Advanced Pentium II Motherboard QS440VA USER’S MANUAL 1
1. INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................6 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL........................................................................ 6 CHECK YOUR DEVICE ITEMS ....................................................................... 6 2 FEATURES ............................................................................................7 PHOTO OF THE MOTHERBOARD ..................................................................
1. INTRODUCTION 4.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU ...................................................... 37 4.3.1 Date .................................................................................... 37 4.3.2 Time .................................................................................... 37 4.3.3 Hard Disks .......................................................................... 37 4.3.4 Drive A/B type..................................................................... 39 4.3.5 Video ...........
1. INTRODUCTION 4.5.9 OnChip USB........................................................................ 47 4.5.10 USB Keyboard Support........................................................ 47 4.5.11 Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk................................................. 48 4.5.12 Spread Spectrum Modulated ................................................ 48 4.5.13 CPU Warning Temperature ................................................. 48 4.5.14 Current System Temp......................................
1. INTRODUCTION 4.7.10 AGP Master 1 WS Read....................................................... 54 4.7.11 PCI IRQ Actived By............................................................. 54 4.7.12 Assign IRQ For USB/VGA ................................................... 55 4.7.13 Assign IRQ For ACPI .......................................................... 55 4.8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS MENU ..................................................... 56 4.8.1 OnChip IDE Channel0................................
1. INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction How To Use This Manual This manual provides information necessary for Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs) and home users to build a PC-AT compatible system using the Pentium II AGP/PCI motherboard. Just follow the installation procedure presented on the EASY INSTALLATION Page and refer to the section number following each step if you require more detailed instructions.
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2. FEATURES Features Of The Motherboard The QS440VA motherboard integrates the Pentium II microprocessor, memory, I/O and AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) and is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis. Page 12 illustrates the Layout for the QS440VA motherboard.
2. FEATURES Integrated I/O l Winbond 977, supporting two-async serial ports with high speed 16C550 and 16-byte FIFO. One Parallel port supporting EPP, ECP and Bi-directional modes. PS/2 keyboard port and mouse port. l (Optional) Infrared port module (IrDA) for wireless interface. Hardware Monitoring l (Optional) Onboard Winbond W83781D chip to monitor variable voltages used in system CPU fan speed, and temperature. External Communication Ports l Universal Serial Bus (USB) integrated with Core Logic.
3. INSTALLATION 3 Installation Motherboard Layout & Main Parts Chassis Fan ISA Slot Key Lock & Pwr LED& Clear Password SB-LINK Front Panel Connector PCI Slots AGP Slot WOL J28 Modem Ring JP2 CPU Speed SEC. IDE PRI.
3. INSTALLATION Significant Parts List Front Panel Connectors Speaker Reset switch Power LED Hard drive activity LED Infrared (IrDA) port Sleep switch Power switch SEC. 3.5.5 SEC. 3.5.5 SEC. 3.5.5 SEC. 3.5.5 SEC. 3.5.5 SEC. 3.5.5 SEC. 3.5.5 Back Panel Connectors PS/2-style keyboard and mouse connectors Two USB connectors Two serials ports One parallel port SEC. 3.5.6 SEC. 3.5.6 SEC. 3.5.6 SEC. 3.5.6 Expansion Slots/Sockets DIMM Sockets SEC CPU Slot ISA Slots PCI Slots AGP Slot SEC. 3.3 SEC. 3.2 SEC. 3.
3. INSTALLATION Precaution Before Start Static Electricity Damage: Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard. Observing a few basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Follow the simple measures below to protect your equipment from static electricity damage: 2. 3. 4. 1. Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them.
3. INSTALLATION 3.1 Slots And Connectors This motherboard requires jumper setting for CPU speed. Please refer to page 17. In following pages, the triangle s mark stands for pin 1 of connectors.
3. INSTALLATION 3.2 CPU (Central Processing Unit) This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot and a Bridges on the board for the Pentium II processor packaged in a SEC cartridge. This cartridge includes the processor core, second-level cache, thermal plate and black cover. When mounted in Slot 1, the processor is secured by a retention mechanism attached to the motherboard. Also this motherboard can be upgraded with Pentium II processors that run at higher speeds.
3. INSTALLATION Next follow the following steps to complete CPU Installation. Step 1: Place the Universal Retention Mechanisms over the CPU slot (SEC slot) on motherboard. Step2: Fix the Retention Mechanism to the motherboard with four Lock Pins. To insert the Lock Pins into holes to lock them tight and firmly. And then unfold the URM. Step 3: Push the SEC Cartridge’s two locks inward and insert the CPU into Retention Mechanism. Press the top of CPU gently but firmly until it is fully 1.
3. INSTALLATION Step 4: Setting CPU speed jumper block JP2 Processor core speed System bus speed 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 7/2 (233MHz) 66.66MHz Open Close Open Close 4 (266MHz) 66.66MHz Close Open Close Close 9/2 (300MHz) 66.66MHz Close Open Open Close 5 (333MHz) 66.66MHz Open Open Close Close 11/2 (366MHz) 66.66MHz Open Open Open Close 6 (400MHz) 66.66MHz Close Close Close Open 13/2 (433MHz) 66.
3. INSTALLATION 3.3 3.3.1 System Memory (DRAM ) DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) The QS440VA features three 168-pin DIMM sockets, each supporting 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 256 MB of SDRAM. Memory can be installed in one, two or all three sockets. Memory size and speed can vary between sockets. Also variable memory can be combined for a total memory of 8MB to 768MB with variable combination. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type, size and speed. DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 3.3.
3. INSTALLATION forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward. 3.3.3 DIMM Combination Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB DIMM or empty. The total combinations are, 7*7*7, 343 selections.
3. INSTALLATION 3.4 Expansion Slots This motherboard contains 8 expansion slots onboard. Two 16-bit ISA Bus, five 32-bit ISA 2 ISA 1 PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 32-bit AGP Slot PCI expansion slots and one 32-bit AGP slot as shown above. One PCI and one ISA are shared to accommodate either an ISA or a PCI expansion cards, but not both at the same time. All five PCI expansion slots accept PCI us master cards and are fully supported by the PC”I 2.1 specification. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.
3. INSTALLATION 3.5 Connectors Here in the motherboard contains IDE, floppy, power input, front panel, back panel and additional connectors. 3.5.1 Primary IDE Connector (J14, 39-pin block) 1 39 3.5.2 2 40 This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable. When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector, make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the device’s manual.
3. INSTALLATION 3.5.3 Floppy Drive Connector (J19, 33-pin block) 1 33 2 34 The FDC sub-system can control three types of floppy drives (1.2, 1.44 and 2.88MB) or compatible tape drives. The connection to the floppy drive is via a header (J19). The floppy disk interface includes 48mA drivers and inputs on the WARNING: When you connect a ribbon cable to this port, you must orient the cable connector so that the PIN 1 edge of the cable is at the PIN 1 end of the onboard port. drive interface. 3.5.
3. INSTALLATION 3.5.5 Front Panel connectors (J20-J26) Front Panel includes headers for the following seven I/O connectors: Speaker, Reset Switch, Power LED, Hard drive activity LED, Infrared (IrDA) port, Sleep Switch, Power Switch. Please refer to the following figure. Front Panel connectors: Speaker J20 R e set J21 Pwr LED J22 HD LED J23 IrD A J24 S leep J25 Speaker Connector or Onboard Buzzer (J20, 4-pin) It is used to drive a chassis-mounted speaker.
3. INSTALLATION Power LED/Sleep/Message Waiting (J22, 3pin) LED + LED - This header can be connected to an LED that will light when the computer is powered on. Pwr LED LED Status Light Off Light On Flash J22 Description Power Off Power On Sleep HDD LED Connector (J23, 4-pin) The QS440VA supports one straight 4-pin header for connecting to front Panel Hard Disk activity LED indicator.
3. INSTALLATION Power Switch (J26, 2-pin) GROUND PWRBIN This connector supports the ATX case-mounted Power Switch, which in turn supports System Suspend function. When the BIOS sets the Power Switch J26 Power Button function to “Delay 4 sec.”, the system can be set to the suspended mode once you push the power switch for no longer then 4 seconds. If the power switch is pushed down for over 4 seconds the system will be totally Power Off.
3. INSTALLATION 3.5.6 Back Panel Connectors Parallel PS/2 USB Serial 1 Serial 2 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports The motherboard offers 1 PS/2 Keyboard and 1 PS/2 Mouse port. Mouse Keyboard Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports USB 2 USB 1 The motherboard has two USB connectors. USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity. True Plug & Play, this new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub.
3. INSTALLATION Parallel Port The QS440VA includes a parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible). The parallel port is capable of being disabled or remapped to either the secondary LPT address or the primary LPT address through BIOS if another parallel port is installed. The parallel port contains 12mA source output drivers on the drive interface and incorporates “Chip Protect” circuitry for protection against damage due to printer’s power being on.
3. INSTALLATION 3.5.7 Connectors PCPCIGNTN SB-LINK Header KEYDGND DGND PCPCIREQN SERIRQ To support the legacy Sound Blaster compatible Audio to the PCI bus. WOL (Wake On LAN) This header is used for remote wakeup of the +5VSB GND computer through a network. WOL requires a M P _ W A K E U P PCI add-in network interface card (NIC) with remote wakeup capabilities. The remote wakeup header on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header.
3. INSTALLATION Chassis Fan Clear Password CPU FAN Power LED Key Lock Chassis Fan Headers This header can supply power for Chassis Fan which may be mounted inside your case to cool down your system components. If your chassis have a Chassis Fan, this header will support it. G N D +12V G N D Clear Password/Key Lock/Power LED Header If an unknown password is set in the BIOS, it can be cleared by inserting a jumper over JP1.
3. INSTALLATION Ready To Turn On Power l Check Again 1 2 3 4 Is the CPU Cartridge installed exactly and firmly into Retention Mechanism (Sec. 3.2)? Are all the DRAM modules installed properly (Sec. 3.3)? Did you insert expansion card (VGA, Sound…. etc.) already (Sec. 3.4)? Are you sure that all the connectors (described in Sec 3.5) have been connected to their variable devices (Sec. 3.5)? l 5. 6.
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4. BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS Setup The QS440VA motherboard uses AWARD BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIIOS has a built-in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings. The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery-backed memory, called CMMOS RAM that retains the information when the power is turned off.
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4. BIOS SETUP setup may cause the system to become unstable.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.2 Main Setup Menu When you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, a Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub-menu. A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3E) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS BIOS Features Chipset Features Power Management PnP/PCI Configuration Integrated Peripherals Supervisor/User Password Setting Options in the original PC AT-compatible BIOS. Award enhanced BIOS options. Options specific to your system chipset. Advanced Power Management (APM) options. Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options. I/O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system. Change, set, or disable a password.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu In the Standard CMOS Menu (Figure 2) you can set the system clock and calendar, record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type, and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST.
4. BIOS SETUP such as SCSI drives. NOTE: We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives. The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, every time the system boots.
4. BIOS SETUP • Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors supported are 1024, 16 and 63. • Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. • LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller Transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders. 4.3.
4. BIOS SETUP No errors All errors POST does not stop for any errors. If the BIOS detect any non-fatal error, POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action. All, But POST does not stop for a keyboard error, but stops for all other Keyboard errors. All, But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors, but stops for all other errors. All, But POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but stops for Disk/Key all other errors. 4.3.
4. BIOS SETUP System total memory is the sum of base memory, extended memory, and other memory.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.4 BIOS Features Setup Menu This screen (Figure 3) contains industry-standard options additional to the core PC AT BIOS. This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP (system memory). Some CPU integrate a build-in Cache memory to speed up the data transfer. This item allows you to enable or disable the inter Cache. 4.4.3 External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.4.9 Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled on, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations. 4.4.10 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write.
4. BIOS SETUP Disabled, Enabled (Default). 4.4.16 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are not standard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors, the setting can correct this problem once you set it to Enable, To default setting leave at Disabled. 4.4.17 OS select for DRAM>64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system. 4.4.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.5 Chipset Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. 4.5.4 Read Around write This feature speeds up data read performance when it stays Enabled. The choices: Enabled, Disabled (Default). 4.5.5 Current PCI/Host If each bus master cycle does not take the same path, it allows the multiple bus master cycles to be actived at the same time. 4.5.6 Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance.
4. BIOS SETUP you have a USB keyboard. 4.5.11 Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Keeping this feature at Enabled will allow the system to detect the DIMM clock automatically. The choices are: Enabled (Default), Disabled. 4.5.12 Spread Spectrum Modulated This feature is used to set the spread Spectrum to be center spread type or down spread type. The options are: Enabled, Disabled (Default). 4.5.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.6 Power Management Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.6.3 PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. 4.6.4 Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode. Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes. Suspend à Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode. Susp, Stby à Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or Standby Off modes.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.6.8 HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity (1 to 15 minutes), the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active. 4.6.9 Doze Mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode. The range is from 1 min to 1 Hr. If any item defined is enabled & active, STANDBY timer will be reloaded 4.6.10 Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the CPU shut off. 4.6.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.6.16 Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state. 4.6.17 RTC Alarm Resume This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system. You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday, or on the 1st through the 31st by selecting the RTC Alarm Date. 4.6.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP Disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle. 4.7.5 PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don’t. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.6 PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled, Writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.7.12 Assign IRQ For USB/VGA Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for USB/VGA. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.13 Assign IRQ For ACPI Assign a IRQ for ACPI. The choice: IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ11.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.8 Integrated peripherals Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choices: Auto, Mode0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4. 4.8.5 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or AGP first. The choices: PCI Slot, AGP. 4.8.6 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.8.12 Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes offered in this field. SPP EPP ECP ECP+EPP 4.8.13 Standard parallel port mode (Default) Bi-directional mode Fast, buffered Bi-directional and buffered ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port for use during ECP mode. The choices: 3,1. 4.8.14 EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9. The choices: EPP 1.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.9 Supervisor Password 4.10 User Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: ENTER PASSWORD: Type the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter. Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory. Now the message changes: CONFIRM PASSWARD: Again, type the password and press Enter. To abort the process at any time, press Esc.
