SOYO SY-7VBA 133, User Manual

Page 1: ...SY 7VBA 133 Motherboard Pentium III Celeron Processor supported Via 693A AGP PCI Motherboard 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...n or amend The information contained in this manual is provided to our customers for general use Customers should be aware that the personal computer field is subject to many patents All of our customers should ensure that their use of our products does not infringe upon any patents It is the policy of Soyo Computer Inc to respect the valid patent rights of third parties and not to infringe upon o...

Page 3: ... 10 1 9 CHIPSET 12 1 10 I O INTERFACE CONTROLLER 16 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR 18 1 12 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY 19 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 20 2 1 PREPARATIONS 20 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 21 2 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE 22 2 3 1 CPU Fan Installation 23 2 3 2 SDRAM Memory Module Installation 26 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 28 2 3 4 Jumper Setting 42 2 3 5 CMOS Clearing JP5 44 2 3 6 Power On 44 2 3 7 ...

Page 4: ...3 4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 69 3 5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 72 3 6 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 76 3 7 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 80 3 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 81 3 9 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 86 3 10 USER PASSWORD 87 3 11 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 88 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 89 CHAPTER 5 VIA SOUNDCHIP DRIVERS INSTALLATION 93 ...

Page 5: ...6 MHz n FSB 100MHz Intel Pentium III 500E 800 MHz n FSB 66MHz Intel Celeron 400 533 MHz New released Intel Socket 370 CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY 7VBA 133 as well Ø CPU SETTINGS The SY 7VBA 133 provides the user with a very complete and convenient CPU setting environment The CPU settings are all adjusted through the special SOYO COMBO page in the BIOS therefore rendering the use o...

Page 6: ... and many more additional expansion features u Expansion slots n 1 x 32 bit bus master AGP slot n 5 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots n 2 x 16 bit ISA slots u Enhanced IO n Floppy disk controller n 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 devices n Standard EPP ECP parallel port n 2x 16550 compatible serial ports n IrDA compatible infrared port n 4x USB Universal Serial Bus connect...

Page 7: ...after the modem receives a call Ø FAIL SAFE The SY 7VBA 133 comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe u Hardware Monitor The integrated Hardware Monitor IC and Hardware doctor software enables the user to monitor system voltages temperatures and FAN speeds This makes sure that the user is full control of the system u Power Failure Resume Function This function can be...

Page 8: ...ry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY 7VBA 133 a motherboard to trust n PC99 ACPI compliant Ø USER FRIENDLY n SOYO Combo Setup n Jumperless design n You can set up the following options trough the BIOS setting CPU FSB frequency CPU multiplier CPU Vcore voltage PCI clock AGP Clock SDRAM Clock ...

Page 9: ...immediately 1 4 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS Make sure to ground yourself before handling the Motherboard or other system components Electrostatic discharge can easily damage the components Note that you must take special precautions when handling the Motherboard in dry or air conditioned environment To protect your equipment from electrostatic discharge take the following precautions Ø Do ...

Page 10: ...3 IDE 1 IDE 2 1 1 1 FDC1 ATX Power Socket 370 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 1 PCI Slot 2 CHAFAN SDRAM SDRAM VT82C693A AGP Slot 3V Lithium Battery SIRCON 1 5 JP10 3 1 1 3 USB4 USB3 1 1 5 4 CDIN1 1 4 CDIN2 1 4 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 CODEC AC97 VT82C686A Flash BIOS 1 3 JP5 CMOS Clear Jumper 1 1 4 3 6 1 3 3 CJ2 VJ1 JP6 JP7 CJ1 USB 1 USB 2 PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector LINE OUT LINE IN MIC JACK JOYSTICK C...

Page 11: ...Motherboard Description SY 7VBA 133 7 1 6 SY 7VBA 133 MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS SDRAM SDRAM A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ...

Page 12: ...H CPU AJ33 and AJ31 Setting Jumper CJ1 CJ2 I Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port J Bus Mastering e IDE ATAPI Ports K 32 bit AGP Slot L 3V Lithium Battery M CMOS Clear Jumper N Via 686A South Bridge Chip O 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots P Standard Infrared IrDA Device Header Q USB Ports R Chassis Cooling Fan S Front panel connectors T 16 bit ISA Slots U Flash BIOS V Wake On LAN WOL Header W CD IN Connectors X A...

Page 13: ...eds voltages and bus frequencies 1 7 1 Microprocessor Packaging The CPU is packaged in a 370 pin PGA package A fan must be used to ensure adequate cooling 1 7 2 Second Level Cache The second level cache is located on the substrate of the CPU package The cache includes 0KB 128KB or 256 KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM All supported onboard memory can be cached 1 7 3 Microprocessor Upgra...

Page 14: ...ter than CPU by 33 MHz to allow use of PC100 memory modules with 66MHz Celeron or use of PC133 with 100MHz Pentium III DRAM interface may be slower than CPU by 33 MHz to allow use of older memory modules with newer CPUs e g PC66 memory modules with 100MHz Pentium III Concurrent CPU AGP and PCI access Supports FP EDO SDRAM ESDRAM and VCM SDRAM memory types Different DRAM types may be used in mixed ...

Page 15: ...duling for maximum DRAM bus utilization e g precharge other banks while accessing the current bank Four cache lines 16quadwords of CPU to DRAM write buffers Four cache lines of CPU to DRAM read prefetch buffers Read around write capability for non stalled CPU read Speculative DRAM read before snoop result Burst read and write operation x 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 bank to back accesses for EDO DRAM from CPU or...

Page 16: ...ng between the DRAM and the data buffers at 66 100 133 MHz The eight banks of DRAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M 2M 4M 8M 16M 32MxN DRAMs The DRAM controller also supports optional ECC single bit error correction and multi bit detection or EC error checking capability separately selectable on a bank by bank basis The DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus frequency 66 1...

Page 17: ... supported such as snoop ahead snoop filtering L1 write back forward to PCI master and L1 write back merged with PCI post write buffers to minimize PCI master read latency and DRAM utilization Delay transaction and read caching mechanisms are also implemented for further improvement of over all system performance The 352 pin Ball Grid Array VT82C686A PCI to ISA bridge supports four levels double w...

Page 18: ...6A includes standard intelligent peripheral controllers 1 Master mode enhanced IDE controller with dual channel DMA engine and interlaced dual channel commands Dedicated FIFO coupled with scatter and gather master mode operation allows high performance transfers between PCI and IDE devices In addition to standard PIO and DMA mode operation the VT82C686A also supports the UltraDMA 33 standard to al...

Page 19: ...FM blocks are included for Windows DOS box and real mode DOS compatibility Loopback capability is also implemented for directing mixed audio streams into USB and 1394 speakers for high quality digital audio 9 Two game ports and One MIDI port 10 ECP EPP capable parallel port 11 Standard floppy disk drive interface 12 Distributed DMA capability for support O ISA legacy DMA over the PCI bus Serial IR...

Page 20: ...s the VT82C686A Super I O controller which features Ø Supports 2 serial ports IR port parallel port and floppy disk controller functions Ø Two UARTs for Complete Serial Ports Even odd stick or no parity bit generation and detection Programmable baud rate generator High speed baud rate 230Kbps 460Kbps support Independent transmit receiver FIFOs Modem Control Plug and play with 96 base IO address an...

Page 21: ... is a 25 pin D Sub connector located on the back panel of the motherboard In the Setup program there are four options for parallel port operation l Compatible standard mode l Bi directional PS 2 compatible l Bi directional EPP A driver from the peripheral manufacturer is required for operation l Bi directional high speed ECP 1 10 3 Diskette Drive Controller The I O controller is software compatibl...

Page 22: ...etup program The keyboard controller also supports the hot key sequence Ctrl Alt Del software reset This key sequence resets the computer s software by jumping to the beginning of the BIOS code and running the Power On Self Test POST 1 10 5 Infrared Support On the front panel I O connector there are six pins that support Hewlett Packard HSDL 1000 compatible infrared IR transmitters and receivers I...

Page 23: ...bles remote wakeup of the computer through a network Wake on LAN technology requires a PCI add in network interface card NIC with remote wakeup capabilities The remote wakeup connector on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN connector The NIC monitors network traffic at the Ethernet interface upon detecting a Magic Packet the NIC asserts a wakeup signal that powers up the computer ...

Page 24: ...ng hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket 370 processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type Note This Motherboard supports non boxed type CPUs The heavier CPU cooling fan requires the installation of a CPU support stand 2 DIMM memory module s 3 Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit 4 Monitor 5 PS 2 Keyboard 6 Pointing Device PS 2 mouse 7 Spea...

Page 25: ...Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable Warning Do not unpack the Motherboard from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it Like most electronic equipment your Motherboard may be damaged by electrostatic discharge To avoid permanent damage to components ground yourself while working by using a grounding strap Otherwise ground yourself frequently by touching the unpainted portion of the com...

Page 26: ...lation of the Motherboard Please follow the step by step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation Warning Turn off the power to the Motherboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on the Motherboard or system BEGIN THE INSTALLATION ...

Page 27: ...ly marked on the CPU cover FSB 66MHz 400MHz 66 x 6 0 466MHz 66x7 0 533MHz 66x8 0 433MHz 66 x 6 5 500MHz 66x7 5 FSB 100MHz 500MHz 100 x 5 0 600MHz 100 x 6 0 700MHz 100 x 7 0 550MHz 100 x 5 5 650MHz 100 x 6 5 750MHz 100 x 7 5 800MHz 100 x 8 0 FSB 133MHz 533MHz 133 x 4 0 666MHz 133 x 5 0 800MHz 133 x 6 0 600MHz 133 x 4 5 733MHz 133 x 5 5 866MHz 133 x 6 5 CPU Mount Procedure To mount the Celeron TM pr...

Page 28: ...7VBA 133 24 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket 3 Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing 4 Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place ...

Page 29: ...ting therefore prolonging the life of your CPU 2 3 1 1 CPU Fan Installation Your Socket 370 processor kit comes with a cooling fan Mount the fan on the processor according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU Note Remember to connect the fan to the appropr...

Page 30: ...stered DIMM modules from 8MB to 512MB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup Chapter 3 appropriate memory modules must be used For 66MHz DRAM speed use PC66 memory for 100MHz DRAM speed use PC100 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC133 memory SDRAM SDRAM 1 84 1 84 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 ...

Page 31: ...Hardware Installation SY 7VBA 133 27 Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 RAM Type SDRAM Memory Module Size MB 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB ...

Page 32: ...peed Ultra DMA 33 66HDD or CD ROM Connect one side of the ATA66 flat cable to the IDE device HDD or CD ROM and plug the other end to the primary IDE1 or secondary IDE2 directionally keyed IDE connector on the Motherboard The ATA66 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs This Motherboard can support up to four HDDs SDRAM SDRAM 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66 Flat Cable 80 Conductor IDE 2 IDE 1 Pin 1 S...

Page 33: ...ible floppy drive types 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB Connect one side of the 34 pin flat cable to the floppy drive and plug the other end to the floppy drive connector on the Motherboard This Motherboard can support up to 2 floppy drives SDRAM SDRAM 1 1 33 33 FDC Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 34: ...ter case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the Motherboard 1 Power LED Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED SDRAM SDRAM Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 5V GND _ NC NC Power LED Speaker Reset PWRBT SB LED HDD LED _ _ _ _ 1 1 ...

Page 35: ...equence 3 Speaker Attach the 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the Motherboard 4 IDE LED Attach the 2 pin IDE device LED cable to the corresponding IDE LED header on the Motherboard This will cause the LED to light up when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active Reset Pin Assignment Power Good GND 1 Speaker Pin Assignment _ 5V Speaker out NC NC HDD LED Pin Assignment _ LED A...

Page 36: ...T header for turning On or Off your ATX power supply 6 STR LED The STR LED is connected to the Voltage that feeds the DIMM sockets Therefore the following table applies Suspend to RAM Normal Operation Power Off STR LED ON ON OFF PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 STR LED Pin Assignment _ LED Anode LED Cathode ...

Page 37: ...d back panel Only after you have fixed and locked the Motherboard to the computer case can you start connecting the external peripheral devices When connecting an external device use the following figure to locate and identify which back panel connector to plug the device to SDRAM SDRAM USB 1 USB 2 PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector LINE OUT LINE IN MIC JACK JOYSTICK COMB PRT COM A ...

Page 38: ...used to connect the printer or other parallel devices Plug the parallel device cable into the 25 pin female connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 3 PS 2 Keyboard Plug the keyboard jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 4 PS 2 Mouse Similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector Pin...

Page 39: ...vice that driver comes with the USB device you have purchased USB3 and 4 are available To make use of these USB ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The lay out of USB3 and 4 is as follows 6 Onboard Joystick port audio This Motherboard provides Joystick port and audio Attach the joystick cable to the 15 pin JOYSTICK port at the rear panel of you motherboard This Motherboard features three b...

Page 40: ...nector from the LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN WOL function to the JP10 header on the Motherboard This WOL function lets users wake up the connected computer through the LAN card Please install according to the following pin assignment Wake On LAN Jp10 Pin Assignment MP Wake up GND 5VSB 1 2 3 ...

Page 41: ...transfer function This Motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment 3 Other Display Cards Insert other types of VGA cards into the PCI or ISA expansion slots according to card specifications Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 VCC IRRX GND IRTX ...

Page 42: ...ach the 3 pin fan cable to the CPUFAN connector on the Motherboard The fan will stop when the system enters into Suspend Mode Suspend mode can be enabled from the BIOS Setup Utility POWER MANAGEMENT menu To avoid damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN Pin Assignment SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 43: ...eatures a CHAFAN connector to provide 12V power to the chassis fan Connect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN is optional SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN Pin Assignment ...

Page 44: ...e cable that came with your CD ROM drive Please install according to the following pin assignment 2 3 3 6 AGP VGA Card Insert the AGP VGA card into the AGP slot Then connect the monitor information cable to the AGP card back plane external connector Follow the manufacturer s instructions to perform the AGP VGA drivers installation CDIN1 Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 CDIN2 CDIN1 CDIN2 CD Line in Pin A...

Page 45: ...o ATX power supply Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord of the ATX power supply before connecting to ATX PW connector The Motherboard requires a power supply with at least 200 Watts and a power good signal Make sure the ATX power supply can take at least 720 mA load on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB to meet the standard ATX specification Note If you use the Wake On LAN WOL function make s...

Page 46: ... Voltage Adjust VJ1 In case your CPU is running on a frequency higher then it is specified for increasing its core voltage can enhance its stability Over clocking your CPU does however force your system to operate outside of its specifications and therefore SOYO can not guarantee system stability CPU Core Voltage Adjust VJ1 Setting Default Vcore Short pin 1 2 3 higher Short pin 2 3 6 higher Short ...

Page 47: ... what the CPU FSB frequency is If these two jumpers are shorted the motherboard will automatically run at the frequency the CPU was specified to run at However the FSB Frequency can also be set through jumpers CJ1 and CJ2 and it may therefore differ from the Frequency the CPU specifies If CJ1 and CJ2 are to be used JP6 JP7 must be open Doing so may however force your CPU to operate out of its spec...

Page 48: ...ing Short pin 2 3 for at least 5 seconds to clear the CMOS Short pin 1 2 to retain new settings Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation 2 3 6 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your Motherboard successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter the BIOS Setup Utility press the DEL key while the system is perf...

Page 49: ...nostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen Follow these steps to configure the CPU settings SETUP UTILITY will display on screen Then follow these steps to configure the CPU settings Step 1 Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP Set Date Time and Floppy drive type then set Hard Disk Type to Auto ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SOYO ...

Page 50: ... 66 x 8 0 800MHz 100 x 8 0 200MHz 66 x 3 0 300MHz 100 x 3 0 400MHz 133 x 3 0 233MHz 66 x 3 5 350MHz 100 x 3 5 466MHz 133 x 3 5 266MHz 66 x 4 0 400MHz 100 x 4 0 533MHz 133 x 4 0 300MHz 66 x 4 5 450MHz 100 x 4 5 600MHz 133 x 4 5 333MHz 66 x 5 0 500MHz 100 x 5 0 666MHz 133 x 5 0 366MHz 66 x 5 5 550MHz 100 x 5 5 733MHz 133 x 5 5 400MHz 66 x 6 0 600MHz 100 x 6 0 800MHz 133 x 6 0 433MHz 66 x 6 5 650MHz ...

Page 51: ...for the CPU CPU Ratio options are o x 2 o x 2 5 o x 3 o x 3 5 o x 4 o x 4 5 o x 5 o x 5 5 o x 6 o x 6 5 o x 7 o x 7 5 o x 8 The CPU frequency is then defined as host clock freq x multiplier and should equal the working frequency of your CPU 3 DRAM Clock 3 DRAM Clock Now select the DRAM clock source It is derived form the CPU FSB clock and it can depending on the BIOS setting be Ø Equal to the CPU ...

Page 52: ...core voltage If the Vcore Voltage Adjust is set to normal the Vcore will be exactly what the VID code specifies If an adjustment percentage is selected the Vcore will be that percentage higher than the VID code specifies For instance the CPU VID code specifies 2 0V and the Vcore Voltage adjust is set to 10 0 the actual CPU Voltage will be 2 2V This function should only be used if the CPU is runnin...

Page 53: ... do not get video then 2 Double check jumpers setting on you motherboard and remove all add on cards unplug all hard disk and floppy disk drive cables and see if you can hear some beeps If you still do not get any beeps then try putting the motherboard on the table to isolate it from the case with the CPU and speaker only and give it one more try I hear a series of beeps and I do not get anything ...

Page 54: ...d bios to the latest version BIOS Issues Where can I find the BIOS revision of my mainboard It will be displayed on the up left corner on the screen during boot up It will show as your board type followed by the revision number such as 5EH_2CA1 meaning revision 2CA1 for the SY 5EH board or 6BA IV_2AA2 which means SY 6BA IV motherboard with 2AA2 bios Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboa...

Page 55: ...iver several times and I could not get my sound card to work What is wrong It is likely that you did not have the correct driver installed If you are sure that the correct sound driver has been installed then please install the south bridge driver for the motherboard The sound is working in my system but when I play CD music from the CD ROM I do not get any sound What is wrong This is because the ...

Page 56: ...can boot from floppy Then put back the peripherals one by one to identify which one causes the lockup If you are running a Cyrix CPU make sure the linear burst function is enabled in the bios I can not get my board to run properly Please make sure you have the latest bios and driver from the SOYO web site at http www soyo com 2 3 9 Power Off There are two possible ways to turn off the system 1 Use...

Page 57: ...ser early in the boot process as the first image displayed on the screen This display remains on the screen throughout the normal BIOS initialization phase called POST The graphical launch screen will replace the old text based POST with a full graphical screen The screen will display PC information such as CPU vendor model and speed memory and hard disk size This screen will also display graphica...

Page 58: ...cks press the Del key to enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SOYO COMBO SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit Select Item F10...

Page 59: ...A R D S O F T W A R E I N C S T A N D A R D C M O S S E T U P B I O S F E A T U R E S S E T U P C H I P S E T F E A T U R E S S E T U P P O W E R M A N A G E M E N T S E T U P P N P P C I C O N F I G U R A T I O N L O A D S E T U P D E F A U L T S L O A D B I O S D E F A U L T S I N T E G R A T E D P E R I P H E R A L S S U P E R V I S O R P A S S W O R D U S E R P A S S W O R D I D E H D D A U T ...

Page 60: ...PU Frequency MHz Manual Current System Temp 26 C 78 F CPU Host PCI Clock 100 33 MHz Current CPU Temperature 28 C 82 F CPU Ratio X 5 Current CPUFAN Speed 5433 RPM DRAM Clock Host CLK Current CHAFAN Speed 0 RPM SDRAM Cycle Length 3 Vcore 2 01 V 2 5V 1 5 V CPU L2 Latency Adjust Defxx 3 3V 3 52 V 5V 4 91 V C I H 4 WAY Protection Enabled 12V 12 09 V Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Sequence A C SC...

Page 61: ... 8 Select the working frequency of your Socket 370 processor among these preset values Note Setting this field to Manual requires you to fill in the next two consecutive fields 1 the CPU Host PCI Clock and 2 the CPU Ratio If CPU Frequency field is set to Manual Default 118 39 MHz 66 33 MHz 120 40 MHz 75 37 MHz 124 31 MHz 80 40 MHz 126 31 MHz 83 41 MHz 129 32 MHz 85 28 MHz 133 33 MHz 90 30 MHz 135 ...

Page 62: ...n synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Default 3 1 2 L2 Cache Memory Setting Description Note Def xx CPU L2 Cache Latency Adjust Set 01 15 This item allows the user to adjust the CPU L2 cache latency This item should only be used by experienced users Setting...

Page 63: ...ing system first in drive A then in drive C and eventually in SCSI device 3 1 5 Other Control Options Other Control Options Setting Description Note Instant off Default Soft Off by PWR BTTN Delay 4 Sec Turns off the system power 4 seconds after pushing the power button Disabled Memory Ultra fast Enabled Setting this item to be enabled will set the memory to run at the fastest speed Only use this s...

Page 64: ...o 0 the system will self power on by alarm everyday at the set time 3 1 6 CPU Device Monitoring CPU Device Monitoring Setting Description Note Current System Temp C F Show the current status of the system temperature Current CPU Temperature C F Show the current status of CPU temperature Current CPUFAN Speed C F Show the current status of CPU Fan Current CHAFAN Speed C F Show the current status of ...

Page 65: ... Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Base Memory 640K Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Extended Memory 31744K Other Memory 384K Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Total Memory 32768K ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color PU PD Modify This screen allows you to modify the basic CMOS settings After you have completed the changes press Esc key to return to the ...

Page 66: ... IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Mode Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details 3 2 3 Floppy Drives Floppy Drives Setting Description Note 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Default 2 88MB 3 5 in Drives A B None Not installed Disabled...

Page 67: ...de EGA VGA Default CGA 40 CGA 80 Mono Monochrome 3 2 5 Halt On When the BIOS detects system errors this function will stop the system Select which type of error will cause the system halt All Errors Default No Errors All But Diskette All But Keyboard All But Disk Key ...

Page 68: ...Cate A20 Option Fast Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 ESC Quit Select Item Security Option Setup F1 Help PU PD Modify PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color OS Select For DRAM 64 MB Non OS2 F7 Load Setup Defaults HDD S M A R T capability Disabled After you have completed the changes press Esc k...

Page 69: ...s option activates the CPU L2 cache ECC checking function Default 3 3 4 Processor Number Feature Setting Description Note Disabled Processor Number Feature Enabled If this item is set to enabled Application programs can read the unique CPU ID number in your Pentium III CPU Set to disabled the CPU ID number can not be read anymore by any software Default 3 3 5 System Boot Control Settings System Bo...

Page 70: ... keypad in NumLock mode at boot up Default Boot Up NumLock Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up 3 3 6 Other Control Options Setting Description Note Disabled Invokes multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this funcion Default IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Normal Gate A20 Option Fast Allows RAM access above 1MB using the fast gate A20 line ...

Page 71: ...sec 30 Char sec Choose the rate at which a character is repeated when holding down a key Default Typematic Delay 250 msec 500 msec 750 msec 1000 msec Choose how long after you press a key down the character begins repeating Default 3 3 8 Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the security settings Setting Descripti...

Page 72: ...ating system OS Select for DRAM 64MB Non OS2 When using another non OS2 operating system Default Disabled HDD S M A R T capability Enabled Enable this field when your HDD supports the S M A R T function Consult your HDD provider for details Disabled Enabled Video BIOS Shadow The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS present These 16 segments can be shadowed from ROM...

Page 73: ... Memory Hole Disabled Read Around Write Disabled Concurrent PCI Host Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM cacheable Disabled AGP Aperture Size 128M AGP 2X Mode Disabled OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled ESC Quit Select Item OnChip Sound Enabled F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and fol...

Page 74: ...d Write Enabled DRAM optimization feature If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory the read is satisfied through the buffer contents and the read is not sent to the DRAM Disabled When disabled CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period Default Concurrent PCI Host Enabled Disabled Default System BIOS...

Page 75: ...ed Enable only if your AGP card supports 2x mode faster Disabled OnChip USB Enabled This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Default Disabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enabled if you use an USB Keyboard Default Disabled OnChip Sound E...

Page 76: ...nk Screen IRQ6 FLOPPY DISK Primary HDD Power Down Disable IRQ7 LPT 1 Primary Doze Mode Disable IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled Suspend Mode Disable IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Secondary MODEM Use IRQ NA IRQ10 Reserved Secondary IRQ11 Reserved Secondary IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Primary PM Events IRQ13 Coprocessor Primary VGA OFF IRQ14 Hard Disk Primary LPT COM LPT COM IRQ15 Reserved Disabled HDD FDD ON DMA master OFF ESC Quit...

Page 77: ...eatures Doze timer Standby timer Suspend timer HDD power down Min Saving 1 Hour 1 Hour 1 Hour 15 Min Power Management Max Saving 1 Min 1 Min 1 Min 1 Min Yes To use Advanced Power Management APM you must run power exe under DOS V6 0 or later version Default PM Control by APM No Standby Suspend Video Off After Doze Choose the PM mode you want video to go off after the mode is being active V H Sync B...

Page 78: ...nced function The following Doze Mode field may be configured only if Power Management is set to User Define Disable Default Doze Mode 1Min 1Hour When the set time has elapsed BIOS sends a command to the system to enter Doze Mode System clock drops to 33MHz The following Suspend Mode field may be configured only if Power Management is set to User Define Disable Default Suspend Mode 1Min 1Hour In S...

Page 79: ...ty from one of the list system peripheral devices wakes up the system DMA master OFF ON Default Primary INTR OFF When set to On any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signal...

Page 80: ...d to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Assign IRQ For USB Enabled IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Slot 1 5 Use IRQ NO Auto IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Slot 2 Use IRQ No Auto IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Slot 3 Use IRQ No Auto IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Slot 4 Use IRQ No Auto DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigned to PC...

Page 81: ...esources Controlled By Auto The Plug and Play BIOS auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically Recommended Disabled Retain PnP configuration data in BIOS Default Reset Configuration Data Enabled Reset PnP configuration data in BIOS 3 6 2 PNP PCI Configuration Setup PNP PCI Setup Setting Description Note If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI ISA PnP Choose IRQ and DMA assig...

Page 82: ...rite transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don t Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Default Disabled Default PCI Delay Transaction Enabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to...

Page 83: ...IOS will assign IRQ for USB port Assign IRQ For USB Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for USB port Default Enabled BIOS will assign IRQ for VGA port Default Assign IRQ For VGA Disabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for VGA port Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT Auto Default Slot 1 5 2 3 4 Use IRQ NO 3 4 5 7 9 10 1...

Page 84: ...alues Warning If you run into any problem after changing the BIOS configuration please load the SETUP DEFAULTS for stable performance ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SOYO COMBO SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD A...

Page 85: ...to Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled Secondary Master PIO Auto Sound Blaster Disabled Secondary Slave PIO Auto SB I O Base Address 220H Primary Master UDMA Auto SB IRQ Select IRQ 5 Primary Slave UDMA Auto SB DMA Select DMA 0 Primary Master UNMA Auto MPV 401 Disabled Primary Slave UDMA Auto MPV 401 I O Address 300 303H Init Display First PCI Slot Game Port 200 207H Disabled Onboard FDC Controller Enable...

Page 86: ...ave PIO Ø Secondary Master PIO Ø Secondary Slave PIO Auto For better performance and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing Default Disabled IDE ØPrimary Master UDMA ØPrimary Slave UDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Ultra DMA Mode support Default 3 8 2 Init Display Controls lnit Display Controls Setting Description Note PCI Slot Default Init Display First AGP Choo...

Page 87: ...al infrared IrDA Default IrDA 1 0 UR2 Mode ASKIR Supports a Sharp serial interface format If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR Half Default IR Function Duplex Full Choose Half or Duplex to set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Refer to your IR device specifications to select the suitable mode TX RX inverting enable No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes This item allow you to enabl...

Page 88: ...pe 1 9 Parallel Port EPP TYPE EPP 1 7 Select EPP port type 1 7 Default 3 8 6 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audio Setting Description Note Disabled Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled Set this item to Enabled if using software like DOS games that needs a legacy audio device Default Disabled Default Sound Blaster Enabled Set this item to enabled if your on board audio chip is ...

Page 89: ...ss for your MIDI functionality Disabled Game Port 200 207H Enabled Set this item to enabled to make use of the game port Default 3 8 7 MULTI I O ADDRESSES Default settings for multi I O addresses are as follows Port I O Address IRQ Status LPT1 378H 7 ECP EPP COM1 3F8H 4 COM2 2F8H 3 Warning If a default I O address conflicts with other I O cards such as sound card you must change one of the I O add...

Page 90: ...assword is required every time the system is booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer b Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set jumper JP5 t...

Page 91: ...ction 3 9 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Change Color Time Date...

Page 92: ...RD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 Y 1707 827 64 0 3308 63 LBA 1 1707 3309 16 65535 3308 63 NORMAL 3 1707 827 64 65535 3308 63 LARGE Note Some Oses SCO UNIX Before v5 0 must use NORMAL for installation Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard di...

Page 93: ...YO Motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive The SOYO CD will auto run and the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be as shown If you use Windows NT the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up please choose your motherboard and press OK Now the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be shown SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu 7IWA F 7...

Page 94: ... a PDF file the appropriate Acrobat Reader software must be installed in your system Note The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present in your system and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user s manual file Follow the instructions on your screen during inst...

Page 95: ...The 4 in 1 driver package includes all drivers your motherboard needs After selecting this driver package one driver will be installed automatically the IRQ remapping utility the other three are installed if selected By default all three drivers are selected A description of the 4 drivers follows Bus Master PCI IDE Driver This driver will speed up the data transfer rate to and from the harddisk AG...

Page 96: ... Step 3 Select which driver you want to install and click OK Notice 1 Once you have selected a driver the system will automatically exit the SOYO CD to begin the driver installation program When the installation is complete most drivers require to restart your system before they can become active Notice 2 You may click Cancel to abort the driver installation and return to the main menu Step 4 Chec...

Page 97: ...manager button On the device manager a question mark will be shown under other devices PCI multimedia audio device Do not remove this entry To change the driver click this entry and select properties driver update driver Now an update menu will be shown If windows asks you for the location of the driver give it the following directory d driv all VIA Sound win9x After the installation is finished w...

Page 98: ...e driver Now an update menu will be shown If windows asks you for the location of the driver give it the following directory d driv all VIA Sound win2000 After the installation is finished windows 2000 will properly recognize your VIA sound chip VIA Soundchip drivers for Windows NT Double click my computer and choose control panel Select the multimedia icon and select the devices tab Now select Mu...

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