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BIOS Description

Manual for PlatiniX 8 series

Use IR Pins

IR-Rx2Tx2

Default is recommended.

RxD2, TxD2

Onboard Parallel

378/IRQ7

Define parallel port address and IRQ channel.

Port

278/IRQ5
3BC/IRQ7
Disabled

Onboard parallel port is disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

SPP

Define the parallel port mode.

EPP

ECP
ECP+EPP

EPP Mode Select

EPP1.7

Set EPP Mode as EPP 1.7 or EPP1.9 Version.

EPP1.9

ECP Mode Use

Set ECP Mode Use DMA 1 or 3.

DMA

PWRON After

OFF,ON

The system remains OFF/ON/Former state when

PWR-Fail

Former-Sts

the AC power supply resumes.

Game Port

Disabled

This option is used to configure Game Port

Address

201,209

Address.

Midi Port Address

Disabled

This option is used to configure Midi Port

290

Address.

300
330

Midi Port IRQ

This option is used to configure Midi Port

IRQ.

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Summary of Contents for PlatiniX 8 Series

Page 1: ...the use or 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 The ite...

Page 2: ...dio 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 Re...

Page 3: ...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 Opera...

Page 4: ...SPEAKER 8 PowerLEDConnector PWR_LED 8 GreenLEDConnector GREEN_LED 8 ACPILEDConnector ACPI_LED 8 Hardware Green Connector SLEEP SW 8 Key Lock Connector KEYLK 8 USB3 4 USB5 6Connector 9 Infrared Header...

Page 5: ...up 22 QDI Innovation features 26 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 28 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 30 Power Management Setup 32 PnP PCIConfigurationsSetup 35 Integrated Peripherals 36 PC Health Status 3...

Page 6: ...r who wants different features Name Audio LAN ISA North Bridge P8 No No No 845G P8 A Yes No No 845G P8 L No Yes No 845G P8 AL Yes Yes No 845G P8I No No Yes 845G P8I A Yes No Yes 845G P8I L No Yes Yes...

Page 7: ...lly contacted to meet the heat sink requirement Caution Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals especially the memory devices otherw...

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Page 9: ...RAM the optimal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification makes the PC s power consumption drop to the lowest possible level and enable quick wakeup BootEasy...

Page 10: ...AC 97 2 1 Specification Compliant l Provides onboard Line in Jack Microphone in Jack Speaker out Jack and MIDI Joystick Connector Graphics Interface l Integrated 2D 3D graphics accelerator 256 bit gr...

Page 11: ...ation and Power Interface and ODPM OS Directed Power Management l Supports ACPI power status S0 full on S1 power on suspend S3 suspend to RAM S4 suspend to Disk depends on OS and S5 soft off Expansion...

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Page 13: ...to the direction 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 be used to fit this...

Page 14: ...t from the internal amplifier The MIDI Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a MIDIdevice Parallel Port VGA Port Serial Port Connectors UART1 The parallel port connector can be c...

Page 15: ...ted 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...

Page 16: ...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 sys...

Page 17: ...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...

Page 18: ...pend mode Intruder Detect Switch JINTR Reserved The connector connects to the chassis security switch on the case The system can detect the chassis intrusion through the status of this connector If th...

Page 19: ...it 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 If...

Page 20: ...etween the onboard audio and the voice modem card 4 pin SMBus Connector SMBUS This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices communicate through the SMBus with a SMBus host and or ot...

Page 21: ...he connector has been closed once the system will record the status and indicate the chassis has been opened You can monitor or check this information from some software LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 LED5 statu...

Page 22: ...ActiveAudio will be cut off An onboard amplifier is pro vided for the earphone When the FrontAudio is absent Pin11 and Pin12 Pin13 and Pin14 must be short connected Pin No Symbol Pin No Symbol 1 Acti...

Page 23: ...PC PCI This connector provides a bridge between the mainboard and PCI sound card to deliver sound compatibility under DOS real mode environment 1 PC PCI GND SERIAL INTERRUPT REQUEST PC PCI DMA REQUES...

Page 24: ...Represent set pin1 and pin2 closed set pin2 and pin3 closed close set the pins closed open set the pins opened Enable Front Back Panel USB Device Wake up Function JFUSB JUSB The mainboard provides th...

Page 25: ...cked should also be taken into account For bus ratio unlocked processor this overclocking feature can be implemented by setting FSB as 100x4 133x4 200x4MHz meanwhile adjusting the bus ratio multiplier...

Page 26: ...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 c...

Page 27: ...n s power on function is disabled Note 1 If using this function 5VSB line of the power supply should be capable of delivering enough current for all the devices connected to the keyboard port if not y...

Page 28: ...power on the system JCC JCC 1 3 Normal status default Clear CMOS Unplug the AC power supply 1 3 2 2 Main Expansion Slots and Connectors Slot Port Quantity Description IDE 2 IDEports FLOPPY 1 Floppy dr...

Page 29: ...der 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 Websi...

Page 30: ...ys 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...

Page 31: ...s of 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 t...

Page 32: ...escribed 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 LB...

Page 33: ...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...

Page 34: ...I setting Optional lCPU Clock Ratio x8 x23 Select the multiplication of processor core frequency lAGP Voltage Normal AGP Voltage is normal 10 AGP Voltage exceeds Normal by ten percent lDDR Voltage Nor...

Page 35: ...abled PC boot in the legacy BIOS way LogoEasyII setting l Show Bootup Logo Enabled The EPA logo can be shown when system boots show up Disabled Close this function RecoveryEasyII setting l Menu langua...

Page 36: ...isable this function l CPU L1 L2 Enabled Enable CPU L1 L2 cache Cache Disabled Disable CPU L1 L2 cache l Quick Power Enabled Allow the system to skip certain tests while On Self Test booting This will...

Page 37: ...e 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 Select whether the password is...

Page 38: ...to Precharge 5 6 7 Set precharge delay time Delay l DRAM RAS to 2 3 Set DRAM RAS to CAS delay 3 SCLKs or 2 CAS Delay SCLKs l DRAM RAS 2 3 Set DRAM RAS precharge as 3 or 2 Precharge l Memory Frequency...

Page 39: ...rs thermal thermal 32Min mode l AGP 4 8 16 32MB Set the effective size of the Graphics Aperture to Aperture Size 64 128MB be used in the particular GART Configuration 256MB only available on AGP card...

Page 40: ...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 Video Off Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen Meth...

Page 41: ...button is pressed for 4 seconds l CPU THRM 12 5 25 Select the duty cycle of the STPCLK signal Throttling 50 37 5 slowing down the CPU speed when the system 62 5 75 enters green mode 87 5 l Wake Up by...

Page 42: ...IDE event Secondary IDE 0 1 Disabled Do not reload global timer l FDD COM LPT Enabled Reload global timer when there s a FDD COM Port LPT event Disabled Do not reload global timer l PCI PIRQ A D Enab...

Page 43: ...l Reset Configuration Enabled The system BIOS will reset configuration data Data once then automatically set this item as disabled Disabled Disable this function l Resources Manual Assign the system...

Page 44: ...E Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an Ultra DMA Primary Secondary device is detected Master Slave UDMA Disabled Disable this function l USB Controller Enabled Enable onchip USB controller Disabl...

Page 45: ...power button Function Password Power on with keyboard password l KB Power ON Enter Enter keyboard password Password l Onboard FDC Enabled Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled Controller Disabled...

Page 46: ...P l EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 Set EPP Mode as EPP 1 7 or EPP1 9 Version EPP1 9 l ECP Mode Use 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA 1 or 3 DMA 1 l PWRON After OFF ON The system remains OFF ON Former state when PWR Fail...

Page 47: ...F 630 C 1450 F 750 C 1670 F 800 C 1760 F 850 C 1850 F 900 C 1940 F 660 C 1510 F 950 C 2050 F 700 C 1580 F 750 C 1670 F 800 C 1760 F 850 C 1850 F 900 C 1940 F 950 C 2050 F Disabled No alarm beep l Curr...

Page 48: ...tage is the CPU core VBAT Voltage voltage from the on board switching Power 5V Standby Voltage Supply The VBAT Voltage is the voltage of battery l Shutdown 600 C 1400 F The system will shut down autom...

Page 49: ...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 BIOSSetup Ifyouhav...

Page 50: ...e The files included in Documents are A Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 B PlatiniX 8 French doc PlatiniX 8 Spanish doc etc Norton AntiVirus When you install Norton AntiVirus and accept options your computer...

Page 51: ...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 graphicsincludingDOS WINDOWS9X WINDOWSNT WINDOWS...

Page 52: ...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 Forexample CBLOGO EXE xxxxxx bin myphoto bmp 4 Flash the...

Page 53: ...re making it impossible to be attacked completely Ease to Operate 1 RcoveryEasy II is supported in both Chinese and English You can easily enter Backup or Recover interface by simply pressing hotkeys...

Page 54: ...luding NULL and F2 F12 Key F11 is default If NULL is selected Backup interface can not be used with pressing hotkey If you select one key of the rest 11 options you can enter Backup interface by press...

Page 55: ...n scroll the highlight bar to the option you want to work with using arrow key Press ENTER to confirm figure 3 Backup Interface Hard Disk Selection Menu If you installed the system with several IDE ha...

Page 56: ...eeing the hard disk space 6 Exit Backup Menu It is used to Exit Backup Interface 1 Backup Partition Table It is used to backup partition table of current hard Disk A partition table keeps the status o...

Page 57: ...d contents in other partitions will be untouched 3 Recover Whole Disk It used to restore all the Hard Disk data stored in current backup area to current Hard DIsk This operation will restore the parti...

Page 58: ...CPU speed 5 Set CPU Clock ratio and CPU DRAM Frequency and adjust CPU voltage 6 Save and exit BIOS Setup your system will now boot successfully CPU SpeedEasyII Setup Menu Select QDI Innovation feature...

Page 59: ...ures 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...

Page 60: ...long as you conform to the steps of tuning the CPU frequency there is almost no risk to adjust the frequency Its second strong function is system monitoring enables you to view some key reference data...

Page 61: ...5 When click on the Min button the utility will minimize to an icon in the right bottom task tray Whenever user clicks the QSE QDI StepEasyII abbr icon in the task tray the utility will be activated...

Page 62: ...er ab und 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 dea...

Page 63: ...N1 para todos los jumpers esta marcado con una l nea m s gruesa Consulte el apartado Jumper Settings en el manual de usuario de su placa Legend QDI PlatiniX 8 en el cap tulo 2 5 Inserte el procesador...

Page 64: ...funciones de la Bios consulte el apartado BIOS Description en el manual de usuario de la placa base Legend QDI PlatiniX 8 Presione la tecla F10 y seleccione la opci n Save Exit Setup en el men de conf...

Page 65: ...nal E DirectX F USB2 0 Driver Opcional 2 Accessorios A QFlashV1 0 B QDI StepEasyII Opcional C Norton AntiVirus 2002 3 Navegue por el CD Usted puede leer todos los documentos incluidos en este CD inclu...

Page 66: ...ifier que le c ble lectrique 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 maint...

Page 67: ...v rifiant 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...

Page 68: ...u 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 initial...

Page 69: ...ications contenues dans le dossier A QflashV1 0 B Legend QDI StepEasyII Optional C Norton AntiVirus 2002 3 Browse CD Avec cette option il est possible de consulter l ensemble des donn es contenues sur...

Page 70: ...l processore deve essre collegato 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 Collega...

Page 71: ...cire dal BIOS program 4 Installare il sistema operativo non dimenticando di mettere nelle giuste condizioni di partenza la sequenza di boot 5 Dopo una giusta installazione accertarsi che non vi siano...

Page 72: ...Optional C Norton AntiVirus2002 Guardando il CD Questo manuale di installazionee disponibile anche nella sua versione elettronica all interno del cd accompagnativo insieme anche diverse utili quali A...

Page 73: ...Mainboard Layout Note The layout includes all options It is for your reference only P8en p65 02 4 30 16 29 65...

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