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Residential, commercial and light industry European Representative: QDI COMPUTER ( UK ) LTD QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBHQDI COMPUTER ( NETHERLANDS) B. V. QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH QDI COMPUTER (ESPANA) S.A.
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Declaration of conformity Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc. Model Name: P6I440LX/L6 Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc. Address: 41456 Christy Street Fremont, CA 94538 Telephone: (510) 668-4933 Facsimile: (510) 668-4966 Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly ®...
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Notice The information in this document is subject to change in order to improve reliability, design, or function without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of this company. In no event will we be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or the possibility of such damages.
CONTENTS SpeedEasy Quick Setup(English) -------------------------------- ----- 1 SpeedEasy Schnell-Installation (Deutsch) -------------------------- 3 Fá c i l Y Veloz Rá p i da Instalació n ( Españ o l ) -------------------------- 5 Facilité de vitesse Initialisation(Francais) --------------------------- 7 SETUP DELLA SCHEDA SpeedEasy(Italiano) ------------------- 9 SpeedEasy¿...
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Integrated Peripherals -------------------------------- ---------------- 3-14 System Monitor -------------------------------- ------------------------- 3-15 Supervisor/User Password -------------------------------- ----------- 3-16 IDE HDD Auto Detection -------------------------------- ------------- 3-17 Power-on Boot -------------------------------- -------------------------- 3-18 Appendix A. QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM -------------A-1 Appendix B. Processor Installation Procedures -------------A-2...
P6I440LX/L6 SpeedEasy Quick Setup Procedures : ® ® Correctly insert the Pentium II or Intel Celeron Processor. Plug in other configurations and restore the system. Press the <Del> key and switch on power to the system to enter BIOS Setup.
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SpeedEasy Type Introduction Select <SpeedEasy CPU SETUP> item from the main menu and enter the sub- menu: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) SpeedEasy CPU SETUP QDI Innovative Technology CPU Model : Pentium(R) II Warning: Be sure your selection is Speed Mode : SpeedEasy right .CPU over speed...
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P6I440LX/L6 Schnell-Installation durch SpeedEasy Vorgehensweise der Installation: ® ® Legen Sie die Pentium II/Intel Celeron im Slot 1 mit Hilfe der mitgelieferten Halterung. Vervollst ä n d igen Sie das System mit den weiteren erforderlichen Computerkomponenten Dr ken Sie die “ T a ste < Entf > und schalten Sie das System an um in das BIOS-setup zu gelangen.
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Geschwindigkeit der CPU innerhalb des “ S p eedEasy CPU SETUP” einstellen. Warnung: Bitte setzen Sie die Taktfrequenz der CPU nicht h ö h e r als die tatsä c h liche freigegebene Taktfrequenz, ansonten kann QDI f rechtliche Anspruche nicht herangezogen werden.
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P6I440LX/L6 SpeedEasy Instalació n rá p i da Procedimiento: ® ® 1. Introduzca correctamente el Pentium II/ Intel Celeron 2. Finalize el proceso de ensamblaje de su equipo. 3. Presione la tecla <Supr> y encienda el sistema, para entrar en BIOS.
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Menu del SpeedEasy CPU Seleccione el item <SpeedEasy CPU SETUP> desde el menu principal , y entre en el submenu: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) SpeedEasy CPU SETUP QDI Innovative Technology CPU Model : Pentium(R) II Warning: Be sure your selection is Speed Mode : SpeedEasy right .CPU over speed...
P6I440LX/L6 Facilité de vitesse Initialisation Procé d u re: ® ® 1. Insérez le Pentium II/Intel Celeron correctement. 2. Connectez les autres configurations et restaurez le syst è me. 3. Appuyez sur la touche <Del> et mettez le syst è me sous tension pour entrer dans l’...
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Menu d’ i n itialisation de “ S p eedEasy” dans l’ u n ité centrale. Sélectionnez la rubrique <SpeedEasy CPU SETUP> dans le menu principal et entrez le sous-menu: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) SpeedEasy CPU SETUP QDI Innovative Technology CPU Model : Pentium(R) II Warning: Be sure your selection is Speed Mode : SpeedEasy right .CPU over speed...
P6I440LX/L6 SETUP DELLA SCHEDA SPEEDEASY Procedura di installazione: ® ® 1. Inserite il microprocessore Pentium II/Intel Celeron come da istruzioni. 2. Modificate la configurazione del computer e ripristinate il sistema. 3. Premete il tasto <Del> e accendete il computer per entrare nel setup BIOS.
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Menu del Setup del Microprocessore SpeedEasy Selezionare <SpeedEasy CPU SETUP> dal menu principale ed entrare nel seguente sottomenu: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) SpeedEasy CPU SETUP QDI Innovative Technology CPU Model : Pentium(R) II Warning: Be sure your selection is Speed Mode : SpeedEasy right .CPU over speed...
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P6I440LX/L6 SpeedEasy ¿ ì Ë Ù É è Ö Ã Ö ¸ Ä Ï ³ Ì Ð ò ® 1 Õ ý È · µ Ø ² å È ë Pentium II » ò Intel Celeron Ö Ð Ñ ë ´ ¦ À í Æ ÷...
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´ Ó Ö ÷ É è Ö Ã ² Ë µ ¥ Ö Ð Ñ ¡ Ô ñ <SpeedEasy CPU SETUP>¹ ¦ Ä Ü È » á á ½ ø È ë ´ Î ² Ë µ ¥ ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) SpeedEasy CPU SETUP QDI Innovative Technology CPU Model : Pentium(R) II...
P6I440LX/L6 SpeedEasy¿ ì Ë Ù É è Ö Ã Ö ¸ Ä Ï ³ Ì Ð ò ® 1 Õ ý È · µ Ø ² å È ë Pentium II » ò Intel Celeron Ö Ð Ñ ë ´ ¦ À í Æ ÷...
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´ Ó Ö ÷ É è Ö Ã ² Ë µ ¥ Ö Ð Ñ ¡ Ô ñ <SpeedEasy CPU SETUP> ¹ ¦ Ä Ü È » á á ½ ø È ë ´ Î ² Ë µ ¥ ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) SpeedEasy CPU SETUP QDI Innovative Technology CPU Model : Pentium(R) II...
Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview P6I440LX/L6 green mainboard provides a highly integrated solution for fully compatible, high performance PC/AT platform, and supports ® Pentium II and Intel® Celeron processors. Flexible main memory size can be installed from 8MB up to 256MB for SDRAM or 8MB up to 512MB for EDO DIMM, so as to provide full play to the advantages of ®...
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Introduction • Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specifications also OS Directed Power Management. • Supports three green modes: Doze, Standby and Suspend. • Green LED will flash when the system is in the green status. On-board I/O • Use Winbond W83977 Super I/O chip.
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Chapter 1 • 2 ISA slots and 3 PCI slots. • 1 AGP Slot.
Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Connector Configuration This section lists all connector pins assignment and port descriptions on the motherboard. The particular state of the connectors and ports are illustrated in the following figures. Before inserting these connectors, please pay attention to the directions. AT Power Connector ( J24 ) PIN NUMBER FUNCTION...
Connector Configuration *Note: If you change “ s o ft-off by PWR-BTTN” from default “ I n stant-off” to “ D e lay 4 Secs”, the power button should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system powers down. For details, please refer to Page 3-11.
Chapter 2 Green LED Connector (GREEN_LED) PIN NUMBER FUNCTION LED ANODE LED CATHODE/GND LED CAHODE/GND Green LED will flash when the system enters the green mode. Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP) SETTING FUNCTION CLOSE ONCE HARDWARE GREEN OPEN NORMAL Infrared Header (IRDA) PIN NUMBER FUNCTION IRRX...
Connector Configuration Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) PIN NUMBER FUNCTION Standby Signal for waking up (active high) If the Wake-Up On LAN function is to be used, please connect this header to a LAN adapter, set “ R e sume by LAN/Ring” to Enabled at the “ P O WER MANAGEMENT SETUP”...
Chapter 2 I/O Port Description CONNECTOR FUNCTION IDE1 Primary IDE Port IDE2 Secondary IDE Port FLOPPY Floppy Drive Port PRINTER Parallel Port UART1 COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 UART2 COM2/COM3/COM4/COM1 USB1 First USB Port USB2 Second USB Port Accelerated Graphics Port Figure 2-1 Location of All Connectors on Board CHSSEC PC-PCI 2 - 5...
Connector Configuration Memory Configuration The P6I440LX/L6 motherboard provides two 168 pin 3.3V un-buffered DIMM sockets to support a flexible memory size ranging from 8MB to 256MB for SDRAM or from 8MB up to 512MB for EDO. The following set of rules allow optimum configurations.
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Follow the steps exactly for a successful upgrade. Create a bootable system floppy diskette, type Format A:/s from the DOS prompt under DOS6.xx or Windows 9x environment. Copy FLASH.EXE from the directory \Utility on the QDI Motherboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette. Download...
BIOS Description c: clear CMOS; p: clear PnP; d: clear DMI. /n: programs BIOS without prompting. If this option is chosen: Be sure your new BIOS is compatible with your MB. If not, the system will be damaged. /g: Retrieves BIOS file from BIOS ROM. Examples: A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin A:\FLASH.EXE BIOSfile.bin/cdpc/n...
Chapter 3 Figure-1 Main Menu *Note: The item of “ S Y STEM MONITOR” will not be displayed if there is no W8378ID on the motherboard. Load Setup Defaults The Setup Defaults are common and efficient. Standard CMOS Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight the item, then use the < PgUp> or <PgDn>...
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BIOS Description related information should be entered regarding the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <E nter>: CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access mode Video...
Chapter 3 SpeedEasy CPU Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) SpeedEasy CPU SETUP QDI Innovative Technology CPU Model : Pentium(R) II Warning: Be sure your selection is Speed Mode : SpeedEasy right .CPU over speed CPU Speed : 233MH will be dangerous! ↑...
BIOS Description BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ1j) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ChipAwayVirus On Guard : Enabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU L1 Cache : Enabled C8000~CBFFF Shadow : Disabled CPU L2 Cache : Enabled CC000~CFFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D0000~D3FFF Shadow : Disabled...
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Chapter 3 Drive The assignment of A&B floppy drives are normal. Disabled • Drive A Boot Enabled Boot from drive A function is enabled. Boot from drive A function is disabled. Disabled Permit • Floppy Disk Users can both read from and write to floppy disk. Users can read from floppy disk but can not write to Access Control Read only...
BIOS Description CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : Enabled SDRAM CAS latency Time : 3 DRAM Speed Selection : 60ns MA Wait State : Slow EDO RAS # TO CAS# Delay EDO RAS # Precharge Time EDO DRAM Read Burst : X333 EDO DRAM Write Burst : X222...
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Chapter 3 • EDO DRAM Read The DRAM read burst timing depends on the type 3 3 3, of DRAM on a per-row basis. Slower rates may be Burst 2 2 2, required to support slower DRAM. • EDO DRAM Write The DRAM write burst timing depends on the type 2 2 2, of DRAM on a per-row basis.
BIOS Description POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management :User Define ** Reload Global Timer Events ** PM Control by APM :Yes IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI :Enabled Video Off Method +Blank Primary IDE 0 :Disabled V/H SYNC Video Off After :Suspend Primary IDE 1 :Disabled...
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Chapter 3 This function is enabled only for the VGA card DPMS supporting DPMS. Note: When the Green monitor detects the V/H- SYNC signal, the electron gun will be turned off . • Video Off After System BIOS will never turn off the screen. Screen blanks after the system enters into the Suspend mode.
BIOS Description • Resume by Alarm RTC alarm can be used to generate a wake-up event Enabled to power up the system. RTC has no alarm function. Disabled Note: This function is supported only when ATX power supply is used. •...
Chapter 3 • Force Updating ESCD The system BIOS will force updating Enabled ESCD once, then automatically set this item as Disabled. Disables the forced update ESCD Disabled function. • IRQ-3∼IRQ-15 assigned The specified IRQ-x will be assigned to Legacy ISA the ISA only.
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BIOS Description IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled USB Keyboard Support : Disabled...
Chapter 3 maximum band rate up to 57600bps. Supports IrDA version 1.0 SIR protocol with IrDA maximum band rate up to 115.2 kbps. • Onboard Parallel Port Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ 378/IRQ7, channel. 278/IRQ5, • Parallel Port Mode Defines the parallel port mode as Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced ECP,...
BIOS Description - 12 V, regulator, and VCCVID (CPU) Voltage is the CPU - 5 V. Core Voltage from the on board switching Power Supply. Supervisor/User Password If this function is selected, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. ENTER PASSWORD Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>.
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Chapter 3 Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2(Y) 541 525 1049 1050 65535 1049 NORMAL 541 525 65535 1049 LARGE Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use “ N O RMAL” for installation Note: Figure-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu 1.
BIOS Description A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The number of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD. During HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by the sector, head and cylinder number into its own physical address inside the HDD.
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Appendix Appendix A. QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM A QDI Motherboard Utility CD-ROM is supplied with each motherboard. The contents used for this motherboard are: Contents: Chipset Dispatches Intel chipset drivers included in the directory \ChipDrv\Intel can be used for this motherboard.
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Appendix Appendix B. Rendition Mechanism & Pentium® II/Celeron Processor Installation Procedures 1. Place Plastic Guide with plastic caps on mainboard, and secure all four caps. Plastic Guide with four nuts Windows Celeron fittings Note: 1. Please choose four caps which match the motherboard. 2.
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Appendix 3. Insert Pentium® II Processor in Slot1. 4. Clip Plastic Bar onto the HSSBASE through the fins on the processors’ heatsink. A - 3...
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Appendix 5. The Retention Mechanism installation procedure is completed as shown below. S.E.C Cartridge, Retention Mechanism, Heatsink support, and ATX Form Factor Headsink Isometric View Not to Scale Remark: Please skip step3 and step5 for Boxed Pentium® II Processor and refer to relevant details of this kind of processor for your installation.
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Worldwide-Webseite: “ http://www.qdigrp.com ” Francais Plus amples renseignements peuvent ê t r e obtenus en • s’ adressant au site mondial de QDI dé s i gné par “ http://www.qdigrp.com ” Italiano Per ottenere ulteriori informazioni, consultate il sito •...
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