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Superb 4L series mainboard

QDI Utility CD

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 Superb 4L

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: ...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: ...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: ...ER_SW 7 HardDiskLEDConnector HD_LED 7 Reset Switch RESET 7 SpeakerConnector SPEAKER 8 Power LED Connector PWR LED 8 GREENLEDConnector GREEN LED 8 ACPI LEDConnector ACPILED 8 Hardware Green Connector S...

Page 5: ...ts 20 Standard CMOS Features Setup 20 QDI Innovation Features 24 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 26 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 29 Power Management Setup 31 PNP PCIConfigurationSetup 34 Integrated Pe...

Page 6: ...r who wants diverse features S4L without onboard Audio and onboard LAN S4L A with onboard Audio S4L L with onboard LAN S4L AL with onboard Audio and onboard LAN Caution Be sure to add some Silicone Gr...

Page 7: ...up by USB devices Wake on LAN Wake on Modem and ACPI functions Suspend to RAM the optimal implementation of the Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface ACPI specification makes the PC s power cons...

Page 8: ...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 setup Onboard LAN Available onS4L L S4L AL ma...

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 slot...

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Page 11: ...y 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 be used...

Page 12: ...Output Connectors The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer The serial port UART1 connectors can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port mo...

Page 13: ...pport 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 doe...

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...

Page 15: ...on S4L 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...

Page 16: ...he system enters suspend mode CPUFAN CHSFAN BAKFAN FAN GND 12V SENSE FAN GND 12V SENSE FAN GND SENSE 12V Chassis Security Switch CHSSEC Reserved The connector connects to the chassis security switch o...

Page 17: ...tion of 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 networ...

Page 18: ...municationandNetworkingRiser CNR interfacewhichcan supportaudioand ormodemfunctions WhatitssuperioritycomparedwithAMRis beingable to support plug and play function Mechanically the CNR shares a PCI sl...

Page 19: ...aker Active Audio Earphone Front Audio Front Audio jack Audio Interface Optional The audio interface can provide 3 kinds of Audio output choics the FrontAudio the RearAudio and the ActiveAudio Their p...

Page 20: ...IDE 2 IDEports FLOPPY 1 Floppy Drive port DDR 2 DDRsockets USB 6 USB connectors UART 2 UART connectors PARALLEL 1 Parallelconnector VGA 1 VGA Output connector IrDA 1 IrDA connector UART2 The serial po...

Page 21: ...ent 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...

Page 22: ...enable 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...

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

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Page 25: ...ronment 2 Copy AWDFLASH EXE version 7 95 from the directory Utility located on QDI Mainboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated BIOS file from the Website http www qdigr...

Page 26: ...d 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 Defa...

Page 27: ...the 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...

Page 28: ...al 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...

Page 29: ...s 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 w...

Page 30: ...ency 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...

Page 31: ...oEasyII setting l Show Bootup Enabled The logo will be shown automatically when Logo Disabled system boots up otherwise no logo appears on the screen RecoveryEasyII setting l Menu language English Sel...

Page 32: ...g 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 ECC...

Page 33: ...by 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...

Page 34: ...IOS 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 s...

Page 35: ...formance 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 Prefetch Cac...

Page 36: ...e 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 En...

Page 37: ...ACPI 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 VG...

Page 38: ...uto 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...

Page 39: ...d 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 car...

Page 40: ...d 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...

Page 41: ...E Primary 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 Mas...

Page 42: ...led 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 assign...

Page 43: ...ard 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 s...

Page 44: ...8 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 PC...

Page 45: ...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 ma...

Page 46: ...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 BIOSSetup...

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

Page 48: ...ttom right corner display It also 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 cha...

Page 49: ...H EXE or Download the BIOS file from the 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...

Page 50: ...y 2 Backup area is invisible to any operating system and its upper software making it impossible to be attacked completely Ease to Operate 1 RcoveryEasy II is supported in both Chinese and English You...

Page 51: ...two menu language for user to select English is the default 2 Hot key for Backup There are 12 options including NULL and F2 F12 Key F11 is default If NULL is selected Backup interface can not be used...

Page 52: ...ear You can 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 seve...

Page 53: ...disk freeing 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...

Page 54: ...rtition and 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...

Page 55: ...e system and press the Del key to enter BIOS Setup 4 Enter QDI Innovation features menu to set up the CPU speed 5 Set CPU Clock ratio and CPU DRAM Frequency and adjust CPU voltage 6 Save and exit BIOS...

Page 56: ...ion in CMOS SETUP refer to 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 an...

Page 57: ...em Speicher 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 Fun...

Page 58: ...etc el PIN1 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 Superb 4L en el cap tulo 2 5 Inserte el pro...

Page 59: ...aci n las funciones de la Bios consulte el apartado BIOS Description en el manual de usuario de la placa base Legend QDI Superb4 Presione la tecla F10 y seleccione la opci n Save Exit Setup en el men...

Page 60: ...Opcional D VGA Driver Opcional E DirectX 2 Accessorios A QFlash B QDI StepEasy Opcional C Norton AntiVirus 3 Navegue por el CD Usted puede leer todos los documentos incluidos en este CD incluidos Uti...

Page 61: ...le 2 V rifier 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 bracel...

Page 62: ...correcte en 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...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...ier A Qflash B Legend QDI StepEasy Caract ristique technique optionnelle C Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2001 3 Browse CD Avec cette option il est possible de consulter l ensemble des donn es contenues su...

Page 65: ...ntola del 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...

Page 66: ...ostazioni scelte ed uscire 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 accert...

Page 67: ...StepEasy Optional C Norton AntiVirus Guardando il CD Questo manuale di installazionee disponibile anche nella sua versione elettronica all interno del cd accompagnativo insieme anche diverse utili qua...

Page 68: ...Board Layout of Superb 4L This layout is just for your reference...

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