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
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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.

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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.

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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

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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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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. urther-
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 available on P4N-L P4N-AL Mainboard).
Note:
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 (Available on P4N-A P4N-AL Mainboard)
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.The MIDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a
MIDI device.
MIDI/Joystick
Speaker out Line in Microp one in
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 BIOS SETUP.
Parallel Port
UART1 UART2
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
D1-
GND
GND
GND
GND
D0+
D0-
+5V
D1+
1
+5V

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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:+12V power
connector and AUX power connector(Optional) . PlatiniX 4N series mainboard only support
ATX12V power.
Note: If you change Soft-off by PWR-B N from default Instant-off to De-
lay 4 Sec in the POWER MANAGEMEN SE UP 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.
Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)
The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case.
Chapter 2
Power Switch Connector
+12VPower Connector
GND 3.3V 3.3V GND GND 5V

AUX Power Supply Connector(Optional)


5V 5 V -5V GND GND PSON -12V 3.3V GND
12V 5VSB 5V GND 3.3V GND 5V GND PWOK 3.3V
GND
ATX Power Supply Connector
12V
12V
GND

GND

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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.
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
or S1 status(under APM mode), the LED is on.
Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP SW)
Push once the switch connected to this header, the system enters suspend mode.
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.
Key Lock Connector (KEY LK)(Reserved)
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 KE LK
PWR LED
ACPI LED
HD_LED
SPEAKER RESET GREEN LEDKE LK
ACPI LED PWR
SW
SLEEP
SW PWR LED
HDD LED(+) HDD LED(-)
ORANGE(-)
GREEN(-)
LED+(VCC)
POWER
GND
EMPT
EMPT
SLEEP
GND
LED+
LED-
LED- KE LOCK
GND
LED-
LED-
LED+
EMPT
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 Mode and IR IRQ from the INTEGRATED PERIPH-
ERALS section of the BIOS.
Audio Connectors (CD_IN, AUXIN, MODEM)(Available on P4N-A P4N-
AL Mainboard)
CD_IN is a Sony standard CD audio connector, it can be connected to a CD-ROM drive
through a CD audio cable. The MODEM 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. AUXIN allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as
a CD-ROM,TV tuner,or MPEG card.
Chapter 2
IrDA
1 VCC
2 NC
3 IRRX
4 GND
5 IRTX
VCC
6
CD_IN
Common
Right Channel
Left Channel
AUXIN
Phone-In (from Modem)
MODEM
GND
Mono-Out (to Modem)
GND
Right Channel Left Channel

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an Connectors (CPU AN, CHS AN, PWR AN, RIMM AN)
CPU AN, CHS AN, PWR AN will be automatically turned off after the system enters sus-
pend mode.The speed of them can be detected and viewed in PC Health section of the
BIOS. The RIMM AN is used for decreasing memory temperature.
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.
4
6
2 GND
SERIAL INTERRUPT
REQUEST
PC-PCI DMA REQUEST
PC-PCI DMA
ACKNOWLEDGE
GND
3
NC
1
5
PC-PCI
RIMMFAN
CPUFAN
FAN GND
+12V
SENSE
PWRFAN
FAN GND
+12V
SENSE
CHSFAN
FAN GND
+12V
SENSE
GND
+12V
GND

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Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)
Through the Wake-Up On Internal Modem function, the system which is in the suspend or
soft-off status can be powered on by a ring signal received from internal modem. If this
function is to be 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 on
LAN/Ring  as Enabled in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP section of the BIOS. Save &
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 MANAGEMENT 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
WOL
+5V standby
GND
Signal for waking up (active low)
1
WOM

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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 . urthermore, it provides a LAN interface for network-
ing functions. What its superiority compared with AMR is being able to support plug-and-play
function. Mechanically 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 two external
codecs to be connected to the ICH2. The digital link is expanded to support two audio
codecs for up to 6 channels of PCM audio output (full AC-3 decode) or a combination of an
audio and modem codec.
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4 Pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS)
This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices communicate
through the SMBus with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices. The SMBus or
System Management 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.
Chapter 2
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 case has been
opened , the system will record the status and indicate the chassis has been opened. You
can receive this information from QDI ManageEasy software.
1
2
3
SMBDATA
SMBCLK
5VSB
GND
4
SMBUS
GND
Indicate signal
1
CHSSEC

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Audio Interface (Available on P4N-A P4N-AL Mainboard)
The audio interface can provide 3 kinds of Audio output choics :the rontAudio, the
RearAudio and the ActiveAudio. Their priority level is as sequence. when the rontAudio
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 rontAudio jack is inexistence, Pin11 and
Pin12, Pin13 and Pin14 must be short connected.
FrontLineOutR
FrontLineOutL
LineNextR
LineNextL
GND
BLSPK(Audio Interface
FrontAudio jack
Speaker Out RearAudio
Line in
Microphone in
Speaker
ActiveAudio
Earphone FrontAudio
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 )
4
6
8
10121416 2
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15