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WinneX series FAQ
Q1. What's the requirments needed to support Suspend to RAM?
1. Power Supply: The current 5VSB Line of the Power supply should be more than 0.75A.
2. The BIOS option "ACPI function" should be enabled and the option "ACPI Suspend Type" should be set as S3 in AWARD BIOS CMOS setup.
3. An ACPI-enabled operating system (Windows 98 or Windows 2000) is required.
To install ACPI-enabled Windows 98 operating system, the setup command should be typed as:
D:/SETUP /P J
If the operating system is already installed, you can enable ACPI function through the Microsoft HCT(Hardware Compatibility Test) installation process.

Q2. What's the "S1" and "S3" status for the ACPI?
An ACPI compliant Intel 810 platform can support the following power management status:
S0: Full-on
S1: Stop Grant
S3: Suspend to RAM
S4: Suspend to Disk
S5: Soft-off

Q3. What's the Red LED function?
When the system enter standby mode, the Red LED is on, at this time memory can’t be took off.

Q4. Can I disable the built-in on-chip VGA or on-board sound on the WinneX series mainboard, and at the same time use another PCI VGA card or PCI Sound card?
Yes, You can.
1. For the PCI sound card, you must firstly set the jumper JSD on the mainboard with pin1 & pin2 closed.
2. Then in the section "Integrated Peripherals" of BIOS, You must set: "Init Display First" as "PCI Slot" in order to use the PCI VGA card, set "AC97 Audio", "Midi port address" and "Game port address" as "Disabled" to disable the AC97 Audio onboard.
3. Now you can install the VGA drivers or the Sound drivers which desired.

Q5. How many drivers should be installed in order to use the WinneX series Mainboard efficiently? How to install ?
There are 6 drivers, all the drivers can be installed from the Legend QDI Mainboard Utility CD-ROM which is supplied with each mainboard. To install them, please refer to the WinneX series mainboard user manual.

Q6. What's the requirment for the system running in Ultra ATA/66 mode?
1. The mainboard must have a special Ultra ATA/66 detect circuit, such as WinneX MB.
2. The system BIOS supports Ultra ATA/66
3. The OS must be capable of DMA transfers, such as Win95 (OSR2) and Win98.
4. An Ultra ATA/66 capable, 40-pin, 80-conductor cable is needed.
5. Ultra ATA/66 compatible IDE device such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive.

Q7. How can I successfully upgrade BIOS of WinneX-1 mainboard?
1. Set the FWH Protection Jumper (JAV ) on the mainboard as open.
2. In the section "Advanced BIOS Feature Setup" in the BIOS , set the option "Flash Write Protect "as "Disabled".
Note: There is an error in the "WinneX 1 User Manual" concerning this option , however the correct explanation is:

Item    Option Description
Flash Write Protect   Enabled Does not allow flash program
Disabled Flash program is allowed

3. Follow the steps according to Page 19 of the WinneX-1 User Manual for a successful upgrade.

Q8. How can I avoid or remove the yellow exclamation mark under "system" of Control panel?
If you successfully installed Windows 95/98 and all of drivers, but you still   find a yellow exclamation mark (!) under the "system" of Control panel, That  may be the reason of AMR card. Because there is a AMR slot in the WinneX series mainboard, If you didn't plug an AMR card into it, you have to disable the "AC97 Modem" in "Integrated Peripherals" of BIOS Setup. Then you won't find the yellow exclamation mark again.

Q9. On WinneX series mainboard, if there is no audio CD sound from the CD-Rom, What can I do?
1. You have to successfully installed the AC-97 digital audio driver;
2. After installed all of drivers, enter Control Panel;
3. Enter Multimedia;
4. Then enter CD Music;
5. Finally tick the "Enable digital CD audio for this CD-Rom device";
6. Restart your system.

 
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