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1. DRAM s ne HCLK433M pec DRAM Timing By SPD If enable the DRAM will auto Default Manual detect the DRAM timing SDRAM Cycle DS When synchronous DRAM is Default Length 2 installed 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 DRAM Command 2T Command Increase DRAM performance Default Rate IT Command 66 sy 7VDA SOY BIOS Setup Utility 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 registers control the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 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 AV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl 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 67 BIOS Setup Utility 3 4 3 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Setting AGP Aperture 64M Size
2. BIOS Setup Utility 2 3 5 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your Motherboard successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter the BIOS Setup Utility press the DEL key while the system is performing the diagnostic checks Note If you have failed to enter the BIOS wait until the boot up J sequence is completed Then push the RESET button and press DEL key again at the beginning of boot up during diagnostic checks 43 1645 BIOS Setup Utility SY 7VDA i 0 Repeat this operation until you get the following screen 3 The BIOS Setup screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 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 D gt lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage 2 3 6 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS SOYO COMBO FEATURE The SOYO COMBO FEATURE combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick se
3. Motherboard Description A 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 66 100 133 MHz The VT8633 Host system controller also supports full AGP v2 0 capability for maximum bus utilization including 2x and 4x mode transfers SBA 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 NT5 miniport drivers are supported for interoperability with major AGP based 3D and DVD capable multimedia accelerators The VT8633 Host system controller supports two 32 bit 3 3 system buses one AGP and one V Link that are synchronous pseudo synchronous to the CPU bus The chip also contains a built in bus to bus bridge to allow simultaneous concurrent operations on each bus Five levels doublewords of post write buffers are included to allow for concurrent CPU and V Link operation For V Link Host operation forty eight levels doublewords of
4. sy 7VDA 1 Onboard Serial Ports COMI 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 5 Clock Pin3 GND Pin1 KBD DATA 4 PS 2Mouse similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector Pin5 Mouse Clock Pin3 GND Pin1 Mouse DATA 33 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 5 Universal Serial Bus USB1 USB2 USB3 USBA ESBS USB6 This Motherboard provides four USB ports for your additional devices Plug the USB device jack into the available USB connector USBI 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 y
5. 2 1 2 5 2 3 281 2 37 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 5 2 3 6 2 3 7 2 3 8 CHAPTER 3 3 3 2 sovo Table of Contents MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 KEY FEATURES 1 HANDLING THE 4 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS 5 SY 7VDA MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT 6 SY 7VDA MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS 7 MICROPROCRSSO uates deti Edu mU 9 M 10 COTTE MEINE 11 I O INTERFACE CONTROLLER e 15 HARDWARE MONITOR eee 18 WAKE ON LAN 19 HARDWARE INSTALLATION eee ee eee ee eee 20 PREPARA TIONS 20 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 21 INSTALLATION 22 IIT REP 23 DDR RAM Memory Module Installation 26 Motherboard Connector eese 26 CMOS CCA TE 42 POW OO TT 43 Quick BIOS intei aiaia 44 Troubleshooting at First Start eese 46 Ign 7240 ar 49 BIOS SETUP UTILITY eoweseeeseceieeeenesse eant eoseesuenv ese 50 SOYO COMBO SETUP 53 STANDARD CMOS SETUP eene 56
6. B SOYO Combo Setup B Jumperless design B You can set up the following options through the BIOS setup CPU FSB frequency multiplier CPU Vcore voltage PCI clock AGP Clock 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 loose 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 amp Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description 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 Donotremove 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
7. Select the Integrated Peripherals option from the Main Menu and press Enter key STOP Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar 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 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals gt VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter gt VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter gt SuperIO Device Press Enter PCI Slot Menu Level Item Help Init Display First OnChip USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled PWRON After PWR Fail Off AV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl 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 Init Display First PCI Slot Display card or PCI VGA card to initialize first 71 BIOS Setup Utility INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Sy 7VDA sov OnChip USB Controller USB Keyboard Support IDE HDD Block Mode Setting Disabled Enabled 1 amp 2 USB Port 2 amp 3 USB
8. gt Fan speed sensors which monitor the fan 1 and fan 2 connector 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 15 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 me 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 19 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Congratulations on your purchase of SY 7 VDA 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
9. iii Table of Contents e SY 7VDA 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATUREDS eere 59 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET eee 63 3 5 INTEGRATED 71 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 79 3 7 PNP PCT CONFIGURATIONS 2 rtp Eo toa ers ke eve cedes 85 3 8 PC 88 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAUDLTS ree 90 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED 91 3 11 SET SUPERVISOR 5 02 3 12 SET USER 93 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DBTECTION toto 94 CHAPTER amp THE SOYO CD seice 96 iv Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description Chapter 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION The SY 7VDA AGP PCI Motherboard is a high performance Socket 370 support ATX form factor system board The SY 7VDA uses VIA Chipset technology and supports Socket 370 class processors This Motherboard 15 fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 KEY FEATURES gt CPU SUPPORT The SY 7VDA supports a wide range of INTEL CPUs B FSB 66MHz Celeron 400 700MHz B FSB 100MHz Pentium III 500 850MHz B FSB 133MHz Pentium III 533MHz 1 13GHz Supports Via Cyrix processors B FSB 100MHz Cyrix III SOOMHz 600MHz New released Intel Socket 370 CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY 7VDA as well gt SETTINGS The SY 7VDA provides the user w
10. 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 12 amp Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description The 352 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 2 compliant The VT8233 integrated PCI controller and PCI arbitration for up to five PCI slots One of the PCI REQ GNT pair can be configured as high priority to better support a low latency PCI bus master device The VT8233 integrated networking MAC controller with standard 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 05
11. 100MHz Pentium II or Pentium III Concurrent CPU AGP and PCI access Supports DDR RAM memory types only Flexible row and column addresses 64 bit data width only 2 5V SSTL 2 DRAM interface for DDR RAM Optional bank by bank ECC single bit error correction and multi bit error detection or EC error checking only for DRAM integrity Supports maximum 16 bank interleave 1 16 pages open simultaneously banks are allocated based on LRU Independent DDR RAM control for each bank Seamless DRAM command scheduling for maximum DRAM bus utilization e g precharge other banks while accessing the current 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 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 10 Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description Supports DDR SDRAM CL 2 2 5 3 and 1T per command Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing CAS before RAS or self refresh 1 9 CHIPSET gt VT 633 The Pro266 chipset is a high performance cost effective and energy efficient chip set for the implementation of AGP V Link PCI LPC desktop personal computer systems from 66 MHz 100 MHz and 133 MHz based on 64 bit Socket 370 and Slot 1 Inte
12. 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_2CA1 meaning revision 2 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 WWW SOVO COm twW 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 Pinl on the floppy drive side don t trust the key lock or notch an
13. D Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults VIA SuperIO Device Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Rx2Tx2 378 IRQ7 SPP 1 7 3 201 330 10 Item Help Menu Level gt F10 Save ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving VIA SuperlO Device Setting Description Note Onboard FDD Disabled Turn off the on board mm Suus O floppy controller Enabled Use the on board floppy Default controller 76 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility VIA SuperlO Device Setting Description Note Onboard Disabled Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Choose serial port 1 amp 2 s I O Default Serial Port 2 address port 1 2FS IRQ3 Do not set port 1 amp 2 to Default same address except for port 2 3E8 IRQ4 Disabled or Auto 2ES IRQ3 Auto UART 2 Mode The second serial port offers these InfraRed interface modes Defanlt If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR RxD TxD Active Hi Hi This item allows you to Hi Lo determine the active RxD Default Lo Hi TxD Lo Lo IR Transmission Disabled Some IR devices need this Delay Enabled item enabled Default UR2 Function Half Choose Half or Duplex to Default Duplex Full set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Refer to your IR device specifica
14. Slot Configuration press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving 85 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 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 is 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 PCT ISA PnP Controlled By card IRQ assignment Requires to assign IRQ and DMA to PCI or ISA PnP manually IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to _ 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 1s set to Manual IRQ and PnP Choose IRQ and IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 DMA DMA assigned to 11 12 14 15 assigned to PCIAISA PnP card DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 Legacy ISA Choose and IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 DMA assigned to 11 12 14 15 Legacy ISA card DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 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 fi
15. Sy 7VDA 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS This option sets the Motherboard s PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software PC Health Status CPU Warning Temp Disabled Current SYS Temp Ee Current CPU Temp Current CPUFAN Speed 5192 RPM Menu Level Current CHAFAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 98 V 3 36 5 4 97 V 12V 12 03 V 12 V 12 19 5V 4 99 V VBAT V 3 16V 5 V 5 46V Shutdown Twmperatuer Disabled Item Help AV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled By option is to Auto 88 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility CPU Device Monitoring CPU Device Setting Description Note Monitoring CPU Warning Disabled Default Temperature 50 C 122 F Set CPU temperature from 50 C 53 C 127 F to 70 C The CPU will slow 56 C 132 F down when CPU temperature 60 C 140 F goes beyond the preset value 63 C 145 F CPU will continue to run 66 C 150 F Slow until the temperature 709C 15gep returns back within the safe range Current CPU DE _ Show the current status of CPU temperature Current System Show current status of C F Temp system temperature Current Show the current status of CPU CPUFAN RPM Fan CHA
16. 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 VIA 8233 Onboard Audio Driver for Win 9x ME NT 2000 You have to install the drivers before installing any application for the Onboard Audio gt VDA Winbond Hardware Doctor for Win 95 98 Your motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC By installing this utility Temperature Fan speed and Voltages can be monitored It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre set values Step 3 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 99 100
17. choose the right Ratio multiplier for the CPU Options are 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 0 7 5 8 0 The CPU frequency is then defined as host clock freq x multiplier and should the working frequency of your Pentium III amp Pentium II processor CPU Vcore Select Setting Description Note CPU Vcore Default This function adjust Default Select 0 05 CPU voltage 0 1V 0 2V 0 3 0 4 0 05 0 1V Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Quick Power Disabled m On Self Test Enabled Provides fast POST at boot up Default 54 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA System Boot Control Settings Disabled Enabled Default 55 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA SOYO 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Fri Mar 9 2001 Time hh mm ss 16 40 51 tem Help Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Total Memory 131072K MVY gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit F
18. gt SOYO Motherboard EKE KE E E KE KE EK KE E KE E K K KE E E E E K K E E K KE K K K K K K K K K KK K K K K K VIA Cyrix Intel Pentium III amp Celeron Processor supported VIA PRO266 AGP PCI Motherboard 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor KKE KE E E E KE E K K E E K K K KE E E K K ECKE K K K K K K K K KK K K K K K User s Manual SOYO SY 7VDA 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 obl
19. 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 transfers of 1 15Kbits sec at a distance of 1 meter 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR The optional hardware monitor subsystem provides low cost instrumentation capabilities The features of the hardware monitor 18 Sy 7VDA Motherboard Description v subsystem include gt integrated ambient temperature sensor
20. products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive If you use Windows NT the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up please choose your motherboard and press OK Now the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be shown Please Select Your Board LI 7000 7IWB 7IWB V1 0 7IWM 7INM L VI gt Cancel 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 96 Drivers installation SY 7VDA Install drivers Check new releases Microsoft Direct 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 e SY 7VDA Step 2 Install Drivers and Utilities Click the Install Drivers button to display the list of drivers software that can be installed
21. 12885 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 Pro266 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 Pro266 chipset is ideal for high performance high quality high energy efficient and high integration desktop and notebook AGP PCI LPC computer systems gt VT8233 The VT8233 South Bridge is a high integration high performance power efficient and high compatibility device that supports Intel and non Intel 13 amp sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description 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 contro
22. AERANIRITARARERERERERERANENANANAERAR EAR RARE VO EO OEE p 80 Conductor 66 100 Flat Cable BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA sov 2 3 3 2 Floppy Drive Installation A Pin 1 FDC 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 2 floppy drives Z BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VDA 2 3 3 3 Front Panel Connections Power LED Speaker Plug the computer case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the Motherboard 1 Power LED Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED Power LED Pin Assignment m 5V 30 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 2 Reset Plug the Reset push button cable into the 2 pin Reset header on the Motherboard Pushing the Reset button on
23. AGP Mode AGP Driving Control AGP Driving Value AGP Fast Write AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read 4M 8M 16M 32M 128M 256M 1X 2X 4X Auto Manual Min 0000 Max 00FF Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Sy 7VDA sov Description Note Select the size of Accelerated Default Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation This item allows you to enable disable the AGP 4X Mode Default This item allows you to adjust the Default AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field 15 recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force The VIA chipset will use fast write Default to AGP if this item is enabled Not all AGP cards support fast write Default When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Default When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states 68 sy 7VDA SOY BIOS Setup Utility 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 op
24. Channel0 OnChip IDE Channell IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master Menu Level gt Primary Slave PIO 51 Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA MV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit 1 Help Item 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 73 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device Setting Description Note On Chip PCI IDE Disabled Turn off the on board Primary IDE Secondary Enabled Use the on board IDE Default IDE mode 0 4 0 is slowest speed gt Primary Master PIO 4 is the fastest speed AER Miser 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 Primary Master UDMA Select Auto to enable Default Primary Slave UDMA Ultra DMA Mode Secondary Master UDMA gt Secondary Slave UDMA support 74 amp Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 3 5 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The VIA OnChip PCI Device option changes the values of the chipset registers These reg
25. FAN Speed Vcore 3 3V 5V Show the current voltage status 12V 12V 5V V VBAT V SVSB V Shutdown Disabled This item allows you to setup Default Temperature 60 C 140 F the CPU shutdown Temperature 65 C 149 F This item only effective under 70 C 158 F Windows 98 ACPI mode 89 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 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 Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit V2 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 90 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 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 y
26. I 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 Date amp Time Display Setting Please Note Date mm dd yyyy 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 56 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA Hard Disks Type amp Mode Choose the type and mode for the hard disks that you have already installed Primary Setting Description Note Secondary Master amp Slave IDE HDD Auto Press To auto detect the HDD s size 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 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk gt 528 Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details Floppy Drives Floppy Drives Setting Description Note Drives A amp B 360KB 5 25 in 2MB 5 25 in 20KB 3 5 in 3 5 in Default 88MB 3 5 in Not installed Supports 3 mode Special disk drive flopp
27. INI 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 2 4 3 CDIN1 Right Left GND GND Right GND GND Left 43 2 1 2 3 3 6 AGP VGA Card Insert the AGP VGA card into the AGP slot Then connect the monitor information cable to the AGP card back plane external connector Follow the manufacturer s instructions to perform the AGP VGA drivers installation 40 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 2 3 3 7 ATX Power Supply Plug the connector from the power directly into the 20 pin male PW connector on the Motherboard as shown in the following figure ATX Power 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 connectin
28. IOS SETUP UTILITY This Motherboard s BIOS setup program uses the ROM PCT ISA BIOS program from Award Software Inc To enter the Award BIOS program s Main Menu Turnon or reboot the system 2 After the diagnostic checks press the Del key to enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 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 Peripherals Set User Password gt Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit V 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 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 50 sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility Hot Keys Function keys give you access to a group of commands throughout the BIOS utility Gives the list of options available for each General Help 1tem Previous Restore the old values These are the values Values that the user started the current session with Load Fail Loads all items with the m
29. Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Enter Password Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system 15 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 92 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA sov 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 Enter without Type the Password entering the password and Press Enter Enter Password s Confirm Password x u a After you confirm the password press lt Esc gt to exit on _ _ _ 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 15 similar to that for the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Refer to section 3 9 93 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION This Main Menu function automatically detects the h
30. Port 3 amp 1 USB Port USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Off Former Sts Description Note This should be enabled if your system has a USB Default installed on the system board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Port 1 means USBI amp 2 Port 2 means USB3 amp 4 Port 3 means USB5 amp 6 Select Enabled if your Default system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Invokes multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function Default The system will switch on Default when power comes back after a power failure The system will remain off when power comes back after a power failure The system will return to the state it was in before the power failure when power returns 1 e If the system was on it will switch on again if it was off it will remain off BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VDA 3 5 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device Caution Change these settings only if 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 1984 2001 Award Software VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE
31. VDA MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS A B C D E ET I ET TI EI LL LL FI iii iii iii G a TR LUI LL LH IEEE IEEE EL ELLO EET LL Motherboard Description Z4caumouw ozznunmn mnomu monou r amp Sy 7VDA sov CPU Cooling Fan Connector ATX Power Supply Connector Socket 370 Connector Via 8633 North Bridge chip DDR DIMM Banks Bus Mastering e IDE ATAPI Ports 32 bit AGP Slot 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots Via VT 233 South Bridge Chip Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port Flash BIOS Front panel connectors Chassis Cooling Fan CMOS Clear Jumper USB Ports Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header 3V Lithium Battery Wake On LAN WOL Header Winbond W83697HF AW LPC I O Chip CD IN Connectors Via VT1611A Chassis Cooling Fan Back panel Connectors Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description 1 7 MICROPROCESSOR The motherboard supports a single Socket 370 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 a
32. ard disk type and configures the Standard CMOS Features accordingly CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 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 Landing Zone Sector AV gt Move EnterSelect 4 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 94 SY 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 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 Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN 14 ENTER Accept F4 Exit 95 Drivers installation e SY 7VDA sov Chapter 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 5 SOYO CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating 4 System other than Windows 9x or NT Your SY 7VDA 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
33. atching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket 3 Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing 4 Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place 24 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility Remember to connect the CPU Cooling Fan to the appropriate power connector on the Motherboard The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU 2 3 1 1 CPU Fan Installation Your Socket 370 processor kit comes with a cooling fan Mount the fan on the processor according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU Note Remember to connect the fan to the appropriate power source v 25 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 2 3 2 DDR RAM Memory Module Installation sii fa E nicin pase DDR DIMM 1 Your board comes with three DIMM sockets providing support for up to 3GB of main memory using unbuffered and registered DIMM modules from 64MB to 1GB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed D
34. board 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 130 Char sec Typematic Delay 250 msec Choose how long after Default 500 msec you press a key down the character begins repeating 750 msec 1000 msec 61 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 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 Note 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 Other Control Options Other Control Setting Description OS2 When using an OS2 operating System Non OS2 When using another Default non OS2 operating system Disabled Default Enabled Disabled u Enabled The BIOS is shadowed ina 16K gt 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 fro
35. ccurs select Enabled in this field System BIOS Disabled Cacheable Enabled The ROM area FOOOOH FFFFFH Default is cacheable Video RAM Disabled When synchronous DRAM is Default Cacheable Enabled installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Disabled Default Enabled This item enabled to detect the memory parity and Error Checking amp Correcting 64 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA 3 4 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control 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 1984 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequence 66MHz DRAM Clock By SPD DRAM Timing By SPD 25 Menu Level gt Disabled DRAM Command Rate 2T Command Item Help AV gt Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 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 65 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock Drive Control Setting Description Note DRAM Clock By SPD This it 1 Default
36. complete the installation successfully l Socket 370 processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type Note This Motherboard supports non boxed type CPUs The heavier CPU cooling fan requires the installation of a CPU support stand 2 DDR RAM module s 3 Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit 4 Monitor 5 PS 2 Keyboard 6 Pointing Device PS 2 mouse 7 Speaker s optional 8 Disk Drives HDD CD ROM Floppy drive 9 External Peripherals Printer Plotter and Modem optional 10 Internal Peripherals Modem and LAN cards optional 20 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items The SY 7VDA PRO266 AGP PCI Motherboard The Quick Start Guide a The Installation CD ROM O NN Eee SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM O N One IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cable ot bo One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable Fa 8B j Warning Do not unpack the Motherboard from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it Like most electronic equipment your Motherboard may be damaged by electrostatic discharge To avoid permanent damage to components ground yourself while working by using a grounding strap Otherwise ground yourself frequently by touching the unpainted portion of the computer chassis to drain the static charges Handle the Motherboard carefully holding it by the e
37. d use the end connector of the cable don t use middle one 47 sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 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 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 VIA 4 in 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 15 because the 3 wire audio cable from the CD ROM to the sound card is not connected or it 1s loose The sound and everything else work
38. dges You are now ready to start the installation 21 sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 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 22 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 2 3 1 CPU Installation Your SY 7VDA motherboard comes with a CPU retention set kit The retention set is used to hold the processor attached to the Socket 370 CPU connector on the motherboard Mark your CPU Frequency Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover FSB 66MHz oov 66 60 aic 66370 66 x 6 5 _ 500MHz 66 x75 66 x 8 5 66 x 9 5 _ 700MHz 66 x 10 5 FSB 100MHz FSB 133MHz 533MHz 133x4 0 _J667MHz 133x5 0 _I800MHz 133x 6 0 l 933MHz 133x 7 0 L 13GHz 133x 8 5 600MHz 133x4 5 7 133 5 5 866MHz 133x 6 5 000MHz 133x 7 5 CPU Mount Procedure To mount the Pentium 6 Celeron processor amp VIA Cyrix processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 23 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with m
39. e S1 POS User Define Disable Disable Suspend gt Off V H SYNC Blank 3 Instant Off Press Enter Item Help Menu Level gt F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 USB Resume from 53 54 55 VGA LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD PowerOn by PCI Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume gt IRQs Activity Monitoring AV gt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values P UJP D Value Disabled Disabled OFF LPT COM ON OFF Disabled Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt Press Enter F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help After you have completed the Power Management Setup press Esc to return to the Main Menu 79 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA sov Power Management Controls Setting ACPI Suspend 51 8 Type S3 STR Power User Define Management Min Saving Option Max Saving HDD Power Disabled Down 1 Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Suspend Mode Disabled Min 2Min 4Min 6Min SMin 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min Hour Video Off Suspend Off Option Always On All Modes Off Video Off V H Sync Blank Method Blank screen DPMS S
40. epending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup Chapter 3 appropriate memory modules must be used For 100MHz DRAM speed use PC1600 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC2100 memory TA AOE nimimm mg MELLE LE LEE UELUT nimimm DUTTTTTRPTEHITTE ETUR nimm AUALADAROOROLDOALAODLOL AIN 26 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory DMM3 Modules RAM Type DDR RAM idi add S 64 128 256 512 1024 27 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 2 3 3 1 IDE Device Installation HDD CD ROM 8o em d E r IDE IDE Pin 1 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 This Motherboard can support up to four HDDs REREEREATHIANRERI
41. eted the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving 83 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA sov IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Setting Description When set to On any event occurring Default at will awaken a system which has been powered down IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COMI IRQ5S LPT2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk TRQ7 LPT1 IRQI2 PS 2 mouse IRQI3 Coprocessor IRQ14 HardDsik Secondary IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQIO Reserved IRQI I Reserved IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ15 Reserved 84 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA SOYO 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS This option sets the Motherboard s PCI Slots CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PnP OS Installed NO Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD x 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 non Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled boot devices Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Palette Snoop Disabled AV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit FlI General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled 3 By option is set to Auto After you have completed the PCI
42. g to ATX PW connector The Motherboard requires a power supply with at least 200 Watts and a power good signal Make sure the ATX power supply can take at least 720 mA load on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB to meet the standard ATX specification Note If you use the Wake On LAN WOL function make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB 41 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment ATX Power 12V 5V 5VSB a 5V PW OK a 5V GND GND 5y s GND GND GND 5V PS ON GND s GND 3 3V 12V 3 3V E 3 3V gt special care to the directionality 2 3 4 CMOS Clear JP5 In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data follow the steps below to clear the CMOS memory 1 Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2 3 on jumper JP5 This jumper can be easily identified by its white colored cap 2 Then put the jumper back to 1 2 to allow writing of new data into the CMOS memory CMOS Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data Short pin 2 3 for Short 1 2 to at least 5 seconds retain new to clear the CMOS ener settings Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation 42 sy 7VDA
43. igation 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 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 1 1 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 cue Tested To Comply Edition May 2001 F C With FCC Standards Version 1 2 FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE 7VDA SERIAL 1000995 1 RECYCLED PAPER ii amp Sy 7VDA Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 2
44. ing Virus Warning Setting Description Note Virus Disabled If set to enabled the Paragon Anti Default Warning Enabled Virus Function will scan your boot drive for boot virusses If a boot virus 1s detected the BIOS will display a warning message 59 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA sov Cache Memory Options Setting Description Note CPU Internal Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the CPU s internal Default cache External Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the external Default memory L2 Cache Memory Setting Description Note CPU L2 Cache ECC Disabled Checking Enabled This option activates the Default CPU L2 cache ECC checking function Floppy Driver Settings Setting Description Note Disabled Default Enabled Changes the sequence of A and B drives Description Note Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up Default Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note 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 60 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility Gate A20 Options Setting Description Note Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 A pin in the keyboard controller Default controls GateA20 Typematic Settings Typematic Settings Setting Description Note Typematic Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate Default Rate Setting determined by the _ key
45. ionality 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 14 amp Sy 7VDA Motherboard Description y 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 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 supports both edge and level triggered interrupts channel by channel The integrated DMA controller supports type F DMA in addition to standard ISA DMA modes Compliant with the PCI 2 2 specification the VT8233 supports delayed transactions and remote power management so that slower ISA peripherals do not block the traffic of the PCI bus Special circuitry is built in to allow concu
46. isters control the system options in the computer The following screen shows setup default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Item Help Menu Level gt MV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit FlI General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving VIA OnChip PCI Device Setting Description VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This item allows you to Default control the onboard AC 97 audio 75 BIOS Setup Utility e amp sy 7VDA 3 5 3 VIA SuperlO Device Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The VIA 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 Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select x RxD TxD Active x IR Transmission Delay x UR2 Duplex Mode x Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Select x ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ v Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values H IP UJP
47. ith 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 B CPU FSB Frequency The SY 7VDA supports an incredibly wide range of CPU FSB frequency settings 66 75 81 83 90 95 100 105 110 112 113 115 117 118 120 122 124 126 133 135 137 138 140 142 144 150 and 155 MHz This ensures that the SY 7VDA has an overwhelming overclocking potential amp Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description B CPU Multiplier The SY 7VDA supports a wide range of multipliers 2 0 2 5x 3 0x 3 5x 4 0x 4 5x 5 0x 5 5x 6 0 6 5x 7 0x 7 5 and 8 5 gt EXPANDABILITY The SY 7VDA provides all standard expansion slots and many more additional expansion features Expansion slots B 1x 32 bit bus master AGP slot B 5 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots Enhanced IO B 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 IrDA compatible infrared port 6x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector amp Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description gt ADVANCED FUNCTIONS The SY 7VDA supports advanced functions such as B Wake On LAN Supports Wake On LAN Some advanced network cards can wake the system up over the network the WOL con
48. l It could be that the CPU 18 not seated correctly or that a component on the M B 15 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 long 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 46 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility Y 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
49. l Pentium III and Celeron super scalar processors The Pro266 chip set consists of the VT8633 V Link DDR Host system controller 552 pin BGA and the 8233 highly integrated V Link Client controller 376 pin BGA The Host system controller provides superior performance between the CPU DRAM AGP bus and V Link interface with pipelined burst and concurrent operation The VT8233 V Link Client controller 15 a highly integrated PCI LPC controller Its internal bus structure 15 based on 66 MHz PCI bus that provides 2x bandwidth compare to previous generation PCT ISA bridge chips The VT8233 integrated Client V Link controller with 266MB S bandwidth between Host Client V Link interface provides a V Link PCI and V Link LPC controller It supports five PCI slots arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus The 8633 supports eight banks of SDR DDR SDRAMSs up to 4 GB The DRAM controller supports standard Synchronous DRAM SDRAM and Virtual Channel SDRAM VC SDRAM or VCM SDRAM in a flexible mix match manner or it can be configured to support Double Data Rated DDR SDRAM mode The SDR 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 arbitrary mixture of 1M 2M 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M xN DRAMSs The DRAM controller also supports optional ECC single bit error 11 amp
50. llers a IEEE 802 3 compliant 10 100 Mbps PCI bus master Ethernet MAC with standard 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 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 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 funct
51. m slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM 62 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES Select the Advanced Chipset Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key Caution Change these settings only if 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 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Driver Control Press Enter gt amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled Menu Level gt System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Item Help v Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit FlI 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 63 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET Setting Description Note FEATURES Memory Hole Disabled Default Enabled Some interface cards will map their ROM address to this area If this o
52. nector is provided by the SY 7VDA to support this function B Multiple boot The SY 7VDA supports booting from devices such as CD ROM B Poweron by modem or alarm If the SY 7VDA 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 FAIL SAFE The SY 7VDA comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe Hardware Monitor The integrated Hardware Monitor IC and Hardware doctor software enables the user to monitor system voltages temperatures and FAN speeds This makes sure that the user 15 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 15 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 1s always fed into the motherboard and is used for functions such as WOL gt SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM COMPLIANCE The SY 7VDA complies with all important industry standards The 3 amp sov Motherboard Description following underlines the reliability of the SY 7VDA a motherboard to trust B PC99 ACPI compliant gt USER FRIENDLY
53. nstall according to the following pin assignment Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 37 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 3 Cooling Fan Installation 1 CPU Cooling Fan 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 CPUFAN Pin Assignment 12V SENSOR 38 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFANI CHAFAN2 Some chassis also feature a cooling fan This Motherboard features a CHAFAN connector to provide 12V power to the chassis fan Connect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN Pin Assignment CHAFAN 1 1 GND 2 12V 3 SENSOR CHAFAN2 SENSOR 3 12V 32 GND 1 Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN 1s optional 39 sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 4 CD Line in CDIN1 CDIN2 This Motherboard provides two CD Line in connectors Please connect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CD
54. ost conservative F6 Safe Defaults values Load Optimized Loads all options with the optimize values Defaults Save Saves your changes and reboots the system Returns at anytime and from any location to Enter Suisse 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 51 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA sovo SAVE AND EXIT SETUP Select the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option from the Main Menu to save data to CMOS and exit the 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 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Selecting the EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to abandon all data and exit setup therefore ignoring all your changes ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFT WARE IN STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Quit Without Saving Y N _ Type Y to abandon changes and exit or N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values 52 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA 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 15 comple
55. ou 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 Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit AV gt lt 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 amp Sy 7VDA Y 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 15 required every time the system 15 booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the
56. our dealer The lay out of USB3 USB4 and USB5 USB6 are as follows 0583 0584 GND 5 o GND GND 4 4 GND Data 3 3 Data Data 2 2 Data Power 1 1 Power USB5 USB6 GND 5 5 GND GND 4 4 GND Data 3 3 Data Data 2 2 Data Power 1 1 Power BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA sov 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 sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 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 computer through the LAN card Please install according to the following pin assignment Wake On LAN JP10 Pin Assignment 5VSB 2 GND MP Wake up 36 BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 2 Standard Infrared SIRCON Plug the 5 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 i
57. rboard 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 is a 25 pin D Sub connector located on the back panel of the motherboard In the Setup program there are four options for parallel port operation Compatible standard mode Bi directional PS 2 compatible 16 amp Motherboard Description v Bi directional EPP A driver from the peripheral manufacturer 15 required for operation Bi directional high speed ECP 1 10 3 Diskette Drive Controller The I O controller is software compatible with the 82077 diskette drive controller and supports both PC AT and PS 2 modes In the Setup program the diskette drive interface can be configured for the following diskette drive capacities and sizes 360 KB 5 25 inch 1 2 MB 5 25 inch 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 inch 17 amp Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description 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 5 Note The
58. rrent 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 Winbond W83697HF LPC Super I O controller which features 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 15 Motherboard Description Sy 7VDA sov 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 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 gt Multi mode parallel port Standard mode ECP and EPP support Plug and play with 192 base IO address 12 IRQ and 4 DMA options gt Floppy Disk Controller I6bytes of FIFO Data rates up to IMbps Perpendicular recording driver support Two FDDs with drive swap support Plug and play with 48 base IO address 12 IRQ and 4 DMA options The Setup program provides configuration option for the I O controller 1 10 1 Serial Ports The mothe
59. s fine except that the recorder and microphone do not work What is wrong This 1s because the recorder and microphone in the Windows are not enabled Please go to sound properties and enable them 48 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 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 from the SOYO web site at http www soyo com 2 3 8 Power Off There are two possible ways to turn off the system l 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 49 BIOS Setup Utility Sy 7VDA SOYO Chapter 3 B
60. te turn the power switch on then press the DEL key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen Then select SOYO COMBO SETUP option from the main menu and press the Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software SOYO Feature Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Clock CPU Ratio CPU Vcore Select Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Item Help First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled AV gt Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit FlI General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults 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 53 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility Quick CPU Frequency Setup Quick CPU Setting Description Note Frequency Setup Auto Detect Disabled When enabled this item will auto DIMM PCI Clk Enabled detect if the DIMM and PCI Default 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 Spread Disabled This item allows you to Default Spectrum Enabled enable disable the spread spectrum modulate CPU Clock After you have selected the host clock
61. the front panel will cause the system to restart the boot up sequence Reset Pin Assignment 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 wl J NC eos 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 LED Anode LED Cathode 3l BIOS Setup Utility sy 7VDA 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 4 Power On Off GND 2 3 3 4 Back Panel Connections 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 connector to plug the device to PS 2 KB PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector eO 32 BIOS Setup Utility
62. tion changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software CPU amp PCI Bus Control CPU to Write Buffer PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction Item Help Menu Level gt AV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl 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 69 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility CPU amp PCI Bus Control Setting Description Note CPU to PCI Disabled When this field is Enabled writes Write Buffer Enabled from the CPU to the PCI bus Default buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus When Disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle PCI Master 0 Disabled _ WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI Default bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Disabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit Default Transaction Enabled posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 70 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA sov 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
63. tions to select the suitable mode Use IR Pins Default 77 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility VIA SuperlO Device Setting Description Note Onboard Parallel Disabled Choose the printer I O Port 378 IRQ7 address Default 278 IRQS5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP The mode depends on your Default EPP external device that ECP connects to this port ECP EPP If Parallel Port Model is set to ECP mode ECP Mode use 3 Choose DMA3 Default DMA 1 Choose If Parallel Port Mode is to EPP mode Parallel Port EPP EPP 1 9 Select EPP port type 1 9 TYPE EPP 1 7 Select EPP port type 1 7 Default This field controls the onboard legacy audio Setting Description Note Game Port 200 Disabled Set this item to enabled to 207H make use of the game port Default Midi Port Address Disabled Select the I O address for 330 your MIDI functionality Default 300 290 Midi Port IRQ 5 Select the IRQ for your 10 MIDI port Default 78 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP sets the system s power saving functions CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 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 gt IRQ Event Activity Detect v gt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Valu
64. tivity from one of the listed Default system peripheral devices wakes up the system 81 Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect Setting Description Note PowerOn by Disabled If enabled any PCI interrupt will Default PCI Card Enabled wake up the system Modem Ring Disabled An input signal on the serial Default Resume Enabled Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state Disabled The system ignores the alarm Default Enabled Set alarm to power on the system by the date 1 31 or time hh mm ss If the date 15 set to 0 the system will self power on by alarm everyday at the set time 82 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VDA 3 6 1 IRGs Activity Monitoring This option sets the IRQs Activity Monitoring CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR NO IRQ3 COM 2 Enabled dicun Se IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled en E IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 5 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled AV gt Move EnterSelect 4 PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit FlI General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have compl
65. tup 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 44 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility 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 Frequency Select field to Manual to be able to change the CPU frequency 1 MHz stepping 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 45 sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 2 3 7 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 al
66. upport Description Note The system will enter the S1 Default state during suspend Low latency wake up Lets you define the system Default power down times 15 Min Min Lets you define the system Default power down times Lets you define the system Default power down times When enabled this feature Default allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Selects the method by which Default the monitor is blanked 80 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility Power Management Controls Continued Setting Description Note MODEM Use 3 Assigns to the modem Default IRQ 3 11 NA device Soft Off by Instant off Default PWR BTTN Delay4Sec Turns off the system power 4 seconds after pushing the power button IRQ Event Press Enter Select items that will wake up Activity your system when in one of sleep modes Press enter to go the select item page Setting Description Note Disabled You can set the PS2KB Hotkey Default Ctrl F1 F12 to Wakeup system from Power 53 54 55 Wake Any Key Disabled You can set the USB to Resume Default Enabled system from 53 54 55 LPT COM When On of LPT amp COM any NONE activity from one of the listed Default BET system peripheral devices or COM IRQs wakes up the system OFF When On of HDD amp FDD any Default ON activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system PCI Master When On of PCI Master any ac
67. utomatically selected The motherboard supports all current Socket 370 processor speeds voltages and bus frequencies 1 7 1 Microprocessor Packaging The CPU is packaged in a 370 pin PGA package A fan must be used to ensure adequate cooling 1 7 2 Second Level Cache The second level cache 15 located on the substrate of the CPU package The cache includes OKB 128KB or 512 KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM AII supported onboard memory can be cached 1 7 3 Microprocessor Upgrades The motherboard can be upgraded with Socket 370 processors that run at higher speeds When upgrading the processor use the BIOS configuration mode to change the processor speed Sy 7VDA sov Motherboard Description 1 MEMORY 1 8 1 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 2 on the DDR DIMM the BIOS can determine DDR 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 66 100 133 MHz or AGP 66MHZz for most flexible configuration DRAM interface may be faster than CPU by 33 MHz to allow use of PC1600 2100 memory modules with 66MHz Celeron or use of PC 1600 2100 with
68. 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 VIA 8233 Onboard Audio Driver for Win 9x ME NT 2000 7VDA Winbond Hardware Doctor for Win 95 98 Cancel Driver Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows gt 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 followa Bus Master PCI IDE Driver The ATAPI IDE driver enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA capable Hard Disk Drives and ensures IDE device compatibility 98 Drivers installation e SY 7VDA sov 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
69. xed 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 86 Sy 7VDA sov BIOS Setup Utility PNP PCI Configuration Setup Continued PnP PCI configuration _ Integrated Peripherals IRQ 15 IRQ 15 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Secondary PCI IDE disabled RQ 14 IRQ 14 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Primary PCI IDE disabled IRQ7 PnP Onboard parallel port disabled IRQ4 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled 4 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for VGA USB port Enabled BIOS won tassign 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 Default 1 2 3 4 using IRQs Automatically Assignment MULTI I O ADDRESSES Default settings for multi I O addresses are as follows LPT1 378H ECP EPP Warning default I O address conflicts with other I O cards such as sound card you must change one of the I O addresses to 5 remedy to this address conflict I O addresses can adjusted from the BIOS Setup Utility 87 BIOS Setup Utility
70. y diskette commonly used in 740KB 1 2MB Japan 1 44MB on selected disk drive Sy 7VDA BIOS Setup Utility 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 errors this function will stop the But Keyboard system Select which type of All But Diskette error will cause the system halt But Disk Key 58 e BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VDA 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled Item Help External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level gt Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled AV gt Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 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 sav
71. 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 e SY 7VDA 1 5 SY 7VDA MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT PS 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector CPUFAN1 COM 1 1046 19320 ATX Power o 0 e a nj o CHAFAN2 Wu igi DOR DIMM DDR DIMM AGP Slot TT EL PCI Slot 1 TTY 4 1 2588 2 PCI Slot 42 1 PCI Slot 4 TUE 2 42 Power SSS a eee Im ES 3 13 LED BELPER EEE PE UR EUR ERR RE REN UU UN LLLE TREE JP5 PWRRTF 4 14 loi s 50 3 1 16 f Lithium PCI Slot 5 Battery 18 Speaker 1 4 1 1 Standard 55996 5 EN E Usps 4 777 Usps 6 Back Panel SY 7VDA Platform Motherboard Description e SY 7VDA 1 6 SY 7

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