

souris PS/2, périphériques USB, moniteur, imprimante…(voir manuel pages 7-8)

11. Lorsque tous les éléments du système sont installés physiquement, rebranchez

l’unité centrale.

Installation du système.

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

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

3. Effectuez les réglages du BIOS selon votre configuration (nous vous conseillons

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

4. Pressez la touche F10 ou choisissez «Save and exit» pour enregistrer vos

paramètres et relancer la machine.

5. Installez votre système d’exploitation

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

7. Installation des pilotes:

Un CD-ROM d’utilitaires QDI est fourni avec chaque carte mère. Il contient:

1. Installation des pilotes :

Il est recommandé que les utilisateurs installent ce programme avec les options de

base. A. Pilotes du chipset: les utilisateurs avancés peuvent choisir les options d’installation

B. Pilote Codec Audio: les utilisateurs avancés peuvent choisir les options d’installation

C. DirectX

2. Accessoires :

Les logiciels contenus dans ce répertoire sont :

A. QDI ManageEasy B. Norton Antivirus

3. Browse CD :

Vous pouvez voir le contenu du CD-ROM dans le répertoire Utility :

A. AWDFLASH.EXE B. LF.EXE C. Cblogo

QDI BootEasy

BootEasy est la dernière née des technologies Legend QDI. Voir figure page 13 du manuel en anglais. BootEasy permet au PC de démarrer plus rapidement lorsqu’on allume, reset ou relance le PC. Avec le BootEasy , le PC peut démarrer en un instant, sans attente redondante pour afficher le démarrage du système d’exploitation. BootEasy est facile à utiliser, il suf fit de choisir l’option correcte dans le menu «Advanced Bios Features Setup».

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BootEasy sauvegarde toutes les informations lorsque le PC boote et restaure les paramètres pour le système, permettant ainsi au PC de démarrer rapidement. Note:

1. Le PC démarre de manière classique dans les cas suivants:

- Premier démarrage après activation de l’option BootEasy

- Informations sauvegardées endommagées

- Echec au démarrage du PC à 3 reprises

2. N’arrêtez pas ou ne redémarrez pas le système lorsque BootEasy s’initialise

3. Placez «QDI BootEasy Feature» sur «Disabled» avant de changer un composant du système Placez «QDI BootEasy Feature» sur «Enabled» après avoir effectué le changement.

Manual for KuDoz 7 series

QDI StepEasy

As one of the Legend QDI’s innovations, StepEasy is a powerful and efficient Easy Technology for PC DIY fans. It provides a friendly interface for you that you can adjust the CPU frequency conveniently and directly. It is so powerful that you can change the CPU frequency just in a few seconds under the operating system and have no need to reset the PC or change the jumpers. In addition, StepEasy can decrease the risk of changing the CPU frequency to minimum. As long as you conform to the steps of tuning the CPU frequency , there is almost no risk to adjust the frequency.

Installation

Y ou can install the QDI StepEasy by the following two means:

1. Run CD, select the installation of QDI StepEasy, then, act step by step according to the interface prompt.

2. Browse CD and run the setup.exe in the relative directory .

Instruction

Because there exist some risks for the CPU or the motherboard when you change the CPU frequency , please read the following and refer to the figure above carefully before tuning the CPU frequency .

button to run the select frequency

button to get the

default frequency

1MHz increase

10MHz increase

1MHz decrease

10MHz decrease

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The select CPU frequency is shown in the LED window with three colors: green digits indicate the frequency is entirely safe, yellow digits indicate the frequency is relatively safe, and red flashing digits indicate the frequency is somehow dangerous that may lead the system down. We recommend you not to select the Red Flashing Value to run.

To avoid accident, we recommend you to save your program before run StepEasy.

1. Y ou can click on the 1MHz increase (decrease) or 10MHz increase (decrease) button to set

your wanted frequency, then click on the “GO” button to get the select frequency.

2. Also, you can drag the slider to the wanted frequency, then click on the “GO” button to get

the select frequency.

3. You can click on the “Default” button, then click on the “GO” button to get the default

frequency.

4. StepEasy enables you to save the successful CPU tune frequency for next use. If you want

to save the current frequency, click on the “Save” button to realize it.

5. When click on the “Load” button, the saved CPU frequency is obtained immediately .

6. When click on the “Min” button, the utility will minimize to an icon in the right-bottom task tray .

Whenever click on the QSE(QDI StepEasy ) icon in the task tray, the utility will be activated in the current window.

Note:

1. QDI StepEasy can only support the QDI motherboard with the clock chip that supports

StepEasy.

2. The performence of StepEasy is related to the CPU, SDRAM, peripheral equipments and the

software running.

3. There exist some risks to change the CPU frequency for the CPU or motherboard. StepEasy

can decrease the risks to minimum. But Legend QDI will not be responsible for any damages caused.

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Notice

The information in this document is subject to change in order to improve reliability, design, or function without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of this company. In no event will we be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or the possibility of such damages.

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

If you need any further information, please visit our web-site: “www.qdigrp.com”.

Item Checklist

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

KuDoz 7 series motherboard QDI Driver CD 2000 I/O shield( manufacturing option ) 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 2 10-pin ribbon cables with bracket for USB3,4,5,6( manufacturing option ) 1 Smart Card Reader cable( manufacturing option ) User’s manual

Motherboard Layout

Note: This layout is just for your reference.

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

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

Caution 1

Caution 2

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

Note:

This manual is suitable for KuDoz 7 series of motherboards. Each motherboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants different features. KuDoz 7: without onboard Audio( AC’97 ) and onboard

SoundBlaster( Creative

CT5880 )

-A: with onboard Audio( AC’97 )

-C: with onboard SoundBlaster( Creative

CT5880 )

Advance 12

KinetiZ 7B/F

Form Factor: ATX CPU: Socket-370 Chipset: VIA Apollo Pro266 FSB: 66/100/133MHz Memory: 3 PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAM IDE: ATA 100/66/33 AGP: 4x I/O: 5 PCI/1 AGP Pro/1 ACR/1 SCR/

1 IrDA/6 USB

Optional:

Onboard AC’97 Audio Creative CT5880 Hardware Audio Onboard 100/10 Mb Ethernet

QDI Innovations:

SpeedEasy , BootEasy, LogoEasy, ManageEasy , BIOS-ProtectEasy, RecoveryEasy

Form Factor: ATX CPU: Socket-A Chipset: VIA Apollo KT133 FSB: 200MHz Memory: 3 PC100/133/VCM SDRAM IDE: A T A 100/66/33 AGP: 4x I/O: 1 ISA/5 PCI/1 AGP/1 AMR/

1 IrDA/4 USB

Optional:

Onboard AC’97 Audio Creative CT5880 Hardware Audio

QDI Innovations:

BootEasy, LogoEasy , ManageEasy , BIOS-ProtectEasy, RecoveryEasy

Form Factor: microATX CPU: Socket-A Chipset: VIA Apollo KLE133 FSB: 200MHz Memory: 2 PC100/133 SDRAM IDE: ATA 100/66/33 AGP: 4x I/O: 1 ISA/3 PCI/1 AMR/1 IrDA/4 USB Audio: Onboard AC’97 Audio Optional:

Onboard 100/10 Mb Ethernet

QDI Innovations:

BootEasy , LogoEasy, ManageEasy , BIOS-ProtectEasy, RecoveryEasy

KinetiZ 7E

KinetiZ 7L

Form Factor: ATX CPU: Socket-A Chipset: VIA Apollo KT133A FSB: 200/266MHz Memory: 3 PC100/133/VCM SDRAM IDE: A T A 100/66/33 AGP: 4x I/O: 1 ISA/5 PCI/1 AGP/1 AMR/

1 IrDA/4 USB

Optional:

Onboard AC’97 Audio Creative CT5880 Hardware Audio

QDI Innovations:

BootEasy, LogoEasy , ManageEasy , BIOS-ProtectEasy, RecoveryEasy

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