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Declaration of conformity
QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.
20th Floor, Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road,
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in
accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)
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EN 55022
Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance
characteristics of information technology equipment
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EN 50081-1
Generic emission standard Part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
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EN 50082-1
Generic immunity standard Part 1:
Residential, commercial and light industry
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QDI COMPUTER( UK ) LTD.
QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBH
QDI COMPUTER( FRANCE ) SARL
LEGEND QDI SPAIN S.L
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declares that the product
Motherboard
Advance 12
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  • Page 1 þ EN 50082-1 Generic immunity standard Part 1: Residential, commercial and light industry European Representative: 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...
  • Page 2 Declaration of conformity Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc. Model Name: Advance 12 Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc. Address: 41456 Christy Street Fremont, CA 94538 Telephone: (510) 668-4933 Facsimile: (510) 668-4966...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    C O N T E N T S QDI SpeedEasy ................S.1 QDI BootEasy..................S.11 Advance 12( Francais ).................S.12 1. Introduction ..............Overview .................... 1 Key Features ..................1 Creative CT5880( optional )................4 AGP Pro Connector..................4 2. Installation Instructions ..........External Connectors ..............5 PS/2 Keyboard &...
  • Page 4 SpeedEasy CPU Setup..................20 Advanced BIOS Features Setup..............21 Advanced Chipset Features Setup..............23 Power Management Setup................25 PnP/PCI Configurations Setup................27 Integrated Peripherals..................28 PC Health Status....................31 Supervisor/User Password................32 Appendix A QDI Driver CD 2000............33 Appendix B ............Boot Logo RecoveryEasy..............35 Introduction......................35 Operation Process...................35 FAQ........................40...
  • Page 5 Switch on power to the system and press the <Del> key to enter BIOS Setup. 4. Enter “CPU SpeedEasy Setup” menu to set up the CPU speed. 5. Save and exit BIOS Setup, your system will now boot successfully. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 6 The processor speed can be manually selected on the “CPU SpeedEasy SETUP” menu screen. Warning: Do not set CPU frequency higher than its working frequency. If you do, we will not be responsible for any damages caused. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 7 SpeedEasy S p e e d E a s y Intel® Pentium III FC-PGA, Celeron FC-PGA Celeron PPGA 370 BIOS CPU SpeedEasy Setup BIOS Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 8 SpeedEasy SpeedEasy CPU SpeedEasy Setup SpeedEasy BIOS SpeedEasy Setup Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 9 Allumer le système et appuyer sur la touche « Suppr » pour entrer dans le BIOS. Entrer dans le menu « SpeedEasy CPU SETUP » afin de régler la vitesse du FSB du CPU. Enregistrer et quitter le BIOS, votre système va maintenant démarrer avec succès. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 10 Si cela est fait, nous ne serons pas responsables des dommages causés. En fait cela dépend des capacités du processeur à être « overclocké ». Nous ne garantissons pas la stabilité d’un système « overclocké ». Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 11 3. Presionar la tecla <Del> para entrar en la configuración de la BIOS. 4. Entrar en el menu “SpeedEasy CPU Setup” para seleccionar la velocidad de la CPU. 5. Guardar cambios y abandonar el menú de configuración de la BIOS, el sistema se reiniciará automáticamente. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 12 La posibilidad de “overclock” de su cpu depende en cualquier caso de la capacidad de esta para funcionar por encima de la frecuencia a la que está diseñada. QDI no garantiza que el overclock de cpu no cause problemas de estabilidad en su sistema.
  • Page 13 3. Schalten Sie den Rechner ein und drücken Sie die „Entf“ – Taste, um ins Bios zu gelangen 4. Steigen Sie in das Menü „SpeedEasy CPU Setup“ ein, um die korrekte Taktfrequenz der CPU einzustellen Wählen Sie „Save & Exit“, um die Einstellungen zu speichern und den Rechner neu zustarten. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 14 Garantieansprüche. Die Möglichkeit eine CPU zu übertakten ist von der CPU abhängig, daher kann die Gewährleistung nicht ermöglicht werden, sofern versucht wird, den Prozessor zu übertakten. Die Stabilität des PC Systems kann bei Übertaktung ebenfalls nicht garantiert werden. S.10 Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 15: Qdi Booteasy

    BootEasy QDI BootEasy BootEasy is a new member of legend QDI Easy series, which is the latest innovation comes from legend QDI. BootEasy Setup Menu BootEasy technology enormously improves the long BOOT process time of computers. Reducing the wait time every user has to suffer when starting their computer. BIOS without BootEasy has to perform many routines every times when the system starts, such as checking system core of the computer and initializing system peripherals.

  • Page 16: Advance 12 -Francais

    Effectuez les autres réglages du BIOS selon votre configuration (nous vous conseillons fortement de maintenir les réglages par défaut afin d’éviter toute manipulation hasardeuse pouvant résulter en un dysfonctionnement). Pour plus d’informations sur les fonctions du BIOS, vous pouvez consulter la version S.12 Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 17 Il faut presser les touches Ctrl + Bksp et F12 pour entrer dans les interfac es «Recovery» et «Partition» durant le démarrage du Bios. ATTENTION : lisez attentivement le manuel du RecoveryEasy traduit sur le CD-ROM QDI avant d’installer cette fonction.
  • Page 18 Echec au démarrage du PC à 3 reprises N’arrêtez pas ou ne redémarrez pas le système lorsque BootEasy s’initialise Placez «QDI BootEasy Feature» sur «Disabled» avant de changer un composant du système Placez «QDI BootEasy Feature» sur «Enabled» après avoir effectué le changement.
  • Page 19 CPU dans ce menu soit en mode “SpeedEasy” soit en mode “Jumper Emulation” (voir manuel). ATTENTION: Ne pas sélectionner une fréquence de fonctionnement du CPU supérieure à celle indiquée par le constructeur. Nous déclinons toute responsabilité pour tout dégât qui en résulterait. S.15 Manual for Advance 12 series...
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  • Page 21: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction Overview The Advance 12 series are high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient motherboards from 66MHz, 100MHz and 133MHz FSB based on Socket-370 processors. They utilize the Apollo Pro 266 chipset consisting of VIA VT8633 and VT8233. They support the UltraDMA-33/66/100, DDR SDRAM and AGP 4x.
  • Page 22 32-voice XG wavetable synthesizer Direct Sound/Music Hardware Accelerator Full-Duplex stereo Supports four speakers output based on Speaker-out jack and Line-in jack Onboard LAN( Available on Advance 12-L/-AL/-CL ) Provides One 10/100M LAN interface 10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 23 Supports wake-up on internal/external modem Supports system monitoring (monitors system temperature, CPU temperature, voltages and fan speed) Supports QDI innovations: SpeedEasy, BootEasy, LogoEasy, RecoveryEasy,BIOS- ProtectEasy and ManageEasy Protects the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH, by enabling “Flash Write Protect”...

  • Page 24: Creative Ct5880( Optional )

    1.5V or 3.3V signalling. AGP Pro will electrically, mechanically, and thermally support up to 110 Watts through the connector. Note:Do not remove the “Small Card” in the AGP Pro slot when using normal AGP Card. We will not be responsible for any damages caused. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 25: Installation Instructions

    Four USB ports are not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 10-pin cable (optional) to connect onboard USB headers and USB devices. DT4- DT3+ DT4+ DT3- USBC1( USB3,USB4) DT6- DT5+ DT6+ DT5- USBC2( USB5,USB6) Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 26: Parallel Port And Serial Port Connectors

    Note: * If you change “soft-off by PWRBTN” from default “Instant-off” to “Delay 4 Secs” in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS, the power button should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system powers down. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 27: Hard Disk Led Connector (Hd_Led)

    Push once the switch connected to this header, the system enters suspend mode. HD_LED HDD LED(+) HDD LED(-) ORANGE(-) GREEN(-) LED+ POWER SPKDATA RESET EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY LED+ SLEEP LED- LED- LED+ LED- LED- KEYLOCK Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 28: Fan Connector(Cpufan , Chsfan, Bakfan)

    “Wake up on LAN/Ring” as Enabled in the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” section of the BIOS. Save & exit, then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect. +5VSB Signal for waking up (active high) Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 29: Wake-Up On Internal Modem (Wom)

    (such as a speaker) between the onboard audio and the voice modem card. Common Right Channel Left Channel CDLIN Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Phone-In (from Modem) Mono-Out (to Modem) MODEM Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 30: Advanced Communications Riser Interface Connector(Acr)

    ICC (Integrated Circuit Card) without internal clocks. If use this function, set “UART Mode Select” to SCR in the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” section of the BIOS. SCRREST SCRFET# RFU2 SCRCLK RFU1 SCRIO SCRPRES# SCR1 Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 31: Jumper Settings

    The host bus speed can be set as 66/100/133MHz. The table below for your reference. JCLK2 JCLK1 JCLK1 HOST FREQUENCY JCLK2 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz Note: “1-2” represents pin1 & pin2 closed; “2-3”represents pin2 & pin3 closed. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 32: Enable Keyboard Password Power-On Function (Jkb)

    3. If you set JKB with pin2 & pin3 closed, set “POWER ON by Button” to Enabled ONLY, or you’ll be unable to power up your system by the keyboard or the power button. 4. If you encounter the above problems, clear CMOS and set the jumper and BIOS option again. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 33: Enable/Disable Onboard Soundblaster( Jsb )( Optional )

    ( Available on Advance 12-L/-CL/-AL ) If you want to use the onboard Ethernet, set JLAN with pin1&pin2 closed. Otherwise, set JLAN with pin2&pin3 closed for disabling this function. Enable onboard Ethernet JLAN Disable onboard Ethernet JLAN Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 34: Bios-Protecteasy Jumper(Jav)

    DMI information update will be fail. Setting the jumper JAV as closed, the Processor Number can not be read Pentium ® whatever disabling or enabling “Processor Number Feature” item from “Advanced BIOS Features ” in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 35: Bios Description

    1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing Format A:/s from the DOS prompt under DOS6.xx or Windows 9x environment. 2. Copy AWDFLASH.EXE ( Version7.95 ) from the directory \Utility located on QDI Driver CD 2000 to your new bootable diskette.

  • Page 36: Award Bios Description

    The basic CMOS settings included in “Standard CMOS Features” are Date, Time, Hard Disk Drive Types, Floppy Disk Drive Types, and VGA etc. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item, then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value desired in each item. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 37 Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press < Enter>: CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of heads PRECOMP write pre-compensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access mode Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 38 To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some softwares involved which are located in Award HDD Service Routine(INT13h).It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running under an Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 39 (or conventional) memory installed in the system. Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is presented during the POST. Total Memory Total memory of the system equals the sum of the above memory. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 40: Speedeasy Cpu Setup

    Closes empty DIMM or PCI clock to reduce EMI. Disabled DIMM/PCI Clk Does not close empty DIMM or PCI clock. Warning: Be sure your selection is right. CPU over speed will be dangerous! We will not be responsible for any damages caused. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 41: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    Third) Boot Device Floppy Disabled, Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0, HDD-1, HDD-2, Boot Other Device HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAN. Swap Floppy Enabled Exchanges the assignments of A&B floppy drives. Drive Disabled The assignments of A&B floppy drives are normal. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 42 The logo will not be shown when system boots up. Flash Write Enabled This option is for protecting the system BIOS from Protect being attacked by severe virus such as CIH. Disables you to upgrade the BIOS. Disabled Enables you to upgrade the BIOS. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 43: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    PAC Configuration. AGP Mode 1x,2x Supports AGP 1x, 2x or 4x mode. AGP Driving Auto The default setting is recommended. Control Manual 0000-00FF AGP Driving Sets this item when the AGP 4x card runs Value incorrectly. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 44 Disabled System BIOS area is not cacheable. Enabled Video RAM Besides conventional memory, video RAM is also Cacheable cacheable. Disabled Video RAM area is not cacheable. Assign IRQ IRQ9/10/11 Selects IRQ for ACPI. For ACPI Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 45: Power Management Setup

    V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA cards to monitor. DPMS Support This function is enabled only for the VGA card supporting DPMS. MODEM Use 3,4,5,7,9, Special Wake-up event for Modem. 10,11 This function is not applied. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 46 RTC has no alarm function. IRQs Activity Press Enter Reloads global timer. Monitoring Primary INTR Allows wake-up from IRQ. Does not allow wake-up from IRQ. IRQ3~IRQ15 Enabled Enables IRQ3~IRQ15 to wake up. Disabled Disables IRQ3~IRQ15 to wake up. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 47: Pnp/Pci Configurations Setup

    Assigns the needed IRQ for the VGA card. Disabled Does not assign an IRQ for the VGA card, in order to release the IRQ. Assign IRQ For Enabled Assigns an IRQ for USB device. Disabled Does not assign an IRQ for USB. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 48: Integrated Peripherals

    Disables Onchip LAN. Init Display First PCI SLOT Initializes the PCI VGA first. If a PCI VGA card and an AGP card are installed together in the system, the one initialized first functions. Initializes the AGP first. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 49 UR2 Duplex Mode Full Sets UR2 as full duplex mode. Half Sets UR2 as half duplex mode. Onboard Parallel 378/IRQ7 Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ Port 278/IRQ5 channel. 3BC/IRQ7 Disabled Onboard parallel port is disabled. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 50 Former-Sts 201/209 Game Port Sets Game Port address. Disabled Address Disables Game Port. Midi Port 300/330 Sets Midi Port address. Address Disabled Disables Midi port. Midi Port IRQ 5,10 Sets Midi Port IRQ. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 51: Pc Health Status

    CPUFAN, 3998RPM Current BAKFAN Speed CHSFAN or BAKFAN. Fan speed value is based on an assumption that tachometer signal is two pulses per revolution. In other cases, you should regard it relatively. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 52: Supervisor/User Password

    Password when booting the system or entering “CMOS Setup” to modify all settings. Also you can use User Password when booting the system or entering “CMOS Setup” but can not modify any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 53: Appendix Aqdi Driver Cd 2000

    Appendix A QDI Driver CD 2000 QDI Driver CD 2000 The QDI Driver CD 2000 is supplied with this motherboard. The contents contained in it are showed as below: 1. Express Install Using this choice, you can install all the drivers for your motherboard easily. You should install the drivers in order, and you need to restart your computer after all the drivers are installed.

  • Page 54: Appendix B Boot Logo

    When you power on or reset your system, the picture shown below will be displayed on the screen. You can use “CBLOGO.EXE” (included in the QDI Driver CD 2000) to replace it by any other logo which you prefer. Please follow the steps to use CBLOGO.EXE Utility: 1.

  • Page 55: Recoveryeasy

    Introduction: RecoveryEasy , the latest QDI innovation, is able to protect the system from being de- stroyed, by creating a so-called “mirror partition” for a current hard disk partition and backuping all the data to the mirror area. This ideal utility provides disk partition, disk data backup/recovery, CMOS settings backup/recovery and multi-boot functions.
  • Page 56 : After choosing this function, only the final partition can be deleted in order to keep the continuous disk space. If the warning message is confirmed, the partition will be deleted. By pressing “N” or “ESC” key, the system quits. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 57 ESC : Exits from the Partition User Interface. If users made some mistakes, for example, wrongly delete a partition, do not press the “ESC” key, press the reset button on your system at once, in this way users can save their system. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 58 The time when the latest backup was done will be displayed in the status line. After confirming the warning message, the system performs the content recovery. By pressing “N” or “ESC” key, the system quits. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 59 : After choosing this function, the latest backup of the CMOS settings will be recovered. The system needs reboot in order to validate the new CMOS settings. Note : If users have never backuped the CMOS settings, a wrong message will be shown after choosing this function. Manual for Advance 12 series...

  • Page 60: Faq

    RecoveryEasy build-in BIOS means all functions of RecoveryEasy including creating partition, backuping and restoring partition are built in BIOS. Users just need to down load the latest BIOS from our Website (http://www.qdigrp.com) when wanting to upgrade (It’s free!). Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 61 Why does the converting of FAT16->FAT32 in PQ Magic go wrong? MBR will be accessed when converting FAT16 to FAT32 with PQ Magic, which is protected by RecoveryEasy, therefore the conversion will be invalidate. Enabling the “ ATTRIB PAR” switch from Recovery User Interface Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 62 Recovery User Interface. Remember to create a mirror partition and backup before virus attacks the system. Manual for Advance 12 series...
  • Page 63 Item Checklist Completely check your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer. Advance 12 series motherboard QDI Driver CD 2000 I/O shield(manufacturing option) 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 2 10-pin ribbon cables with bracket for USB3,4,5,6(manufacturing option) 1 Smart Card Reader cable User’s manual...
  • Page 64 Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout Note: This layout is just for your reference.
  • Page 65 Caution 1 Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals, especially the SDRAM memory, otherwise your motherboard or the system memory might be seriously damaged. The power status of the system is indicated by the red LED onboard. If the LED is on, adding or removing devices like SDRAM memory is prohibited.
  • Page 66 Note: This manual is suitable for Advance 12 series of motherboards. Each motherboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants different features. Advance 12: without onboard Audio, onboard LAN and onboard SoundBlaster -A: with onboard Audio -L: with onboard LAN -C: with onboard SoundBlaster(Creative ®...

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