Quantum Design SynactiX 5EP User manual

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Item Checklist
Completely check your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your
retailer.
SynactiX 5EP/5EI mainboard
QDI Driver Utility CD
I/O shield(optional)
1 HD IDE cable
1 FDD cable
QDI Serial Product R.M.A. Warranty Card
User’s 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
Mainboard
SynactiX 5EP/5EI
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 QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S
QDISYSTEMHANDELGMBH QDIEUROPEB.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: SynactiX 5EP/5EI
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 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

Note:
This manual is suitable for SynactiX 5EP/5EI series of
mainboards. Each mainboard is carefully designed for the
PC user who wants diverse features.
SynactiX 5EP: without ISA slot , onboard audio and LAN
SynactiX 5EI: with ISA slot, without onboard audio and LAN
-A: with onboard audio
-L: with onboard LAN
-AL: with onboard audio and LAN

1. Introduction.....................................................1
Overview.........................................................................1
KeyFeatures...................................................................1
2.InstallationInstructions...................................4
ExternalConnectors..................................................4
PS/2Keyboard/MouseConnector....................................4
USB1,2and LANconnectors...........................................4
ParallelPort,SerialPort Connectors...............................5
Line-in,Microphone-in,Speaker-outjack
andMIDI/Joystickconnector............................................5
USB3,4Connectors.........................................................5
DiagnosticLEDFunction..................................................6
ATX Power Supply Connector & Power
Switch(POWERSW)........................................................6
HardDiskLEDConnector(HD_LED)................................7
ResetSwitch (RESET)...................................................7
SpeakerConnector(SPEAKER).......................................7
PowerLEDConnector(PWRLED)...................................7
GREENLEDConnector(GREENLED)..............................7
ACPI LEDConnector(ACPILED)....................................7
HardwareGreenConnector (SLEEPSW).......................7
KeyLockConnector (KEYLK)........................................7
InfraredHeader(IrDA).................................................... 8
Fan Connector(PWRFAN,CPUFAN,CHSFAN)..............8
SoundConnector(PC-PCI)...............................................8
Wake-UpOn LAN(WOL)....................................... .........9
Wake-UpOnInternalModem(WOM)..............................9
AudioConnector(CD_IN,MODEM,AUXIN).....................10
4pinSMBusConnector(SMBUS)...................................10
CommunicationandNetworkingRiserInterface
Connector(CNR).............................................................11
ChassisSecurity Switch(CHSSEC)..............................11
ExpansionSlots &I/O Portsdescription........................12
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II
JumperSettings..........................................................12
OverclockingJumperSetting (JFS0,JFS1).....................13
EnableFront/BackPanelUSBDeviceWake-upFunction
(JFUSB/JUSB)..................................................................14
CPUCoreVoltageSetting(JVID0~4).................................14
ClearCMOS(JCC).............................................................16
Enable/Disableon-boardaudio(JSD)..............................16
Enable keyboard password power-on function(JKB).....17
BIOSProtectionJumper (JAV).........................................18
3.BIOSDescription.................................................19
UtilitySupport...............................................................19
AWDFLASH.EXE..............................................................19
AWARD BIOS Description.........................................20
EnteringSetup..................................................................20
LoadOptimizedDefaults..................................................20
StandardCMOSFeaturesSetup......................................20
CPUSpeedEasySetup.....................................................24
AdvancedBIOS FeaturesSetup......................................25
AdvancedChipset FeaturesSetup..................................28
PowerManagementSetup...............................................30
PNP/PCIConfigurationSetup............................................33
IntegratedPeripherals......................................................34
PCHealthStatus...............................................................37
PasswordSetting.............................................................39
BootwithBIOS defaults...................................................39
Appendix A QDI Driver Utility CD ............................. 40
Appendix B Boot Logo..............................................41
StepEasy..........................................................................42
BootEasy..........................................................................44
SpeedEasyQuickSetup..................................................48
BIOS-ProtectEasy............................................................50
NortonAntiVirus..............................................................50
QDIManageEasy..............................................................51
RecoverEasy....................................................................52
Facilitédevitesse Initialisation(Francais).........................60
CONTENTS

Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing
expansion cards or other system peripherals, especially the SDRAM
memory, otherwise your mainboard or the system memory might be
seriously damaged.
Caution 1
Caution 2
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.

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Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
SynactiX5EP/5EIgreenmainboardutilizes Intel®815EPchipset,815EP containstwocom-
ponents:the82815EP-BstepMemoryControllerHub(MCH) andthe82801BAI/OControl-
ler Hub2(ICH2), providing a fully compatible, high performanced and cost-effective PC/
ATX platform. The new integrated technologies, together with AGP 4X support, AC’97
audio(optional, support up to 6 channels with CNR), integrated LAN(optional), 4 USB
ports, and ATA100/66, give customers an advanced, multimedia solution at an extremely
lowprice. Itprovides66/100/133 MHzsystem bustosupport all Intel®
Pentium IIIFC-PGA,
CeleronFC-PGA,TualatinFC-PGA2processors.100/133MHzSDRAMsaresupportedup
to 512MB. It also provides advanced features such as Wake up by USB devices, Wake-
on-LAN,Wake-on-Modem, ACPIandKeyboardPasswordPower-onfunctions.StepEasy,
our new innovation is also supplied to enable you to adjust CPU frequency step by step
easily to meet your need.
Key Features
Form factor
l ATX form factor of 305mm x 210mm.
Microprocessor
l Supports all Intel®Pentium III(Coppermine) FC-PGA processors at 533/600/667/733/
800/866/933MHz/1GHzwith133MHzbusspeed.
l Supports all Intel® Pentium III(Coppermine) FC-PGA processors at 500/550/600/650/
700/750/800/850MHz/1GHz/1.1GHzand futureprocessors with100MHz busspeed.
l Supportsall Intel® Celeron FC-PGA processorsat 533/566/600/633/667/700/733MHz
and future processors with 66MHz bus speed.
l Supportsall Intel® Celeron FC-PGA processorsat800/850MHzandfuture processors
with 100MHz bus speed.
l Supports all Intel® Pentium III(Tualatin) FC-PGA2 processors at 1.13/1.20/
1.26GHz and future processors with 133MHz bus speed.
l Supports 66/100/133MHz host bus speed.
l TheCPU corevoltage adjustablefrom 1.05Vto 1.825Vautomatically throughonboard
switching voltage regulator with VID(Voltage ID).

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System memory
l Provides three 168-pin 3.3V unbuffered DIMM sockets.
l Supports64-bit wide DIMMmodules with100/133MHz SDRAMdevices.
l Supports32MBto256MBSDRAMusing16MB/64MB/128MBtechnology.
l Supports512MB SDRAMusing 256MBtechnology.
l Supports up to three double-sided DIMMs(6 Rows) at 100MHz system memory bus.
l Supportsupto twodouble-sidedor threesingle-sidedDIMMs(4 RowsMax)at 133MHz
systemmemorybus(PC-133).
Onboard IDE
l Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives.
l Supports Ultra ATA 100/66, PIO mode.
l Implements Write Ping-Pong Buffer for faster write performance.
l Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD-
ROMdrives.
Onboard LAN (SynactiX 5EP-L/-AL, SynactiX 5EI-L/-AL available)
l 10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support.
l 10/100M LAN interface built-in on board.
4 USB
l 2 UHCI Host Controllers with total of 4 ports.
l USB 1.1compliant.
l Supports wake-up from S1 (power on suspend), S3 (STR) (depend on device).
Onboard I/O
l WinbondW83627HFLPCI/Ochip.
l One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5″or 5.25″floppy drives with 360K/720K/1.2M/
1.44M/2.88Mformat.
l Twohighspeed16550compatibleUART(COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 selective)with
16-bytesend/receiveFIFO.
l One joystick port.
l Infrared interface.
l All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup.
Onboard Audio(SynactiX 5EP-A/-AL, SynactiX 5EI-A/-AL available)
l AC’972.1 SpecificationCompliant.
l Provides onboard Line-in Jack, Microphone-in Jack, Speaker-out Jack with onboard
amplifierandMIDI/JoystickConnector.

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AGP Interface
l AGP Universal Connector supports AGP 2.0 including AGP 4x data transfers.
Advanced features
l PCI2.2Specification Compliant.
l Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard.
l Provides Norton AntiVirus.
l Supports Windows 95/98/2000/ME soft-off.
l SupportsWake-on-LAN andWake-on-Modem.
l Supports Keyboard Password Power-on function.
l Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures, system volt-
ages, fan speed).
l Supports managementapplicationssuch asQDI’s ManageEasy.
l Providing QDI innovations such as SpeedEasy, RecoveryEasy, BIOS-ProtectEasy(to
protectthesystem BIOSfrombeingattackedbyseverevirussuchasCIH),LogoEasy,
ManageEasy, BootEasy and StepEasy (new feature).
BIOS
l Licensed advanced AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS, supports flash ROM with 2Mb memory
size, plug and play ready.
l SupportsIDE CD-ROMorSCSIbootup.
Green function
l Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS
Directed Power Management).
l Supports ACPI power status: S0 (full-on), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (STR),
S4(STD)(Windows Me, Windows 2000) and S5 (soft-off).
Expansion slots
l 1 AGP slot.
l 6 PCI slots (SynactiX 5EP series).
l 5 PCI slots + 1 ISA slot (SynactiX 5EI series).
l 1 CNR slot.

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Chapter 2
Installation Instructions
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. Further-
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.Beforesetting thejumpers or insertingthese connectors, pleasepay attention tothe
directions.
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.
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
usageof PS/2mouse.
USB1, 2 and LAN Connectors (SynactiX 5EP-L/-AL, SynactiX 5EI-L/-AL
available)
Two USBportsare forconnecting USBdevices.The RJ-45connector isfor onboard LAN.
PS/2MouseConnector
PS/2KeyboardConnector
USB1
USB2
LAN(optional)
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Parallel Port, Serial Port Connectors (UART1, UART2)
Theparallel portconnector canbeconnectedtoa paralleldevice suchas aprinter.The serial
port UART1,2 connectors can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port
mouse.Youcanenable/disablethemandchoosetheIRQorI/Oaddressin“IntegratedPeriph-
erals”fromAWARD BIOS SETUP.
Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick
Connector (SynactiX 5EP-A/-AL, SynactiX 5EI-A/-AL available)
The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player to
playbackorrecord.The Microphone-injackcanbeconnectedtoamicrophoneforvoiceinput.
The Speaker-out jack allows you to connect speakers or headphones for audio output from
theinternalamplifier.TheMIDI/Joystick connectorallows youtoconnect agame joystick ora
MIDIdevice.
USB3, 4 Connectors
Two USB ports are not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 10-pin cable
(optional) toconnecton-board USBheader and USBdevices.
MIDI/Joystick
Speaker out Line in Microphonein
Optional
Parallel Port
UART1 UART2
+5V
D1+
D1-
GND
GND
GND
GND
D0+
D0-
+5V

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Diagnostic LED Function(Optional)
R1
R2
R3
R4
Diagnostic LED
Diagnostic LED Function
R1R2 R3 R4 Description
0 0 0 0 System Power ON
0 0 0 1 Early Chipset Initialization
0 0 1 0 Memory Detection Test
0 0 1 1 Decompressing BIOS imageto RAM
0 1 0 0 Initializing Keyboard Controller
0 1 0 1 Testing VGA BIOS
0 1 1 0 Processor Initialization
0 1 1 1 Testing RTC(Real Time Clock)
1 0 0 0 Initializing Video Interface
1 0 0 1 BIOS Sign On
1 0 1 0 Testing Base and Extended Memory
1 0 1 1 Assign Resource to all ISA
1 1 0 0 Initializing Hard Drive Controller
1 1 0 1 Initializing Floppy Drive Controller
1 1 1 0 Boot Attempt
1 1 1 1 Operating System Booting
1=GREEN 0=RED
ATX 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.
Note: If you change “Soft-off by PWR-BTTN”from default “Instant-off”to “De-
lay 4 Secs”in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP”section of the BIOS, the power
switch should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system pow-
ers down.
Chapter 2
ATXPowerSupplyConnector
POWER
SW
20
1
5V
5V-5V
GNDGNDPS-ON-12V
3.3V GND
12V5VSB
5VGND3.3V GND 5V GND PW-OK3.3V
GND

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Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED)
Theconnectorconnects tothecase’sIDEindicatorLEDindicatingthe activitystatusofIDE
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.
Power LED Connector (PWR LED)
Whenthe systemis inS0 status, theLED is on.Whenthesystemis inS1status, the LED
is blink. When the system is in S3, S4, S5 status, the LED is off. The connector has an
orientation.
GREENLEDConnector(GREENLED)
When the system is in S0, S1, S4, S5 status, the LED is off. When the system is in S3
status, the LED is on.
ACPI LED Connector (ACPI LED)(Reserved)
The ACPI LED is a double-color light with three pins. Pin1and Pin2 drive different color
lights.IfPin1 drives theorange light ,then, Pin2 drivesthe green light,thefollowing status
will come out. When the system is in S0 status, the LED is green on. When the system is
inS1status, theLEDisgreenblink.Whenthe systemisin S3status,the LEDisorange on.
When the system is inS4, S5 status, the LED is off.
Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP SW)
Push once the switch connected to this header, the system enters suspend mode.
Key Lock Connector (KEYLK)
The connector can be connected to the keyboard lock switch on the case for locking the
keyboard.
Installation Instructions
SPEAKER RESET GREEN LED KEYLK
PWRLED
ACPILED
HD_LED
SPEAKER RESET GREEN LEDKEYLK
ACPILED SLEEP
SW PWRLED
HDD LED(+) HDD LED(-)
Orange(-)
Green(-)
LED+
POWER
GND
EMPTY
EMPTY
SLEEP
GND
LED+
LED-
LED- KEYLOCK
GND
LED-
LED-
LED+
EMPTY
GND
RESET
SPKDATA
NC
GND
VCC
POWER
SW
POWER
SW SLEEP
SW

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Infrared Header (IrDA)
This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. Before using this function,
configurethesettingsforIRAddress,IRModeandIRIRQfrom the“INTEGRATEDPERIPH-
ERALS”section of the BIOS.
Fan Connector (PWRFAN, CPUFAN, CHSFAN)
The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in “PC Health”section of
the BIOS. These three fans will be automatically turned off after the system enters
suspendmode.
Sound Connector (PC-PCI)
This connector provides a bridge between the mainboard and PCI sound card to deliver
soundcompatibilityunderDOS real-modeenvironment.
Chapter 2
5V
IRRX
GND
IRTX
NC
5VSB
CHSFAN
PWRFAN
FAN GND
SENSE
CPUFAN +12V
FAN GND
+12V
SENSE
FAN GND
+12VSENSE
GND
SERIAL INTERRUPT REQUEST
PC-PCI DMA REQUEST
PC-PCI DMA ACKNOWLEDGE
GND
1 3 5
2 4 6
NC

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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 ATX 2.01 power
supply of which 5VSB line is capable of delivering 720mA, 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 LAN/Ring”as Enabled in the “POWER MANAGEMENT
SETUP”sectionofthe BIOS. Saveand exit, thenboot the operatingsystem once tomake
sure this function takes effect.
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Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)
Through this function, the system which is in the suspend or soft-off status can be
waked up by a ring signal received from the internal modem. When this function is 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 by LAN/Ring”as
Enabled in the “Power Management Setup”section of the BIOS. Save and exit, then boot
the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.
1+5VSB
GND
Signal for waking up
1+5VSB
GND
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Audio Connector (CD_IN, MODEM, AUXIN)
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
aCD-ROM,TVtuner,orMPEGcard.
4 pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS)
This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices communicate by
means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices. The SMBus or
System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an I2C bus, which is a multi-
masterbus, thatis, multiplechips canbe connectedto thesame busand eachone canact
as a master by initiating data transfer.
Chapter 2
MODEM
CD_IN
AUXIN
Common
Right Channel
Left Channel
GND
Phone-In(from Modem)
Mono-Out (to Modem)
GND
RightAudio Channel
Left Audio Channel
1
2
3
SMBDATA
SMBCLK
5VSB
GND
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Communication and Networking Riser Interface Connector(CNR)
Themaiboard providesthisCommunication andNetworkingRiser(CNR) interfacewhichcan
supportaudioand/ormodemfunctions.Furthermore,itprovidesaLANinterfacefornetwork-
ingfunctions. Whatits superioritycomparedwithAMRis being ableto supportplug-and-play
function. Mechanically the CNR shares a PCI slot, thus when you insert the CNR card, the
neighboringPCIslotcannotbeused.
CNR Interface Connector
By using an audio codec, the AC’97 digital link providing by CNR allows for cost-effective,
high-quality, integrated audio on the platform. In addition, an AC’97 soft modem can be
implemented with the use of a modem codec. AC’97 digital link allows several 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
audioandmodemcodec.
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 connector has
been closed once, the system will record the status and indicate the chassis has been
opened. You can receive this information from QDI ManageEasy software.
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GND
Indicatesignal