QDI PlatiniX 1 User manual

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Item Checklist
Completely check your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your
retailer.
PlatiniX 1 mainboard
QDI Driver Utility CD
I/O shield(optional)
1 HD IDE cable
1 FDD cable
QDI Serial Product R.M.A. Warranty Card(optional)
Users manual

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
PlatiniX 1
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/2001
Printed Name Xu Wenge Position/ Title Assistant President

Declaration of conformity
Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. Inc.
Model Name: PlatiniX 1
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 interfer-
ence, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Tested to comply with FCC standards.
Signature : Date : 2001

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CONTENTS
1. Introduction.....................................................1
Overview.........................................................................1
Key Features...................................................................1
C- edia 6 chennels Audio(new feature)........................3
2. Installation Instructions...................................4
External Connectors..................................................4
PS/2 Keyboard/ ouse Connector....................................4
USB1, USB2 and LAN connectors...................................4
Line-in, icrophone-in, Speaker-out jacks
and IDI/Joystick connector(optional)..............................5
6-Channel Audio(optional)................................................5
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors................................5
ATX12V Power Supply Connector & Power
Switch(POWER_SW).......................................................6
Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED)................................6
Reset Switch (RESET).................................................... 6
Speaker Connector (SPEAKER).......................................7
Power LED Connector (PWR_LED)..................................7
GREEN LED Connector (GREEN_LED)..............................7
ACPI LED Connector (ACPI_LED)....................................7
Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP SW).......................7
Key Lock Connector (KEY LK)........................................7
Infrared Header (IrDA).................................................... 8
Audio Connectors (CD_IN, CD_IN2, ODE )....................8
USB3,USB4 Connectors..................................................9
Fan Connectors (PWRFAN, CPUFAN, CHSFAN)..............9
Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)...............................................10
Wake-Up On Internal odem (WO )..............................10
Sound Connector (PC-PCI).............................................11
Chassis Security Switch (CHSSEC)...............................11
4 Pin S Bus Connector(S BUS)...................................12
Communication and Networking Riser Interface
Connector(CNR).............................................................12
Audio Interface(optional)................................................13
Intruder Detect Switch (JINTR).......................................14
ain Expansion Slots and Connectors..........................14

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Jumper Settings.........................................................15
Enable/Disable on-board Audio (JSD).............................15
Enable keyboard password power-on function(JKB)....16
Clear C OS(JCC)............................................................17
Overclocking Jumper Setting (JFS0, JFS1) ....................17
Enable Front/Back Panel USB Device Wake-up Function
(JFUSB/JUSB).................................................................18
BIOS Protection Jumper (JAV)........................................18
Enable/Disable on_board LAN (JLAN)............................19
Wake-up On LAN (JP5)...................................................19
3. BIOS Description................................................20
Utility Support..............................................................20
AWDFLASH.EXE.............................................................20
AWAR (Phoenix) BIOS escription.......................21
Entering Setup.................................................................21
Load Optimized Defaults.................................................21
Standard C OS Features Setup.....................................21
CPU SpeedEasy Setup....................................................25
Advanced BIOS Features Setup.....................................26
Advanced Chipset Features Setup.................................28
Power anagement Setup..............................................31
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup...........................................34
Integrated Peripherals.....................................................35
PC Health Status..............................................................38
Password Setting............................................................40
Boot with BIOS defaults.............................................. ...40
Appendix....................................................................41
QDI Driver Utility CD ....................................................... 41
LogoEasy........................................................................42
RecoveryEasy.................................................................43
BIOS-ProtectEasy............................................................51
Norton AntiVirus..............................................................51
anageEasy...................................................................52
SpeedEasy .....................................................................53
BootEasy..........................................................................55
StepEasy(optional).................................... ......................59
PlatiniX 1(Francais)..................................................... .....61
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Caution
Note:
This manual is suitable for mainboards of PlatiniX 1 series.
Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who
wants diverse features.
P1: without onboard Audio and onboard AN
P1-A: with two channels onboard Audio
P1- : with onboard AN
P1-C: with C-Media six channels onboard Audio
P1-A : with two channels onboard Audio and onboard AN
P1-C :with C-Media six channels onboard Audio and
onboard AN
Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and the heatsink
of AN to keep them fully contact , meanwhile to meet the heat sink
requirement.

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Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
PlatiniX 1 green mainboard utilizes Intel® 845 chipset, 845 consists of two components:
the 82845 emory Controller Hub( CH) and the 82801BA I/O Controller Hub2(ICH2),
providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective mATX platform. The
new integrated technologies, together with AGP 4X support, AC97 2CH Audio or C- edia
8738 PCI 6CH real 3D Audio(optional ), 4 USB ports, and Ultra D A100/66/33, give cus-
tomers an advanced, multimedia solution at an reasonable price. It provides 400 Hz
system bus to support Intel®
Pentium 4 socket 478 processors and the largest memory
capacity is up to 2GB. It also provides advanced features such as Wake up by USB
devices, Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on- odem and ACPI functions. Suspend to RA , the opti-
mal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specifica-
tion, makes the PCs power consumption drop to the lowest possible level and enable
quick wakeup. anageEasy, our system management application is also supplied to en-
able remote monitoring and configuration of the system.BootEasy, lets the PC boot freely
and rapidly.
Key Features
Form factor
#"mATX form factor of 244mm x 224mm
Microprocessor
#"Supports Intel® Pentium 4(Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.4/1.5/1.7/1.8GHz
and above
#"Supports Intel® Pentium 4(Northwood) socket 478 processors at 2GHz and above
#"Supports 400 Hz host bus speed
System memory
#"Provides two 168-pin DI sockets
#"Supports PC-133 SDRA
#"Supports 64/128/256/512 b SDRA technology
#"The largest total memory is up to 2GB
Onboard I E
"# "Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
"# "Supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33, PIO mode
"# "Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD
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USB Ports
#"2 USB Host Controllers with total of 4 ports
"#"USB 1.1 compliant
"# Supports wake-up from S1 (power on suspend), S3 (Suspend to RA ) (depend on
device)
Onboard I/O
"# "Winbond W83627HF-AW I/O controller
"# "One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5″ or 5.25″ floppy drives with 360K/720K/1.2 /
1.44 /2.88 format
"# "Two high speed 16550 compatible UARTs (CO 1/CO 2/CO 3/CO 4 selective) with
16 byte send/receive FIFO
#"One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
"#"Infrared interface
"# "All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
Onboard LAN (Optional)
#"10/100 bit/sec Ethernet support
#"10/100 LAN interface built-in on board
Onboard Audio(Optional)
AC97 Audio(available on P1-A,P1-AL)
"# " AC97 2.1 Specification Compliant
"# "Provides onboard Line-in Jack, icrophone-in Jack, Speaker-out Jack with onboard
amplifier and IDI/Joystick Connector
C- edia hardware Audio (available on P1-C,P1-CL)
"# "Provides C- edia 8738 PCI hardware Audio
#"Provides Front L&R Jack,Back L&R Jack and Center&WooferJack
AGP Interface
"# "AGP Connector supports AGP 2.0 including AGP 4x data transfers
BIOS
"# "Licensed advanced AWARD(phoenix) BIOS
#"supports Flash RA with 2 b memory size, plug and play ready
"# " Supports IDE CD-RO or SCSI boot up

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Advanced features
"# " PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant
"#"Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard
"#"Supports Windows 98/2000/ E soft-off
"# " Supports Wake-on-LAN and Wake-on- odem
"#"Supports Keyboard Password Power-on function
"# " Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures, system voltages,
fan speed)
"# " Providing QDI innovations such as SpeedEasy, RecoveryEasy, BIOS-ProtectEasy(to
protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH ), LogoEasy,
anageEasy, BootEasy,StepEasy(optional)
Green function
#"Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODP (OS
Directed Power anagement)
#"Supports ACPI power status: S0 (full-on), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (Suspend to
RA ), S4(Suspend to Disk under Windows e, Windows 2000 OS) and S5 (soft-off)
Expansion slots
#"1 AGP slot
#"3 PCI slots
#"1 CNR slot
C-Media 6 channels Audio(new feature)
C- edia 6 channels Audio is the most salient feature of P1-C,P1-CL,which supporting
DirectSoundTM
3D and A3DTM interface through the new type chip C I8738. C I8738 uses
HRTF 3D extension technology to enhance traditional HRTF 3D positional audio by substitut-
ing two-speaker system by four or six-speaker system (It supports additional 2 ch 16-bit
DAC to provide rear side audio and another 2 ch for subwoofer/Center). It greatly improves
HRTF 3D positional audio quality and successfully removes the sweet spot limitations:
users can enjoy genuine 3D audio gaming effects,and do not have to worry about the
environmental confinement any more.
"# "Provides 6CH DAC for AC3 5.1CH purpose
"# "Supports HRTF-based 3D positional audio
"# "16-bit full duplex CODEC
"# "32-bit PCI bus master
"# "Built-in 32ohm Earphone buffer
"# " icrophone echo and karaoke aascending/descending key effects

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Chapter 2
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. Further-
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 fig-
ures. 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 optional).
Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion
cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your mainboard and expansion
cards might be seriously damaged.
PS/2 Mouse connector
PS/2 Keyboard connector
USB1
USB2
LAN

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Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick
Connector (Optional)
The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player to
playback or record. The icrophone-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 IDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a
IDI device.
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors (UART1, UART2)
The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer. The serial
port UART1,2 connectors can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port
mouse. You can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in Integrated Periph-
erals from AWARD BIOS SETUP.
6-Channel Audio (Optional)
P1-C,P1-CL mainboards utilize C- edia C I8738 chip with providing 6-Channel Audio . 6-
Channel Audio consists of Front Left ,Front Right ,Back Left ,Back 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 speakers,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.
MIDI/Joystick
Speaker out Line in Microp one in
MIDI/Joystick
Front
Left&Rig t
Back
Left&Rig t
Center&Woofer
Parallel Port
UART1 UART2

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ATX12V Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER SW)
Be sure to connect the power supply plug to this connector in its proper orientation. 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 difference between ATX12V
power and ATX power is ATX12V power added two power connectors:AUX power con-
nector and +12V power connector. PlatiniX 1 series mainboard only support ATX12V
power.
Note If you change Soft-off by PWR-BTTN from default Instant-off to De-
lay 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.
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.
Reset Switch (RESET)
The connector connects to the cases reset switch. Press the switch once, the system
resets.
Chapter 2
POWER SW
ATX Power Supply Connector


5V5V -5V
GND GND PS-ON -12V 3.3V GND
12V
5VSB 5V GND
3.3V GND 5V GND
PS-OK
3.3V
GND
12V 12V
GND GND
 +12V Power
Supply Connector
GND 3.3V 3.3V GND GND 5V

AUX Power Supply Connector

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Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)
The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case.
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 S3,S4, S5 status, the LED is off. The connector has an
orientation.
GREEN LED Connector (GREEN_LED)
When the system is in S0,S1,S4 ,S5 status, the LED is off,When the system is in S3 status,
the LED is on.
ACPI LED Connector (ACPI_LED)
The ACPI LED is a dual-color light with three pins. Pin1and Pin2 drive different color lights.
If Pin1 drives the orange light , then, Pin2 drives the green light, the following status will
come out. When the system is in S0 status, the LED is green on. When the system is in S1
status, the LED is green blink. When the system is in S3 status, the LED is orange on.
When the system is in S4, S5 status, the LED is off.
Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP SW)
Push once the switch connected to this header, the system enters suspend mode.
Key Lock Connector (KEYLK)
The connector can be connected to the keyboard lock switch on the case for locking the
keyboard.
Installation Instructions
PWR SW
SLEEP SW
SPEAKER RESET GREEN LED KEYLK
PWR LED
ACPI LED
HD LED
SPEAKER RESET GREEN LEDKEYLK
ACPI LED PWR
SW
SLEEP
SW PWR LED
HDD LED(+) HDD LED(-)
ORANGE(-)
GREEN(-)
LED+(VCC)
POWER
GND
EMPTY
EMPTY
SLEEP
GND
LED+
LED-
LED- KEYLOCK
GND
LED-
LED-
LED+
EMPTY
GND
RESET
SPKDATA
NC
GND
VCC

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Infrared Header (IrDA)
This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. Before using this function,
configure the settings for IR Address, IR ode and IR IRQ from the INTEGRATED PERIPH-
ERALS section of the BIOS.
Audio Connectors (CD_IN, CD_IN2, MODEM)(Optional)
CD_IN and CD_IN2 are Sony standard CD audio connectors, they both can be connected
to a CD-RO drive through a CD audio cable. The ODE connector allows the onboard
audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector. It allows connecting
the mono_in (such as a phone) or mono_out (such as a speaker) between the onboard
audio and the voice modem card.
Chapter 2
VCC
VCC
1
6
5
4
3
2
IRTX
NC
GND
IRRX
GND
Phone-In (from Modem)
Mono-Out (to Modem)
MODEM
CD IN
Common
CD Right Channel
CD Left Channel
CD IN2
Common
CD2 Right Channel
CD2 Left Channel

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an Connectors (PWR AN, CPU AN, CHS AN)
The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in PC Health section of
the BIOS. These three fans will be automatically turned off after the system enters
suspend mode.
Installation Instructions
USB3, USB4 Connectors
Besides USB1 and USB2 ports on the back panel,the mainboard also has a 10-pin header
on board which may connect to front panel USB cable to provide additional 2 USB Ports.
USB3,4
D0-
CUT
GND
GND
CUT
D1+
D1-
+5V
D0+
1
+5V
CHSFAN
PWRFAN
FAN GND
SENSE
+12V
FAN GND
+12V
SENSE
CPUFAN
FAN GND
SENSE
+12V

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Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)
Through this function, the system which is in the suspend or soft-off status can be
waked up by a ring signal received from the internal modem. When this function is used,
be sure an internal modem card which supports this function is used. Then connect this
header to the relevant connector on the modem card, set Wake-Up by Ring/LAN as
Enabled in the Power anagement Setup section of the BIOS. Save and exit, then boot
the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.
Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)
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 ATX12V power, and
a LAN adapter which supports this function is used. Then connect this header to the
relevant connector on the LAN adapter, set Wake-Up by Ring/ LAN as Enabled in the
POWER ANAGE ENT SETUP section of the BIOS. Save and exit, then boot the operat-
ing system once to make sure this function takes effect.
Chapter 2
1 +5VSB
GND
Signal for waking up
+5V standby
GND
Signal for waking up (active low)
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Chassis Security Switch (CHSSEC)
The connector connects to the chassis security switch on the case. The system can
detect the chassis intrusion through the status of this connector. If the cased has been
opened , the system will record the status and indicate the chassis has been opened. You
can receive this information from QDI anageEasy software.
Installation Instructions
Sound Connector (PC-PCI)
This connector provides a bridge between the mainboard and PCI sound card to deliver
sound compatibility under DOS real-mode environment.
GND
Indicate signal
1
4
6
2 GND
SERIAL INTERRUPT
REQUEST
PC-PCI DMA REQUEST
PC-PCI DMA
ACKNOWLEDGE
GND
3NC
1
5

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4 Pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS)
This connector allows you to connect S Bus devices. S Bus devices communicate
through the S Bus with an S Bus host and/or other S Bus devices. The S Bus or
System anagement Bus is a specific implementation of I2C bus, which is a multi-master
bus, that is, multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a
master by initiating data transfer.
Communication and Networking Riser Interface Connector(CNR)
The mainboard provides this Communication and Networking Riser(CNR) interface which can
support audio and/or modem functions . Furthermore, it provides a LAN interface for network-
ing functions. What its superiority compared with A R is being able to support plug-and-play
function. echanically the CNR shares a PCI slot, thus when you insert the CNR card, the
neighboring PCI slot cannot be used.
By using an audio codec, the AC97 digital link providing by CNR allows for cost-effective,
high-quality, integrated audio on the platform. AC97 digital link also allows several external
codecs to be connected to the ICH2. The digital link is expanded to support twoor three
audio codecs for up to 6 channels of PC audio output (full AC-3 decode) or a combination
of an audio and modem codec.
Chapter 2
CNR Connector
1
2
3
SMBDATA
SMBCLK
5VSB
GND
4

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Audio Interface (Optional)
The audio interface can provide 3 kinds of Audio output choics :the FrontAudio, the
RearAudio and the ActiveAudio. Their priority level is as sequence. when the FrontAudio
is available, the RearAudio and the ActiveAudio(in-case speaker)will be cut off. when the
RearAudio is available, the ActiveAudio will be cut off. An onboard amplifier is needed for
the case of earphone plugged into. when the FrontAudio jack is inexistence, Pin11 and
Pin12, Pin13 and Pin14 must be short connected.
Pin
No.
Symbol Pin
No.
Symbol
1 Active LINE Out(R) 2 Active LINE Out(L)
3 GND (ALO) GND (ALO)
5 GND(+12) 6 GND(+12)
7 +12V(1A) 8 (Cut awa y )
9 MIC 10 GND ( MIC )
11 Front LINE Out( R ) 12 LINE Next( R )
13 Front LINE Out( L ) 1 LINE Next( L )
15 GND (FLO) 16 (Cut away )
Speaker Out(Rear Audio
Line in
Microphone in
Speaker(Active Audio)
Earphone(Front Audio FrontLineOutR
FrontLineOutL
LineNextR
LineNextL
GND
BLSPK
13
11
9
7
5
3
1
1516
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
FrontAudio jack