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1. ATX Power COM 2 a xy ee 33A GE 1 LINE OUT T 5 LINE IN aA m Ara e at Mig 3 CHAFAN2 IDE 1 IDE 2 15 oe ul SPK5 1 E cHarana DDR DIMM 1 AGP PRO PRB E RY PQ EEEE ELA A ea AT oH E E AEA EAEE CATT A UAV TATE TT E PCI Slot 1 CD_SPDIF CDIN1 1 4 1 4 eens s CDIN2 PCI slot 2 pa Ee VA L3 WoL VT82 4 Header PCI Slot 3 mots M l Pa O PCI Slot 4 IDE 3 IDE 4 RAID_IDE 1 3 CEO Power Speaker LED at a 1 5VSB 3 1 QOSBBBE GREBA BEHEE BERBE 1E 10 6 5 1 5 1 m SMCARDCN SIRCON1 Ugg3 4 USBS 6 CHAFANS H DD Reset PWRBT LED Back Panel SY K7V DRAGON Platform Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 1 6 SY K7V DRAGON MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS I Q Tn O Zz F Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON PENK KES CH MFO WTOZEZM Ae He TADBM SON wD gt gt J A ay a ATX Power Supply Connector VIA VT8366 North Bridge Chip Socket A Connector CPU Cooling Fan Connector Bus Mastering EIDE ATAPI Ports DDR DIMM Banks Chassis Cooling Fan Connector AGP Pro
2. Init Display First PCI Slot Choose which card AGP AGP Display card or PCI VGA Default card to initialize first 74 BIOS Setup Utility gt sy K7V DRAGON Ce INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Setting Description Note OnChip USB All Disabled This should be enabled if Controller All Enabled your system has a USB 1 amp 2 USB Port installed on the system 2 amp 3 USB Port board and you want to use 3 amp 1 USB Port it Even when so equipped 1 USB Port if you add a higher Default 2 USB Port performance controller you 3 USB Port will need to disable this feature Port means USB1 amp 2 Port 2 means USB3 amp 4 Port 3 means USB5 amp 6 USB Keyboard Disabled Select Enabled 1f your Default Support Enabled system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard IDE HDD Block Disabled Invokes multi sector Mode Enabled transfer instead of one Default sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function 75 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON 3 5 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device Caution Change these settings only 1f you are already familiar with the Chipset The VIA OnChip IDE Device option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer The following screen shows setup default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE Cha
3. 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 Drives A 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Default 2 88MB 3 5 in None Not installed Floppy 3 Mode Disabled Default Support Drive A Supports 3 mode Special disk drive floppy diskette commonly used in 740KB 1 2MB Japan 1 44MB on selected disk drive BIOS Setup Utility sy K7V DRAGON Others Optional Setting Description Note EGA VGA Select the video mode Default CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Monochrome ALL Errors When the BIOS detects system Default No Errors errors this function will stop the All But Keyboard system Select which type of All But Diskette error will cause the system halt All But Disk Key 61 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Enabled Menu Level gt Item Help Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status On Allows you to choose the Gate A20 Option Fast VIRUS warning feature for Typematic Rate Setting DIREI are IDE Hard Disk boot sector x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay M
4. Plug and play with 192 base IO address 12 IRQ and 4 DMA options gt Floppy Disk Controller 1l6bytes of FIFO Data rates up to 1Mbps Perpendicular recording driver 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 support data transfers at speeds up to 115 2 Kbits sec with BIOS support 1 10 2 Parallel Port The connector for the multimode bi directional parallel port 1s 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 1s 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 360 KB 5 25 inch 1 2 MB 5 25 inch 16 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON ay a 720 KB 3 5 inch 1 2 MB 3 5 inch driver required 1 25 1 44 MB 3 5 inch 2 88 MB 3 5 i
5. 46 Hardware Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 3 8 Troubleshooting at First Start USB Issues Can I use USB port 3 4 and port 5 6 for keyboard resume function This M B has 6 USB ports but only the 2 at the back panel can be used for USB keyboard resume function Video no display related issues I built a new computer system using a Soyo board and nothing happens when turning it on no video and no beeps from the PC speaker What is happening and how can it be fixed No screen and no beeps mean that your 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 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 from my monitor What could be wrong The following lists some basic beep codes and their possible meanings e One long b
6. Functional The array is operational 118 Critical A mirrored array contains a drive that has failed or disconnected The remaining drive member in the array is functional However the array has temporarily lost its ability to provide fault tolerance The user should identify the failed drive through the FastBuild Setup utility and then replace the problem drive Offline A striped array has 1 drive that has failed or been disconnected When the array condition 1s offline the user must replace the failed drive s then restore data from a backup source NAVIGATING THE FASTBUILD SETUP MENU When using the menus these are some of the basic navigation tips Arrow keys highlights through choices Space bar key allows to cycle through options Enter key selects an option ESC key is used to abort or exit the current menu Using the Main Menu This is the first option screen when entering the FastBuild 1M Setup FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Main Menu Auto Setup View Drive Assignments View Array Delete Array Rebuild Array Controller Configuration Keys Available Press 1 6 to Select Option ESC Exit 119 To create a new array automatically follow the steps under Creating Arrays Automatically SOYO recommends this option for most users To view drives assigned to arrays see Viewing Drive Assignments To delete an array but not del
7. Ignore FastTrak100 Lite will log the event error and continue the rebuild or synchronization process Use this setting if you want to detect the presence of errors but do not want to fix these errors at the time The user may then decide what to do about the error s detected WARNING This may result in mismatched drives under RAID 1 Interactive By checking this option a selection window will appear each time an error is detected asking the user whether they want to Abort Fix or Ignore the error see Troubleshooting section Dismiss Error Dialogs designates the length of time in seconds that a Message box or Error Dialog box appears on screen Scheduling Array Synchronization This section of the Options Window allows a user to schedule when and how often Fastlrak100 Lite will perform synchronization maintenance of a mirrored array Array Sunchronization Schedule l Disabled On Errors C Abort Fix Ignore Interactive Schedule event Once ever specied minutes Every 30 minutes 158 Disable checkbox is checked the default to turn off automated scheduling of synchronization When unchecked the Scheduling section will be highlighted see above On Errors section offers four radio button choices for the user to select what procedure they would like to perform if an Error is detected during a scheduled Synchronization There are three types of errors that FastTrak100 Lite detects
8. SY K 7V DRAGON Motherboard KOKK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K FK K K K K K 3K K K7 Athlon amp Duron Processor supported VIA KT266 AGP PCI Motherboard 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported AIX Form Factor KOKK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K FK FK K FK 3K K 3K K User s Manual oy Ca SOYO gt sy K7V DRAGON Copyright 2001 by Soyo Computer Inc Trademarks Soyo is the registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc All trademarks are the properties of their owners Product Rights All names of the product and corporate mentioned in this publication are used for identification purposes only The registered trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective companies Copyright Notice All rights reserved This manual has been copyrighted by Soyo Computer Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted transcribed translated into any other language or stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means such as by electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without permission in writing from Soyo Computer Inc Disclaimer Soyo Computer Inc makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual We reserve the right to amend the manual or revise the specifications of the product described in it from time to time without obligation to notify any perso
9. 94 BIOS Setup Utility gt sy K7V DRAGON Boot Menu Boot Menu enables user to boot up on different boot device 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 Selecta Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN TL Move ENTER Accept F4 Exit 95 Drivers installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON Chapter 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION The SOYO CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating System other than Windows 98 98SE ME Your SY K7V DRAGON Motherboard comes with a CD ROM labeled SOYO CD The SOYO CD contains 1 the user s manual file for your new Motherboard 2 the drivers software available for installation 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 Flease select Your Board 3 X aY DRAGON SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu If you use Windows 95 98 ME the SOYO CD Start Up Program automatically detects which SOYO Motherboard you own and displays the corresponding model name 96 Dr
10. Current DRAM Frequency DRAM Clock DRAM Timing Precharge to Active Trp DRAM Command Rate AV gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value 100 MHz 133 MHz By SPD manual 2 5 DIREY reel 3T 2T Command Item Help Menu Level gt 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 68 BIOS Setup Utility SyY K7V DRAGON DRAM Clock Drive Control Setting Description Note DEARI lock a This item allows you to control the DRAM speed By SPD Default DRAM Timing By SPD If enable the DRAM will auto Manual detect the DRAM timing Default SDRAM Cycle 25 When synchronous DRAM is Default Length 2 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 Bank Interleave Disabled Increase DRAM performance 2 Bank Default 4 Bank Precharge to 2T Increase DRAM performance Active Trp 3T Default DRAM Command 2T Command Increase DRAM performance Default Rate IT Command 69 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON 3 4 2 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control STOP Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The AGP amp P2P Bridge Control option changes the values of the chipset registers These reg
11. Delay 4 Sec Turns off the system power 4 seconds after pushing the power button State After On The system will switch on Power Failure when power comes back after a power failure The system will remain off Default when power comes back after a 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 Press Enter Select items that will wake up Activity Detect your system when in one of sleep modes Press enter to go the select item page 82 BIOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD PCI Master PowerQOn by PCI Card Wake Up On LAN Ring RTC Alarm Resume Setting Disabled sy K7V DRAGON Description Note You can set the PS2KB Hotkey Default Ctrl F1 F12 to Wakeup system Power Wake Any Key LPT COM NONE LPT COM OFF ON OFF ON Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled When On of LPT amp COM any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system Default When On of HDD amp FDD any Default activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system When On of PCI Master any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Default If enabled any PC
12. Q A Why does my system reboot after the QEMM driver loads from CONFIG SYS The problem lies in the QEMM Stealth feature This feature places the drive information from the DOS System area into the upper reaches of RAM where Windows resides This causes the FastTrak100 Lite to lose track of its drives when asked to execute the next line in the CONFIG SYS file This forces the reboot that you see Disable QEMM s stealth feature to correct this problem Why can t I see the drives on the FastTrak100 Lite under FDISK The FastTrak100 Lite controller is dedicated to RAID array management and does not provide any means of addressing individual hard drives through the Int 13h interface used by FDISK In order to access drives on the FastTrak100 Lite from MSDOS at all you must first create a RAID array 169 APPENDIX B Overview and Acknowledgments C Media 6 Channel Audio offers a new generation in audio solution it utilizes the state of the art CRL 3D Audio technology HRTF 3D positional audio and supports Microsoft DirectSound 3D and Aureal s A3D interfaces Better yet it supports 2 4 6 speakers and DLS based DownLoadable Sound wave table music synthesizer which supports the DirectMusic Besides being legacy audio SB pro compatible and providing professional SPDIF IN OUT non distortion digital interface it also supports MPU 401 interface dual game ports etc What we provide at the side card are line in
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14. FastTrak100 Lite controller before performing the following procedure The FastTrak100 Lite drivers must be loaded on the system hard drive running under the existing hard drive controller before any hard drives are connected to the FastTrak100 Lite controller card 1 Choose Settings from the Start menu 2 Choose Control Panel from the Settings menu 3 Double click on the SCSI Adapters icon which generates the SCSI Adapters dialog box 4 Choose Drivers and then press Add 5 Inthe Install Drivers dialog box press Have Disk 140 10 11 When the Install From Disk appears insert the SOYO CD in the CD Rom drive Type D RAID promise Driver Win9x ME in the text box window then choose OK Assuming that D is your CD Rom When the Install Driver dialog box appears select Win NT FastTrak100 Lite Controller and then press OK When the Select SCSI Adapter Option dialog box appears press Install After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Win NT FastTrak100 Lite Controller has been installed Power off your system and install the hard disk in the FastTrack 100 Lite Controller Removing the Driver from Windows NT 4 x 1 2 In Start Button choose Control Panel in Setup group In Control Panel select SCSI Adapter
15. I use for the drives on the FastTrak100 Lite controller None The drives on the FastTrak100 Lite controller are supported by the FastTrak100 Lite BIOS and or an O S drivers not by your system BIOS How do partition format my FastTrak100 Lite RAID array The FastTrak100 Lite fools the system into thinking that it s dealing with a single HDD Therefore anything that you can do to a single HDD can also be done to a FastIrak100 Lite array You can and should use the FDISK and FORMAT utilities to partition format the 167 array You can partition the array however you see fit You can format the array with whatever file system you wish INSTALLATION ISSUES Capacity Booting Q Why are some drives recognized by the FastTrak100 Lite Array Setup utilities with only partial capacity some hard drive models are shipped with a jumper that reduces the addressable capacity of the drive to prevent problems with older systems which won t support larger drives Consult the documentation accompanying the hard drive to set the jumper appropriately in order to utilize the full capacity of the drive How can change the system boot sequence in order to boot from the FastTrak100 Lite array The boot sequence is controlled by the system BIOS As far as the system BIOS is concerned the Fastlrak100 Lite controller and defined arrays are categorized as a SCSI device even though the BIOS will not attempt to access the
16. IDE RAID Onboard 6Ch H W Audio VIA OnChip LAN System Performance MV gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Enabled DIRIY rae 100 MHz 100 Auto Default Enabled Item Help Menu Level gt loppy HDD O LS120 Enabled RAID ATA SCSI Enabled DIRIY eel Enabled Enabled ormal F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults The SOYO COMBO SETUP menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS 54 BIOS Setup Utility SOYO COMBO Feature Setting Auto Detect Disabled DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Disabled Spectrum Enabled CPU Frequency 100 MHz oe 133 MHz Frequency 100 1IMHz Stepping CPU Ratio Auto Select 14 0 x 6 0 x 6 5 x 7 0 x 7 5 X 8 0 x 8 5x 9 0 x 9 5 x 10 0 x 10 5 x 11 0 x 11 5 x 12 0 x 13 0 x gt SY K7V DRAGON Description Note When enabled this item will auto detect if the DIMM and Default PCI socket have devices and will send clock signal to DIMM and PCI devices When disabled it will send the clock signal to all DIMM and PCI socket This item allows you to Default Disabled Enabled the spread spectrum modulate Chose 100MHz 133MHz Default depending on the Front Side Bus of your CPU Press Page Up Page Down key to Over Clock the CPU Front Side Bus in I MHz increment or Press Enter key then type the des
17. Inverse Enable SPOIF IN OUT Copyright protection Enable SPDIF IN Validity detection coed ts SPDIF dialog provides a full control over SPDIF IN OUT functions You can use these settings to connect your computer to other pieces of audio device such as Mini Disc players amplifiers etc For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Appendixes C and D Advanced Speakers Speakers dialog provides an interface allowing you to set your speakers configurations First You should make sure what model type your speakers are and what the correct configurations are And this dialog also shows the current status and functions of the phone jacks of your audio device You can always refer to this to make sure whether or not the connections of your speakers and microphone are correct 185 Advanced SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options Speakers amp Headphone C 2 Speakers C 4 Speakers 2 7 Speaker Fores Bass Individually Options Enable SPDIF OUT Enable SPOIF OUT only wroks on Headphone and 2 Speakers Cancel epi Advanced Volume Volume dialog provides a full control over the volume of the six channels digital output You can adjust the volume of your speakers in this dialog Please note that the volume of analog path is not controlled by this function x SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options Front Front Center Subwooter Rear Rear Left Right L
18. No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 2 Press N for the Create Only option 3 Awindow will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt 123 Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive FastTrak100 Lite will create a mirrored array using an existing system drive with data You must assign the existing drive and another drive of same or larger capacity to the Mirroring array The BIOS will send the existing data to the new blank drive WARNING Backup any necessary data before proceeding Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss WARNING If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT 4 x or Windows 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first see page 133 to this drive while it is still attached to the regular IDE port For all other Operating Systems proceed here l After assigning the drives to a Mirroring array press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 2 Press Y for the Creat
19. Technical Support in the region you live SOYO prefers Email as communication medium remember to always add to the email the country that you live in TAIWAN SOYO COMPUTER INC No 21 Wu Kung 5 Rd Hsin Chuang City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C TEL 886 2 22903300 FAX 886 2 22983322 http Awww soyo com Email info mail soyo com USA SOYO INC 41484 Christy Street Fremont CA 94538 USA TEL 1 510 226 7696 FAX 1 510 226 9218 http Awww soyousa com Email sales soyousa com GM SOYO Deutschland GmbH SAAT Technology GmbH August Wilhelm Kuhnholz Str 15 D 26135 Oldenburg Oldb Germay TEL 49 441 209 100 FAX 49 44 1 203 442 http Awww soyo de Email sales soyo de 198 JAPAN SOYO COMPUTER SOYO BLDG 1 23 14 Hyakunincho Shinjyuku ku Tokyo Japan 169 0073 TEL 81 3 3368 2188 FAX 81 3 3368 2199 http Awww soyo co jp Email support soyo co jp CHINA GING MEI JEI LTD Room 304 Phoenix Mansion No 165 Haidian Road Haidian Distnct Beijing 100080 China TEL 86 10 6251 0089 FAX 86 10 6251 0311 http Awww soyo com cn Email soyo public bat net cn KOREA SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 3 rd F1 Wonhyo Bldg 46 1 Wonhyoro 3 Ga yongsan Ku Seoul Korea TEL 882 716 2850 FAX 882 704 2619 http www soyo co kr Email soyo soyo co kr Hong Kong Soyo H K Ltd 5C Big Star Centre 8 Wang Kwong Road Kowloon Bay Kowloon HK TEL 852 2710 9810 FAX 852 2710
20. U4 refers to 66MB sec transfers etc FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc View Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment Mode 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 1 Slave QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 Free 2 Master QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 Keys Available It Up H Down ESC Exit Mode U UDMA P PIO D DMA MANUALLY CREATING AN ARRAY The Define Array lt 3 gt option from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays attached to FastTrak100 Lite Users will commonly create one or two drive arrays with FastTrak100 Lite though this can support a maximum of 1 four arrays NOTE For most installations Promise recommends the lt I gt Auto Setup for easy disk array creation i A user may use a single drive in either striping or spanning mode with FastTrak100 In this rare scenario the card will create an individual array ID but will offer conventional controller performance depending on the drive type At a later time a second drive can be added to the array and the array re created to support RAID 1 mirroring 122 FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 16126 Functional Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Keys Available Note Bootable Arr
21. a flexible mix match manner or it can be configured to support Double Data Rated DDR SDRAM mode The DDR DRAM interface allows zero wait state bursting 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 IM 2M 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M xN 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 either synchronous or pseudo synchronous mode with the host CPU bus frequency 100 133 MHz The VT8366 Host system controller also supports full AGP v2 0 capability for maximum bus utilization including 2x and 4x mode transfers SBA 11 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON SideBand Addressing Flush Fence commands and pipelined grants An eight level request queue plus a four level post write request queue with thirty two and sixteen quadwords of read and write data FIFO s respectively are included for deep pipelined and split AGP transactions A single level GART TLB with 16 full associative entries and flexible CPU AGP PCI remapping control is also provided for operation under protected mode operating environments Both Windows 95 VXD and Windows 98 NTS miniport drivers are supported for interoperability with major AGP based 3D and DVD capable multimedia accelerators The VT8366 Host system con
22. an array for data protection using new hard drives follow these steps L Zz 3 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 4 5 6 if Press N for the Create Only option A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive Once the arrayed drives have been formatted proceed to install your OS amp then the FastTrak RAID Drivers from the SOYO CD 115 Creating a Security Array With An Existing Data Drive NOTE FastTrak100 Lite permits only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup You would use this method if you wish to use a drive that already contains data and or is the bootable system drive in your system You will need another drive of identical or larger storage capacity WARNING Backup any necessary data before proceeding Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss WARNING If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT 4 x or Windows 2000 operating system as part o
23. array configuration Can I take a drive used in a FastTrak100 Lite array and access it directly with a different controller such as the one integrated on the motherboard Yes but only under certain configurations The following array configurations will allow the drive s to be accessed individually on another controller mirror RAID 0 single drive striped RAID 1 or 166 single drive spanned JBOD Multiple drives striped or spanned will not work Also the controller must address the drives as LBA not CHS If have a problem with one of the drives on the FastTrak100 Lite how can low level format it to correct the problem Do NOT do this Low level formatting IDE drives is unnecessary and generally does not correct problems which might be experienced during use Errors such as bad sectors or ECC CRC failure are best remedied by completely replacing the drive For this reason drives attached to the FastIrak100 Lite controller should NOT be low level formatted Do have to install disk management software on my array in order to access the full storage capacity of drives No Disk management software would only complicate things The array should be fully addressable by your O S as it is Remember that some operating systems have varying limits on the sizes of partitions and logical drives that can be defined Consult your O S documentation about partitioning larger drives What system BIOS CMOS settings do
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25. numbering for FastTrak s Flash ROM chip Driver Version Identifies which version of the Promise FastTrak100 Lite driver you have installed Hardware Type Identifies which FastTrak model is installed 153 Viewing IDE Channel Information Left clicking on a given Channel icon or in the left pane will show the Base IO addresses of the channel in the right pane used for troubleshooting tS FastCheck Monitoring Utility Array Controller Options Leaner jest FastTrak 1 Base IO address 1 0xE000 Gee Base IO address 2 0xD802 3 Maxtor 8700048 Channel 2 Maxtor 8700048 a 8 i Click specific icon for resource infomation Z Viewing Drive Information Left clicking on a given Drive icon or ID in the left pane will show similar information categories as the Array Window Drive Information in the right pane AAE Monitoring Utility fear FastTrak 1 a Status ction 5 ii Channel 1 Functional 7 W S M A R T Maxtor 87000A Status Functional Channel 2 Size 6 522GB Maxtor 8700048 Location Controller 1 Channel 1 Master Mapping 14475 Oyls 15 Heads 63 Sectors Timing DMA mode 2 g gt Click specific icon for resource infomation Z 154 Status also shown under the Array Window can be Functional Critical or Offline The meanings are shown below Functional Means the drive is working normally Critical A problem has been
26. press Enter The following prompt appear Enter Password Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to STOP access the system is to set jumper JP5 to clear the CMOS RAM All setup information is lost and you must run the BIOS setup program again Note If you do not wish to use the password function press Enter directly and the following message appears Password Disabled 93 BIOS Setup Utility gt sy K7V DRAGON 3 Enter your new password and press Enter The following message appears prompting to confirm the new password Confirm Password 4 Re enter your password and then press Enter to exit to the Main Menu This diagram outlines the password selection procedure Press lt Enter gt without entering the password Type the Password 3 and Press lt Enter gt Sanna sidGrrr rrr nter Password Password Disabled ee ee laa eli tah iA Pr EEEF ENE ia ie gaa ERER After you confirm the password press lt Esc gt to exit Enter Password x Confirm Password xx me a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ee eS X i X 3 12 SET USER PASSWORD When the user password option is on you are not allowed to change any setting in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY except for changing the user s password The password setting procedure is similar to that for the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Refer to section 3 9
27. problem has been detected in the drive and the drive taken offline as part of a mirroring array Mirrored arrays will continue to function without the drive Fix replace the drive that has failed then restore data from a backup source Offline Drives that are NOT identified as bad may be taken offline if part of a Striping or Spanning array containing a bad drive These drives do NOT need to be replaced however S M A R T Status Indicates whether attached hard drive implements Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting Technology to predict drive failure Size Indicates capacity of individual drive Location Shows physical location of drive Indicates on which IDE channel 1 or 2 and whether drive is Master or Slave on cable This allows user to identify drives for removal replacement 146 Mapping Indicates physical parameters of drive cylinders heads sectors Timing Shows selection of drive timing directly related to burst speed based on type of drive and cable used Using Array Pull down Menu At the bottom of the Array window it indicates to right click on an Array to perform synchronization or rebuild operations Right clicking displays the following pull down menu f FastCheck Monitoring Utility Array Controller Options TECHNOLOGY INC RAID Mode MIRRORING lways on top i l N ae e128 Heads Synchronize 63 Sectors Rebuild S1ze 2 010 GE 2059 MB About Status Functional
28. startup If NO is selected FastCheck will not initialize during startup You may manually execute the utility via the Start button 142 NOTE Promise recommends to have FastCheck load during Startup This insures you that it will be ready to post alerts on errors RUNNING FASTCHECK As described in the Installation section the default option for FastCheck is to load during startup of Win95 98 NT 2000 It appears minimized on the taskbar under Win 95 98 NT4 2000 Millennium see below Fastlheck Monitor Utility 6 26 PM To start FastCheck double click on the FastCheck icon on the taskbar above or you may also use the Taskbar Start Promise FastTrak FastCheck menus shown below tod Netscape Navigator e Fagemakerb 5 spinner Plus HH Visio GJ windows Explorer m Promise Fastlheck Monitonng Utility Mak yt CLOSING FASTCHECK Once FastCheck is opened either automatically on startup or manually the monitoring utility remains running in the background even if the user closes the FastCheck window To completely shut down FastCheck perform the following steps 1 Right click the FastCheck icon on the Taskbar 2 Select Exit from the pop up window 143 3 FastCheck will no longer be running and will no longer be monitoring the array USING FASTCHECK ARRAY WINDOW Once FastCheck is selected the FastCheck Monitoring Utility window will appear The main pane has three information window
29. tabs Array Controller and Options The user can switch screens by clicking on the tab The Array Window is the active screen by default as shown below S FastCheck Monitoring Utility PROMISE TECHNOLOGY INC Array Controller Options a ARRAY 1 RAID Mode MIRRORING m E3 Maxtor 8700048 Mapping 551 Cyls m E3 Maxtor 8700048 255 Heads 63 Sectors Size 6 518GB Status Functional i F Right mouse click array to run synchronize or rebuild Z The Array Window see above displays information about the arrays configured on your FastTrak100 Lite through the FastBuild BIOS From this window you can also perform data Synchronization of mirrored arrays or Rebuild data from one drive to a replacement drive within a mirrored array While the Array Window does not allow you to change the array configurations directly it clearly identifies which drives are associated with each array shown in the left pane 144 Viewing Array Information By left clicking on the Array the right pane shows the following information categories for that array RAID mode Striping Mirroring Mirroring amp Striping Spanning Mapping similar to physical drive specifications describing of cylinders heads and sectors of the arrays virtual drive as seen by the system Size Storage capacity of the array Status Functional Critical Offline Functional Means the array is providing fu
30. to reset the system setup and to retrieve the old values CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature gt PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit V gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values Warning If you run into any problem after changing the BIOS configuration please load the Fail Safe Defaults for stable performance 92 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON 3 11 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Based on the setting you have made in the Security Option of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP section the password prevents access to the system or the setup program by unauthorized users Follow this procedure to set a new password or disable the password 1 Choose BIOS FEATURES SETUP in the Main Menu and press Enter Select the Security Options item and set the field to a System The 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
31. track of playlist If current track is the last track the first track will become the current track Playback Starts to playback the current track Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after Loop Playbacks the tracks over and over again Eject Opens the CD ROM drive to change the audio CD 175 Setting Selects the CD ROM drive which analog output is connected to the Analog CD in of your sound card If your CD ROM does not connect to the analog CD input wire please use device manager to change the property of your CD ROM Which diwe that you want to play Audio CO e Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and copyright information Exit Stops and leaves the CD player MIDI Player MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist oe a ae EE ananas AAA Current file field shows the number of the currently selected MIDI files 176 File name field shows the file name Total length field displays the total length of the selected file in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time Button Function ab Playlist allows you to insert remove and re
32. 0 install When you into the system install screen press F6 key first Then press S key Select Other then press Enter Insert floppy disk for NT driver to A disk then press Enter Select WinNT Promise Ultral00 tm Controller PDC20265R then press Enter ot ea oe 7 Press Enter to continue NT setup 107 Ultra Family Driver Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON Ultra Family Driver for Windows ME l anr 9 St oe Move cursor to my computer icon Press mouse right button then press properties Press Device Manager You will see an exclamation mark of yellow color at PCI mass storage controller in other devices Click it Click Driver button then click Update Driver button Select specify the location of the driver Advanced then click next The ultra family driver path is in SOYO CD Raid Promise ultra family Driver WINME Click finish then restart your system Ultra Family Driver for Windows 2000 l First please copy all files of folder under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver Win2000 and Ultra readme txt and txtsetup oem 3 files under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver to floppy disk for Win2000 Ultra100 install When you into the system install screen press F6 key first Then press S key Insert floppy disk for 2000 driver to A disk then press Enter to continue Select Win2000 Promise Ultral00 tm Controller PDC20265R then pr
33. 1 Subwoofer 19 Demonstrations Demo1 and Demo 2 are specially design for 4 speaker system demonstration Select Demo 1 and or Demo 2 by left clicking the mouse Sit back and relax and let the music take control How was it like Isn t it fantastic If you don t have 4 speaker system hurry up and buy yourself one right away CMI8738 PCI Multi Channel Audio Demo V2 5 ARTF Echo otop Exit Help EAX Monotonous footsteps generate distinctive sound effects in different environments In this Demo you can hear a lady wearing high heels walk in different surroundings generic environment bathroom sewer pipe and underwater Left click the mouse to activate this Demo and feel the differences CMI8738 PCI Multi Channel Audio Demo V2 5 om BAN GENERIC Demo2 EAX HRTF Echo Stop Exit Help 192 HRTF HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Functions and itis a set of audio filters varying locations of sound effects spatial hearing cues in three dimension measured from the listener s eardrum This technology and special digital signal processing are used to recreate spatial hearing cues making our ears hear realistic and three dimensional sounds coming from a pairs of loud speakers or headphones When you activate this Demo you can hear a helicopter fly around you clockwise for three times 193 Echo Like to sing along with Karaoke It might occur to you to use your PC for this However when y
34. 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 hardware installation is complete turn the power switch on then press the lt DEL gt key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will be shown on the screen Then follow these steps to configure the CPU settings 45 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON Step 1 Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP Set Date Time and Floppy drive type then set Hard Disk Type to Auto Step 2 Select LOAD OPTIMIZED 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 Clock to 100 133MHz depending on the Front Side Bus of your CPU To overclock your CPU s Front Side Bus CPU Clock IMHz STEP enables you to overclock your CPU Front Side Bus in 1MHz increment or you can input the desired FSB value of the CPU Note The maximum FSB you can overclock for a 100MHz FSB CPU is 132MHz and 233MHz for 133MHz FSB CPU Step 4 Select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Press lt Enter gt to save the new configuration to the CMOS memory and continue the boot sequence
35. 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 1 0 eeccccccccteeessseececeeeenens 58 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES cece ccccenseeeeeeeeeeees 62 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES cc eeeccceeneeeees 66 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERAL nai 74 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP eesse 80 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS ssssssssssessensnrenees 86 3 8 PG TEE ad IAN YS orrir ina E 89 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS eesse 9 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 92 3 11 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD oo eeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeees 93 3 12 SREUSERPA SWORD en ee eee A 94 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION oseeesssessseecoosssesessosssssssseeoo 96 CHAPTER 5 VIA ONBOARD LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION 101 CHAPTER 6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION 104 CHAPTER 7 PROMISE RAID FAMILY DRIVER INSTALLATION 105 CHAPTER 8 ULTRA FAMILY DRIVER INSTALLATION 107 APPENDIXA FASTTRAK 100 LITE MANUAL eee 109 APPENDIXB C MEDIA 6 CHANNEL AUDIO SOLUTION MANUAL 170 APPENDIXC CONTACT INFORMATION ccccccssssccccssscccsssccccssssooes 198 iV Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON ay a Chapter 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION The SY K7V DRAGON AGP PCI Motherboard is a high performance Socket A ATX form factor system board The SY K7V DRAGON uses VIA Chipset technology and supports Socket A class processors This Motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 KE
36. 2000 INSTALLATION Check page 98 for installation procedure WIN95 98 ME 2000 UN INSTALLATION 1 Click Start 2 Select Program 171 3 Find Uninstall device drivers and applications program in PCI audio applications 4 Run it 5 Follow the on screen instructions to uninstall the device drivers or applications WINDOWS NT 4 0 INSTALLATION Check page 104 for installation procedure Windows Applications AUDIO RACK FOR WDM DRIVER By means of a user friendly interface as easy as operating your home stereo system this PCI audio rack provides you with control over your PC s audio functions including the advantage of 4 6 speakers mode enable disable and perfect digital sound SPDIF input input output control 172 Wolume La Control __Advanced amA 5 Ob J we prey ai a MIDI Ga amen Control Center This Audio Rack consists of several major components Control Center Controls the display of the PCI Audio Rack components Kudio RACKS elie H CD Player can play standard audio CDs and allow you to create your own playlist MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist MP3 Wave Player can play mp3 wave and MPEG 1 files It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files If you want to sing a song MP3 Wave Player also provides a Karaoke function MP3 Wave Player can record i
37. 2CA1 for the SY SEH board or 6BA IV _ 2AA2 which means SY 6BA IV motherboard with 2AA2 bios Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard Please go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites Taiwan WWW SOyO COM tW and look up your motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision Hard disk floppy drive CD ROM etc When I boot up my new computer I got floppy boot failure and the LED on the floppy stays on Make sure the red wire of floppy ribbon cable goes to Pin1 on the floppy drive side don t trust the key lock or notch and use the end connector of the cable don t use middle one 48 Hardware Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON Modem issues I get an I O Conflict message when I turn on my system and I can not get my modem to work What you need to do is to disable COM2 or UART2 or serial port 2 in the bios under integrated peripheral setup I have installed my modem drivers several times and I still cannot get my modem to work Why If you are sure that the modem driver has been installed correctly then you need to install the south bridge driver from the SOYO CD this is because Windows does not properly recognize relatively new chipsets Audio Issues How can I disable the on board Audio Set the Onboard 6Ch H W Audio option in the BIOS to disable this option can be found under SOYO COMBO Feature In Device Manager I keep getting yellow exclamation signs on my sound port even
38. AN VIA W2000 102 VIA Onboard LAN Driver Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON Installing the VIA Onboard LAN Drivers under Windows 950SR2 E a a i E ph i amp 12 13 Move the cursor to my computer icon Press mouse right button select properties then click it Click Device Manager Double click other devices Double click PCI Ethernet Controller You will see the Driver item click it Click Update Driver Click on Next Select other Locations click it Click Browse The LAN driver directory is in SOYO CD LAN VIA W95OSR2 then press ok You need windows 95OSR2 CD to complete the installation When you finish installing LAN card driver Restart your system 103 Audio Driver Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON Chapter 6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION Audio Driver Installation for Windows NT 1 Click my computer 2 Click control panel 3 Click multimedia and select devices then press 4 Click ADD and press OK 5 The audio driver path is in SOYO CD audio cmi8738 6ch NT40 drv 104 vy Promise RAID Family Driver Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON e Yea Chapter 7 PROMISE RAID FAMILY DRIVER INSTALLATION Note When you need to use RAID function on IDE3 and 4 you must connect compatible IDE device with slot IDE3 and 4 Promise RAID Family Drivers for Windows 98SE ee YS R Move cursor to my computer icon Press mouse right button then press properties Pre
39. DA compatible infrared port 6x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector gt IDE RAID FUNCTION The K7V DRAGON supports striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 or function as regular IDE port gt C MEDIA HARDWARE AUDIO Supports 4 5 5 1 speakers and DLS based wave table music Also provides professional SPDIF IN OUT non distortion digital interface gt LAN ON BOARD Supports 10 100 Mbps base T Ethernet gt SMART CARD READER Compliant with Personal Computer Smart Card PC SC Working Group standard Supports Smart Card insertion power on feature Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON gt ADVANCED FUNCTIONS The SY K7V DRAGON supports advanced functions such as E 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 K7V DRAGON to support this function E Multiple boot The SY K7V DRAGON supports booting from devices such as CD ROM E Power on by modem or alarm If the SY K7V DRAGON system is in suspend mode it can be switched back on through the modem or RTC alarm through this function This opens a lot of possibilities such as remote access that switches the system on only after the modem receives a call gt FAIL SAFE The SY K7V DRAGON comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe Hardware Monitor The integrated Hardware Monitor IC and Hardware doctor sof
40. Exit pen Basttheck Right mouse click array bo run synchronize or rebuild From this menu users may choose to have the Window Always Appear on Top of applications Minimize Synchronize mirrored drives Rebuild a mirrored array use About to check FastCheck version or Exit the onscreen window 147 SYNCHRONIZING AN ARRAY Synchronization is a periodic maintenance procedure for Mirroring RAID 1 arrays to maintain data consistency on all mirrored drives In operation array synchronization compares data on the mirrored drives for any differences If there are differences detected data from the primary drive s is automatically copied to the secondary drive s This assures that all mirrored drives will contain the exact information NOTE You may instead choose to schedule array synchronization automatically under the Options Tab view versus manually initiating synchronization 1 To synchronize choose the Array Tab View see figure on previous page 2 Right click on the array you wish to synchronize and choose Synchronize from the context menu 3 Click Yes to initiate Synchronization see below when the Confirmation window appears To cancel this option click the No button FastTrak Once the Synchronize Process is initiated it cannot be stopped From FastCheck Are you sure you wish to Synchronize Array 1 WARNING Once initiated synchronization can NOT be halted in order to prevent d
41. FastCheck Monitoring Utility for Win 9x ME 2000 NT Cancel Driver Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows gt VIA 4in1 Driver Package for Win 9x ME NT 2k VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers 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 follows 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 98 Drivers installation gt SY K7V DRAGON AGP VxD Driver VIA AGP VxD Driver is to be installed if you are using an AGP VGA device VIAGART VXD will provide service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to hardware providing fast graphical access VIA Chipset Functions Registry VIA Registry INF Driver is to be installed under Windows The driver will enable the VIA Power Management function IRQ remapping utility This driver is installed automatically VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver is to be installed under Windows 98 only it sets the system s PCI IRQ routing sequence gt C MEDIA 6 channel Onboard Audio Driver Appl
42. FastIrak100 Lite as any type of SCSI device This allows you to set the boot sequence in your BIOS CMOS setup utility to boot from SCSI an add in controller like the FastTrak100 Lite first rather than IDE an IDE controller built onto the motherboard or one which effectively replaces it If there are multiple SCSI add in controllers in the system then the boot sequence among them will be determined exclusively by their PCI slot priority PCI slot 1 will be first slot 2 second etc Put the FastTrak100 Lite controller in the PCI slot where it will be accessed ahead of other SCSI controllers if you want to boot from the array How can I change the boot sequence between a PCI SCSI card and the FastTrak100 Lite RAID array 168 Since all PCI devices are all PnP it is difficult to determine which device is addressed first Some newer motherboard BlIOSes may use advanced options that identify devices and allow you to select which device will be assigned resources first Otherwise you may have to physically switch the device cards on the PCI slots so that the boot device is in the highest priority slot number See previous question If you do not require the FastIrak100 Lite BIOS to boot from an array and it is only to be used through a driver under the O S one simpler solution would be to disable the Fastlrak100 Lite BIOS so that it does not affect the boot sequence at all POST INSTALLATION Memory Managers FDISK Q
43. H W RAID Default RAID Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Setting Description Note Onboard 6Ch Enabled Enabled Disabled Onboard 6Ch Default H W Audio Disabled H W Audio VIA OnChip LAN Setting Description Note VIA OnChip Enabled Enabled Disabled Onboard H W Default LAN Disabled LAN System Performance Setting Description Note System Normal Adjust your computer Default Performance Maximum Performance 57 r on ie en CaS SY K7V DRAGON L Soyo BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Mon Jan 1 2001 l Item Help Time hh mm ss I 1 8 gt IDE Primary Master Maxtor 52049H3 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Slave None Change the day month year gt IDE Secondary Master LIN485S and century gt 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 MWY gt 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 key to return to the Main Menu 58 BIOS Setup Utility gt
44. I interrupt will Default wake up the system An input signal on the serial Default Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem LAN awakens the system from a soft off state The system ignores the alarm Default 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 83 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON 3 6 1 IRQs Activity Monitoring This option sets the IRQs Activity Monitoring CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON IRQ3 COM 2 Enabled IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled 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 Item Help Menu Level gt V gt 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 84 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON IRQs Activity Monitoring Wake Up Setting Description Note Events Primary INTRON When set to On any even
45. Make sure to record all array information including the array type the disk members and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 16126 Functional Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Keys Available M Up N Down ESC Exit Del Delete 129 l To delete an array highlight the Array you wish to delete and press the Del key 2 The View Array Definition menu will appear see below showing which drives are assigned to this array FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe Block 64 KB Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment 1 Master QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 Y 2 Master QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 Y 3 Confirm yes to the following warning message with the lt Ctrl Y gt key to continue array deletion Are you sure you want to delete this array Press Ctrl Y to Delete others to Abort 4 After deleting the array you should create a new array using Auto Setup or the Define Array menu from the FastBuild Main Menu REBUILDING A MIRRORED ARRAY The Rebuild Array lt 5 gt Menu option is necessary to recover from an error in a mirrored disk array You will receive an err
46. Normal Inverze Enable SPDIF IN DOUT Copyright protection Enable SPDIF IN Validity detection Recording You can use this function to record a v wave file from any recording channel Wave Recording x Recording Format Hame co Quality Save As Remove Format PCM Attributes f44 100 kHz 16 Bit Stereo 172 kb sec hi Recording Channel SPOIFIN LINEIN D MIC W WAVE MW MIDI D AUXIN CO mim pE EE File name Browse Synchronize with Record Stop Total time recorded 00 00 CO player MIDI Player 182 Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions mt le About Shows software version and copyright information d Exit Stops and leaves the MP3 Wave Player Mixer Volume Control Advanced SVOLUNE w OC gt me TRA E s MIDT Shan IMEN LNE T For each output signal the control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the two speakers The mute button can temporarily stop the output without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means the output is available and vice versa Several output signals can usually be enabled at once Volume This is the master control over all outputs The power of an outputRe signal is determined by both of the volume slider and the slider for the individual output To modify all the outputs adjust the volume slider To change individua
47. OM ON OFF Disabled Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt Press Enter F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the Power Management Setup press Esc to return to the Main Menu 80 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON Power Management Controls Setting Description Note ACPI Suspend S 1 POS The system will enter the S1 Default Type state during suspend Low latency wake up Power User Define Lets you define the system Default Management Min Saving power down times 15 Min Option Max Saving 1 Min HDD Power Disabled Lets you define the system Default Down 1 Min 2Min power down times 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Suspend Mode Disabled Lets you define the system Default 1 Min 2Min power down times 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1 Hour Video Off Suspend gt Off When enabled this feature Default Option Always On allows the VGA adapter to All Modes gt operate in a power saving Off mode Video Off V H Sync Blank Selects the method by which Default Method Blank screen the monitor is blanked DPMS Support 81 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON Power Management Controls Continued Setting Description Note MODEM Use 3 Assigns an IRQ to the modem Default IRQ 3 11 NA device Soft Off by Instant off Default PWR BTTN
48. OOEREEOEEFEE VAERERRRTE AERIAL ETEAU EAL PEENE AARKARAROALALROKAUROREALMN PEOEEEETOTETAEME EEEN AAPREERRTER ERITREA ETER AEA PEETA VAERERRRTER ERITREA ETRE LEAD TEPEETELEPERLTEEPELEEEE VATREERRTERERITAEAETERL EAD PAPEETE EEH 26 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 Modules SS RAM Type DDR RAM Memory Module Size MB 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 2 3 3 1 IDE Device Installation HDD CD ROM 64 128 256 512 1024 MB Pin 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 Primary Secondary IDE IDE Pin 1 IDE 3 IDE 4 This Motherboard 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 27 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON This Motherboard can support up to 8 HDDs There a
49. PDIF_INPUT OPTICAL _OUTPUT SPDIF_ OUTPUT CD SPDIF i 1 2 SPDIF IN2 41 L GND Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 3 3 6 AGP Pro Slot This motherboard supports AGP 2x 4x Pro VGA CARD B E aR iy MAE pyn Sy ta m L al mo altiid iain il shit iso iF a an si isis mi alili tliii ilija l Li Sa Note DO NOT remove the safety tab underneath it 1f you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your card slot and motherboard Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card You can use a pen tip to remove the tab from the bay 2 3 3 ATX Power Supply Plug the connector from the power directly into the 20 pin male ATX PW connector on the Motherboard as shown in the following figure os p Bee Wi L fi i P ATX Power wm LEAO aae fe Olo ojoj oj o o n Ej fo a E 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 42 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON
50. SY K7V DRAGON This Main Menu function automatically detects the hard disk type and configures the Standard CMOS Features accordingly CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level gt Capacity Access Mode Cylinder Head Precomp ENEA G Sector Vv gt 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 amp Time Display Setting Please Note Date mm dd yyyy Type the current date You can also the PUp PDn keys to toggle Time hh mm ss Type the current time 24 hour clock format 3 15 PM is displayed as 15 15 00 59 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON Hard Disks Type amp Mode Choose the type and mode for the hard disks that you have already installed Primary Setting Description Secondary Master amp Slave IDE HDD Press To auto detect the HDD s size Auto Detection Enter head on this channel IDE Primary Auto BIOS detects hard disk type Default Slave automatically User Type User User defines the type of hard disk None Access Mode Auto BIOS detects hard disk mode Default automatically _ Normal Normal IDE hard disk lt 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk gt 528MB Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk
51. Setup Utility gt sy K7V DRAGON ty Ce PNP PCI Configuration Setup Continued PNP PCI Setting Description Note Setup Interrupt How to set the BIOS to release the IRQ to the PnP Interrupt pool Line PnP PCI configuration Integrated Peripherals IRQ IRQ 15 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Secondary PCI IDE disabled 5 IRQ 14 IRQ 14 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Primary PCI IDE disabled 2 Interrupt 12 will be released by the PnP RQ 12 JIRQ12 PCI ISA PnP BIOS automatically if the PS 2 Mouse Port l l is not used IRQ7 IRQ7 PCI ISA PnP Onboard parallel port disabled IRQ4 IRQ4 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled IRQ3 IRQ3 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 Assign IRQ Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for For VGA USB port VGA USB Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for Default VGA USB port 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 INT Pin Auto Set to Auto the BIOS will using Default 1 2 3 4 IRQs Automatically Assignment MULTI I O ADDRESSES Default settings for multi I O addresses are as follows em voses mo saw Warning If a default I O address con
52. Slot 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots VIA VT8233 South Bridge Chip Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port IDE RAID Ports IDE RAID Jumper Promise IDE RAID Chip CMOS Clear Jumper Front Panel Connectors Chassis Cooling Fan Connector 5V Stand By Indicator LED 3V Lithium Battery USB Ports Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header Smart Card Reader Connector Flash BIOS Super I O Chip Wake On LAN WOL Header CD_SPDIF Connector CD IN Connector H W Onboard Audio Chip SPK5_1 Connector Back panel Connectors Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 1 7 MICROPROCESSOR The motherboard supports a single Socket A processor The processor s VID pins automatically program the voltage regulator on the motherboard to the required processor voltage In addition the front side bus speed 100 MHz and 133 MHz is automatically selected The motherboard supports all current Socket A processor speeds voltages and bus frequencies 1 7 1 Microprocessor Packaging The CPU is packaged in a 462 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 OKB 128KB or 512 KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM All supported onboard memory can be cached 1 7 3 Microprocessor Upgrades The motherboard can be upgraded with Socket A processors that run at higher speeds When upgrading the processor use the BIOS configuration mod
53. System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable IDK le rae Item Help Vv gt 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 configure each parameter 66 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Setting Description Note Disabled Default ISM 16M_ Some interface cards will map their ROM address to this area If this occurs select 15M 16M in this field System BIOS Disabled Cacheable Enabled The ROM area FOOOOH FFFFFH Default is cacheable Video RAM When synchronous DRAM is Default Cacheable 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 67 BIOS Setup Utility 3 4 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control STOP Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The DRAM Clock Drive Control option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock Drive Control SY K7V DRAGON Current FSB Frequence
54. 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 SVSB to meet the standard ATX specification Note If you use the Wake On LAN WOL function make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Standby lead SVSB Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment ATX Power 12V l By 5VSB 5V PW OK s s 5V GND GND a sai sien gt Pay special care to the directionality 5V els PS ON GND Kel GND 3 3V ele 12v 3 3v leel 3 3v 2 3 4 Jumper Setting RAID_IDE IDE3 4 Function Selector 1 Short pin 1 2 enables RAID function on IDE 3 4 port 2 Short pin 2 3 enables regular IDE RAID function is disabled IDE 3 4 will function as normal IDE port need to install Ultra Family Driver please check page 107 RAID Function Enable Disable Short pin 1 2 to Short pin 2 3 RAID_IDE support RAID 0 support Ultra 12 3 43 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 3 5 CMOS Clear JP5 In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data follow the steps below to clear the CMOS memory 3 Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2 3 on jumper JP5 This jumper can be easily identified by its white colored cap 4 Then put the jumper back to 1 2 to allow writing of new d
55. Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software SuperlO Device Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select Menu Level gt Item Help Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode 4 V gt 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 SuperlO Device Setting Description Onboard FDD Disabled Turn off the on board controller floppy controller Enabled Use the on board floppy Default controller 78 BIOS Setup Utility SuperlO Device Onboard Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 UART Mode Setting Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IROQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto IrDA ASKIR Normal SCR SY K7V DRAGON Description Choose serial port 1 amp 2 s I O address Do not set port 1 amp 2 to the same address except for Disabled or Auto The second serial port offers these InfraRed interface modes SCR mean Smart Card Reader If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR UR2 Function Duplex Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Half Full Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ 7 SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP Choose Half or Duplex to set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Refer to your IR device specifi
56. Wavetable Sw Sunthi Default Mididut Device k Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and copyright information Exit Stops and leaves the MIDI Player ka v 178 MP3 Wave Player MP3 Wave Player can play mp3 wave and MPEG 1 files It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files MP3 Wave Player can record input Signals and save it into a wave file as well let bfe AZ tao Jd Di I 44 gt gt a 9 SN B OI Current file field shows the number of the currently selected audio files in the playlist Frequency display field shows the frequency distribution Total length field displays the total length of the currently selected file in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time File name and status field displays the file name audio format sound effects selection playback mode Karaoke mode and SPDIF status Button Function Cae Playlist Playlist allows you to insert remove and record the audio files into and from the playlist The audio files include wave MP3 and MPEG 1 encoding files 179 x MD Mo File name O 01 C Program Files PC Audio Applications cmedia xg MP3 Total tine 02 05 For MDO 02 09 Hie E Insert Remove Remove All Move Up Move Down Save k zamek Previous song Loads the p
57. Y FEATURES gt CPU SUPPORT The SY K7V DRAGON supports THE FOLLOWING AMD K7 CPUs O Supports 200 266 MHz Front Side Bus DDR Double Data Rate transfer on Athlon 750MHz 1 4GHz Duron 600MHz 950MHz New released AMD Socket A CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY K7V DRAGON as well gt CPU SETTINGS The SY K7V DRAGON 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 E CPU FSB Frequency The SY K7V DRAGON supports a wide range of CPU FSB frequency settings CPU FSB Frequency can be setup by 1MHz increment 100 132MHz for 100MHz FSB CPU 133 233MHz for 133MHz FSB CPU This ensures that the SY K7V DRAGON has an overwhelming overclocking potential Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON ay a E CPU Multiplier The SY K7V DRAGON supports a wide range of multipliers 6 0x 6 5x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x 8 5x 9 0x 9 5x 10 0x 10 5x 11 0x 11 5x 12 0x 13 0x and 14 0x gt EXPANDABILITY The SY K7V DRAGON provides all the standard expansion slots and many more additional expansion features Expansion slots E 1x master AGP Pro slot M 5 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots Enhanced IO E Floppy disk controller 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 2x 16550 compatible serial ports Ir
58. a data mismatch between the primary and secondary drive a physical media error on source or target drive or a total disk failure The options for handling Errors are as follows Abort stops the Synchronization process if an error is encountered Fix in most cases FastTrak100 Lite automatically can correct errors The method of correction varies depending on the type of error see Appendix under Error Correction Methodology Ignore FastTrak100 Lite will log the event error and continue the synchronization process Warning this may result in mismatched drives under RAID 1 Use this setting if you want to detect the presence of errors but do not want to fix these errors at the time The user may then decide what to do about the error s detected Interactive By checking this option a selection window will appear each time an error is detected asking the user whether they want to Abort Fix or Ignore the error see Troubleshooting for more details Schedule event drop down box allows scheduling synchronization by minute by hour by day by week or by month If enabled the default 1s By Month This allows synchronization to take place during an off hour when the system is either not in use or not at peak demand Start time designates hr min am pm On the designates day of week or by ordinal 1st 2nd 3rd selection 159 Setting Rebuild Options Rebuild Settings Disable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild R
59. able PDIF IN Validity detection STEP 4 Start to play the songs You will see that the MD player starts to do the recording as well 196 Recording from SPDIF IN The optical module can be connected to SPDIF IN device such as the portable CD ROM player the CD ROM drive the MD Player to name a few The Windows application and the MP3 Wave player can be used to do the recording of the signal from SPDIF IN The recording steps are as follows STEP 1 Use optical fiber or coaxial to connect the sound card and SPDIF IN device See also Appendix C 2 Input STEP 2 Execute MP3 Wave Player In Setting dialog select 5 Vp p Optical or 0 5 Vp p Coaxial STEP 3 In Wave Recording dialog you should select the recording format and SPDIF IN recording channel Then input the file name Before recording please turn on your SPDIF IN device and start to playback Finally press Record to start the recording process nave s Remove Format PCM Attributes as 100 kHz 24 Bit teren 250 kbi c K lt e e e tail File eee rogram Files PCI Audio Appheations Startway gt Browse i Tr p Teta recording length 00 00 Symnehronize n I CD player MIDI Flaver 197 APPENDIX C How to contact us m If you are interested in our products please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live m If you require Technical Assistance please contact our
60. adapters Select VIA LAN driver then Double click it You will see the Driver item above this window then click it Click on Update Driver Click on Next 101 8 9 10 VIA Onboard LAN Driver Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON Select the following directory The directory is in SOYO CD LAN VIA WME and click ok After informing windows of the driver directory the driver will be installed Restart your system after installation Installing the VIA Onboard LAN Drivers under Windows NT eS Double click the Network icon in the control panel then click Yes Click on Next Click on Select from list Click on Have Disk The install Driver dialog box will appear and request the path of the location of the drivers to be installed Enter D LAN VIA WNT40 where D is your CD ROM then press ok You will need the windows NT CD to complete the installation After informing windows NT will display a dialog box asking your to restart your system click Yes right now Installing the VIA Onboard LAN Drivers under Windows 2000 1 Move the cursor to my computer icon 2 Click mouse right button then select properties 3 Select Hard ware item click it 4 Select Device Manager click it 5 Under other device you will see a yellow Mark then Double click om ND Ethernet controller Click on Reinstall Driver Click on Next Click on Next The LAN driver directory is in SOYO CD L
61. ata errors 148 4 Once Synchronization is confirmed the following information screen appears Click OK button or close the window to proceed A FastCheck Monitoring Utility 15 x Array Controller Options FENOLO We ARRAY 3 Maxtor 8700048 _ eee Mapping 851 yis RAID Mode MIRRORING G Disk synchronization process started on Array 1 4 Right mouse click array to run synchronize or rebuild Z NOTE During Array Synchronization users may continue to access the working array and perform normal PC functions However system performance will be slightly degraded and the process will take longer 5 A progress bar will appear at the bottom of the FastCheck Monitoring window showing synchronization in progress and the percentage that has been completed 149 REBUILDING AN ARRAY This command effectively copies or overwrites data from an existing data drive in the array on to a blank drive The operation will be typically used when a failed drive has been replaced with a new drive as part of a mirrored array To perform a Rebuild choose the Array Tab View Right click the array number and choose Rebuild from the context menu Once Rebuild is selected you will be asked to Initialize Rebuild process on Array by clicking OK Using Rebuild Wizard L Initiating rebuild array will open the Rebuild Wizard Step 1 screen shown below Select t
62. ata into the CMOS memory as Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data Clearing Short pin 2 3 for Short pin 1 2 to JP5 Setting atleast 5 seconds retain new to clear the CMOS oy 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 lt DEL gt key while the system is performing the diagnostic checks Note If you have failed to enter the BIOS wait until the boot up sequence 1s completed Then push the RESET button and press lt DEL gt key again at the beginning of boot up during diagnostic checks 44 tes eID gt SY K7V DRAGON L soya Hardware Installation Repeat this operation until you get the following screen 3 The BIOS Setup screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature gt PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peripherals Set User Password gt Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit AV gt lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage
63. ation when used with various operating systems The software includes the driver necessary to identify FastTrak100 Lite to the operating system e For Windows 2000 see below e For Windows 95 98 see page 136 e For Windows 4 x see page 139 WINDOWS 2000 Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation 1a Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes 1b Floppyless Install Boot from floppy and type WINNT After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press lt F6 gt after 133 the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears 1c CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM Press lt F6 gt after the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated press S to Specify an Additional Device s 3 Press O to select Other and press the Enter key 4 Insert the diskette into drive A and press Enter key 5 Choose Win2000 FastTrak100 Lite from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key 6 The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Promise FastTrak100 Lite NOTE If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are s
64. ations on your purchase of SY K7V DRAGON Motherboard You are about to install and connect your new Motherboard STOP Note Do not unpack the Motherboard from its protective anti static packaging until you have made the following preparations 2 1 PREPARATIONS Gather and prepare all the following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully l Socket A 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 DDR RAM module s Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit Monitor PS 2 Keyboard Pointing Device PS 2 mouse Speaker s optional Disk Drives HDD CD ROM Floppy drive Se Se ee a a External Peripherals Printer Plotter and Modem optional jd Internal Peripherals Modem and LAN cards optional 19 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items a The SY K7V DRAGON KT266 AGP PCI Motherboard The MB RAID AUDIO user manual The Installation CD ROM O D SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM 7 O D 3 IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cable see bs One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable One Audio Connector Card One Flat Cable for Audio Card Le One Heat Sink Compound STOP Warning Do not unpack the Motherboard from its anti static packagi
65. 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 connection Make sure to get your modem connection up before clicking this button Internet Explorer is a Microsoft Trademark 100 VIA Onboard LAN Driver Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON Chapter 5 VIA ONBOARD LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION Installing the VIA Onboard LAN Drivers under Windows 98SE 1 Move the cursor to my computer icon 2 Click mouse right button then select properties 3 Click Device Manager then click other devices 4 Select PCI other net controller then Double click it 5 You will see the Driver item above this window then click it 6 Click on Update Driver 7 Click on Next 8 Select the following directory 9 The directory is in SOYO CD LAN VIA W98 then click ok and 10 you will need windows 98 second Edition CD to complete the installation put it in your CD ROM After informing windows of the driver directory the driver will be installed Restart your system after installation Installing the VIA Onboard LAN Drivers under Windows ME Because Windows ME can detect VIA LAN driver automatic so this installation is for update LAN driver 2 ee eS YS Se Move the cursor to my computer icon Click mouse right button then select properties Click Device Manager then click Network
66. ay 1 Up H Down ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive I To manually create an array from the Define Array Menu use the arrow keys to highlight the array number you wish to define and press Enter to select 2 The Define Array Menu will next appear that allows drive assignments to the disk array see next page Selecting Array Type Il Under the Definition section of this menu highlight the Array for which you want to assign a RAID level 2 Use the Space key to cycle through three array types Performance RAID 0 Striping Security RAID I Mirroring 123 FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Definition Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 16126 Functional Stripe Block 64 KB Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment 1 Master QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 Y 1 Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 N 2 Master QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 Y Keys Available 1 Up N Down ESC Exit Space Select Ctrl Y Save Selecting Stripe Block For RAID 0 Striped arrays only you may manually select the stripe block size Use the Spacebar to scroll through choices progressing as follows 1 2 4 8 16 1024 The size selected affects how FastTrak100 Lite sends and retrieves data blocks from the drives You will need to perform your own testing to determine how the data block size is affecting your part
67. ble Compatible with EAX Environment Audio extention KARAOKE ascending descending keys Echo Supports Center Subwoofer side speakers for chip model 039 and the following models To let everyone avail himself herself of the above functions a user friendly interface Multi Channel Audio Demo was designed with the following functions 1 2 3 4 4 CH speakers mode including Demo1 and Demoz2 EAX Environment Audio eXtention support HRTF based CRL 3D extensional positional audio KARAOKE ascending descending keys Echo and microphone ascending descending keys 6 CH speakers mode including Demo1 and Demoz2 for chip models 039 and the following models 188 AUD Dam Speakers Subwoofer Speakers and Microphone Connection Before running this demo program you have to connect the speakers to the correct phone jacks CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT SPDIF_INPUT F a Fee L ba OPTICAL OUTPUT j Coy D Frama Finni Ta ry F 1 FA aoe OF OF SPDIF_OUTPUT ke i l h 189 How to Enable 4 5 5 1 Speakers You have to activate the Mixer program and enable the 4 Speaker 5 Speakers or 5 1 Speakers mode to let the audio driver recognize your rear or center subwoofer speakers and have the front rear center subwoofer speakers work The audio driver will activate the audio chip to output different so
68. ble to find the drivers press Other Locations In the Select Other Location dialog box type D RAID promise Driver Win9x ME Assuming D is your CD Rom drive Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows 95 has found Win95 98 FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller should appear then press Finish Choose Yes when asked if you wish to restart the system 137 Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 95 98 The following three sections detail the installation of FastTrak100 Lite drivers on a system that has Windows 95 98 already installed If you re installing the FastTrak100 Lite drivers on a system during a Windows 95 98 installation see Installing Drivers During Windows 95 98 Installation on page 136 Windows 98 1 The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI RAID Controller 2 Check the Search for the best driver for your device box and click the Next button 3 Check the Specify a Location box and click Next button 4 Type D RAID promise Driver Win9x ME in the text box Assuming that D is your CD Rom 5 Insert the SOYO CD in the CD Rom drive 6 Click on Next The Add New Hardware wizard will say it has found Win95 98 FastTrak100 Lite controller 7 Click on Next and then on Finish 8 Choose Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Windo
69. cations to select the suitable mode Choose the printer I O address The mode depends on your external device that connects to this port If Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP or ECP EPP mode ECP Mode use DMA 3 l Choose DMA3 Choose DMA 1 79 Note Default port 1 Default port 2 Defanlt Default Default Default Default BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP sets the system s power saving functions CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup gt ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODE Use IRQ Soft Off by PWRBTN State After Power Failure gt IRQ Event Activity Detect MV gt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Value S1 POS User Define Disable Disable Suspend gt Off V H SYNC Blank 3 Instant Off Off Item Help Menu Level gt Press Enter F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Event Activity Detect UNA GEREN Cotle VGA LPT amp COM iD DEA DD KORVEN PowerOn by PCI Card Wake Up On LAN Ring RTC Alarm Resume gt IRQs Activity Monitoring AV gt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Value Disabled OFF LPT C
70. cord the MIDI files into and from the playlist You can save the playlist into a file as well CAWINDG Wr MEDIA FASS POER T MID 02 CAWINDOWS MEDLA Beethoven s Sth Symphony mmi Cancel 02 CAWINDOVWS MEDLA Beethoven s Fur Elise mid 04 CAWINDO Ws MEDLS Beethoven s Fur Elise nni 05 CAWINDOWS MEDLAV AN YON MID 06 CAWINDOWSMEDLA Dance of the Suger Plom Fairy mi Insert OF CAWINDOWS MEDIA Debusey s Claire de Lune rmi 08 CAWINDOWSMEDLA In the Hall of the Mountain Eing mmi Remove 09 CAWINDO WS WEDI A Mozart symphonw No 40 rmi 10 CAWINDOWS MEDI A B Bach s Brandenburg Concerto Mo 3 rmi E N Move Down DINE lq Previous song Loads the previous MIDI file of playlist If current file is the first MIDI file the last one will become the current selection gt Next song Loads the next MIDI file of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection gt Playback Starts to playback the current MIDI file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback 177 Playback Backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before current to 10 seconds after Loop Playbacks the MIDI files of the playlist over and over again Setting Selects the output device you want to use to playback the MIDI files KI gt gt Playback Forward 10 seconds Playback the A 5 Output device Microsoft Gs
71. d checkbox in the Preferences section turns on off use of a Password every time the FastCheck Monitoring Utility icon is selected or the program is run from the Start menu Disabling use of a current password requires password entry see Creating Password on next page Creating Password 1 To create a password check the Enable Password checkbox in the Preferences section The Set Password window will appear Sel Password Ga 2 Type the password you want to use Press the Tab key or click to retype the same password in the Confirm New Password section Click the OK button NOTE Remember to record the password you use in a secure place in case you forget it 162 A confirmation screen will appear saying that Password Checking is Enabled Click the OK button Once the password feature is enabled the following menu will appear before the FastCheck window can be opened is enabled the following menu will appear on each use of FastCheck Password Required Password Cancel P Changing Password L Z 4 Input the original password you first created to gain access to FastCheck Click on Options tab then click on the Change button in the Password section The Set Password screen will appear see figure in step 3 above Type the password you want to use Press the Tab key or click to retype the same password in the Confirm New Password section Click OK button D
72. d drive to restore fault tolerance FastTrak100 Lite s bootable BIOS supports individual drives larger than 8 4GB With FAT32 and NTFS partitioning the array can be addressed as one large single volume 110 KEYS FEATURES AND BENEFITS The following information offers an overview of the major features of FastTrak100 Lite It is divided into two areas Advanced Hardware Design and Compatibility Advanced Hardware Design Supports data striping RAID 0 or mirroring RAID 1 Supports Ultra DMA 5 4 3 2 1 0 DMA 2 1 0 PCI Plug n Play PCI Interrupt sharing and coexists with motherboard IDE controllers Provides dramatic increase in drive performance and or fault tolerant options Offers performance customization and data rebuilds from the BIOS menu Burst data transfer rates up to 1 OOMB sec from Ultra ATA 100 drives to boost overall system performance Easy to install support four ATA drives on the FastTrak100 Lite while still supporting 4 devices on motherboard ATA controller Supports concurrent dual IDE controller Drive workload 1s distributed in parallel operation between members of the array Supports IDE bus master operation Utilizes FastBuild auto menu from the FastTrak100 Lite BIOS Displays status and error checking messages during boot up Mirroring rebuilds supports automatic background Allows multitasking during disk transfers which increase CPU efficiency The CPU is free to process tasks du
73. d to step 1 7 Once complete the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt 8 Proceed to install your OS amp the FastTrak RAID drivers from the SOYO CD 117 Using FastBuild Configuration Utility The FastBuild M Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and manage the drive array on the FastTrak100 Lite For purposes of this manual it is assumed you have already created an array in the previous chapter and now wish to make a change to the array or view other options VIEWING FASTTRAK100 LITE BIOS SCREEN When you boot your system using the FastIrak100 Lite on board RAID with drives installed the FastTrak BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Scanning IDE drives If an array exists already the BIOS will display the following screen showing the card s BIOS version and status of the array FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build Xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved MODE SIZE TRACK MAPPING STATUS 2 0 Stripe 16126M 611 128 32 Functional Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility The array status consists of three possible conditions Functional Critical Offline
74. detected in the drive and the drive taken offline as part of a mirroring array Mirrored arrays will continue to function without the drive Fix replace the drive that has failed then restore data from a backup source Offline Drives that are NOT identified as bad may be taken offline if part of a Striping or Spanning array containing a bad drive These drives do NOT need to be replaced however S M A R T Status Indicates whether attached hard drive implements Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting Technology to predict drive failure Size Indicates capacity of individual drive Location Shows physical location of drive Indicates on which IDE channel I or 2 and whether drive is Master or Slave on cable This allows user to identify drives for removal replacement Mapping Indicates physical parameters of drive cylinders heads sectors Timing Shows selection of drive timing directly related to burst speed based on type of drive and cable used USING OPTIONS WINDOW Clicking on the Options tab reveals the Options Window Array administrators can customize the FastCheck Monitoring Utility in four major areas Notification Array Synchronization Scheduling setting Password Desktop Appearance Most options relate to Mirroring arrays RAID 1 155 FastCheck Montornng Utility Array Controller Options Notification If Popup message box Use log file Use NT system event l
75. e A20 Options Setting Description Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 Fast A pin in the keyboard controller Default controls GateA20 63 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON Typematic Settings Typematic Settings Setting Description Note Typematic Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate Default Rate Setting determined by the keyboard 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 Choose the rate at which a Default 8 Char sec character is repeated when 10 Char sec holding down a key 12 Char sec 15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec 30 Char sec Typematic Delay 250 msec Choose how long after Default 500 msec you press a key down the 730 msec character begins 1000 msec repeating Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the security settings Setting Description Security Option System Each time the system is booted the password prompt appears Setup Ifa password is set the password Default prompt only appears when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 64 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON Other Control Options Other Control Setting Description Note Options OS Se
76. e Windows NT 4 x or Windows 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first to this drive while it is still attached to your regular IDE port Hard drives must be Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 EIDE and or Fast ATA 2 compatible to operate with FastTrak100 Lite RAID For optimal performance install all identical drives of the same model and capacity The drives matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive I Promise recommends using identical drive as part of a FastTrak100 Lite array If striping for performance use two new drives If mirroring for protection you can use two new drives OR use an existing drive and a new drive the new drive must be the same size or larger than the existing drive 112 2 Configure the jumpers of the hard drive you re preparing to connect to the FastTrak100 Lite using the correct Master Slave or Cable Select settings in the positions described in the table below 99 NOTE Sometimes the Master drive with no slave attached is called Single The master slave setting differentiates two drives chained on the same connector Jumper Settings IDE Channel 1 IDE Channel 2 M Master S Slave 3 Install the hard drives into the hard drive bays of your system incl
77. e and Duplicate option The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive 126 Source Disk Channel D Drive Model Capacity MB Target Disk Channel D Drive Model Capacity MB Please Select A Source Disk Channel D Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 tT Up H ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 3 Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied WARNING All target drive data will be erased Make sure you choose the correct drive 4 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save selection and start duplication The following confirmation screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort Select Y to continue If you choose N you will be returned to step 1 6 Once Y is selected the following progress screen will appear The process will take a few minutes Please Wait While Duplicating The Image O 7 Once mirroring is complete the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt 127 Making a FastTrak100 Lite Disk Array Bootable WARNING In order for you to boot from an array on the FastTrak100 Lite your PC or server must be configur
78. e fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU 2 3 1 1 CPU Fan Installation Your Socket A 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 appropriate power source 25 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON Soya 2 3 2 DDR RAM Memory Module Installation DDR DIMM tt DDR DIMM DDR DIMM 1 Your board comes with three DIMM sockets providing support for up to 3GB of main memory using unbuffered 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 appropriate memory modules must be used For 1OOMHz DRAM speed use PC1600 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC2100 memory AAHRERRTERERITAAARTEAUAL PET EPERRTEEERUOEEETOTEEE TT VUTREE RATER EAITAL ARDEA LEAD TELPEETELEPERLIEEELEEEEY VAEREERRTER ERITREA RTER LEAL PETE PERRIEEER
79. e to change the processor speed Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 1 8 MEMORY gt Main Memory The motherboard has three DDR DIMM sockets DDR RAM can be installed in one two or three sockets Using the serial presence detect SPD data structure programmed into an E7PROM on the DDR DIMM the BIOS can determine the DDR RAM s size and speed Minimum DDR DIMM memory size is 64 MB maximum DDR DIMM memory size is 256 512 MB Memory size and speed can vary between sockets The motherboard supports the following memory features DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU 100 133 MHz or AGP 66MHz for most flexible configuration DRAM interface may be faster than CPU by 33 MHz to allow use of 133 MHz memory with 100 MHz FSB Concurrent CPU AGP and V Link 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 6 bank interleave 1 e 8 pages open simultaneously banks are allocated based on LRU Independent DDR RAM control for each bank Four cache lines 16 quadwords 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
80. ebuild Hate Lowy High Disable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild checkbox turns off the use of a hot spare drive and automatic rebuilding of a mirrored array The default 1s unchecked or enable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild Rebuild Rate assigns the amount of importance that FastTrak100 Lite gives to mirroring data from one drive to another in the background A high setting assigns most of FastTrak100 Lite s resources to the rebuild process at the expense of responding to ongoing read write data requests by the operating system A low setting gives priority to ongoing read write data requests by the operating system at the expense of the rebuild process and will typically result in longer rebuild times The setting shown above is the default Setting PCI Bus Utilization Option NOTE In most cases a user does not need to change this setting since FastTrak100 Lite s data handling rarely conflicts with another PCI device However certain brands of video capture cards can produce a glitch on play back of A V files that may require adjusting the default setting devices see Tips for Audio Video Editing for more information This section of the Options Window allows a user to change how much time the FastTrak100 Lite holds on to the PCI bus to transfer data 160 PCI Bus Utilization High Low The default setting of High on the slider bar means FastTrak100 Lite holds on to the PCI bus lo
81. ect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFANS3 CHAFAN Pin Assignment CHAFAN 1 3 2 1 A O S Le SENSOR 12V GND CHAFAN2 3 SENSOR 2 12V 1 GND CHAFAN3 GND 1 12V 2 SENSOR 3 Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN is lt optional 39 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 4 CD Line in CDINI CDIN2 This Motherboard provides two CD Line in connectors 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 CDIN1 CDIN2 CD Line in Pin Assigment 1 2 3 4 CDIN1 Left GND GND Right Left Right D GND Li id CDIN2 O 5 Smart Card Reader SMCARDCN NC NC RST NC ScrioScrpres NC rt tt dt bd 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 VCC NC Scrfet CLK NC GND NC 40 Hardware Installation 6 SPK5 1 gt SY K7V DRAGON Please refer to the c media 6 channel Audio solution Manual for more information on AUDIO function SPK5 1 GND CIRRX 5V CIRTX O NC Pld 246 81 9 IRTX GND IRRX NC 1357 7 CD SPDIF CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT S
82. ection purpose 1s achieved FOC includes the following functions 1 Simultaneous Signal Follow Ups Before the system enters the O S H W will detect the signals of the CPU fan pins get their revolution information and send it to the BIOS 2 Auto Power Off System If the BIOS gets the information of CPU fan revolution it goes on working normally If not it will inform the system and have the power supply disconnected immediately Thus the CPU is protected from over heating Note The following must be observed to secure the normal functioning of Fan Off Control 1 FOC only works on CPUFAN 1 2 CPU fan with sensor pins must be used 3 CPU fans approved by AMD are strongly recommended 4 The HOT KEY function is provided for the CPU fans without sensor pins to avoid the power off Users may press the Insert key to jump over the Power Off mode go to the BIOS and disable FOC Now system can be booted normally 22 Hardware Installation S gt SY K7V DRAGON ty Ce We provide the following User Friendly protection features 1 Fan Off Control The motherboard detects the status of the CPU fan and protects the CPU by automatically disconnecting the power supply The default value of this function is Enable After booting up the user may disable it 2 Heat Dissipation Paste Heat Dissipation Paste is included for all Socket A motherboards to enhance the heat dissipation capability F
83. ed in the CMOS Setup to use the FastTrak100 Lite as a bootable device versus the onboard controller or another add in card 1 Once you have returned to the Define Array Menu window you will see the array s you have created You now may use the menu to select which previously defined array will be used as the bootable array FastBuild tm Utility I xx DELL c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 13044 Functional Note Bootable Array 1 Up Down ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive 2 Highlight the array which you want to boot from using the Up 4 Down keys 3 Press the Space bar key 4 An asterisk will appear next to the array number indicating it as bootable The system will now recognize this array as the first array seen 5 The system will then use this bootable array as the fixed boot C drive 128 NOTE The bootable array must contain your configured operating system DELETING AN ARRAY The Delete Array lt 4 gt Menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments This is not the same as deleting data from the drives themselves If you delete an array by accident and before it has been used again the array can normally be recovered by defining the array identically as the deleted array WARNING Deleting an existing disk array could result in its data loss
84. eep and 3 very short beeps The video card 1s not detected by the motherboard Please re seat your video card If you are using an AGP card please push your AGP card down real hard You may have to push VERY hard without the AGP card mounting screw Make sure not to insert the card the other way around 47 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON e Continuous beeps One or more of the memory modules is not seated correctly in its socket My PCI VGA card works fine with my system but when I put in a new AGP card it does not give me any video Is my AGP slot bad This is a common problem with AGP video cards The reason is that your AGP card did not get seated into the AGP slot fully and firmly Please push your AGP card down into the socket real hard it should snap twice You may have to unscrew 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 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 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 SEH 2CAI1 meaning revision
85. eft Right cae too _ 186 Advanced Sound effects x SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options W Enable Reverberation Environment Default Default Generic Paddedcell Room Bathroom Livingroom Stoneroom Auditorium Concerthall Cave concel a Sound effects dialog allows you to modify the special effects of the song and game being played Currently these effectors can only be used for the player or the game which utilizes DirectSound 2D and 3D to playback their music Advanced Options x SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options MW Enable Hot Keys Volume Alt M Chl Shift Window la Volume Alt I Chl Shift Window E Mute D At M Chl O Shit window E Mixer Show Hide P At M Cil Shift D Load Mixer Defaults i Cancel Apply 187 Options dialog provides a hot key setting to control the Mixer in an easy way Please note that other applications might be affected by this if you use the same hot key setting Please use Load Mixer Defaults to change all settings to default values MULTI CHANNEL AUDIO DEMO CMI8 738 PCl Based C3DX Audio Chip provides many advanced functions such as HRTF based CRL 3D extensional positional audio API compatible with Microsoft DirectSound 3D and Aureal A3D API Supports rear side speakers C3DX positional audio in 4 6CH speakers mode 5 1 CH DVD AC 3 home theater availa
86. ess Enter Press Enter to continue 2000 setup gt SOYO 108 APPENDIX A ASTTRAK1I00 109 Introduction WHAT IS THE FASTTRAK100 LITE RAID CONTROLLER FastTrak100 Lite provides a cost effective high performance onboard RAID solution that adds performance and or reliability to PC desktops and or servers using Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 or EIDE drives FastTrak100 Lite supports striping RAID 0 or mirroring RAID 1 for master only With striping identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance Mirroring increases read performance through load balancing and elevator sorting while creating a complete backup of your files A FastIrak100 Lite striped array can double the sustained data transfer rate of Ultra ATA 100 drives FastTrak100 Lite fully supports Ultra ATA 100 specification of up to 100 MB sec per drive depending on individual drive specifications FastTrak100 Lite also offers fault tolerant data redundancy for entry level network file servers or simply for desktop PC users wanting to continually protect valuable data on their PC FastTrak100 Lite offers RAID I mirroring for two drives to protect data Should a drive that is part of a mirrored array fail FastTrak100 Lite uses the mirrored drive which contains identical data to assume all data handling When a new replacement drive is later installed FastTrak100 Lite rebuilds data to the new drive from the mirrore
87. ete the data contained on the array see Deleting An Array To rebuild a mirrored array see Rebuilding an Array To view controller settings see Viewing Controller Configuration NOTE After configuring an array using FastBuild you should FDISK and format the arrayed drive s if you are using new blank drives Depending on the type of array you are using CREATING ARRAYS AUTOMATICALLY The Auto Setup lt 1 gt selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array It will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating After making all selections use Ctrl Y to Save selections FastBuild will automatically build the array FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage A V Editing Auto Setup Configuration Spare Drive Count Drives used in Array Array Disk Capacity Keys Available 1 Up H Down lt gt Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 120 Optimize Array For Select whether you want Performance RAID 0 Security RAID I under the Optimize Array for setting Performance RAID 0 Striping Supports the maximum performance The storage capacity equals the number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array NOTE FastTrak100 Lite permits striped arrays using 1 2 drive attached in Aut
88. executed with zero wait States PCI Post Disabled This item allows you to Write Enabled enabled disabled the PCI post write Default PCI Delay Disabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit Detault Transaction Enabled posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 73 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Select the Integrated Peripherals option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CT p Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer The following screen shows setup default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals gt VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter gt SuperlO Device Press Enter Init Display First AGP OnChip USB Controller 1 USB Port Mem Level mah USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Item Help 4 V gt 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 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Setting Description Note
89. f a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver first to this drive while it is still attached to the regular IDE port For all other Operating Systems proceed here Follow these steps I Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 3 Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive 116 Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Target Disk Channel D Drive Model Capacity MB Please Select A Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Master QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 2 Master QUANTUMCR38 4A 8063 tT Up N ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 4 Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied 5 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save selection and start duplication The following progress screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort 6 Select Y to continue If you choose N you will be returne
90. flicts with other I O cards such as sound card you must change one of the I O addresses to COMI 3F8H COM2 2F8H remedy to this address conflict I O addresses can be adjusted from the BIOS Setup Utility 88 ne Ss BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON Ca 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS This option sets the Motherboard s PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore 1 77 V VEC ZS 2 46 V 3 3 V 3 32 V 5V 494V Menu Level gt 12 V 12 16 V 12 V 12 19 V 5V 5 05 V SVSB 4 94V Current CPU Temp 44 C Current SYS Temp a7 Current CPUFAN 1 Speed 4440 RPM Current CHAFAN 1 Speed 0 RPM Item Help FOC Fan Off Control ee Enabled V gt 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 89 BIOS Setup Utility CPU Device Monitoring CPU Device Setting Monitoring Vcore Vcc 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V V 12 V 5V 5VSB Current CPU oC oF Temp Current SYS oC oF Temp Current CPUFAN RPM CHAFAN Speed FOC Fan Off Disabled Control Enabled gt SY K7V DRAGON Description Note Show the current voltage status Show the current status of CPU temperature Show the current status of the System te
91. he Target drive which will receive data Make sure you select the blank new or replacement drive The unselected drive will contain good data It will be the remaining working drive of an array or a system drive containing existing data that you wish to mirror Rebuild Wizard Step 1 of 2 Select the target disk to rebuild pan ec Teas ID hs EE tar A 000A Ma Maxtor 8700045 Ma RAID Mode MIRRORING Cancel 150 WARNING Make absolutely sure and double check which drive is AX 3 Click the Next button to proceed to Rebuild Wizard Step 2 see next page or Cancel button to stop which If data exists on the target drive it will be over written Rebuild Wizard Step 2 of 2 Rebuild Operation Rebuild disk 1 Maxtor 87 000A5 in ARRAY Rebuild Wizard Step 2 confirms the Target or Rebuild disk by Array and drive ID Click Finish button to initiate physical Rebuild Back button to review Step 2 or Cancel button to Stop A final confirmation window appears as below Once the Rebuild Process is initiated it cannot be stopped From AN FastCheck 4re you sure vou wish to Rebuild Disk 57365314 Channel 2 Master in Arraw 1 151 6 Click Yes to initiate Rebuild To cancel this option click the No button WARNING Once initiated Array Rebuild can NOT be halted in order to prevent data errors NOTE During Array Rebuild users may continue to acce
92. ication for Win 9x ME NT 2000 1 The driver supports 2 4 6 speakers 3D positional audio 2 The application 1s include CD Player MIDI Player MP3 Wave Player Mixer with the control over your PC s audio functions gt K7V ITE Hardware Doctor for Win 9x ME 2000 NT 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 gt K7V ITE SIM card reader driver for Win 9x ME 2000 NT english If you have reader card it must be installed Select which driver you want to install and click OK or click Cancel to abort the driver installation and return to the main menu Note 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 99 Drivers installation gt SY K7V DRAGON gt FastCheck Monitoring Utility for Win 9x ME 2000 NT The FastCheck Monitoring utility is used to monitor or perform maintenance on a FastCheck Mirrored RAID 1 or Striped Mirrored RAID 0 1 array Visual and audible messages are available to warn of possible problems with the disk array or controller Step 3 Check the Latest Releases Click the Check the latest Releases button to go the SOYO Website to
93. icular use of the array In general a larger block size is better when handling large data transfers such as in A V editing or graphics while a smaller block size is better when handling e mail and other common server data The default 1s 64K Assigning Drive s to Array 1 Under the Drive Assignments section highlight a drive using the 7 Up iv keys 124 2 With the Space bar key change the Assignable option to Y to add the drive to the disk array 3 Press lt Ctrl Y gt to save the disk array information Depending on the array type selected the following scenarios will take place a If choosing a Striping array the initial Define Array Menu screen will appear with the arrays defined From there you may ESC to exit and return to the Main Menu of FastBuild b Ifyou selected a Mirroring array for two drives there is an additional window that appears as described in order to create the array To do this you will use either two brand new drives or one drive that contains existing data that you wish to mirror Creating A Mirrored Array Using New Drives As described in the Drive Assignments Option section above if you selected a mirroring array and wish to use two new assigned drives follow the directions here 1 After assigning new drives to a Mirroring array and saving the information with lt Ctrl Y gt the window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes
94. ied on to the system and entered into the Windows 2000 driver database 6 When the System Settings Change dialog box appears remove the floppy diskette and click on Yes to restart the system Windows 2000 will then restart for the driver installation to take effect 135 Windows 95 98 Installing Drivers During Windows 95 98 Installation The following three sections detail the installation of the FastTrak100 Lite drivers while installing Windows 95 98 If you re installing the FastTrak100 Lite drivers on a system with Windows 95 98 already installed see Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 95 98 on page 138 a Os Ob a oS IY 10 11 12 13 Windows 98 After making an array amp configuring the hard drive s partition and format your hard drive s if necessary Install Windows 98 normally After installation go the Start menu and choose Settings From the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click on the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI RAID Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver and then press Next Choose Search for a better driver than the one your device is
95. ion appears c CD ROM disk install boot from the CD ROM disk and press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your com puter s hardware configuration appears 2 When the Windows NT Setup window is generated press S to Specify an Additional Device s 3 Press O to select Other and press the Enter key 4 Insert the diskette into drive A and press the Enter key 5 Choose Win NT FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key 139 6 The Windows NT Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Win NT Fastlrak100 Lite tm controller NOTE If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified continue to step 7 7 From the Windows NT Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows NT installation 8 After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Win NT FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller driver has been installed Copy the Windows NT drivers from the SOYO CD to a floppy disk Installing Driver with Existing Windows NT 4 0 WARNING If you plan to move your boot drive to a mirrored RAID FastTrak array hard drives should NOT be connected to the YN
96. ired CPU Front Side Bus Allows you to select your CPU Default Ratio 55 BIOS Setup Utility CPU Vcore Select CPU Vcore Select Setting Default 0 025V 0 050V 0 075V 0 100V 0 125V 0 150V 0 200V 0 225V 0 250V 0 025V 0 050V 0 075V 0 100V gt SY K7V DRAGON Description Note This function adjust the CPU voltage Default 0 175V Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Quick Power Disabled On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POST at boot up Default System Boot Control Settings System Boot Setting Description Note Control Settings First Floppy Select Your Boot Second Third LS ZIP Device Priority Boot Device HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN Disabled Boot Other Disabled Select Your Boot Device Enabled Device Priority Default RAID ATA amp RAID ATA SCSI Select Your Default SCSI Boot Order SCSI RAID ATA RAID ATA amp SCSI Boot Device Priority 56 BIOS Setup Utility gt sy K7V DRAGON C I H 4 WAY Protection Settings Setting Description Note C 1 H Disabled When set to enabled the BIOS can 4 WAY Enabled only be programmed through Default Protection AWDFLASH making sure that any virus is unable to program the system BIOS Set to disable the BIOS can be programmed the traditional way Onboard Promise IDE RAID Setting Description Note Onboard Enabled Enabled Disabled Onboard IDE Promise IDE Disabled
97. isabled The VIA chipset will use fast write to Default Write Enabled AQP if this item is enabled Not all AGP cards support fast write AGP Master 1 Disabled Default WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states AGP Master 1 Disabled Default WS Read Enabled When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states AGP Post Disabled Enabled Disabled AGP Post Write Write Enabled Default 71 BIOS Setup Utility Sy K7V DRAGON 3 4 4 CPU amp PCI Bus Control STOP Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The CPU amp PCI Bus Control option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software CPU amp PCI Bus Control PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Post Write Item Help PCI Delay Transaction E Menu Level gt Vv gt 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 72 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON CPU amp PCI Bus Control Setting Description Note PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI Default bus are
98. isabling Password L 2 Input the original password you first created to gain access to FastCheck Click on Options tab Uncheck the Enable Password checkbox Click Apply button on Options window 163 Frequently Asked Questions This section lists frequently asked questions involving pre installation drive issues installation and post installation PRE INSTALLATION Speed Device Types Capacity Cabling Q A What kind of hard drives can I use for a FastTrak100 Lite array You can use any IDE EIDE hard drive s to create arrays on the FastITrak100 Lite You should use matching drives for multiple drive arrays to maximize capacity usage as well as performance Ultra ATA 100 drives are recommended for highest performance Will APM Advanced Power Management work with HDDs on the FastTrak100 Lite APM will not work with HDDs on the FastTrak100 Lite This ts because the system sees the card as a SCSI card Can use ATAPI devices on the FastTrak100 Lite controller No There is no driver layer on the FastTrak100 Lite controller which will support ATAPI packet messages Will the FastTrak100 Lite work with a 37Mhz or 41Mhz PCI bus speed The current PCI 2 1 specification is for a 33Mhz PCI bus speed The FastITrak100 Lite is designed around the specification In most cases a higher PCI bus speed will result in a variety of different errors While some people have been able to get these higher
99. isters control the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software AGP amp P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size AGP Mode AGP Driving Control Item Help Menu Level gt AGP Fast Write AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read AGP Post Write 4V gt 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 70 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON 3 4 3 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Setting Description Note AGP Aperture 64M Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Default Size 4M 8M Port AGP aperture The aperture is a 16M 32M portion of the PCI memory address 128M range dedicated for graphics memory 256M address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation AGP Mode 1X This item allows you to enable 2X disable the AGP 4X Mode 4X Default AGP Driving Auto This item allows you to adjust the AGP Default Control Manual driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field 1s recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system AGP Driving Min 0000 This item allows you to adjust the AGP Value driving force Max 00FF AGP Fast D
100. it Enter Select l1 Under Select Drive for Rebuild highlight the replacement drive 12 Press Enter and confirm that the data will be copied on to the selected drive All data on the replacement drive will be written over with mirrored information from the array drive A progress bar will appear as below Please Wait While Duplicating The Image a 10 Complete 13 Once the rebuild process is complete the user will be asked to reboot the System VIEWING CONTROLLER SETTINGS The Controller Configuration lt 6 gt menu selection allows you to enable or disable the FastTrak100 Lite BIOS from halting the default if it detects an error on boot up You may also view the system resources Interrupt and I O port address of FastTrak s data channels 132 FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Adapter Configuration Options Halt On Error Enable System Resources Configuration Channel 1 IDE1 Interrupt Al O Port FFFO Channel 2 IDE2 Interrupt Al O Port FFA8 Keys Available lt gt Space Change Option ESC Exit Halting FastTrak BIOS On Bootup Errors The Adapter Configuration Options section allows you to enable or disable FastTrak100 Lite to Halt operation at the BIOS startup screen should an error be detected This is the only option that can be changed on this screen Installing Drivers This section details the FastTrak100 Lite driver install
101. iver NT4 and Fasttrak readme txt and txtsetup oem 3 files under SOYO CD Raid promise Raid Family Driver to floppy disk for WinNT Raid install When you into the system install screen press F6 Key first Then press S key Select Other then press Enter Insert floppy disk for NT driver to A disk then press Enter Select WinNT Promise Fasttrak 100 tm Lite Controller then press Enter Press Enter to continue NT setup 106 Ultra Family Driver Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON Chapter 8 ULTRA FAMILY DRIVER INSTALLATION Note When you need to use regular IDE function on IDE3 and 4 you must connect compatible IDE device with slot IDE3 and 4 Ultra Family Driver for Windows 98SE Move cursor to my computer icon Press mouse right button then press properties Press Device Manager a SY eS You will see an exclamation mark of yellow color at PCI mass storage controller in other devices Click it Click Driver button then click Update Driver button Press next then press next The ultra family driver path is in SOYO CD Raid Promise ultra family Driver Win95 98 So Se 9 Click OK then restart your system Ultra Family Driver for Windows NT4 0 1 First please copy all files of folder under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver NT4 and Ultra readme txt and txtsetup oem 3 files under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver to floppy disk for WinNT Ultra10
102. ivers installation gt SY K7V DRAGON asoro CD FOR K7 DRAGON mm ES Read the FY DRAGON Manual Install the FY DRAGON drivers Check new EY DAAGON releases Microsoft Direct 3 0 y 5 O Y O K DRAGON information The user s manual files included on the SOYO CD are in PDF Postscript Document format In order to read 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 1s 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 run the SOYO CD 97 Drivers installation S gt SY K7V DRAGON Step 2 Install Drivers and Utilities Click the Install Drivers button to display the list of drivers software that can be installed with your Motherboard The Start Up program displays the drivers available for the particular model of Motherboard you own We recommend that you only install those drivers driver revision VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x ME NT 2k C MEDIA 6 channel Onboard Audio Driver Application for Win 9x ME NT 2000 K7V DRAGON ITE Hardware Doctor for Win 9x ME 2000 NT K7V DRAGON ITE SIM card reader driver for Win 9x ME 2000 NT english
103. l output s adjust its their slider s CD Regulates the CD drive audio input level MIC Regulates the input level of microphone WAVE Regulates wave voice playback levels 183 MIDI Regulates the MIDI music play level AUX IN Regulates the Auxiliary input play level MONO IN Regulates the Mono input level LINE IN Regulates the Line In levels Advanced Regulates the advanced settings Recording Control Advanced aco S t oa a MIDI SAK IN LINE Ii SPD IN For each input signal a control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the two channels The select button can temporarily select input signal without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means it is available and vice versa CD Regulates the CD drive audio input level MIC Regulates the input level of microphone WAVE Regulates wave voice playback level FM Regulates the FM music play level AUX IN Regulates the Auxiliary input play level LINE IN Regulates the Line In level SPDIF IN Enables the recording from SPDIF in SPDIF in is mutually exclusive with other input signals Advanced Regulates the advanced settings 184 Advanced SPDIF x SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options l Enable SPDIF OUT Monitor SPOIF IM Digital SPDIF IM signal pass to analog LINE OUT SFDIF IN device f SPOIF IN 1 C SPDIF IN 2 SPOIF IN Format amp Normal C
104. ld tm Utility Or press lt ESC gt key to continue booting the system 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to display the FastBuild tm Utility Main Menu 3 Press 1 to display the Auto Setup Menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to creating your first array FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage A V Editing Auto Setup Configuration Drives used in Array Array Disk Capacity Keys Available 1 Up H Down lt gt Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 114 Creating an Array for Performance NOTE FastTrak100 Lite allows users to create striped arrays with I 2 drives To create an array for best performance follow these steps 6 Using the Spacebar choose Performance under the Optimize Array for section Select how you will use your PC most under the Typical Application usage section The choices are A V Editing Server and Desktop the default Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save and create the array Reboot your system Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive Proceed to install the FastTrak RAID Drivers from the SOYO CD Creating a Security Array With New Drives NOTE FastTrak100 Lite permit only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup To create
105. lect for OS2 When using an OS2 operating DRAM gt 64MB system Non OS2 When using another Default non OS2 operating system HDD S M A R T Disabled Enable this field when your HDD Default Capability Enabled supports the S M A R T function Consult your HDD provider for details Video BIOS Disabled LL Shadow Enabled The BIOS is shadowedinal6K Default segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS present These 16 segments can be shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM EPA LOGO LOGO 0 Allows user to display SOYO Default SELECT LOGO 1 logo or own logo Logo 0 Shows SOYO logo Logo 1 Shows user logo Default Blank Small Disabled Set Enabled to Show Logo EPA Logo EPA Show Enabled Default 65 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES Select the Advanced Chipset Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key Caution Change these settings only 1f you are already familiar with the Chipset The Advanced Chipset Features option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Driver Control Press Enter gt AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled Menu Level gt
106. ll functionality Critical Used only in reference to a Mirroring array RAID 1 A problem has been detected in one of the drives of the array and the drive has been taken offline However a critical array will continue to save and retrieve data from the remaining working drive s SOYO recommends replacing the failed drive as soon as possible since a Critical array offers no data redundancy Offline This would appear most commonly within a RAID 0 or Spanning array The Offline results from a drive having failed which has taken the entire array offline In this case you have likely lost data Fix replace the drive that has failed then restore data from a backup SOUICE Viewing Arrayed Drive Information By left clicking on a drive member of an array in the left pane the right pane shows the following information categories for that drive 145 ay FastCheck Monitoring Utility Array Controller Options ee ARRAY 1 Status Functional E Maxtor 8700048 S M A R T m E3 Maxtor 87000A8 Status sRancdanal Size 6 522GB Location Controller 1 Channel 1 Master Mapping 14475 Cyls 15 Heads 63 Sectors Timing DMA mode 2 4 Right mouse click array to run synchronize or rebuild Z Status also shown under the Array Window can be Functional Critical or Offline The meanings are shown below Functional Means the drive is working normally Critical A
107. mperature Show the current status of CPU CHA Fan If enable this function protect user s CPU from overheating in Default an event there s a problem with the CPU FAN The user should also plug the CPU FAN power on the CPU FAN pin If not system will auto shutdown 90 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS Select the Load Fail Safe Defaults option from the Main Menu to load the system values you have previously saved This option is recommended if you need to reset the system setup and to retrieve the old values CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature gt PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit V gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values Warning If you run into any problem after changing the BIOS configuration please load the Fail Safe Defaults for stable performance 91 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS Select the Load Optimized Defaults option from the Main Menu to load the system values you have previously saved This option is recommended if you need
108. n 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 addition to complete ISA extension bus functionality the VT8233 includes standard intelligent peripheral controllers a IEEE 802 3 compliant 10 100 Mbps PCI bus master Ethernet MAC with standard MII interface to external PHY ceiver b Master mode enhanced IDE controller with dual channel DMA engine and interlaced dual channel commands Dedicated FIFO coupled with 13 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 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 VT8233 also supports the UltraDMA 33 standard to allow reliable data transfer rates up to 33 MB sec throughput The VT8233 also supports the UltraDMA 66 100 standard The IDE controller is SFF 80381 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 legacy keyboard and mouse support so that legacy software can run
109. n of such revision 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 to cause others to infringe upon such rights Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraph c 1 11 of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252 277 7013 About This Guide This Quick Start Guide can help system manufacturers and end users in setting up and installing the Motherboard Information in this guide has been carefully checked for reliability however to the correctness of the contents there is no guarantee given The information in this document is subject to amend without notice For further information please visit our Web Site on the Internet The address is http www soyo com tw o e Tested To Comply Edition August 2001 F With FCC Standards Version 1 1 FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE K7V DRAGON SERIAL 100 er consumer RECYCLED PAPER il Table of Contents gt SY K7V DRAGON Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION ssssssseeeeees 1 1 1 INTRODUCTION aanre e E E E E
110. nch 1 10 4 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are located on the back panel of the motherboard The 5 V lines to keyboard and mouse connectors are protected with a fuse that prevents motherboard components from being damaged when an over current condition occurs Note The mouse and keyboard can be plugged into either PS 2 connector Power to the computer should be turned off before a keyboard or mouse is connected or disconnected The keyboard controller contains code which provides the traditional keyboard and mouse control functions and also supports Power On Reset password protection Power On Reset password can be specified in the BIOS Setup program The keyboard controller also supports the hot key sequence lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt 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 B can be direct4d to a connected IR device In this case the Serial Port B connector on the back panel cannot be used The IR connection can be used to transfer files to or from portable devices like laptops PDAs and printers The Infrared Data Association IrDA specification supports data
111. next choose Drivers label Choose Remove button After successful removing the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that Win NT FastTrak100 Lite RAID Controller has been removed 141 Using The FastCheck Monitoring Utility You can monitor the operating status of all arrays and drives configured on the FastTrak100 Lite using the supplied FastCheck monitoring utility for Windows based operating systems FastCheck generates visual and audible messages alerting you of possible problems with the disk array or controller FastCheck visually identifies the physical location of attached drives on the FastTrak100 Lite by IDE channel 1 or 2 and setting Master Slave Cable Select It also displays which drives are included as part of individual arrays Administrators can customize FastCheck to maintain operating logs and event notification set Password access to the utility and schedule maintenance on Mirrored RAID 1 or a Striped Mirrored RAID 0 1 arrays INSTALLING FASTCHECK 1 From the Start Button on the Windows Taskbar choose Run 2 Insert Promise FastCheck Utility Diskette 3 In the Run dialog box type in A and click OK Hun Type the name of a program folder document or Interet resource and Windows will oper it for you Open Jac Cancel Browse 4 Follow the directions from the setup program 5 During installation click YES when prompted to run the utility on every
112. ng Besides allowing you to create your own playlist it also provides a control interface of SPDIF IN OUT of C Media s sound card The following 4 steps can help you create your album into Mini Disc easily STEP 1 Using optical fiber to connect the sound card STEP 2 STEP 3 and the MD player MD player will start to do the recording and turning on the SYNC mode See above 1 Output A PC to MD player To execute MP3 Wave Player and modify the play list You should select those files whose format can be recognized by the MD Player You can also change the sound effects if you like See also 5 1 4 In Setting dialog check Enable SPDIF OUT input the playback delay time and select 5 Vp p Optical Please note that in playback if there is no lapse longer than three seconds between each track the MD player can not recognize the tracks and will record all of them into one It is recommended that you set the lapse time to 3 5 seconds to meet all type of MD player requirements 195 ESI Avee Playback Playback delay time for Mint Disc recordi IY Enable 24 bits SPDIF OUT down mixing to TE tite ePDIF SPDIF IN loopback to SEDIF OUT bypass Enable SPDIF OUT Monitor SPDIFIN Digital SPDIF IN signal pass to analog LINE OUTS SPDIF OUT level 5 p p Optical C 0 5 p p Coaxial ePDOIF IN Format f Normal f Inverse Diagnose Enable SPDIF INVOUT Copyright protection En
113. ng until you are ready to install it 20 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 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 static charges Handle the Motherboard carefully holding it by the edges You are now ready to start the installation 2 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE We will now begin the installation 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 21 Hardware Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 3 1 CPU Installation l FOC Fan Off Control The newly designed SOYO FOC is based on the concept of total protection for CPU which is very different from currently seen on the market The H W control function is used to see a passive security system of monitoring and warning S W Simultaneous Signal Follow ups techniques and Auto Power Off System are included to prevent all possible damage caused by the MAL functioning of the CPU fan With the help of O S On Time Monitoring And Warning function provided by the H W monitoring system the double prot
114. nger for data transfers to occur A setting of Less reduces the time which FastTrak100 Lite occupies on the PCI bus and frees that time for use by other PCI devices Once a bus setting has been selected click the Apply button on the Options window to implement changes immediately Setting Disk Param eters Option Disk Parameters W Enable Write Cache Enable 5 M 4 7 7 Check Enable Write Cache checkbox allows user to enable disable write cache for hard drives that include this performance feature FastCheck automatically recognizes such drives and enables the feature as the default setting For drives that do not use write caching this option is automatically greyed out Enable S M A R T Check checkbox tells FastCheck to regularly monitor each drive to assure that drive failure prediction is functioning The default 1s unchecked meaning FastCheck will not monitor this function 161 Setting Screen Preferences This section controls how the FastCheck utility screen is displayed and sets the security password to protect the administrative settings Preterences W Start minimized Always on top Enable password Change Start Minimized checkbox allows user to have FastCheck appear on the toolbar only on startup Click on the icon to see the FastCheck utility screen Always on Top checkbox tells the Utility to appear above all programs until closed or minimized manually Enable Passwor
115. nnector to plug the device to PS 2 KB PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector Connector GAME PORT 32 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 1 Onboard Serial Ports COM1 COM2 External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include serial mouse and modem Plug the serial device cables directly into the COM1 COM2 9 pin male connectors located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 2 Parallel Port PRT This parallel port is 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 Pind ABD Clock Pins GND Pin1 KBD DATA 4 PS 2 Mouse Similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector Pind Mouse Clock Pin3 GND Pint Mouse DATA 33 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 5 Universal Serial Bus USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 USB5 USB6 This Motherboard provides four USB ports for your additional devices Plug the USB device jack into the a
116. nnel0 OnChip IDE Channel IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Vv gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level gt After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving 76 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON VIA OnChip IDE Device Setting Description On Chip PCI IDE Disabled Turn off the on board gt Primary IDE gt Secondary Enabled Use the on board IDE Default IDE mode 0 4 0 is the slowest speed 4 plese E e o Auto For better performance Default gt Secondary Slave PIO and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing IDE __ gt Primary Master UDMA Select Auto to enable Default gt Primary Slave UDMA Ultra DMA Mode gt Secondary Master UDMA gt Secondary Slave UDMA Support 11 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON 3 5 2 SuperlO Device Caution Change these settings only 1f you are already familiar with the Chipset The SuperIO Device option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer The following screen shows setup default settings CMOS Setup
117. nput signals and save it in a wave file as well 173 Mixer controls the volume level of your audio inputs and outputs Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components To show or hide a component from the display click the component button s listed on the top CD Player CD Player Plays standard audio CDs and allows you to create your own playlist meus lwnlele sles 2 Current Track field shows the number of the currently selected CD track CD title and track name field shows CD title and track name You can modify CD title and track name in Playlist function Total length field displays the total length of the selected track in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time Button Function as Playlist You can select or move tracks of audio CD from and into the playlist The title of CD and the name of tracks can be modified as well Playlist dialog will save and show them automatically when you want to play the same CD record input signals and save it in a wave file as well Mixer controls the volume level of your audio inputs and outputs Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components To show or hide a component from the display click the component button s listed on the top 174 Be KEE i b o e KE Previous song Loads the previous track of playlist If current track is the first track the last track will become the current track Next song Loads the next
118. o Setup mode security RAID 1 Mirroring Creates a mirrored or fault tolerant array for data security NOTE Under the Security setting FastTrak100 Lite permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array only Defining Typical Application Usage Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how FastTrak100 Lite handles data blocks to enhance performance Your choice will determine the block size used You may choose from A V Editing for audio video applications or any similar application that requires large file transfers Server for numerous small file transfers or Desktop a combination of large and small file sizes NOTE If you wish to customize the settings of individual disk arrays such as block size you must manually create disk arrays with the Define Array lt 3 gt option from the Main Menu VIEWING DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS The View Drive Assignments lt 2 gt option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a disk arrays or are unassigned 121 Under the Assignment column drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as Free if unassigned Such Free drives can be used for a future array or used as a spare drive when a drive fails in a mirrored array Unassigned drives are not accessible by the OS The menu also displays the data transfer mode that relates to speed used by each drive U5 refers to 1OOMB sec transfers
119. og On Errors C Abort Fix C0 Ignore Interact Dismiss Error Dialogs 30 and Message Boses after E Rebuild Settings O Disable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild Rebuild m m Rate Low High PCI Bus Utilization Low R High TECHNOLOGY INC Schedule Array Synchronization lf Disabled On Errors o C a ia T Schedule Events Monthly z Disk Parameters W Enable Write Cache Enable 5 M A A T Check Preferences l Start minimized Always on top Enable password Change Reset Apply Configure utility from the available options Selecting Notification Options This section of the Options windows allows users to select how they are notified of a system event A System Event includes driver initiated Rebuilds automatic rebuild using a hot spare standby drive user initiated manual Rebuilds or manual Synchronization and Error Handling reporting for these processes Notification i Enable audible prompt i Popup message box M Use logfile cSraideutilty log Ge n Errors C Abot Fis ghore Interactive Dismiss Error Dialogs and 30 oe Message Boxes after 156 Enable audible prompt checkbox turns on off an audible alarm of an event typically a drive failure or completion of rebuild or synchronization Popup message box checkbox turns on off the appearance of an event message box that would typically indicates a drive failure or completion of rebuild or synchroni
120. or exit without saving 86 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON PNP PCI Configuration Controls PNP PCI Setting Description Note Controls PnP OS Yes Set this field to Yes if you Installed are running Windows 95 which 1s PnP compatible No If the OS you are running Default does not support PnP If there is any configuration doubt set this field to No Reset Disabled Retain PnP configuration Default Configuration data in BIOS Data Enabled Reset PnP configuration data in BIOS Resources Manual BIOS does not manage PCI ISA PnP Controlled By card IRQ assignment Requires to assign IRQ to PCI or ISA PnP manually IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to _ DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to _ Auto The Plug and Play BIOS Recommended ESCD auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ Resource PCI Device Choose IRQ assigned IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 Press Enter to PCI ISA PnP card 11 12 14 15 Reserved Choose IRQ assigned IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 to Legacy ISA card 11 12 14 15 Under this item the user can assign an IRQ to a PCI slot However there under some conditions the IRQ will not be assigned as selected under this item 1 IRQs 0 1 2 6 8 13 can NOT be assigned because they are fixed 2 IRQs 5 9 10 11 are available 3 IRQs 3 4 7 12 14 and 15 will only be assigned if they are free See the table below on how to free them 87 BIOS
121. or message when booting your system from the FastTrak BIOS NOTE Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical errors Follow these steps BEFORE using the Rebuild Array menu option 130 l On bootup the FastTrak100 Lite Startup BIOS will display an error message identifying which drive has failed 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to enter FastBuild Main Menu 3 Select submenu Define Array lt 3 gt 4 Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive 5 Power off and physically remove the failed drive 6 Replace the drive with an identical model 7 Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu 8 Select the lt 5 gt Rebuild Array option The following screen will appear FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Rebuild Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Mirror 2 16126 Critical Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Keys Available 1 Up N Down ESC Exit Enter Select 9 Highlight the array whose Status is Critical 10 Press Enter The following screen will then appear 131 FastBuild tm Utility I xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Rebuild Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Status Array 2 Mirror 2 Critical Stripe Block Not Available Select Drive for Rebuild Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A Keys Available T Up N Down ESC Ex
122. orts 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 circuitry is built in to allow concurrent operation without causing dead lock even in a PCI to PCI bridge environment The chip also includes eight levels doublewords of line buffers from the PCI bus to the ISA bus to further enhance overall system performance 1 10 O INTERFACE CONTROLLER The motherboard uses the ITE 8705 LPC Super I O controller which features gt Supports 2 serial ports IR port parallel port and floppy disk controller functions gt 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 and 12 IRQ options gt One dedicated IR port Third serial port dedicated to IR function IR function either through the two complete serial ports or the third dedicated port Infrared IrDA HPSIR and ASK Amplitude Shift Keyed IR 15 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON gt Miulti mode parallel port Standard mode ECP and EPP support
123. ou turn on the microphone play the song and ready to sing you see that the effect is not as good as expected Why Echo is the answer To help you solve this problem this demo is designed to include the Echo function Please left click the upper right of the demo screen as shown below and choose your own music file to play Please note the file type has to be MP3 file Start the demonstration automatically C ON OFF Speakers configuration for Demol Demo2 and EAX C 2 Speakers C Earphone Enable HRTF 3D Effect C 4 Speakers deft right left surround and right surround 4 C 4 Speakers and subwoofer left right left surround right surround and subwoofer 4 1 C 5 Speakers left right left surround right surround and center 5 5 Speakers and subwoofer eft right left surround right surround center and subwoofer 5 1 M Use lowpass filter for front channels Demo 1 Demo 2 EAX Environment Original C Gemeral C Concert Hall EAX The MP3 file for EAX and ECHO demostration CAMP3SONG MP3 Please left click Echo to activate the function For pitch adjustment please use and keys on the keyboard For microphone pitch adjustment please use and keys on the numeric keyboard To resume the original please use lt and keys 194 Using MP3 Wave Player to Work With Mini Disc Recording MP3 Wave Player is an easy and powerful tool for Mini Disc recordi
124. ower LED Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED Power LED Pin Assignment 30 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 Reset Plug the Reset push button cable into the 2 pin Reset header on the Motherboard Pushing the Reset button on the front panel will cause the system to restart the boot up sequence Reset Pin Assignment 1 Power Good GND 3 Speaker Attach the 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the Motherboard Speaker Pin Assignment a NC NC Speaker out 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 HDD LED Pin Assignment d L LED Anode LED Cathode 31 Hardware Installation amp gt SY K7V DRAGON 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 1 Power On Off GND 2 3 3 4 Back Panel Connections All external devices such as the PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse printer modem 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 co
125. pecified continue to step 7 7 From the Windows 2000 Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation Copy the FastTrak Win2000 drivers from the SOYO CD to a floppy disk 134 Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System WARNING If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000 operating system to a mirrored RAID 1 array on the FastTrak100 Lite the FastTrak100 Lite driver MUST be loaded to the hard drive while it is still attached to the regular IDE port Do not attach this drive or any other hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller card before completing this step During first boot in Window 2000 setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box Under Windows 2000 the PCI Mass Storage Controller will be displayed 1 In the dialog box choose Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer button 2 Inthe CD Rom drive insert the SOYO CD Driver 3 Type D RAID promise Driver Win2000 in the text box Press Enter Assuming the D is your CD Rom 4 Choose Win2000 FastTrak100 Lite Controller from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key 5 The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite controller The FastTrak100 Lite driver will now be cop
126. pherals Set User Password gt Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit AV gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage Selecting items Use the arrow keys to move between items and select fields From the Main Menu press arrow keys to enter the selected submenu Modifying selected items Use the Up Down keys to modify values within the selected fields Some fields let you enter values directly 5I BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON Hot Keys Function keys give you access to a group of commands throughout the BIOS utility General Help Gives the list of options available for each item Previous Restore the old values These are the values F5 Values that the user started the current session with Load F6 Fail Safe Defaults Load F7 Optimized Loads all options with the optimize values Defaults Fl Save Saves your changes and reboots the system Returns at anytime and from any location to Will display a overlapping window with all options for the current item Using the Page Up and Page Down PU PD Value keys the user can toggle the value of the current item Loads all items with the most conservative values 52 BIOS Setup Utility SyY K7V DRAGON SAVE AND EXIT SETUP Select the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option from the Main Menu to save data to CMOS and exit the
127. r can be configured as high priority to better support a low latency PCI bus master device The 12 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON VT8233 integrated networking MAC controller with standard MII interface to an external PHY for 10 100Mb base T Ethernet or 1 10Mb PNA home networking The VT8233 also includes an integrated keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support integrated DS12885 style real time clock with extended 256 byte CMOS RAM integrated master mode enhanced IDE controller with full scatter 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 Apollo KT266 chipset provides independent clock stop control for the CPU SDRAM PCI and AGP buses and Dynamic CKE control for powering down of the SDRAM A separate suspend well plane is implemented for the SDRAM control signals for Suspend to DRAM operation Coupled with the VT8233 south bridge chip a complete power conscious PC main board can be implemented with no external TTLs The Apollo KT266 chipset is ideal for high performance high quality high energy efficient and high integration desktop and notebook AGP PCI LPC computer systems The VT8233 South Bridge is a high integratio
128. re four HDD connectors IDE1 IDE2 IDE3 IDE4 on motherboard IDE3 amp IDE4 are provided for IDE RAID function Please refer to 2 3 4 on page 43 and the FASTTRAK 100 LITE Manual for more information on IDE RAID function A ET E T E N d oh ele df dl Ma Lm Mahim aplaflubtall A dalennau se ald of ald olde dey gt 80 Conductor ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 28 Hardware Installation S gt SY K7V DRAGON Soyo 2 3 3 2 Floppy Drive Installation 2 QO le Pin 1 D7 Floppy Drive Connector The system supports 5 possible 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 Hardware Installation S gt SY K7V DRAGON Soya 2 3 3 3 Front Panel Connections n p Bae Ur Power LED Speaker O O Reset PWRBT HDD LED Plug the computer case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the Motherboard 1 P
129. rear speaker jack microphone Jack audio output jack SPDIF OUT jack and I5pin D SUB multiplexed Joystick MIDI connector e Special Features Full duplex playback and recording Built in 16 bit CODEC HRTF 3D positional audio supporting both DirectSound 3D amp A3D interfaces Also supports earphones 2 4 6 channel speakers mode Support Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 Built in 32 OHM Earphone buffer MPU 401 Game Midi port and legacy audio SB Pro support N oon A W Downloadable Wave Table Synthesizer supporting Direct Music Digital Audio SPDIF IN OUT 1 Up to 24 bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate voice playback recording 2 Full duplex playback and recording 120dB audio quality measured 3 Auto detectable SPDIF IN signal level from 0 5V to 5V 170 ee i a a E E za l z Ten z PRE EZ pm pn J Oz m e m tl i pii pi I I 7 i Hie 120dB audio quality in playback recording and bypass modes e Stereo Mixer 1 Stereo analog mixing from CD Audio and Line in 2 Stereo digital mixing from Voice FM Wave table and Digital CD Audio 3 Mono mixing from MIC Software adjustable volume e Game and MIDI Interface 1 Fully compatible with MPU 401 Midi UART and Sound Blaster Midi mode Standard IBM PC joystick game port dual channels Driver Install Un installation WIN95 98 ME
130. result Burst read and write operation x 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 back to back accesses for DDR SDRAM Supports DDR SDRAM CL 2 2 5 and 1T 2Tper command Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing CAS before RAS or self refresh 10 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 1 9 CHIPSET gt VIA Apollo KT266 The KT266 VT8366 and VT8233 chipset is a high performance cost effective and energy efficient system controller for the implementation of AGP PCI desktop personal computer systems based on 64 bit Socket A AMD Athlon processors The KT266 chip set consists of the VT8366 system controller 552 pin BGA and the VT8233 V Link south bridge 376 pin BGA The VT8366 Host system controller provides superior performance between the CPU DRAM AGP bus and V Link bus with pipelined burst and concurrent operation The VT8233 V Link Client controller is a highly integrated PCI LPC controller Its internal bus structure is based on 33 MHz PCI bus that provides 2x bandwidth compare to previous generation PCI ISA bridge chips The VT8233 also provides a 266MB sec bandwidth Host Client V Link interface with V Link PCI and V Link LPC controllers It supports five PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus The VT8366 supports eight banks of DDR SDRAM up to 4 GB The DRAM controller supports standard Synchronous DRAM SDRAM and Virtual Channel SDRAM VC SDRAM SDRAM in
131. revious audio file of playlist If current file is the first file the last one will become the current selection Next song Loads the next audio file of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection Playback Starts to playback the current audio file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after 180 Sound effector You can use this function to modify the special effect of the song being played Currently these effectors can only be used for 44 1 KHz 16 bit format Sound Effector x Playback mode Horal C Repeat Curent and Repeat C Normal and Random Repeat and Randorr Main Reverb Equalizer 17dbB STT 10C 25E 60C l4k 22k 34k 58k C Rock C Pop C Pa e Classic Vocal Fla C an Cancel Setting You can use this dialog to set the playback parameters and the status of SPDIF IN OUT For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Appendixes C and D 181 Playback Playback delay time tor Mini Disc recording jo second s SPDIF SPODIF IN loopback to SPOIF OUT bypass l Enable SPDIF OUT Monitor SPOIF IN Digital SPDIF IN signal pass to analog LINE OUT SPDIF IN device SPDIFIM 1 SPDIF IN 2 SPOIF IM Format
132. ring IDE data transfers through the PCI Bus to from system memory Offers pre set application specific settings which can be optimized for Desktop Server or A V Editing Has Auto Setup option for quick and easy array builds Notifies user of possible errors and allows for recovery of mirrored drive arrays directly from FastBuild Fault tolerance can be restored automatically without rebooting 111 Compatibility Complies with PCI v2 1 Local Bus Provides highest level of hardware standard compatibility Compliant with PCI IDE Bus Master Provides 32 bit I O IDE Bus Master and standard PCI IDE Bus Master support Ultra ATA performance for optimal system for Windows 98 95 Windows NT 3 5x 4 0 performance Compatible with Ultra ATA 100 Ultra Works with newest and current IDE drive ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 EIDE specifications Features LBA and Extended Interrupt13 Breaks capacity barriers for support of drive translation in controller onboard drives greater than 8 4GB in capacity BIOS Offers flexible storage options for space demanding applications Getting Started This section is designed to get you started for installation of your FastTrak100 Lite WARNING Before installing the driver into an existing system backup any necessary data Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss INSTALLING THE HARD DRIVES WARNING If you wish to include your current bootable drive using th
133. rom the SOYO web site at http www soyo com I can not use my SCSI card on PCI slot 2 what s the problem Move the SCSI card to another PCI slot PCI slot 2 and the on board RAID share the same INT or disable the on board RAID RAID Issues I can not use RAID function on IDE 3 4 Please check RAID IDE jumper setting on page 43 2 3 9 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 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 50 ee Ss BIOS Setup Utility gt SY K7V DRAGON Ca Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY This Motherboard s BIOS setup program uses the ROM PCI ISA BIOS program from Award Software Inc To enter the Award BIOS program s Main Menu 1 Turn on or reboot the system 2 After the diagnostic checks press the Del key to enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature gt PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peri
134. se press carefully to seat it firmly in its socket Warning Do not apply power if the Motherboard appears damaged If there is damage to the board contact your dealer immediately ay a Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 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 gt Donot remove the anti static packaging until you are ready to install gt 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 gt Frequently ground yourself while working or use a grounding strap gt Handle the Motherboard by its edges and avoid touching its components Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 1 5 SY K7V DRAGON MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT PS 2 KB PS 2 Mouse 1 3 1 3 Colinecio Connector m CPUFAN1 T CPUFAN2 00 0E ae Z 3 CIE E 4 LAN Connector E E T COM 1
135. sec 250 enabled and someone Security Option Setup attempt to write data into OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 this area BIOS will show a HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled EPA LOGO SELECT LOGO 0 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled protection If this function is warning message on screen and alarm beep MY gt 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 Virus Warning Setting Description Note Disabled If set to enabled the Paragon Default Enabled Anti Virus Function will scan your boot drive for boot virusses If a boot virus is detected the BIOS will display a warning message 62 BIOS Setup Utility SY K7V DRAGON Cache Memory Options Setting Description CPU Internal Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the CPU s internal Default cache External Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the external Default memory Boot Up Floppy Seek Description Boot Up Floppy Disabled Seeks disk drives during boot up Seek Disabling speeds boot up Enabled Default Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Boot Up On Puts numeric keypad in Default NumLock NumLock mode at boot up Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Gat
136. setup utility This option saves all your changes and causes the system to reboot Type Y to save the changes and exit or N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values RI EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Selecting the EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to abandon all data and exit setup therefore ignoring all your changes Type Y to abandon en OO TO changes and exit or N e Quit Without Saving Y N _ to return to the Main Menu and keep current values 53 BIOS Setup Utility ee coy S SY K7V DRAGON Ca 3 1 SOYO COMBO 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 SETUP After the hardware installation 1s complete turn the power switch on then press the lt DEL gt key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen Then select the SOYO COMBO SETUP option from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software SOYO COMBO Feature Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Spread Spectrum CPU Frequency Select Frequency 1MHz Stepping CPU Ratio Select CPU Vcore Select Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device RAID ATA amp SCSI Boot Order C 1 H 4 WAY Protection Onboard Promise
137. speed of the slowest HDD in the array RAID 1 mirror For capacity The FastTrak100 Lite array will be as big as the smallest HDD in the array The larger HDD will simply be truncated The truncated space on the bigger HDD will then be unusable 165 For sustained data transfers The Fastlrak100 Lite array will write data at the rate of the slowest HDD in the array The FastITrak100 Lite array will read data at twice the rate of the slowest HDD in the array DRIVE ISSUES Q Can add a drive to a FastTrak100 Lite RAID array via hot swap and dynamically adjust the array size configuration No The FastTrak100 Lite system does not support dynamically adjustable RAID size configurations Do the HDDs on the FastTrak100 Lite have to be the same size The HDDs that you use with the FastTrak100 Lite do not have to be the same size If the sizes differ the FastTrak100 Lite will adjust the HDDs so that they are compatible Basically it will truncate the bigger HDD so the sizes match Any unused space that results from this is unusable so don t use HDDs that differ too much It ll work but it s a waste Can take a set of drives which make up an array created on one FastTrak100 Lite server and move it to another FastTrak100 Lite server Yes All FastTrak100 Lite controllers read the arrays the same way Once the drives are all connected you must restart the system for it to recognize the newly inserted
138. speeds to work since it is out of specification we cannot support it How can change the resources that the FastTrak uses 164 The FastTrak100 Lite is fully PnP This means all the resources that it uses are given to it by the PnP BIOS on the motherboard The FastTrak100 Lite does support IRQ sharing but this will not work unless ALL the concerned devices support the feature If your motherboard allows you to control the assignment of these resources you may be able to remedy the problem by playing around with them You can also try resetting the configuration data in your CMOS This is usually an option in the PnP section of your CMOS Otherwise the only way you might be able to affect these assignments is to switch the PCI slot that the card is in How does the FastTrak100 Lite RAID controller provide storage and or data protection with their arrays FastITrak100 Lite implements three different types of RAID levels as follows RAID 0 stripe For capacity The FastTrak100 Lite array will be as big as the smallest HDD in the array times however many HDDs are in the array Any larger HDDs will simply be truncated The truncated space on the bigger HDDs will then be unusable For sustained data transfers Using FastTrak100 Lite a RAID O array consisting of two HDDs will transfer at about twice the speed of the slowest HDD in the array A RAID O array consisting of four HDDs will transfer at about three times the
139. ss Device Manager You will see an exclamation mark of yellow color at PCI RAID Controller Click it Press driver then press update driver Press next then press next The RAID driver path is in SOYO CD Raid Promise Raid Family Driver Win9x ME Promise RAID Family Drivers for Windows ME l 2 3 4 m Move cursor to my computer icon Press mouse right button then press properties Press Device Manager You will see an exclamation mark of yellow color at PCI RAID Controller Click PCI RAID Controller Press driver then press update driver The RAID driver path is in SOYO CD Raid Promise Raid Family Driver Win9x ME 105 Promise RAID Family Driver Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON e Yea Promise RAID Family Drivers for Windows 2000 l 6 First please copy all files of folder under SOYO CD Raid promise Raid Family Driver Win2000 and Fasttrak readme txt and txtsetup oem 3 files under SOYO CD Raid promise Raid Family Driver to floppy disk for Win2000 Raid install When you into the system install screen press F6 key first Then press S key Insert floppy disk for 2000 driver to A disk then press Enter to continue Select Win2000 Promise Fasttrak 100 tm Lite Controller then press Enter Press Enter to continue 2000 setup Promise RAID Family Drivers for Windows NT 4 0 l St First please copy all files of folder under SOYO CD Raid promise Raid Family Dr
140. ss the array and perform normal PC functions however the array will NOT provide data redundancy until Rebuild is completed If you choose to continue using the PC during rebuild system performance will be slightly degraded and the process will take longer 7 Once Array Rebuild has begun users are returned to the FastCheck Monitoring window A progress bar showing the rebuild progress in percentage will appear at the bottom of the FastCheck Monitoring window i a i NOTE When a spare unassigned drive is present on the FastTrak100 Lite a rebuild will automatically be performed from the remaining working drive USING CONTROLLER WINDOW Clicking on the Controller tab will reveal the Controller Window This displays physical information about the location of FastTrak100 Lite data channels on the card and the attached drives 152 E FastCheck Monitoring Utility Array Controller Options IRQ BusMaster Base OxE 400 i HOM Base Addr OxE 4000000 Diver Version 1 30 Build 21 Hardware Type FastTrak 100 Click specific icon For resource infomation Viewing Controller Card Information By left clicking on the FastTrak controller icon the right pane shows the following information categories for that array IRQ Identifies interrupt request assigned to PCI slot Bus Master Base Shows base address in hex numbering for board s bus master Input Output function ROM Base Address Shows base address in hex
141. t occurring Default OFF at will awaken a system which has been powered down IRQs Activity Enabled IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 Monitoring IRQS LPT2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk Press Enter IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 HardDsik Disabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQI1 Reserved IRQI5 Reserved 85 A BIOS Setup Utility 3 SY K7V DRAGON Sore Fp Py ci 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS This option sets the Motherboard s PCI Slots CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PNP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level gt Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD x IRQ Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled non boot devices Assign IRQ For USB Enabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto M gt 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 After you have completed the PCI Slot Configuration press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings
142. 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 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 3 wire audio cable from the CD ROM to the sound card is not connected or it is loose The sound and everything else works fine except that the recorder and microphone do not work What is wrong This is because the recorder and microphone in the Windows are not enabled Please go to sound properties and enable them 49 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 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 optimized default in the bios and save the bios and exit Next unplug all other add on cards except the video card and floppy drive controller and see if it can boot from floppy 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 f
143. transfers of 115Kbits sec at a distance of 1 meter 17 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR The optional hardware monitor subsystem provides low cost instrumentation capabilities The features of the hardware monitor subsystem include gt An integrated ambient temperature sensor gt Fan speed sensors which monitor the fan 1 and fan 2 connector gt Power supply voltage monitoring to detect levels above or below acceptable values When suggested ratings for temperature fan speed or voltage are exceeded an interrupt 1s activated The hardware monitor component connects to the SMBus 1 12 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY Wake on LAN technology enables 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 This feature uses the Wake on LAN connector CAUTION For Wake on LAN the 5 V standby line for the power supply must be capable of delivering 5V 5 at 720 mA Failure to provide adequate standby current when implementing Wake on LAN can damage the power supply 18 Hardware Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Congratul
144. transparently in a non USB aware operating system environment d Keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support e Real Time Clock with 256 byte extended CMOS In addition to the standard ISA RTC functionality the integrated RTC also includes the date alarm century field 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 stop control modular power clock and leakage control hardware based and software based event handling general purpose I O chip select and external SMI g Full System Management Bus SMBus interface h Integrated bus mastering dual full duplex direct sound AC97 link compatible sound system 1 Plug and Play controller that allows complete steerability of all PCI 14 Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON interrupts and internal interrupts DMA channels to any interrupt channel One additional steerable interrupt channel is provided to allow plug and play and reconfigurability of on board peripherals for Windows family compliance The VT8233 also enhances the functionality of the standard ISA peripherals The integrated interrupt controller supp
145. troller 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 operation For V Link Host operation forty eight levels doublewords of post write buffers and sixteen 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 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 overall system performance The 376 pin Ball Grid Array VT8233 Client V Link PCI LPC controller supports four levels doublewords of line buffers type F DMA transfers and delay transaction to allow efficient PCI bus utilization and PCI 2 1 compliant The VT8233 integrated PCI controller and PCI arbitration for up to five PCI slots One of the PCI REQ GNT pai
146. tware enables the user to monitor system voltages temperatures and FAN speeds This makes sure that the user is full control of the system Power Failure Resume Function This function can be set in the BIOS and determines 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 5VSB Indicator This green LED gives an indication of the presence of the 5V Standby voltage This voltage is always fed into the motherboard and is used for functions such as WOL Motherboard Description gt SY K7V DRAGON gt SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM gt COMPLIANCE The SY K7V DRAGON complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY K7V DRAGON a motherboard to trust E PC99 ACPI compliant gt USER FRIENDLY E SOYO COMBO Setup E Jumperless design E You can set up the following options through the BIOS setup CPU FSB frequency CPU multiplier CPU Vcore voltage DDR RAM Clock 1 3 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD To avoid damage to your Motherboard follow these simple rules while unpacking gt Before handling the Motherboard ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system s metal chassis gt Remove the Motherboard from its anti static packaging Hold the Motherboard by the edges and avoid touching its components gt Check the Motherboard for damage If any chip appears loo
147. uding the power cables 4 Attach one Ultra ATA cable to each hard drive Then attach one cable to the IDE port on the FastTrak100 Lite The colored edge of the cable s indicates pin 1 and the blue cable connector must be attached to the FastTrak100 Lite IDE port NOTE You must use an 80 wire 40 pin cable when connecting an Ultra ATA 100 hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite IDE port Checking CMOS Settings For the FastTrak100 Lite to be the bootable IDE controller confirm in the Standard CMOS Setup that the First Boot Device 1s set for SCST CREATING YOUR DISK ARRAY You will now use the FastBuild BIOS utility to create your array using the attached drives There are three different scenarios in creating this array You can create an array for performance you can create a Security array using new hard drives 113 recommended or you can create a Security array using an existing hard drive and a new hard drive WARNING If creating a Security array using an existing hard drive backup any necessary data Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss 1 Boot your system If this is the first time you have booted with the FastTrak100 Lite and drives installed the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build Xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved No array defined Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBui
148. unds from the front rear center subwoofer speakers based on different playback formats For more information please refer to the 5 1 5 Mixer Advanced Speakers dialog How to Adjust the Microphone Volume You have to use the microphone when availing yourself of the Echo function If the microphone is on and is very close to the speakers it will cause feedback between the two Also unusual high frequencies or buzzing sounds might be heard from the speakers To avoid this you have to adjust the microphone volume in both recording and playback sometimes you might have to adjust the main and Wave volume as well Please left click the mouse to adjust the microphone MIC in both Volume and Recording Control 190 m Volume Contral Recording Control Advanced SYOLUNE ciei ow wave is FM FERON Shiulti SPE lume Control auj Recording Control Advanced WAVE om FM a a Echo Test Your Speakers Connection PERE bebt To make sure that the front and the rear speakers are correctly connected you can use the following program to testify individual speaker output Move cursor to whichever speaker you want to test and left click the mouse If the setup is correct you can hear music coming from that speaker alone Each music output is different for distinction The Center and Subwoofer speakers are only supported by chip model 039 and the following models AUtO Demo OFF Speakers
149. urthermore we strongly recommend our users to enable the function of H W monitoring in the BIOS This function together with the FOC provide the total protection to the CPU and allow it to maximize its performance M Mark your CPU Frequency Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover 200MHz FSB DDR transfer on Athlon 750 MHz 100x7 5 LJ 800 MHz 100x8 0 1850 MHz 100x8 5 900 MHz 100x9 0 _ 950 MHz 100x9 5 1000 MHz 100x10 0 J 1 1GHz 100x11 0 J1 2GHz 100x12 0 200MHz FSB DDR transfer on Duron 600 MHz 100x6 0 1650 MHz 100x6 5 700 MHz 100x7 5 1750 MHz 100x7 5 _ 800 MHz 100x8 0 850 MHz 100x8 5 7 900 MHz 100x9 0 2 950 MHz 100x9 5 266M Hz Front Side Bus DDR transfer on Athlon LJ 1GHz 133x7 5 _ 13GHz 133x8 5 _H 2GHz 133x9 0 _ 3GHz 133x10 0 _ 4GHz 133x10 5 23 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON CPU Mount Procedure To mount the AMD K7 Athlon amp Duron processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions 1 Luft the socket handle up to a vertical position 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket 3 24 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 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 Th
150. using now recommended then press Next Insert the SOYO CD into the CD Rom drive then press Next Choose Specify Location and then type D ARAID promise Driver Win9x ME in the text box Assuming D is your CD Rom Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows 98 has found Win95 98 FastTrak100 Lite tm Controller should appear Press Next then Finish then Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer 136 SS Oo a oS S 10 11 12 13 14 Windows 95 After making an array amp configuring the hard drives partition and format your hard drive s 1f necessary Install Windows 95 normally After installation go to the Start menu and choose Settings From the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click on the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab In the hierarchical display under Other Devices 1s a listing for PCI Mass Storage Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window and then press the Update Driver button When asked if you want Windows to search for the driver choose Yes recommended Insert the SOYO CD into the CD Rom drive then press Next When Windows informs you that it was una
151. uter through the LAN card Please install according to the following pin assignment Wake On LAN JP10 Pin Assignment fom 5VSB 2 GND Quem MP Wake up 36 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 Standard Infrared SIRCON Plug the 10 pin infrared 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 CIRRX NC GND IV r CIRTX 6 7 8 910 3 L_irtx 37 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 3 Cooling Fan Installation 1 CPU Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 After you have seated the CPU properly on the processor 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 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment CHAFAN1 4 12V SENSOR CHAFAN2 12V SENSOR 38 Hardware Installation gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFANI CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 Some chassis also feature a cooling fan This Motherboard features a CHAFAN connector to provide 12V power to the chassis fan Conn
152. vailable USB connector USB1 or USB2 Standard device drivers come with the Win98 for commonly used USB 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 USBS5 USB6 are as follows USB4 USB3 GND 9 O GND 4 0 4 GND Data 3 Q 3 Data Data Data 2 O O72 Power 1 Q 1 Power USB6 USB5 GND 9 Q GND 4 2 K 4 GND Data 3 0 lt 3 Data Data Data 2 O O72 Power 1 Q 1 Power 34 Hardware Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON 6 Onboard Game port audio This Motherboard provides 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 35 Hardware Installation o gt SY K7V DRAGON 2 3 3 5 Other Connections 1 Wake On LAN WOL Attach the 3 pin connector 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 comp
153. ws 95 1 After making an array and configuring the hard drives power up the system and boot Windows 2 The Update Device Drive Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller 3 Insert the SOYO CD in the CD Rom drive 4 Type D RAID promise Driver Win9x ME in the text box then click on Next Assuming the D is your CD Rom Windows will inform you that it has found the Win95 98 FastTrak100 Lite controller 5 Click on Finish and re start the system 138 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98 95 To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Win 95 98 perform the following steps 1 Choose Settings from the Start menu 2 Choose Control Panel and then double click on the System icon 3 Choose the Device Manager tab and then click the in front of SCSI amp RAID controllers Win95 98 Promise FastTrak100 Lite controller should appear WINDOWS NT4 Installing Drivers During Windows NT 4 0 Installation 1 Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk a Floppy install boot the system with the Windows NT installa tion diskettes b Floppyless install boot from floppy and type WINNT B After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspect ing your computer s hardware configurat
154. zation Use log file checkbox allows writing operating event logs of the array activity alerts and status reports to a given file name and directory If a file name is used but the path left blank the default directory is the same as the FastCheck Utility typically C Program Files Promise FastTrak100 Lite Use NT system event log checkbox is greyed out under Windows 95 98 2000 Millennium automatically Under Windows NT4 it permits user to write array logging to NT s own event log 1 To view FastCheck events under Windows NT go to Start Programs Adminstrative Tools Event Viewer 2 Inthe Event Viewer choose Log from the menu bar then check Application Any events generated by FastCheck will appear under the Source column as FastCheck On Errors section offers four radio button choices for the user to select what procedure they would like to perform if an Error is detected during automatic manual Rebuilds or manual Synchronization There are three types of errors that FastTrak100 Lite detects a data mismatch between the primary and secondary drive a physical media error on source or target drive or a total disk failure The options for handling Errors are as follows Abort stops any Synchronization or Rebuild process if an error IS encountered 157 A Fix in most cases FastTrak100 Lite automatically can correct errors The method of correction varies depending on the type of error

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