QDI K8V800 User manual

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Item Checklist
This item checklist is only available for retail market.
Completely check your package,If you discover dam-
aged or missing items, contact your retailer.
K8V800/K8VM800 series mainboard
QDI Utility CD
1HD ribbon cable
1 FDD cable
User’s manual
I/O shield(option)
1 10-pin ribbom cable with bracket
for USB3 and USB4(option)

Declaration of conformity
QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.
20th Floor, Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
declares that the product
Mainboard
K8V800/K8VM800
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/2003
Printed Name : Xu Wenge Position/ Title : Assistant President

Declaration of conformity
Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc.
Model Name: K8V800/K8VM800
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: 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. 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.
Tested to comply with FCC standards.
Signature : Date : 2003

Chapter 1
Introduction .................................................................... 1
Key Features .................................................................. 2
Chapter 2
Installation Instructions.........................................................5
External Connectors ............................................................6
PS/2 Keyboard /Mouse Connector ................................... 6
USB1, USB2,USB3 ,USB4 and LAN Connectors ............... 6
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connector and SPDIF out port ..... 6
Line-in jack, Mic-in jack, Speaker-out jack ........................ 7
6-Channel Audio .............................................................. 7
IEEE 1394 Port(optional) ................................................. 7
ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors & Power Switch ...... 8
Hard Disk LED Connector ( HD_LED ) .......................... 8
Reset Switch ( RESET ) ................................................... 8
Power LED Connector( PWR_LED ) ................................. 9
USB5,6;USB7,8 .............................................................. 10
Infrared Header ( IrDA ) ................................................... 10
Wake-Up On LAN ( WOL)(optional) ................................. 11
IEEE 1394_1 Port(optional) .............................................. 11
Fan Connectors( CPU_FAN , CHS_FAN) .......................... 12
Audio Connectors (CD_IN) ............................................... 12
Audio Interface(F_Audio) ................................................ 13
Onboard SATA ................................................................ 13
Game Port ...................................................................... 14
UART Com2 .................................................................... 14
6CH-BRACKER Connector(optional).....................................15
Onboard VGA Connector(JVIDEO)(only for K8VM800
mainboard)...........................................................................15

Jumper Settings ..........................................................................16

Caution
Caution
Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and the
heatsink to keep them fully contacted to meet the heat sink require-
ment.
Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or re-
moving expansion cards, RAM or other system peripherals, other-
wise your mainboard and RAM might be seriously damaged.

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Introduction
K8V800/K8VM800 series of mainboards utilize VIA K8T800/
K8M800+VIA VT8237 chipset, providing a fully compatible,
high performance and cost-effective ATX platform. The new
integrated technologies, together with AC’97 audio(2/6-
channel), 8 USB 2.0, 2 SATA, and ATA133/100/66/33, give
customers an advanced, multimedia solution at reasonable
price. I
processors and the DDR266/
333/400 memory. It also provides advanced features such
as Wake up by USB devices, Wake-on-LAN and Keyboard
Password Power-on functions. Suspending to RAM, the op-
timal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface makes the PC’s power consumption drop
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Form factor
ATX form factor of 305mm x 230mm
Microprocessor
Supports
Supports
System memory
Supports DDR266/333/400 SDRAM
Supports 64/128/256/512Mb technology up to 2GB
Provides two 184-pin DDR SDRAM interfaces
Onboard IDE
Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
Supports Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133, PIO mode
Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD ROM
drives
Onboard LAN(optional)
10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
10/100M LAN interface built-in on board
USB 2.0
USB 2.0 compliant, operates at 480Mbps, about 40X times faster than USB 1.1 which cur-
rently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps
Provides 8 USB 2.0 ports
Onboard I/O
One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5″or 5.25″floppy drives with 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M
/2.88M format
Two high speed 16550 compatible COMs with 16 byte send/receive FIFO
One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
Provides one IrDA connector
All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
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Onboard Audio
AC’97 2.2 Specification Compliant
Provides onboard Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out Jack Connector
6-channel Onboard Audio(available on -6A mainboard)
AC’97 2.3 Specification Compliant
Provides Front left&right, Rear left&right/Line-in Jack and Center&Woofer/Microphone-in
Jack,which can be specified by software
AGP Interface
Provides one standard VGA connector and integrated AGP unit(available on K8VM800 mainboard)
AGP connector supports AGP 3.0 including AGP 8X data transfers
Advanced features
PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant
Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard
Supports Windows 98/2000/ME/XP soft-off
Supports Wake-on-LAN
Supports Keyboard Password Power-on function
Supports hot-plug
Two SATA devices including SATA HDD and CDROM/DVD ROM devices
Supports 150Mbps transfer rate.
BIOS
Licensed advanced AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS, supports flash ROM, plug and play ready
Supports IDE CDROM/SCSI/USB boot up.
IEEE 1394 Ports(Optional)
Supports two IEEE 1394a ports
Green function(optional)
Supports ACPI power status: S0 (full-on), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM),
S4(suspend to Disk, depends on OS) and S5 (soft-off)

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Main Expansion Slots and Connectors
Slot/Port (Quantity) Description
PCI(5) PCI slots
IDE(2 ) IDE ports
FLOPPY(1) Floppy Drive port
DDR(2) DIMM socket
USB(8) USB connectors
AGP(1) AGP slot
LAN(1) LAN connector
COM(2) COM connectors
PARALLEL(1) Parallel connector
IrDA(1) IrDA connector

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Chapter 2
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.
Furthermore, this section lists all necessary connector pin
assignments for your reference. The particular state of the
jumpers, connectors and ports are illustrated in the follow-
ing figures. Before setting the jumpers or inserting these
connectors, please pay attention to the direction.

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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, USB3, USB4 and LAN Connectors(optional)
(LAN connector is only available on -L mainboard)
Four USB ports are for connecting USB devices. The RJ-45 connector is for onboard LAN.
PS/2 Mouse connector
PS/2 Keyboard connector
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors ( COM1 ) and SPDIF Out port
Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or remov-
ing expansion cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your
mainboard and expansion cards might be seriously damaged.
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USB1
USB2
LAN (optional)
LINK ACTIVE
USB3
USB4
Parallel Port
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Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack
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.
6-Channel Audio
This mainboard utilizes VT1616 chip providing 6-channel Audio, which consists of Front Left, Front
Right, Rear Left, Rear Right, Center and Woofer for a complete surround sound effect. When 6-
Channel audio is available, the front Left&Right jack can be connected to the Front speskers, the
Back Left&Right jack can be connected to the rear speakers and the Center&Woofer jack can be
connected to the center speaker and woofer.
Microphone function is offered by F_AUDIO Connector on the mainboard now.
If set 2-Channel Audio mode on -6A or -6AL mainboard, you can connect two speakers to the Front
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.
IEEE 1394 Port (optional)
The IEEE 1394 port is for connecting IEEE 1394 device.
IEEE 1394 port
Speaker out
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Hard Disk LED Connector (HDD_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.
Reset Switch (RESET)
The connector connects to the case’s reset switch. Press the switch once, the system resets.
If you change “Soft-off by PWR-BTTN” from default “Instant-off” to
“Delay 4 Sec” in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of
the BIOS, the power switch should be pressed for morethan 4
seconds before the system powers down.
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ATX 12V Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER SW)
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. The mainboard only support ATX12V
power.
POWER SW
1
ATX Power Supply Connector
20
1
12V
5VSB
5V
GND3.3V GND 5V GND PS-OK3.3V
5V5V
-5VGNDPS-ON-12V3.3V GND GND GND
12V
12V
GND
GND
+12V Power Supply Connector
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Power LED Connector (PWR_LED)
HDD LED
POWER
LED
Power
SW
RESET
SW
POWER LED
HDD LED
HDD LED(+)
HDD LED(-)
G N D
P O W E R
RESERVE EMPTY
G N D
P O W E R
PWR LED(+)
RESET SW
PWR LED(-)
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USB5,6; USB7,8
Besides USB1,2,3,4 on the back panel, K8V800/K8VM800 series of mainboards also have 10-
pin headers on board which may connect to front panel USB cable( optional ) to provide addi-
tional four USB ports.
Infrared Header (IrDA)
This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device. Before using this func-
tion, configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR IRQ from the “INTEGRATED
PERIPHERALS” section of the CMOS SETUP.
USB5,6
USB7,8
+5V
DT0+
DT0-
GND
NC
DT1-
DT1+
CUT
+5V
GND
+5V
DT0+
DT0-
GND
NC
DT1-
DT1+
CUT
+5V
GND
IrDA
VCC
IRRX
GND
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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)(available on -L mainboard)
Through the Wake-Up On LAN function, a wake event occurring from the network can
wake up the system. If this function is to be used, please be sure an ATX 12V power supply
and a LAN adapter which supports this function are used. Then connect this header to the
relevant connector on the LAN adapter, set “modem ring resume” as Enabled in the “POWER
MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the CMOS SETUP. Save and exit, then boot the oper-
ating system once to make sure this function takes effect.
IEEE 1394_1 port(optional)
Besides one 1394 port on the back panel, the mainboard also have one 10-pin header on
board to provide IEEE 1394 port.
Signal for waking up
WOL +5V standby
GND
1
1394_1
VCC
B0-
A0-
A0+
1
B0+
GND
CUT
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Audio Connectors (CD_IN)
CD_IN is Sony standard CD audio connector, it can be connected to a CD-ROM drive
through a CD audio cable.
Fan Connectors (CPUFAN, CHSFAN)
The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in “PC Health” section of the
CMOS SETUP.
CHSFAN
CPUFAN
+12V
GND
SENSE
+12V
SENSE
GND
CD_IN
CD Right Channel
GND
CD Left Channel