QDI K7VM400M Pro Series Manual Download

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BIOS Description

QDI

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabled

Tests floppy drives to determine whether they

Disabled

have 40 or 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock

Keypad is used as number keys.

Status

Off

Keypad is used as arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

Normal

The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard

Fast

The A20 signal is controlled by Port92.

Typematic Rate

Enabled

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the

Setting

Disabled

keyboard controller - when enabled, the typematic
ate and typematic delay can be selected.

Typematic Rate

6-30

The rate at which character repeats when you

(chars/sec)

hold down a key.

Typematic Delay

250-1000

The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat.

(Msec)

Security Option

Setup

Select whether the password is required every

System

time the system boot or only when you enter setup.

OS Select For

Non-OS2

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2

DRAM>64MB

OS2

operating system with more than 64MB of RAM.

Video BIOS Shadow

Enabled

Video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video Shadow
will increase the video speed.

Disabled

Invalidates this feature.

Small Logo (EPA)

Enabled

The EPA logo will be shown automatically when

show

Disabled

system boots up, otherwise, no logo appears on
the screen.

Summary of Contents for K7VM400M Pro Series

Page 1: ...f 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 This item checklist is only available for retail market Completely check your package If you discover dam aged or missing items contact your retailer K7VM400M series mainboard QDI Utility CD 1HD ribbon ca...

Page 2: ...ments of radio 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 Residential commercial and light industry European Representative QDI COMPUTER UK LTD QDI COMPUTER SCANDINAVIA A S QDISYSTEMHANDELGMBH QDI EUROPE B V QDICOMPUTER FRANCE SARL QDICOMPUTERHANDEL...

Page 3: ...t Mainboard 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 caus...

Page 4: ...8 Hard Disk LED Connector HD_LED 8 Reset Switch RESET 8 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 9 Power LED Connector PWR_LED 9 GreenLEDConnector GREEN_LED reserved 9 ACPILEDConnector ACPI_LED reserved 9 Hardware Green Connector SLEEP SW 9 USB4 5 10 Infrared Header IrDA 10 Wake Up On LAN WOL1 optional 11 Wake Up On Internal Modem WOM 1 optional 11 FanConnectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN 12 AudioConnectors CD_IN1 MODEM_IN...

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Page 6: ...the CPU and the heatsink to keep them fully contacted to meet the heat sink require ment Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or re moving expansion cards RAM or other system peripherals other wise your mainboard and RAM might be seriously damaged ...

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Page 9: ...only and ATA133 100 66 33 give customers an advanced multimedia solu tion at reasonable price It provides 200 266 333MHz host bus speed to support AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron socket A processors and the DDR200 266 333 memory It also pro vides advanced features such as Wake up by USB devices Wake on LAN Wake on Modem optional and Keyboard Password Power on functions Suspending to RAM the op timal im...

Page 10: ...Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD ROM drives Onboard LAN optional 10 100 Mbit sec Ethernet support 10 100M LAN interface built in on board USB 2 0 USB 2 0 compliant operates at 480Mbps about 40X times faster than USB 1 1 which cur rently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps Provides 6 USB 2 0 ports Onboard I O One floppy port supporting up to two ...

Page 11: ...or supports AGP 3 0 including AGP 8X data transfers Advanced features PCI 2 2 Specification Compliant Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard Supports Windows 98 2000 ME XP soft off Supports Wake on LAN and Wake on Modem optional Supports Keyboard Password Power on function Supports hot plug Two SATA devices including SATA HDD and CDROM DVD ROM devices Supports 150Mbps transfer rate BIOS Licensed ad...

Page 12: ...QDI QDI Main Expansion Slots and Connectors Slot Port Quantity Description PCI 3 PCI slots IDE 2 IDE ports FLOPPY 1 Floppy Drive port DDR 2 DIMM socket USB 6 USB connectors AGP 1 AGP slot LAN 1 LAN connector COM 1 COM connectors PARALLEL 1 Parallel connector IrDA 1 IrDA connector ...

Page 13: ...gs Refer to the mainboard layout chart for 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 state of the jumpers connectors and ports are illustrated in the follow ing figures Before setting the jumpers or inserting these connectors please pay attention to the direction ...

Page 14: ...oard LAN Parallel Port Serial Port Connector COM1 and VGA Port The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer The serial port COM1connector can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port mouse You can enable disable them and choose the IRQ or I O address in Integrated Peripherals from AWARD BIOS SETUP The VGA connector is for output to a VGA Com...

Page 15: ... available the front Left Right jack can be connected to the Front speskers the Back Left Right jack can be connected to the rear speakers and the Center Woofer jack can be connected to the center speaker and woofer Microphone function is offered by F_AUDIO Connector on the mainboard now If set 2 Channel Audio mode on 6A or 6AL mainboard you can connect two speakers to the Front Left Right jack at...

Page 16: ...y Connector Power Switch POWER SW The power switch POWER SW should be connected to a momentary switch When powering up your system first turn on the mechanical switch of the power supply if one is provided then push once the power switch When powering off the system you needn t turn off the mechanical switch just push once the power switch If you change Soft off by PWR BTTN from default Instant of...

Page 17: ...e ACPI LED is a dual 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 on When the system is in S1 status the LED is green blink When the system is in S3 status the LED is orange on When the system is in S4 S5 status the LED is off...

Page 18: ... also have one 10 pin headers on board which may connect to front panel USB cable optional to provide additional four USB ports Infrared Header IrDA This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device Before using this function configure the settings for IR Address IR Mode and IR IRQ from the INTEGRATED PERIPH ERALS section of the CMOS SETUP IrDA VCC IRRX GND IRTX CUT USB4 5 5V D0 D...

Page 19: ...e CMOS SETUP Save and exit then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect Wake Up On Internal Modem WOM1 optional Through this function the system which is in the suspend or soft off status can be waked up by a ring signal received from the internal modem When this function is used be sure an internal modem card which supports this function is used Then connect this he...

Page 20: ...he 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 Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in PC Health section of the CMOS SETUP SYS_FAN CPU_FAN 12V GND SENSE 12V...

Page 21: ...is absent Pin9 and Pin10 Pin5 and Pin6 must be short connected Onboard SATA CN8 CN9 with 8237 only provides two Serial ATA connectors SATA is a storage interface that is compli ant with SATA 1 0 Specification With speed of up to 150Mbps you can connect Serial ATA cable to Serial ATA hard disk F_AUDIO Pin No Symbol Pin No Symbol 1 MIC_IN 2 GND AUD 3 MIC_BIAS 4 VCC 5 LO_R 6 LOR 7 NC 8 Cut away 9 LO_...

Page 22: ...ck panel the mainboard also supply a COM2 connector which connects with serial mouse MODEM and other serial device GAME Port provides a 16 pin connector for connecting an external game MIDI port COM2 GAME_PORT 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Pin Function Pin Function 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 JAB1 4 JBB1 5 JACX 6 JBCX 7 GND 8 MSO 9 GND 10 JBCY 11 JACY 12 JBB2 13 JAB2 14 MSI 15 VCC 16 CUT ...

Page 23: ...igital audio input from digital audio devices optional The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio data or com pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder IEEE 1394_1 port optional Besides one 1394 port on the back panel the mainboard also have one 10 pin header on board to provide IEEE 1394 port IEEE1394_1 Power TPB NC GND 1 TPB TPA TPA Power GND GND ...

Page 24: ...hite line Pin1 referring to the mainboard s silkscreen Jumpers with three pins will be shown as to represent pin1 pin2 1 2 closed and to represent pin2 pin3 2 3 closed Jumper Symbol Description Represent set pin1 and pin2 closed set pin2 and pin3 closed close set the pins closed open set the pins opened Clear CMOS JCC If you want to clear CMOS unplug the AC power supply first close JCC pin3 pin2 o...

Page 25: ...tem can be overclocked depends on the capability of your processor and memory Whether the processor is bus ratio locked or unlocked should also be taken into account For bus ratio unlocked processor this overclocking feature can be implemented by setting FSB as 100x2 133x2 166x2MHz meanwhile adjusting the bus ratio multiplier in QDI Innovation features in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup and memorry Be sure ...

Page 26: ...et enabling 100MHz VLINK clock with pin1 pin2 closed set disabling 100MHz VLINK clock with pin1 pin2 opened Enable Disable SATA master slave mode JSATA optional The mainboard provides jumper to set enabling SATA master slave mode with pin1 pin2 closed set disabling SATA master slave mode with pin1 pin2 opened JVLINK Disable 100MHz VLINK clock Enable 100MHz VLINK clock JSATA Disable SATA master sla...

Page 27: ...nterface 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 JAV1 as closed makes flashing BIOS and updating DMI information impossible Therefore set JAV1 as open when changing the syste...

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Page 29: ...ription Chapter 3 The mainboard uses AWARD BIOS Setup program that provides a Setup utility for users to modify the basic sys tem configuration The information is stored in CMOS RAM so it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off This chapter provides you with the over view of the BIOS Setup ...

Page 30: ...ite 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 8 24Q 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 qdi...

Page 31: ... AWARD 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 Optimized Defaults The Optimized Defaults are common and efficient It is recommended users load the opti mized defaults first then modify the needed con...

Page 32: ...ve 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 follow ing items Enter the information direct...

Page 33: ...ll 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 div...

Page 34: ...system boot will not stop for any errors detected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted All But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error but it will Keyboard stop for all other errors All But The system boot will not stop for a disk error but it will stop for Diskette all other errors All But The system boot will not stop for...

Page 35: ...ch item and describes their meaning Item Option Description SpeedEasy setting CPU Host PCI Clock Default Set CPU Host or PCI frequency 100 33MHz 166 33MHz 220 73 37 DRAM Clock By SPD Set DRAM frequency by SPD 100MHz Set DRAM frequency manually 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz BootLogo setting Full Screen Logo show Enabled The full screen EPA logo can be shown when system boots show up Disabled Close this func...

Page 36: ...g QDI BootEasy Support Enabled PC boot in rapid speed without any redunant feature waiting for the displaying of starting OS Disabled PC boot in the legacy BIOS way BIOS ProtectEasy setting Flash Write Protect Enabled This option is for protecting the system BIOS Disabled when enabled writing to BIOS area is to be discarded ...

Page 37: ...ables CPU internal cache Disabled Disables CPU internal cache External Cache Enabled Enables CPU external cache Disabled Disables CPU external cache First Second Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority It could be Third Boot Device Floppy Disabled Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 HHDD 2 HDD 3 SCSI CDROM LAN Boot Other Device Enabled Enables boot other device Disabled Disables boot other device Swap Floppy Dr...

Page 38: ...e typematic ate and typematic delay can be selected Typematic Rate 6 30 The rate at which character repeats when you chars sec hold down a key Typematic Delay 250 1000 The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat Msec Security Option Setup Select whether the password is required every System time the system boot or only when you enter setup OS Select For Non OS2 Select OS2 only if you are running O...

Page 39: ...ter to set the items about AGP Control CPU PCI Bus Press Enter Press enter to set the items about CPU Control System BIOS Enabled Besides conventional memory system BIOS area is Cacheable also cacheabl Disabled Video BIOS area is not cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Enabled Besides conventional memory video RAM area is also cacheable Disabled Video RAM area is not cacheable Auto detect DIMM PCI Enabl...

Page 40: ...erleave 2 bank or 4 bank Disabled Disable bank interleave technology Precharge to 2T 3T 4T 5T Define the idle clocks after issuing a precharge Active Trp command to the SDRAM Tras Non DDR400 6T 8T 5T 6T Define the number of SDRAM clocks used for DDR400 7T 10T 8T 12T SDRAM parameters Active to 2T 3T 4T 5T Define the latency between the SDRAM active CMD Trcd command and the Read Write command DRAM B...

Page 41: ...AGP driving value AGP Fast Write Enabled Enables AGP Fast Write Disabled Disables AGP Fast Write AGP Master 1 WS Enabled Enables AGP Master 1 WS Write Write Disabled Disables AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Enabled Enables AGP Master 1 WS Read Read Disabled Disables AGP Master 1 WS Read AGP 3 0 Calibration Enabled Enables AGP calibration cycle cycle Disabled Disables AGP calibration cycle VG...

Page 42: ... WS Write AGP Master 0 WS Enabled Enables AGP Master 0 WS Write Write Disabled Disables AGP Master 0 WS Write CPU PCI Post Write Enabled Enables CPU PCI Post Write Disabled Disables CPU PCI Post Write CPU AGP Post Write Enabled Enables CPU AGP Post Write Disabled Disables CPU AGP Post Write Vlink 8X Support Enabled Vlink bus support Disabled PCI Delay Enabled Enables PCI Delay Transaction Transact...

Page 43: ...ond Channel Channel 0 1 Disabled Disables OnChip IDE First Second Channel IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Enables IDE Prefetch Mode Disabled Disables IDE Prefetch Mode Primary 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 Primary Secondary Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an ultra DMA Master Slave UDMA...

Page 44: ...CI controller USB device Function Enabled Supports USB device function Disabled Does not support USB device function USB Legacy KB Enabled Supports USB keyboard under legacy OS Support Disabled Does not support USB keyboard under legacy OS USB Legacy Mouse Enabled Supports USB mouse under legacy OS Support Disabled Does not support USB mouse under legacy OS Super IO Device Press Enter Enters to se...

Page 45: ...PP Mode as EPP 1 7 or EPP1 9 Version EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA 1 3 Sets DMA for ECP mode use Game Port Address 200 Sets Game Port address When CT5880 onboard this item will hide Disabled Disables Game Port Midi Port Address 300 330 Sets Midi Port address When CT5880 onboard this item will hide Disabled Disables Midi port MidiI Port IRQ 5 10 Sets Midi Port IRQ When CT5880 onboard this item will hide ...

Page 46: ...er Define Users can configure their own Power Management Timer Optional 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 HDD Power Down Disabled HDD s motor will not be off by timer 1 15 Min Define the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD en ters power saving mode motor off Suspend Mod...

Page 47: ...he V H SYNC signals the electron gun will be turned off MODEM Use IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 Special Wake up event for Modem 11 NA This function is not applied Soft Off by Instant Off The system will immediately power off once the power PWR BTTN button is pressed Delay 4 sec The system will power off when power button is pressed for 4 seconds IRQ Event Activity Press Enter Enters to set the following items ...

Page 48: ...D active reloads global timer Off HDD FDD active has no influence to global timer PCI Master On PCI Master active reloads global timer Off PCI Master active has no influence to global timer Power On by PCI Enabled Enables to wake up by PCI card Card Disabled Disables to wake up by PCI card Wake up Lan Ring Enabled Enables Lan ring to wakeup Disabled Invalidate this function RTC Alarm Enabled RTC a...

Page 49: ...pter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Item Option Description 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 IRQ3 IRQ15 to wake up Disabled Disables IRQ3 IRQ15 to wake up ...

Page 50: ...ned by BIOS Reset Configuration Enabled The system 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 manually Auto ESCD Assigns system resources IRQ and DMA auto matically by BIOS PCI VGA Palette Enabled Enables PCI VGA Palette Snoop Snoop Disabled Disable...

Page 51: ... CPU 500 C 1220 F An alarm will beep when the CPU temperature reaches Temperature 550 C 1310 F the previous setting 500 C 1220 F 550 C 1310 F 600 C 1400 F 600 C 1400 F 650 C 1490 F 700 C 1580 F 750 C 1670 F 650 C 1490 F 800 C 1760 F 850 C 1850 F 900 C 1940 F 700 C 1580 F 750 C 1670 F 800 C 1760 F 850 C 1850 F 900 C 1940 F Disabled No alarm beep Current CPU The temperature of CPU Temperature Curren...

Page 52: ...eed value is Current SYSFAN based on an assumption that tachometer signal is two pulses Speed per revolution In other cases you should regard it relatively Vcore CPU Display current voltage value including all significant voltages 3 3V of the mainboard 3 3V 12V are voltages from the power 12 V supply Vcore CPU Voltage is the CPU core voltage from the on board switching Power Supply The VBAT Voltag...

Page 53: ...u can enter BIOS Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED If you have selected System in Security Option of BIOS Features Setup menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system reboots or any time you try to enter BIOS Setup If you have selected Setup at Security Option from BIOS Features Setup menu you will be prompted for the password only when you enter BIOS Setup Supervisor Password has ...

Page 54: ...The files included in Utility are A Awd824Q exe B Cblogo exe C Lf exe The files included in Documents are A Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 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 vi ruses at the time you use them scans all local hard drives for viruses...

Page 55: ...o Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek VT1616 chip to function properly before you can get access to 6 channel audio operations Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems 1 Insert the companion CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automati cally appear 2 Select the Sound Driver Attaching speakers To perform multichannel audio...

Page 56: ...48 Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix QDI QDI QDI QDI QDI Digital Audio Output Description Connnet the SPDIF speakers to the Coaxial SPDIF jack Coaxial SPDIF jack ...

Page 57: ...Channel Setting 1 Click the Volume control icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Click the Options and then Advanced controls 3 Then click the Advanced of front speaker 4 The following window appears select the Smart 5 1 Enable then click Close ...

Page 58: ...click the Advanced of rear speaker 6 The following window appears select the Magic 5 1 Enable then click Close 7 Open the Control panel of windows 2000 select the Sound Speech and Audio Devices and then Sounds and Audio Devices the following window appears Click the Audio tab ...

Page 59: ...51 K7VM400M K7VM400M K7VM400M K7VM400M K7VM400M 8 Click the Advanced 9 The following window appears and select the 5 1 surround sound speakers ...

Page 60: ...ngle 2 Look for the cut edge The cut edge should point towards the lever pivot The CPU will only fit in the correct orientation If the CPU is correctly installed the pins should be com pletely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Warning Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating ...

Page 61: ...Mainboard Layout K7VM400M Note The layout includes all options It is for your reference only ...

Page 62: ...PCI 2 AGP Socket 462 IDE1 IDE2 North Bridge South Bridge DIMM2 DIMM1 PCI 1 Top PS 2 Mouse Bttm PS 2 Keyboard VGA COM1 LPT FDD1 CPUFAN1 CD_IN1 IR1 SPDIF1 SYSFAN ATX_ POWER USB4 5 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 SATA1 SATA2 WOL1 WOM1 IEEE1394_1 GAME_PORT1 CN10 MOD IN1 F_AUDIO Top 1394 Bttm USB2 3 Top LAN Bttm USB0 1 Top Line in Middle Speaker out Bttm Mic in JVLINK JSATA JFSB1 JFSB0 JCC JAV1 ...

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