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Installation Instructions

Manual for S4 series

Infrared Header (IrDA)

This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. Before using this function,

configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR IRQ from  the “INTEGRATED PERIPH-

ERALS” section of the BIOS.

Audio Connectors (CD_IN, MODEM)

(Available on S4-A/AL)

CD_IN  is  Sony standard CD audio connectors, it can be connected 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 phone) or mono_out (such as a speaker) between the onboard audio and the voice

modem card.

VCC

 1

 5

 4

 3

 2

IRTX

NC

GND

IRRX

CD_IN

Common

 Right Channel

   Left Channel

GND

Phone-In  (from Modem)

  Mono-Out (to Modem)

MODEM

IrDA Connector

Summary of Contents for Superb 4 Series

Page 1: ...e 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 ch...

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 standar...

Page 3: ...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 R...

Page 4: ...Switch POWER_SW 6 HardDiskLEDConnector HD_LED 6 Reset Switch RESET 6 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 7 Power LED Connector PWR LED 7 GREENLEDConnector GREEN LED 7 ACPI LED Connector ACPI LED 7 Hardware Gre...

Page 5: ...MOS Features Setup 19 QDI Innovation Features 23 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 25 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 28 Power Management Setup 30 PNP PCIConfigurationSetup 33 Integrated Peripherals 34 PC...

Page 6: ...er who wants diverse features S4 without onboard Audio and onboard LAN S4 A with onboard Audio S4 L with onboard LAN S4 AL with onboard Audio and onboard LAN Caution Be sure to add some Silicone Greas...

Page 7: ...t also provides advanced features such as Wake up by USB devices Wake on LAN Wake on Modem and ACPI functions Suspend to RAM the optimal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interfac...

Page 8: ...d 16550 compatible UARTs COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 selective with 16 byte send receive FIFO l OneparallelportsupportsSPP EPP ECPmode l Infrared interface l All I O ports can be enabled disabled in the BIOS...

Page 9: ...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 slots...

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Page 11: ...r inserting these connectors please 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 s...

Page 12: ...t Serial Port Connectors UART1 UART2 The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer The serial port UART1 2 connectors can be connected to a serial port device suc...

Page 13: ...rt ATX12V power Hard Disk LED Connector HD_LED The connector connects to the case s IDE indicator LED indicating the activity status of IDE hard disk The connector has an orientation If one way doesn...

Page 14: ...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 t...

Page 15: ...le on S4 A AL CD_IN is Sony standard CD audio connectors it can be connected to a CD ROM drive through a CD audio cable The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem car...

Page 16: ...case has been opened the system will record the status and indicate the chassis has been opened 1 CHSSEC GND Indicatesignal Fan Connectors CPUFAN CHSFAN BAKFAN The fan speed of CPUFAN and CHSFAN can...

Page 17: ...the BIOS Save and 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 w...

Page 18: ...ication and Networking Riser CNR interface which can supportaudioand ormodemfunctions WhatitssuperioritycomparedwithAMRis beingable to support plug and play function Mechanically the CNR shares a PCI...

Page 19: ...kerOut Line in Microphone in Speaker Active Audio Earphone Front Audio 2 8 4 Front Audio jack Audio Interface Optional The audio interface can provide 3 kinds of Audio output choics the FrontAudio the...

Page 20: ...nd Connectors Slot Port Quantity Description PCI 6 PCIslots CNR 1 CNRslot AGP 1 optional AGP slot IDE 2 IDEports FLOPPY 1 Floppy Drive port DDR 3 DDRsockets USB 6 USB connectors UART 2 UART connectors...

Page 21: ...t 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 opened Description 1 2 2...

Page 22: ...ble or disable this function BIOS Protection Jumper JAV The BIOS of the mainboard is inside the FWH If the jumper JAV is set as closed you will be unable to flash the BIOS to the mainboard However in...

Page 23: ...OS 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 then power on the system Normal status Default Cle...

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Page 25: ...from the DOS prompt under DOS6 xx or Windows 9x environment 2 Copy AWDFLASH EXE version 7 95 from the directory Utility located on QDI Mainboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette 3 Download t...

Page 26: ...press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Load Fail Safe Defaults The Fail Safe Defaults are secure and useful for system It is recommended users load the Fail Safe Defaul...

Page 27: ...he HDD types 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 au...

Page 28: ...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 n...

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 wil...

Page 30: ...cy If a Ratio locked processor installed this item will be hidden This item is only for users who understand all the CPU parameters This function will not take effect for bus ratio locked processor Ke...

Page 31: ...ing OS Disabled PC boot in the legacy BIOS way LogoEasyII setting l Show Bootup Logo Enabled The Bootup logo can be shown when system boots show up Disabled Close this function RecoveryEasyII setting...

Page 32: ...rning message on screen and alarm beep Disabled Invalidates this function l CPU L1 L2 Enabled Enable CPU L1 L2 cache Cache Disabled Disable CPU L1 L2 cache l CPU L2 Cache Enabled Enables CPU L2 Cache...

Page 33: ...the Setting Disabled keyboard controller when enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected l Typermatic Rate 6 30 The rate at which character repeats when you chars sec hold down a...

Page 34: ...S Enabled Video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video Shadow Shadow will increase the video speed Disabled Invalidates this feature l Show Logo Enabled The EPA logo will be shown automatically when EPA sho...

Page 35: ...rmance Normal Mode Fast Mode Turbo Mode Ultra Mode l CAS Latency 2T 2 5T 3T Define CAS latency time Setting l DRAM Addr Cmd AUTO DRAM address and command delay time Rate 1T 2T setting l Precharge Cach...

Page 36: ...WR combin Disabled Invalidates this function l Close Empty Enabled Close empty DIMM or PCI clock to reduce EMI DIMM PCI Clk Disabled Do not close empty DIMM or PCI clock l Spread Spectrum Enabled Enab...

Page 37: ...PI Suspend S1 POS Select the ACPI suspend type Type S3 STR S1 S3 l S3 Resume Auto The VGA device could be initialized automatically Init VGA when system was waken up from S3 status Enabled Enable VGA...

Page 38: ...o l HDD Off Disabled HDD s motor will not turn off by timer After 1 15 Min Define the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters power saving mode motor off l Power Button Instant Off The system w...

Page 39: ...Does not allow the system to be powered on by onbard LAN l PCIPME Power Enabled Allows the system to be waken up by PCI card Up Control Disabled Does not allow the system to be powered on by PCI card...

Page 40: ...on and the system reconfiguration has caused serious conflicts preventing the OS from booting Disabled Disable the configuration data function l Resources Auto ESCD BIOS can automatically configure al...

Page 41: ...rimary Mode 0 4 Define the IDE primary master slave Master Slave PIOmode PIO Auto The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto detection l IDE Primary Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an Ultra DMA Master...

Page 42: ...d l Onboard 3F8 IRQ4 Define the onboard serial port address and Serial Port 1 2 2F8 IRQ3 required interrupt number 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard serial port address and IRQ are automatically assigned...

Page 43: ...rd under legacy OS Support Disabled Do not support USB Keyboard under legacy OS l IDE HDD Block Enabled Allow IDE HDD to read write several sectors at Mode once Disabled IDE HDD only reads writes a se...

Page 44: ...Item Option Description l USB0 Access Embedded BUS Access USB0 using Embedded BUS Interface PCI BUS Access USB0 using PCI BUS l Audio Access Embedded BUS Access Audio using Embedded BUS Interface PCI...

Page 45: ...0 F 1490 F 700 C 1580 F 750 C 1670 F Disabled The system remains on regardless of how much the CPU temperature is l Vcore Display current voltage value including all 2 5V significant voltages of the m...

Page 46: ...ASSWORD 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 I...

Page 47: ...cluded in Documents are A Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 B Superb 4 French doc Superb 4 Spanish doc etc Norton AntiVirus When you install Norton AntiVirus and accept options your computer is safe Norton An...

Page 48: ...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 graphicsincludingDOS WINDOWS9X WINDOWSNT...

Page 49: ...nd 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 Forexample CBLOGO EXE xxxxxx bin myphoto bmp 4 Fla...

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