QDI Brilliant IV User manual

PENTIUMIIP6I440BX/D
P
Brilliant IV

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Declaration of conformity
QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.
5/F Somerset House, TaiKoo Place 979 Kings Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
declare that the product
Pentium® II Motherboard
Brilliant IV
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with
89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)
þEN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance
characteristics of information technology equipment
þEN 50081-1 Generic emission standard part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
þEN 50082-1 Genetic immunity standard Part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
European Representative:
QDI COMPUTER ( UK ) LTD QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S
QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBHQDI COMPUTER ( NETHERLANDS) B. V.
QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH
QDI COMPUTER (ESPANA) S.A. QDI COMPUTER (SWEDEN) AB
Signature : Place / Date : HONG KONG /1998
Printed Name : Anders Cheung Position/ Title : President
Declaration of conformity
(EC conformity marking)

Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc.
Model Name: P6I440BX/DP Brilliant IV
Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc.
Address: 41456 Christy Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly
Type of Product: AGP Pentium® II Motherboard
Manufacturer:Quantum Designs (HK) Inc.
Address: 5/F, Somerset House, TaiKoo Place
979 Kings 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
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Signature : Date : 1998

Contents
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1. Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------1
Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------1
Key Features----------------------------------------------------------------1
2. Power Supply Requirements ------------------------------------------7
Power ------------------------------------------------------------------------7
Currents ---------------------------------------------------------------------7
3. SecurityEasy-------------------------------------------------------------9
System Password-----------------------------------------------------------9
SecurityEasy ----------------------------------------------------------------9
4. Quick Installation-------------------------------------------------------11
Quick Jumper Setting -----------------------------------------------------12
CPU Frequency Multiple table-------------------------------------------13
5. System Setting by Jumper ---------------------------------------------15
CPU Frequency Selection-------------------------------------------------15
Clear CMOS----------------------------------------------------------------17
Memory Configuration----------------------------------------------------17
Onboard SCSI Selection --------------------------------------------------18
SCSI Terminator Control-------------------------------------------------18
Onboard LAN Selection---------------------------------------------------19
6. Mainboard Connectors-------------------------------------------------21
Power Switch ---------------------------------------------------------------21
Hard Disk LED Connector -----------------------------------------------22
Reset Switch ----------------------------------------------------------------22

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Speaker Connector---------------------------------------------------------22
Power LED Connector ----------------------------------------------------22
Key Lock Connector-------------------------------------------------------22
Status LED Connector-----------------------------------------------------23
Green/Lock Connector ----------------------------------------------------23
Infrared Header-------------------------------------------------------------23
Cooling Fan Connectors --------------------------------------------------24
Chassis Security------------------------------------------------------------24
Wake On Internal Modem Connector-----------------------------------24
I/O Port and Slot Description --------------------------------------------25
7. AWARD BIOS Description ------------------------------------------29
Entering Setup--------------------------------------------------------------29
Load Setup Defaults -------------------------------------------------------29
Standard CMOS Setup ----------------------------------------------------30
BIOS Features Setup-------------------------------------------------------33
Chipset Features Setup----------------------------------------------------36
Power Management Setup ------------------------------------------------38
PNP/PCI Configuration --------------------------------------------------41
Integrated Peripherals-----------------------------------------------------43
System Monitor Setup-----------------------------------------------------45
SecurityEasy Setup---------------------------------------------------------47
Password Setting-----------------------------------------------------------49
IDE HDD Auto Detection-------------------------------------------------50
Power-on Boot--------------------------------------------------------------52
Appendix. Utility Diskette------------------------------------------------- 53
Installation Procedures -------------------------------------54
LogoEasy -----------------------------------------------------57
ManageEasy--------------------------------------------------58

Chapter 1
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
P6I440BX/DP Brilliant IV mainboard is designed for servers and
workstations. It is a high-performance and powerful system for dual
PentiumII processors, which provides onboard LAN for fast Ethernet network
at 10/100Mbps, onboard Ultra Wide SCSI at 40MB/sec, RAID and system
health monitor support. Using the PCI/ISA architecture, the system provides a
highly integrated solution for fully compatible PC/AT platform, featuring the
industry standard ATX form factor. Flexible main memory size can be
installed from 8MB to 512MB SDRAM DIMM and 8MB to 1GB registered
SDRAM DIMM. The system offers a wide range of interfaces to support
integrated onboard IDE and onboard I/O function. The current green function
is compliant to ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Management.
Key Features
CPU - PentiumII
•Supports all Intel Pentium® II processors, eg. 233/266/300/333MHz
with 66MHz bus speed and 350/400/450MHz with 100MHz bus
speed
•Supports 100/66MHz bus speed
•PentiumII core frequency =Bus speed x2.5 x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5
•On board switching voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID), and
PentiumII core supply voltage can be selected from 1.3V to 3.5V
automatically.
Chipset - Intel 440BX
•North Bridge: 82443BX
•South Bridge: 82371EB PIIX4E

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System memory
•Four 168-pin DIMM sockets
•3.3V only DIMM DRAM configuration.
•Synchronous 100-MHz or 66-MHz SDRAM
•4-Mbit, 16-Mbit, 64-Mbit and 128-Mbit DRAM devices.
•For up to 512MB standard SDRAM memory.
•For up to 1GB Registered SDRAM DIMM memory.
•SDRAM 64 bit data interface with ECC support.
Onboard IDE
•Supports two PCI PIO and bus Master IDE ports.
•Supports up to Mode 4 Timing
•Supports 2 Fast IDE interfaces for up to 4 IDE devices, which
include IDE hard disks and CD-ROMs.
•Supports “Ultra DMA/33” Synchronous DMA mode transfers up to
33 Mbytes/sec.
•Integrated 8x32bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers.
Onboard I/O
•Use WINBOND W83977TF-AW I/O chip
•One floppy port supports up to two 3.5”or 5.25” floppy drives of
360K /720K/1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format.
•Supports LS-120 floppy disk drive and ZIP-100 drive.
•All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled by the BIOS setup
•Two high speed 16550 fast compatible UARTs (COM1/COM2/
COM3 /COM4 selectable) with 16-byte send/receive FIFOs and
supports MIDI mode.
•One enabled parallel port at I/O address 378H/278H/3BCH with
additional bi-direction I/O capability and multi-mode (SPP/EPP/
ECP) (IEEE1284 compliant).
•Provides protection circuit to prevent damage to the parallel port when
a connected printer is powered up or operated at a higher voltage.

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Onboard SCSI
•Adaptec AIC-7880 PCI to SCSI controller which is equivalent to
Adaptec AHA-2940UW PCI SCSI Controller.
•Both Ultra wide, narrow SCSI interface
•Data transfer rate up to 40MB/Sec
•Driver for Netware, Windows NT, OS/2, SCO Unix, Unixware. With 1
RAID port, RAID function (RAID0, 1, 0/1 and 5) are supported
•SCSI terminator can be powered up/down by setting automatically or
manually
•Provides an external wide SCSI cable (optional)
Onboard LAN
•Intel 10/100Mbps PCI to LAN controller 82558
•Auto-negotiation
•Supports Full Duplex Flow Control
•Supports Wake On LAN (WOL)
•Supports Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
•Supports Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
•Supports Fast EtherChannel (FEC)
•Supports Hotplug
Green function
•Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface(ACPI)
specification and OS Directed Power Management
•Supports three green modes: Doze, Standby and Suspend
•Status LED will blink at a frequency of about 0.5Hz when the system
is in the green status
•Doesn’t support green function on Windows NT OS
Advanced features

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•On board LM80 supports system monitoring (monitor system voltages,
temperature, chassis intrusion and FAN speed))
•Provides LogoEasy function
•Provides ManageEasyfunction ( optional)
•LM75 monitors the temperature of the CPU (Optional)
•Supports LDCM(LanDesk Client Manager) software (Optional)
•On board PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard socket
•Two USB ports
•On board switching voltage regulator with VID (support1.3V to 3.5V)
•Provides Anti-Virus function
•Provides Infrared interface
•Supports Windows 95 Software Power-Down
•Supports both internal and external Modem Ring Power-On
•Supports Auto Fan off when system enters suspend mode
SecurityEasy function
•Protect the system from unauthorized entry or use
•Lock the power switch and reset buttons
•Lock the keyboard, the PS/2 mouse
•Blank the video
•See page 9 for details
BIOS
•Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, Supports Flash ROM BIOS, Plug
and play ready.
•Full support for ACPI Specification and OS Directed Power
Management
•Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI bootup
AGP

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•Complies with the A.G.P specification Rev 1.0
•Support for +3.3V A.G.P -66/133 devices
•Synchronous complying with the host bus frequency
Expansion slots
•2 x ISA slots and 4 x PCI slots
•1 AGP Slot
•1 RAID Port (only supports Adaptec 1130 RAID Port card )
Board size
•305 mm x 310mm (12” x 12.2” )

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Chapter 2
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Chapter 2
Power Supply Requirements
The Brilliant IV green mainboard supports the industry standard ATX
power supplies. Check the ratings of the power supply installed to
ensure that they meet the following requirements.
Power
Normally the maximum rating power for the power supply installed
should be at least 250W. If there are too many peripheral devices in
your system, a stronger power supply is needed.
Currents
Voltages +3.3V +5V +12V -5V -12V 5VSB
Currents 11A 24A 10A 0.25A 0.5A 0.72A
*Warning: If the current of 5VSB by power supply is less than 0.72A,
the system may not work properly.
Assistant Power Connector is an optional connector. If there are too
many peripheral devices in your system, a power supply with this
assistant power output is recommended to be used.

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Chapter 3
SecurityEasy
There are two ways to prevent unauthorized entry or use of the system.
System Password
Set system password in CMOS setup menu “PASSWORD SETTING”
item(main menu) , and set the “password setting” item(located in “BIOS
FEATURES SETUP”) as “System”. Then the BIOS requires you to enter the
password before you can boot the system or enter the CMOS Setup. If the
“password setting” is set as “Setup”, the BIOS only requires you to enter the
password before you can enter the CMOS setup menu.
SecurityEasy
The Brilliant IV provides additional SecurityEasy function to protect the
system from unauthorized entry or use.
If the Lock function is enabled, there are two ways to enter LOCK status.
•Push once the button connected to the two-pin header SLEEP. If the Lock
function is disabled, this button is used as SLEEP button.
•When “Keyboard Inactive Timer” is counted to the preset value- from 1
minute to 1hour.
In the LOCK status, the power switch and reset buttons are unresponsive,
PS/2 mouse is locked, and the Keyboard is locked except for the
Administrative Password entering. You can preset the Video as blank in the
LOCK status.
The only way to exit the LOCK status is to enter the Administrative
Password with the keyboard. It means if you set the Lock function as enabled,
you must also set the Administrative Password together.

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Please read the notes below thoroughly.
Note 1: The Green function and the Lock function can not be enabled
at the same time.
Note 2: If no Administrative Password has been set by user, the system
will never enter the LOCK status.
Note 3: When entering the Administrative password to exit the
LOCK status, you must use the normal <Enter> key and not the
<Enter> key of the small keypad.
Note 4: On windows NT platform, the Keyboard Inactive Timer is not
an inactive timer but a timer ignoring any operating of the
keyboard or the mouse.
Note 5: See also chapter 7 “ AWARD BIOS Description”.

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Chapter 4
Quick Installation
The Brilliant IV is shipped with the following manufacture default:
•CPU frequency multiple at 3x (200/66MHz or
300/100MHz PentiumII)
•LAN Chip(Intel 82558) Enabled
•SCSI Chip(Adaptec 7880) Enabled
Duplicate the following steps to perform a quick installation of your
computer.
Step1. Install CPU, Heatsink and Fan
Make sure the Clock Frequecy is set according to the
specification of CPU installed. If only 1 CPU is used, the
GTC(GTL Terminator Card) must be plugged into the other
slot. While dual proccessors are used, they should be
identical.
Step 2. Install the memory
Plug at least 1 piece of 168pin DIMM SDRAM module.
Step 3. Install VGA/AGP card and connect I/O ports
Keyboard, Floppy drive and Hard disk drive need to be
connected. If there are any other devices, such as CD-ROM,
SCSI, PS/2 Devices, Serial Devices, Parallel Devices etc.,
they may be also connected in this step.
Step 4. Connect the LEDs and Switches
Be sure the anode / cathode of LEDs are connected properly.
Step 5. Connect the power supply
Connect the ATX connector with the power supply output. Be
sure the power supply installed meets

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the requirements of Brillinat 4(refer to Chapter 2).
Step 6. Power on the system
Turn on the AC power of the power supply, then press the
Power Button once to turn on the computer power. Before the
button is pressed, the status LED should have flashed at a
frequency of about 1.5Hz. Refer to chapter 6 for details of
Status LED and Power Button.
Step 7. Setting up the system
Enter the “ Setup Menu ” screen of BIOS by pressing the Del
key while powering on or reseting the system. Always “
LOAD SETUP DEFAULT ” at first and select others
necessary that your system require. Exit the “ Setup Menu ”
screen and save the setup data.
Step 8. Enjoy the Brilliant IV
The Brilliant IV is a high-performance, powerful system.
*Note: Please refer to Chapter 6 for details on Hardware
Installation.
Quick Jumper Setting
Jumper Setting Description
JP10 CLOSE (Default) Enable Onboard LAN
(LAN-SELECT) OPEN Disable Onboard LAN
JP15 CLOSE(Default) Enable Onboard SCSI
(SCSI-SELECT) OPEN Disable Onboard SCSI
JP17 1-2 (Default) Auto
(SCSI-TERMINATOR) 2-3 Reserved
OPEN Disable
JP3 2-3 (Default) Normal
(CLEAR-CMOS) 1-2 Close once to clear CMOS.
Before doing this , you must
turn off the AC power

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*Note: Please refer to chapter 5 for details on jumper setting .

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CPU Frequency multiple table
FREQ.MUT JX1 JX2 JX3 JX4
2CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE
2.5 OPEN CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE
3 (default) CLOSE OPEN CLOSE CLOSE
3.5 OPEN OPEN CLOSE CLOSE
4CLOSE CLOSE OPEN CLOSE
4.5 OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE
5CLOSE OPEN OPEN CLOSE
5.5 OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE