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 P5I915PL series mainboard

 QDI Utility CD

 1HD ribbon cable

 1 FDD cable

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Summary of Contents for P5I915PL

Page 1: ...l 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 P5I915PLseries mainboard QDIUti...

Page 2: ... 2000 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 t...

Page 3: ... Mainboard Manufacturer QDI TECHNOLOGY HK Limited 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 ca...

Page 4: ..._LED 7 Reset Switch RESET 7 PowerLEDConnector PWR_LED 8 TURBO Switch 8 FanConnectors CPU_FAN SYS_FANandCHS_FAN 8 COM2 optional USB5 USB6 USB7 USB8Connectors 9 Infrared Header IrDA 9 Audio Connector CD_IN 10 SPEAKERConnector optional 10 FrontIEEE1394Port F_1394 optional 11 Onboard SATA 11 AudioInterface F_AUDIO 12 SPDIF_OUTConnector 13 SPDIF_INConnector 13 4 pin SMBus Connector SMBus optional 14 Ch...

Page 5: ...CONTENTS Chapter 3 BIOSDescription 19 AMI BIOS Description 21 Appendix QDIUlitityCD 22 Using 4 6 ChannelAudio 32 Selecting 8 Channel Setting 36 Layout ...

Page 6: ...ing expansion cards RAM or other system peripherals otherwise your mainboard and RAM might be seriously damaged Note This manual is suitable for P5I915PL series of mainboards Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants different features 6A with 6 channel Audio 8A with 8 channel Audio L with onboard 10 100M LAN F with IEEE 1394 port K with onboard G bit LAN R with RAID function ...

Page 7: ...ed technologies together with AC 97 audio 6 channel or High Definition Audio 8 channel 4 SATA at most 8 USB 2 0 ports and ATA100 66 33 give customers an advanced multimedia solution at reasonable price It provides 533 800MHz host bus speed to support Intel LGA775 processors Suspending to RAM the optimal imple mentation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification makes the ...

Page 8: ...es at 480Mbps about 40X times faster than USB 1 1 which currently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps Provides 8 USB 2 0 ports Onboard I O One floppy port supporting up to two 3 5 floppy drives with 1 44M format Two high speed 16550 compatible COMs with 16 byte send receive FIFO COM1 on back panel COM2 on header with optional cable One parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode Supports PS 2 mouse ...

Page 9: ... DirectedPower Management 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 Main Expansion Slots and Connectors Slot Port Quantity Description PCI 4 PCIslots PCIE 2 PCI Express x1 ports PCIEX 1 PCI Express x16 port IDE 1 IDEport FLOPPY 1 Floppy Drive port DDR 2 DIMMsockets USB 8 USB connectors LAN 1 optional LAN connector C...

Page 10: ...ut 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: ...ices The RJ 45 connector is for onboard LAN Parallel Port and Serial Port Connector COM1 The parallel port connector can be connected toa parallel device such as a printer The serial port COM1connector can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port mouse Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals otherwise your mainbo...

Page 12: ...and woofer Microphone function is offered by F_AUDIO Connector on the mainboard now If set 2 ChannelAudiomode on 6A or 6ALmainboard you can connect two speakers tothe Front Left Right jack at the same time use the Rear Left Right jack as Line in jack and use the Center Woofer jack as Microphone in jack Speaker out Line in Microphone in Front Left Right Rear Left Right Center Woofer 8 Channel Audio...

Page 13: ... of the power supply if one is provided then push once the power switch When powering off the system you needn t turn off the mechanical switch just push once the power switch P5I915PL series mainboard only support ATX12V power Note please pay attention to orientation and sequence of pins when using 20 pins ATX power supply connector POWER SW ATXPowerSupplyConnector 1 5V NC PWR OK 5VDC PS ON COM 3...

Page 14: ...Easy Setting item in Ad vanced Setup of AMI BIOS first and select CPU PCIEX PCI frequency then press turbo switch If you want to know information about TurboEasy please refer to appendix Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN and CHS_FAN The fan speed of these three fans can be detected POWER LED HDD LED HDD LED HDD LED G N D RESET RESERVED G N D P O W E R PWR LED RESET PWR LED POWER SW SYS_FAN CPU_FAN 12...

Page 15: ...USB cable optional to provide additional fourUSB ports The serial port COM2is not available onthe back panel Therefore we provide a 9 pin header Infrared Header IrDA This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device IrDA 1 VCC IRRX GND IRTX CUT USB7_8 USB5_6 COM2 optional DCD GND SOUT RTS RI SIN NC DSR CTS DTR 1 5V USB0 USB0 GND CUT NA USB1 USB1 5V GND 1 5V USB0 USB0 GND CUT NA US...

Page 16: ...PL 10 Audio Connectors CD_IN CD_IN is Sony standard CD audio connector it can be connected to a CD ROM drive through a CD audio cable CD_IN SPEAKER Connector optional CD Right Channel Common CD Left Channel SPK_DATA GND NC SPK_VCC 1 ...

Page 17: ...tion With speed of up to 150Mbps you can connect Serial ATA cable to Serial ATA hard disk SATA1 SATA2 Front IEEE 1394 port F_1394 optional Besides one 1394 port on the back panel the mainboard also have one 10 pin headers on board to provide additional IEEE 1394 port F_1394 1 TPA TPB Ground TPA Ground TPB 12V FUSE Ground 12V FUSE RX TX GND GND GND RX TX ...

Page 18: ...or the earphone When the FrontAudio is absent Pin5 and Pin6 Pin9 and Pin10 must be short connected F_AUDIO for AC 97 Pin No Symbol Pin No Symbol 1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 NC 8 Cut away 9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD_RET_L 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 Pin No Symbol Pin No Symbol 1 F_MIC_ L 2 GND 3 F_MIC_R 4 PRESENCE 5 HP_ R 6 SENSE1_RETURN 7 SENSE_SEND 8 Cut away 9 HP_L...

Page 19: ...Chapter 2 P5I915PL 13 SPDIF_OUT Connector The SPDIF output allow your digital audio input from digital audio devices SPDIF out GND Cut away SPDIF_OUT SPDIF_IN Connector SPDIF_IN SPDIF IN GND Cut away 1 ...

Page 20: ...ultiple devices can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBUS 1 SMBDATA SMBCLD 5VSB GND Chassis Security Switch CHSSEC optional The connector connects to the chassis security switch on the case The system can detect the chassis intrusion through the status of this connector If the connector has been closed once the system will record the status...

Page 21: ...ED4 LED2 LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 LED5 status blink off off off off CPU damaged BIOS chip absent or damaged on off off off off system detect CPU and initialize chipset off on off off off system detect memory off off on off off system initialize PCI off off off on off system initialize clockgen off off off off on system detect Video and invoke Video BIOS on on on on on Hyper Threading OK off off off off...

Page 22: ...er setting jumper BIOS_WP as closed makes flashing BIOS 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 Jumper Settings Jumpers arelocatedonthemainboard theclearCMOSjumpe...

Page 23: ...B line of the power supply should be capable of delivering enough current for all the devices con nected to the keyboard port if not you will be unable to power up the system using the keyboard Note JKB Disable Enable 1 2 3 1 2 3 Clear CMOS CLR_CMOS If you want to clear CMOS unplug the AC power supply first close CLR_CMOS pin1 pin2 once set CLR_CMOS back to the normal status with pin2 pin3 connect...

Page 24: ...s the advanced USB device wake up function The system can be waked up from its power saving status including ACPI S3 by activating USB device Before using this function set JUSB JFUSB with pin2 pin3 closed Otherwise set JUSB JFUSB with pin1 pin2 closed for disabling JUSB JFUSB Enable Disable 1 2 3 Enable Disable 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 25: ...MI BIOS Setupprogram that provides aSetup utility for users to modify the basic system configuration The infor mation 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 26: ... Destroy System CMOS k Program all non critical block only s leave signature in BIOS q silent execution h print help Follow the steps exactly for a 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 CopyADUDOS EXE from the directory Utilitylocatedon QDI UtilityCDto newbootable diskette 3 Download the upda...

Page 27: ...ons IDE device Floppy drive boot settings superIO chipset hardware health ACPI USB support etc PCI PnP Setup This section describes how to configure the PCI bus system This section covers some very technical items and it is recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default setting Boot Settings The section allow you to configure settings during system boot Security Set...

Page 28: ...ou should install the drivers in order and you need to restart your computer until all the drivers are installed A Chipset software B USB2 0Driver C Audio Driver D Network Driver optional E Directx 2 Browse CD You could read all the contents contained in this CD including Utility and Documents The files included in Utility are A AFUDOS exe The files included in Documents are A Adobe Acrobat Reader...

Page 29: ... Del key to enter BIOS setup 3 Enter Advanced Setup menu then enable the TurboEasy Setting item in QDI Features Configuration and select the CPU PCIEX PCI frequency 4 Press the turbo switch to enable the frequency you selected in CMOS Advanced Setup Menu Do not set frequency higher than its working frequency If you do we will not be responsible for any damages caused MWarning ...

Page 30: ...l procesador en el socket y conecte el ventilador del procesador en el conector de su placa base QDI P5I915PLmarcado como CPUFAN 6 Insertelos mó dulosdememoriaenlosbancosdememoriaDIMM desuplacabaseQDI P5I915PL 7 Inserte las tarjetas PCI y o la tarjeta AGP en las bahí as deexpansió n de su placa base QDI P5I915PL 8 Conecte los perifé ricos internos IDE y las disqueteras mediante los cables de datos...

Page 31: ...ide de seleccionar la secuencia de inicio correcta 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 pa...

Page 32: ...urnies avec cette derniè re lors de son achat 4 S assurerquelacartemè redela sé rieQDI P5I915PLest 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 Instructions d insta...

Page 33: ...stallation 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 réglages de sûretépar défaut afin d éviter u...

Page 34: ...est importantd installer les pilotes enrespectant l ordrepré dé finit et de redé marrer le systè me aprè s avoir effectuél installation de tous les pilotes Applications contenues dans le dossier A Chipset software B USB2 0Driver C Audio Driver D Network Driver optional E Directx 2 Browse CD Avec cette option il est possible de consulter l ensemble des donné es contenues surleCD ROMd installationQD...

Page 35: ...ssa 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 c...

Page 36: ...lare tutti i driver della Vs mainboard in modo facile e veloce Dovreste installare i driver nella seguente succesione finito cio bisogna far ripartire il personal computer A Chipset software B USB2 0Driver C Audio Driver D Network Driver optional E Directx 2 Guardando il CD Questomanualediinstallazionee disponibileanchenellasuaversione elettronicaall interno del cd accompagnativo insieme anche div...

Page 37: ... channel 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 ...

Page 38: ...h 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 Digital Audio Output Description Connnet the SPDIF speakers to the Coaxial SPDIF jack CoaxialSPDIFjack ...

Page 39: ...ick the 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 40: ...fails 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 Outp...

Page 41: ... 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 42: ...display the Realtek Audio ControlPanel Sound Effect Options TheALC 880 allows you to set your listening enviorment adjust the equlizer set the karaoke or select pre programmed equalizer settings for your listening pleasure To set the sound effect options 1 from the RealtekAudio Control Panel click the Sound Effect button 2 click the shortcut buttons to change the acoustic enviorment adjust the equ...

Page 43: ...3 click the Exit button on the upper ring hand corner of the window to exit Speaker Configuration The option allows you to set your speaker configuration To set the speaker configuration 1 from the RealtekAudio Control Panel click the speaker configuration button 2 select from the combo list box your current speaker setup then click Auto Test to test your settings 3 click the Exit button on the up...

Page 44: ...n on the upper ring hand corner of the window to exit General settings The option shows the audio settings and allows you to change the language setting or topple the SoundEffect icon display on the windows taskbar To display the general settings 1 from the RealtekAudio Control Panel click the general button 2 click the option button to enable or disable the icon display on the windows taskbar 3 c...

Page 45: ...el or front panel device plugged in To start the Audio wizard 1 from the RealtekAudio Control Panel click theAudio wizard button 2 click the back panel button to detect the device plugged in 3 click the Exit button on the upper ring hand corner of the window to exit ...

Page 46: ...Board Layout of P5I915PL Note The layout includes all options It is for your reference only ...

Page 47: ... Top PS 2 Mouse Bttm PS 2 Keyboard LPT COM1 PANEL Note pin1 for a jumpers are located on the side with black line 1 PWR_LED 2 PWR_SW EMPTY 3 HDD_LED 4 RESET REVERSE 5 TURBO 1 2 3 4 SPDIF_OUT F_AUDIO ATX12V ATX_POWER IrDA AUDIO SYS_FAN CHSSEC USB5_6 USB7_8 North Bridge SMBUS option SPEAKER option COM2 F_1394 SPDIF_IN 5 LGA775 PCIE1 PCIE2 PCIEX JFUSB option JUSB option ...

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