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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)
þ
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
European Representative:
QDI COMPUTER ( UK ) LTD
QDI SYSTEM HANDEL GMBH
QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL
QDI COMPUTER (ESPANA) S.A.
Signature :
Lv Yan
Printed Name :
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
declares that the product
Mainboard
Superb 3L
is in conformity with
QDI COMPUTER ( SCANDINAVIA ) A/S
QDI COMPUTER ( NETHERLANDS) B. V.
QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH
QDI COMPUTER (SWEDEN) AB
Place / Date :
Position/ Title :
HONG KONG/2000
Assistant President

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  • Page 1 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 COMPUTER ( NETHERLANDS) B. V. QDI COMPUTER (FRANCE) SARL QDI COMPUTER HANDELS GMBH QDI COMPUTER (ESPANA) S.A.
  • Page 2 Declaration of conformity Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc. Model Name: Superb 3L 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 SpeedEasy Quick Setup(English) ............1 SpeedEasy ..........3 Facilité de vitesse Initialisation(Francais) ..........5 1. Introduction ..............Overview .................... 9 Key Features ..................9 Introduction to New Features ............12 2. Installation Instructions ..........External Connectors ...............
  • Page 4 Integrated Peripherals ................36 Power Management Setup ..............39 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ..............41 PC Health Status .................. 42 Password Setting .................. 43 Appendix A QDI Driver CD 2000 ..........44 Appendix B ............ Boot Logo RecoveryEasy..............47 Introducton .................... 47 Operation Process ................

  • Page 5: Speedeasy Quick Setup(English)

    4. Enter “SpeedEasy CPU SETUP” menu to set up the CPU speed. Note: If you do not set the CPU speed, your system will run at the default setting. 5. Save and exit BIOS Setup, your system will now boot successfully. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 6 The processor speed can be manually selected on the “SpeedEasy CPU SETUP” menu screen. Warning: Dot not set CPU frequency higher than its working frequency. If you do, we will not be responsible for any damages caused. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 7: Speedeasy

    Superb 3L S p e e d E a s y Intel Pentium III FC-PGA Celeron PPGA Cyrix-III ® <Del> SpeedEasy CPU SETUP BIOS Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 8 SpeedEasy SpeedEasy SpeedEasy CPU SETUP SpeedEasy (jumper) BIOS SpeedEasy CPU SETUP” Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 9: Facilité De Vitesse Initialisation(Francais)

    Superb 3L Installation de la carte mère Superb 3L Assurez-vous que votre ensemble est complet: carte mère, câbles IDE et FLOPPY, notice d’utilisation et CD-ROM d’installation. Vérifiez que l’alimentation est débranchée et reliez-vous à la terre par une courroie à votre poignet. A défaut, maintenez le contact de vos deux mains avec un objet lui- même relié...
  • Page 10 Installation du Superb 3L système Pressez la touche F10 ou choisissez «Save and exit» pour enregistrer vos paramètres et relancer la machine. Installez votre système d’exploitation Après installation, assurez-vous qu’il ne subsiste aucun conflit ou périphérique inconnu dans votre système.
  • Page 11 être renforcé. Aujourd’hui il est possible de surveiller et contrôler votre matériel sous Windows 9x ou NT. QDI ManageEasy est un outil système, comme un pont entre l’OS et le matériel, utilisé...
  • Page 12 Installation du Superb 3L système CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright© 1984-1999 Award Software SpeedEasy CPU Setup Auto detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum : Disabled CPU HOST/SDRAM/PCI Clk :Default Menu Level > CPU Clock Ratio Jumpless : By H/W Prévenir :...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction Overview The Superb 3L green mainboard utilizes the SiS630E chipset which integrates Ultra AGP VGA for hardware 2D/3D video, provides highly integrated solution for fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective PC/MATX Platform. The new integrated technologies, together with the software configurable AC’97 audio give customers an advanced, multi- media solution at an extremely low price, It provides 66/100/133MHz system bus, Socket ®...
  • Page 14 Supports a maximum resolution of 1920X1200 at 80Hz. On-chip Audio High quality Audio and AC’97/98 support. Compatible with Sound Blaster , Sound Blaster Pro and Windows Sound system Supports software-based Wavetable Synthesizer. Provides on-board Line-in jack, speaker-out jack and microphone-in jack. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 15 Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up. Green function Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). Supports three green modes: Doze, Standby and Suspend. Supports ACPI power status: S0, S1, S3(STR), S4(STD), S5(Soft-off). Expansion slots 3 PCI slots. 1 AMR Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 16: Introduction To New Features

    The operating system must be capable of DMA transfers. Win95 (OSR2) and Win98 are capable. An Ultra ATA/66 capable, 40-pin, 80-conductor cable is required. Ultra ATA/66 compatible IDE device such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 17 System Standby, the system will enter Suspend-to-RAM status when time out. The same ways used to power up the system can be used to wake up the system from Suspend-to-RAM status. For example, pushing the power button, through the Wake-on- LAN, Wake-on-Modem function or RTC Alarm. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 18 168-pin, 3.3 Volt, 133MHz, 64/72-bit wide, Unbuffered Synchronous DRAM Dual In-Line Memory Modules (SDRAM DIMMs). Relatively , the peak bandwidth of PC-133 memory is the 33% higher than PC-100 memory. These latest SDRAMs are necessary to meet the enhanced 133MHz bus speed requirement. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 19: Installation Instructions

    The monitor output connector is for output to a VGA-compatible device. You can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in “Integrated Peripherals” from AWARD BIOS SETUP. Parallel Port UART1 Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 20: Uart2

    The Speaker-out jack allows you to connect speakers or headphones for audio output from the internal amplifier. The MIDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a MIDI device. MIDI/Joystick Speaker-out Microphone-in Line-in Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 21: Atx Power Supply Connector & Power Switch

    When the system is in suspend status, the LED is blink. When the system is in Suspend to RAM, the LED is off. When the system is in Soft-Off status, the LED is off.The connector has an orientation. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 22: Acpi Led Connector(Acpi_Led)

    Infrared Header (IrDA) This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. When using this function, configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR IRQ from the “INTEGRATED PERIPH- ERALS” section of the BIOS. IRRX IRTX Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 23: Fan Connector(Cpufan , Bakfan, Cpufan)

    “Ring Power Up Control” 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. Signal for waking up (active high) +5V standby Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 24: Wake-Up On Internal Modem (Wom)

    Riser, audio on the mainboard and modem on the Riser, or no audio with modem on the Riser. Superb 3L mainboard provides you with audio onboard solution, onboard audio can be enabled/disabled. Either AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) card or MR (Modem Riser) card can be used on this system.

  • Page 25: Internal Audio Connector (Cdlin, Modem)

    Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description Slot / Port Description PCI 1 First PCI slot. PCI 2 Second PCI slot. PCI 3 Third PCI slot. AMR slot. IDE 1 Primary IDE port. IDE 2 Secondary IDE port. FLOPPY Floppy Drive Port. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 26: Overclocking Jumper Setting(Jfsb1,Jfsb2)

    “CPU Clock Ratio Jumpless” of SpeedEasy section in BIOS is set as “Default” and “By H/W “. If you choose the SpeedEasy mode, the BIOS Setup is in place of jumper setting. the system only run at CPU FSB setup by BIOS. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 27: Clear Cmos(Jcc)

    2. If the AC power supply cuts off, the keyboard power on password should be set again when the AC power supply resumes, in order to implement this function. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 28: Bios-Protecteasy Jumper(Jav)

    The DRAM Timing register, which provides the DRAM speed grade control for the entire memory array, must be programmed to use the timing of the slowest DRAMs installed. Possible SDRAM DIMM memory sizes are 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB in each DIMM socket. Suppots Suspend to RAM. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 29: 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 (version>7.07) from the directory \Utility located on QDI Mainboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette.
  • Page 30 BIOS Description -- This page is intentionally left blank -- Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 31: Award Bios Description

    The basic CMOS settings included in “Standard CMOS Setup” 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 you want in each item. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 32 ‘user’, the related information should be entered regarding the follow- ing items. 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 Superb 3L...
  • Page 33 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 Superb 3L...

  • Page 34: Speedeasy Cpu Setup

    When power on the computer, hardware initialize Jumpless CPU ratio. The CPU ratio can be chosen from 3 to 12. However X3.5 the CPU ratio setting will not function for bus ratio ..locked processor, only bus ratio unclocked processor. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 35: Advance 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 assignment of A&B floppy drives. Drive Disabled The assignment of A&B floppy drives are normal. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 36 Note: Enabling this item can protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH. Therefore disable this item item only when wanting to flash BIOS, afterwards set this item as Enabled (default). Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 37: Advance Chipset Features Setup

    Cycles time. Delay 1T memory read/write command is issued 1 clock behind memory address. Write Recovery Time Defines the Data-into PRE command period. VCM REF to ACT/ Defines VCM ACT to prefetch command period. REF Delay Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 38 VCS/VBA1/VMA Fast Sets the pre-driver slew rate of DRAM. Slew Rate Slow VDQM/VMD Fast Sets the pre-driver slew rate of DRAM. Slew Rate Slow CKE/CSB/CSA/DQM Fast Sets the pre-driver slew rate of DRAM. /MDSlew Rate Slow Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 39 There might be more than two pending cycles at one time depends on the CPU behaviour. Disabled Only one pending cycle is allowed at one time. Memory parity Enabled Checks memory parity. check Disabled Disables this function. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 40: Integrated Peripherals

    Enabled sis-7013 S/W modem function. Modem Disabled Disabled sis-7013 S/W modem function. SIS-900 10/100M Disabled Disabled sis-900 10/100M Ethernet Ethernet function(Default setting) Enabled Enabled sis-900 10/100M Ethernet function. SIS950 Super I/O Press Enter press Enter key to select submenu. Device Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 41 Disable USB keyboard support. USB mouse Enabled Enable USB mouse support. Support Disabled Disable USB mouse support. IDE HDD Block Enabled Allow IDE HDD read/write several sectors on time. Mode Disabled IDE HDD read/write a sector one time. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 42 Init Display First PCI SLOT Initializes the PCI VGA first. If a PCI VGA card plugged in, it will replace onchip AGP. Initializes the onchip AGP first. System share 2M~64M Sets system share video memory size. memory size Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 43: Power Management Setup

    V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA cards to monitor. DPMS This function is enabled only for the VGA card supporting DPMS. Switch Break/wake Enables Sleep Button function. Function Disabled Disables Sleep Button function. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 44 USB Resume Enabled When system enters S3 state, USB can be from S3 waken up. Disabled Disables this function. KB power on Enter Uses the keyboard password to power up the Password system. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 45: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    Does not assign an IRQ for the VGA card, in order to release the IRQ. Assign IRQ For Enabled Assigns an IRQ for USB. If an USB device is used enables this item. Disabled Does not assign an IRQ for USB. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 46: Pc Health Status

    RPM( Revolution Per Minute) speed of fan System Fan Speed 5110RPM connected to the fan header CPUFAN/CHSFAN. 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 Superb 3L...

  • Page 47: Password Setting

    Password when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup to modify all settings. Also you can use User Password when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup but can not modify any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 48: Appendix Aqdi Driver Cd 2000

    Appendix A QDI Driver CD 2000 A QDI Driver CD 2000 is supplied with this mainboard. Insert CD 2000 that came with your mainboard into your CD-ROM drive to bring up the screen, click the options to install. The contents contained in it are showed as below: 1.
  • Page 49 Run Setup.exe from the utility CD directory \QME2 to install the QDI ManageEasy V2.0. The QDI ManageEasy Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation process. For detailed information on how to use QDI ManageEasy V2.0, please refer to the QDI ManageEasy V2.0 online help.

  • Page 50: Appendix B Boot Logo

    “Show Bootup Logo” option as Disabled in the “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” section of the BIOS * We reserve the right of modifying the default full-logo of QDI without further notification. Manual for Superb 3L...

  • Page 51: 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 52 : 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 Superb 3L...
  • Page 53 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 Superb 3L...
  • Page 54 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 Superb 3L...

  • Page 55: 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 Superb 3L...
  • Page 56 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 Superb 3L...
  • Page 57 Recovery User Interface. Remember to create a mirror partition and backup before virus attacks the system. Manual for Superb 3L...
  • Page 58 Item Checklist Completely check your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer. Superb 3L mainboard QDI Mainboard Utility CD-ROM I/O shield 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable User’s manual 1 10-pin ribbon cable with bracket for USB3 and USB4(manufacturing option)
  • Page 59 Board Layout of Board Layout of Superb 3L V1.0 Superb 3L V1.0...

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