QDI PlatiniX 4N Series User manual

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PlatiniX 4N series mainboard
QDI Driver CD 2000
Users manual
1 IDE ribbon cable
1 floppy ribbon cable
I/O shield(option)
1 10-pin ribbon cable with bracket for USB3 and USB4(option)

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 4N
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 4N
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 eatures..................................................................1
2. Installation Instructions..................................4
External Connectors.................................................4
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector...................................4
USB1, USB2 and LAN connectors..................................4
Line-in, Microphone-in, Speaker-out jacks
and MIDI/Joystick connector(optional).............................5
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors...............................5
USB3,USB4 Connectors.................................................5
ATX12V Power Supply Connector & Power
Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED)...............................6
Reset Switch (RESET)................................................... 6
Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)......................................6
ACPI LED Connector (ACPI LED)....................................7
GREEN LED Connector (GREEN_LED).............................7
Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP SW).......................7
Power LED Connector (PWR_LED).................................7
Key Lock Connector (KEY LK)........................................7
Infrared Header (IrDA)....................................................8
Audio Connectors (CD_IN, AUXIN,MODEM)....................8
Sound Connector (PC-PCI)............................................. 9
an Connectors (PWR AN, CPU AN,
CHS AN,RIMM AN).........................................................9
Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)...............................................10
Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)..............................10
Communication and Networking Riser Interface
Connector (CNR)...........................................................11
4 Pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS)...................................12
Chassis Security Switch (CHSSEC)..............................12
Audio Interface(optional)................................................13
Intruder Detect Switch (JINTR).......................................14
Main Expansion Slots and Connectors..........................14

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Jumper Settings.........................................................15
Clear CMOS(JCC)............................................................15
Enable keyboard password power-on function(JKB)....16
Enable/Disable on-board Audio (JSD).............................16
Enable USB Device Wake-up unction
(J USB/JUSB)..................................................................17
BIOS Protection Jumper (JAV).........................................17
3. BIOS Description................................................18
Utility Support...............................................................18
AWD LASH.EXE..............................................................18
AWARD Phoenix) BIOS Description........................19
Entering Setup..................................................................19
Load Optimized Defaults...................................................19
Standard CMOS eatures Setup......................................19
CPU SpeedEasy Setup.....................................................23
Advanced BIOS eatures Setup......................................24
Advanced Chipset eatures Setup..................................26
Power Management Setup...............................................28
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup.............................................31
Integrated Peripherals.......................................................32
PC Health Status...............................................................35
Password Setting.............................................................37
Boot with BIOS defaults...................................................37
Appendix....................................................................38
QDI Driver Utility CD .........................................................38
LogoEasy..........................................................................39
RecoveryEasy..................................................................40
BIOS-ProtectEasy.............................................................49
Norton AntiVirus...............................................................49
ManageEasy....................................................................50
SpeedEasy ......................................................................51
BootEasy...........................................................................53
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Caution
Note:
This manual is suitable for mainboards of PlatiniX 4N series.
Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who
wants diverse features.
P4N: without onboard udio and onboard L N
P4N- : with onboard udio
P4N-L: with onboard L N
P4N- L:with onboard udio and onboard L N
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.

Manual for P4N series
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
PlatiniX 4N series mainboard utilizes Intel® 850 Chipset(82850 MCH+82801BA ICH2),
providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective PC/ATX platform. The
new integrated technologies, together with AGP 4X support, AC97 Audio , 4 USB ports,
and Ultra ATA100/66/33, give customers an advanced, multimedia solution at an reason-
able price. It provides 400 MHz system bus to support Intel®
Pentium 4 socket 478 proces-
sors and its largest memory capacity is up to 2GB. It also provides advanced features
such as Wake up by USB devices, Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-Modem and Keyboard Power-
on function. Suspend to RAM, the optimal implementation of the Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface (ACPI) specification, makes the PCs power consumption drop to the
lowest possible level and enable quick wakeup. ManageEasy, our system management
application is also supplied to enable remote monitoring and configuration of the
system.BootEasy, lets the PC boot freely and rapidly.
Key Features
Form factor
#"ATX form factor of 305mm x 244mm
Microprocessor
#"Supports Intel® Pentium 4(Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/
2.0GHz and above
#"Supports Intel® Pentium 4(Northwood) socket 478 processors at 2GHz and above
#"Supports 400MHz host bus speed
System memory
#"Provides four 168-pin RIMM sockets
#"Supports two channal PC800/PC600 RDRAM
#"Supports 512MB using 64Mb RDRAM technology
#"Supports 1GB using 128Mb RDRAM technology
#"Supports 2GB using 256Mb RDRAM technology
#"The largest total memory is up to 2GB
Note: Channel A is composed of RIMM1 and RIMM3, Channel B is composed of
RIMM2 and RIMM4. he memory configuration of RIMM1 and RIMM2,
RIMM3 and RIMM4 must de identical. C-RIMMs(Continuity RIMM)must
be used to complete the sockets that are not populated by RDRAMs. But
the mainboard doesnt work when using 4 C-RIMMs to fill all sockets.

Manual for P4N series
Introduction
USB Ports
"#"USB 1.1 compliant
"# Supports wake-up from S1 (suspend), S3 (Suspend to RAM,depend on device)
Onboard IDE
"# "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
ROM drivers
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 UARTs (COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 selective) with
16 byte send/receive I O
"# "One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
"#"Infrared interface
"#"One Game Port
"#"All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
Onboard LAN Available on P4N-L P4N-AL Mainboard)
#"10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
#"10/100M LAN interface built-in on board
Onboard Audio Available on P4N-A P4N-AL Mainboard)
"#"AC97 2.1 Specification Compliant
"#"Provides onboard Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out Jack with onboard
amplifier and MIDI/Joystick Connector
AGP Interface
"# "AGP Connector supports AGP 2.0 including AGP 4x data transfers
BIOS
"# "Licensed advanced AWARD(phoenix) BIOS,with plug and play ready
"# " Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up

Manual for P4N series
Chapter 1
Advanced features
"# " PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant
"#"Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard
"#"Supports Windows 98/2000/ME soft-off
"# " Supports Wake-on-LAN and Wake-on-Modem
"#"Supports Keyboard Password Power-on function
"# "Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures, system voltages,
fan speed)
"# " Supports QDI ManageEasy
"# " Providing QDI innovations such as SpeedEasy, RecoveryEasy, BIOS-ProtectEasy(to
protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH ), LogoEasy,
BootEasy
Green function
"# " Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS Directed
Power Management)
"#" Supports ACPI power status: S0 (full-on), S1 (suspend), S3 (Suspend to RAM),
S4(Suspend to Disk,depends on OS) and S5 (soft-off)
Expansion slots
"#" 1 AGP slot
"#" 1 CNR slot
"#" 4 PCI slots

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