SOYO SY-7VDA, User Manual

Page 1: ...SY 7VDA Motherboard VIA Cyrix III Intel Pentium III Celeron Processor supported VIA PRO266 AGP PCI Motherboard 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...on 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 ...

Page 3: ...1 1 10 I O INTERFACE CONTROLLER 15 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 Installation 23 2 3 2 DDR RAM Memory Module Installation 26 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 28 2 3 4 CMOS Clear JP5 42 2 3 5 Power On 43 2 3 6 Quick BIOS Setup 44 2 3 7 Troubleshooting at F...

Page 4: ...3 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 71 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 79 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 85 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 88 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 90 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 91 3 11 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 92 3 12 SET USER PASSWORD 93 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 94 CHAPTER 4 THE SOYO CD 96 ...

Page 5: ...Hz n FSB 133MHz Pentium III 533MHz 1 13GHz Supports Via Cyrix processors n FSB 100MHz Cyrix III 500MHz 600MHz New released Intel Socket 370 CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY 7VDA as well Ø CPU SETTINGS The SY 7VDA 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 rende...

Page 6: ...ots 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 u Enhanced IO n Floppy disk controller n 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 devices n Standard EPP ECP parallel port n 2x 16550 compatible serial ports n IrDA compatible infrared port n 6x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors n PS 2 mouse...

Page 7: ...L SAFE The SY 7VDA 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 set in the BIOS and determines whether t...

Page 8: ...RBOARD To avoid damage to your Motherboard follow these simple rules while unpacking Ø Before handling the Motherboard ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system s metal chassis Ø Remove the Motherboard from its anti static packaging Hold the Motherboard by the edges and avoid touching its components Ø Check the Motherboard for damage If any chip appears loose press carefully t...

Page 9: ...oned environment To protect your equipment from electrostatic discharge take the following precautions Ø Do not remove the anti static packaging until you are ready to install Ø Ground yourself before removing any system component from its protective anti static packaging To ground yourself grasp the expansion slot covers or other unpainted portions of the computer chassis Ø Frequently ground your...

Page 10: ...nnector ATX Power AOUT AIN AMIC AGAME COM 1 COM 2 USB 1 USB 2 SDRAM SDRAM AGP Slot 3V Lithium Battery JP5 1 3 PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 FDC1 IDE 1 IDE 2 Winbond W83697HF AW 3 1 2MB MX 29F002 Socket 370 JP10 WOL Header CDIN2 CDIN1 1 4 VT8633 VT8233 VT1611A 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...

Page 11: ...Motherboard Description SY 7VDA 7 1 6 SY 7VDA 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 ...

Page 12: ... G 32 bit AGP Slot H 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots I Via VT8233 South Bridge Chip J Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port K Flash BIOS L Front panel connectors M Chassis Cooling Fan N CMOS Clear Jumper O USB Ports P Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header Q 3V Lithium Battery R Wake On LAN WOL Header S Winbond W83697HF AW LPC I O Chip T CD IN Connectors U Via VT1611A V Chassis Cooling Fan W Back panel Connectors ...

Page 13: ...s 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 512 KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM All supported onboard memory can be cached 1 7 3 Microprocessor Upgrade...

Page 14: ...1600 2100 with 100MHz Pentium II or Pentium III Concurrent CPU AGP and PCI access Supports DDR RAM memory types only Flexible row and column addresses 64 bit data width only 2 5V SSTL 2 DRAM interface for DDR RAM Optional bank by bank ECC single bit error correction and multi bit error detection or EC error checking only for DRAM integrity Supports maximum 16 bank interleave i e 16 pages open simu...

Page 15: ...The VT8233 V Link Client controller is a highly integrated PCI LPC controller Its internal bus structure is based on 66 MHz PCI bus that provides 2x bandwidth compare to previous generation PCI ISA bridge chips The VT8233 integrated Client V Link controller with 266MB S bandwidth between Host Client V Link interface provides a V Link PCI and V Link LPC controller It supports five PCI slots arbitra...

Page 16: ...nd DVD capable multimedia accelerators The VT8633 Host system controller supports two 32 bit 3 3 system buses one AGP and one V Link that are synchronous pseudo synchronous to the CPU bus The chip also contains a built in bus to bus bridge to allow simultaneous concurrent operations on each bus Five levels doublewords of post write buffers are included to allow for concurrent CPU and V Link operat...

Page 17: ...catter gather capability and extension to UltraDMA 33 66 100 for 33 66 100 MB sec transfer rate integrated USB interface with root hubs and six function ports with built in physical layer transceivers Distributed DMA support and OnNow ACPI compliant advanced configuration and power management interface For sophisticated power management the Pro266 chipset provides independent clock stop control fo...

Page 18: ...8038i v1 0 and Microsoft Windows family compliant c Universal Serial Bus controller that is USB v1 1 and Universal HCI v1 1 compliant The VT8233 includes the root hub with six function ports with integrated physical layer transceivers The USB controller allows hot plug and play and isochronous peripherals to be inserted into the system with universal driver support The controller also implements l...

Page 19: ... ISA peripherals The integrated interrupt controller supports both edge and level triggered interrupts channel by channel The integrated DMA controller supports type F DMA in addition to standard ISA DMA modes Compliant with the PCI 2 2 specification the VT8233 supports delayed transactions and remote power management so that slower ISA peripherals do not block the traffic of the PCI bus Special c...

Page 20: ...y Disk Controller 16bytes of FIFO Data rates up to 1Mbps Perpendicular recording driver support Two FDDs with drive swap support Plug and play with 48 base IO address 12 IRQ and 4 DMA options The Setup program provides configuration option for the I O controller 1 10 1 Serial Ports The motherboard has two 9 pin D Sub serial port connectors located on the back panel The NS16C5450 compatible UARTs s...

Page 21: ...roller The I O controller is software compatible with the 82077 diskette drive controller and supports both PC AT and PS 2 modes In the Setup program the diskette drive interface can be configured for the following diskette drive capacities and sizes l 360 KB 5 25 inch l 1 2 MB 5 25 inch l 720 KB 3 5 inch l 1 2 MB 3 5 inch driver required l 1 25 1 44 MB 3 5 inch l 2 88 MB 3 5 inch ...

Page 22: ...up 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 In ...

Page 23: ...es 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 Th...

Page 24: ...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 DDR RAM 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 Speaker s o...

Page 25: ...rning 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 computer chassis to drain the stat...

Page 26: ...ion 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: ...600MHz 66x9 0 667MHz 66x10 0 433MHz 66x6 5 500MHz 66x7 5 566MHz 66x8 5 633MHz 66x9 5 700MHz 66x10 5 FSB 100MHz 500MHz 100 x 5 0 600MHz 100 x 6 0 700MHz 100 x 7 0 800MHz 100 x 8 0 550MHz 100 x 5 5 650MHz 100 x 6 5 750MHz 100 x7 5 850MHz 100 x 8 5 FSB 133MHz 533MHz 133x4 0 667MHz 133x5 0 800MHz 133x6 0 933MHz 133x7 0 1 13GHz 133x8 5 600MHz 133x4 5 733MHz 133x5 5 866MHz 133x6 5 1000MHz 133x7 5 CPU Mo...

Page 28: ... 7VDA 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: ...g 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 appropriat...

Page 30: ...using unbuffered and registered DIMM modules from 64MB to 1GB 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 100MHz DRAM speed use PC1600 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC2100 memory SDRAM SDRAM 1 92 1 92 ...

Page 31: ...BIOS Setup Utility SY 7VDA 27 Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 RAM Type DDR RAM Memory Module Size MB 64 128 256 512 1024 MB ...

Page 32: ...MA 33 66 100HDD or CD ROM Connect one side of the ATA66 100 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 100 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs This Motherboard can support up to four HDDs SDRAM SDRAM IDE 2 IDE 1 Pin 1 Secondary IDE Primary IDE 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66...

Page 33: ...oppy drive types 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB and LS 120 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: ...e 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 Key Lock Speaker Reset PWRBT STR LED HDD LED _ _ _ _ Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 5V GND _ NC NC ...

Page 35: ...ence 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 Anod...

Page 36: ... USB can be plugged directly onto the Motherboard 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 PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 PRT PS 2 KB Connector PS...

Page 37: ...d 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 Pin5 K...

Page 38: ...evices With Win95 use the flow UHCI specifications To use USB devices under Win95 usually you have to install the device that driver comes with the USB device you have purchased USB3 USB4 USB5 and USB6 are available To make use of these USB ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The lay out of USB3 USB4 and USB5 USB6 are as follows 1 1 5 5 2 2 3 3 4 4 GND GND Data Data Power GND GND Data Data...

Page 39: ...vides Joystick port and audio Attach the joystick cable to the 15 pin GAME port at the rear panel of you motherboard This Motherboard features three built in audio stereo ports labeled line in line out and mic jack convenient to directly plug in all your external audio devices ...

Page 40: ...tor 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: ...vice cable to the SIRCON header This will enable the infrared transfer function This Motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 VCC IRRX GND IRTX ...

Page 42: ... 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: ...ctor 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 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN1 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN Pin Assignment ...

Page 44: ...able 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 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 CDIN2 CDIN1 CDIN2 CD Line in ...

Page 45: ...X 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 sure ...

Page 46: ...eps below to clear the CMOS memory 1 Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2 3 on jumper JP5 This jumper can be easily identified by its white colored cap 2 Then put the jumper back to 1 2 to allow writing of new data into the CMOS memory CMOS Clearing Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data JP5 Setting Short pin 2 3 for at least 5 seconds to clear the CMOS Short pin 1 2 to retain new setting...

Page 47: ...sfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter the BIOS Setup Utility press the DEL key while the system is performing the diagnostic checks Note If you have failed to enter the BIOS wait until the boot up sequence is completed Then push the RESET button and press DEL key again at the beginning of boot up during diagnostic checks ...

Page 48: ...s Exit Without Saving Esc Quit áâàß Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage 2 3 6 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS SOYO COMBO FEATURE The SOYO COMBO FEATURE combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS After...

Page 49: ...D DEFAULTS Select the LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS menu and type Y at the prompt to load the BIOS optimal setup Step 3 Select SOYO COMBO FEATURE Set the CPU Frequency Select field to Manual to be able to change the CPU frequency 1 MHz stepping Step 4 Select SAVE EXIT SETUP Press Enter to save the new configuration to the CMOS memory and continue the boot sequence ...

Page 50: ...e the problem do the following 1 Press and hold down on the Ins insert key while turning on the computer until you get video If you 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 ...

Page 51: ...s please clear the CMOS via JP5 and if it still does not work please upgrade your motherboard 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...

Page 52: ... the speaker out port on your sound card In Device Manager I keep getting yellow exclamation signs on my sound port even though I have installed my sound driver 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 VIA 4 in 1 drive...

Page 53: ...ppy Then put back the peripherals one by one to identify which one causes the lockup 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 8 Power Off There are two possible ways to turn off the system 1 Use the Shutdown command in the Start Menu of Windows 95 98 to turn off your computer 2 Press the mechanical p...

Page 54: ...ard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password 4Integrated Peripherals Set User Password 4Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup 4PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit áâà Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Selecting items l Use the arrow keys to move between items an...

Page 55: ... user started the current session with F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults Loads all items with the most conservative values F7 Load Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the optimize values F10 Save Saves your changes and reboots the system Esc Exit Returns at anytime and from any location to the Main Menu Enter Select Will display a overlapping window with all options for the current item PU PD Value...

Page 56: ... 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 O D E T E C T I O N S A V E E X I T S E T U P E X I T W I T H O U T S A V I N G E s c F 1 0 Q u i t S a v e E x i t S e t u p S h i f t F 2 S e l e c t I t e m C h a n g e C o l o r T i m e D a t e H a r d D i s k T y p e SAVE to CMOS and EXIT R O M P C I I S A B I O S C M...

Page 57: ...P option from the main menu and press the Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software SOYO COMBO Feature Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Item Help CPU Clock 66MHz CPU Ratio X 3 CPU Vcore Select Default Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled Menu Level 4 áâà ...

Page 58: ...ou to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate CPU Clock Ratio After you have selected the host clock choose the right multiplier for the CPU Options are 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 0 7 5 8 0 The CPU frequency is then defined as host clock freq x multiplier and should the working frequency of your Pentium III Pentium II processor CPU Vcore Select Setting Description Note Default Default 0 0...

Page 59: ...gs System Boot Control Settings Setting Description Note Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN First Second Third Boot Device Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority Disabled Boot Other Device Enabled Select Your Boot Device Priority Default ...

Page 60: ...1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Total Memory 131072K Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This screen allows you to modify the basic CMOS settings After you have completed the changes press Esc ...

Page 61: ...ard disk mode automatically Default Normal Normal IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Access 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 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 ...

Page 62: ... Default CGA 40 CGA 80 Video MONO Monochrome Select the video mode ALL Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette Halt On All But Disk Key When the BIOS detects system errors this function will stop the system Select which type of error will cause the system halt ...

Page 63: ...Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your screen to s...

Page 64: ... activates the CPU L2 cache ECC checking function Default Floppy Driver Settings Setting Description Note Disabled Default Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Changes the sequence of A and B drives Boot Up Floppy Seek Setting Description Note Disabled Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Default Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note On Puts numeric ...

Page 65: ...ic Rate Setting Enabled When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The following Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay fields are active only if Typematic Rate Setting is set to Enabled Typematic Rate 6 Char sec 8 Char sec 10 Char sec 12 Char sec 15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec 30 Char sec Choose the rate at which a character is repeated when holding down a key Default Ty...

Page 66: ...ttempt to enter the BIOS Setup program Default Other Control Options Other Control Options Setting Description Note OS2 When using an OS2 operating system OS Select for DRAM 64MB Non OS2 When using another non OS2 operating system Default Disabled Default HDD S M A R T Capability Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS pr...

Page 67: ...Features 4 DRAM Clock Driver Control Press Enter 4 AGP P2P Bridge Control Press Enter Item Help 4 CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you ha...

Page 68: ...isabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled The ROM area F0000H FFFFFH is cacheable Default Disabled Default Video RAM Cacheable Enabled When 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 Disabled Default Memory Parity ECC Check Enabled This item enabled to detect the memo...

Page 69: ...y Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequence 66MHz DRAM Clock By SPD Item Help DRAM Timing By SPD x SDRAM Cycle Length 2 5 x Bank Interleave Disabled DRAM Command Rate 2T Command Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes...

Page 70: ...al If enable the DRAM will auto detect the DRAM timing SDRAM Cycle 2 5 Default Length 2 When 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 Disabled Bank Interleave 2 Bank Default 4 Bank Increase DRAM performance 2T Command Default DRAM Command Rate 1T Command Increas...

Page 71: ... C 1984 2001 Award Software AGP P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP Mode 4X Item Help AGP Driving Control Auto x AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the...

Page 72: ...al This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system AGP Driving Value Min 0000 Max 00FF This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Disabled Default AGP Fast Write Enabled The VIA chipset will use fast write to AGP if this item is enabled Not...

Page 73: ...computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software CPU PCI Bus Control CPU to Write Buffer Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled Item Help PCI Delay Transaction Disabled Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructio...

Page 74: ... When Disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle Default Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Default PCI Delay Disabled Default Transaction Enabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select ...

Page 75: ...OnChip IDE Device Press Enter 4 VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Item Help 4 VIA SuperIO Device Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled PWRON After PWR Fail Off Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Aft...

Page 76: ... USB5 6 USB Keyboard Disabled Default Support Enabled Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Invokes multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function Default Off The system will switch on when power comes back after a power failure Default On The system w...

Page 77: ...nChip IDE Device OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Item Help IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previou...

Page 78: ...the slowest speed 4 is the fastest speed IDE Ø Primary Master PIO Ø Primary Slave 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 ØSecondary Master UDMA ØSecondary Slave UDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Ultra DMA Mode support Defa...

Page 79: ...etup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Auto Item Help Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving VIA OnChip PC...

Page 80: ...Normal x RxD TxD Active Hi Lo x IR Transmission Delay Enabled x UR2 Duplex Mode Half x Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Select EPP1 7 x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optim...

Page 81: ...The second serial port offers these InfraRed interface modes Defanlt If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR Hi Hi Hi Lo Default Lo Hi RxD TxD Active Lo Lo This item allows you to determine the active RxD TxD Disabled IR Transmission Delay Enabled Some IR devices need this item enabled Default Half Default UR2 Function Duplex Full Choose Half or Duplex to set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duple...

Page 82: ... mode 3 Choose DMA3 Default ECP Mode use DMA 1 Choose DMA1 If Parallel Port Mode is set to EPP mode EPP 1 9 Select EPP port type 1 9 Parallel Port EPP TYPE EPP 1 7 Select EPP port type 1 7 Default This field controls the onboard legacy audio Setting Description Note Disabled 201 Default 209 Set this item to enabled to make use of the game port Game Port 200 207H Disabled 330 Default 300 Midi Port ...

Page 83: ...ue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 Disabled Item Help USB Resume from S3 S4 S5 Disabled VGA OFF LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled x Date...

Page 84: ...t 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Lets you define the system power down times HDD Power Down Disabled Default Suspend Mode 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Lets you define the system power down times Suspend Off Default Video Off Option Always On All Modes Off When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a pow...

Page 85: ... Description Note Disabled Default Ctrl F1 F12 Power Wake PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 Any Key You can set the PS2KB Hotkey to Wakeup system from S3 S4 S5 Disabled Default USB Resume from S3 S4 S5 Enabled You can set the USB to Resume system from S3 S4 S5 LPT COM NONE LPT COM When On of LPT COM any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system Default LPT COM ...

Page 86: ...ult Modem Ring Resume Enabled 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 Disabled The system ignores the alarm Default RTC Alarm Resume Enabled Set alarm to power on the system by the date 1 31 or time hh mm ss If the date is set to 0 the system will self power on by alarm everyday at the set time ...

Page 87: ...d IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes pr...

Page 88: ... set to On any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Primary IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ5 LPT2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 HardDsik IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Secondary IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ15 Reserved ...

Page 89: ...r VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level 4 Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled By option is set to A...

Page 90: ...gned to _ DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to _ Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD The Plug and Play BIOS auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically Recommended If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI ISA PnP Choose IRQ and DMA assigned to PCI ISA PnP card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 IRQ and DMA assigned to Legacy ISA Choose IRQ and DMA assigned to Legacy ISA card I...

Page 91: ...our 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 Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for VGA USB port Assign IRQ For VGA USB Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for VGA USB port Default 5 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...

Page 92: ...rent CPU Temp 33 ºC 191 ºF Current CPUFAN Speed 5192 RPM Current CHAFAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 98 V 3 3 V 3 36 V 5 V 4 97 V 12 V 12 03 V 12 V 12 19 V 5 V 4 99 V VBAT V 3 16V 5VSB V 5 46V Shutdown Twmperatuer Disabled Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the...

Page 93: ...l continue to run slow until the temperature returns back within the safe range Current CPU Temp C F Show the current status of CPU temperature Current System Temp C F Show the current status of the system temperature Current CPUFAN CHAFAN Speed RPM Show the current status of CPU Fan Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT V 5VSB V V Show the current voltage status Disabled Default Shutdown Temperature 60 C...

Page 94: ...il Safe Defaults 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password 4Integrated Peripherals Set User Password 4Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup 4PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit áâàß Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Ma...

Page 95: ...ail Safe Defaults 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password 4Integrated Peripherals Set User Password 4Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup 4PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit áâàß Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the M...

Page 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ... 1984 2001 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Capacity 0 MB Access Mode Auto 0 Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 Menu Level 4 áâà Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard dis...

Page 99: ...without going into the BIOS setup To enable boot Menu press ESC after memory initialization user will see a device menu in which user can choose the device they wish to boot from Boot Menu Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Move ENTER Accept F4 Exit ...

Page 100: ...n on SOYO Motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive 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 If you use Windows 95 or 98 the SOYO CD Start Up Program automatically det...

Page 101: ...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 installation then once the installation is completed restart your system and re ru...

Page 102: ...rivers to improve the performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chipsets These four drivers are VIA Registry INF Driver VIA AGP VxD driver VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver and VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver For Windows NT users the VIA IDE Bus Mastering driver is the only driver to be installed in your system A description of 4 drivers followa Bus Master PCI IDE Driver The ATAPI IDE ...

Page 103: ...iver for Win 9x ME NT 2000 You have to install the drivers before installing any application for the Onboard Audio Ø 7VDA Winbond Hardware Doctor for Win 95 98 Your motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC By installing this utility Temperature Fan speed and Voltages can be monitored It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre set values Step 3 Chec...

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