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Declaration of Conformity

According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules
The following designated product:
EQUIPMENT: MAINBOARD
MODEL NO: QS440BXP
is a Class B digital device that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
This declaration is given to the manufacturer:
BCM Advanced Research, Inc.
http://www.bcmcom.com

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  • Page 1: Declaration Of Conformity

    According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules The following designated product: EQUIPMENT: MAINBOARD MODEL NO: QS440BXP is a Class B digital device that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1.

  • Page 2: Federal Communications Commission Statement

    Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 3 Main Board User's Manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    T T T T T ab le of Contents le of Contents ab le of Contents le of Contents le of Contents PART I English Edition PART I English Edition PART I English Edition PART I English Edition PART I English Edition Chapter 1 Introduction .................
  • Page 5 Feature Explanations Feature Explanations Feature Explanations Feature Explanations Feature Explanations Software Power-off Control ............11 Power-On By Modem .............. 11/38 Over-ride Power Button ..............12 Blinking LED in Suspend Mode ............ 12 Poly-fuse Over Current Protection ..........13 Power-On by Keyboard ..............14 Chassis Intrusion Monitoring ............
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  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Product Specifications Processor - Support Intel Pentium III/Celeron processors up to 1GHz - Supports 66/100/133 MHz system clock speeds - High efficiency switching power modules (VRM 8.4 compliant) Chipset - Intel 82440BX two chip AGPset DRAM Memory - Four 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 1GB SDRAM - Provides single-bit ECC capability...

  • Page 8: Product Features

    Chapter 1 Double Stack Back-Panel I/O Connectors - PS/2 Mini-DIN keyboard & mouse ports - Two USB ports - Two 9-pin D-Sub male Serial ports - One 25-pin D-Sub female Printer port - Audio Line-out, Line-in, and Mic-in jacks - One 15-pin D-SUB female Game/MIDI port Embedded USB Controller - UHCI compliant USB host controller with Root Hub - Two USB ports (UHCI v1.0 compliant) with over-current protection...
  • Page 9 Introduction Switching Power Supply Requirement Max. Regulation Min.Current Output Voltage Requirement Requirement(Amps) +12V +/- 5% +/- 5% +3.3V +/- 5% +/- 10% -12V +/- 10% +5VSB +/- 5% 0.75 * 3.3V at 15Amps is necessary too guarantee full loading operation because some AGP cards and memory modules have high current consumption.

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    Chapter 1 1-2 Package Contents 1-2 Package Contents 1-2 Package Contents 1-2 Package Contents 1-2 Package Contents This product comes with the following components: One mainboard On-board Slot 1 foldable retention mechanism and four screws One 40-pin IDE connector ribbon cable (Figure 1-1) One 34-pin floppy disk drive ribbon cable (Figure 1-2a) or (Figure 1-2b) One User's Manual One Driver CD-ROM...

  • Page 11: Mainboard Layout

    Introduction 1-3 Mainboard Layout 1-3 Mainboard Layout 1-3 Mainboard Layout 1-3 Mainboard Layout 1-3 Mainboard Layout...

  • Page 12: Connector And Jumper Reference Chart

    Chapter 1 1-4 Connector and Jumper Reference Chart Jumper & Function Connector No. JP1/JP2 Audio Line out and Speaker out Jumpers Power on by Keyboard Jumper Optional CMedia Audio JP5/JP6 CPU External Bus Frequency Clear CMOS Data Jumper BIOS Boot Jumper Over-ride Power Button Connector Keyboard Lock &...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

    Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Har d d d d d ware Setup ware Setup ware Setup ware Setup ware Setup If your mainboard has already been installed in your computer you may still need to refer to this chapter if you plan to upgrade your system's hardware.

  • Page 14: Installing A Cpu In A Socket 370

    Chapter 2 2-2 Installing a CPU in a Socket 370 The Intel Socket 370, designed for the Celeron/Coppermine processor, has been incorporated as a standard mainboard specification To insert your CPU into Socket 370 please do the following: 1. Locate a small dot marked on the top surface of the CPU close to one if it's corners. The same corner will also be cut off, leaving a noticeable notch in the CPU's corner.
  • Page 15 Hardware Setup Overclocking Operating a CPU at a higher frequency than it's specification allows is called overclocking. If the CPU frequency is set at a higher frequency than it's specification allows, it may or may not run at that freqency, depending on the quality of your CPU and the extent to which the frequency has been overset.

  • Page 16: Detailed Layout

    Chapter 2 2-4 Detailed Layout CN2/CN4/ JP4/CN13/JP1/ CN7/CN6 FAN1: CPU FAN PW1: ATX Power FAN2: JP6/JP5 System...

  • Page 17: Connector And Jumper Settings

    Hardware Setup 2-5 Connector and Jumper Settings Connectors are used to link the system board with other parts of the system, including the power supply, the keyboard, and the various controllers on the front panel of the system case. The power supply connector is the last connection to be made while installing a mainboard.

  • Page 18: Over-Ride Power Button

    Chapter 2 Front Panel Connector Set (CN1) A through G A. Over-ride Power Button Connector The power button on the ATX chassis can be used as a normal power switch as well as a device to activate Advanced Power Management Suspend mode.

  • Page 19: Poly-Fuse Over Current Protection

    Hardware Setup C. Green Switch/Green LED Connector Some ATX cases provide a Green switch which is used to put the system in Suspend mode. In Suspend mode, the power supply to the system is reduced to a trickle, the CPU clock is stopped, and the CPU core is in it's minimum power state.

  • Page 20: Power-On By Keyboard

    Chapter 2 Audio Line out and Speaker out Jumpers (JP1/JP2) Speaker out Line out This jumper allows you to select between audio line- out or speaker out function. Set both JP1 and JP2 pins to 1-2 for Speaker-out function or set both JP1 and JP2 pins to 2-3 for Line-out function.
  • Page 21 Hardware Setup CPU External Bus Frequency (JP5/JP6) CPU Freq. AUTO (default) 1 ~ 2 1 ~ 2 66 MHz 2 ~ 3 2 ~ 3 100MHz 2 ~ 3 Open 133MHz Open Open This jumper allows the system bus frequency to be determined either by CPU or the user.
  • Page 22 Chapter 2 CD-ROM Audio-in Connector (CN2) Use the audio cable enclosed with your CD-ROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your mainboard. This will enable your CD-ROM's audio function. G N D Auxiliary CD-ROM Audio-in Connector (CN3) Use the auxiliary audio cable enclosed with your CD-ROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your mainboard.

  • Page 23: Chassis Intrusion Monitoring

    Hardware Setup WOL (Wake-on-LAN) Connector (CN6) Enable the Wake Up On LAN selection in BIOS's Power Management Menu to use this function. The capability to remotely manage PCs on a network is a significant factor in reducing administrative and ownership costs. Magic Packet technology is designed to give WOL (Wake-on-LAN) capability to the LAN controller.
  • Page 24 Chapter 2 CPU/System Cooling Fan Connectors FAN1/FAN2) These added connectors allow the fan to draw their power from the mainboard instead of the disk FAN1 drive connector. The board's management extension hardware is able to detect the CPU and system fan speed in rpm (revolutions per minute).

  • Page 25: Usb Ports

    Hardware Setup USB(Universal Serial Bus) Ports USB ports If you want to use a USB keyboard, you must enable the USB keyboard support function in BIOS's Integrated Peripherals menu (See Section 3-8). USB is an open industry standard, providing a simple and inexpensive way to connect up to 125 devices to a single computer port.

  • Page 26: Main Memory Configuration

    Chapter 2 2-5 Main Memory Configuration The DRAM memory system consists four banks and the memory size ranges from 16~512 MBytes. If you only use one bank it does not matter which one you use and if you use two or more banks, it does not matter which bank you install first. DIMM1 Bank0 DIMM2...

  • Page 27: Ecc Dram Capability

    Hardware Setup SPD (Serial Presence Detect) This is an EPROM that contains speed and design information about the memory module. The mainboard queries the module and makes adjustments to system operation based on what it finds. ECC DRAM Capability This mainboard can be configured to support ECC (Error Check and Correct) function when utilizing parity DIMM modules.
  • Page 28 Chapter 2 - Memo...

  • Page 29: Chapter 3 Award Bios Setup Program

    Award BIOS Setup Program Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 3 3 3 3 3 Award BIOS Setup Program ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. : Quit : Select Item : Save &...

  • Page 30: Standard Cmos Setup

    User's Manual 3-1 Standard CMOS Setup ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. : Quit : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color Figure 3-2 Standard CMOS Setup Screen...
  • Page 31 Award BIOS Setup Program TYPE Setting method CYLS Number of cylinders HEAD Number of heads PRECOMP Write precompensation cylinder LANDZ Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors MODE Mode type...
  • Page 32 User's Manual...

  • Page 33: Bios Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Program 3-2 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Figure 3-3 BIOS Feature Setup Screen A. BOOT ROM BY BIOS SETTING (Optional for TwinBIOS) B. VIRUS PROTECTION...
  • Page 34 User's Manual C. CACHE CONTROL D. BOOT UP FEATURES...
  • Page 35 Award BIOS Setup Program E. KEYBOARD INTERFACE F. Security Option G. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop H. OS Select (For DRAM > 64MB) I . I . I . I . I . Repor Repor Repor Report No FDD For t No FDD For t No FDD For WIN 95 t No FDD For WIN 95...
  • Page 36 User's Manual L. Shadow Memory...

  • Page 37: Chipset Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Program 3-3 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Figure 3-4 Chipset Features Setup Screen DRAM Data Integrity Mode...
  • Page 38 User's Manual...
  • Page 39 Award BIOS Setup Program...

  • Page 40: Power Management Setup

    User's Manual 3-4 Power Management Setup ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Figure 3-5 Power Management Setup Screen A. Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) B. Power Management Figure 3-6 Power Saving Mode Flow Chart...

  • Page 41: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Award BIOS Setup Program C. PM Control by APM D. Video Off Method...
  • Page 42 User's Manual E. Video Off After F. Modem Use IRQ G. Doze Mode...
  • Page 43 Award BIOS Setup Program H. Standby Mode I. Suspend Mode J. HDD Power Down K. Throttle Duty Cycle L. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN M. CPUFAN Off In Suspend...

  • Page 44: Power-On By Modem

    User's Manual N. Power On By Modem/LAN O. Power On By Alarm P. IRQ8 Break Suspend Q. Reload Global Timer Events...
  • Page 45 Award BIOS Setup Program 3-5 PNP/PCI Configuration ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Figure 3-6 PCI & ONBOARD I/O Setup Screen...
  • Page 46 User's Manual...

  • Page 47: Load Setup Defaults

    Award BIOS Setup Program 3-6 Load Setup Defaults ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Load SETUP Defaults <Y/N>? N : Quit : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Color Load SETUP Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP Figure 3-7Load Setup Defaults Screen...

  • Page 48: Hardware Monitoring

    User's Manual 3-7 Hardware Monitoring ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) HARDWARE MONITORING AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Figure 3-8 Hardware Monitoring Screen...

  • Page 49: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Program 3-8 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (jm69KC0C) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. BUTTON ONLY Figure 3-9 Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen...
  • Page 50 User's Manual...

  • Page 51: Supervisor Password & User Password Setting

    Award BIOS Setup Program 3-9 Supervisor Password & User Password Setting A. Set Either Supervisor Password or User Password Figure 3-10 Set Either Supervisor or User Password...
  • Page 52 User's Manual B. Set Both Supervisor Password and User Password Figure 3-11 Set Both Supervisor and User Password...

  • Page 53: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Award BIOS Setup Program 3-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A69KC39) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use "NORMAL" for installation Figure 3-12 IDE HDD Auto Detection Screen 3-11 Save and Exit Setup 3-12 Exit Without Saving...
  • Page 54 User's Manual " Memo...

  • Page 55: Chapter 4 Brief Software Driver Guide

    Brief Software Driver Guide Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Brief Software Driver Guide The Mainboard Software Guide is found on the CD-ROM that is enclosed with your mainboard and is a PDF file which must be viewed with Adobe's freeware called Acrobat Reader.
  • Page 56 Chapter 4 ! Memo...

  • Page 57: Appendix I On Board I/O Addresses & Irq Maps

    Introduction Appendix I Appendix I Appendix I Appendix I Appendix I On Board I/O Addresses & IRQ Maps System Resource I/O Address 1. Timer8 IRQ08 040, 043 2. Keyboard8 IRQ18 060, 064 3. Programmable INT IRQ28 0020, 0021, 00A0, 00A1 4.
  • Page 58 User's Manual " Memo...

  • Page 59: Appendix Ii Twin Bios Technology (Optional)

    Introduction Appendix II Appendix II Appendix II Appendix II Appendix II T T T T T winBIOS winBIOS winBIOS T T T T T ec winBIOS hnology (Optional) hnology (Optional) winBIOS ec hnology (Optional) hnology (Optional) hnology (Optional) Introduction Using the Backup BIOS Recovery ! ! ! ! !  Selecting Boot BIOS ! ! ! ! ! ...
  • Page 60 User's Manual B. Boot from BIOS 2  Note:     " "...

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