QDI BA1 User manual
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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.
BA1 series mainboard
QDI Utility CD
Users manual
IDE ribbon cable
Floppy ribbon cable
I/O shield
10-pin ribbon cable with bracket for USB Connector(optional)
Declaration of conformity
QUANTUM DESIGNS(HK) LTD.
20th loor, Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 Kings Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
declares that the product
Mainboard
BA1
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in
accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive
;EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance
characteristics of information technology equipment
;EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1
Residential, commercial and light industry
;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 . QDI COMPUTER (SWEDEN) AB
Signature Place / Date HONG KONG/2002
Printed Name Xu Wenge Position/ Title Assistant President
Declaration of conformity
Trade Name: QDI Computer ( U. S . A. Inc.
Model Name: BA1
Responsible Party: QDI Computer ( U. S. A. Inc.
Address: 41456 Christy Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Telephone: (510 668-4933
Facsimile: (510 668-4966
Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly
Type of Product: Mainboard
Manufacturer:Quantum Designs (HK) Inc.
Address: 20th Floor, Devon House, Taikoo Place
979 Kings Road, Quarry Bay, HONG
KONG
Supplementary Information:
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. peration is subject to
the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Tested to comply with FCC standards.
Signature : Date : 2002
Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview.................................................................. 1
Key eatures............................................................1
Chapter 2 Installation Instructions
External Connectors................................................5
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector.......................... 5
USB1, USB2 and LAN connectors............................ 5
Parallel Port, Serial Port &VGA Output Connectors..5
Line-in, Microphone-in, Speaker-out jacks
and MIDI/Joystick connector..................................... 6
6-channel Audio....................................................... 6
ATX12V Power Supply Connector &
Power Switch(POWER_SW)......................................7
Hard Disk LED Connector (HD_LED)........................8
Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)...............................8
Reset Switch (RESET)..............................................8
Power LED Connector (PWR LED)...........................8
USB3,4 Connectors.................................................. 8
Smart Card Reader Connector(SCR).......................9
S/PDI Input/Output Connector(SPDI -in/out)..........9
Infrared Header (IrDA).............................................. 10
an Connectors (CPU AN, SYS AN )..................... 10
Audio Connectors (CD_IN)....................................... 10
Audio Interface( _AUDIO)........................................ 11
Main Expansion Slots and Connectors.................... 11
Jumper Settings.......................................................12
Clear CMOS(CLR_CMOS)........................................12
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CONTENTSCONTENTS
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CONTENTS
BIOS Protection Jumper (BIOS_WP)............................. 13
Enable/Disable onboard LAN (LAN_EN)....................... 13
Chapter 3 BIOS Description
Utilit Support............................................................... 15
AWD LASH.EXE............................................................15
AWARD(Phoenix) BIOS Description............................16
Entering Setup.............................................................. 16
Load Optimized Defaults............................................... 16
Standard CMOS eatures Setup..................................16
QDI Innovation eatures.............................................. 20
Advanced BIOS eatures Setup....................................22
Advanced Chipset eatures Setup............................... 24
Power Management Setup............................................ 26
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup........................................ 28
Integrated Peripherals...................................................29
Password Setting.......................................................... 32
Boot with BIOS defaults................................................. 32
Appendix
QDI Utility CD ................................................................33
Norton AntiVirus............................................................ 33
LogoEasyII.....................................................................34
BIOS-ProtectEasy..........................................................35
SpeedEasy....................................................................36
RecoveryEasyII..............................................................37
BootEasy.......................................................................42
QDI BootEasy(German).................................................43
Installation Guide(Spanish)........................................... 44
Installation Guide( rench).............................................47
Installation Guide(Italian)...............................................51
Using 4/6-channel audio................................................53
Mainboard Layout
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CONTENTSCONTENTS
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Caution
Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing
expansion cards or other system peripherals, especially the memory
devices, otherwise your mainboard or the system memory might be
seriously damaged.
Caution
Be sure to add some Silicone Grease between the CPU and the heatsink
to keep them fully contacted to meet the heat sink requirement.
Name NorthBridge
BA1 845GL
BA1/G 845G
BA1/GV 845GV
BA1/GE 845GE
BA1/PE 845PE
Note:
This manual is suitable for mainboards of BA1 series.
Each mainboard is carefully designed for the PC user
who wants diverse features.
Suffix Onboard Audio Onboard LAN
Without Without
-A 2 hannel Without
-6A 6 hannel Without
-L Without With
-AL 2 hannel With
-6AL 6 hannel With
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Manual for BA1 series
Introduction
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
BA1 series mainboard utilizes Intel 845G/GL/PE/GE/GV(845G/GL/PE/GE/GV + ICH4)
Chipset, providing a fully compatible, high performance and cost-effective mATX plat-
form. The mainboard provides 400 MHz/533MHz(supported on BA1/G, BA1/GE, BA1/
PE and BA1/GV only) system bus to support Intel® Pentium 4 socket 478 processors
and it supports DDR200/266/DDR333(supported on BA1/GE and BA1/PE only) SDRAM
with the largest memory size up to 2GB.The new integrated technologies, together
with AC97 Audio(2-channel, 6-channel)(optional), 4 USB and Ultra DMA100/66/33,
give customers an advanced, multimedia solution at a reasonable price.
Key Features
Form factor
zmATX form factor of 244mm x 200mm
Microprocessor
zSupports Intel® Pentium 4 (Willamette) socket 478 processors at 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7/
1.8/1.9/ 2.0GHz and above
zSupports Intel® Pentium 4 (Northwood) socket 478 processors at 2.0/2.2/2.26/2.
4/2.53/2.66/2.8GHz and above
zSupports Intel® Celeron socket 478 processors at 1.7/1.8/2.0GHz and above
BA1G, BA1/GE, BA1/PE, BA1/GV mainboard
zSupports both 400MHz and 533MHz host bus speed
BA1 mainboard
zSupports 400MHz host bus speed
System memory
zProvides two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
zSupports DDR 200/266 SDRAM
zSupports DDR 333 SDRAM(available on BA1/GE, BA1/PE)
zSupports 64/128/256/512Mb DDR SDRAM technology
zThe largest total memory is up to 2GB
zSupports overlock DDR333(available on BA1/G, BA1/GV,CPU533MHz)
Manual for BA1 series
Chapter 1
Chipset
Onboard Graphics(available on BA1, BA1/GE, BA1/G )
zIntegrated 2D/3D graphics accelerator
zIntegrated 350 MHz RAMDAC
zProvides VGA output connector
zProvides 32 bpp true color support for high resolution texture
zProvides new 3D features create real-life environment and character effects
Onboard IDE
zSupports Independent timing of up to 4 drives
zSupports Ultra DMA 100/66/33, PIO mode
zSupports two fast IDE interfaces which can support four IDE devices including IDE
hard disks and CD-ROM /DVD-ROM drivers etc
4 USB
zz
zz
zUSB 2.0 compliant, operates at 480Mbps, about 40X times faster than USB 1.1
which currently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps
zz
zz
z2 USB ports on back panel, 2 USB on board with optional cable.
Onboard I/O
zOne floppy port supports one 3.5^ or 5.25^ floppy drive with 360K/720K/1.2M
1.44M/2.88M format
zOne high speed 16550 compatible COM with 16 byte send/receive I O
zOne parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode(optional)
zSupports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
zInfrared interface(optional)
zSmart Card Reader Connector(SCR)(optional)
zAll I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
Onboard LAN (Available on-L, -AL, -6AL series mainboard)
z10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet support
z10/100M LAN interface built-in on board
Name NorthBridge SouthBridge
BA1 845GL ICH4
BA1/G 845G ICH4
BA1/GV 845GV ICH4
BA1/GE 845GE ICH4
BA1/PE 845PE ICH4
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