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BIOS Features Setup

Figure-4   BIOS Features Setup Menu

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

      Item

 Option                              Description

ChipAway

Enabled

Guards against boot virus threats early in the boot

Virus On Guard

cycle, before they have a chance to load into your

                                                          system, ensuring your computer boots to a clean

                                                            operating system.

Disabled

Invalidates this function.

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CPU

 Enabled

Enables CPU internal Level1/Level2 cache.

   L1/L2 Cache      

       Disabled

Disables CPU internal Level1/Level2 cache.

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CPU

Enabled

Enables  CPU L2 Cache ECC (Error Checking

   L2 Cache

and C orrection) function.

   ECC

Disabled

Disables CPU L2 Cache ECC function.

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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.

Boot  From  LAN

Enabled

Boot from LAN is ahead of  any boot sequence

   First

selection (LAN Adapter must support this function).

Disabled

Does not boot from LAN first.

Boot Sequence

C,A,SCSI,...

Any search s equency can be chosen for booting.

C,CDROM,A

                                    LS/ZIP, C

Chapter 3

Summary of Contents for BrillianX 8V

Page 1: ...tions of QDI such as SpeedEasy and LogoEasy technologies you get a powerful corporate system Key Features Form factor l ATX form factor of 305mm x 190mm Microprocessor l Supports allIntel Pentium II p...

Page 2: ...g damage to the parallelport when a connected printer is powered up or operates at a higher voltage l Supports LS 120 floppy disk drive l All I O ports can be enabled disabled in the BIOS setup Advanc...

Page 3: ...Green function l Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface andODPM OS Directed Power Management l Supports three green modes Doze Standby and Suspend Expansion slots l 3 ISA slots and...

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Page 5: ...dding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals otherwise your motherboard and expan sion cards might be seriously damaged External Connectors PS 2 Keyboard Connector PS 2 Mouse Connecto...

Page 6: ...power button should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system powers down Hard Disk LED Connector HD_LED The connector connects to the case s IDE indicator LED indicating the activitystatus...

Page 7: ...he system is powered up the LED is on When the system enters suspend mode the LED will flash Hardware Green Connector SLEEP Push once the switch connected to this header and the system will enter susp...

Page 8: ...Then connectthis header to the relevant connector on the LAN adapter set Wake Up On LAN as Enabled in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP section of the BIOS Save exit then boot the operating system once to m...

Page 9: ...chassis has been opened You can either get this information from System Monitor of BIOS software optional or QDI ManageEasy software Sound Connector SBLINK This connector is for the usage of PCI soun...

Page 10: ...mory Both 66MHz 100MHz SDRAM with SPD and 66MHz EDO DIMMs are supported The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations Rules for populating a 440BX memory array l Processors with 100MHz...

Page 11: ...mat A s from the DOS prompt under DOS6 xx or Windows 9x environment 2 Copy FLASH EXE from the directory Utility on the QDI Motherboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated...

Page 12: ...Be sure your new BIOS is compatible with your MB If not the system will be damaged g Retrieves BIOS file from BIOS ROM Examples A FLASH EXE BIOSfile bin A FLASH EXE BIOSfile bin cdpc n A FLASH EXE BI...

Page 13: ...arrow keys to select among the items and press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu The ESC key can be used to exit the submenu Figure 1 Main Menu Note The System Monitor ite m will not be di...

Page 14: ...formation 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 PRE COMP write pre compensation...

Page 15: ...will not stop for a disk error but it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot willnot stop for a keyboard or disk error but it will stop for all other errors Memory This is aDi...

Page 16: ...or Pentium II 66MHz front side bus processors you can choose from 200MHz 66X3 233MHz 66X3 5 266MHz 66x4 300MHz 66X4 5 or 333MHz 66X5 For Pentium II processors with 100MHz front side bus you can select...

Page 17: ...rnalLevel1 Level2 cache L1 L2 Cache Disabled Disables CPU internalLevel1 Level2 cache l CPU Enabled Enables CPU L2 Cache ECC ErrorChecking L2 Cache and Correction function ECC Disabled Disables CPU L2...

Page 18: ...t up but access to BIOS Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered when prompted l IDE second Enabled Enablesthe second IDE channel channel control Disabled Disables thesecond IDE cha...

Page 19: ...DRAMRead Enabled Enables DRAM Read Pipeline Pipeline Disabled Disables DRAM Read Pipeline l Cache Rd CPU wt Enabled Enables Read Around Write pipeline Disabled Disables Read Around Write l CacheTimin...

Page 20: ...nchip USB Enabled This item is used to enable or disable onchip Disabled USB Controller l CloseEmpty Enabled Closes empty DIMM clock or PCI clock to reduce DIMM PCI Clk EMI Disabled Doesnot close empt...

Page 21: ...in their MIN values l PMControlby No System BIOS will ignore APM when Power APM Managementis enabled Yes System BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before entering any PMmode e g Standby or Suspend l Vide...

Page 22: ...ystem willnever enter Suspend mode 10Sec 1Hr Defines the continuous idletime before the system enters the Suspend mode If any items defined in Reload GlobalTimer Events are On and activated the system...

Page 23: ...l timer Secondary No influence to global timer only finish an operation that IRQ X requests Disabled No influence to global timer l HDD Down Enabled HDD s motor willbe turned off when the system In Su...

Page 24: ...ESCD then automatically set this item as Disabled Disabled Disables the forced update ESCD function l IRQ 3 IRQ 15 Legacy ISA The specified IRQ x willbe assigned to ISA only assigned to PCI ISA PnP Th...

Page 25: ...er 1 ws Write l AGP Master 1 ws Enabled Enables AGP Master 1 ws Read Read Disabled Disables AGP Master 1 ws Read l PCIIRQ Actived Level Select PCI IRQ Activemode By Edge l Assign IRQ Enabled Assigns a...

Page 26: ...y secondary master slave Primary Secondary PIOmode Master SlavePIO Auto The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto detection l IDE Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if ultra DMA device Primary Secondary is...

Page 27: ...d rate up to 57600bps IrDA Supports IrDA version1 0SIR protocolwith maxiumum baud rate upto 115 2Kbps l Onboard Parallel 378 IRQ7 Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ Port 1 2 278 IRQ5 channe...

Page 28: ...ter signal is two pulses per revolution In other cases you should regard it relatively l 3 3V Voltage 3 32V Displays current Voltage values including all VTT 1 5 Voltage 1 37V the mostimportant voltag...

Page 29: ...rm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter CMOS Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED Ifyouhave selected System in Password Setting of BIOS FeaturesSe...

Page 30: ...like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation Figure 11 IDEHDD Auto DetectionMenu 1 Setup Chang es With auto detection BIOS setup will display all possible modes supported by the HDD including NORMAL...

Page 31: ...8 4 Gigabytes LARGE mode Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support in some cases users do not want LBA The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kindsof HDD...

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Page 33: ...ing USB supple ment provided by Microsoft also DirectX 5 0 from Microsoft 4 ACPIPatch Program Installed on Windows 95 or Windows 98 2 PC cillin Anti Virus software For Windows 95 English version it is...

Page 34: ...board 2 If choosing to use CeleronTM Processor snap on Celeron fittings onto the PlasticGuide 3 Please note the Plastic Guide has oneorientation If one way doesn t fit change the direction to the othe...

Page 35: ...M a nua l f or B r i l l i a nX 8V 3 Insert Pentium II or CeleronTM Processorin Slot1 4 Clip Plastic Bar onto the HSSBASE through the fins on the processors heatsink Appendix...

Page 36: ...completed as shown below Remark Please skip step2 and step4 for Boxed Pentium II Processor and refer to relevant details of this kind of processor for your installation S E C Cartridge Retention Mecha...

Page 37: ...directly You can use cblogo exe included on the QDI Motherboard Utility CD to replace it by any other logo which you prefer Regarding the method of using cblogo exe utility please refer to it s onlin...

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