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Manual for SynactiX 5EP/5EI

Installation Instructions

Parallel Port, 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 such as a serial port
mouse. You can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in “Integrated Periph-
erals” from AWARD  BIOS  SETUP.

Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick

Connector (SynactiX 5EP-A/-AL, SynactiX 5EI-A/-AL available)

The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player to
playback or record. The Microphone-in jack can be connected to a microphone for voice input.
The Speaker-out jack allows you to connect speakers or headphones for audio output from
the internal amplifier.The MIDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a
MIDI device.

USB3, 4 Connectors

Two USB ports are not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 10-pin cable
(optional)  to connect on-board USB header and USB devices.

MIDI/Joystick

Speaker out

Line in

Microphone in

Optional

Parallel Port

UART1

UART2

+ 5 V

D1+

  D1-

GND
GND

GND
GND

 D0+
 D0-
 +5V

Summary of Contents for SynactiX 5EP

Page 1: ...nsequen tial damages arising out of 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 w...

Page 2: ...rements 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 stand...

Page 3: ...duct 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 F...

Page 4: ...oards Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants diverse features SynactiX 5EP without ISA slot onboard audio and LAN SynactiX 5EI with ISA slot without onboard audio and LAN A wit...

Page 5: ...Connector HD_LED 7 Reset Switch RESET 7 SpeakerConnector SPEAKER 7 Power LED Connector PWR LED 7 GREENLEDConnector GREENLED 7 ACPI LED Connector ACPI LED 7 Hardware Green Connector SLEEP SW 7 Key Lock...

Page 6: ...ription 20 Entering Setup 20 Load Optimized Defaults 20 Standard CMOS Features Setup 20 CPU SpeedEasy Setup 24 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 25 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 28 Power Management Setup...

Page 7: ...system peripherals especially the SDRAM memory otherwise your mainboard or the system memory might be seriously damaged Caution 1 Caution 2 Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and the...

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Page 9: ...ACPI and Keyboard Password Power on functions StepEasy our new innovation is also supplied to enable you to adjust CPU frequency step by step easily to meet your need Key Features Form factor l ATX f...

Page 10: ...ices including IDE hard disks and CD ROMdrives Onboard LAN SynactiX 5EP L AL SynactiX 5EI L AL available l 10 100 Mbit sec Ethernet support l 10 100M LAN interface built in on board 4 USB l 2 UHCI Hos...

Page 11: ...QDI s ManageEasy l Providing QDI innovations such as SpeedEasy RecoveryEasy BIOS ProtectEasy to protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH LogoEasy ManageEasy BootEasy an...

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Page 13: ...e connectors please pay attention to the directions Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals otherwise your mainboard and expansion c...

Page 14: ...A AL SynactiX 5EI A AL available The Line in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player to playback or record The Microphone in jack can be connected to a microphone for vo...

Page 15: ...1 1 1 1 Operating System Booting 1 GREEN 0 RED ATX Power Supply Connector Power Switch POWER SW Be sure to connect the power supply plug to this connector in its proper orientation The power switch P...

Page 16: ...CPI LED Connector ACPI LED Reserved The ACPI LED is a double color light with three pins Pin1and Pin2 drive different color lights If Pin1 drives the orange light then Pin2 drives the green light the...

Page 17: ...an be detected and viewed in PC Health section of the BIOS These three fans will be automatically turned off after the system enters suspend mode Sound Connector PC PCI This connector provides a bridg...

Page 18: ...d exit then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect Installation Instructions Wake Up On Internal Modem WOM Through this function the system which is in the suspend or s...

Page 19: ...udio input from such sound sources as aCD ROM TVtuner orMPEGcard 4 pin SMBus Connector SMBUS This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an...

Page 20: ...st effective high quality integrated audio on the platform In addition an AC 97 soft modem can be implemented with the use of a modem codec AC 97 digital link allows several external codecs to be conn...

Page 21: ...jumper JKB and enable disable onboard audio jumper JSD etc Pin 1 for all jumpers are located on the side with a thick white line Pin1 referring to the mainboard s silkscreen Jumpers with three pins w...

Page 22: ...tting up to 133MHz using proces sors with 100MHz bus speed is also supported However whether or not the system can be overclocked depends on your processor s capability Whether the processor is bus ra...

Page 23: ...or disabling Furthermore the item Wake Up From S3 by USB in BIOS setup should also be set corespondingly to enable or disable this function CPU Core Voltage Setting JVID0 4 Optional The Jumpers JVID0...

Page 24: ...1 1 1 1 0 1 375 0 1 1 0 1 1 40 1 1 1 0 1 1 425 0 1 1 0 0 1 45 1 1 1 0 0 1 475 0 1 0 1 1 1 50 1 1 0 1 1 1 525 0 1 0 1 0 1 55 1 1 0 1 0 1 575 0 1 0 0 1 1 60 1 1 0 0 1 1 625 0 1 0 0 0 1 65 1 1 0 0 0 1 6...

Page 25: ...power on the system Enable Disable onboard audio JSD SynactiX 5EP A AL SynactiX 5EI A AL available If you want to use the on board audio set JSD with pin2 pin3 closed default Other wise set JSD with p...

Page 26: ...er off your system In this case the power button s power on function has been disabled Note 1 If using this function 5VSB line of the power supply should be capable of delivering enough current eg 200...

Page 27: ...stem 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 in FWH Whenever the system hardware configuration is change...

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Page 29: ...t A s 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 Down...

Page 30: ...select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Load Optimized Defaults...

Page 31: ...es 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...

Page 32: ...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 L...

Page 33: ...rors 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...

Page 34: ...s item is only for users who x16 understand all the CPU parameters However the multiplier setting will not function for bus ratio locked processor only bus ratio unlocked processor l CPU Host Default...

Page 35: ...ed Guard against boot virus threats early in the On Guard boot cycle before they have a chance to load into your system ensuring your computer boots to a clean operating system Disabled Disable this f...

Page 36: ...cal drive B to logical drive A and vice versa l Boot Up Enabled Test floppy drives to determine whether they Floppy Seek Disabled have 40 or 80 tracks l Boot Up On Select power on state for NumLock Nu...

Page 37: ...date this feature l Report NO FDD Yes Report NO Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95 to for WIN 95 release IRQ6 No Do not report No Floppy Disk Drive for WIN 95 l Flash Write Enabled This option is for protec...

Page 38: ...is RAS activing time Trc is RAS Cycle time l SDRAM RAS to CAS 2 Set SDRAM RAS to CAS delay 3 SCLKs or 2 Delay 3 SCLKs l SDRAM RAS 2 Set SDRAM RAS Percharge is 3 or 2 Precharge Time 3 l System BIOS Ena...

Page 39: ...particular GART Configuration l AGP Device 4X Enabled Support AGP4X mode support Disabled Not Support AGP4X mode l System Memory 100 MHz Select the System Memory Frequency this Frequency 133 MHz optio...

Page 40: ...re defined timer values 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 b...

Page 41: ...power saving mode motor off l Soft Off by Instant Off The system will immediately power off once the PWR BTTN power button is pressed Delay 4 secs The system will power off when power button is presse...

Page 42: ...ke up by Alarm event to power up the system Disabled RTC has no alarm function l Primary IDE 0 1 Enabled Reload global timer when there s an IDE event Secondary IDE 0 1 Disabled Do not reload global t...

Page 43: ...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 all boot...

Page 44: ...ndary master slave Primary Secondary PIOmode Master Slave PIO Auto The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto detection l IDE Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an Ultra DMA Primary Secondary device is d...

Page 45: ...HDD Block Enabled Allow IDE HDD to read write several sectors at Mode once Disabled IDE HDD only reads writes a sector once l KBC input clock 6 8 MHz Set the PS 2 Keyboard input clock as 6 8 12 12 16...

Page 46: ...P EPP ECP Define the parallel port mode ECP EPP l EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 EPP1 9 Set EPP Mode is EPP 1 7 Version or is 1 9 Version l ECP Mode Use 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA is 1 or 3 DMA 1 l PWRON After OF...

Page 47: ...mperature reaches the previous setting 560 C 1330 F 500 C 1220 F 530 C 1270 F 560 C 1330 F 600 C 1400 F 600 C 1400 F 630 C 1450 F 660 C 1510 F 700 C 1580 F 630 C 1450 F 750 C 1670 F 800 C 1760 F 850 C...

Page 48: ...er supply VTT 1 5 Voltage is GTL 3 3V Termination voltage from the on board regulator 5 V and VCCVID CPU Voltage is the CPU core 12 V voltage from the on board switching Power 12 V Supply The VBAT Vol...

Page 49: ...D 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 Ifyouha...

Page 50: ...ur computer until all the drivers are installed A Chipset software B Network Driver C Audio Driver D MIDIDriver E DirectX 2 Accessory A QDIManageEasy B QDIStepEasy C Norton AntiVirus 3 Browse CD You c...

Page 51: ...the Website http www qdigrp com and copy the BIOS file xxxxxx bin onto your hard disk 3 Boot the system into DOS environment Put your favourite picture into BIOS file by CBLOGO EXE command For exampl...

Page 52: ...um As long as you conform to the steps of tuning the CPU frequency there is almost no risk to adjust the frequency Installation You can install the QDI StepEasy by the following two means 1 Run CD sel...

Page 53: ...y 3 You can click on the Default button then click on the GO button to get the default frequency 4 StepEasy enables you to save the successful CPU tune frequency for later use If you want to save the...

Page 54: ...ny 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...

Page 55: ...ttese 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...

Page 56: ...de arranque de su sistema operativo BootEasy es muy simple de utilizar basta con escoger la opci n correcta en CMOS SETUP refi rase al apartado Advanced BIOS Features As conseguir arrancar su sistema...

Page 57: ...beim erstmaligen Start des Rechners und speichert die Ergebnisse in einem Flash ROM Beim n chsten Start ruft das System lediglich diese Informationen aus dem Speicher ab und kann so innerhalb von wen...

Page 58: ...Celeron FC PGA or Tualatin FC PGA2 processors 2 Plug in other configurations and restore the system 3 Switch on power to the system and press the Del key to enter BIOS Setup 4 Enter CPU SpeedEasy Set...

Page 59: ...edEasy SetupMenu BIOS provides you with a set of basic values for your processor selection instead of the jumper settings The processor speed can be manually selected on the CPU SpeedEasy SETUP menusc...

Page 60: ...ated Norton AntiVirus When you install Norton AntiVirus and accept options your computer is safe Norton AntiVirus automatically checks boot records for viruses at system startup Checks pro grams for v...

Page 61: ...are will be strengthened Today it is possible to monitor and manage your complex hardware from Windows 9X and Windows NT QDI ManageEasy is a system tool like a bridge between the complex hardware and...

Page 62: ...e figure 1 Userscancreateanddeletepartitions mirrorpartitions activatepartitions anduninstall RecoveryEasy in Partition User Interface 1 0 Install RecoveryEasy for the first time a The utility checks...

Page 63: ...rror 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 cr...

Page 64: ...n 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 me...

Page 65: ...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...

Page 66: ...able every time the system reboots b In order to implement this function users need to enable the switch when install ing the OS or modifying the partition properties Please note Do not create or dele...

Page 67: ...eryEasy 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 p...

Page 68: ...rminate during operation However the disk tools bundled in the OS such as Windows NT Windows 2000 Unix and OS2 could change the mirror partition 8 Why does it happen that a prompt installation can not...

Page 69: ...etely backuped or recovered If the computer accidentally powers off the partition should be backuped or recovered once again 13 What if users lose the password To make sure the security the password i...

Page 70: ...son logement avec son ventilateur que vous brancherez au connecteur CPUFAN 6 Ins rez la les barrette s de m moire dans les slots DIMM 7 Installez vos ventuelles cartes PCI et AMR dans les slots pr vus...

Page 71: ...du manuel sur le CD ROM 5 Pressez la touche F10 ou choisissez Save and exit pour enregistrer vos param tres et relancer la machine 6 Installez votre syst me d exploitation 7 Apr s installation assurez...

Page 72: ...urs les chiffres verts indiquent que la fr quence est totalement s re les chiffres jaunes indiquent que la fr quence est relativement s re et les chiffres rouges clignotants indiquent que la fr quence...

Page 73: ...Features Setup BootEasy sauvegarde toutes les informations lorsque le PC d marre normalement et restaure les param tres pour le syst me permettant ainsi au PC de d marrer rapidement Note 1 Le PC d ma...

Page 74: ...ous pouvez s lectionner manuellement la vitesse de CPU dans ce menu soit en mode SpeedEasy soit en mode Jumper Emulation voir manuel ATTENTION Nepass lectionnerunefr quencedefonctionnementduCPU sup ri...

Page 75: ...100 10MbEthernet Optional QDI Innovations SpeedEasy LogoEasy ManageEasy BIOS ProtectEasy Recove ryEasy CPU Socket370PIII Celeron CyrixIII FSB 66 100 133 Chipset Intel 815EP FormFactor MicroATX 1AGP 3P...

Page 76: ...Innovations SpeedEasy LogoEasy ManageEasy BIOS ProtectEasy Recove ryEasy SynactiX 2EP Welcome to visit www qdigrp com for products Introduction Welcome to visit www qdigrp com for products Introducti...

Page 77: ...Board Layout of SynactiX 5EP 5EI V2 0 This layout is just for your reference...

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