QDI J6A 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.
J6A series mainboard
QDI Driver CD
Users manual
1 IDE ribbon cable
1 floppy ribbon cable
I/O shield(option)
1 10-pin ribbon cable with bracket for USB (optional)
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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
J6A
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
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Declaration of Conformity
Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. Inc.
Model Name: J6A
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: Motherboard
Manufacturer:Quantum Designs (HK) Ltd.
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
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CONTENTSCONTENTS
CONTENTSCONTENTS
CONTENTS
1. Introduction .................................................... 1
Overview.................................................................... 1
Key eatures ..............................................................1
2. Installation Instructions ..............................5
External Connectors.................................................... 5
PS/2 Keyboard /Mouse Connector.............................. 5
USB1, USB2 and LAN Connectors ............................. 5
Line-in jack, Mic-in jack, Speaker-out jack and
MIDI/Joystick Connector ..............................................6
Parallel Port, Monitor Output Connector(VGA),
Video/SPDI and S-video out Connector.....................6
Hard Disk LED Connector ( HD_LED ) .........................6
Reset Switch ( RESET ).............................................6
ACPI LED Connector( ACPI_LED ) .............................. 7
ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors
and Power Switch (POWER SW) ................................7
USB3, 4 and Serial Port Connector ..............................8
Infrared Header ( IrDA ) ...............................................8
an Connectors(CPU AN BAK AN CHS AN)..............9
Audio Connectors ( AUXIN, CD_IN ) ........................... 9
IEEE 1394 Connector( J IR1,2 ) ................................ 10
Jumper Setting ........................................................... 11
BIOS-ProtectEASY Jumper( JAV ) ............................ 11
Clear CMOS( JCC ) ................................................... 12
Enable Video/SPDI Out( JTV ) ................................. 12
3. BIOS Description................................13
Utility Support.............................................. 13
AWD LASH.EXE ...................................................... 13
AWARD BIOS Description............................... 14
Entering Setup ...........................................................14
Load Optimized Defaults ...........................................14
Standard CMOS eatures Setup................................14
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CONTENTSCONTENTS
CONTENTSCONTENTS
CONTENTS
Advanced BIOS eatures Setup.................................... 18
Advanced Chipset eatures Setup................................ 21
Power Management Setup............................................. 23
PnP/PCI Configurations Setup......................................... 26
Integrated Peripherals.....................................................27
PC Health Status............................................................. 29
Password Setting...........................................................31
Boot with BIOS defaults................................................. 31
Appendix....................................................................32
QDI Utility CD................................................................... 32
Norton AntiVirus.........................................................32
LogoEasyII.................................................................33
BIOS-ProtectEasy......................................................34
RecoveryEasy............................................................35
BootEasy...................................................................43
BootEasy(German)....................................................44
J6A(Spanish).............................................................45
J6A( rench)...............................................................48
J6A(Italian).................................................................52
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.
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1
Manual for J6A series
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
J6A series are multimedia, high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient
mainboards based on VIA C3 BGA processors. The green mainboard utilizes the VIA
Apollo PLE133 chipset consisting of the VIA VT8601A and the VIA VT82C686B. The
chipset integrates AGP 2D/3D graphics accelerator to provide high graphics
performance. It supports the Ultra DMA33/66/100 IDE, PC100/PC133 SDRAM and AC97
audio. In addition, advanced features are supported such as ACPI power management
and hardware monitoring. Especially it supports television display and IEEE1394, which
is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the
Internet with a high quality TV image. BootEasy, QDI innovation, lets the PC boot freely
and rapidly.
Key Features
Form Factor
# mATX form factor of 220mm x 210mm
Microprocessor
#"Supports all VIA C3 BGA processors at 500/550/566/600/667/733/866MHz and
future processors.
Chipset
#" VIA Apollo PLE133 chipset: VT8601A + VT82C686B
Memory
#" Provides one 168-pin 3.3V 100/133MHz DIMM socket
#"Supports PC100/PC133 SDRAM
Onboard IDE
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"Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and
CDROM drives
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"Supports Ultra DMA33/66/100
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Manual for J6A series
Introduction
Onboard I/O
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"One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5 or 5.25 floppy drives with 360K/720K/
1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format
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"Two high speed 16550 fast compatible UARTs(COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4
selective) with 16-byte send/receive I O
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"One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
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"Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
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"Provides four USB
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"Provides one IrDA connector
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"Provides two IEEE 1394 connectors
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Onboard Audio
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"Standard AC97 Codec interface
#" Provides onboard Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out Jack with onboard
amplifier and MIDI/Joystick Connector
Onboard AGP
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"Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Controller
Onboard LAN( optiona )
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"10/100M LAN interface built-in on board
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"10/100M Ethernet support
Advanced Features
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"PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant
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"Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard
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"Supports Windows 98/2000/ME/XP soft-off
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"Supports system monitoring (monitors system temperature, CPU temperature, voltages
and fan speed)
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"Provides the second PCI connector to support two additional PCI connectors
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"Providing QDI innovations: BootEasy, logoEasy, BIOS-ProtectEasy, RecoveryEasy
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Manual for J6A series
Chapter 1
BIOS
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Green Function
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rected Power Management)
#" Supports ACPI power status: S0( ull-on ), S1( Suspend ), S4(STD,suspend to Disk,
depends on OS ), S5(Soft-off)
Main Expansion S ots and Connectors
Slot/Port (Quantity) Description
PCI( 2 ) PCI slots
IDE( 2 ) IDE ports
LOPPY( 1 ) loppy Drive port
DIMM( 1 ) DIMM socket
USB( 4 ) USB connectors
VGA( 1 ) VGA connector
LAN( 1 ) LAN connector
UART( 2 ) UART connectors
PARALLEL( 1 ) Parallel connector
IrDA( 1 ) IrDA connector
MIDI/Joystick( 1 ) MIDI/Joystick connector
IEEE 1394(2 ) IEEE 1394 connectors
S_video out ( 1 ) S_video out connector
Video/SPDI ( 1 ) Video/SPDI connector
Note: Our technology is now being upgraded, the description and Interface for
Easy technology in this manual are only for your reference. If you would like to
get the upgraded version, please download the latest BIO or the utility from the
website to re-flash your mainboard; if your mainboard supports the latest version
Easy technology, refer to the webpage for functions and detailed operation of
the technology.
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