QDI BA1, Manual

Page 1: ...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 Thi...

Page 2: ...nts 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 standard...

Page 3: ...ainboard 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 Rul...

Page 4: ...6 ATX12V Power Supply Connector Power Switch POWER_SW 7 Hard Disk LED Connector HD_LED 8 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 8 Reset Switch RESET 8 Power LED Connector PWR LED 8 USB3 4 Connectors 8 Smart Card...

Page 5: ...p 22 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 24 Power Management Setup 26 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 28 Integrated Peripherals 29 Password Setting 32 Boot with BIOS defaults 32 Appendix QDI Utility CD 33 Nor...

Page 6: ...on cards or other system peripherals especially the memory devices otherwise your mainboard or the system memory might be seriously damaged Caution Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU...

Page 7: ...Note This manual is suitable for mainboards of BA1 series Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants diverse features Suffix Onboard Audio Onboard LAN Without Without A 2channel W...

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Page 9: ...vanced multimedia solution at a reasonable price Key Features Form factor z mATX form factor of 244mm x 200mm Microprocessor z Supports Intel Pentium 4 Willamette socket 478 processors at 1 4 1 5 1 6...

Page 10: ...ps about 40X times faster than USB 1 1 which currently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps z z z z z 2 USB ports on back panel 2 USB on board with optional cable Onboard I O z One floppy port suppor...

Page 11: ...AGP Digital Display ADD card BA1 BA1 GV mainboard z Only support Intel AGP Digital Display ADD card BIOS z Licensed advanced AWARD phoenix BIOS z Supports Flash RAM with plug and play ready z Support...

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Page 13: ...ctor 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 connector is for the usage of PS 2 mouse USB1 USB2 and LAN Connec...

Page 14: ...annel Audio which consists of Front Left Front Right Rear Left Rear Right Center and Woofer for a complete surround sound effect The function of the Front Left Right jack and the Rear Left Right are s...

Page 15: ...and we are not responsible for any damage caused 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 suppl...

Page 16: ...is off The connector has an orientation Speaker Connector SPEAKER The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case Reset Switch RESET The connector connects to the case s reset switch Press...

Page 17: ...Integrated Circuit Card without internal clocks If use this function set UART Mode Select to SCR in the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS section of the BIOS SCR 1 SCRST VCC NC NC SCPWCTL SCIO GND LED SCPSNT SC...

Page 18: ...eiving Audio Connectors CD_IN Optional CD_IN is Sony standard CD audio connector which can be connected to a CD ROM drive through a CD audio cable IrDA Connector 1 VCC IRTX NC GND IRRX CD_IN Common CD...

Page 19: ...Slot Port Quantity Description PCI 2 PCI slots AGP 1 option AGP slot IDE 2 IDE ports FLOPPY 1 Floppy Drive port DIMM 2 DIMM sockets USB 4 USB connectors COM 1 COM connectors PARALLEL 1 option Paralle...

Page 20: ...CLR_CMOS enableBIOSProtectionfunctionjumperBIOS_WPetc Pin1foralljumpersarelocatedonthe side with a thick white line Pin1 refer to the mainboard s silkscreen Jump ers with three pins will be shown as t...

Page 21: ...ROM The DMI Desktop Management Interface system 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 Whenever the sys...

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Page 23: ...under DOS6 xx or Windows 9x environment 2 Copy AWDFLASH EXE version 8 18q from the directory Utility located on QDI Mainboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated BIOS fil...

Page 24: ...p 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 The Optimized Defaults...

Page 25: ...e 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 aut...

Page 26: ...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 n...

Page 27: ...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 wil...

Page 28: ...iplication of processor core frequency z CPU Host PCI Clock Default Set CPU Host or PCI frequency 100 33MHz 166 33MHz BootEasy setting z QDI BootEasy Enabled PC boot in rapid speed without any redunda...

Page 29: ...ng ning RecoveryEasyII setting z Menu language English Select RecoveryEasyII Interface Menu language Select Chinese z Hotkey for Null Backup Recovery interface can not be used by Backup Recovery Press...

Page 30: ...ssage on screen and alarm beep Disabled Invalidates this function z CPU L1 L2 Enabled Enable CPU L1 L2 cache Cache Disabled Disable CPU L1 L2 cache z Quick Power Enabled Allow the system to skip certa...

Page 31: ...ter repeats when you chars sec hold down a key z Typematic Delay 250 1000 The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat Msec z Security Option Setup Select whether the password is required every System...

Page 32: ...tency 1 5 3 Set CAS latency time Time z Active to Precharge 5 6 7 Set precharge delay time Delay z DRAM RAS to 2 3 Set DRAM RAS to CAS delay 3 SCLKs or 2 CAS Delay SCLKs z DRAM RAS 2 3 Set DRAM RAS pr...

Page 33: ...l 32Min mode z AGP Aperture 4 8 16 32 Set the effective size of the Graphics Aperture to Size MB 64 128 256 be used in the particular GART Configuration It is not available when onboard VGA used z On...

Page 34: ...their MAX values Max Saving Pre defined timer values are used All timers are in their MIN values z Video Off Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen Method when disabling video V H...

Page 35: ...ff by Instant Off The system will immediately power off once the PWR BTTN power button is pressed Delay 4 sec The system will power off when power button is pressed for 4 seconds z Wake Up by PCI Enab...

Page 36: ...on and the system reconfiguration has caused serious conflicts preventing the OS from booting Disabled Disable the configuration data function z Resources Auto ESCD BIOS can automatically configure a...

Page 37: ...E Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled if an Ultra DMA device Primary Secondary is detected Master Slave UDMA Disabled Disable this function z USB Controller Enabled Enable onchip USB controller Disabl...

Page 38: ...board floppy disk controller is disabled z 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 add...

Page 39: ...Former state when PWR Fail Former Sts the AC power supply resumes z Game Port Disabled This option is used to configure Game Port Address 201 209 Address z Midi Port Address Disabled This option is us...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...xe B Cblogo exe C Lf exe The files included in Documents are A Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 Norton AntiVirus When you install Norton AntiVirus and accept options your computer is safe Norton AntiVirus au...

Page 42: ...y 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 change LOGO graph ics inclu...

Page 43: ...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 CBLOGO EXE command For ex...

Page 44: ...ot successfully 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 QDI Innovation features men...

Page 45: ...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 can easily enter Backup or Recover interface by sim...

Page 46: ...options including NULL and F2 F12 Key F11 is default If NULL is selected Backup interface can not be used with pressing hotkey If you select one key of the rest 11 options you can enter Backup interf...

Page 47: ...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 several IDE...

Page 48: ...hard 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...

Page 49: ...on 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 the...

Page 50: ...tion 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 rap...

Page 51: ...rmationen aus dem 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 d...

Page 52: ...asy JAV 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 QDI BA1 en el cap tulo 2 5 Inserte el procesad...

Page 53: ...te Param sinformaci nlasfuncionesdelaBios consulteelapartado BIOSDescription enelmanualdeusuariodelaplacabaseQDISuperb4 Presione la tecla F10 y seleccione la opci n Save Exit Setup en el men de config...

Page 54: ...cional D VGA Driver Opcional E DirectX Opcional F USB2 0 Opcional 2 Accessorios A QFlash B NortonAntiVirus 3 Navegue por el CD Usted puede leer todos los documentos incluidos en este CD incluidos Util...

Page 55: ...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 bracelet maintenir un contact phy...

Page 56: ...e 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 es la c...

Page 57: ...e dur int gr au 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 exploitatio...

Page 58: ...sory Applications contenues dans le dossier A Qflash B Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 3 Browse CD Avec cette option il est possible de consulter l ensemble des donn es contenues sur le CD ROM d instal...

Page 59: ...ulo i di memoria nell apposito memory slots 7 Inserire le periferiche Pci negli appositi Pci slots 8 Collegare le periferiche IDE e il FLOPPY con l apposito cavo fornito con la mainboard negli specifi...

Page 60: ...on vi siano conflitti tra le periferiche in uso 6 Dopo questo ultimo passo procedere all installazione dei driver delle varie periferiche IL CD CONTENENTE I DRIVER DELLA VOSTRA MAINBOARD QDI E CONTENU...

Page 61: ...g the Connected Speakers Playing KaraOK Installing the Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC650 chip to function prop erly before you can get access to 4 6 channel audio operatio...

Page 62: ...Manual for BA1 series Appendix click here 4 Click Finish to restart the system click here Select this option...

Page 63: ...ion The back panel s audio connectors can be transformed to 4 6 channel analog audio connectors automatically when you select correct setting in the software utility For information about the setting...

Page 64: ...function under 4 channel configuration 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...

Page 65: ...o 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 Click here and the pull down menu w...

Page 66: ...Manual for BA1 series Appendix 3 Click the Speaker Configuration tab Click here 4 The following window appears 5 Select the multi channel operation you prefer from No of Speakers 6 Click OK...

Page 67: ...eaker 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 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the...

Page 68: ...The function is applied only for 2 channel audio operation so make sure 2 channels mode is selected in the No of Speakers column before playing KaraOK Playing KaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the wi...

Page 69: ...Board Layout of BA1 Note The layout includes all options It is for your reference only...