QDI BA1 User manual

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Item Checklist
This item checklist is only available for retail market.Completely check your package,If you
discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer.
BA1 series mainboard
QDI Utility CD
Users manual
IDE ribbon cable
Floppy ribbon cable
I/O shield
10-pin ribbon cable with bracket for USB Connector(optional)

Declaration of conformity
QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.
20th loor, Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 Kings Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
declares that the product
Mainboard
BA1
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in
accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive
;EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements 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 Part 1
Residential, commercial and light industry
European Representative
QDI COMPUTER ( UK ) LTD QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S
QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBH QDI EUROPE B. V.
QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH
LEGEND QDI SPAIN S.L . QDI COMPUTER (SWEDEN) AB
Signature Place / Date HONG KONG/2002
Printed Name Xu Wenge Position/ Title Assistant President

Declaration of conformity
Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. Inc.
Model Name: BA1
Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A. Inc.
Address: 41456 Christy Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: (510 668-4966
Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly
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. peration is subject to
the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Tested to comply with FCC standards.
Signature : Date : 2002

Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview.................................................................. 1
Key eatures............................................................1
Chapter 2 Installation Instructions
External Connectors................................................5
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector.......................... 5
USB1, USB2 and LAN connectors............................ 5
Parallel Port, Serial Port &VGA Output Connectors..5
Line-in, Microphone-in, Speaker-out jacks
and MIDI/Joystick connector..................................... 6
6-channel Audio....................................................... 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 Reader Connector(SCR).......................9
S/PDI Input/Output Connector(SPDI -in/out)..........9
Infrared Header (IrDA).............................................. 10
an Connectors (CPU AN, SYS AN )..................... 10
Audio Connectors (CD_IN)....................................... 10
Audio Interface( _AUDIO)........................................ 11
Main Expansion Slots and Connectors.................... 11
Jumper Settings.......................................................12
Clear CMOS(CLR_CMOS)........................................12
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BIOS Protection Jumper (BIOS_WP)............................. 13
Enable/Disable onboard LAN (LAN_EN)....................... 13
Chapter 3 BIOS Description
Utilit Support............................................................... 15
AWD LASH.EXE............................................................15
AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS Description............................16
Entering Setup.............................................................. 16
Load Optimized Defaults............................................... 16
Standard CMOS eatures Setup..................................16
QDI Innovation eatures.............................................. 20
Advanced BIOS eatures Setup....................................22
Advanced Chipset eatures 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
Norton AntiVirus............................................................ 33
LogoEasyII.....................................................................34
BIOS-ProtectEasy..........................................................35
SpeedEasy....................................................................36
RecoveryEasyII..............................................................37
BootEasy.......................................................................42
QDI BootEasy(German).................................................43
Installation Guide(Spanish)........................................... 44
Installation Guide( rench).............................................47
Installation Guide(Italian)...............................................51
Using 4/6-channel audio................................................53
Mainboard Layout
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Caution
Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing
expansion 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 and the heatsink
to keep them fully contacted to meet the heat sink requirement.

Name NorthBridge
BA1 845GL
BA1/G 845G
BA1/GV 845GV
BA1/GE 845GE
BA1/PE 845PE
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 2 hannel Without
-6A 6 hannel Without
-L Without With
-AL 2 hannel With
-6AL 6 hannel With

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Manual for BA1 series
Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
BA1 series mainboard utilizes Intel 845G/GL/PE/GE/GV(845G/GL/PE/GE/GV + ICH4)
Chipset, providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective mATX plat-
form. The mainboard provides 400 MHz/533MHz(supported on BA1/G, BA1/GE, BA1/
PE and BA1/GV only) system bus to support Intel® Pentium 4 socket 478 processors
and it supports DDR200/266/DDR333(supported on BA1/GE and BA1/PE only) SDRAM
with the largest memory size up to 2GB.The new integrated technologies, together
with AC97 Audio(2-channel, 6-channel)(optional), 4 USB and Ultra DMA100/66/33,
give customers an advanced, multimedia solution at a reasonable price.
Key Features
Form factor
zmATX form factor of 244mm x 200mm
Microprocessor
zSupports Intel® Pentium 4 (Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7/
1.8/1.9/ 2.0GHz and above
zSupports Intel® Pentium 4 (Northwood) socket 478 processors at 2.0/2.2/2.26/2.
4/2.53/2.66/2.8GHz and above
zSupports Intel® Celeron socket 478 processors at 1.7/1.8/2.0GHz and above
BA1G, BA1/GE, BA1/PE, BA1/GV mainboard
zSupports both 400MHz and 533MHz host bus speed
BA1 mainboard
zSupports 400MHz host bus speed
System memory
zProvides two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
zSupports DDR 200/266 SDRAM
zSupports DDR 333 SDRAM(available on BA1/GE, BA1/PE)
zSupports 64/128/256/512Mb DDR SDRAM technology
zThe largest total memory is up to 2GB
zSupports overlock DDR333(available on BA1/G, BA1/GV,CPU533MHz)

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Chipset
Onboard Graphics(available on BA1, BA1/GE, BA1/G )
zIntegrated 2D/3D graphics accelerator
zIntegrated 350 MHz RAMDAC
zProvides VGA output connector
zProvides 32 bpp true color support for high resolution texture
zProvides new 3D features create real-life environment and character effects
Onboard IDE
zSupports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
zSupports Ultra DMA 100/66/33, PIO mode
zSupports two fast IDE interfaces which can support four IDE devices including IDE
hard disks and CD-ROM /DVD-ROM drivers etc
4 USB
zz
zz
zUSB 2.0 compliant, operates at 480Mbps, about 40X times faster than USB 1.1
which currently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps
zz
zz
z2 USB ports on back panel, 2 USB on board with optional cable.
Onboard I/O
zOne floppy port supports one 3.5^ or 5.25^ floppy drive with 360K/720K/1.2M
1.44M/2.88M format
zOne high speed 16550 compatible COM with 16 byte send/receive I O
zOne parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode(optional)
zSupports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
zInfrared interface(optional)
zSmart Card Reader Connector(SCR)(optional)
zAll I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
Onboard LAN (Available on-L, -AL, -6AL series mainboard)
z10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
z10/100M LAN interface built-in on board
Name NorthBridge SouthBridge
BA1 845GL ICH4
BA1/G 845G ICH4
BA1/GV 845GV ICH4
BA1/GE 845GE ICH4
BA1/PE 845PE ICH4

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2-Channel Onboard Audio (Available on -A,-AL series mainboard)
zAC97 2.2 Specification Compliant
zSupport S/PDI output(optional)
z Provides onboard Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out Jack with onboard
amplifier and MIDI/Joystick Connector
6-Channel Onboard Audio (Available on -6A,-6AL series mainboard)
zAC97 2.2 Specification Compliant
zSupport S/PDI input/output(optional)
z Provides ront Left&Right, Rear Left&Right/Line in and Center&Woofer/Micro
phone-in Jack, which can be specified by software
Onboard AGP
BA1/G, BA1/GE, BA1/PE mainboard
zSupport both 1.5V AGP 4X interface and Intel AGP Digital Display(ADD) card
BA1, BA1/GV mainboard
zOnly support Intel AGP Digital Display(ADD) card
BIOS
zLicensed advanced AWARD(phoenix) BIOS
zSupports lash RAM with plug and play ready
zSupports IDE CD-ROM, SCSI or USB boot up
Advanced features
z PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant
zProvides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard
zSupports Windows 98/2000/ME/XP soft-off
Green function
zSupports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS
Directed Power Management)
zSupports ACPI power status: S0 (full-on), S1 (power on suspend), S3(Suspend
to RAM)(optional), S4(Suspend to Disk ,depends on OS) and S5 (soft-off)
Note: Our techno ogy is subject to upgrade from time to time, the description
and interface for Easy techno ogy in this manua are on y for your reference.
P ease down oad the atest BIOS or the uti ity from the website.

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Chapter 2
Installation Instructions
This section covers External Connectors and Jumper Settings. Refer to the mainboard
layout chart for locations of all jumpers, external connectors, slots and I/O ports. urther-
more, this section lists all necessary connector pin assignments for your reference. The
particular 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
directions.
External Connectors
PS/2 Keyboard/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 connector is for the
usage of PS/2 mouse.
USB1, USB2 and LAN Connectors
Two USB ports are for connecting USB devices.The RJ-45 connector is for onboard
LAN. (LAN connector is available on -L, -AL, -6AL series mainboard).
PS/2 Mouse connector
PS/2 Keyboard connector
Parallel Port, Serial Port and VGA Output Connectors
The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer. The serial
port COM1 connectors can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port
mouse. The VGA output connector is for output to a VGA-compatible device. (VGA output
connector is available on BA1, BA1/G, BA1/GE, BA1/GV )
Parallel Port
COM1 VGA
USB1
USB2
LAN
Acti e Link

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Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick
Connector (Available on -A, -AL series ainboard)
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.
MIDI/Joystick(optional)
Speaker out
Line in
Microphone in
6-Channel Audio(Available on -6A,-6AL series ainboard)
This mainboard utilizes ALC650 chip providing 6-channel Audio, which consists of ront
Left, ront Right, Rear Left, Rear Right, Center and Woofer for a complete surround
sound effect. The function of the ront Left&Right jack and the Rear Left&Right are same
as the 4-Channel Audio, and the Center&Woofer jack can be connected to the center
speaker and woofer. Microphone function is offered by _AUDIO Connector on the
mainboard now. If set 2-Channel Audio mode on -6A or -6AL mainboard, you can con-
nect two speakers to the ront 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.
MIDI/Joystick(optional)
Front Left&Right
Rear Left&Right/Line in
Center&Woofer/Microphone in
Be sure to unp ug the AC power supp y before adding or removing expansion
cards or other system periphera s, otherwise your mainboard and expansion
cards might be serious y damaged.

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ATX12V Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER SW)
The BA1 series mainboards prefer an ATX 12V power supply. Be sure to connect the
ATX 12V power supply plug to this connector in its proper orientation. The BA1 series
mainboards provide an unique design especially for those who still use ATX power
supply(without +12V connector) as long as their ATX power supplies can provide enough
current on +12V rail(at least 8 Amperes).System stability with an ATX power supply is
not guaranteed 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 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.
ATX +12V Power
Note If you change Soft-off y POWER BUTTON  from default Instant-
off to Delay 4 Sec in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP sec-
tion of the BIOS, the power switch should e pressed for morethan
4 seconds efore the system powers down.
GND
GND 12V
12V

POWER SW


5V
5V
-5V
GND GND PS-ON
-12V 3.3V GND
12V
5VSB
5V
GND
3.3V GND 5V
GND PS-OK 3.3V
GND
ATX Power Supply Connector

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Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED)
The connector connects to the cases IDE indicator LED indicating the activity status of IDE
hard disk. The connector has an orientation. If one way doesnt work, try the other way.
Power LED Connector (PWR_LED)
When the system is in S0 status, the LED is on. When the system is in S1 status, the
LED is blink; When the system is in S4, S5 status, the LED 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 the switch once, the system
resets.
USB3,4 Connectors
Besides USB1 and USB2 ports on the back panel, the mainboard also has another 10-
pin header on board which may connect to front panel USB cable to provide additional
2 USB Ports.
USB3,4
1
+5V D0- D0+ GND GND
GND GND D1+ D1- +5V
PWR SW
SPEAKER RESET
PWR LED
HD_LED
SPEAKER RESET
PWR LED 294
59
HDD LED(+) HDD LED(-)
LED+
POWER
EMPTY GND
RESET
SPKDATA
NC
GND
VCC
LED-
LED-
GND

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Smart Card Reader Connector( SCR )(Optional)
The SCR includes a standard UART to control Smart Card interface handshaking and then
performs data transfers. The SCR can be used for a broad range of applications in GSM,
ID, banking and so forth. It also provides a Smart Card clock divider for those ICC (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
SCCLK
SPDI Input/Output Connector(SPDI _IN/_OUT)(Optional)
The SPDI (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)input connector allow your digital audio in-
put from digital audio devices and the output connector allow your digital audio output
to the SPDI _in on the external speaker.
SPDIF Output
SPDIF Input
SPDIF IN
GND
3
12
CUT
GND
SPDIF OUT
3
1
2
CUT

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Infrared Header (IrDA)
This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving.
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
Co on
CD Right Channel
CD Left Channel
an Connectors ( CPU AN, SYS AN )
SYS_FAN
FAN GND
NA
+12V
CPU_FAN
FAN GND
NA
+12V

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Audio Interface ( _AUDIO)(Optional)
The audio interface can provide 2 kinds of Audio output choices :the rontAudio and
the RearAudio. Their priority level is as sequence. when the rontAudio is available,
the RearAudio will be cut off. when the rontAudio jack is inexistence, Pin3 and Pin4,
Pin5 and Pin6 must be short connected.
Main Expansion Slots and Connectors
S ot/Port (Quantity) Description
PCI( 2) PCI slots
AGP( 1 )(option) AGP slot
IDE( 2 ) IDE ports
LOPPY( 1 ) loppy Drive port
DIMM( 2 ) DIMM sockets
USB( 4) USB connectors
COM( 1 ) COM connectors
PARALLEL( 1 )(option) Parallel connector
VGA(1)(option) VGA Output connector
IrDA( 1 ) IrDA connector
SPDI ( 2 )(option) S/PDI connector
SCR( 1 )(option) SCR connector
Pin Symbol Pin Symbol
No. No.
1 MIC 2 GND(MIC)
3 ront LINE Out(R) 4 LINE Next(R)
5 ront LINE Out(L) 6 LINE Next(L)
7 GND( LO) 8 (Cut away)
F_AUDIO
2 4 6 8
1 3 5 7
FrontLineOutR
FrontLineOutL
LineNextR
LineNextL
GND
Front Audio jack
Speaker Out
Line in
Microphone in
Earphone
(Front Audio)

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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 as pin2 & pin3 connected, then
power on the system.
Jum er Settings
Jumpers are located on the mainboard, they represent, clear CMOS jumper CLR_CMOS,
enable BIOS Protection function jumper BIOS_WP etc. Pin 1 for all jumpers are located on the
side with a thick white line ( Pin1→ ), refer to the mainboards silkscreen. Jump-
ers with three pins will be shown as to represent pin1 & pin2 (1-2)connected and
to represent pin2 & pin3 (2-3)connected.
3-pin
2-pin
set pin1 and pin2 closed
Symbo
Jumper
set the pins closed
set pin2 and pin3 closed
set the pins opened
Description
1-2
2-3
close
open
Represent
Normal status
(Default)
Clear CMOS
(Unplug the AC power supply )
CLR_CMOS
123
123