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Superb 4L series mainboard
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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. Superb 4L series mainboard QDI Utility CD User’s manual 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable...
  • Page 2 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 3 Declaration of conformity Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. ) Inc. Model Name: Superb 4L Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A.) Inc. Address: 41456 Christy Street Fremont, CA 94538 Telephone: (510) 668-4933 Facsimile: (510) 668-4966...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    C O N T E N T S 1. Introduction........... 1 Overview..............1 Key Features..............1 2. Installation Instructions .........5 External Connectors..........5 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector....... 5 USB1, USB2 and LAN connectors........ 5 Line-in, Microphone-in, Speaker-out jacks and MIDI/Joystick connector..........6 Parallel Port, Serial Port &VGA Output Connectors..6 USB3/4/5/6 Connectors..........6 ATX12V Power Supply Connector &...
  • Page 5 ......20 Entering Setup..............20 Load Fail-Safe Defaults............ 20 Load Optimized Defaults............ 20 Standard CMOS Features Setup........20 QDI Innovation Features............ 24 Advanced BIOS Features Setup........26 Advanced Chipset Features Setup........29 Power Management Setup..........31 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup..........34 Integrated Peripherals............
  • Page 6 Note: This manual is suitable for mainboards of Superb 4L se- ries. Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants diverse features. S4L: without onboard Audio and onboard LAN S4L-A: with onboard Audio S4L-L: with onboard LAN...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Overview Superb 4L series mainboard utilizes SIS 650 (SIS 650+SIS 961)Chipset, providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective mATX platform. The mainboard provides ® 400 MHz system bus to support Intel Pentium 4 socket 478 processors and it supports DDR200/266 SDRAM with the largest memory size up to 2GB.The new integrated technolo-...
  • Page 8 Chapter 1 Onboard IDE Supports Independent timing of up to 4 drives Supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33, PIO mode Supports Two fast IDE interfaces which can support four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and CD-ROM drivers USB Ports 2 USB Host Controllers with total of 6 ports USB 1.1 compliant Supports wake-up from S1 (power on suspend), S3 (Suspend to RAM,depends on device)
  • Page 9 Supports Wake-on-LAN and Wake-on-Modem Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures, system voltages, fan speed) Providing QDI innovations such as SpeedEasy II, RecoveryEasy II, BIOS-ProtectEasy, LogoEasyII and BootEasy Note: Our technology is now being upgraded, the description and Interface for Easy technology in this manual are only for your reference.
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  • Page 11: Installation Instructions

    Installation Instructions 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 figures.

  • Page 12: Line-In, Microphone-In, Speaker-Out Jacks And Midi/Joystick Connector

    Chapter 2 Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick Connector (Available on S4L-A,S4L-AL) The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player to playback or record. The Microphone-in jack can be connected to a microphone for voice input. 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.

  • Page 13: Atx12V Power Supply Connector & Power Switch(Power_Sw)

    (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. Superb 4L series mainboard only support ATX12V power. 5VSB PS-OK Œ...

  • Page 14: Speaker Connector (Speaker)

    Chapter 2 Speaker Connector (SPEAKER) The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case. Power LED Connector (PWR LED) When the system is in S0 status, the LED is on. When the system is in S1 status, the LED is blink;...

  • Page 15: Infrared Header (Irda)

    Installation Instructions Infrared Header (IrDA) This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. Before using this function, configure the settings for IR Address, IR Mode and IR IRQ from the “INTEGRATED PERIPH- ERALS” section of the BIOS. Œ IRRX IRTX Œ IrDA Connector Audio Connectors (CD_IN, MODEM) (Available on S4L-A/AL) CD_IN is Sony standard CD audio connectors, it can be connected to a CD-ROM drive...

  • Page 16: Fan Connectors (Cpufan, Chsfan , Bakfan)

    Chapter 2 Fan Connectors ( CPUFAN, CHSFAN, BAKFAN) The fan speed of CPUFAN and CHSFAN can be detected and viewed in “PC Health” section of the BIOS. These three fans will be automatically turned off after the system enters suspend mode. Œ...

  • Page 17: Wake-Up On Lan (Wol)

    Installation Instructions 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 ATX12V power, and a LAN adapter which supports this function is used. Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the LAN adapter, set “...

  • Page 18: Pin Smbus Connector(Smbus)

    Chapter 2 4 Pin SMBus Connector(SMBUS) This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices communicate through the SMBus with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices. The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of I C bus, which is a multi-master bus, that is, multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer.

  • Page 19: Audio Interface

    Installation Instructions Audio Interface (Optional) The audio interface can provide 3 kinds of Audio output choics :the FrontAudio, the RearAudio and the ActiveAudio. Their priority level is as sequence. when the FrontAudio is available, the RearAudio and the ActiveAudio(in-case speaker)will be cut off. when the RearAudio is available, the ActiveAudio will be cut off.

  • Page 20: Serial Port (Uart2)

    Chapter 2 UART2 The serial port UART2 is not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 9-pin header and a ribbon cable with bracket for UART2 port (manufacturing option). ΠΠUART2 Main Expansion Slots and Connectors Slot/Port (Quantity) Description PCI( 3 ) PCI slots CNR( 1 )

  • Page 21: Jumper Settings

    Installation Instructions Jumper Settings Jumpers are located on the mainboard, they represent, clear CMOS jumper JCC, enable BIOS Protection function jumper JAV etc. Pin 1 for all jumpers are located on the side with a thick white line ( Pin1→ ), refer to the mainboard’s silkscreen.

  • Page 22: Enable Front/Back Panel Usb Device Wake-Up Function (Jusb1/Jusb2)

    Chapter 2 Enable Front/Back Panel USB Device Wake-up Function (JUSB1/JUSB2) The mainboard provides the advanced USB device wake-up function. The system can be waked up from its power saving including ACPI S3 by activating USB device. Before using this function, set JUSB1/JUSB2 with pin1 & pin2 closed. Otherwise, set JUSB1/JUSB2 with pin2 &...

  • Page 23: Clear Cmos(Jcc)

    Installation Instructions Clear CMOS (JCC) If you want to clear CMOS, unplug the AC power supply first, close JCC (pin1 & pin2) once, set JCC back to the normal status with pin2 & pin3 connected, then power on the system. Œ...
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  • Page 25: 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>=7.95) from the directory \Utility located on QDI Mainboard Utility CD onto your new bootable diskette.

  • Page 26: Award(Phoenix) Bios Description

    Chapter 3 AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS Description Entering Setup Power on the computer, when the following message briefly appears at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key to enter the AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. Press <Del>...
  • Page 27 BIOS Description Figure-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu For the items marked, press enter, a window will pop up as shown below. You can view detailed information or make modifications. Figure-2-1 IDE Primary Master Setup Menu Hard Disk Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/Secondary Slave These categories identify the HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the computer system.
  • Page 28 Chapter 3 The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE. CHS mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any trans- formation during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, heads and sectors for CHS mode are 1024,16 and 63.
  • Page 29 BIOS Description Video Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system. EGA/ VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter / Video Graphic Array. For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters. CGA 40 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 40 column mode. CGA 80 Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 80 column mode.

  • Page 30: Qdi Innovation Features

    Chapter 3 QDI Innovation features Figure-3 QDI Innovation features Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning. Item Option Description [SpeedEasyII setting] CPU Clock Ratio x8~50 Select the multiplication of processor core frequency. If a Ratio -locked processor installed, this item will be hidden.
  • Page 31 BIOS Description Item Option Description [BootEasy setting] QDI BootEasy Enabled PC boot in rapid speed, without any redun feature dant feature waiting for the displaying of starting OS. Disabled PC boot in the legacy BIOS way. [LogoEasyII setting] Show Bootup...

  • Page 32: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    Chapter 3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Figure-4 Advanced BIOS Features Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning. Item Option Description Virus warning Enabled Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.
  • Page 33 BIOS Description Item Option Description Swap Floppy Enabled If the system has two floppy drives, choose Drive Disabled enable to assign physical drive B to logical drive. Boot Up Enabled Tests floppy drives to determine whether they Floppy Seek Disabled have 40 or 80 tracks.
  • Page 34 Chapter 3 Item Option Description Video BIOS Enabled Video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video Shadow Shadow will increase the video speed. Disabled Invalidates this feature. Show Logo Enabled The EPA logo will be shown automatically when EPA show Disabled system boots up, otherwise, no logo appears on the screen.

  • Page 35: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    BIOS Description Advanced Chipset Features Setup Figure-5 Advanced Chipset Features Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning. Item Option Description Advanced DRAM Press Enter Press enter to set the items about DRAM. Control System Safe Mode Set system performance.
  • Page 36 Chapter 3 Item Option Description Graphic Window Enabled Set Graphic Window to improve 3D performance. WR combin Disabled Invalidates this function. Close Empty Enabled Close empty DIMM or PCI clock to reduce EMI. DIMM/PCI Clk Disabled Do not close empty DIMM or PCI clock. Spread Spectrum Enabled Enable Clock Spread Spectrum to reduce EMI.

  • Page 37: Power Management Setup

    BIOS Description Power Management Setup Figure-6 Power Management Setup Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning. Item Option Description ACPI function Enabled Enable ACPI function. Disabled Disable this function. ACPI Suspend S1(POS) Select the ACPI suspend type. Type S3(STR) S1&S3...
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 Item Option Description Video Off Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen Method when disabling video. V / H SYNC + In addition to Blank Screen, BIOS will also turn Blank off the V-SYNC & H - SYNC signals from VGA card to monitor.
  • Page 39 BIOS Description Item Option Description wake up by Enabled Allow the system to be powered on when a Ring/LAN Ring indicator signal comes up to UART1 or UART2 from external modem . Disabled Do not allow Ring wake up. MACPME Power Enabled Allows the system to be waken up by onboard Up Control LAN.

  • Page 40: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    Chapter 3 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Figure-7 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning. Item Option Description Reset Enabled Default setting is Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Configuration Data Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup, if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused serious conflicts preventing the OS...

  • Page 41: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS Description Integrated Peripherals Figure-8 Integrated Peripherals Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning. Item Option Description SIS On-Chip Press Enter Press enter to set On-Chip IDE device. IDE device Internal PCI/IDE Disabled Set the ports of Onboard IDE. Primary Secondary Both...
  • Page 42 Chapter 3 Item Option Description SIS-7013 S/W Enabled Enable CNR AC97 Modem. Modem Disabled Disable CNR AC97 Modem. SIS-900 Enabled The onboard LAN is enabled. 10/100M ETHERNET Disable The onboard LAN is disabled. System Share 4/8/16 MB Set the display memory as 6/8/16/32/64MB. Memory Size 32/64 MB Onboard Super IO Press Enter...
  • Page 43 BIOS Description Item Option Description ECP Mode Use Set ECP Mode Use DMA is 1 or 3. Game Port Disabled This option is used to configure Game Port Address 201,209 Address. Midi Port Address Disabled This option is used to configure Midi Port 290/300 Address.
  • Page 44 Chapter 3 Item Option Description USB0 Access Embedded BUS Access USB0 using Embedded BUS. Interface PCI BUS Access USB0 using PCI BUS. Audio Access Embedded BUS Access Audio using Embedded BUS. Interface PCI BUS Access Audio using PCI BUS. Manual for S4L series...

  • Page 45: Pc Health Status

    BIOS Description PC Health Status Figure-9 PC Health Status Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning. Item Option Description Shutdown C/140 The system will shut down automatically under Temperature C/149 the ACPI OS when the CPU temperature C/158 reaches the previous setting, 60 C/140...

  • Page 46: Password Setting

    Chapter 3 Password Setting When this function is selected, the following message appears 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>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory.

  • Page 47: 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 48: Logoeasy Ii

    LogoEasy II LogoEasy II Thank you for using QDI upgraded innovation--- LogoEasy II, which is completely compatible with LOGOEASY. LOGOEASY II can be easily operated in a Windows environment, following in steps with the trend. It has added the functions of support-...

  • Page 49: Bios-Protecteasy

    If you don’t prefer the logo displayed on the screen during bootup, set the “Show Bootup Logo” option as Disabled in CMOS Setup. * We reserve the right of modifying the default full-logo of QDI without further notification.

  • Page 50: Recoveryeasyii

    Appendix RecoveryEasy II RecoveryEasy II Introduction: RecoveryEasy II — the latest edition of RecoveryEasy, providing a more easy-to- operate and more secure and reliable tool for backing up and recovering the hard disk data. It will make your data on the hard disk more secure, and make your computer more reliable.
  • Page 51 Menu Language and Hotkey Selection Please press “DEL” key to enter CMOS setup during the POST(Power On Self Test), then user can see [RecoveryEasyII Setting] items of the “QDI Innovation features” menu, in which the language on RecoveryEasyII interface and hotkey could be selected .
  • Page 52 Appendix 3 Hot key for Recovery There are 12 options, including NULL and F2~F12. Key F12 is default. If NULL is selected, Restore interface can not be used with pressing hotkey. If you select one key of the rest 11 options, you can enter Recover interface by pressing the hotkey you setup during POST.
  • Page 53 1 Backup Partition Table It is used to backup partition table of current hard Disk. A partition table keeps the status of the hard disk partitions, such as the number of partitions, the type and size of each partition, etc. It is the most important information of the hard disk data structure. The incorrectness or loss of the table will result in the failure of reading data from the hard disk partitions.
  • Page 54 Appendix 1 Recover Partition Table 2 Recover System Partition 3 Recover Whole Disk 4 Recover CMOS Setup 5 Exit Backup Menu figure-5 Recover Interface 1.Recover Partition Table It used to restore the partition table data stored in backup area to current Hard Disk. 2.Recover System Partition It used to restore the system partition data stored in current backup area to current system...

  • Page 55: Speedeasy Ii

    6. Save and exit BIOS Setup, your system will now boot successfully. CPU SpeedEasyII Setup Menu Select <QDI Innovation features> item from the main menu and enter the sub-menu: QDI Innovation features Menu BIOS provides you with a set of basic values for your processor selection instead of the jumper settings.

  • Page 56: Booteasy

    OS. BootEasy is quite easy to use , choose the right option in CMOS SETUP, ( refer to QDI Innovation features) it can be easily booted quickly. BootEasy save all the information when PC first normally boot-up, and it restores all the parameters for the system and thus let the PC boot freely and rapidly.
  • Page 57 QDI BootEasy(German) BootEasy ist eine Neuentwicklung von Legend QDI, die neue Innovation der QDI Easy – Technologien. BootEasy Setup Menu Mit der BootEasy- Technologie Technik wird der Bootvorgang nur noch vier bis fünf Sekunden in Anspruch nehmen, bis das Betriebssystem geladen wird. Der Grund für die lange Warterei liegt in den Routine-Abfragen, die das BIOS bei jedem Start...
  • Page 58 Instalación de la placa base Legend-QDI Superb 4L(Spanish): Asegúrese que se incluyen los siguientes artículos: Placa base Legend-QDI Superb 4L, 1 cable de datos para el puerto IDE y 1 cable de datos para el Floppy, jumpers, 1 manual de usuario Legend-QDI Superb 4Ly un disco compacto con los controladores de la placa base Legend-QDI Superb 4L.

  • Page 59: Installation Guide(Spanish)

    “BIOS Description” en el manual de usuario de la placa base Legend-QDI Superb4). Presione la tecla « F10 » y seleccione la opción “Save & Exit Setup” en el menú de configuración de la Bios para guardar los cambios y reiniciar el sistema.
  • Page 60 (Opcional) Audio Driver VGA Driver DirectX 2. Accessorios QFlash QDI StepEasy ( Opcional ) Norton AntiVirus 3. Navegue por el CD Usted puede leer todos los documentos incluidos en este CD, incluidos Utility and Documents. Los ficheros incluidos en Utility son: Awdflash.exe...
  • Page 61 « Configuration des cavaliers » du chapitre numéro 2 nommé « Instructions d’installation » contenu dans le manuel d’utilisation livré avec la carte mère de la série Legend-QDI Superb 4L lors de son achat. Manual for S4L series...

  • Page 62: Installation Guide(French)

    Superb 4L et prévus à cet effet. Connecter les éventuelles barrettes de mémoire dans les slots intégrés à la carte mère de la série Legend-QDI Superb 4L et prévus à cet effet. Connecter les éventuelles cartes d’extension au format AGP, CNR ou PCI dans les slots intégrés à...
  • Page 63 Après cette étape, procéder à l’installation des pilotes de chaque périphérique détecté par la carte mère de la série Legend-QDI Superb 4L. Lors de son achat un CD-ROM d’installation Legend-QDI est livré avec la carte mère de la série Legend-QDI Superb 4L.
  • Page 64 Legend-QDI StepEasy (Caractéristique technique optionnelle). C. Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2001. Browse CD : Avec cette option, il est possible de consulter l’ensemble des données contenues sur le CD-ROM d’installation Legend-QDI Applications contenues dans le dossier : Awdflash.exe. Cblogo.exe. C. Lf.exe.
  • Page 65 Legend-Qdi Superb 4L installazione mainboard (Italian): Assicurarsi che la scatola sia completa: Legend-qdi Superb 4Lmainboard, cavo IDE e Floppy, jumpers, manuale dell’utente della mainboard Legend-QDI Superb 4L e cd-rom drivers. Controllare che il cavo alimentazione proveniente dal computer-case sia sconnesso assicurarsi inolre di aver indossato corretamente il bracciale da polso collegato a massa.

  • Page 66: Installation Guide(Italian)

    Dopo questo ultimo passo procedere all’installazione dei driver delle varie periferiche IL CD CONTENENTE I DRIVER DELLA VOSTRA MAINBOARD LEGEND-QDI E’ CONTENUTO NELLA SCATOLA 1. Installazione driver E possibile installare tutti i driver della Vs. mainboard in modo facile e veloce.
  • Page 67 A. Qflash B. QDI StepEasy(Optional) C. Norton AntiVirus Guardando il CD Questo manuale di installazionee’ disponibile anche nella sua versione elettronica all’interno del cd accompagnativo, insieme anche diverse utili quali: A. Awdflash.exe Cblogo.exe C. Lf.exe Manual for S4L series...
  • Page 68 Board Layout of Superb 4L This layout is just for your reference...

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