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Jumper Settings .......................................................................

FSB Frequency Selection(JFSB1, JFSB2) .......................................... 13

Overclocking Jumper Setting(JCLK1, JCLK2) ..................................... 13

CPU bus ratio selection(JX1, JX2, JX3, JX4) ...................................... 14

Enable/Disable On-board audio(JSD) ................................................. 15

Clear CMOS(JCC) .............................................................................. 15

BIOS-ProtectEasy Jumper(JAV)............................................................. 16

BIOS Description

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Utility Support ..............................................................................

AWDFLASH.EXE ................................................................................... 17

AWARD BIOS Description ...........................................................

Entering Setup ....................................................................................... 18

Load Fail-Safe Defaults ....................................................................... 18

Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................................ 18

Standard CMOS Features Setup .......................................................... 18

Advance BIOS Features Setup ............................................................ 22

Advance Chipset Features Setup ........................................................ 24

Power Management Setup ................................................................... 26

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ................................................................ 28

Integrated Peripherals .......................................................................... 29

PC Health Status .................................................................................. 31

Supervisor/User Password ................................................................... 32

Appendix A

QDI Driver CD 2000 ............................................ 33

Appendix B

Boot Logo

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RecoveryEasy .................................................................... 35

Introducton ............................................................................................ 35

Operation Process ................................................................................ 35

FAQ ...................................................................................................... 40

C O N T E N T S

Summary of Contents for Advance 6A

Page 1: ...ements of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment þ EN 50081 1 Generic emission standard Part 1 Residential commercial and light industry þ EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residential commercial and light industry European Representative QDI Computer UK Ltd QDI Europe B V Legend QDI Spain S L QDI System Handel GmbH QDI Computer France SARL QDI Computer SWE...

Page 2: ...bassembly Type of Product 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 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 i...

Page 3: ...ctor Monitor Output Connector 8 UART2 8 Line in jack Microphone in jack Speaker out jack and MIDI Joystick connector 8 ATX Power Supply Connector Power Switch 9 HardDiskLEDConnector HD_LED 9 Reset Switch RESET 9 SpeakerConnector SPEAKER 9 PowerLEDConnector PWR_LED 9 ACPILEDConnector ACPI_LED 9 Green LEDConnector GREEN_LED 10 Hardware Green Connector SLEEP 10 FanConnector CPUFAN CHSFAN BAKFAN 10 Wa...

Page 4: ...17 AWDFLASH EXE 17 AWARD BIOS Description 18 EnteringSetup 18 Load Fail Safe Defaults 18 Load Optimized Defaults 18 StandardCMOSFeaturesSetup 18 Advance BIOS Features Setup 22 Advance Chipset Features Setup 24 PowerManagementSetup 26 PNP PCIConfigurationSetup 28 IntegratedPeripherals 29 PCHealthStatus 31 Supervisor User Password 32 Appendix A QDI Driver CD 2000 33 Appendix B Boot Logo 34 RecoveryE...

Page 5: ...se 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 Features ed il computer potrà velocemente ripartire Boot Easy salva tutte le informazioni al primo avvio normale tutti i parametri saranno restituiti ai BOOT successivi Nota 1 Il Pc partira normalmente se saranno rispettate le...

Page 6: ...ranque de su sistema operativo BootEasy es muy simple de utilizar basta con escoger la opción correcta en CMOS SETUP refiérase al apartado Advanced BIOS Features Así conseguirá arrancar su sistema rápidamente BootEasy guardará toda la información durante el primer arranque correcto y la próxima vez que arranque restaurará esta información para permitir al sistema un arranque rápido y fiable Nota 1...

Page 7: ...m erstmaligen Start des Rechners und speichert die Ergebnisse in einem Flash ROM Beim nächsten Start ruft das System lediglich diese Informationen aus dem Speicher ab und kann so innerhalb von wenigen Sekunden den Boot Prozess abschließen Bei Änderungen am System beispielsweise nach dem Einbau eines neuen Prozessors muss deshalb zuvor die BootEasy Funktion deaktiviert werden beim nächsten Start we...

Page 8: ...e branchement est correct liseré rouge du câble sur la broche 1 du connecteur 9 Reliez les câbles du boîtier aux connecteurs prévus à cet effet Connecteur d alimentation LED de marche arrêt disque dur haut parleur voir manuel pages 9 à 12 Refermez le boîtier 10 Branchez les périphériques externes sur les sorties du fond de panier clavier souris PS 2 périphériques USB moniteur imprimante voir manue...

Page 9: ...decAudio les utilisateurs avancés peuvent choisir les options d installation Pour Windows 9X 2000 cliquez sur cette option pour installer les pilotes son Les pilotes audio sont dans le répertoire DevDrv Sound 686driver1 11 2 Accessoires Les logiciels contenus dans ce répertoire sont A DirectX 8 B QDIManageEasy 3 Browse CD Vous pouvez voir le contenu du CD ROM Dans le répertoire Utility A AWDFLASH ...

Page 10: ...démarrer rapidement Note 1 Le PC démarre de manière classique dans les cas suivants Premier démarrage après activation de l option BootEasy Informations sauvegardées endommagées Echec au démarrage du PC à 3 reprises 2 N arrêtez pas ou ne redémarrez pas le système lorsque BootEasy s initialise 3 Placez QDI BootEasy Feature sur Disabled avant de changer un composant du système Placez QDI BootEasy Fe...

Page 11: ...mm x210mm Microprocessor l Supports all Intel Pentium III Coppermine FC PGA processors at 533 600EB 667 733 800EB 866 933MHz 1GHz and future processors with 133MHz FSB speed l Supports all Intel Pentium III Coppermine FC PGA processors at 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850MHz and future processors with 100MHz FSB speed l Supports all Intel Celeron FC PGA processors at 533 566 600 633 667 700 733 766M...

Page 12: ...nabled parallel port at the I O address 378H 278H 3BCH with additional bi direction I O capability and multi mode as SPP EPP ECP IEEE 1284 compliant l Circuit protection provided preventing damage to the parallel port when a connected printer is powered up or operates at a higher voltage l Supports LS 120 floppy disk drive and Zip drive l All I O ports can be enabled disabled in the BIOS setup On ...

Page 13: ...per JAV BIOS l Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS supports flash ROM with 2M bit memory size plug and play ready l SupportsIDECD ROMorSCSIbootup l Supports QDI Innovation LogoEasy RecoveryEasy BIOS ProtectEasy BootEasy Green function l Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface and ODPM OS Directed Power Management l Supports ACPI power status S0 S1 S4 STD S5 Soft off Expansion slots l 1 I...

Page 14: ...up without any redundant waiting for the displaying of starting OS BootEasy is quite easy to use choose the right option in CMOS SETUP refer to Advanced BIOS 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 and thus let the PC boot freely and rapidly Note 1 Under the following conditions PC w...

Page 15: ...ory These latest SDRAMs are necessary to meet the enhanced 133MHz bus speed requirement Ultra ATA 100 For Advance 6B mainboard only According to the previous ATA IDE hard drive data transfer protocol the signaling way to send data was in synchronous strobe mode by using the rising edge of the strobe signal The Ultra ATA 33 protocol doubles the burst transfer rate from 16 6MB s to 33 3MB s by using...

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Page 17: ... sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals otherwise your mainboard and expansion cards might be seriously damaged External Connectors PS 2 Keyboard Connector PS 2 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 connector PS 2 mouse con...

Page 18: ... The serial port UART2 is not located on the back panel Therefore we provide a 9 pin ribbon cable with bracket for UART2 port manufacturing option Line in jack Microphone in jack Speaker out jack and MIDI Joystick connector The Line in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player for playback or recording The Microphone in jack can be connected to a microphone for voice i...

Page 19: ... of IDE hard disk The connector has an orientation If one way doesn t work try the other way Reset Switch RESET The connector connects to the case s reset switch Press the switch once the system resets Speaker Connector SPEAKER The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case Power LED Connector PWRLED When the system is in power up status the LED is on When the system is in suspend statu...

Page 20: ...Fan Connector CPUFAN CHSFAN BKFAN Except BKFAN The fan speeds of CPUFAN and CHSFAN can be detected and viewed in PC Health section of the BIOS Installation Instruction HDLED SPEAKER ACPI_LED REST Power SLEEP GREEN_LED KEY_L POWER_LED HDDLED HDDLED SPKDATA NC GND VCC HDDLED SPEAKER GND RESET REST EMPTY LED LED LED Green_LED KEYLOCK GND KEY_L LED1 LED2 LED VCC POWER GND EMPTY LED LED LED SLEEP GND E...

Page 21: ... power off status can be powered on by a ring signal received from internal modem If this function is to be used be sure an internal modem card which supports the function is used Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the modem card set Wake up on by Ring LAN asEnabledinthe POWERMANAGEMENTSETUP sectionoftheBIOS Save exit then boot the operating system once to make sure this functio...

Page 22: ...sary signals which supports several different configurations of audio and modem in the system such as audio and modem on the Riser audio on the mainboard and modem on the Riser or no audio with modem on the Riser Either AMR Audio Modem Riser card or MR Modem Riser card can be used on this system This software configurable AC 97 audio and modem system gives customers an advanced multimedia solution...

Page 23: ... it is set as Auto with JFSB1 and JFSB2 closed the system detects the CPU front side bus automatically If it is set as Jumper setting with JFSB1 and JFSB2 opened the CPU front side bus can be set manually Overclocking Jumper Setting JCLK1 JCLK2 Jumpers labeled JCLK1 JCLK2 are located on the mainboard providing users with CPU overclocking feature The host bus speed can be set as 66 100 133MHz Refer...

Page 24: ...ernal frequency CPU speed If Host Bus speed 100MHz CPU bus ratio 4 thenCPU speed 100MHz x 4 400MHz please setup CPU bus ratio according to the following table 3 Open Close Close Close 3 5 Open Close Open Close 4 Close Open Close Close 4 5 Close Open Open Close 5 Open Open Close Close 5 5 Open Open Open Close 6 Close Close Close Open 6 5 Close Close Open Open 7 Open Close Close Open 7 5 Open Close ...

Page 25: ... pin1 pin2 closed for disabling this function Clear 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 chapter 2 Enable on board audio Disable on board audio JSD JSD 1 2 3 1 2 3 Normal status Clear CMOS 1 JCC JCC Unplug the AC power supply 1 ...

Page 26: ...rd BIOS and stored in the flash ROM Whenever the system hardware configuration is changed DMI information will be updated automatically However setting jumper JAV as closed makes flashing BIOS and updating DMI information impossible Therefore set JAV as closed when changing the system hardware configuration or the error message Unkown Flash Type will be dis played on the screen and DMI information...

Page 27: ... successful upgrade 1 Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing Format A s from the DOS prompt under DOS6 xx or Windows 9x environment 2 Copy AWDFLASH EXE 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 qdigrp com Please be sure to download the suitable BIOS file for your mainboard 4 ...

Page 28: ...keys to select among the items and 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 Defaults when the system is in trouble Load Optimized Defaults The Optimized Defaults are common and efficient It is recommended users load the optimized defaults first th...

Page 29: ...he HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the computer system There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS None Auto and User None means no HDD is installed or set Auto means the system can auto detect the hard disk when booting up by choosing user the related information should be entered regarding the follow ing items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Ent...

Page 30: ...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 not want LBA The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of HDD BIOStricksDOS orotherOS into divisingthenumberofcylindersislessthan1024bydividing it by 2 At the same time the number of he...

Page 31: ... 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 all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error but it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error but it will stop f...

Page 32: ... BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Disabled Invalidates this function l CPU Enabled Enables CPU internal Level1 Level2 cache Internal Cache Disabled Disables CPU internal Level1 Level2 cache l External Cache Enabled Enables CPU external cache Disabled Disables CPU external cache l CPU L2 Cache Enabled Enables CPU L2 Cache ECC function ECC Checking Disabled Disables CPU L2 C...

Page 33: ...DRAM 64MB this item OS2 If system DRAM is more than 64MB and the operating system is OS 2 please select this item l HDD S M A R T Enabled Enables S M A R T hard disk support Capability Disabled Invalidates this feature l Video BIOS Enabled Video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video Shadow Shadow will increase the video speed Disabled Video shadow is disabled l C8000 CBFFF Enabled Optional ROM will be ...

Page 34: ...ing Default setting is recommended Medium Fast Turbo l SDRAM Cycle 2 3 Define the CLT timing parameter of SDRAM Length Auto expressed in 66MHz clocks Latency Time 2 clocks Latency Time 3 clocks l DRAM Clock Host Clk DRAM frequency same as CPU FSB Hclk 33M Hclk 33M DRAM frequency is faster than CPU FSB by 33MHz l Memory Hole 15M 16M Memory Hole at 15 16M is reserved for expanded ISA card Disabled D...

Page 35: ...e AC97 function Disabled Disable AC97 function l Onchip Modem Auto Enable MC97 function Disabled Disable MC97 function l CPU to PCI Write Enabled Enable CPU to PCI Write Buffer Buffer Disabled Disable CPU to PCI Write Buffer l PCI Dynamic Enabled Enable PCI Dynamci Bursting Bursting Disabled Disable PCI Dynamci Bursting l PCI Master 0 WS Enabled Enable PCI Master 0 WS Write Write Disabled Disable ...

Page 36: ...mers are in their MIN values HDD Power Down Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD entering power saving mode motor off Doze Mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering Doze mode Suspend Mode Define the continuous idle time before the system entering suspend mode l PM Control by NO System BIOS will ignore APM when Power APM Management is enabled Yes System BIOS wi...

Page 37: ...evious status ON OFF when the AC power supply powers on l Wake Up Events Press Enter set the following items l VGA On VGA active reloads global timer Off VGA active has no influence to global timer l LPT COM LPT COM Set the options of these items to reload global HDD FDD Off On timer PCI master on off l Poweron by PCI Disable Disable power on by PCI card card Enable Enable power on by PCI card l W...

Page 38: ...stem resources IRQ and DMA Controlled By manually Auto Assigns system resources IRQ and DMA auto matically by BIOS l IRQ 3 IRQ 15 Legacy ISA The specified IRQ x will be assigned to ISA only assigned to PCI ISA PnP The specified IRQ x will be assigned to ISA or PCI l DMA 0 DMA 7 Legacy ISA The specified DMA x will be assigned to ISA only assigned to PCI ISA PnP The specified DMA x will be assigned ...

Page 39: ... Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an ultra DMA Master Slave UDMA device is detected Disabled Disables this function l Init Display First PCI SLOT Initializes the PCI VGA first If a PCI VGA card and an AGP card are installed together in the system the one initialized first functions AGP Initializes the AGP first l IDE HDD Block Enabled Allows IDE HDD to read write several sectors Mode at once...

Page 40: ...nded Capabilities Port ECP ECP l ECP Mode Use 1 3 Set DMA for ECP mode use DMA l Parallel Port EPP EPP1 7 Set parallel port EPP type Type EPP1 9 l Onboard Legacy Enabled the following item according as onboard audio to Audio set Disabled l Sound Blaster Enabled Enabled Sound Blaster Disabled Disabled Sound Blaster l SB I O Base 220H 240H Define SB I O Base Address Address 260H 280H l SB IRQ Select...

Page 41: ...M Revolution Per Minute speed of fan Current CHSFAN Speed 3998RPM connected to the fan header CPUFAN CHSFAN Fan speed value is based on an assumptionthat tachometer signal is two pulses per revolution In other cases you should regard it relatively l Vcore 1 5V Displays current Voltage values including all 2 5V 2 49 significant voltages of the mainboard 3 3V 3 3V 3 32V 2 5V 12V and 5V are voltages ...

Page 42: ...assword being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter BIOS Setup 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 enter BIOSSetup Ifyouhaveselected Setup at Security Option from BIOSFeaturesSetup menu youwillbe prompted ...

Page 43: ...Via428V B VGA Driver It s recommended for advanced users that you may follow CD steps to install VGA driver VIA VGA dirvers included in the directory DevDrv VGA VT8601 1040 C Audio codec Driver It s recommended for advanced users that you may choose the options you want to install Audio driver For Windows 9X 2000 click this option you can install the drivers for your Onboard sound Audio driver inc...

Page 44: ...use cblogo exe included on the QDI Mainboard Utility CD to replace it by any other logo which you prefer Regarding the method of usingcblogo exe utility please refer to it s online help If you don t prefer the logo displayed on the screen during boot up set the Show Bootup Logo option asDisabledinthe BIOSFEATURESSETUP sectionof theBIOS We reserve the right of modifying the default full logo of QDI...

Page 45: ... Partition and Recovery user interfaces accordingly during BIOS booting up If two or more hard disks are installed use F5 key to choose the hard disk 1 Partition Interface see figure 1 Users can create and delete partitions mirror partitions activate partitions and uninstall RecoveryEasy in Partition User Interface 1 0 Install RecoveryEasy for the first time a The utility checks the previous disk ...

Page 46: ... mirror partition If answering N the whole disk space left can be assigned See figure 2 Note a The system will prompt Insert system floppy then reset when the first partition on the first hard disk is created b After using DOS6 xx boot disk to format C partition the system should be reset in order to access the partition c In Windows system 1 048 576 bytes equal 1 Megabyte while in RecoveryEasy 1 ...

Page 47: ...ed in reverse order for example from partition 4 to 1 Steps After pressing the DELETE MIR button only the final mirror partition can be deleted in order to keep the continuous disk space If the warning message is confirmed the mirror partition will be deleted By pressing N or ESC key the system quits 1 6 UNINST SFW Function Uninstall RecoveryEasy Limitation None Steps After pressing the UNINST SFW...

Page 48: ...ions 2 1 BACKUP PAR Function Backups the content of the partition to its mirror area Limitation If no mirror partition exists this button is disabled Steps a Use F5 key to choose the partition with mirror area existed b If the partition chosen has been backuped before a warning message will be shown and the time when last backup was done will be displayed in the status line After confirming the wa...

Page 49: ... disable every time the system reboots b In order to implement this function users need to enable the switch when installing the OS or modifying the partition properties Please note Do not create or delete partitions or change the partition size when modifying the partition properties 2 4 BACKUP CMS Function Backups all CMOS settings Limitation None Steps After choosing this function the current C...

Page 50: ...coveryEasy creates a so called mirror partition with same size for the hard disk partition on the same hard disk and then completely backups all the data sector by sector to the mirror area This mirror partition is reserved to OS When the OS ruins either by mistakes or virus users can recover the partition from its mirror 2 Does RecoveryEasy occupy the system resources Although some hard disk data...

Page 51: ...ts 8 Are there any other disk partition tools that can modify the partition table made by RecoveryEasy RecoveryEasy provides a write protect function so the disk tools such as Fdisk Partition Magic BootMenu SmartDisk and BootStar can not modify the partition table created by RecoveryEasy Some of the applications even terminate during operation However the disk tools bundled in the OS such as Windo...

Page 52: ... reboot in order to make the change validate for fdisk exe 13 What if computer accidentally power off when backuping recovering The partition should be completely backuped or recovered If the computer accidentally powers off the partition should be backuped or recovered once again 14 What if users lose the password To make sure the security the password is saved in the hard disk It s very importan...

Page 53: ...g out of the use 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 Completely check your package If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer Advance 6A mainboard or Advance 6B mainboard QDI Driver CD 2000 I O shield 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy r...

Page 54: ...Mainboard Layout Mainboard Layout ...

Page 55: ... LED near the battery If the LED is on adding or removing devices like SDRAM memory is prohib ited Caution 1 Caution 2 Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the PentiumIII Coppermine CPU and the FAN to keep them fully contact meanwhile to meet the heat sink requirement Caution 3 The Advance 6A Advance 6B mainboard supports PC100 133 SDRAM only If your processor FSB speed is 66MHz please set ...

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