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Soyo SY-7VCM Motherboard

1. IE 2 1GB of main memory using unbuffered and registered DIMM modules from 8MB to 512MB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup Chapter 3 appropriate memory modules must be used For 66MHz DRAM speed use PC66 memory for 100MHz DRAM speed use PC100 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC133 memory 26 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Modules RAM Type SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 27 Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM sovo 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector Pin 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 Secondary Primary 2 3 3 1 IDE Device Installation HDD CD ROM T
2. HDD LED PWRBT Reset I H I Jg l Lt H Power LED 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 mm 45V _ _ 30 Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM 2 Reset Plug the Reset push button cable into the 2 pin Reset header on the Motherboard Pushing the Reset button on the front panel will cause the system to restart the boot up sequence Reset Pin Assignment 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 awl NC NC 4 IDELED 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 TL LED Anode LED Cathode 31 Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM sovo 5 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 32 Hardware Installation amp sy
3. 0000000000000000 Motherboard Description lt lt gt sovo Factory Default Setting Jumper Socket 370 Connector Via 694X North Bridge chip Factory Default Setting Jumpers DIMM Banks CPU Cooling Fan Connector ATX Power Supply Connector Bus Mastering e IDE ATAPI Ports Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port CMOS Clear Jumper Flash BIOS Via 686A South Bridge Chip Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header Front panel connectors Chassis Cooling Fan USB Ports CD IN Connectors 32 bit AGP 4X Slot 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots 3V Lithium Battery Wake On LAN WOL Header AC Codec Chip Phone In Connector CD In Connector Aux In Connector Back panel Connectors 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 automatically 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 is lo
4. 73 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM sovo Onboard Legacy Audio Continued This field controls the onboard legacy audio Setting Description Note MPU 401 Disabled Set this item to enabled to make use Default Enabled of MIPI MPU 401 VO 330 333 Select the I O address for your MIDI Default Address 330 303H functionality 310 313H 320 323H Game Port Disabled Set this item to enabled to make use 200 207H Enabled ofthe game port Default 74 BIOS Setup Utility amp Sy 7VCM 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP sets the system s power saving functions CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function Item Help Power Management Control by Menu Level gt Video Off Option Video Off Method MODE Use IRQ Soft Off by PWRBTN Wake Up Events AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail S afe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software Wake Up Events VGA Item Help LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD Menu Level gt PCI Master PowerOn by PCI Card Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume Primary INTR gt IRQs Activity Monitoring AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail S afe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults BIOS Setup Utility 7
5. Modem Control Plug and play with 96 base IO address 12 IRQ options gt dedicated IR port Third serial port dedicated to IR function JR function either through the two complete serial ports or the third dedicated port nfrared 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 16bytes of FIFO Data rates up to IMbps 16 Motherboard Description Perpendicular recording driver support Two FDDs with drive swap support Plug and play with 48 base IO address 12 IRQ and 4 DMA options The Setup program provides configuration option for the I O controller 1 10 1 Serial Ports The motherboard has two 9 pin D Sub serial port connectors located on the back panel The NS16C5450 compatible UARTs 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 Bi directional EPP A driver from the peripheral manufacturer is required for operation Bi directional high speed ECP 1 10 3 Diskette D
6. 5 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 48 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo 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 2 3 8 Power Off There are two possible ways to turn off the system 1 Use the Shutdown command in the Start Menu of Windows 95 98 to turn off your computer 2 Press the mechanical power button and hold down for over 4 seconds to shutdown the computer If you press the power button for
7. products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive The SOYO CD will auto run and the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be as shown 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 7IWM L VI gt Cancel SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu 89 Drivers installation S sy 7VCM sovo 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 POYO CD rev 19991101 l Install the drivers am 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 is already present in your system and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user s manual file Follow the instructions on your screen during installation then once the installation is completed restart your system and re run the SOYO CD 90 Drivers installation amp sy 7VCM Step 2 Install Drivers Click the Install Dr
8. 3 3 5 Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note Puts numeric keypad in Default NumLock mode at boot up Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up 62 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 3 6 Gate A20 Options Setting Description Note Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 Fast A pin in the keyboard controller Default controls GateA20 Typematic Settings Setting Description Note Typematic Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate Default Rate Setting determined by the keyboard Enabled When enables the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The following Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay fields are active only if Typematic Rate Setting is set to Enabled Typematic Rate 6 Char sec Choose the rate at which a Default 8 Char sec character is repeated when 10 Char sec holding down a key 12 Char sec 15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec 30 Char sec Typematic Delay 250 msec Choose how long after Default 500 msec you press a key down the character begins repeating 750 msec 1000 msec 63 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility 3 3 8 Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the security settings Setting Description Security Option System Each time the system is booted the password prompt appears Setup If a pa
9. 138 34 MHz 140 35 MHz 141 35 MHz 100 33 MHz 143 35 MHz 103 34 MHz 105 35 MHz 109 36 MHz 145 36 MHz 147 36 MHz 150 37 MHz 112 37 MHz 154 38 MHz 114 38 MHz 160 40 MHz 115 38 MHz 166 MHz 118 39 MHz amp sy 7VCM sovo Description Note Select the host clock of your Slot 1 processor among these values Note For the Via 694 chipset 66 and 100 and 133 host clock frequencies are acceptable However the system stability is not guaranteed for other frequencies due to the limitations of this chipset After you have selected the host clock choose the right multiplier for the CPU Options are 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 0 7 5 8 0 The CPU frequency is then defined as host clock freq x multiplier and should the working frequency of your Pentium III amp Pentium II processor 3 1 2 L2 Cache Memory Setting Description Note Default Default Manual If set to Default the CPU default value for L2 cache latency is used If set to manual the Latency Value item will allow you to specify a latency value 55 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility L2 Cache Memory Continued Setting Description Note If the item above is set to manual a latency value ranging from 1 to 15 can be set The smaller the number the faster the performance However the system may become unstable at higher speed
10. sovo After you have completed the Power Management Setup press Esc to return to the Main Menu 3 6 1 Power Management Controls Power Setting Management Controls ACPI function Disabled Enabled Power User Define Management Min Saving Max Saving PM Control Yes by APM Video Off Suspend gt Option Always All Modes gt Off Video Off V H Method Sync Blank Blank screen DPMS Description Note ACPI Advanced Configuration Default Power Management Interface Lets you define the HDD and Default system power down times Doze Standby Suspend HDD timer timer timer power down 1 Hour 1 Hour 1 Hour 15 Min 1 Min 1 Min 1 Min 1 Min When enabled an Advanced Default Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If Advance Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings When enabled this feature Default allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Selects the method by which the Default monitor is blanked 76 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility Power Management Controls Continued Power Setting Description Note Management Controls MODEM Use 3 Assigns an IRQ to the modem Default IRQ 3 11 NA device Soft Off by _Instant off Default PWR BTTN Delay 4 Turns off the system power 4 seconds after pushing the
11. 40 Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM 2 3 3 7 Power Supply Plug the connector from the power directly into the 20 pin male ATX PW connector on the Motherboard as shown in the following figure 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 power supply before connecting to 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 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assig
12. 7VCM 2 3 3 4 Back Panel Connections All external devices such as the PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse printer modem USB can be plugged directly onto the Motherboard back panel Only after you have fixed and locked the Motherboard to the computer case can you start connecting the external peripheral devices When connecting an external device use the following figure to locate and identify which back panel connector to plug the device to PS 2 KB PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector e 6 USB 1 1 USB2 UNI D n e COM1 9 9 20 00 04 E COM2 2 o9 5 S HE 9 JOYSTICK LINE IN MIC JACK a c 33 Hardware Installation 7 sovo 1 Onboard Serial Ports COM1 COM2 External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include serial mouse and modem Plug the serial device cables directly into the COM1 COM2 9 pin male connectors located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 2 Parallel Port PRT This parallel port is used to connect the printer or other parallel devices Plug the parallel device cable into the 25
13. Password and Press Enter Enter Password Confirm Password T To After you confirm the password press lt Esc gt to exit 3 12 USER PASSWORD When the user password option is on you are not allowed to change any setting in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY except for changing the user s password The password setting procedure is similar to that for the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Refer to section 3 9 87 BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VCM SOYO 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION This Main Menu function automatically detects the hard disk type and configures the Standard CMOS Features accordingly CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Capacity Access Mode Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail S afe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard disk drives 88 Drivers installation amp sy 7VCM sovo Chapter 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION Your SY 7VCM Motherboard comes with a CD ROM labeled SOYO CD The SOYO CD contains the user s manual file for your new Motherboard the drivers software available for installation and a database in HTML format with information on SOYO Motherboards and other
14. The Via 694X chipset is ideal for high performance high quality high energy efficient and high integration desktop and notebook AGP PCI ISA computer systems gt VT82C686A The VT82C686A PSIPC PCI Super I O integrated Peripheral Controller is a high integration high performance power efficient and high compatibility device that supports Intel and non Intel based processor to PCI bus bridge functionality to make a complete Microsoft PC99 compliant PCI ISA system In addition to complete ISA extension bus functionality the VT82C686A includes standard intelligent peripheral controllers 1 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 VT82C686A also supports the UltraDMA 33 standard to allow reliable data transfer rates up to 33MB sec throughput The VT82C686A also supports the UltraDMA 66 standard The IDE controller is SFF 8038I v1 0 and Microsoft Windows family compliant 2 Universal Serial Bus controller that is USB v1 1 and Universal HCI v1 1 compliant The VT82C686A includes the root hub with four 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 supp
15. built in audio stereo ports labeled line in line out and mic jack convenient to directly plug in all your external audio devices 35 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo 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 JIL MP Wake up GND 5VSB 36 Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM sovo 2 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 install according to the following pin assignment Serial Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 3 Other Display Cards Insert other types of cards into the PCI or ISA expansion slots according to card specifications 37 Hardware Installation 7 sovo 4 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 MA
16. design B You can set up the following options trough the BIOS setting CPU FSB frequency CPU multiplier CPU Vcore voltage PCI clock Clock SDRAM Clock Motherboard Description amp 3y 7VCM 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 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 yourself grasp the expansion slot covers or other unpa
17. for each bank Dynamic Clock Enable control for SDRAM power reduction in high speed system Mixed 1M 2M AM 8M 16M 32MxN DRAMs 7VCM supports 2 DIMMs or 6 banks at 133MHz for IGB max memory Flexible row and column addresses 64 bit data width only 3 3V DRAM interface with 5V tolerant inputs Programmable I O drive capability for MA command and MD signals 10 Motherboard Description Dual copies of signals for improved drive Optional bank by bank ECC single bit error correction and multi bit error detection or EC error checking only for DRAM integrity Two bank interleaving for 16Mbit SDRAM support Two bank and four bank interleaving for 64Mbit SDRAM support Independent SDRAM 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 16quadwords 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 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 bank to back accesses for EDO DRAM from CPU or from DRAM controller x 1 1 1 1 1 1 back to back accesses for SDRAM BIOS shadow at 16KB increment Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing CAS before RAS or sel
18. pin female connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 3 PS 2 Keyboard Plug the keyboard jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard Pind KBD Clock Pins GND Pin1 KBD DATA 4 PS 2Mouse similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector Pind Mouse Clock Pin3 GND Pin Mouse DATA 34 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo 5 Universal Serial Bus USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 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 and 4 are available To make use of these USB ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The lay out of USB3 and 4 1s as follows USB4 USB3 GND 52 9 GND GND 402 4 GND Data 9 0 Power 1 2 2 Data 1 Power bal Data OX 3 Data 4 6 Onboard Joystick port audio This Motherboard provides Joystick port and audio Attach the joystick cable to the 15 pin JOYSTICK port at the rear panel of you motherboard This Motherboard features three
19. 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 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 46 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM My PCI VGA card works fine with my system but when I put in a new AGP card it does not give me any video Is my AGP slot bad This is 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 You ma
20. ED PERIPHERALS eeeeeeee 70 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 75 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 79 3 8 PC HE SELPELSTATIUS 82 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 84 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 85 3 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 86 3 12 USER PASSWORD 87 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 88 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 0 00 27 0 7 07 eunte 89 CHAPTER 5 VIA SOUNDCHIP DRIVERS INSTALLATION 93 iv Motherboard Description sovo Chapter 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION The SY 7VCM AGP PCI Motherboard is a high performance Socket 370 Micro ATX form factor system board The SY 7VCM uses VIA Chipset technology and supports Socket 370 class processors This Motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 KEY FEATURES gt CPU SUPPORT The SY 7VCM supports a wide range of INTEL CPUs B FSB 133MHz Intel Pentium III 533 866 MHz B FSB 100MHz Intel Pentium 500E 800 MHz B FSB 66MHz Intel Celeron 9 400 533 MHz New released Intel Socket 370 CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY 7VCM as well CPUSETTINGS The SY 7VCM provides the user with a very complete and convenient CPU setting environment T
21. G 1 5 SY 7VCM MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT 1 6 SY 7VCM MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS 1 7 55 1 8 SY 7VCM MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS 10 1 9 55 1 10 I O INTERFACE 2 0400222 1 11 HARDWARE 1 12 1 1 12 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1 2 1 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 2 3 INSTALLATION 2 3 1 CPU Installation 23 2 3 2 SDRAM Memory Module Installation 26 2 3 3 Motherboard 2 28 3 3 4 CMOS Clearing 42 2 3 5 TDWEI CIS E 43 2 3 6 Omer DIOS OU PR 44 2 3 7 Troubleshooting at First 46 2 3 8 POW Cl 87 m 49 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY eceeeceseceseeeseeeeeeeuseasesveeeesesees 3 SOYO 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 3 224 44 nnn iii S sy 7VCM sovo Table of Contents amp sy 7VCM 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 61 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 65 3 5 INTEGRAT
22. ISA PnP On Chip Secondary PCI IDE disabled RQ 14 14 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Primary PCI IDE disabled Interrupt 12 will be released by the PnP IRQ12 12 PCI ISA PnP BIOS automatically if the PS 2 Mouse Port is not used IRQ7 IRQ7 PnP Onboard parallel port disabled 4 4 PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled IRQ3 3 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 2 disabled 4 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT Assign IRQ Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for For VGA USB port VGA USB 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 BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VCM SOYO 3 7 2 MULTI I O ADDRESSES Default settings for multi I O addresses are as follows LP IT ECP EPP Warning If a default I O address conflicts with other I O cards such as sound card you must change one of the I O addresses to remedy to this address conflict I O addresses can be adjusted from the BIOS Setup Utility 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS This option sets the Motherboard s PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Awa
23. NAGEMENT menu To avoid damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN Pin Assignment 12V SENSOR 38 Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM 2 Chassis Cooling Fan 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 CHAFAN Pin Assignment tt GND 12V SENSOR Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN is optional 5 CD Line in CDINI This Motherboard provides two CD Line in connectors Please connect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDINI It fits in only one depending on the cable that came with your CD ROM drive Please install according to the following pin assignment CD IN CDIN1 39 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo 6 Aux in AUXIN For Auxiliary Audio devices 1 0Vrms typ AUX IN AUXIN 4 Left 3 GND 2 GND 1 Right 7 Phone in PHON Connect to modem sound connector PHONE IN PHON 2 3 3 6 AGP Card Insert the 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 drivers installation
24. OS utility General Help ia the list of options available for each 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 most 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 Select 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 52 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 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 Type Y to abandon changes and exit or N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values 53 amp sy 7VCM SOYO BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 SOYO COMBO SETUP This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurabl
25. Qs Activity Primary 2 IRQ4 COM1 Monitoring IRQS LPT2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk Press Enter IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 HardDsik Secondary IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQIO Reserved IRQI I Reserved Disabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ15 Reserved 78 BIOS Setup Utility C Sy 7VCM SOYO 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP This option sets the Motherboard s PCI Slots CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed NO Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Level gt Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD oe x IRQ Resources Press Enter DMA Resources Press Enter PCINGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail S afe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled By option is set to Auto After you have completed the PCI Slot Configuration press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving 79 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility 3 7 1 PNP PCI Configuration Controls PNP PCI Setting Description Note Controls PnP OS Yes Set this field to
26. RD Based on the setting you have made in the Security Option of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP section the password prevents access to the system or the setup program by unauthorized users Follow this procedure to set a new password or disable the password 1 Choose BIOS FEATURES SETUP in the Main Menu and press Enter Select the Security Options item and set the field to a System The password is required every time the system is booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer b Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Enter Password Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set jumper JP5 to clear the CMOS RAM 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 n 5 Password Disabled 86 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 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 entering the password Type the
27. S Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Fri Jan 1 1999 Time hh mm ss 17 22 12 Menu Level 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 All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 30720K Total Memory 31744K AV gt lt Move Enter Select 4 PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This screen allows you to modify the basic CMOS settings After you have completed the changes press Esc key to return to the Main Menu 3 2 1 Date amp Time Display Setting 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 58 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 2 2 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 HDD s size Detection Enter head on this channel IDE Primary Auto BIOS detects hard disk type Default Slave automatically User Type User Us
28. 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 PCI 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 _ DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to _ Auto The Plug and Play BIOS Recommended ESCD auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ and PCI ISA PnP Choose IRQ and IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 DMA DMA assigned to 11 12 14 15 assigned to PnP card DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 Legacy ISA Choose IRQ 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 fixed 2 IRQs 5 9 10 11 are available 3 IRQs 3 4 7 12 14 and 15 will only be assigned if they are free See the table below on how to free them 80 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM sovo PNP PCI Configuration Setup Continued 15 IRQ 15 PCI
29. You have to install the drivers before installing any application for the Ac97 codec Please refer to the back of the manual for installation information for other operating Step 3 Select which driver you want to install and click OK Notice 1 you have selected a driver the system will automatically exit the SOYO CD to begin the driver installation program When the installation is complete most drivers require to restart your system before they can become active Notice 2 You may click Cancel to abort the driver installation and return to the main menu Step 4 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 92 Via SoundChip Drivers installation amp sy 7VCM sovo Chapter 5 VIA SOUNDCHIP DRIVERS INSTALLATION Most of the drivers on this CD can be installed automatically Run the SOYO CD program and click the install drivers button Now a list of the available drivers will be displayed Select a driver and click OK to install the driver Some drivers will have to be installed by hand See the explanation below VIA Soundchip drivers for Windows 95 amp 98 For windows 95 98 after installation of w
30. ate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 Yes Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Item Help Menu Level gt F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving 61 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility 3 3 1 Virus Warning Setting Description Note Anti Virus Disabled If set to enabled the Paragon Protection Enabled Anti Virus Function will scan Default your boot drive for boot virusses If a boot virus 15 detected the BIOS will display a warning message 3 3 2 Cache Memory Options Setting Description Note CPU Internal Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the CPU s internal Default cache Disabled Enabled Enables the external Default memory 3 3 3 Floppy Driver Settings Setting Description Note Disabled Default Enabled Changes the sequence of and B drives 3 3 4 Boot Up Floppy Seek Setting Description Note Boot Up Floppy Disabled Seeks disk drives during boot up Default Seek Disabling speeds boot up Enabled
31. cated on the substrate of the CPU package The cache includes OKB 128KB or 512 KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM 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 Motherboard Description amp 3y 7VCM 1 8 MEMORY 1 8 1 Main Memory The motherboard has three DIMM sockets SDRAM can be installed in one two or three sockets Using the serial presence detect SPD data structure programmed into an EPROM on the DIMM the BIOS can determine the SDRAM s size and speed Minimum DIMM memory size is 8 MB maximum 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 2 or 66MHZ for most flexible configuration DRAM interface may be faster than CPU by 33 MHz to allow use of PC100 memory modules with 66MHz Celeron or use of PC133 with 100MHz Pentium III DRAM interface may be slower than CPU by 33 MHz to allow use of older memory modules with newer CPUs e g PC66 memory modules with 100MHz Pentium IIT Concurrent CPU AGP and PCI access Supports FP EDO SDRAM ESDRAM and VCM SDRAM memory types Different DRAM types may be used in mixed combinations Different DRAM timing
32. e SY 7VCM Motherboard KK KK K KK K KK K Celeron and Pentium III Processor supported Via 694X AGP PCI Motherboard 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported Micro ATX Form Factor K KK K KK K User s Manual SOYO SY 7VCM Copyright 2000 by Soyo Computer Inc Trademarks Soyo is the registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc All trademarks are the properties of their owners Product Rights All names of the product and corporate mentioned in this publication are used for identification purposes only The registered trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective companies Copyright Notice All rights reserved This manual has been copyrighted by Soyo Computer Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted transcribed translated into any other language or stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means such as by electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without permission in writing from Soyo Computer Inc Disclaimer Soyo Computer Inc makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual We reserve the right to amend the manual or revise the specifications of the product described in it from time to time without obligation to notify any 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 pe
33. e suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing IDE Disabled Primary Master UDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Default Primary Slave UDMA Ultra DMA Mode Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Support 3 5 2 Keyboard Controls Keyboard Controls Setting Description Note Init Display First Slot Choose which card AGP Default AGP Display card or PCI VGA card to initialize first 3 5 3 IDE HDD Block Mode Setting Description Note IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled m Enabled Invokes multi sector Default transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function 71 BIOS Setup Utility 3 5 4 FDC Controls Setting amp sy 7VCM sovo Description Disabled Turn off the on board Enabled Onboard Serial Setting Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Standard HPSIR ASKIR floppy controller Use the on board floppy Default controller Description Choose serial port 1 amp 2 s I O Default address port 1 Do not set port 1 amp 2 tothe Default same address except for port 2 Disabled or Auto The second serial port offers Default these InfraRed interface modes If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR IR Function Half Duplex Full TX RX inverting No Yes enable No No Yes No vcs Choose Half or Duplex to Default set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Ref
34. e the cursor to the CPU Frequency field to set the CPU frequency Available CPU Frequency settings on your SY 7VCM Motherboard are detailed in the following table doom 65x60 C 600MHz 100x 6 0 533MHz 66x8 0 800MHz 100x8 0 933MHz 133 x 7 0 366MHz 66x5 5 450 100 4 5 O Select the working frequency of your Pentium TII Celeron processor among these preset values LJ 500MHz 66x7 5 750MHz 100 x 7 5 866MHz 133 x 6 5 Note Mark the checkbox that corresponds to the working frequency of your Pentium III Celeron processor in case the CMOS configuration should be lost 44 Hardware Installation 7 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 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo 2 3 Troubleshooting at First Start Video no display related issues I built a new computer system using a Soyo board and nothing happens when turning it on no video and no beeps from the PC speaker What is happening and how can it be fixed No screen and no beeps mean that your CPU and motherboard do not work at all It could be that the CPU is not seated correctly or that a component on the M B is grounded shorted with the case Also make sure to check the voltage setting switch 110V 220V on the back of the power supply To isolate the problem do
35. e with the BIOS SOYO COMBO SETUP 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 display on screen Then select the SOYO COMBO SETUP option from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Soyo Combo Feature CPU PCI Frequency CPU Ratio CPU L2 Latency Control x CPU L2 Latency Value CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking 4 WAY Protection Processor Number Feature Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device OnChip Sound N 2 Move Enter S elect F5 Previous Values PU PD Value F10 Save HW Default X3 Default 0 Menu Level gt Enabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Item Help Floppy HDD 0 LS ZIP Enabled Auto ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults The SOYO COMBO SETUP menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS 54 BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 1 Quick CPU Frequency Setup Setting CPU Host PCI Clock CPU Ratio HW Default 120 40 MHz 66 33 MHz 124 31 MHz 68 34 MHz 75 37 MHz 126 31 MHz 129 32 MHz 80 40 MHz 83 41 MHz 133 33 MHz 135 33 MHz_ 85 28 MHz 90 30 MHz 95 31 MHz
36. eable AGP Aperture Size AGP 4 Mode AGP Driving Control OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support CPU to PCI Write Buffer PCI Dynmic Bursting PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction PCI 2 Access 1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Disabled 64M Enabled Auto Enabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled ESCEXIE F7 Optimized Defaults PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults N gt Move Enter S elect F1 General Help F5 Previous Values 65 7 sovo BIOS Setup Utility 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 3 4 1 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET Setting Description Note FEATURES Bank 0 1 SDRAM This item allows you to select the Default DRAM 106 value in this field depending on Timing SDRAM 8ns whether the board has paged Normal DRAM s or EDO extended data Medium output DRAMSs Fast Turbo SDRAM Cycle 3 When synchronous DRAM is Default Length 2 installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer DRAM Clock Host Clock m Default This item allows y
37. econdary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard IR Function Duplex Half x TX RX inverting enable No Yes Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode Normal x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 x Parallel Port EPP Type Epp1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled Sound Blaster Disabled SB I O Base Address 220H SB IRQ Select IRQ 5 SB DMA Select DMA 1 MPU 401 Disabled MPU 401 I O Address 330 333H Game Port 200 207H Enabled AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail S afe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Menu Level gt 70 7 sovo BIOS Setup Utility The following tables describe each field in the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Menu and provide instructions on how to configure the IDE controls FDC controls and the onboard serial and parallel ports 3 5 1 IDE Device Controls IDE Controls Setting Description On Chip PCI IDE Disabled Turn off the on board Primary IDE Secondary Enabled Use the on board IDE Default IDE mode 0 4 01 the slowest speed Primary Master PIO 4 is the fastest speed Primary Slave PIO J Secondary Master PIO Auto For better performance Default Secondary Slave PIO and stability w
38. ed 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 J 400M Hz 66 x 6 0 J 466M Hz 66 x 7 0 L 533MHz 66 x 8 0 133 66 65 L 50 679 O FSB 100MHz L 500MHz 100x50 1 600MHz 100x6 0 0 700 2 1007 0 LJ 800MHz 100 x 80 550 2 100 55 21 650MHz 100x65 CJ 750MHz 100x75 L FSB 133MHz 1 533MHz 133x40 LJ 666MHz 133x5 0 LJ 800MHz 133 x 6 0 LJ 600MHz 133x45 733MHz 133x55 JL 866MHz 133 x65 Follow these instructions to install your Socket 370 processor correctly 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket 3 Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing 24 Hardware Installation gt sy 7VCM sovo 4 Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place Remember to connect the CPU Cooling Fan to the appropriate power connector on the Motherboard The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU 25 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM 2 3 2 SDRAM Memory Module Installation Your board comes with two DIMM sockets providing support for up to
39. er defines the type of hard disk None Access Mode Auto BIOS detects hard disk mode Default automatically Normal Normal IDE hard disk lt 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk gt 528 Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask 2 your hard disk provider or previous user for details 3 2 3 Floppy Drives Floppy Drives Setting Description Note Drives A amp B Not installed Supports 3 mode Special disk drive floppy diskette commonly used in 740KB 1 2MB Japan 1 44MB on selected disk drive BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 2 4 Others Optional Setting Description Note sovo 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 All But Keyboard system Select which type of All But Diskette error will cause the system halt All But Disk Key 60 BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VCM SOYO 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Anti Virus Protection Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic R
40. er to your IR device specifications to select the suitable mode This item allow you to enable Default the TX RX inverting which depends on different H W requirement This field is not recommended to change its default setting for avoiding any error in your system 72 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility 3 5 6 Onboard Parallel Ports Onboard Parallel Setting Description Ports Onboard Parallel Disabled Choose the printer Port 378 IRQ7 address Default 3BC IRQ7 278 5 Parallel Port Mode Normal The mode depends on your Default EPP external device that ECP connects to this port ECP EPP If Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP mode ECP Mode use 3 Choose DMA3 Default DMA 1 Choose 1 If Parallel Port Mode is set 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 3 5 7 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audio Setting Description Note Disabled Set this item to Enabled if using Enabled software like DOS games that needs Default a legacy audio device Disabled Set this item to enabled if your on Default Enabled board audio chip is sound Blaster compatible 220H Select the base address for your Default sound Blaster SB compatible Audio IC SB IRQ Select IRQ5 Select the IRQ your SB Audio IC Default uses SB DMA Select DMA Select the DMA channel your SB Default Audio IC uses
41. f refresh 11 Motherboard Description amp 3y 7VCM 1 9 CHIPSET gt VT82C694X The VIA 694 is a high performance cost effective and energy efficient chip set for the implementation of AGP PCI ISA desktop personal computer systems from 66MHz 100MHz and 133MHz based on 64 bit Socket 370 super scalar processors The 694X chip set consists of the VT82C694A system controller 510 BGA and the VT82C686A PCI to ISA bridge 324 pin BGA system controller provides superior performance between the CPU DRAM AGP bus and PCI bus with pipelined burst and concurrent operation The VT82C694X supports eight banks of DRAMs up to 1 5GB The DRAM controller supports standard Fast Page Mode FPM DRAM EDO DRAM Synchronous DRAM SDRAM and Virtual Channel SDRAM VC SDRAM in a flexible mix match manner The Synchronous DRAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the DRAM and the data buffers at 66 100 133 MHz The eight banks of DRAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M 2M 4M 8M 16M 32MxN DRAMs The DRAM controller also supports optional ECC single bit error correction and multi bit detection or EC error checking capability separately selectable on a bank by bank basis The DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus frequency 66 100 133 MHz or at the AGP bus frequency 66 MHz with built in PLL timing control The VT82C694X system controller also supports full AGP v2 0 capability for maximum bus util
42. g the Motherboard check for the following items er The SY 7VCM VT82C694X AGP PCI af Motherboard 57 0 BEEN 4 This Quick Start Guide OF Installation CD ROM qe SOYO 3 in 1 Bonus Pack CD ROM Norton q SS AntiVirus Ghost and Virtual Drive One IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cable One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable 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 edges You are now ready to start the installation 21 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM 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 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM 2 3 1 CPU Installation Your SY 7VCM motherboard comes with a CPU retention set kit The retention set is used to hold the processor attach
43. he CPU settings are all adjusted through the special SOYO COMBO page in the BIOS therefore rendering the use of jumpers obsolete B CPUFSB Frequency The SY 7VCM supports an incredible 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 7VCM has an overwhelming overclocking potential Motherboard Description sovo B CPU Multiplier The SY 7VCM supports a wide range of multipliers 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 3 5x 4 0 4 5 5 0x 5 5x 6 0x 6 5 7 0x 7 5x and 9 0 gt EXPANDABILITY SY 7VCM provides all the standard expansion slots and many more additional expansion features Expansion slots B 1x 32 bit bus master AGP slot B 3 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 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 2x 16550 compatible serial ports IrDA compatible infrared port 4x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector Motherboard Description sovo gt ADVANCED FUNCTIONS The SY 7VCM 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 connector is provided by the SY 7VCM to support this function B Multi
44. his Motherboard offers two primary and secondary IDE device connectors IDE1 IDE2 It can support up to four high speed Ultra DMA 33 66HDD or CD ROM Connect one side of the ATA66 flat cable to the IDE device HDD or CD and plug the other end to the primary IDE1 or secondary IDE2 directionally keyed IDE connector on the Motherboard The ATA66 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs This Motherboard can support up to four HDDs 77777 AN ATA66 Flat Cable 28 Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM sovo 2 3 3 2 Floppy Drive Installation EIL TI 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 e 4 p E p 46 e peus Hardware Installation S sy 7VCM sovo 2 3 3 3 Front Panel Connections
45. indows go to my computer and select properties Now the system properties menu will be shown Select hardware tab and click the device manager button On the device manager a question mark will be shown under other devices gt PCI multimedia audio device Do not remove this entry To change the driver click this entry and select properties driver gt update driver Now an update menu will be shown If windows asks you for the location of the driver give it the following directory d driv all VIA Sound win9x After the installation is finished windows 95 89 will properly recognize your VIA sound chip VIA Soundchip drivers for Windows 98SE Windows will detect a multi media device at start up follow the installation steps on the screen When windows asks you for the location of the drivers click browse and go the following directory dAdriv allNVIA Sound Win98se where d is your CD ROM drive letter Now click OK and the drivers will be installed properly 93 Via SoundChip Drivers installation amp sy 7VCM VIA Soundchip drivers for Windows 2000 For windows 2000 after installation of windows go to my computer and select properties Now the system properties menu will be shown Select tab and click the device manager button On the device manager a question mark will be shown under multimedia audio controller Do not remove this entry To change the driver click this ent
46. ing 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 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Congratulations on your purchase of SY 7VCM Motherboard You are about to install and connect your new Motherboard STOP Note Do not unpack the Motherboard from its protective anti static packaging until you have made the following preparations 2 1 PREPARATIONS Gather and prepare all the following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket 370 processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type Note This Motherboard supports non boxed type CPUs The heavier CPU cooling fan requires the installation of a CPU support stand DIMM memory module s Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit Monitor PS 2 Keyboard Speaker s optional 2 3 4 5 6 Pointing Device PS 2 mouse 7 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 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpackin
47. inted 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 1 5 SY 7VCM MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT PSI2 CPUFAN o9 EH C LOO T Yi USB 1 USB 2 WY 2 26 Al 20 M zc o v ar Del Qe 2991545 p 5 s ATX Power mation E 200 1 HJ4 2 D 0 COMB 69 oo B B LINE OUT 1 LINE IN 1 1 FLP IDE 1 IDE 2 JACK AGP Slot XM TT E IT ET EET EL EET EE LL ELTE IT LEITET HEEL LL 2 gt me HELLE EIE EU EIE ELE EIE EL Slot 1 Slot 2 PCI Slot HDD LED PWRBT Reset FH 1 1 5 CHAEAN E USB3 Speaker Power LED Back Panel SY 7VCM Platform Motherboard Description y 7 VCM sovo 1 6 SY 7VCM MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS A B C D E F
48. ivers button to display the list of drivers software that can be installed with your Motherboard The Start Up program displays the drivers available for the particular model of Motherboard you own We recommend that you only install those drivers driver revision VIA 4 in 1 driver package VIA Ac97 Codec Driver for Win 95 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 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 91 Drivers installation amp sy 7VCM 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 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
49. ization including 4x mode transfers SBA Side Band 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 quad words 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 12 Motherboard Description Y 7VCM operating environments Both Window 95 VxD and Windows 98 NT5 0 mini port drivers are supported for interoperability with major AGP based 3D and DVD capable multimedia accelerators The VT82C694X supports two 32 bit 3 3 5V system buses one AGP and one PCI 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 double words of post write buffers are included to allow for concurrent CPU and PCI operation For PCI master operation forty eight levels double words of post write buffers and sixteen levels double words of prefetch buffers are included for concurrent PCI bus and DRAM cache accesses The chip also 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
50. 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 amp sy 7VCM sovo Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY This Motherboard s BIOS setup program uses the Phoenixnet BIOS program from Award Software Inc Phoenixnet Graphical Launch Screen The graphical launch screen displays a graphical screen to the user early in the boot process as the first image displayed on the screen This display remains on the screen throughout the normal BIOS initialization phase called POST The graphical launch screen will replace the old text based POST with a full graphical screen The screen will display PC information such as CPU vendor model and speed memory and hard disk size This screen will also display graphical logos from SOYO Phoenix AwardBIOS and the PhoenixNet logos your computer is phoenix AwardBlOS phoenixnet technologies enabled December 31 1999 11 59 pm Checking your computer hardware Poms ip Processor Memory Drives Virus Scan 350 MHz 128 MB RAM HD 1 4 6 GB 05 Scan HD 2 10 GB Starting HD 3 1 5 GB HD 4 1 5 GB 5 1900 press Tab key for BIOS information Technologies Ld le ENERGY STARS The symbol for energy efficiency 50 BIOS Setup Utility C Sy 7VCM If the user wants to see the old boot up screen pressing the TAB key
51. need to do is to disable 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 south bridge driver for the motherboard The sound is working in my system but when I play CD music from the CD ROM I do not get any sound What is wrong This is because the 3 wire audio cable from the CD ROM to the sound card is not connected or it 1s 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 sound card takes
52. nment ATX Power 12V 5V 5VSB mm 5V PW OK GND GND 5V GND Pay special care to the directionality GND GND 5V 5 GND GND 3 3V 12V 3 3V 3 3V 2 3 4 CMOS Clearing JP5 After you have turned off your computer clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pins 2 3 on jumper JP5 for a few seconds Then restore JP5 to the initial 1 2 jumper setting in order to recover and retain the default settings Jumper JP5 can be easily identified by its white colored cap CMOS Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data Clearing 15 Short pin 1 2 to retain new settings Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation 42 Hardware Installation amp Sy 7VCM SOYO 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 lt DEL gt key while the system is performing the diagnostic checks Note If you have failed to enter the BIOS wait until the boot up sequence is completed Then push the RESET button and press lt DEL gt key again at the beginning of boot up during diagnostic checks Repeat this operation until you get the following screen 3 The BIOS Setu
53. nnector 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 Motherboard Description subsystem include gt Anintegrated ambient temperature sensor 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 is 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 detect
54. ort The controller also implements legacy keyboard and mouse support so that legacy software can run transparently in non USB aware operating system 14 Motherboard Description environment 3 Keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support 4 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 5 Hardware monitoring subsystem for managing system motherboard voltage levels temperatures and fan speeds 6 Full System Management Bus SMBus interface 7 Two 16550 compatible serial I O ports with infrared communications port option third serial port is available to be dedicated to the IR interface 8 Integrated PCI mastering dual full duplex direct sound AC97 link compatible sound system Hardware soundblaster pro and hardware assisted FM blocks are included for Windows DOS box and real mode DOS compatibility Loopback capability is also implemented for directing mixed audio streams into USB and 1394 speakers for high quality digital audio 9 Two game ports and One MIDI port 10 ECP EPP capable parallel port 11 Standard floppy disk drive interface 12 Distributed DMA capability for support O ISA legacy DMA over the PCI bus Serial IRQ is also supported for docking and non docking application 13 Plug and Play controller that allows comple
55. ou to control the HCLK 33M DRAM speed HCLK 33M Memory Hole Disabled Default Enabled Some interface cards will map their ROM address to this area If this occurs select Enabled in this field P2C C2P Disabled This item allows you to Concurrency enable disable the PCI to CPU raped CPU to PCI concurrency Fast R W Disabled This item controls the DRAM Default Turn Around timing It allows you to enable Enabled disable the fast read write turn around 66 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM sovo CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued Setting Disabled Cacheable Enabled Disabled Enabled Video RAM Cacheable AGP Aperture Size Disabled Enabled AGP 4 Mode Auto Manual AGP Driving Control 0000 00 Disabled Enabled Description The ROM area F0000H FFFFFH is cacheable Default When synchronous DRAM is Default 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 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 d
56. p screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit AV gt lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage 43 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM 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 SETUP The SOYO COMBO SETUP menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS After the hardware installation is complete turn the power switch on then press the lt DEL gt key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen Follow these steps to configure the CPU settings Step 1 Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP Set Date Time and Floppy drive type then set Hard Disk Type to Auto Step 2 Select LOAD SETUP DEFAULT Select the LOAD SETUP DEFAULT menu and type Y at the prompt to load the BIOS optimal setup Step 3 Select SOYO COMBO SETUP Mov
57. ple boot The SY 7VCM supports booting from devices such as CD ROM B Power by modem or alarm If the SY 7VCM system is in suspend mode it can be switched back on through the modem or RTC alarm through this function This opens a lot of possibilities such as remote access that switches the system on only after the modem receives a call gt FAIL SAFE The SY 7VCM comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe Hardware Monitor The integrated Winbond Hardware Monitor 1 and Hardware doctor software enables the user to monitor system voltages temperatures and FAN speeds This makes sure that the user is full control of the system Power Failure Resume Function This function can be set in the BIOS and determines whether the system will automatically turn on again after a power failure This function is indispensable for server systems that need to always be on line 5VSB Indicator This green LED gives an indication of the presence of the 5V Standby voltage This voltage is always fed into the motherboard and is used for functions such as WOL NORTON SOFTWARE PACK B Antivirus B Ghost Motherboard Description sovo B Virtual Drive gt COMPLIANCE The SY 7VCM complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY 7VCM a motherboard to trust 99 ACPI compliant gt USER FRIENDLY B SOYO Combo Setup B Jumperless
58. power button Wake Up Press Enter Select items that will wake up Events your system when in one of sleep modes Press enter to go the select item page Setting Description Note OFF Default You can set the VGA awakens the system When On of LPT amp any NONE activity from one of the listed Default EPT system peripheral devices or IRQs COM wakes up the system OFF Default ON When On of HDD amp FDD any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system PCI Master When On of PCI Master any Default activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system 77 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility Wake Up Setting Description Note PowerOn by Disabled If enabled any PCI interrupt will Enabled wake up the system Default Modem Ring Disabled An input signal on the serial Ring Resume Enabled Indicator RD line in other words Default an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state Resume by Disabled The system ignores the alarm Default Alarm Enabled Set alarm to power on the system by the date 1 31 or time hh mm ss If the date is set to 0 the system will self power on by alarm everyday at the set time Primary INTR When set to On any event occurring Default at will awaken a system which has EN been powered down OFF IR
59. rd Software PC Health Status Current CPU Temp 23 CI N F Current System Temp 40 C 104 F Current CPUFAN Speed 5192 RPM Current CHSFAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore 2 02 V 2 50 V 3 31 V 4 97 V 11 70 V Item Help Menu Level gt AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled By option is set to Auto 82 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 8 1 CPU Device Monitoring CPU Device Setting Description Monitoring sovo Current CPU Show the current status of CPU Temp temperature Current System aes Show the current status of the Temp system temperature Current Show the current status of CPU CPUFAN Speed Fan Current Show the current status of the CHSFAN Speed chassis Fan Vcore 2 5V V Show the current voltage status 3 3V 5 12V 83 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM sovo 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 1999 Award Software Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Featu
60. res Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit v 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 SETUP DEFAULTS for stable performance 84 BIOS Setup Utility 7 sovo 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS Select the Load Optimized Defaults option from the Main Menu to load the system values you have previously saved This option is recommended if you need to reset the system setup and to retrieve the old values CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit AVD 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 SETUP DEFAULTS for stable performance 85 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWO
61. rive 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 Motherboard Description sovo 1 10 4 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are located on the back panel of the motherboard The 5 V lines to keyboard and mouse connectors are protected with a fuse that prevents motherboard components from being damaged when an over current condition occurs Note The mouse and keyboard can be plugged into either PS 2 connector Power to the computer should be turned off before a keyboard or mouse is connected or disconnected The keyboard controller contains code which provides the traditional keyboard and mouse control functions and also supports Power On Reset password protection Power On Reset password can be specified in the BIOS Setup program The keyboard controller also supports the hot key sequence lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt software reset This key sequence resets the computer s software by jumping to the beginning of the BIOS code and running the Power On Self Test POST 1 10 5 Infrared Support On the front panel I O co
62. riving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force This should be enabled if your system has a USB 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 Default 67 amp sy 7VCM sovo BIOS Setup Utility CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued CHIPSET Setting Description Note FEATURES USB Disabled Default Keyboard Enabled Select Enabled if your system Support contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard CPU to PCI Disabled When this field is Enabled writes Write Buffer Enabled from the CPU to the PCI bus are 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 Dynmic Disabled When Enabled every write Bursting Enabled X transaction goes to the write buffer Default Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don t PCI Master 0 Disabled WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI Default bus are executed with zero wait States PCI Delay Disabled chipset has an embedded 32 bit Transac
63. rsonal computer field is subject to many patents All of our customers should ensure that their use of our products does not infringe upon any patents It is the policy of Soyo Computer Inc to respect the valid patent rights of third parties and not to infringe upon or to cause others to infringe upon such rights Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii 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 15 subject to amend without notice For further information please visit our Web Site on the Internet The address is http www soyo com tw Edition March 2000 Fe ue Version 1 0 FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE 7V CM SERIAL 10096 POST CONSUMER RECYCLED PAPER ii Table of Contents Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 MOTHERBOARD 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 1 3 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD 1 4 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTION
64. ry and select properties gt driver gt update driver Now an update menu will be shown If windows asks you for the location of the driver give it the following directory d driv all VIA Sound win2000 After the installation is finished windows 2000 will properly recognize your VIA sound chip VIA Soundchip drivers for Windows NT Double click my computer and choose control panel Select the multimedia icon and select the devices tab Now select Multimedia devices gt Audio devices and click the add button below Choose unlisted or updated driver and press OK Now give the following directory dAdriv alNVIA Sound winnt4 0 After the installation is finished windows NT will properly recognize your VIA sound chip 94
65. s CPU L2 Disabled This option activates the CPU L2 GENE Cache ECC Enabled cache ECC checking function Default Checking 3 1 3 C I H 4 WAY Protection Settings Setting Description Note C I H 4 Disabled When set to enabled the BIOS can WAY Enabled only be programmed through Default Protection AWDFLASH making sure that any virus is unable to program the system BIOS Set to disable the BIOS can be programmed the traditional way 3 1 4 Processor Number Feature Setting Description Note Disabled Setting this item to enabled will allow Default Enabled application programs to read the ID code in your Pentium III CPU disabling this item will not allow any program to read the CPU ID code 3 1 5 Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Quick Power Disabled On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POTS at boot up Default 56 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 1 6 System Boot Control Settings System Boot Setting Description Control Settings First Floppy Select Your Boot Device Second Third LS ZIP Priority Boot Device HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN Disabled Boot Other Disabled Select Your Boot Device Device Enabled Priority Default OnChip Sound Disabled This item allows you to control the onboard AC 97 Default audio 57 BIOS Setup Utility SY 7VCM 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMO
66. 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 over all system performance The 352 pin Ball Grid Array VT82C686A PCI to ISA bridge supports four levels double words of line buffers type F DMA transfers and delay transaction to allow efficient PCI bus utilization The VT82C686A also includes an integrated keyboard controller with PS 2 mouse support integrated DS12885 style real time clock with extended 256 byte CMOS RAM integrated master mode enhanced IDE controller with full scatter gather capability and extension to UltraDMA 33 66 for 33 66 MB sec transfer rate integrated USB interface with root Hub and two function ports with built in physical layer transceivers Distributed DMA supports and On Now ACPI compliant advanced configuration and power management interface For sophisticated power management the Via 694X provides independent clock stop control for the CPU SDRAM PCI and AGP buses and 13 Motherboard Description Dynamic 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 VT82C686A south bridge chip a complete power conscious PC motherboard can be implemented with no external TTLs
67. ssword is set the password prompt only appears when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 3 3 9 Other Control Options Other Control Setting Description Options OS Select for 052 When using an OS2 operating DRAM gt 64MB system 52 When using another Default non OS2 operating system Windows will release IRQ line 6 Default normally used by the Floppy Disk Drive after you disable your on board FDD and set this field to Yes Windows will reserve INT 6 for your FDD whether it is disabled or not Disabled o Enabled Default The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS present These 16 segments can be shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM 64 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 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 1999 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Bank 0 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns Bank 1 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns SDRAM Cycle Length 3 DRAM Clock Host CLK Memory Hole Disabled P2C C2P Concurrency Enabled Fast R W Turn Around Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cach
68. te 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 onboard peripherals for Windows family compliance The VT82C686A 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 15 Motherboard Description controller supports type DMA addition to standard ISA DMA modes Compliant with the PCI2 2 specification the VT83C686A supports delayed transactions and remote power management so that slower ISA peripherals do not block the traffic of the PCI bus Special circuitry is built in to allow concurrent operation without causing dead lock even in a PCI to PCI bridge environment The chip also includes eight levels doublewords of line buffers from the PCI bus to the ISA bus to further enhance overall system performance 1 10 O INTERFACE CONTROLLER The motherboard uses the VT82C686A Super I O controller which features gt Supports 2 serial ports IR port parallel port and floppy disk controller functions gt Two UARTs for Complete Serial Ports Even odd stick or no parity bit generation and detection Programmable baud rate generator High speed baud rate 230Kbps 460Kbps support Independent transmit receiver FIFOs
69. tion Enabled posted write buffer to support delay Default transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCI 2 Access Disabled When disabled PCI 2 will not be 1 Retry Enabled disconnected until access finishes Default difault When enabled PCI 2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success 68 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued Setting Description Disabled Default WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Disabled Default WS Read Enabled When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Disabled Default Enabled This item enabled to detect the memory parity and Error Checking amp Correcting 69 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS STOP Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer The following screen shows setup default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE 10 Enabled OnChip IDE Channell Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto S
70. will switch the screen mode back to the conventional boot up screen The PhoenixNet BIOS will put several Icons on the windows desktop after windows is installed for the first time Clicking these items will allow the user to go to the respective websites including the SOYO website If the user does not need these icons they can be removed To enter the Award BIOS program s Main Menu 1 Turn on or reboot the system 2 After the diagnostic checks press the Del key to enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password 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 the Main Menu press arrow keys to enter the selected submenu Modifying selected items Use the Up Down keys to modify values within the selected fields Some fields let you enter values directly 51 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VCM sovo Hot Keys Function keys give you access to a group of commands throughout the BI
71. y 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 1 5 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 2 2 bios Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard Please go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites Taiwan WWW SOyO COm W 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 and use the end connector of the cable don t use middle one Modem issues I get an Conflict message when I turn on my system and I can not get my modem to work 47 Hardware Installation amp sy 7VCM sovo What you

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