background image

Notice

The information in this document is subject to

change in order to improve reliability, design, or

function without prior notice and does not repre-

sent a commitment on the part of this company.

In no event will we be liable for direct, indirect,

special, incidental, or consequential damages

arising out of the use or the possibility of such

damages.

All trademarks are the property of their respec-

tive owners.

If you need any further information, please visit

our web-site: “

www.qdigrp.com

”.

This item checklist is only available for retail

market. Completely check your package, If you

discover damaged or missing items, contact

your retailer.

Item Checklist

X8800 series mainboard

 QDI Utility CD

 1HD ribbon cable

 1 FDD cable

  User’

s manual

  I/O shield(option)

  USB cable(option)

Summary of Contents for X8800 Series

Page 1: ...al damages arising out of the use or the possibility of such damages All trademarks are the property of their respec tive owners If you need any further information please visit our web site www qdigrp com This item checklist is only available for retail market Completely check your package If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer Item Checklist X8800 series mainboard QDIUtil...

Page 2: ...000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase þ EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 3 Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current 16A þ EN 55024 A1 2001 Information technology equipment Immunity charac ter...

Page 3: ... Mainboard Manufacturer QDI TECHNOLOGY HK Inc Address 23Floor Lincoln 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 interfer ence and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause ...

Page 4: ...l 6 Dual channel introduce 7 ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors Power Switch 9 Hard Disk LEDConnector HDD_LED 9 Reset Switch RESET 9 Power LED Connector PWR_LED 10 Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN 10 USB5_6 USB7_8 11 Infrared Header IrDA 11 AudioConnectors CD_IN optional 12 SPDIF_INConnector 12 AudioInterface F_AUDIO 13 Onboard SATA SATA1 SATA2 13 Wake_UpOnLAN WOL optional 14 DebugLED U2 optional 14 Ju...

Page 5: ...CONTENTS Chapter 3 BIOSDescription 17 AWDFLASH EXE 18 AWARD BIOS Description 19 Appendix QDI UtilityCD 30 Using 4 6 ChannelAudio 41 Layout ...

Page 6: ...lug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards RAM or other system peripherals otherwise your mainboard and RAM might be seriously damaged Note This manual is suitable for X8800 series of mainboards Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants different features 6A with 6 channel Audio L with onboard LAN F with IEEE 1394 ports ...

Page 7: ...ther with AC 97 audio 2 6 channel 8 USB 2 0 2 SATA and ATA133 100 66 33 give customers an advanced multimedia solution at reasonable price It provides HyperTransportTM technology to support AMD Socket 939 processors and theDDR266 333 400memory SuspendingtoRAM the optimal implemen tation of theAdvanced Configuration and Power Interface makes the PC s power consumption drop to the lowest possible le...

Page 8: ...rt supporting up to one 3 5 floppy drives with 1 44M format One high speed 16550 compatible COM with 16 byte send receive FIFO One parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard Provides one IrDA connector All I O ports can be enabled disabled in the BIOS setup Onboard Audio AC 97 2 3 Specification Compliant Provides onboard Line in Jack Microphone in Jack and Speake...

Page 9: ...r status S0 full on S1 power on suspend S3 suspend to RAM S4 suspend to Disk depends on OS and S5 soft off Main Expansion Slots and Connectors Slot Port Quantity Description PCI 5 PCIslots IDE 2 IDEports FLOPPY 1 Floppy Drive port DDR 4 DIMMsocket USB 8 USB connectors AGP 1 AGP slot LAN 1 LAN connector COM 1 optional COMconnector PARALLEL 1 Parallel connector IrDA 1 IrDA connector IEEE1394 1 optio...

Page 10: ... 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 par ticular state of the jumpers connectors and ports are illustrated in the following figures Before setting the jumpers or inserting these connectors please pay attention to the direction ...

Page 11: ... and SPDIF OUT Con nector The parallel port connector can be connected toa parallel device such as a printer The serial port COM connector can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port mouse The S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface input allow your digital audio input from digital audio devices optional The S PDIF output is capable of providing digital audio data or compressedAC3...

Page 12: ... a complete surround sound effect When 6 Channel audio is 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...

Page 13: ...al channel DDR DIMM1 DIMM2 is a combination DIMM3 DIMM4 is the other combination The following figure illustrates the dual channel DDR installation 1 two same memory DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 If you use one memory please insert it in DIMM1 or DIMM3 A Note ...

Page 14: ...InstallationInstructions X8800 8 2 four same memory DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 ...

Page 15: ...he power switch should be pressed for morethan 4 seconds before the system powers down A Note ATX 12V Power Supply 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...

Page 16: ...connector has an orientation Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in PC Health section of theCMOSSETUP HDD LED POWER LED Power S W RESET S W reserve SYS_FAN CPU_FAN 12V GND SENSE 12V SENSE GND POWER LED HDD LED HDD LED HDD LED G N D RESET R E S E R V E EMPTY G N D P O W E R PWR LED RESET SW PWR LED POWER SW ...

Page 17: ...rovide additional four USBports 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 INTE GRATEDPERIPHERALS sectionoftheCMOSSETUP USB5_6 USB7_8 IrDA 1 VCC IRRX GND IRTX CUT 1 5V USB5 USB5 GND CUT USB6 USB6 5V GND GND 1 5V USB7 USB7 GND CUT USB8 USB8 5V GND GND ...

Page 18: ...12 Audio Connectors CD_IN optional CD_IN is Sony standard CD audio connector it can be connected to a CD ROM drive through a CD audio cable CD_IN CD Right Channel GND CD Left Channel SPDIF_IN Connector SPDIF_IN SPDIF IN GND Cutaway 1 ...

Page 19: ...absent Pin5 and Pin6 Pin9and Pin10 must be short connected otherwise the Rear output has no signal Onboard SATA SATA1 SATA2 The mainboard provides two Serial ATA connectors SATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1 0 Specification With speed of up to 150Mbps you can connect Serial ATA cable to Serial ATA hard disk F_AUDIO 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 SATA1 SATA2 Pin No Symbol Pin No Symbol...

Page 20: ...ed Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the LAN adapter set modem ring resume as Enabled inthe POWERMANAGEMENT SETUP section of theCMOS SETUP Save and exit then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect Signal for waking up WOL optional 5Vstandby GND 1 Debug LED U2 optional During the POST the debug LED representing POST step will display code If you n...

Page 21: ...s will be shown as to represent pin1 pin2 1 2 closed and to represent pin2 pin3 2 3 closed Jumper Symbol Description Represent 1 2 set pin1 and pin2 closed 2 3 set pin2 and pin3 closed close set the pins closed open set the pins opened Clear CMOS CLR_CMOS If you want to clear CMOS unplug the AC power supply first close CLR_CMOS pin2 pin3 once set CLR_CMOS back to the normal status with pin1 pin2 c...

Page 22: ...S and updating DMI information impossible Therefore set BIOS_WP as open when changing the system hardware configuration or the error message Unknown Flash Type will be displayed on the screen and DMI information may not be updated BIOS_WP Flash Write Disabled Flash Write Enabled Enable Front Panel USB Device Wake up Function JFUSB optional The mainboard provides the advanced USB device wake up fun...

Page 23: ...D BIOS Setup program that provides a Setup utility for users to modify the basic system configuration The information is stored in CMOS RAM so it retains the Setup information even if the power is turned off This chapter provides you with the overview of the BIOS Setup ...

Page 24: ...sion 8 24 from the directory Utility located on QDI Utility CD to your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated BIOS file from the Website http www qdigrp com Please be sure to download the suitable BIOS file for your mainboard 4 Decompress the file download copy the BIOS file xx bin to the bootable diskette and note the checksum of this BIOS which is located in readme file 5 Reboot the system...

Page 25: ...e the arrow keys to select among the items and press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Setup The basic CMOS settings included in Standard CMOS Features are Date Time Hard Disk Drive Types Floppy Disk Drive Types etc Use the arrow keys to highlight the item then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value desired in each item Standard CMOS Features Men...

Page 26: ...MP write pre compensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access mode QDI Innovation Features This section describes QDI innovation EASY technology Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security Power Management S...

Page 27: ...tup 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 enterBIOS 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 higher priority than...

Page 28: ...3MHz CPU Configuration Press Enter Press enter to set CPU CPUCLOCK Min 200 Set CPU frequency Max 255 DRAM Configuration Press Enter Press enter to set DRAM Max Memclock Mhz Auto Set the memory Clock 100 133 166 1T 2T Memory Timing Auto Set the memory time 1T 2T CAS Latency Tcl Auto Define the latency between the SDRAM 2 0 2 5 3 0 read command and the time the data actually becomes available Cool Q...

Page 29: ...egacy BIOS way LogoEasyII Setting Show Bootup Logo Enabled The EPA logo can be shown when system boots show up Disabled Close this function RecoveryEasyII Setting Menu language Select English Select RecoveryEasyII Interface Menu Chinese language Hotkey for NULL Backup Recovery interface can not be Backup Recovery used by Pressing Hotkey F2 F12 Select Hotkey to enter Backup Recovery interface durin...

Page 30: ...to set hard disk boot priority First Second Third Disabled Select your boot device priority It could Boot Device Floppy be Floppy Hard disk CDROM USB FDD USB CDROM LAN Disabled LAN Boot other Device Enabled Boot other device Disabled Invalidate this feature Booy Up Numlock Status On Select power on state for numlock Off HDD S M A R T Enabled Enable hard disk S M A R T support Capability Disabled I...

Page 31: ...ent Setup Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning Item Option Description ACPI function Enabled Enable ACPI function Disabled Disable this function ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Select the ACPI suspend type S3 STR S1 S3 ...

Page 32: ...DE DMA transfer access Disabled Invalidate IDE DMA transfer access OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled Enable onchip IDE channel0 Disabled Invalidate this feature OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Enable onchip IDE channel1 Disabled Invalidate this feature IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Enable IDE prefetch mode Disabled Invalidate this feature Primary Secondary Mode 0 4 Define the IDE primary master slave PIO Master...

Page 33: ...B device under DOS KB MS Support USB legacy USB keyboard USB mouse but do not storage device On Support USB legacy USB keyboard USB mouse and storage device USB Keyboard Support Enabled Support USB keyboard under legacy OS Disabled Disabel this function SuperIO Device Press Enter Press enter to set Onboard I O device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard floppy disk controller is enabled Disabled...

Page 34: ...l Port 378 IRQ7 Define parallel port address and IRQ 278 IRQ5 channel 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Onboard parallel port is disabled Parallel Port Mode SPP EPP Define the parallel port mode ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA is 1 or 3 1 ...

Page 35: ...heir meaning Item Option Description Shutdown Temperature 600 C 1400 F The system will shut down automatically 650 C 1490 F under the ACPI OS when the CPU 700 C 1580 F temperature reaches the previous setting 600 C 1400 F 650 C 1490 F 700 C 1580 F Disabled The system remains on regardless of how much the CPU temperature is ...

Page 36: ...your computer until all the drivers are installed A Chipset software B SerialATA optional C USB2 0Driver optional D Network Driver optional E Audio Driver optional F DirectX 2 Accessory A QFlashV1 0 optional 3 Browse CD You could read all the contents contained in this CD including Utility and Documents The files included in Utility are A Awdflash exe B Cblogo exe C Lf exe The files included in Do...

Page 37: ...rmously improves the long BOOT process time of computers Reducing the wait time every user has to suffer when starting their computer BIOS without BootEasy has to perform many routines every time when the system starts such as checking system core of the computer and initializing system peripherals Now with the BootEasy BIOS will not run these repetitive Processes any longer PC can boot up without...

Page 38: ...latest edition of RecoveryEasy providing a more easy tooperate and more secure and reliable tool for backing up and recovering the hard disk data It will make your data on the hard disk more secure and make your computer more reliable RcoveryEasy II will bring you invaluable experiences It allows you to experience unprec edented security and reliability with its one hotkey backup one hotkey recove...

Page 39: ...kann so innerhalb von wenigen Sekunden den Boot Prozess abschließen Bei Änderungen am System beispielsweise nach dem Einbau eines neuen Prozessors mussdeshalbzuvordieBootEasy Funktiondeaktiviert werden beim nä chstenStartwerden die neuen Informationen dann erneut abgespeichert Falls Fehler im Flash ROM den Bootvorgang behindern versucht das System drei Mal den Rechner hochzufahren bei Misserfolg s...

Page 40: ...rte el procesador en el socket y conecte el ventilador del procesador en el conector de su placa base QDI X8800 marcado como CPUFAN 6 Insertelos mó dulosdememoriaenlosbancosdememoriaDIMM desuplacabaseQDI X8800 7 Inserte las tarjetas PCI y o la tarjeta AGP en las bahí as de expansió n de su placa base QDIX8800 8 Conecte los perifé ricos internos IDE y las disqueteras mediante los cables de datos es...

Page 41: ...para que el sistema operativo pueda iniciarse 5 Despué s de la instalació n del sistema operativo asegú rese que no hay conflictos con ningú n dispositivo de su sistema 6 Entonces despué s del ú ltimo paso proceda a la instalació n de los controladores de los diferentes dispositivos Un disco compacto con controladores de QDI esta incluido en el paquete de la placa base QDI X8800 1 Instalación de l...

Page 42: ...s fournies avec cette derniè re lors de son achat 4 S assurer que la carte mè re de la sé rie QDI X8800 est maté riellement correctement configuré e pour cela vé rifier que les cavaliers inséré s sur les broches inté gré es de cette dernière sont correctement positionnés Dans ce but il est important de se référer àla section nommée Configuration des cavaliers du chapitre numéro 2 nommé Instruction...

Page 43: ...on du système 1 Dé marrer le systè me en pressant l interrupteur de fonctionnement de l unitécentrale de l ordinateur 2 Presser la touche Suppr du clavier afin d entrer dans le menu de BIOS 3 Dans le menu de BIOS nommé QDI Innovation features ajuster la fréquence de fonctionnement du processeur Attention il est fortement recommandéde charger les ré glages de sû retépar dé faut afin d é viterun é v...

Page 44: ...eredé marrer le systè me aprè s avoir effectuél installation de tous les pilotes Applications contenues dans le dossier A Chipset software B SerialATA optional C USB2 0Driver optional D Network Driver optional E Audio Driver optional F DirectX 2 Accessory Applications contenues dans le dossier A QflashV1 0 Optional 3 Browse CD Avec cette option il est possible de consulter l ensemble des donné es ...

Page 45: ...sul cavo deve essere inserita nellapposito connettore in corispondezza del pin 1 9 Conettere la mainboard con il cavo di alimentazione proveniente dall alimentatore il connettore dell interuttore di stand by il conettore del led di segnalazione acceso il connettore led di funzionalita HARD DISK il connettore dello spekear interno al CASE consultareil manualecapitolo 2 EXTERNALCONNECTORS Dopo chiud...

Page 46: ... facile e veloce Dovreste installare i driver nella seguente succesione finito cio bisogna far ripartire il personal computer A Chipset software B SerialATA optional C USB2 0 Driver optional D Network Driver optional E Audio Driver optional F DirectX 2 A QflashV1 0 Optional 3 Guardando il CD Questomanualediinstallazionee disponibileanchenellasuaversione elettronicaall interno del cd accompagnativo...

Page 47: ...nel Audio Function You can start to use the 4 6 channel audio functionAfter the driver is installed completely The first you can connect 4 or 6 speakers to the audio output connector Then open utility to set the work parameter Attaching speakers To perform multichannel audio operation connect multiple speakers to the system You should connect the same number of speakers as the audio channels you w...

Page 48: ...0 42 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Description Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6 channel configuration Line Out Front channels Line Out Rear Channels Line Out Center Subwoofer Channels ...

Page 49: ... audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the Environment pull down menu under the Sound Effect tab 3 Click the Speaker Configuration tab Click here and the pull down menu will appear Click here ...

Page 50: ...ails to sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker The following window appears 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Click the Speaker Test tab 3 The following window appears 4 Select the speaker which you want to test by clicking on it 2 Channels Output 4 Channels Outpu...

Page 51: ...function is applied only for 2 channel audio opera tion so make sure channel mode is selected in the No of Speakers column before playing KaraOK Playing KaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Make sure the Sound Effect tab is selected 3 Select Voice Cancellation in the Karaoke column 4 Click OK ClickThis ...

Page 52: ...only fit in the correct orientation with mark ofthesocket IftheCPUiscorrectlyinstalled the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen 3 HoldtheCPUdownfirmly andthenclose the lever to complete installation 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 53: ...Board Layout of X8800 Note The layout includes all options It is for your reference only ...

Page 54: ...ttm USB3 4 Top PS 2 Mouse Bttm PS 2 Keyboard Top 1394 Bttm USB1 2 Top Line in Midd Spk out Bttm Mic in CD_IN SATA1 SATA2 USB5_6 USB7_8 F_AUDIO CLR_CMOS BIOS_WP IrDA 1 2 3 4 5 1 HDD_LED 2 RESET 3 PWR_LED 4 POWER SW 5 RESERVE SPDIF_IN ATX12V LPT COM JFUSB SPDIF DIMM4 DIMM3 WOL option CPU_FAN Socket 939 CPU_FAN U2 ...

Reviews: