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J6A series mainboard
QDI Driver CD
User’s manual
1 IDE ribbon cable
1 floppy ribbon cable
I/O shield(option)
1 10-pin ribbon cable with bracket for USB (optional)

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Summary of Contents for J6A

Page 1: ...the possibility of such damages All trademarks are the property of their respective owners If you require further information please visit our web site www qdigrp com Item Checklist This item checkli...

Page 2: ...disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment EN 50081 1 Generic emission standard Part 1 Residential commercial and light industry EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 Reside...

Page 3: ...ufacturer Quantum Designs HK Ltd 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...

Page 4: ...LED Connector HD_LED 6 Reset Switch RESET 6 ACPI LED Connector ACPI_LED 7 ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors and Power Switch POWER SW 7 USB3 4 and Serial Port Connector 8 Infrared Header IrDA 8 FanConne...

Page 5: ...23 PnP PCIConfigurationsSetup 26 Integrated Peripherals 27 PC Health Status 29 Password Setting 31 Boot with BIOS defaults 31 Appendix 32 QDI Utility CD 32 Norton AntiVirus 32 LogoEasyII 33 BIOS Prot...

Page 6: ...ther system peripherals especially the memory devices otherwise your mainboard or the system memory might be seriously damaged Caution Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and the heats...

Page 7: ...gement and hardware monitoring Especially it supports television display and IEEE1394 which is ideal for playing games giving presentations watching movies and browsing the Internet with a high qualit...

Page 8: ...dio Standard AC 97 Codec interface Provides onboard Line in Jack Microphone in Jack Speaker out Jack with onboard amplifierandMIDI JoystickConnector Onboard AGP Supports AGP 4x Integrated 2D 3D Graphi...

Page 9: ...SB connectors VGA 1 VGA connector LAN 1 LAN connector UART 2 UART connectors PARALLEL 1 Parallel connector IrDA 1 IrDA connector MIDI Joystick 1 MIDI Joystick connector IEEE 1394 2 IEEE 1394 connector...

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Page 11: ...please pay attention to the directions 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...

Page 12: ...evice such as a printer The VGA connector is for output to a VGA compatible device You can enable disable them and choosetheIRQorI Oaddressin INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS inAWARD BIOS SETUP The Video SPDIF o...

Page 13: ...hange 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 d...

Page 14: ...And the mainboard also have two headers on board which may connect to a cable to provide two additionalUARTports Infrared Header IrDA This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving devic...

Page 15: ...system enters suspend mode Audio Connectors CD_IN AUX_IN CD_IN is a sony standard CD audio connector it can be connected to a CD ROM drive through a CD audio cable AUX_IN allow you to receive stereo a...

Page 16: ...4 Integrated Devices such as 1394 AUDIO 1394 VIDEO It enhances the connectivity of the mainboard for consumer making it an ideal solution for delivering optimum performance and ease of use for in home...

Page 17: ...I information will be updated automatically However setting jumper JAV as closed makes flashing BIOS and updating DMI information impossible Therefore set JAV as open when changing the sys tem hardwar...

Page 18: ...pin2 closed for use SPDIF OUT function 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 the...

Page 19: ...6 xx or Windows 9x environment 2 Copy AWDFLASH EXE version 8 03 from the directory Utility located on QDI Driver CD to your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated BIOS file from the Website http...

Page 20: ...select among the items and press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Load Optimized Defaults The Optimized Defaults are common and efficient It is recommended users load...

Page 21: ...2 IDE channels installed in the computer system TherearethreechoicesprovidedfortheEnhancedIDEBIOS None Auto andManual None means no HDD is installed or set Auto means the system can auto detect the h...

Page 22: ...bed 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...

Page 23: ...tected 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...

Page 24: ...d 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 t...

Page 25: ...led by the keyboard Option controller or chipset hardware Fast The A20 signal is controlled by Port92 Security Option System Selects whether the password is required every Setup time the system boots...

Page 26: ...up Enabled The logo will be shown when system boots up Logo Disabled The logo will not be shown when system boots up Flash Write Enabled This option is for protecting the system BIOS from Protect bein...

Page 27: ...are of selected DRAM read write DRAM Timing Normal Medium timing Default setting is recommended Fast Turbo SDRAM Cycle 2 3 Defines the CLT timing parameter of SDRAM Length Auto expressed in 66MHz cloc...

Page 28: ...Disabled USB keyboard support is disabled Onchip Sound Auto Enables AC97 function Disable Disables AC97 function CPU to PCI Write Enabled Enables CPU to PCI Write Buffer Buffer Disabled Disables CPU...

Page 29: ...he continuous HDD idle time before the Down HDD entering power saving mode motor off Disable Invalidates this function Doze Mode 1Min 1Hour Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering...

Page 30: ...r state Off On when the Power Failure Off On AC power supply resumes Wake Up Events Press Enter Sets the following items VGA On VGA active reloads global timer Off VGA active has no influence to globa...

Page 31: ...me Time Sets the resume time of RTC IRQs Activity Press Enter Reloads global timer Monitoring Primary INTR On Allows wake up from IRQ Off Does not allow wake up from IRQ IRQ3 IRQ15 Enabled Enables IRQ...

Page 32: ...BIOS will reset configuration data Data once then automatically set this item as disabled Disabled Disables this function Resources Manual Assigns the system resources IRQ and DMA Controlled By manual...

Page 33: ...defined by auto detection Primary Secondary Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an ultra DMA Master Slave UDMA device is detected Disable Disables this function Init Display First PCI SLOT Initial...

Page 34: ...he parallel port mode as Standard Parallel Mode EPP Port Normal Enhanced Parallel Port EPP ECP EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP ECP ECP Mode Use 1 3 Sets DMA for ECP mode use DMA Parallel Port EP...

Page 35: ...tting 560 C 1330 F 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 600 C 1400 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 630 C 1450 F 70 C 158 F 660 C 1510 F 700 C 1580 F Disable No alarm beep Current CPU System Temp Temper...

Page 36: ...ays current Voltage values including all 2 5V significant voltages of the mainboard 3 3V 3 3V 12V and 5V are voltages from the 5V ATX power supply Vcore Voltage is the 12V CPUcorevoltagefrom theonboar...

Page 37: ...SABLED 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 Ifyouha...

Page 38: ...robat Reader V5 0 B J6A french doc J6A Spanish doc etc Norton AntiVirus When you install Norton AntiVirus and accept options your computer is safe Norton AntiVirus automatically checks boot records fo...

Page 39: ...supports simulta neous display of logo and sign on message of the BIOS testing system LOGOEASY II is a tool that can be operated in multi platforms to refresh and change LOGO graph ics including DOS W...

Page 40: ...e 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...

Page 41: ...r 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 crea...

Page 42: ...ering 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 DO...

Page 43: ...verse 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 messag...

Page 44: ...on 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...

Page 45: ...e 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 p...

Page 46: ...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 r...

Page 47: ...alling 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 protect...

Page 48: ...recovered once again 13 What if users lose the password To make sure the security the password is saved in the hard disk It s very impor tant for users to remember the password If forgetting the pass...

Page 49: ...QDI Innovation 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 free...

Page 50: ...d kann so innerhalb von wenigen Sekunden den Boot Prozess abschlie en Bei nderungen am System beispielsweise nach dem Einbau eines neuen Prozessors muss deshalb zuvor die BootEasy Funktion deaktiviert...

Page 51: ...serte el procesador en el socket y conecte el ventilador del procesador en el conector de su placa base QDI J6A marcado como CPUFAN 6 Inserte los m dulos de memoria en los bancos de memoria DIMM de su...

Page 52: ...ccionar la secuencia de inicio correcta para que el sistema operativo pueda iniciarse 5 Despu s de la instalaci n del sistema operativo aseg rese que no hay conflictos con ning n dispositivo de su sis...

Page 53: ...or J6A series Los ficheros incluidos en Utility son A Awdflash exe B Cblogo exe C Lf exe Los ficheros incluidos en Documents son A Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 B J6A French doc J6A Spanish doc etc J6Aen...

Page 54: ...trique reli au bo tier d alimentation de l unit centrale de l ordinateur est d connect Se relier la terre gr ce un bracelet li au poignet A d faut de disposer d un bracelet maintenir un contact physiq...

Page 55: ...nt que le liser rouge de ces derni res correspond l emplacement de la broche num ro 1 du connecteur 9 Connecter les c bles de l unit centrale de l ordinateur sur les broches int gr es la carte m re de...

Page 56: ...syst me Dans ce but il est important de v rifier que la s quence de d marrage du syst me param trable partir du menu de BIOS permet la proc dure d installation du syst me d exploitation de s initiali...

Page 57: ...le dossier A QflashV1 0 B Norton AntiVirus 2002 3 Browse CD Avec cette option il est possible de consulter l ensemble des donn es contenues sur le CD ROM d installation QDI Applications contenues dans...

Page 58: ...ollegato nello speciale connettore targato CPUFAN 6 Inserire il modulo i di memoria nell apposito memory slots 7 Inserire le periferiche Pci negli appositi Pci slots 8 Collegare le periferiche IDE e i...

Page 59: ...ste condizioni di partenza la sequenza di boot 5 Dopo una giusta installazione accertarsi che non vi siano conflitti tra le periferiche in uso 6 Dopo questo ultimo passo procedere all installazione de...

Page 60: ...Mainboard Layout Note The layout includes all options It is for your reference only J6Aen p65 02 7 29 9 56 54...

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