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P4I848P Pro series mainboard
QDI Utility CD
1HD ribbon cable
1 FDD cable
User' s manual
I/O shield(option)
1 10-pin ribbom cable with bracket for USB(option)
Cable with bracket for 6CH_BRACKET(option)
Signal cables for Serial ATA(option)
Power cables for Serial ATA(option)
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- Page 1 Item Checklist This item checklist is only available for retail market. Completely check your package, If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer. P4I848P Pro series mainboard QDI Utility CD 1HD ribbon cable 1 FDD cable User’ s manual...
- Page 2 The following products have been tested by us with the listed standards and found in compliance with the council EMC directive 89/336/EEC. It is demonstrative for the compliance with this EMC Directive. Submittor: QDI Technology Limited 23Floor, Lincoln House, Taikoo Place 979 King’ s Road, Quarry Bay, HONG KONG Product:...
- Page 3 Declaration of conformity Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc. Model Name: P4I848P Pro Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc. Address: 41456 Christy Street Fremont, CA 94538 Telephone: (510) 668-4933 Facsimile: (510) 668-4966...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ..............1 Key Features ..............2 Chapter 2 Installation Instructions............4 External Connectors ............5 PS/2 Keyboard /Mouse Connector ........5 USB1, USB2,USB3,USB4 and LAN Connectors ....5 Parallel Port, Serial Port and SPDIF Connectors ....5 IEEE 1394 Port(optional)............6 Line-in jack, Mic-in jack and Speaker-out jack .... - Page 5 CONTENTS Chapter 3 BIOS Description..............19 AWDFLASH.EXE ...............20 AWARD BIOS Description..........21 Appendix QDI Utility CD..............23 Using 4-/6-Channel Audio..........25 Layout...
- Page 6 Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and the heatsink to keep them fully contacted to meet the heat sink require- ment. Note: This manual is suitable for P4I848P Pro series of mainboards. Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants different features. -6A:...
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Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction ® P4I848P Pro series of mainboards utilize Intel 848P + ICH5 chipset, providing a fully compatible, high performance and c os t- eff ect i ve ATX pl atf or m. The new i nt egrat ed technologies, together with AC’... -
Page 8: Key Features
1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format One high speed 16550 compatible COM with 16 byte send/receive FIFO One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard Provides one IrDA connector All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup P4I848P Pro... - Page 9 Main Expansion Slots and Connectors Slot/Port (Quantity) Description PCI(5) PCI slots IDE(2 ) IDE ports FLOPPY(1) Floppy Drive port DDR(2) DIMM socket USB(8) USB connectors AGP(1) AGP slot LAN(1) (optional) LAN connector COM(1) COM connector PARALLEL(1) Parallel connector IrDA(1) IrDA connector P4I848P Pro...
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Page 10: Installation Instructions
The particular state of the jumpers, connectors and ports are illustrated in the follow- ing figures. Before setting the jumpers or inserting these connectors, please pay attention to the direction. P4I848P Pro... -
Page 11: External Connectors
AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Parallel Port COM1 SPDIF Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or remov- Warning: ing expansion cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your mainboard and expansion cards might be seriously damaged. P4I848P Pro... -
Page 12: Ieee 1394 Port(Optional)
If set 2-Channel Audio mode on -6A mainboard, you can connect two speakers to the Front Left&Right jack, at the same time use the Rear Left&Right jack as Line in jack, and use the Center&Woofer jack as Microphone in jack. Line in/Rear Left&Right Speaker out/Front left&right Microphone in/Center&Woofer P4I848P Pro... -
Page 13: Atx 12V Power Supply Connectors & Power Switch
The connector connects to the case’ s IDE indicator LED indicating the activity status of IDE 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. P4I848P Pro... -
Page 14: Speaker Connector (Speaker)
GREEN(-) LED+(VCC) SPKDATA RESET POWER HDD LED(-) LED- LED+ HDD LED(+) Fan Connectors (PWR_FAN, CPU_FAN) The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in “ PC Health” section of the CMOS SETUP. CPU_FAN PWR_FAN P4I848P Pro... -
Page 15: Usb5,6; Usb7,8 Connector
Chapter 2 USB5,6; USB7,8 Besides USB1,2,3,4 on the back panel, P4I848P Pro series of mainboards also have two 8-pin headers on board which may connect to front panel USB cable( optional ) to provide additional four USB ports. USB7,8 １... -
Page 16: Audio Connectors (Cd_In)
System Management Bus is a specific implementation of I C bus, which is a multi- master bus, that is, multiple devices can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer. １ SMBUS P4I848P Pro... -
Page 17: Diagnosis Led
CPU damaged , BIOS chip absent or damaged system detect CPU and initialize chipset system detect memory system initialize PCI system initialize clockgen system detect Video and invoke Video BIOS Hyper-Threading OK LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 LED5 P4I848P Pro... -
Page 18: Front Audio Interface(F_Audio)
The mainboard provides two Serial ATA connectors, SATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0 Specification. With speed of up to 150Mbps. you can con- nect Serial ATA cable to Serial ATA hard disk. SATA1/SATA2 P4I848P Pro... -
Page 19: 6Ch-Bracket Connector
If the connector has been closed once, the system will record the status and indicate the chassis has been opened. You can monitor or check this information from some software. CHSSEC Indicate signal P4I848P Pro... -
Page 20: Front Ieee 1394 Port(F_1394)(Optional)
& pin3 (“ 2-3” ) closed. Jumper Symbol Description Represent 1-2 set pin1 and pin2 closed 2-3 set pin2 and pin3 closed close set the pins closed open set the pins opened P4I848P Pro... -
Page 21: Bios-Protection Jumper (Bios_Wp)
BIOS and updating DMI information impossible. Therefore, set BIOS_WP as open when changing the system hardware configuration, or the error message “ Un- known Flash Type” will be displayed on the screen, and DMI information may not be updated. P4I848P Pro... -
Page 22: Overclocking Jumper Setting(Jfsb0,Jfsb1)(Optional)
For bus ratio unlocked processor, this overclocking fea- ture can be implemented by setting FSB as 100x4/133x4/166x4/200x4MHz, mean- while adjusting the bus ratio (multiplier) in “ QDI Innovation features” in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup and memorry. -
Page 23: Enable Keyboard Password Power-On Function(Jkb)
3. If you encounter the above problems, clear CMOS and set the jumper pin2 and pin3 closed to disable the function,them power on the system by pushing the power button,and set “ power on Fuction” back to “ Button Only” . P4I848P Pro... -
Page 24: Clear Cmos(Clr_Cmos)
(Unplug the AC power supply) Onboard LAN (LAN_EN) If you want to use the onboard LAN, set LAN_EN with pin1&pin2 closed, Otherwise, set LAN_EN with pin2&pin3 closed for disable this fuction. Disable onboard LAN LAN_EN Enable onboard LAN P4I848P Pro... -
Page 25: Chapter 3 Bios Description
Setup utility for users to modify the basic sys- tem configuration. The information is stored in CMOS RAM so it retains the Setup information even if the power is turned off. This chapter provides you with the over- view of the BIOS Setup. P4I848P Pro... -
Page 26: Awdflash.exe
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(version>=8 .24q) from the directory \Utility located on QDI Driver CD to your new bootable diskette. 3. Download the updated BIOS file from the Website (http://www.qdigrp.com). Please be sure to download the suitable BIOS file for your motherboard. -
Page 27: Award Bios Description
<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value desired in each item. QDI Innovation Features This section describes QDI innovation EASY technology. Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system’... - Page 28 Save & Exit Setup Saves value changes to CMOS and exits setup. Exit Without Saving Abandons all CMOS value changes and exits setup. Note: if you need detailed information about BIOS, please view them in the CD. P4I848P Pro...
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Page 29: Appendix
Appendix Appendix QDI Utility CD A QDI Utility CD is supplied with this mainboard, the contents contained in it are showed as below: 1. Driver Install Using this choice, you can install all the drivers for your mainboard . You should install the drivers in order, and you need to restart your computer until all the drivers are installed. - Page 30 SpeedEasy BIOS provides you with a set of basic values for your processor selection instead of the jumper settings. The processor speed can be manually selected on the “ QDI Inno- vation features” menu screen. BootEasy BootEasy technology enormously improves the long BOOT process time of computers.
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Page 31: Using 4-/6-Channel Audio
Line Out (Front channels) Description: Line Out, Line In and MIC functions all exist under 2-channel configuration. 4-Channel Analog Audio Output Line Out(Rear Channels) Line Out (Front channels) Description: Line In is converted to Line Out function under 4-channel configuration. P4I848P Pro... - Page 32 Line Out (Front channels) Line Out(Center & Subwoofer Channels) Description: Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6-channel configuration. Digital Audio Output Coaxial SPDIF jack Description: Connnet the SPDIF speakers to the Coaxial SPDIF jack. P4I848P Pro...
- Page 33 2. Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the “ Environment” pull-down menu under the Sound Effect tab. Click here and the pull-down menu will appear 3. Click the Speaker Configuration tab. Click here P4I848P Pro...
- Page 34 Testing Each Speaker 1. Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen. 2. Click the Speaker Test tab. P4I848P Pro...
- Page 35 Playing KaraOK 1. Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen. 2. Make sure the Sound Effect tab is selected. 3. Select Voice Cancellation in the “ Karaoke” column. Click This Click OK. P4I848P Pro...
- Page 36 3. Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete installation. Warning: Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system, always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating. P4I848P Pro...
- Page 37 Mainboard Layout P4I848P Pro Note: The layout includes all options. It is for your reference only.
- Page 38 Top :PS/2 Mouse Bttm:PS/2 Keyboard SPDIF UART 1 Top :Line in Top :LAN(optional) Middle:Speaker out Bttm: USB3,4 Bttm:Mic. in Parallel Port Top :IEEE 1394(optional) Bttm: USB1,2 LAN_EN F_1394( optional ) ATX 12V CD_IN SMBUS North Bridge Socket 478 CPU_FAN South Bridge BIOS_WP DIMM1 DIMM2...
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