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  • Page 1 Advanced Pentium II Motherboard QS440VA USER’S MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION ..................6 ................ 6 ANUAL ............... 6 HECK EVICE TEMS FEATURES ....................7 ..............7 HOTO OTHERBOARD ............. 8 EATURES OTHERBOARD INSTALLATION .................10 & M ..........10 OTHERBOARD AYOUT ARTS ................11 IGNIFICANT ARTS ..............12 RECAUTION EFORE TART ..............

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1. INTRODUCTION CMOS S ............37 TANDARD ETUP 4.3.1 Date ..................37 4.3.2 Time ..................37 4.3.3 Hard Disks ................37 4.3.4 Drive A/B type..............39 4.3.5 Video ................... 39 4.3.6 Halt on ................39 4.3.7 Memory ................40 BIOS F ............
  • Page 4 1. INTRODUCTION 4.5.9 OnChip USB................ 47 4.5.10 USB Keyboard Support............47 4.5.11 Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk..........48 4.5.12 Spread Spectrum Modulated ..........48 4.5.13 CPU Warning Temperature ..........48 4.5.14 Current System Temp............48 4.5.15 Current CPUFAN 1 / 2 / 3 Speed ......... 48 ..........
  • Page 5 1. INTRODUCTION 4.7.10 AGP Master 1 WS Read............54 4.7.11 PCI IRQ Actived By............. 54 4.7.12 Assign IRQ For USB/VGA ........... 55 4.7.13 Assign IRQ For ACPI ............55 ............. 56 NTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4.8.1 OnChip IDE Channel0............56 4.8.2 OnChip IDE Channel1............56 4.8.3 IDE Prefetch Mode..............

  • Page 6: Introduction

    “ü”, If you find any these items missing or damaged. Please contact your retailer. þ The QS440VA motherboard þ Retention Mechanism þ 1 IDE ribbon cable þ 1 floppy ribbon cable þ...

  • Page 7: Features

    2. FEATURES Photo Of The Motherboard...

  • Page 8: Features Of The Motherboard

    The QS440VA motherboard integrates the Pentium® ® II microprocessor, memory, I/O and AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) and is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis. Page 12 illustrates the Layout for the QS440VA motherboard. Below lists the key features provided by this motherboard: Processor (+Cache) Single slot-1 for Pentium®...
  • Page 9 2. FEATURES Integrated I/O Winbond 977, supporting two-async serial ports with high speed 16C550 and 16-byte FIFO. One Parallel port supporting EPP, ECP and Bi-directional modes. PS/2 keyboard port and mouse port. (Optional) Infrared port module (IrDA) for wireless interface. Hardware Monitoring (Optional) Onboard Winbond W83781D chip to monitor variable voltages used in system CPU fan speed, and temperature.

  • Page 10: Installation

    3. INSTALLATION Motherboard Layout & Main Parts Chassis Fan ISA Slot Key Lock & Pwr LED& Clear Password S B - L I N K Front Panel Connector PCI Slots AGP Slot W O L J 2 8 M o d e m R i n g S E C .

  • Page 11: Significant Parts List

    3. INSTALLATION Significant Parts List Front Panel Connectors Speaker SEC. 3.5.5 Reset switch SEC. 3.5.5 Power LED SEC. 3.5.5 Hard drive activity LED SEC. 3.5.5 Infrared (IrDA) port SEC. 3.5.5 Sleep switch SEC. 3.5.5 Power switch SEC. 3.5.5 Back Panel Connectors PS/2-style keyboard and mouse connectors SEC.

  • Page 12: Precaution Before Start

    3. INSTALLATION Precaution Before Start Static Electricity Damage: Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard. Observing a few basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Follow the simple measures below to protect your equipment from static electricity damage: Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them.

  • Page 13: Slots And Connectors

    3. INSTALLATION Slots And Connectors This motherboard requires jumper setting for CPU speed. Please refer to page 17. In following pages, the triangle s mark stands for pin 1 of connectors. PIN 1 Slots/Connectors List Mouse / Keyboard Serial Port (COM 2) Serial Port (COM 1) USB1 / USB2 Parallel Port...

  • Page 14: Cpu (Central Processing Unit)

    3. INSTALLATION CPU (Central Processing Unit) This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot and a Bridges on the board for the Pentium II processor packaged in a SEC cartridge. This cartridge includes the processor core, second-level cache, thermal plate and black cover. When mounted in Slot 1, the processor is secured by a retention mechanism attached to the motherboard.
  • Page 15 3. INSTALLATION Next follow the following steps to complete CPU Installation. Step 1: Place the Universal Retention Mechanisms over the CPU slot (SEC slot) on motherboard. Step2: Fix the Retention Mechanism to the motherboard with four Lock Pins. To insert the Lock Pins into holes to lock them tight and firmly. And then unfold the URM.
  • Page 16 3. INSTALLATION Step 4: Setting CPU speed jumper block JP2 Processor core speed System bus speed 7/2 (233MHz) 66.66MHz Open Close Open Close 4 (266MHz) 66.66MHz Close Open Close Close 9/2 (300MHz) 66.66MHz Close Open Open Close 5 (333MHz) 66.66MHz Open Open Close...

  • Page 17: System Memory (Dram )

    3.3.1 DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) The QS440VA features three 168-pin DIMM sockets, each supporting 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 256 MB of SDRAM. Memory can be installed in one, two or all three sockets. Memory size and speed can vary between sockets. Also variable memory can be combined for a total memory of 8MB to 768MB with variable combination.

  • Page 18: Dimm Combination

    3. INSTALLATION forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward. 3.3.3 DIMM Combination Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB DIMM or empty. The total combinations are, 7*7*7, 343 selections. You can refer to following figure to select one way to insert your DIMM, for example: Select Empty 16MB...

  • Page 19: Expansion Slots

    3. INSTALLATION Expansion Slots This motherboard contains 8 expansion slots onboard. Two 16-bit ISA Bus, five 32-bit ISA 2 ISA 1 PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 32-bit AGP Slot PCI expansion slots and one 32-bit AGP slot as shown above. One PCI and one ISA are shared to accommodate either an ISA or a PCI expansion cards, but not both at the same time.

  • Page 20: Connectors

    3. INSTALLATION Connectors Here in the motherboard contains IDE, floppy, power input, front panel, back panel and additional connectors. 3.5.1 Primary IDE Connector (J14, 39-pin block) This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable. When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector, make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the...

  • Page 21: Floppy Drive Connector (J19, 33-Pin Block)

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5.3 Floppy Drive Connector (J19, 33-pin block) The FDC sub-system can control three types of floppy drives (1.2, 1.44 and 2.88MB) or compatible tape drives. The connection to the floppy drive is via a header (J19). The floppy disk interface includes 48mA drivers and inputs on the WARNING: When you connect a ribbon cable to this port, you must orient the cable connector...

  • Page 22: Front Panel Connectors (J20-J26)

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5.5 Front Panel connectors (J20-J26) Front Panel includes headers for the following seven I/O connectors: Speaker, Reset Switch, Power LED, Hard drive activity LED, Infrared (IrDA) port, Sleep Switch, Power Switch. Please refer to the following figure. Front Panel connectors: S p e a k e r R e s e t P w r L E D...
  • Page 23 Panel Hard Disk activity LED indicator. HD LED J23 Infrared (IrDA) connector (J24, 6-pin) The QS440VA offers an IrDA infrared header IR Remote or Fast IR Ground that supports third party infrared modules. The IR-TX Transmit...
  • Page 24 3. INSTALLATION Power Switch (J26, 2-pin) G R O U N D PWRBIN This connector supports the ATX case-mounted Power Switch, which in turn supports System Suspend function. When the BIOS sets the Power Button function to “Delay 4 sec.”, the Power Switch J26 system can be set to the suspended mode once you push the power switch for no longer then 4 seconds.

  • Page 25: Back Panel Connectors

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5.6 Back Panel Connectors Parallel PS/2 Serial 1 Serial 2 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports The motherboard offers 1 PS/2 Keyboard and 1 PS/2 Mouse Mouse port. Keyboard Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports USB 2 The motherboard has two USB connectors. USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity.
  • Page 26 3. INSTALLATION Parallel Port The QS440VA includes a parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible). The parallel port Parallel Port is capable of being disabled or remapped to either the secondary LPT address or the primary LPT address through BIOS if another parallel port is installed. The...

  • Page 27: Connectors

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5.7 Connectors PCPCIGNTN DGND SB-LINK Header PCPCIREQN KEYDGND SERIRQ To support the legacy Sound Blaster compatible Audio to the PCI bus. WOL (Wake On LAN) This header is used for remote wakeup of the + 5 V S B computer through a network.
  • Page 28 3. INSTALLATION Chassis Clear Password CPU FAN Power LED Key Lock Chassis Fan Headers G N D This header can supply power for Chassis Fan which + 1 2 V G N D may be mounted inside your case to cool down your system components.
  • Page 29 3. INSTALLATION Ready To Turn On Power Check Again Is the CPU Cartridge installed exactly and firmly into Retention Mechanism (Sec. 3.2)? Are all the DRAM modules installed properly (Sec. 3.3)? Did you insert expansion card (VGA, Sound…. etc.) already (Sec. 3.4)? Are you sure that all the connectors (described in Sec 3.5) have been connected to their variable devices (Sec.
  • Page 30 3. INSTALLATION SETUP.
  • Page 31 3. INSTALLATION...

  • Page 32: Bios Setup

    4. BIOS SETUP The QS440VA motherboard uses AWARD BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIIOS has a built-in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings. The...

  • Page 33: Setup Keys

    The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand. In particular, not change settings in the Chipset screen without a good reason. BCM Advanced Research Inc. or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability has...
  • Page 34 4. BIOS SETUP setup may cause the system to become unstable.

  • Page 35: Main Setup Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP Main Setup Menu When you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, a Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 36 4. BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS Options in the original PC AT-compatible BIOS. BIOS Features Award enhanced BIOS options. Chipset Features Options specific to your system chipset. Power Advanced Power Management (APM) options. Management PnP/PCI Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration Configuration options.

  • Page 37: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS Setup Menu In the Standard CMOS Menu (Figure 2) you can set the system clock and calendar, record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type, and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIG5D) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE...
  • Page 38 4. BIOS SETUP such as SCSI drives. NOTE: We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives. The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, every time the system boots.

  • Page 39: Drive A/B Type

    4. BIOS SETUP • Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors supported are 1024, 16 and 63. • Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. • LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller Transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates.

  • Page 40: Memory

    4. BIOS SETUP No errors POST does not stop for any errors. All errors If the BIOS detect any non-fatal error, POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action. All, POST does not stop for a keyboard error, but stops for all other Keyboard errors.
  • Page 41 4. BIOS SETUP System total memory is the sum of base memory, extended memory, and other memory.

  • Page 42: Bios Features Setup Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP BIOS Features Setup Menu This screen (Figure 3) contains industry-standard options additional to the core PC AT BIOS. This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields.

  • Page 43: External Cache

    4. BIOS SETUP (system memory). Some CPU integrate a build-in Cache memory to speed up the data transfer. This item allows you to enable or disable the inter Cache. 4.4.3 External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory).

  • Page 44: Boot Up Numlock Status

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.4.9 Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled on, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations. 4.4.10 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write.

  • Page 45: Pci/Vga Palette Snoop

    4. BIOS SETUP Disabled, Enabled (Default). 4.4.16 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are not standard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors, the setting can correct this problem once you set it to Enable, To default setting leave at Disabled.

  • Page 46: Chipset Features Setup Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP Chipset Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled EDO 60ns : Disabled Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing Spread Spectrum Modulated : EDO 60ns : Disabled Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing CPU Warning Temperature...

  • Page 47: Read Around Write

    4. BIOS SETUP system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. 4.5.4 Read Around write This feature speeds up data read performance when it stays Enabled. The choices: Enabled, Disabled (Default). 4.5.5 Current PCI/Host If each bus master cycle does not take the same path, it allows the multiple bus master cycles to be actived at the same time.

  • Page 48: Auto Detect Dimm/Pci Clk

    4. BIOS SETUP you have a USB keyboard. 4.5.11 Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Keeping this feature at Enabled will allow the system to detect the DIMM clock automatically. The choices are: Enabled (Default), Disabled. 4.5.12 Spread Spectrum Modulated This feature is used to set the spread Spectrum to be center spread type or down spread type.

  • Page 49: Power Management Setup Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP Power Management Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI Function : Enabled Primary INTR : ON Power Management : User Define IRQ3 (COM 2) : Disabled PM Control by APM : No IRQ4 (COM 1) : Disabled...

  • Page 50: Pm Control By Apm

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.6.3 PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. 4.6.4 Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode. Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.

  • Page 51: Hdd Power Down

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.6.8 HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity (1 to 15 minutes), the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active. 4.6.9 Doze Mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode. The range is from 1 min to 1 Hr.

  • Page 52: Modem Ring Resume

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.6.16 Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state. 4.6.17 RTC Alarm Resume This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system. You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday, or on the 1 through the 31...

  • Page 53: Pci Configuration Setup Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP PCI Configuration Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. PNP OS Installed : No CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled Resource Controlled By : Auto PCI Dynamic Bursting : Disabled Reset Configuration Data : Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write : Enabled...

  • Page 54: Pci Dynamic Bursting

    4. BIOS SETUP Disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle. 4.7.5 PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don’t.

  • Page 55: Assign Irq For Usb/Vga

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.7.12 Assign IRQ For USB/VGA Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for USB/VGA. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.13 Assign IRQ For ACPI Assign a IRQ for ACPI. The choice: IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ11.

  • Page 56: Integrated Peripherals Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP Integrated peripherals Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5KKG5C) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. OnChip IDE Channel0 : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port OnChip IDE Channel1 : Enabled Parallel Port Mode IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA Primary Master PI0 : Auto EPP Mode Select...

  • Page 57: Init Display First

    4. BIOS SETUP Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choices: Auto, Mode0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4. 4.8.5 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or AGP first.

  • Page 58: Parallel Port Mode

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.8.12 Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes offered in this field. Standard parallel port mode (Default) Bi-directional mode Fast, buffered ECP+EPP Bi-directional and buffered...

  • Page 59: Supervisor Password

    4. BIOS SETUP Supervisor Password 4.10 User Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: ENTER PASSWORD: Type the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter. Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory. Now the message changes: CONFIRM PASSWARD: Again, type the password and press Enter.

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