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BIOS Setup Utility

SY-K7VTA-B

3-1.3 BIOS Write Protection

Setting

Description

Note

Disabled

BIOS Write
Protection

Enabled

When set to enabled, the BIOS can
only be programmed through
AWDFLASH, making sure that any
virus is unable to program the system
BIOS. Set to disable the BIOS can be
programmed the traditional way.

Default

3-1.4 Quick Power On Self Test

Setting

Description

Note

Disabled

Quick Power
On Self Test

Enabled

Provides a fast POTS at boot-up.

Default

3-1.5 System Boot Control Settings

System Boot
Control Settings

Setting

Description

Note

Floppy
LS/ZIP
HDD-0
SCSI
CDROM
HDD-1
HDD-2
HDD-3
LAN

First
/Second/Third
Boot Device

Disabled

Select Your Boot Device
Priority

Disabled

Boot Other
Device

Enabled

Select Your Boot Device
Priority

Default

Disabled

OnChip Sound

Auto

This item allows you to
control the onboard AC 97
audio.

Default

Summary of Contents for SY-K7VTA-B

Page 1: ...SY K7VTA B Motherboard AMD Athlon Duron Processor supported VIA KT133 AGP PCI Motherboard 200 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...n 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 o...

Page 3: ...INTERFACE CONTROLLER 15 1 10 HARDWARE MONITOR 17 1 11 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY 18 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 19 2 1 PREPARATIONS 19 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 20 2 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE 21 2 3 1 CPU Installation 22 2 3 2 SDRAM Memory Module Installation 25 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 27 2 3 4 Jumper Setting 40 2 3 5 CMOS Clearing JP5 41 2 3 6 Power On 42 2 3 7 Quick BIOS Setup 43 2 3 8 Troubl...

Page 4: ...S 61 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 66 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 71 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 75 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 78 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 80 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 81 3 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 82 3 12 USER PASSWORD 83 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 84 3 14 BOOT MENU 85 CHAPTER 4 DRIVER INSTALLATION 86 ...

Page 5: ...A B supports THE FOLLOWING AMD CPUs n AMD AthlonTM 750MHz 1GHz n AMD DuronTM 600MHz 850MHz New released AMD Socket 462 CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY K7VTA B as well Ø CPU SETTINGS The SY K7VTA B provides the user with a very complete and convenient CPU setting environment The CPU settings are all adjusted through the special SOYO COMBO page in the BIOS therefore rendering the use of...

Page 6: ... 1 x 32 bit bus master AGP slot n 5 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots n 1 x 16 bit ISA slots u Enhanced IO n Floppy disk controller n 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 devices n Standard EPP ECP parallel port n 2x 16550 compatible serial ports n IrDA compatible infrared port n 4x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors n PS 2 mouse connector n PS 2 keyboard connector ...

Page 7: ...system on only after the modem receives a call Ø FAIL SAFE The SY K7VTA B comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe u 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 is in full control of the system u Power Failure Resume Function Thi...

Page 8: ...If the system does not boot up properly the Voice Doctor will inform the user by voice through internal external speaker at what point in boot up sequence the problem arises Below are the possible errors the user may encounter 1 The Processor might be damage or not installed properly 2 The memory module might be damage or not installed properly 3 VGA card might be damage or not inserted properly 4...

Page 9: ...mediately 1 3 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 Ø Do no...

Page 10: ... PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector ATX Power LINE OUT LINE IN MIC IN GAME COM1 COM2 USB 1_2 SDRAM SDRAM VT8363 AGP Slot 3V Lithium Battery JP5 1 3 J3 1 3 J2 1 3 JP7 1 3 CDIN1 1 4 ISA Slot PCI Slot 5 Flash BIOS PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 IDE 1 IDE 2 FLP Sigmatel STAC9721 VT82C686B RJ1 ...

Page 11: ...Motherboard Description SY K7VTA B 7 1 5 SY K7VTA B MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS SDRAM SDRAM A B D E F H G J I K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y W Z C ...

Page 12: ...umper I Bus Mastering E IDE ATAPI Ports J Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port K CMOS Clear Jumper L Via VT82C686B South Bridge Chip M USB3_4 Connectors N 3V Lithium Battery O Chassis Cooling Fan P Front panel connectors Q Flash BIOS R Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header S 16 bit ISA Slot T 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots U Voice Doctor Language Setting Jumper V Wake On LAN WOL Header W AC97 Codec Chip X 32 bit A...

Page 13: ...ages and bus frequencies 1 6 1 Microprocessor Packaging The CPU is packaged in a 462 pin PGA package A fan must be used to ensure adequate cooling 1 6 2 Second Level Cache The second level cache is located on the substrate of the CPU package The cache includes Athlon 256KB Duron 64KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM All supported onboard memory can be cached 1 6 3 Microprocessor Upgrades ...

Page 14: ...3 MHz to allow use of PC133 memory modules DRAM interface may be slower than CPU by 33 MHz to allow use of older memory modules with newer CPUs Concurrent CPU AGP and PCI access Supports SDRAM and VCM SDRAM memory types Different DRAM types may be used in mixed combinations Different DRAM timing for each bank Dynamic Clock Enable CKE control for SDRAM power reduction in high speed system Mixed 1M ...

Page 15: ... the current bank Four cache lines 32quadwords of CPU to DRAM write buffers Four cache lines 32 quadwords of CPU to DRAM read prefetch buffers Read around write capability for non stalled CPU read Burst read and write operation BIOS shadow at 16KB increment Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing CAS before RAS or self refresh ...

Page 16: ...ransfers 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 provi...

Page 17: ... make a complete Microsoft PC99 compliant PCI ISA system In addition to complete ISA extension bus functionality the VT82C686B includes standard AMDligent 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...

Page 18: ...ble 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 c...

Page 19: ... O INTERFACE CONTROLLER The motherboard uses the VT82C686B Super I O controller which features Ø Supports 2 serial ports IR port parallel port and floppy disk controller functions Ø Two UARTs for Complete Serial Ports Even odd stick or no parity bit generation and detection Programmable baud rate generator High speed baud rate 230Kbps 460Kbps support Independent transmit receiver FIFOs Modem Contr...

Page 20: ...rallel 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 l Compatible standard mode l Bi directional PS 2 compatible l Bi directional EPP A driver from the peripheral manufacturer is required for operation l Bi directional high speed ECP 1 9 3 Diskette Drive Controller The I O controller is software...

Page 21: ...tup program The keyboard controller also supports the hot key sequence Ctrl Alt Del software reset This key sequence resets the computer s software by jumping to the beginning of the BIOS code and running the Power On Self Test POST 1 9 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 ...

Page 22: ...les 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 T...

Page 23: ... hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket 462 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 DIMM memory module s 3 Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit 4 Monitor 5 PS 2 Keyboard 6 Pointing Device PS 2 mouse 7 Speake...

Page 24: ...e 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 ...

Page 25: ...tion of the Motherboard Please follow the step by step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation Warning Turn off the power to the Motherboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on the Motherboard or system BEGIN THE INSTALLATION ...

Page 26: ...herboard Mark your CPU Frequency Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover FSB 100MHz Athlon Duron Athlon 750MHz 100x7 5 800MHz 100x8 0 850MHz 100x8 5 900MHz 100x9 0 950MHz 100x9 5 1000MHz 100x 10 0 Duron 600MHz 100x6 0 650MHz 100x6 5 700MHz 100x7 0 Follow these instructions to install your Socket 462 processor correctly 1 Lift the socket handle up to ...

Page 27: ...BIOS Setup Utility SY K7VTA B 23 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 ...

Page 28: ...handle to secure the CPU in place Remember to connect the CPU Cooling Fan to the appropriate power connector on the Motherboard The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU ...

Page 29: ...nd 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 SDRAM SDRAM 1 84 1 84 ...

Page 30: ...BIOS Setup Utility SY K7VTA B 26 Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 RAM Type SDRAM VCM SDRAM Memory Module Size MB 32 64 128 256 512 MB ...

Page 31: ... 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 SDRAM SDRAM IDE 1 IDE 2 Pin 1 Primary IDE Secondary IDE 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA ...

Page 32: ...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 SDRAM SDRAM 1 1 33 33 FDC Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 33: ...ter 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 SDRAM SDRAM Power LED Pin Assignment LED GND _ NC NC Speaker _ _ _ _ Reset PWRBT Power LED HDD LED STR LED ...

Page 34: ...ot up sequence 3 Speaker Attach the 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the Motherboard 4 IDE LED Attach the 2 pin IDE device LED cable to the corresponding IDE LED header on the Motherboard This will cause the LED to light up when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active PWRBT Pin Assignment PW BT GND 1 Speaker Pin Assignment _ VCC Speaker out NC NC HDD LED Pin Assignment _ LE...

Page 35: ...header for turning On or Off your ATX power supply 6 STR LED The STR LED is connected to the Voltage that feeds the DIMM sockets Therefore the following table applies Suspend to RAM Normal Operation Power Off STR LED ON ON OFF PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 STR LED Pin Assignment _ LED Anode LED Cathode ...

Page 36: ... 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 SDRAM SDRAM PRT USB 1 USB2 PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector LINE OUT LINE IN MIC JACK JOYSTICK COM2 COM 1 ...

Page 37: ...ed 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 4 PS 2 Mouse Similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector Pin5 ...

Page 38: ...evice 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 is as follows 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 ...

Page 39: ...nnector 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 RING GND 5VSB 1 2 3 ...

Page 40: ...ansfer function This Motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment 3 Other Display Cards Insert other types of VGA cards into the PCI or ISA expansion slots according to card specifications Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 5V IRRX GND IRTX ...

Page 41: ... 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 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN2 Pin Assignment NC 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 42: ...ollowing pin assignment Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN is optional 5 CD Line in CDIN1 This Motherboard provides two CD Line in connectors Please connect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDIN1 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 1 2 3 4 Left R...

Page 43: ... VGA drivers installation 2 3 3 7 ATX Power Supply Plug the connector from the power directly into the 20 pin male ATX PW connector on the Motherboard as shown in the following figure 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...

Page 44: ...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 Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment Ø Pay special care to the directionality 2 3 4 Jumper Setting Ratio Adjustment Setting RJ1 Refer to the following table to set the Frequency...

Page 45: ...y if the user over clocks the system Any malfunctions due to over clocking are not covered by the warranty 2 3 5 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 ...

Page 46: ... again at the beginning of boot up during diagnostic checks Repeat this operation until you get the following screen 3 The BIOS Setup screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software 4Soyo Combo Feature 4PC Health Status 4Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password 4Integrate...

Page 47: ...omplete 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 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 t...

Page 48: ...o 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 fr...

Page 49: ...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 5EH_2CA1 meaning revision 2CA1 for the SY 5EH board or 6BA IV_2AA2 which means SY 6BA IV motherboard with 2AA2 bios Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard...

Page 50: ...er 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 ...

Page 51: ...n 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 9 Power Off There are two possible ways to turn off the system 1 Use t...

Page 52: ...dard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password 4Integrated Peripherals Set User Password 4Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup 4PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit áâàß Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Selecting items l Use the arrow keys to move between items ...

Page 53: ...he user started the current session with F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults Loads all items with the most conservative values F7 Load Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the optimize values F10 Save Saves your changes and reboots the system Esc Exit Returns at anytime and from any location to the Main Menu Enter Select Will display a overlapping window with all options for the current item PU PD Val...

Page 54: ... U L T S I N T E G R A T E D P E R I P H E R A L S S U P E R V I S O R P A S S W O R D U S E R P A S S W O R D I D E H D D A U T O D E T E C T I O N S A V E E X I T S E T U P E X I T W I T H O U T S A V I N G E s c F 1 0 Q u i t S a v e E x i t S e t u p S h i f t F 2 S e l e c t I t e m C h a n g e C o l o r T i m e D a t e H a r d D i s k T y p e SAVE to CMOS and EXIT R O M P C I I S A B I O S C...

Page 55: ...ter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software SOYO COMBO Feature Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Item Help CPU Host PCI Clock Default CPU Vcore Select Default CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled BIOS Write Protection Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Devic...

Page 56: ...37 MHz 100 33 MHz 113 37 MHz 103 34 MHz 115 38 MHz 105 35 MHz 117 39 MHz CPU Host PCI Clock 107 35 MHz 120 40 MHz This item lists the CPU host clock and the PCI bus clock It is a read only item Default 0 200V Default 0 025V 0 225V 0 050V 0 250V 0 075V 0 025V 0 100V 0 050V 0 125V 0 075V 0 150V 0 100V CPU Vcore Select 0 175V This function adjust the CPU voltage 3 1 2 L2 Cache Memory Setting Descript...

Page 57: ...ault 3 1 4 Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POTS at boot up Default 3 1 5 System Boot Control Settings System Boot Control Settings Setting Description Note Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN First Second Third Boot Device Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority Disabled Boot Other Device Enabled Select ...

Page 58: ...None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 64512K Total Memory 65536K Menu Level 4 áâàß Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This screen allows you to modify the basic CMOS settings After you have completed the changes press Esc key to return to the M...

Page 59: ... hard disk mode automatically Default Normal Normal IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Access Mode Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details 3 2 3 Floppy Drives Floppy Drives Setting Description Note 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in De...

Page 60: ...A VGA Default CGA 40 CGA 80 Video MONO Monochrome Select the video mode ALL Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette Halt On All But Disk Key When the BIOS detects system errors this function will stop the system Select which type of error will cause the system halt ...

Page 61: ...isabled x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled 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 6 Menu Level 4 áâàß Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 ...

Page 62: ...ge on screen and alarm beep 3 3 2 Cache Memory Options Setting Description Note Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled Enables the CPU s internal cache Default Disabled External Cache Enabled Enables the external memory Default 3 3 3 Floppy Driver Settings Setting Description Note Disabled Default Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Changes the sequence of A and B drives 3 3 4 Boot Up Floppy Seek Setting Descr...

Page 63: ...ting Description Note Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard Default Typematic Rate Setting 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 8 Char sec 10 Char sec 12 Char sec 15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Cha...

Page 64: ...er Control Options Other Control Options Setting Description Note OS2 When using an OS2 operating system OS Select for DRAM 64MB Non OS2 When using another non OS2 operating system Default Disabled Default HDD S M A R T Capability Enabled Enable this field when your HDD supports the S M A R T function Consult your HDD provider for details Disabled Enabled Video BIOS Shadow The BIOS is shadowed in ...

Page 65: ...d Memory Hole Disabled PCI Master Dipeline Req Enabled P2C C2P Concurrency Enabled Fast R W Turn Around Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP 4X Mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto x AGP Driving Value DA OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Dynmic Bursting Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enable...

Page 66: ... This item allows you to control the DRAM speed SDRAM Cycle Length 3 2 When synchronous DRAM is 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 Default Disabled Default Bank Interleave Enabled Increase DRAM performance Disabled Default Memory Hole Enabled Some interface cards will map the...

Page 67: ...d by the system designer 64M Default AGP Aperture Size 4M 8M 16M 32M 128M 256M Select the size of Accelerated 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 Disabled AGP 4X Mode Enabled This item allows you to enable disable the ...

Page 68: ...oller and you have a USB keyboard Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled When this field is Enabled writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are 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 Default Disabled PCI Dynmic Bursting Enabled When ...

Page 69: ... version 2 1 Default Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Enabled When disabled PCI 2 will not be disconnected until access finishes difault When enabled PCI 2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success Default Disabled Default AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Disabled Default AGP Master 1 WS Re...

Page 70: ...e 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 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART 2 Mode Standard x IR Function Duplex Half x TX RX inverting enable No Yes Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode Normal ...

Page 71: ...stall a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Default mode 0 4 0 is the slowest speed 4 is the fastest speed IDE Ø Primary Master PIO Ø Primary Slave PIO Ø Secondary Master PIO Ø Secondary Slave PIO Auto For better performance and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing Default Disa...

Page 72: ...oard Serial Ports Onboard Serial Ports Setting Description Note Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 Default port 1 2F8 IRQ3 Default port 2 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Auto Choose serial port 1 2 s I O address Do not set port 1 2 to the same address except for Disabled or Auto Standard Default HPSIR UART 2 Mode ASKIR The second serial port offers these InfraRed interface modes If UART Mode ...

Page 73: ...ror in your system 3 5 6 Onboard Parallel Ports Onboard Parallel Ports Setting Description Note Disabled 378 IRQ7 Default 3BC IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Port 278 IRQ5 Choose the printer I O address Normal Default EPP ECP Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP The mode depends on your external device that connects to this port If Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP mode 3 Choose DMA3 Default ECP Mode use DMA 1 Choose ...

Page 74: ...tible 220H Default SB I O Base Address 240H 260H 280H Select the base address for your sound Blaster SB compatible Audio IC IRQ 5 Default SB IRQ Select IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 Select the IRQ your SB Audio IC uses DMA1 Default SB DMA Select DMA0 DMA2 DMA3 Select the DMA channel your SB Audio IC uses Disabled Default MPU 401 Enabled Set this item to enabled to make use of MIPI 330 333H Default MPU 401 I O A...

Page 75: ...ant Off State After Power Failure Off Wake Up Events Press Enter Menu Level 4 áâàß Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Wake Up Events VGA OFF Item Help LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF Wake up On LAN Ring Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled Prim...

Page 76: ...OS Default ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR The system will enter the S1 state during suspend Low latency wake up Yes Default PM Control by APM NO When enabled an Advanced 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 Suspend Off Default Vide...

Page 77: ... comes back after a power failure Default State After Power Failure Auto The system will return to the state it was in before the power failure when power returns i e If the system was on it will switch on again if it was off it will remain off Wake Up Events Press Enter Select items that will wake up your system when in one of sleep modes Press enter to go the select item page Wake Up Events Sett...

Page 78: ...oming call on the modem LAN awakens the system from a soft off state Disabled The system ignores the alarm Default RTC Alarm Resume 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 ON When set to On any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Default Primary...

Page 79: ...ess Enter x DMA Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level 4 áâàß Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled By option is set to Auto After you have completed the PCI Slot Confi...

Page 80: ... assigned to _ DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to _ Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD The Plug and Play BIOS auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically Recommended If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI ISA PnP Choose IRQ and DMA assigned to PCI ISA PnP card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 IRQ and DMA assigned to Legacy ISA Choose IRQ and DMA assigned to Legacy ISA c...

Page 81: ...rupt 12 will be released by the PnP BIOS automatically if the PS 2 Mouse Port is not used IRQ 7 IRQ 7 PCI ISA PnP Onboard parallel port disabled IRQ 4 IRQ 4 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled IRQ 3 IRQ 3 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 2 disabled 4 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT Disabled Lea...

Page 82: ...ty 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS This option sets the Motherboard s PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status Current CPU Temp 38 ºC 100 ºF Current System Temp 31 ºC 87 º F Item Help Current CPUFAN Speed 5002 RPM Current CHSFAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 60 V 2 5V 2 44 V 3 3V 3 30 V 5V 4 80 V 12V 11 94 V Protect CPU Overheating Enabled Menu Level 4 áâàß Move Enter S...

Page 83: ... the system temperature Current CPUFAN CHSFAN Speed C F Show the current status of CPU Fan Vcore 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V V Show the current voltage status Disabled Protect CPU Overheating Enabled If enable this function protect user s CPU from overheating in an event there s a problem with the CPU FAN The user should also plug the CPU FAN power on the CPU FAN1 pin The system will auto shutdown if the pow...

Page 84: ...d Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password 4Integrated Peripherals Set User Password 4Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup 4PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit áâàß Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to th...

Page 85: ...d Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password 4Integrated Peripherals Set User Password 4Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup 4PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit áâàß Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to th...

Page 86: ...assword is required every time the system is booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer b Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set jumper JP5 t...

Page 87: ...ction 3 9 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Change Color Time Date...

Page 88: ...C 1984 2000 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Capacity 0 MB Access Mode Auto 0 Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 Menu Level 4 áâàß Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard d...

Page 89: ...e 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 on which device they wish to boot from Boot Menu Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Move ENTER Accept F4 Exit ...

Page 90: ...O Motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive The SOYO CD will auto run and the SOYO CD 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 SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu 7IWA F 7I...

Page 91: ... 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 inst...

Page 92: ... includes all drivers your motherboard needs After selecting this driver package one driver will be installed automatically the IRQ remapping utility the other three are installed if selected By default all three drivers are selected A description of the 4 drivers follows Bus Master PCI IDE Driver This driver will speed up the data transfer rate to and from the harddisk AGP VxD Driver This driver ...

Page 93: ... It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre set values Select which driver you want to install and click OK or click Cancel to abort the driver installation and return to the main menu Note Once you have selected a driver the system will automatically exit the SOYO CD to begin the driver installation program When the installation is complete most drivers ...

Page 94: ...ases 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 ...

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