QDI Superb 4LE Series User manual

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Superb 4LE series mainboard
QDI Utility CD
User’s manual
IDE ribbon cable
Floppy ribbon cable
I/O shield (option)
Cable with bracket for USB Connectors
(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
Superb 4LE
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
EuropeanRepresentative:
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: Superb 4LE
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

CONTENTS
Chapter 1 ..................................................1
Introduction......................................................................1
Key Features.................................................................2
AdvancedFeatures........................................................4
Main Expansion Slots and Connectors .....................4
Chapter 2 ...................................................5
Installation Instructions................................................5
External Connectors ................................................6
PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse Connector .......................... 6
USB1, USB2 and LAN Connectors .........................6
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connector (COM1)
&VGA Port......................................................................6
Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack
and MIDI / Joystick Connector ...................................7
6-Channel Audio.......................................................... 7
ATX12V Power Supply Connector
& Power Switch (POWER SW) ..................................8
Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED) ....................8
Reset Switch (RESET) ...............................................8
Power LED Connector (PWR_LED) .......................9
Fan Connectors (SYSFAN, CPUFAN) .....................9
UARTCOM2...................................................................10
USB3,4;USB5,6............................................................10
InfraredHeader(IrDA) ..................................................11
Wake-UpOnLAN (WOL) .............................................11
Audio Connectors (CD_IN) .........................................12
S/PDIFOUT(Optional).................................................12
AudioInterface...............................................................13
JumperSettings ............................................................13
ClearCMOS (CLR_CMOS) .........................................14
BIOS-Protection Jumper (JAV) ....................................14

CONTENTS
Chapter 3 ...................................................15
BIOSDescription............................................................16
UtilitySupport................................................................16
AWDFLASH.EXE...........................................................16
AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS Description...........................17
EnteringSetup................................................................17
Load Optimized Defaults .............................................17
Standard CMOS Features Setup.................................17
QDI Innovation Features.............................................21
Advanced BIOS Features Setup...............................22
Advanced Chipset Features Setup..........................25
Power Management Setup.........................................27
PNP / PCI Configuration Setup..................................30
Integrated Peripherals.................................................31
PC Health Status.........................................................34
Password Setting.........................................................35
Boot with BIOS defaults.............................................35
Chapter 4 ..................................................37
DriverInstallation..........................................................37
Chipset Software.........................................................38
On-board VGA Driver.................................................. 39
On-board AudioDriver .................................................41
On-board Network Driver .............................................42
USB2.0Driver...............................................................43
Appendix ....................................................44
QDI Utility CD................................................................44
Norton AntiVirus ..........................................................44
Using 4/6-Channel Audio .............................................45
Layout

Caution
Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and
the heatsink of FAN to keep them fully contact , meanwhile to
meet the heat sink requirement.
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-
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This manual is suitable for mainboards of Superb 4LE
series. Each mainboard is carefully designed for the
PC user who wants diverse features.
-A: with onboard Audio
-6A: with 6-channels onboard Audio
-L: with onboard LAN
-AL: with onboard Audio and LAN
-6AL: with 6-channels onboard Audio and LAN

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Introduction
Superb 4LE series of mainboards utilize ( SIS 651 + SIS 962L)
chipset, providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-
effective mATX platform. The new integrated technologies, together
with AGP 4X support, AC’97 audio(2/6-channels), onboard high
performance 3D VGA, integrated LAN(optional), 6 USB 2.0 ports,
and ATA133, give customers an advanced, multimedia solution at
reasonable price. It provides 400/533MHz host bus speed to sup-
port Intel®Pentium 4 socket 478 processors and the largest DDR
memory capacity is up to 2GB. It also provides advanced fea-
tures such as Wake-on-LAN, System Health Monitor function,
AntiVirus function, ACPI function,Suspend to RAM and so on.
The optimal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and
Power interface(ACPI) specification makes the PC's power con-
sumption drop to the lowest possible level and enable quick
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Key Features
Form factor
mATX form factor of 244mm x 205mm
Microprocessor
Supports Intel® Pentium 4 (Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.4/1.5/
1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2.0GHz and above
Supports Intel® Pentium 4 (Northwood) socket 478 processors at 1.6/1.8/
2.0/2.2/2.26/2.4/2.53GHz and above
Supports Intel® Celeron socket 478 processors at 1.7/1.8/2.0GHz and above
Supports 400/533MHz host bus speed
System memory
Provides two 184-pin DDR SDRAM interfaces
Supports DDR200/DDR266/DDR333 SDRAM
Supports 64/128/256/512Mb technology up to 2GB
Onboard IDE
Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
Supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33, PIO mode
Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard
disks and CDROM/DVDROM drives
Onboard LAN
( available on -L, -AL, -6AL mainboard )
10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
10/100M LAN interface built-in on board
USB Ports
USB 2.0 compliant, operates at 480Mbps, about 40X times faster than
USB 1.1 which currently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps
AGP Interface
AGP 1.5V Connector supports AGP 2.0 including AGP 4x data transfers
Provides one standard VGA connector

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Onboard Audio(Optional)
AC’97 Audio( available on -A, -6A, -AL, -6AL 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
5.1 channels output (available on -6A, -6AL mainboard)
6-channel Onboard Audio(available on -6A/-6AL mainboard)
AC’97 2.2 Specification Compliant
Provides Front left&right, Rear left&right/Line-in Jack and Center&Woofer/
Microphone-in Jack,which can be specified by software
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 ) 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
BIOS
Licensed advanced AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS, supports flash ROM, plug
and play ready
Supports IDE CDROM/SCSI and USB devices boot up
Green function
Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM
(OS Directed Power Management)
Supports ACPI power status: S0 (full-on), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (STR,
suspend to RAM), S4(STD,suspend to Disk,depends on OS) and S5 (soft-
off)
Expansion slots
1 AGP slot
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PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant
Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard
Supports Windows 98/2000/ME/XP soft-off
Supports Wake-on-LAN
Supports Wake up by keyboard password
Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures,
system voltages, fan speed. available on several models)
Main Expansion Slots and Connectors
Slot/Port (Quantity) Description
PCI( 3 ) PCI slots
AGP( 1 ) AGP slot
IDE( 2 ) IDE Ports
FLOPPY( 1 ) Floppy Drive port
DDR( 2 ) DDR Sockets
USB( 6) USB Connectors
UART( 2 ) UART Connectors
PARALLEL( 1 ) Parallel Cconnector
IrDA( 1 ) IrDA Connector

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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. 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 following figures. Before setting the
jumpers or inserting these connectors, please pay attention
to the directions.

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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 stan-
dard 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
( LAN connector is only available on -L, -AL, -6AL mainboard )
Two USB ports are for connecting USB devices. The RJ-45 connector is for
onboard LAN.
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.
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connector (COM1) & VGA Port
The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a
printer. The serial port COM1 connector can be connected to a serial port
device such as a serial port mouse. The VGA port can be connected VGA
connector. You can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in
“Integrated Peripherals” from AWARD BIOS SETUP.
PS/2 Mouse connector
PS/2 Keyboard connector
Parallel Port
UART1 VGA Connector
USB1
USB2
LAN(optional)
LINK ACTIVE
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Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI /
Joystick Connector
(available on -A, -AL, -6AL)
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 speak-
ers or headphones for audio output from the internal amplifier.The MIDI/Joy-
stick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a MIDI device.
MIDI/Joystick
Speaker Out Line In Microphone In
6-Channel Audio
(Available on -6A,-6AL series mainboard)
This mainboard utilizes ALC650 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.
For the detail information, please refer the appendix for using 4-/6-channels
audio function.
MIDI/Joystick
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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 mo-
mentary 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. Superb 4LE series mainboard only
support ATX12V power.
If you change “Power Button Override” 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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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.
POWER SW
12V
12V
GND
GND
+12V PowerSupplyConnector
1
ATXPowerSupply Connector
20
1
5V
5V
-5V
GND GND PS-ON
-12V
3.3V GND
12V
5VSB
5V
GND
3.3V GND 5V
GND
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Power LED Connector (PWR_LED)
When the system is in S0 status, the LED is on. When the system is in S1 or
S3 status, the LED is blink; When the system is in S5 status, the LED is off.
The connector has an orientation.
Fan Connectors (SYSFAN, CPUFAN)
The fan speed of CPUFAN and SYSFAN can be detected and viewed in “PC
Health” section of the CMOS SETUP.
HD LED
POWER
LED
Power
SW
RESET
SW
Reverse
POWER LED POWER SW
HDD LED
HDD LED(+)
HDD LED(-)
G N D
P O W E R
REVERSE EMPTY
G N D
P O W E R
PWR LED(+)
RESET SW
PWR LED(-)
+12V CPUFAN
SENSE
GND
SYSFAN
+12V
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USB3,4 ;USB5,6
Besides USB1,2 on the back panel, the series of mainboards also have two10-
pin headers on board which may connect to front panel USB cable( optional )
to provide additional four USB ports.
UART COM2
Besides COM1 on the back panel, the series of mainboards also supply a
COM2 connector which connects with serial mouse, MODEM and other serial
device.
USB3,4
USB5,6
USB5,6
1
+5V
D5+
D5-
GND
+5V
D6+
D6-
GND
N/A
+5V
D3+
D3-
GND
1
+5V
D4+
D4-
GND
N/A
USB3,4
1
DCD
TXD
GND
RTS
RI
RXD
DTR
DSR
CTS
NC
Be sure to connect correctly your cable to the connector, otherwise
your mainboard and USB devices might be seriously damaged.
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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)
(Only for extend PCI LAN adapter supports the WOL function. On-board Lan
need not connect to the connector)
Through the Wake-Up On LAN function, a wake event occurring from the net-
work can wake up the system. If this function is to be used, please be sure an
ATX12V power supply of which 5VSB line is capable of delivering current at
least720mA, and a LAN adapter which supports this function is used. Then
connect this header to the relevant connector on the LAN adapter, set “Ring
power up control” as Enabled under the sub-section “PM Wake Up Events” in
the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the CMOS SETUP. Save
and exit, then boot the operating system once to make sure this function
takes effect.
Infrared Header (IrDA)
This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device. Before using
this function, configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR IRQ from
the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” section of the CMOS SETUP.
Signal for waking up
+5Vstandby
GND
WOL
1
IrDA
VCC
IRRX
GND
IRTX
NC
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Audio Connectors (CD_IN)
(available on -A, -AL, -6AL)
CD_IN is Sony standard CD audio connectors, it can be connected to a CD-
ROM drive through a CD audio cable.
Left Channel
CD_IN
Common
Right Channel
S/PDIF OUT (Optional)
The S/PDIF (Sony / Philips Digital Interface) input allow your digital audio
input from digital audio devices (optional). The SPDIF output is capable of
providing digital audio data or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby
digital decoder.
S/PDIF
N/A
GND
S/PDIF OUT
1