SOYO SY-P4VSA, User Manual

Page 1: ...SY P4VSA Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 Processor supported VIA P4X266 AGP PCI 400 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...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 or ...

Page 3: ...OR 8 1 8 MEMORY 9 1 9 CHIPSET 10 1 10 I O INTERFACE CONTROLLER 14 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR 16 1 12 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY 17 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 18 2 1 PREPARATIONS 18 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 19 2 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE 20 2 3 1 CPU Installation 21 2 3 2 SDRAM Memory Module Installation 24 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 25 2 3 4 Jumper Setting 41 2 3 5 CMOS Clear JP5 42 2 3 6 Power On 42...

Page 4: ...NCED BIOS FEATURES 60 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 64 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 70 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 77 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 83 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 86 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 88 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 89 3 11 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 90 3 12 SET USER PASSWORD 91 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 93 ...

Page 5: ...Hz Pentium 4 CPU SETTINGS The SY P4VSA 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 of jumpers obsolete CPU FSB Frequency The SY P4VSA supports a wide range of CPU FSB frequency settings 100 132MHz CPU FSB Frequency can be setup by 1MHz increment This ensur...

Page 6: ...ard insertion power on feature ADVANCED FUNCTIONS The SY P4VSA supports advanced functions such as Wake On LAN Supports Wake On LAN Some advanced network cards can wake the system up over the network the WOL connector is provided by the SY P4VSA to support this function Multiple boot The SY P4VSA supports booting from devices such as CD ROM Power on by modem or alarm If the SY P4VSA system is in s...

Page 7: ...ines whether the system will automatically turn on again after a power failure This function is indispensable for server systems that need to always be on line SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM COMPLIANCE The SY P4VSA complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY P4VSA a motherboard to trust PC99 ACPI compliant USER FRIENDLY SOYO COMBO Setup Jumperless desi...

Page 8: ...mmediately 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 Do not...

Page 9: ...ithium Battery IDE 2 IDE 1 ATX Power PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 1 PCI 2 PRT COM A COM B ITE IT8705F DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 13 2 1 SMCARDCN 14 SIRCON USB3_4 USB5_6 1 1 6 6 10 10 5 5 FDC WOL Header JP10 CMOS Clear Jumper 1 5 1 JP5 CDIN 1 4 AOUT AIN AMIC AGAME ONBOARD AUDIO CW1 Power LED Keylock Speaker HDD LED PWRBT Reset J25 P1 P2 J29 AGP Slot SDRAM SDRAM VT8753 ...

Page 10: ...Motherboard Description SY P4VSA 6 1 6 SY P4VSA 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 Z AA AB ...

Page 11: ...E ATAPI Ports J Chassis Cooling Fan Connector K VIA VT8233 South Bridge Chip L Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port M Front Panel Connectors N CMOS Clear Jumper O 3V Lithium Battery P USB Ports Q 32 bit AGP Slot R 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots S Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header T Smart Card Reader Connector U Flash BIOS V ITE I O Chip W Wake On LAN WOL Header X CD IN Connector Y Onboard Audio Codec Z CPU Fre...

Page 12: ...tages and bus frequencies 1 7 1 Microprocessor Packaging The CPU is packaged in a 478 pin PGA package A CPU 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 Upgrades...

Page 13: ...PU AGP and V Link access Supports SDR SDRAM memory types Dynamic Clock Enable CKE control for SDRAM power reduction in high speed systems Mixed 1M 2M 4M 8M 16M 32M 64MxN DRAMs Supports 6 banks up to 3 GB DRAMs 512Mb x8 x16 DRAM technology for registered SDR modules Supports 8 banks up to 2 GB DRAMs 512Mb x8 x16 DRAM technology for unbuffered SDR modules Flexible row and column addresses 64 bit dat...

Page 14: ... of the VT8753 system controller 664 pin BGA and the VT8233 V Link south bridge 376 pin BGA The VT8753 Host system controller is an update of VIA s VT8633 Apollo Pro266T system controller that adds CPU bus extensions to support Pentium IV and AGP bus extensions to support 8x transfer mode The VT8753 provides superior performance between the CPU DRAM V Link bus and AGP 8x graphics controller bus wi...

Page 15: ...ixteen levels doublewords of prefetch buffers are included for concurrent V Link bus and DRAM cache accesses When combined the V Link Host Client controllers it realizes a complete PCI sub system and supports enhanced PCI bus commands such as Memory Read Line Memory Read Multiple and Memory Write Invalid commands to minimize snoop overhead In addition advanced features are supported such as snoop ...

Page 16: ...o DRAM operation Coupled with the VT8233 south bridge chip a complete power conscious PC main board can be implemented with no external TTLs The VT8233 South Bridge is a high integration high performance power efficient and high compatibility device that supports Intel and non Intel based processor to V Link bus bridge functionality to make a complete Microsoft PC99 compliant PCI ISA system In add...

Page 17: ...and other enhancements for compatibility with the ACPI standard f Notebook class power management functionality compliant with ACPI and legacy APM requirements Multiple sleep states power on suspend suspend to DRAM and suspend to Disk are supported with hardware automatic wake up Additional functionality includes event monitoring CPU clock throttling and stop Intel processor protocol PCI bus clock...

Page 18: ...e PCI bus to the ISA bus to further enhance overall system performance 1 10 I O INTERFACE CONTROLLER The motherboard uses the ITE 8705 LPC Super I O controller which features Supports 2 serial ports IR port parallel port and floppy disk controller functions Two UARTs for Complete Serial Ports Even odd stick or no parity bit generation and detection Programmable baud rate generator High speed baud ...

Page 19: ...arallel port 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 Compatible standard mode Bi directional PS 2 compatible Bi directional EPP A driver from the peripheral manufacturer is required for operation Bi directional high speed ECP 1 10 3 Diskette Drive Controller The I O controller is software compa...

Page 20: ...oller 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 the Setup program Serial Port...

Page 21: ... 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 This feature uses the Wake on LAN ...

Page 22: ...rdware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket mPGA478 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 SDRAM 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 23: ...mpound 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 computer chassis to drain...

Page 24: ...ation 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 25: ...hould be clearly marked on the CPU cover FSB 400MHz 1 5GHz 100x15 0 1 6GHz 100x16 0 1 7GHz 100x17 0 1 8GHz 100x18 0 1 9GHz 100x19 0 2 0GHz 100x20 0 CPU Mount Procedure To mount the Pentium 4 Socket mPGA478 processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive ...

Page 26: ... forcing 4 Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place Remember to connect the CPU Cooling Fan to the appropriate power connector on the Motherboard The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU ...

Page 27: ...h 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 appropriate power source ...

Page 28: ...rts one SDR SDRAM channel 64b wide 72b with ECC providing support max of 3 Double Sided DIMMs with unbuffered PC133 The largest memory capacity possible is 3GB 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 SDRAM SDRAM 1 84 1 84 ...

Page 29: ...therboard offers two primary and secondary IDE device connectors IDE1 IDE2 It can support up to four high speed Ultra DMA 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 SDRAM...

Page 30: ...Hardware Installation SY P4VSA 26 This Motherboard can support up to 4 HDDs 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 80 Conductor ...

Page 31: ... floppy 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 1 floppy drives SDRAM SDRAM 1 1 33 33 FDC Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 32: ...s may feature a KeyLock function with a front panel switch for enabling or disabling the keyboard Connect the KeyLock switch to the 5 pin Keylock header on the Motherboard Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED and pin 4 5 are for Keylock SDRAM SDRAM Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 5V GND _ NC NC Key Lock Pin Assignment Control Pin GND 1 Power LED Key Lock S...

Page 33: ...quence 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 lighten 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 Ano...

Page 34: ...Hardware Installation SY P4VSA 30 5 ATX Power On Off Switch Attach the 2 pin momentary type switch to the PWRBT header for turning On or Off your ATX power supply PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 ...

Page 35: ...heral devices When connecting an external device use the following figure to locate and identify which back panel connector to plug the device to 1 Onboard Serial Ports COMA COMB External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include serial mouse and modem Plug the serial device cables directly into the COMA COMB 9 pin male connectors located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 2 Parall...

Page 36: ...ear 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 KBD Clock Pin6 NC Pin3 GND Pin1 KBD DATA Pin2 NC Pin4 VCC Pin6 NC Pin5 Mouse Clock Pin4 VCC Pin3 GND Pin2 NC Pin1 Mouse DATA ...

Page 37: ...devices 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 6 6 10 10 2 2 7 7 3 3 8 8 4 4 5 5 9 9 GND GND NC NC Data...

Page 38: ...rovides 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 39: ...ector 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 Wakeup GND 5VSB 1 2 3 ...

Page 40: ... device 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 41: ...sor attach 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 12V SENSOR GND 3 1 2 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN Pin Assignment ...

Page 42: ...nnector 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 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN1 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN Pin Assignment 12V None GND 3 1 2 ...

Page 43: ...nnectors Please connect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDIN1 or CDIN2 It fits in only one depending on the cable that came with your CD ROM drive Please install according to the following pin assignment 5 Smart Card Reader Right Left GND GND 4 3 2 1 CDIN CD Line in Pin Assigment ...

Page 44: ...eater than 3 3V current the Aux power connector is recommended for ATX and ATX12V power supplies with 3 3V current 18A Warning Follow these precautions to preserve your Motherboard from any remnant currents when connecting to 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 wit...

Page 45: ...make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment Pay special care to the directionality 2 3 4 Jumper Setting CPU Frequency Select Switch CW1 CW1 Pin 1 Pin 2 100 MHz Default On Off 133 MHz Off On 12VDC 12VDC Pin3 Pin1 com com com Pin1 com com 3 3VDC 3 3VDC 5VDC Pin6 ...

Page 46: ...ng 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 perfo...

Page 47: ...ns Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage 2 3 7 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 the...

Page 48: ...LTS menu and type Y at the prompt to load the BIOS optimal setup Step 3 Select SOYO COMBO FEATURE Move the cursor to the CPU Frequency Select CPU Ratio field to set CPU Clock Ratio Note 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 se...

Page 49: ...our CPU and motherboard do not work at all It could be that the CPU is not seated correctly or that a component on the M B is grounded shorted with the case Also make sure to check the voltage setting switch 110V 220V on the back of the power supply To isolate 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 ge...

Page 50: ...crew the AGP card to allow the card to go further down Do take care not to damage the card by using too much force I get distorted video with my AGP card right after I save my bios Why is that The cause is likely that your AGP card is not running at the correct bus speed To fix this please clear the CMOS via JP5 and if it still does not work please upgrade your motherboard bios to the latest versi...

Page 51: ...dem driver has been installed correctly then you need to install the VIA 4 in 1 driver from the SOYO CD this is because Windows does not properly recognize relatively new chipsets Audio Issues When I m accessing my CD ROM or in some application I hear a hissing sound what could be the problem The audio cable is plugged on to the M B the wrong way Flip it around and the problem should be solve Wind...

Page 52: ... What is wrong This is because the recorder and microphone in the Windows are not enabled Please go to sound properties and enable them Lock up freeze When I boot up my system everything works fine It sees my CPU and memory detects my hard drive floppy drive and CD ROM but locks up at Verify DMI pool data and it won t go any further What should I do Please clear the CMOS via JP5 then choose load o...

Page 53: ...t Menu of Windows 95 98 to turn off your computer 2 Press the mechanical power button and hold down for over 4 seconds to shutdown the computer If you press the power button for less than 4 seconds then your system will enter into Suspend Mode You are now ready to configure your system with the BIOS setup program Go to Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP ...

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

Page 55: ...e 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 Valu...

Page 56: ...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 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 ...

Page 57: ...Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software SOYO COMBO Feature System Performance Normal Item Help CPU Frequency Select AUTO x Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 MHz CPU Clock Ratio 8X Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled 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...

Page 58: ... key to Over Clock the CPU Front Side Bus in 1MHz increment or Press Enter key then type the desired CPU Front Side Bus Auto Default CPU Clock Ratio Select 8X 50X Allows you to select your CPU Ratio Disabled Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled When enabled this item will auto detect if the DIMM and PCI socket have devices and will send clock signal to DIMM and PCI devices When disabled it will send t...

Page 59: ...uick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POST at boot up Default 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 AC97 Audio Co...

Page 60: ...ave None IDE Secondary Master LTN485S IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Total Memory 131072K Menu Level Change the day month year and century 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 al...

Page 61: ... Capacity 0 MB Access Mode Auto 0 Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 Menu Level 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 disk drives Date Time Display Setting Please Note Date mm dd yyyy Type the current date You can also the PUp PDn keys to t...

Page 62: ...etects hard 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 De...

Page 63: ...A 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 64: ...Logo EPA Show Enabled Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep 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 co...

Page 65: ...p NumLock Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Typematic Settings Typematic Settings Setting Description Note Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard Default Typematic 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 Settin...

Page 66: ...If a password is set the password prompt only appears when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program Default 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 Enable this field when your HDD supports the S M A R T function Consu...

Page 67: ...s Continue Setting Description Note LOGO 0 Default EPA LOGO SELECT LOGO 1 Allows user to display SOYO logo or own logo Logo 0 Shows SOYO logo Logo 1 Shows user logo Default Blank Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Set Enabled to Show Logo EPA Default ...

Page 68: ...sabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Menu Level 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 The following table describes each field in the Advanced Chipset Features Menu and how to c...

Page 69: ...ve Control Current FSB Frequence 100 MHz Current DRAM Frequency 133 MHz Item Help DRAM Clock 100 DRAM Timing Manual SDRAM Cycle Length 3 Bank Interleave Disabled Precharge to Active Trp 3T Active to Precharge 6T Active to CMD Trcd 3T DRAM Burst Len 4 DRAM Command Rate 2T Command Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 O...

Page 70: ...lock 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 Bank Interleave 2 Bank 4 Bank Increase DRAM performance 2T Precharge to Active Trp 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 6T Default Active to Precharge 5T Increase DRAM performance 3T Default Active to CMD Trcd 2T Increase DRAM performance 4 Default ...

Page 71: ...S Read Disabled Menu Level 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 AGP P2P Bridge Control Setting Description Note 128M Default AGPAperture Size 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M 256M Select the...

Page 72: ...our 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 all AGP cards support fast write Disabled Default AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Disabled Default A...

Page 73: ... 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 CPU PCI Bus Control Setting Description Note Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Enabled the CPU to PCI Write Buffer Default Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write ...

Page 74: ...rd Software Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter SuperIO Device Press Enter Item Help Init Display First AGP OnChip USB Controller 1 USB Port USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Menu Level 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 ...

Page 75: ...rd and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Port 1 means USB1 2 Port 2 means USB3 4 Port 3 means 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 tra...

Page 76: ...A OnChip 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 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous V...

Page 77: ... is the slowest speed 4 is the fastest speed IDE Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO 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 Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Ultra DMA Mode support Default ...

Page 78: ...lp Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal x UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 Menu Level 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 Es...

Page 79: ...UART Mode SCR SCR mean Smart Card Reader If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR Half Default UR2 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 Disabled 378 IRQ7 Default 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Port 3BC IRQ 7 Choose the printer I O address SPP Default EPP ECP Parallel ...

Page 80: ...t Address 209 Set the I O base address for the ON board game port under this item Disabled 330 Default Midi Port Address 300 Set the I O address for the on board Midi port here If Midi Port Address is set to 330 300 mode 5 Midi Port IRQ 10 Select the IRQ that the Midi port uses under this them Default ...

Page 81: ... Select PU PD Value 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 Select Hot key Item Help PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 Disabled VGA OFF LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Wake Up On LAN Ring Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Di...

Page 82: ...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 83: ...ult State After Power Failure Auto The system will return to the state it was in before the power failure when power returns i e If the system was on it will switch on again if it was off it will remain off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter Select items that will wake up your system when in one of sleep modes Press enter to go the select item page IRQ Event Activity Detect Setting Description ...

Page 84: ... up the system Default OFF Default PCI Master ON When On of PCI Master any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Disabled Default PowerOn by PCI Card Enabled If enabled any PCI interrupt will wake up the system Disabled Default Wake Up On LAN Ring Enabled An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem LAN aw...

Page 85: ...abled 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 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 pres...

Page 86: ... When set to On any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Enabled IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ5 LPT2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 HardDsik IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Disabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ15 Reserved ...

Page 87: ... For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level 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 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 Auto...

Page 88: ... 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned 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 Device Choose IRQ assigned to PCI ISA PnP card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 IRQ Resource Press Enter Reserved Choose IRQ assigned to Legacy ISA card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9...

Page 89: ...RQ 4 IRQ 4 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled IRQ 3 IRQ 3 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 2 disabled 4 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 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 MULTI I O ADDRESSES Default setti...

Page 90: ...PM Menu Level 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 save your settings or exit without saving CPU Device Monitoring Setting Description Note Disabled Default Shutdown Temperature 30 C 86 F 35 C 95 F 40 C 104 F 45 C...

Page 91: ...cription Note Vcore Vcc 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V V Show the current voltage status Current CPU Temp C F Show the current status of CPU temperature Current SYS Temp C F Show the current status of the System temperature CPUFAN1 CHAFAN1 Speed RPM Show the current status of CPU CHA Fan ...

Page 92: ...d Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit 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 Main Men...

Page 93: ...ad Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit 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 Main Me...

Page 94: ...password 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 ...

Page 95: ...ection 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 Dat...

Page 96: ... 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 97: ...tion and 3 a database in HTML format with information on SOYO Motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive If you use Windows 2000 or 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 Win...

Page 98: ... 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 r...

Page 99: ... 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 driver enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA capable Hard Disk Drives and ensures IDE device compatibility driver revision VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x ME NT 2k VIA Onbo...

Page 100: ...d Audio sound driver for Windows 95 Avance Onboard Audio Driver for Win 98 98SE ME 2000 This Onboard Audio sound drivers for Windows 98 98SE ME 2000 Avance Onboard Audio Driver for Win NT4 0 This Onboard Audio sound driver for Windows NT4 0 Avance Onboard Audio Applications for Win 9x ME 2000 NT The Application support file formats including MP3 CDA MIDI WAV WMA Make sure to install it after insta...

Page 101: ...program When the installation is complete most drivers require to restart your system before they can become active Step 3 Check the Latest Releases Click the Check the latest Releases button to go the SOYO Website to automatically find the latest BIOS manual and driver releases for your motherboard This button will only work if your computer is connected to the internet through a network or modem...