SOYO SY-7VCM User's Manual
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1. c Motherboard please refer to SY 7VCM Motherboard User s Guide and Technical Reference Be aw online manual on the CD ROM zl Ta e Connectors and Plug ins me Wake On LAN Header J P10 Standard IrDA Infrared Device Header SIRCON Pin Pin2 Pin3 Pinl Pin2 Pin3 Ping Pin5 5VSB GND MP Wakeup VCC None IRRX GND IRTX CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN Chassis Fan CHAFAN Pin Pin2 Pin3 Pin Pin2 Pin3 GND 12V SENSOR GND 12V SENSOR USB3 USB4 Pinl Pin2 Pin3 Ping Pn Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Power Data Data GND Power Data Data GND GND CD N CDIN1 Connectto your CD ROM audio output EN Gs rs P AUX IN AUXIN F or Auxiliary Audio devices 1 0Vrms typ Pink Gs Gs P PHON IN Pinl Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 PHON Connect to phone connector N G G Mono HDD LED PWRBT Reset PowerLED BR i rd Pinl Pin2 Pin3 DORRRARMAR 5V NC GND eooo eeeee Speaker EN Pinl Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 speaker Power LED 5V NC NC Speaker out HDD LED PWRBT RESET Pinl Pin2 Pin Pin2 Pinl Pin2 LED Anode LED Cathode Power On Off GND Power Good GND ATX Power On Off PWRBT Connect your power switch to this header momentary switch type To tum off the system press this switch and hold down for longer than 4 seconds SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide ATX Power Supply ATX PW Attach the ATX Power cable to this connector This motherboard requires an ATX power supply an AT power supply can NOT be used When using the Po2. driver revision VIA 4 in 1 driver package for Win 9x NT VIA Ac97 Codec Driver for Win 9x NT 2000 VIA hardware monitor for Win 95 98 Cancel Driver Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows gt VIA 4in1 driver package The 4 in 1 driver package includes all drivers your motherboard needs After selecting this driver package one driver will be installed automatically the IRQ remapping utility the other three are installed if selected By default all three drivers are selected A description of the 4 drivers follows Bus Master PCI IDE Driver This driver will speed up the data transfer rate to and from the harddisk AGP VxD Driver This driver must be installed in order to be able to make use of the on board AGP Video functionality VIA Chipset Functions Registry This driver will make the necessary changes to the Windows registry in order to make sure that Windows has no problems recognizing your VIA chipset IRQ remapping utility This driver is installed automatically This utility will remap the IRQ lines to make sure that everything functions properly under Windows gt VIA Ac97 Codec Driver for Win 95 You have to install the drivers before installing any application for the Ac97 codec gt VIA hardware monitor for Win 95 98 Your motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC By installing this utility Temperature Fan speed and Voltages can
3. Guide that came with your Motherboard Unpacking When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items ei wi d The SY 7VCM VT82C694X AGP PCI Motherboard Ba u The Quick Start Guide The Installation CD ROM O SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM One IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cable One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable C el Fr 1S xe el J ee LINE OUT LINE IN MIC JACK SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide SY 7VCM Motherboard Layout PS 2 KB PS 2 Mouse CPUFAN Connector Connector ee U ke nY S S Sa A sh ge S as l CO H 50 E se 200 1 HJ2 Ba Ve 268 HJ3 2 4 F 200 1 HJ4 ATX Power LH Jee ol Ze ry 4 4 FLP IDE 1 IDE 2 N ARN 0000 ee TA TAT TAT gt gt TTT 2 z PCI Slot 1 Jo 4 PCI Slot 2 P10 m wor wam D SIRCON eader 1 5 PCI Siot 3 B0080 E USB4 HDD LED PWRBT Reset 1 5 E USB3 CHAEAN Speaker Amer v Vv VV VV V SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide i o Key Features Supports Intel processors gt Support 5 sets of voltage monitoring 3 FSB 66MHz CeleronTM 400 700MHz i j o FSB 100MHz Pentium lll 500E gt Supports multiple boot funct
4. SY 7VCM Motherboard Quick Start Guide SOYO SY 7VCM Motherboard Socket 370 for Intel Pentium amp Celeron processors VIA VT82C694X AGP PCI Motherboard 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported Micro ATX Form Factor Copyright 2000 bySoyo 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 person 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 pa
5. 850MHz 100 x 8 5 400MHz 66 x 6 0 LJ 700MHz 66 x 10 5 LJ 600MHz 133 x 4 5 433MHZ 66 x 6 5 J 500MHz 100 x 5 0 L 666MHz 133 x 5 0 466MHz 66 x 7 0 J 550MHz 100 x 5 5 LJ 733MHz 133 x 5 5 500MHz 66 x 7 5 CT 600MHz 100 x 6 0 L 800MHz 133 x 6 0 533MHz 66 x 8 0 J 650MHz 100 x 6 5 IT 866MHz 133 x 6 5 566MHZ 66 x 8 5 J 700MHz 100 x 7 0 L 933MHz 133 x 7 0 600MHz 66 x 9 0 CT 750MHz 100 x 7 5 Lj Selectthe working frequency of your Pentium III Celeron processor among these preset values Note Mark the checkbox that corresponds to the working frequency of your Pentium Ill Celeron processorin case the CMOS configuration should be lost Step 4 Select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Press lt Enter gt to save the new configuration to the CMOS memory and continue with the boot sequence 10 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide 4 The SOYOCD The SOYO CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating System other than Windows 9x or NT Your SY 7VCM 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 The SOYO CD will auto run and the SOYO CD StartUp Menu will be as shown If you use Windows NT the SOYO CD will not detect
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7. You may have to unscrew 15 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide 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_2CA1 meaning revision 2CA1 for the SY 5EH board or 6BA IV_2AA2 which means SY 6BA IV motherboard with 2AA2 bios Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard Please go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites Taiwan Wwww 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 Pin 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 Modem issues I get an T O Conflict message when I turn on my system and I can not get my modem to work What you need t
8. 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 LI 7000 TIWA F V1 0 TIWB 6IWM L TIWB V1 0 6IWM TIWM 61WA TIWMIL V1 i A SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu If you use Windows 95 or 98 the SOYO CD Start Up Program automatically detects which SOYO Motherboard you own and displays the corresponding model name 11 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide EA SOYO CD rev 19991101 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 R eader software must be installed in your system Note The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already presentin 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 users 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 Siep 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 12 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide
9. T 600MHz 133x45 U 733MHz 133x55 LJ 866MHz 133x65 LI CPU Mount Procedure To mountthe Pentium amp Celeron processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions P D bp Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole edge on the socket Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place Hun Remember to connect the CPU Cooling Fan to the appropriate power connector on the Motherboard The fan is a key componentthat stabilizes the system It prevents the equipment from overheating and prolongs the life of your CPU v e oo lt es Ow IIG SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide Step2 Connections to the Motherboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and the power supply to the Motherboard The internal peripherals consist of IDE devices HDD CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive Chassis Fan Front Panel Devices Intemal Speaker Reset Button and IDE LED Switch Wake On LAN card VGA card Sound Card and other devices For more details on connecting intemal and extemal peripherals to your new SY 7VCM
10. V 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 beep and 3 very short beeps The video card is 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 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 ina new AGP card it does not give me any video Is my AGP slot bad This is acommon 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
11. be monitored Itis also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre set values 13 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide Select which driver you want to install and click OK or click Cancel to abort the driver installation and retum to the main menu Note Once you have selected a driver the system will automatically exitthe 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 Step3 Check the Latest Releases Click the Check the latest Releases button to go the SOYO Website to automatically find the latest BIOS manual and driver releases for your motherboard This button will only work if your computer is connected to the internet through a network or modem connection Make sure to get your modem connection up before clicking this button Internet Explorer is a Microsoft Trademark 14 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide Quick Trouble shoot tips 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 110
12. ctor when performing the CMOS Clear operation SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide 3 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does notrequire any hardware jumpers to setthe CPU operating frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurable through the BIOS Soyo Combo Feature The Soyo Combo Feature menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure your system They are all in one menu to enable a quick setup in BIOS After completion of hardware installation turn the power switch on then press the lt DEL gt key while the system diagnostic is checking to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will be displayed on screen Then follow these steps to configure the CPU settings Step 1 Select Standard CMOS Features 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 Move the cursor to the CPU Frequency field to setthe CPU frequency The following table shows all available CPU Frequency settings on your SY 7VCM Motherboard If you setthis field to Manual you will be required to fill in the next two consecutive fields 1 the CPU Host PCI Clock and 2 the CPU Ratio UR Store TT 633MHz 66 x 9 5 L 800MHz 100 x 8 0 Manual LL 667MHz 66 x 10 0 L
13. ion 850MHz gt to FSB 133MHz Pentium lll 533 EE 933MHz gt 1x32 bitAGP slot Supports 66 100 133 MHz Front Side gt 4xUSB ports onboard Bus Frequency gt 1x IrDA port Auto detect CPU voltage ER gt ATX power connector Easy CPU settings in BIOS with the SOYO COMBO Setup gt Hardware Random Number Generator RNG for enabling enhanced platform PC99 ACPI security Ultra DMA33 66 ATA 33 66 gt RTC hardware to handle Y 2K Century Supports Wake On LAN WOL Rollover Power on by modem and alarm Supports onboard hardware monitoring SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide 2 Installation UT EM To avoid damage to your Motherboard please follow these simple rules while handling thi i t em andling this equipmen _ Before handling the Motherboard ground yourself by touching on to an unpainted portion of the system s metal chassis Le v o or lt Es DD um a i _ Remove the Motherboard from its anti static packaging Hold the motherboard by the edges and avoid touching its components _ Check the Motherboard for damage If any chip appears to be loose press carefully to seat it firmly in its socket Follow the directions in this section which is designed to guide you through a quick and correct method to install your new SY 7VCM Motherboard For detailed information please refer to the SY 7VCM Motherboard User s guide and Technical Reference online manual on in the CD ROM package that came with yo
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15. o do is to disable COM 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 16 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide Audio Issues I do not get any sound from my sound card What could be wrong Please make sure the speaker is connected to the speaker out port on your sound card In Device Manager I keep getting yellow exclamation signs on my sound port even though I have installed my sound driver several times and I could not get my sound card to work What is wrong It is likely that you did not have the correct driver installed If you are sure that the correct sound driver has been installed then please install the south bridge driver for the motherboard The sound is working in my system but when I play CD music from the CD ROM Ido 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 from my sound card is distorted when Windows starts What is wrong First if you are using an ISA sound card please make sure the IRQ needed for the sound card is set to Legacy ISA in the bios In other words if your ISA
16. sound card takes IRQS then set IRQ5 to Legacy ISA Next install the south bridge driver for the motherboard 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 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 setup 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 If you are running a Cyrix CPU make sure the linear burst function is enabled in the bios I can not get my board to run properly Please make sure you have the latest bios and driver from the SOYO web site at http www soyo com 17 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide How to contact us m Ifyou are interested in our products please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live m Ifyou require Technical Assistance please contact our Technical Support in the region you live SOYO prefers Email as communication medium remember t
17. tents 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 i 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 7VCM Serial Version 1 2 Edition June 2000 These specifications are subject to amend without notice 2 SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY 7VCM Motherboard This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard C e Ww u kel el WwW This guide provides all users with the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation For further information please refer to the SY 7VCM Motherboard Uses
18. ur Motherboard Gather and prepare all necessary components to complete the installation successfully Pentium Socket370 processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type SDRAM module s Computer case with adequate power supply unit Monitor PS 2 Keyboard Pointing Device PS 2 Mouse Speaker s optional Disk Drives HDD CD ROM Floppy drive External Peripherals Printer Plotter and Modem optional K A AAA Internal Peripherals Modem and LAN cards optional Note 1 If you want to use an external speaker connected to Line out port please make sure to use an amplified speaker that can generate proper output sound volume SY 7VCM Quick Start Guide Install the Motherboard To perform the installation of yournew SY 7VCM Motherboard follow the steps below Step 1 CPU Installation M Mark your CPU Frequency Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover FSB 66MHz L 400MHz 66x60 L 466MHz 66x7 0 533MHz 66x80 600MHz 66x9 0 LI 667MHz 66x 10 0 LJ 433MHz 66x65 C 500MHz 66x75 566MHz 66x85 L 633MHz 66x95 DJ 700MHz 66x 105 FSB 100MHz TT 500MHz 100x50 600MHz 100x6 0 TT 700MHz 100x70 L 800MHz 100x8 0 U 550MHz 100x55 650MHz 100x65 Ly 750MHz 100x75 L 850MHz 100x85 FSB 133MHz U 533MHz 133x40 1 667MHz 133x5 0 LJ 800MHz 133x6 0 J 933MHz 133x7 0 I
19. wer On by PS 2 Keyboard function please make sure the ATX power supply is able to provide atleast 720mA on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB in order to meet the standard ATX specifications Step 3 Configure Memory Your board comes with two DIMM sockets providing support for up to 1GB of main memory using unbuffered and registered DIMM modules from 8MB to 512MB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be setindependent 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 66MHz DRAM speed use PC66 memory for 100MHz DRAM speed use PC 100 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC 133 memory Memory Configuration Table vo or 2g Own ae Number of Memory Modules RAM Type EDO SDRAM VCM SDRAM Memory Module Size MB 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB CMOS Clear J P5 In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data follow the steps below to clear CMOS memory L Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2 3 on jumper J P5 This jumper can be easily identified by its white colored cap 2 Then putthe jumper back to 1 2 to allow writing new of data into the CMOS memory CMOS Clearing Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data Shortpin 2 3 for u Shortpin 1 2 to WI J P5 Setting atleast 5 seconds to retain new settings clear the CMOS 12 8 123 Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power conne
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