Quantum Design Advance 6E User manual

Declaration of conformity
QUANTUMDESIGNS(HK)LTD.
20th Floor, Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
declares that the product
Motherboard
Advance 6E
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in
accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)
þ EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance
characteristics of information technology equipment
þ EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
þ EN 50082-1 Generic immunity standard Part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
European Representative:
QDICOMPUTER(UK)LTD. QDICOMPUTER( SCANDINAVIA)A/S
QDISYSTEMHANDELGMBH QDI EUROPEB.V
QDICOMPUTER(FRANCE)SARL QDICOMPUTERHANDELSGMBH
LEGENDQDISPAINS.L QDICOMPUTER(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: Advance 6E
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: Motherboard
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 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

1. Introduction...........................................1
Overview........................................................................1
KeyFeatures..................................................................1
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2. Installation Instructions......................... 4
ExternalConnectors.................................................4
PS/2Keyboard &PS/2 MouseConnectors.....................4
USB1,USB2andLANConnectors( optional)................4
ParallelPortConnectorandSerialPortConnector
(UART1)MonitorOutputConnector...............................4
Line-injack,Microphone-injack,Speaker-outjackand
MIDI/JoystickConnector..................................................5
USB3,USB4....................................................................5
SerialPort Connector(UART2)......................................5
FanConnectors(CPUFAN,CHSFAN,BAKFAN)............. 6
InternalAudioConnectors(AUXIN,CD_IN,MODEM)......6
ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch.............7
HardDiskLEDConnector(HD_LED)..............................7
ResetSwitch (RESET)....................................................7
SpeakerConnector(SPEAKER)......................................7
PowerLEDConnector(PWR_LED)................................ 7
ACPILEDConnector(ACPILED)......................................7
Green LEDConnector(GREENLED)............................. 8
HardwareGreen Connector(SLEEP).............................8
ChassisSecuritySwitch( CHSSEC)..............................8
Wake-UpOnLAN (WOL) ............................................. 9
Wake-UpOnInternalModem(WOM)..............................9
InfraredHeader(IrDA)................................................... 10
Audio/ModemRiserSlot(AMR)....................................... 10
AudioInterface(Reserved).............................................11
JumperSettings........................................................ 12
FSBFrequencySelection(JFSB1,JFSB2)......................12
OverclockingJumperSetting(JCLK1,JCLK2).................13
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CONTENTS

CPUBusRatioSelection(JX1,JX2,JX3,JX4)................ 14
Enable/DisableOn-boardaudio(JSD)............................. 15
ClearCMOS(JCC)........................................................... 15
BIOS-ProtectEasyJumper(JAV)......................................16
Enable/DisableOn-boardLAN(J3)(optional)................16
3. BIOS Description....................................17
UtilitySupport............................................................. 17
AWDFLASH.EXE.............................................................17
AWARD BIOSDescription........................................18
EnteringSetup................................................................ 18
LoadFail-Safe Defaults................................................. 18
LoadOptimizedDefaults.................................................18
StandardCMOSFeaturesSetup.....................................18
AdvancedBIOSFeaturesSetup.....................................22
AdvancedChipsetFeatures Setup.................................24
PowerManagementSetup ............................................26
PNP/PCIConfigurationsSetup.........................................29
IntegratedPeripherals ..................................................30
PCHealthStatus..............................................................32
Supervisor/User Password............................................33
BootwithBIOS Defaults.................................................33
Appendix
QDIDriver CD2000....................................................A.1
QDIManageEasy............................................................ A.2
BIOS-ProtectEasy........................................................... A.2
NortonAntiVirus.............................................................A.2
LogoEasy......................................................................A.3
RecoveryEasy................................................................ A.4
QDIBootEasy..................................................................A.12
NewFeatures.................................................................A.16
Advance6E(Francais).................................................. A.17
Layout
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
TheAdvance6Eseriesarehighperformance,cost-effectiveandenergyefficientmainboards
from66MHz,100MHzand133MHzbasedonSocket-370processors.Thegreenmainboard
utilizes the VIA Apollo PLE133 chipset consisting of the VIA VT8601A( North Bridge ) and
theVIAVT82C686B( South Bridge ). The chipset integrates AGP 2D/3D graphics accelera-
tortoprovidehighgraphicsperformance.ItsupportstheUltraDMA-33/66/100IDE, PC100/
PC133 SDRAM and AC’97 audio. In addition, advanced features are supported such as
wake-upon LAN,wake-uponinternal/externalmodem, ACPIpower management and hard-
waremonitoring.
Key Features
Form Factor
l microATX form factor of 244mm x210mm
Microprocessor
l Supports66/100/133MHz FSB speed
l SupportsallIntel®PentiumIII(Coppermine)FC-PGAprocessorsat533/600EB/667/733/
800EB/866/933MHz/1GHzandfuture processors with 133MHz FSBspeed
l Supports all Intel®Pentium III(Coppermine) FC-PGA processors at 500/550/600/650/
700/750/800/850MHz and future processors with 100MHz FSB speed
l Supports all Intel®Celeron™ FC-PGA processors at 533/566/600/633/667/700/733/
766MHz and future processors with 66MHz FSB speed
l Supports all Intel®Celeron™ FC-PGA processors at 800MHz and future processors
with100MHz FSB speed
l Supports all Intel® Celeron™ PPGA processors at 300/300A/333/366/400/433/466/
500/533MHzwith66MHzFSBspeed
l Supports later processors Cyrix-III at 500/533/550/600/667MHzand future processors
Chipset
l VIA Apollo PLE133 chipset: VT8601A, VT82C686B
Memory
l Provides two 168-pin 3.3V unbuffered 100/133MHz DIMM sockets
l SupportsPC100/PC133SDRAM

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Onboard IDE
l Supports two PCI PIO and Bus Master IDE ports
l Two fast IDE interfaces supporting up to four IDE devices including IDE hard disks
and CDROM drives
l Supports up to mode 4 timing
l Supports Ultra DMA33/66/100
Onboard I/O
l One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5” or 5.25” floppy drives with 360K/720K/
1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format
l Twohighspeed16550fastcompatibleUARTs(COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4
selective) with 16-byte transmit/receiver FIFOs
l One enabled parallel port at the I/O address 378H/278H/3BCH with additional
bidirectionI/Ocapabilityandmulti-modeasSPP/EPP/ECP(IEEE1284compliant)
l Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
l Provides four USB ports
l Provides one IrDA connector
l Supports LS-120 floppy disk drive and Zip drive
l All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
OnboardAudio
l Standard AC97 Codec interface
OnboardAGP
l Supports AGP 4x
l Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Controller
l Supports 2~8Mbytes of Frame Buffer
Onboard LAN( optional )
l Provides One 10/100M LAN interface
l 10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
Advanced Features
l PCI- 2.2 compliant
l Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus® On Guard
l Supports wake-up on LAN
l Supports wake-up on internal/external modem
l Supportssystemmonitoring(monitors systemtemperature,CPUtemperature, voltages
and fan speed)

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lSupportsQDIinnovations:BootEasy,LogoEasy,RecoveryEasy,BIOS-ProtectEasy
andManageEasy
lProtects the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH, by
enabling“Flash Write Protect” inCMOS setup or closing the Jumper “JAV”
BIOS
lLicensedadvancedAWARD(Phoenix)BIOS
l SupportsFlash ROM with 2M-bit memory size, plug and play ready
lSupportsIDECDROMorSCSIbootup
Green Function
l Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS
DirectedPowerManagement)
l SupportsACPIpowerstatus:S0(Full-on), S1(poweron Suspend),S4(STD,suspend
to Disk)(depends on OS ), S5(Soft-off)
Main Expansion Slots and Connectors
Slot/Port(Quantity) Description
PCI(3) PCIslots
ISA( 1 ) ISAslot
IDE(2) IDEports
FLOPPY(1) FloppyDrive port
DIMM(2) DIMMsockets
USB( 4 ) USB connectors
VGA( 1 ) VGA connector
UART(2) UARTconnectors
PARALLEL(1) Parallelconnector
IrDA( 1 ) IrDAconnector
AMR( 1 ) AMRslot(optional)
MIDI/Joystick(1) MIDI/Joystickconnector

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Chapter 2
Installation Instructions
Chapter 2
Installation Instructions
This section covers External Connectors and Jumper Settings. Refer to the motherboard
layout chart for the 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 states of the jumpers, connectors and ports are illustrated in the following
figures. Before setting the jumpers or inserting these connectors, please pay attention to
thedirections.
Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion
cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your motherboard and expan-
sion cards might be seriously damaged.
External Connectors
PS/2 Keyboard Connector, PS/2 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
usageofPS/2 mouse.
USB1, USB2 and LAN Connectors( LAN Connector is optional )
TwoUSB ports are for connectingUSB devices. TheRJ-45 connector isfor onboard LAN.
Parallel Port, Serial Port Connector( UART1 ), Monitor Output Connec-
tor( VGA )
Theparallelport connector can beconnectedto a parallel devicesuch as a printer.Theserial
port UART1 connector can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port mouse.
The VGA connector is for output to a VGA-compatible device. You can enable/disable
themandchoosetheIRQorI/Oaddressin“INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS”inAWARD BIOS
SETUP.
Chapter 2
PS/2 Mouse Connector
PS/2 Keyboard Connector
USB1
USB2
LAN(optional)
LINK ACTIVE
Parallel Port
UART1 VGA

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Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and
MIDI/Joystick Connector
The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player for
playbackorrecording.TheMicrophone-injackcanbeconnected to a microphone for voice
input. The Speaker-out jack allows you to connect speakers or headphones for audio
outputfromtheinternal amplifier.
The MIDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a MIDI device.
USB3,USB4
BesidesUSB1,2ontheback panel,themainboardalsohavea10-pin headeronboardwhich
may connect to a front panel USB cable to provide additional two USB ports.
Serial Port Connector( UART2 )
Besides UART1 on the back panel, the mainboard also have a header on board which may
connectto a cable to provide an additional UART port.
Installation Instruction
MIDI/Joystick
Speaker out Line in Microphonein
1
+5v
D3-
D3+
GND
GND
GND
GND
D4+
D4-
+5v
USB3,4
UART2
1