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PlatiniX 4N series mainboard
QDI Driver CD 2000
User’s manual
1 IDE ribbon cable

              1 floppy ribbon cable

I/O shield(option)
1 10-pin ribbon cable with bracket for USB3 and USB4(option)

Summary of Contents for P4N

Page 1: ...se 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 c...

Page 2: ...nts 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...

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...

Page 4: ..._LED 6 Reset Switch RESET 6 SpeakerConnector SPEAKER 6 ACPI LEDConnector ACPILED 7 GREENLEDConnector GREEN_LED 7 HardwareGreenConnector SLEEPSW 7 PowerLEDConnector PWR_LED 7 Key Lock Connector KEY LK...

Page 5: ...nteringSetup 19 LoadOptimizedDefaults 19 StandardCMOSFeaturesSetup 19 CPUSpeedEasySetup 23 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 24 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 26 PowerManagementSetup 28 PNP PCIConfigurati...

Page 6: ...he PC user who wants diverse features P4N without onboard Audio and onboard LAN P4N A with onboard Audio P4N L with onboard LAN P4N AL with onboard Audio and onboard LAN Be sure to add some Silicone G...

Page 7: ...k wakeup ManageEasy our system management application is also supplied to enable remote monitoring and configuration of the system BootEasy lets the PC boot freely and rapidly Key Features Form factor...

Page 8: ...OM2 COM3 COM4selective with 16 byte send receive FIFO OneparallelportsupportsSPP EPP ECPmode Infrared interface OneGamePort All I O ports can be enabled disabled in the BIOS setup Onboard LAN Availabl...

Page 9: ...temperatures systemvoltages fan speed SupportsQDIManageEasy Providing QDI innovations such as SpeedEasy RecoveryEasy BIOS ProtectEasy to protectthesystemBIOSfrombeingattackedbyseverevirussuchasCIH Log...

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Page 11: ...ease pay attention to the directions External Connectors PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector PS 2 keyboard connector is for the usage of PS 2 keyboard If using a standard AT size keyboard an adapter should...

Page 12: ...orallowsyoutoconnectagamejoystickora MIDIdevice MIDI Joystick Speaker out Line in Microphone in Parallel Port Serial Port Connectors UART1 UART2 Theparallelportconnectorcanbeconnectedtoaparalleldevice...

Page 13: ...V power Note If you change Soft off by PWR BTTN from default Instant off to De lay 4 Sec in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP section of the BIOS the power switch should be pressed for morethan 4 seconds bef...

Page 14: ...heLEDison Hardware Green Connector SLEEP SW Push once the switch connected to this header the system enters suspend mode Power LED Connector PWR LED When the system is in S0 status the LED is on Whent...

Page 15: ...ted to a CD ROM drive through a CD audio cable 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 pho...

Page 16: ...e BIOS TheRIMMFANisusedfordecreasingmemorytemperature Installation Instructions Sound Connector PC PCI This connector provides a bridge between the mainboard and PCI sound card to deliver soundcompati...

Page 17: ...exit then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect Wake Up On LAN WOL Through the Wake Up On LAN function a wake event occurring from the network can wake up the system...

Page 18: ...supportplug and play function Mechanically the CNR shares a PCI slot thus when you insert the CNR card the neighboringPCIslotcannotbeused By using an audio codec the AC 97 digital link providing by CN...

Page 19: ...ips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer Chapter 2 ChassisSecuritySwitch CHSSEC The connector connects to the chassis security switch on the ca...

Page 20: ...n onboard amplifier is needed for the case of earphone plugged into when the FrontAudio jack is inexistence Pin11 and Pin12 Pin13 and Pin14 must be short connected FrontLineOutR FrontLineOutL LineNext...

Page 21: ...rts FLOPPY 1 FloppyDriveport RIMM 4 RIMMsockets USB 4 USBconnectors UART 2 UARTconnectors PARALLEL 1 Parallelconnector IrDA 1 IrDAconnector Intruder Detect Switch JINTR Reserved The connector connects...

Page 22: ...be shown as to represent pin1 pin2 1 2 connected and to represent pin2 pin3 2 3 connected 3 pin 2 pin set pin1 and pin2 closed Symbol Jumper set the pins closed set pin2 and pin3 closed set the pins o...

Page 23: ...of the power supply should be capable of delivering enough current for all the devices connected to the keyboard port if not you will be unable to power up the system using the keyboard 2 If you set...

Page 24: ...e mainboard However in this status the system BIOS is protected from being attacked by serious virus such as CIH virus FlashWriteDisabled FlashWriteEnabled default JAV JAV 1 1 The mainboard provides t...

Page 25: ...DFLASH EXE version 7 95 fromthedirectory UtilitylocatedonQDI Mainboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated BIOS file from the Website http www qdigrp com Please be sure t...

Page 26: ...n setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Load Optimized Defaults The Optimized Def...

Page 27: ...eHDDtypesof2IDEchannelsinstalledinthecomputersystem TherearethreechoicesprovidedfortheEnhancedIDEBIOS None Auto andManual None meansnoHDDisinstalledorset Auto meansthesystemcanauto detecttheharddiskwh...

Page 28: ...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 Awa...

Page 29: ...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 wi...

Page 30: ...lect the multiplication of processor core frequency If a Ratio locked processor installed this item will be hidden This item is only for users who understand all the CPU parameters How ever the multip...

Page 31: ...will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Disabled Invalidates this function CPU L1 L2 Enabled Enable CPU L1 L2 cache Cache Disabled Disable CPU L1 L2 cache Quick Power Enabled Allow the s...

Page 32: ...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 operating DRA...

Page 33: ...lled DRAM System BIOS Enabled Besides conventional memory the system BIOS Cacheable area is also cacheable Disabled System BIOS area is not cacheable VideoBIOS Enabled Besidesconventionalmemory videoB...

Page 34: ...thermal thermal 32Min mode Auto Detect Enabled Close empty PCI clock to reduce EMI PCI Clk Disabled Do not close empty PCI clock Spread Spectrum Disabled Disable Clock Spread Spectrum to reduce EMI 0...

Page 35: ...ment Management Timer Min Saving Pre defined timer values are used All timers are in their MAX values Max Saving Pre defined timer values are used All timers are in their MIN values Video Off Blank Sc...

Page 36: ...e system will immediately power off once the PWR BTTN power button is pressed Delay 4 sec The system will power off when power button is pressed for 4 seconds CPU ThRM 12 5 25 Select the duty cycle of...

Page 37: ...oad Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 1 Enabled Reload global timer when there s an IDE event Secondary IDE 0 1 Disabled Do not reload global timer FDD COM LPT Enabled Reload global timer when there s...

Page 38: ...he system reconfiguration has caused serious conflicts preventing the OS from booting Disabled Disable the configuration data function Resources Auto ESCD BIOS can automatically configure all boot Con...

Page 39: ...MA Primary Secondary device is detected Master Slave UDMA Disabled Disable this function USB Controller Enabled Enable onchip USB controller Disabled Disable onchip USB controller USB Keyboard Enabled...

Page 40: ...password KB Power ON Enter Enter keyboard password Password Onboard FDC Enabled Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled Controller Disabled Onboard floppy disk controller is disabled Onboard 3F8 IR...

Page 41: ...PP EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 Set EPP Mode is EPP 1 7 Version or is 1 9 Version EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA is 1 or 3 DMA 1 PWRON After OFF ON The system remains OFF ON Former state when PW...

Page 42: ...F temperature reaches the previous setting 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 70 C 158 F 630 C 1450 F 750 C 1670 F 800 C 1760 F 850 C 1850 F 9...

Page 43: ...Voltage significant voltages of the mainboard 3 3V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V are voltages from the 5 V ATX power supply VCCVID CPU Voltage is the 12 V CPU core voltage from the on board switching 12 V Power Su...

Page 44: ...ely PASSWORD DISABLED Ifyouhaveselected System in SecurityOption of BIOSFeaturesSetup menu youwill be prompted for the password every time the system reboots or any time you try to enter BIOSSetup Ify...

Page 45: ...stusersthatprogramwillbeinstalledwiththemostcommon options A Chipset software B Network Driver Optional C Audio Driver D DirectX 2 Accessory The softwares contained in this directory are A QDI ManageE...

Page 46: ...copy the BIOS file xxxxxx bin onto your hard disk 3 Boot the system into DOS environment Put your favor picture into BIOS file by CBLOGO EXE command Forexample CBLOGO EXE xxxxxx bin myphoto bmp 4 Flas...

Page 47: ...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 an...

Page 48: ...on is disabled Steps Afterpressingthe CREATEPAR 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...

Page 49: ...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...

Page 50: ...he 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...

Page 51: ...ecovery 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 ign...

Page 52: ...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 Ent...

Page 53: ...asyincludingcreating partition backupingandrestoringpartitionarebuiltinBIOS Usersjustneedtodown load the latest BIOS from our Website http www qdigrp com when wanting to upgrade It s free 4 Are there...

Page 54: ...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 a...

Page 55: ...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...

Page 56: ...ted 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 pro grams for vi...

Page 57: ...rdware 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 like a bridge between the complex hardware a...

Page 58: ...ectly insert the processor 2 Plug in other configurations and restore the system 3 Switch on power to the system and press the Del key to enter BIOS Setup 4 Enter CPUSpeedEasySetup menutosetuptheCPUsp...

Page 59: ...EasySetupMenu BIOS provides you with a set of basic values for your processor selection instead of the jumper settings The processor speed can be manually selected on the CPU SpeedEasy SETUP menuscree...

Page 60: ...laying of starting OS BootEasy is quite easy to use choosetherightoptioninCMOSSETUP refertoAdvancedBIOSFeatures itcanbeeasily booted quickly BootEasy save all the information when PC first normally bo...

Page 61: ...tr 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 Featu...

Page 62: ...sePunktenurbeimerstmaligenStartdesRechnersund speichertdieErgebnisseineinemFlashROM Beimn chstenStartruftdasSystem lediglich diese Informationen aus dem Speicher ab und kann so innerhalb von wenigen S...

Page 63: ...4 USB Optional OnboardAC 97Audio QDI Innovations SpeedEasy BootEasy LogoEasy ManageEasy BIOS ProtectEasy RecoveryEasy Form Factor ATX CPU Socket 478 Chipset Intel 845 FSB 400MHz Memory 3PC133SDRAM ID...

Page 64: ...Board Layout of PlatiniX 1 P N 147000229 Thislayoutisjustforyourreference...

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