QDI WinneX 3 User manual

ManualforWinneX3
Chapter1
Introduction
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Chapter1
Chapter1
Introduction
Overview
The WinneX3green mainboardutilizesthe Intelfirstgenerationintegratedgraphics chipset
—Intel® 810Chipset, providing afullycompatible,high performanceand cost-effectivePC/
microATXplatform.Thenewintegratedtechnologies,togetherwiththe softwareconfigurable
AC’97 audioand modemsystemgivecustomersanadvanced,multimediasolution atan
extremelylowprice.It provides66/100MHzsystembussupportforallIntel® Pentium® III,
Pentium® II,andCeleronTMSlot1processors.100MHzSDRAMsaresupportedupto512MB.
It alsoprovidesadvancedfeaturessuchasWake-on-LAN,Wake-on-ModemandKeyboard
PasswordPower-on functions.SuspendtoRAM,theoptimalimplementation oftheAd-
vanced Configuration and PowerInterface(ACPI)specification,makesthePC’spower
consumptiondroptothelowestpossibleleveland enablequickwakeup.ManageEasy,our
systemmanagementapplicationisalsosupplied toenableremotemonitoringandconfigura-
tionofthesystem.
FlexibilityinDesigningCost-effective System
TheIntel® 810 Chipsetisahigh-integrationchipsetwhichconsistsofaGraphics and
MemoryControllerHub(GMCH)HostBridge andan I/OControllerHub(ICH)Bridge.There
aretwoversionsofthe GMCH(GMCH0/GMCH)andtwoversionsofICH(ICH0/ICH).The
Intel® 810 ChipsetSystemprovidesaddedflexibilityindesigningcost-effectivesolutions
byusing differentcombinationsoftheGMCHandICH.
Thefollowing describesthethree kindsofIntel® 810 chipsetcombinationand theiradded
features.Pleaseidentifywhichkind ofmainboardyoupurchased.
1.Intel®810DC-100:GMCH(Intel® 82810-DC100)+ICH(Intel®82801AA)
Addedfeatures:
•Includes4MB,32-bit100MHzSDRAMDisplayCache.
•SupportsUltraATA/66.
2.Intel®810:GMCH0(Intel®82810)+ICH (Intel®82801AA)
Addedfeatures:
•SupportsUltraATA/66.
3.Intel®810L:GMCH0(Intel®82810)+ICH0(Intel®82801AB)
Thisisthebasicsystemcombination.
All informationcontainedinthismanualappliestoall three kindsofsystem,unless
otherwisespecified.

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Key Features
Formfactor
l MicroATXformfactorof244mm x188mm.
Microprocessor
lSupportsIntel® Pentium® III Processorsat450MHzand futureprocessorswith
100MHzbusspeed.
lSupportsIntel® Pentium® IIProcessorsat233/266/300/333MHzprocessorswith
66MHzbusspeed.
lSupportsIntel® PentiumII® Processorsat300/350/400/450MHzprocessorswith
100MHzbusspeed.
lSupportsIntel® CeleronTMSlot1Processorsat266/300/333/366MHzand future
processorswith66MHzbusspeed.
lSupports66/100MHzhostbusspeed.
lTheCPUcorevoltageadjustablefrom1.3Vto3.5Vautomaticallythrough onboard
switching voltageregulatorwithVID(VoltageID).
lProvidesonboard1.5V,1.8V,2.5Vand 3.3Vstandbyregulator.
Systemmemory
l Providestwo168 pin3.3VunbufferedDIMM sockets.
l Supports64-bitwideDIMM moduleswith100MHzSDRAMdevices.
l Supports8MBto512MBSDRAMusing16Mb/64Mbtechnology.
l Supports512MBSDRAMusing128Mbtechnology.
l SupportssuspendtoRAM.
OnboardIDE
l SupportstwoPCIPIOandBusMasterIDEports.
l TwofastIDEinterfacessupporting fourIDEdevicesincludingIDEharddisks and
CD-ROMdrives.
l SupportsuptoPIOMode4timing.
l Supports“UltraATA/33”SynchronousDMAmodes,transferring dataup to33MB/s.
l Supports“UltraATA/66”SynchronousDMAmodes,transferring dataup to66MB/s.
(forIntel® 810 and Intel® 810 DC-100 only)
l Integrated16x32bitbufferforIDEPCIBurstTransfers.
OnboardI/O
l WinbondW83627HFLPCI/Ochip.
l Onefloppyportsupportingup totwo3.5”or5.25”floppydriveswith360K/720K/
1.2M/1.44M/2.88Mformat.
l Twohighspeed16550compatibleUART(COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4selective)with
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l USB hostinterfacesupporting 2USB ports.
l Onejoystick port.
l ProvidesonboardMIDI/Joystick Connector.
l Infrared interface.
l All I/Oportscanbeenabled/disabledintheBIOSsetup.
OnchipAGP
l Integrated 2D/3DGraphics Controller.
l IntegratedH/WMotion CompensationEngine.
l Provides4MBSDRAMDisplayCache(forIntel® 810DC-100only).
OnboardSound
l IntelAC’972.1SpecificationCompliant.
l 18bitstereo codec.
l Multiplestereo inputmixer.
l Monoandstereo volumecontrol.
l ProvidesonboardLine-inJack,Microphone-inJack,Speaker-outJack.
Advancedfeatures
l PCI2.2SpecificationCompliant.
l ProvidesTrend ChipAwayVirus® OnGuard.
l SupportsWindows95/98softwarepower-down.
l SupportsWake-on-LANandWake-on-Modem.
l SupportsKeyboardPasswordPower-onfunction.
l OnboardI/OWinbond83627HFsupportssystemmonitoring(monitorsCPUand
systemtemperatures,systemvoltages,chassisintrusionand fanspeed).
l SupportsmanagementapplicationssuchasLDCM(LANDesk® ClientManager)or
QDI’sManageEasy.(manufacturingoption)
l Providesonboard3.3VregulatortosupportATXpowersupplywithout3.3Voutput.
l SystemstatusresumesafterACpowerfailure.
l SupportsQDI’sinnovationssuchasSpeedEasy,RecoveryEasyetc.
l ProtectsthesystemBIOSfrombeing attackedbyseverevirussuchasCIH.
l SupportsSuspend toRAM.
BIOS
l Licensed advancedAWARDBIOS,supportsflashROMwith4Mbmemorysize,plug
and playready.
l SupportsIDECD-ROMorSCSIbootup.
Greenfunction
l SupportsACPI(Advanced Configurationand PowerInterface)andODPM(OS
DirectedPowerManagement).
l SupportsfourACPIpowerstates:Full-on,StopGrant, Suspend toRAM,and soft-off.

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Expansionslots
l 3PCIslots.
l 1AMR.
IntroductiontoNewFeatures
FWH(FirmwareHub)Protection
The BIOSofthe mainboardisinsidetheFWH.SomeseverevirusessuchasCIHvirus
aresodangerousthatitmayoverwritetheBIOSofthemainboard.IftheBIOShas
beendamaged,thesystemwill be unabletoboot. Weprovide thefollowing solution
whichprotectsthesystemBIOSfrombeing attackedbysuchviruses.
Herearetwochoiceswhichimplementsthisfunction.
1.Setthejumper(JAV)asclosed,theBIOScannotbeoverwritten.
2.Setthejumper(JAV)asopen,meanwhileset“FlashWriteProtect”asEnabled in
AWARD BIOSCMOSSetup.Inthisway,the BIOScannotbeoverwritten,butthe
DMIinformation canbeupdated.
Refertopage16 fordetailed information onjumpersetting,andpage26forrelated
BIOSsetting.
SuspendtoRAM
SuspendtoRAMisacost-effective,optimalimplementationoftheAdvancedConfigu-
rationand PowerInterface(ACPI)1.0specification,whichmakesaPC’spowercon-
sumptiondrop tothelowestpossiblelevelandenablesquickwakeup.Whenthe
systemisinSuspend-to-RAMstatus,thesystemcontextismaintained insystem
memory,thesystemconsumesonlyasmall fractionofthepowerusedforfullopera-
tion.Instead ofshuttingdownthe systemtosavepowerwhen notinuseandthen
having torebootlater,Suspend-to-RAMsolutionenablesthesystemtoquicklywake
up,restoring all applicationsand features,enabling operationinafewseconds.
Toimplementthisfunction,thefollowing requirmentsareessential:
1.Powersupplyrequirements:Thecurrentof5VSBline ofthepowersupplyshould
bemorethan0.75A.
2.The BIOSoption“ACPIfunction”shouldbe enabled,and “ACPISuspendType”should
besetasS3inAWARD BIOSCMOSsetup.Refertopage28 fordetailed information.
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3.AnACPI-enabledoperating systemsuchasWindows98 orWindows2000 familyis
needed.
a.Inordertoinstall ACPI-enabledWindows98operating system,thesetup command
shouldbe typedasshownbelow:
D:\SETUP/PJ
(ThismanualassumesthatyourCD-ROMdevicedriverletterisD:).
b.Inordertoinstall ACPI-enabledWindows2000 Bata3(build2031)operating sys-
tem,justsettheBIOSoption ‘ACPIfunction’itemas‘enabled’in‘PowerManagement
Setup’.
c.IfyourinstalledWindows98 systemisinAPMmode,youcouldenterACPImode
throughupdatingyoursystem,followthestepsasbelow,
Choose“Plug and PlayBIOS”in“SystemDevice”,followtheprompttoupdatedevice
driver,in“UpdateDeviceDriverWizard”,selectthe“Displayalistofall thedriversin
aspecificlocation,soyoucanselectthedriveryou want”andpressthe“Next”
button,thenselectthe“Showallhardware”item->selectthe“AdvanceConfigura-
tionandPowerInterface(ACPI)BIOS”andpress “Next”button,followthe prompt
and restartyourcomputerwhenfinish,thenyoursystemwill startupusing theACPI
mode.
4.ThreewaystoenterSuspend-to-RAMstatus:
lUnderWindows98/Windows2000,clickingStart-Shutdown-Standbyen-
ablesthesystemtoenterSuspend-to-RAMstatus.
lUnderWindows98/Windows2000,click Start-Setup-ControlPanel-Power
Management-Advancedand chooseStandbyitem,the systemwill enterSus-
pend-to-RAMstatuswhenyou presspowerbutton.
lUnderWindows98/Windows2000,fromPowerManagementPropertiesin
ControlPanel,setthe latencytimeinSystemStandby,the systemwillenter
Suspend-to-RAMstatuswhentimeout.
Thesamewaysusedtopowerupthesystemcanbe usedtowakeup thesystemfrom
Suspend-to-RAMstatus.Forexample,pushing thepowerbutton,through theWake-on-
LAN,Wake-on-Modemfunction orRTCAlarm.Ifthe keyboardpasswordpower-onfunc-
tionisenabled,thekeyboardpasswordshouldbeused towakeupthesysteminstead of
pushingthepowerbutton.
UltraATA/66(forIntel®810andIntel® 810 DC-100only)
AccordingtothepreviousATA/IDEharddrivedatatransferprotocol,thesignalingwayto
senddatawasinsynchronousstrobemodebyusingtherising edgeofthe strobesignal.
TheUltraATA/33 protocoldoublesthebursttransferratefrom16.6MB/sto33.3MB/s,by
using boththerising and falling edgesofthestrobesignal,thistimeUltraATA/66 doubles
the UltraATAbursttransferrateonceagain(from33.3MB/sto66.6MB/s)byreducing
setuptimesandincreasing thestrobe rate.The fasterstroberateincreasesEMI,which
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cannotbe eliminatedbythestandard40-pincableusedbyATAand UltraATA.Toeliminate
thisincreaseinEMI,anew40-pin,80-conductorcableisneeded.Thiscableadds40
additionalground linesbetweeneachofthe original40 ground and signallines.The
additional40lineshelpshieldthe signalfromEMI,reducecrosstalkandimprovesignal
integrity.
UltraATA/33introducedCRC (CyclicalRedundancyCheck),anewfeatureofIDEthat
providesdataintegrityand reliability.UltraATA/66usesthesameprocess.TheCRC
value iscalculated byboththe hostandtheharddrive.Afterthe host-requestdatais
sent, thehostsendsitsCRCtotheharddrive,and theharddrivecomparesittoits
ownCRC value.Iftheharddrivereportserrorstothe host, then thehostretriesthe
commandcontaining theCRC error.
UltraATA/66technologyincreasesbothperformanceand dateintegrity.Howeverthere
arebasicallyfiverequirementsforyoursystemtoruninUltraATA/66mode:
1.The systemboardmusthaveaspecialUltraATA/66 detectcircuit, suchas
WinneX3mainboard(forIntel® 810and Intel® 810 DC-100 only).
2.ThesystemBIOSmustalsosupportUltraATA/66.
3.Theoperating systemmustbecapableofDMAtransfers.Win95(OSR2)and
Win98 arecapable.
4.AnUltraATA/66 capable,40-pin,80-conductorcableisrequired.
5.UltraATA/66 compatibleIDEdevicesuchasaharddriveorCD-ROMdrive.
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PS/2MouseConnector
PS/2KeyboardConnector
USB1
USB2
ParallelPort
UART1
Chapter2
InstallationInstructions
ThissectioncoversExternalConnectorsandJumperSettings.Refertothe mainboard
layoutchartforlocationsofall jumpers,externalconnectors,slotsand I/Oports.Further-
more,thissectionlistsall necessaryconnectorpinassignmentsforyourreference.The
particularstateofthejumpers,connectorsandportsareillustratedinthefollowingfig-
ures.Beforesetting thejumpersorinserting theseconnectors,pleasepayattentiontothe
directions.
Besuretounplug theACpowersupplybeforeaddingorremovingexpansion
cardsorothersystemperipherals,otherwise yourmainboardand expansion
cardsmightbeseriouslydamaged.
ExternalConnectors
PS/2KeyboardConnector,PS/2Mouse Connector
PS/2keyboardconnectorisfortheusageofPS/2keyboard.If using astandardATsize
keyboard,anadaptershouldbeusedtofitthisconnector.PS/2mouseconnectorisforthe
usage ofPS/2mouse.
USB1,USB2
TwoUSB portsareavailableforconnecting USB devices.
ParallelPortConnectorandSerialPortConnector(UART1,UART2)
The parallelportconnectorcan beconnectedtoaparalleldevicesuchasaprinter,whilethe
serialportconnectorscanbeconnected toserialportdevicessuchasaserialportmouse.
Youcanenable/disablethemand choosetheIRQorI/Oaddressin“Integrated Peripherals”
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UART2
1
MIDI/Joystick
SpeakeroutLineinMicrophonein
POWER
TheserialportUART2isnotavailableonthe back panel.Therefore,weprovidea9-pin
ribboncablewithbracketforUART2port. (manufacturing option)
Line-inJack,Microphone-inJack,Speaker-outJackand
MIDI/JoystickConnector
TheLine-injackcanbe connectedtodevicessuchasacassetteorminidiscplayerfor
playbackorrecording.TheMicrophone-injackcan beconnectedtoamicrophoneforvoice
input.TheSpeaker-outjackallowsyou toconnectspeakersorheadphonesforaudio
outputfromtheinternalamplifier.
TheMIDI/Joystick connectorallowsyoutoconnectagamejoystick oraMIDIdevice.
ATXPowerSupplyConnector&PowerSwitch(POWER)
Besuretoconnectthepowersupplyplug tothisconnectorinitsproperorientation.The
powerswitch(POWER)shouldbeconnectedtoamomentaryswitch.Whenpowering up
yoursystem,firstturnonthemechanicalswitchofthepowersupply(ifoneisprovided),
thenpushoncethepowerswitch.When powering offthesystem,you needn’tturnoff the
mechanicalswitch,justPushonce*the powerswitch.
ATXPowerSupplyConnector
20
1
5V5V -5V GND GND PSON
-12V
3.3V GND
12V 5VSB 5V GND 3.3V GND 5V GND
PS-OK
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Note:
Ifyouchange“Soft-off byPWR-BTTN”fromdefault“Instant-off”to“Delay 4
Secs”inthe“POWERMANAGEMENTSETUP”section oftheBIOS,thepower
switchshouldbepressedformorethan4secondsbeforethesystempow-
ersdown.
HardDiskLEDConnector(HDLED)
The connectorconnectstothecase’sIDEindicatorLEDindicatingthe activitystatusofIDE
harddisk.Theconnectorhasanorientation.Ifonewaydoesn’twork,trytheotherway.
ResetSwitch(RESET)
Theconnectorconnectstothe case’sresetswitch.Press the switchonce,thesystemresets.
SpeakerConnector(SPEAKER)
Theconnectorcanbeconnectedtothespeakeronthecase.
PowerLEDConnector(PWR_LED)
The powerLEDhastwostatus.Whenthesystemisinpower-offstatus,theLEDisoff.
Whenthesystemispoweredup,theLEDison.Theconnectorhasanorientation.
Key-LockConnector(KEY_L)
Theconnectorcan beconnectedtothekeyboardlock switchonthecaseforlockingthe
keyboard.
ACPILEDConnector(GREEN_LED)
The ACPILEDhasfourstatus.Whenthesystemisinpower-off status,theLEDisoff.
Whenfirsttimeplug inthe220Vpowersupply,theLEDisdimmish.Whenthesystemis
poweredup,theLEDison.Whenthesystementerssuspendmode(including Suspend to
RAMstatus),theLEDwill flash.Theconnectorhasanorientation.
HardwareGreenConnector(SLEEP)
Pushoncetheswitchconnectedtothisheader,thesystementerssuspend mode.
GND
SLEEPSLEEP
LED-
LED-
LED+GREEN_LED
GND
KEYLOCKKEY-L
LED-
LED+POWER_LED
LED-
SIGNALIN
POWERPOWER
VCC
GND
NC
SPKDATASPEAKER
RESET
GNDRESET
LED+
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InfraredHeader(IrDA)
Thisconnectorsupportswirelesstransmitting and receiving.Whenusing thisfunction,
configurethesettingsforIRAddress,IRModeand IRIRQfromthe“INTEGRATED
PERIPHERALS”sectionoftheBIOS.
FanConnector(CPUFAN,CHSFAN)
Thefan speedofthesetwofanscanbe detected andviewedin“PCHealth”section of
the BIOS.Thesetwofanswillbeautomaticallyturnedoffafterthe systementerssus-
pend mode.
Wake-UpOnLAN (WOL)
ThroughtheWake-UpOnLANfunction,awakeeventoccurringfromthe networkcan
wakeupthe system.Ifthisfunction istobeused,pleasebe surean ATX2.01power
supplyofwhich5VSBline iscapableofdelivering 720mA,and aLANadapterwhich
supportsthisfunction isused.Thenconnectthisheadertotherelevantconnectoronthe
LANadapter,set“Wake-UpbyLAN/Ring”asEnabledinthe“POWERMANAGEMENT
SETUP”sectionofthe BIOS.Save&exit,then boottheoperatingsystemoncetomake
surethisfunction takeseffect.
FANGND
FANGND
CHSFAN
+12V
SENSE
+12V
SENSE
CPUFAN
VCC
IRRX
GND
IRTX
NC
VCC
1
+5Vstandby
GND
Signalforwakingup(activehigh)