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Motherboard Description

SY-P4VGA

A ATX12V 4-Pin (+12V) Connector

CPU Cooling Fan Connector (CPUFAN1,2)

C ATX Power Supply Connector
D 32-bit

AGP

Slot

E Socket

478

Connector

VIA P4M266A North Bridge Chip

G DDR

DIMM

Banks

H SDRAM

DIMM

Bank

5V Stand-By Indicator LED

Bus Mastering EIDE/ATAPI Ports

K Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) Port

Chassis Cooling Fan Connector (CHAFAN 2)

M Front

Panel

Connectors

(J25)

N 3V

Lithium

Battery

O CMOS

Clear

Jumper

(JP5)

VIA VT8235 South Bridge Chip

Q 32-bit

PCI

Slots

R USB

2.0

Connector

Smart Card Reader Connector

T GAMEPORT

Connector

U Flash

BIOS

V Serial

Infrared

(IrDA) Device Header

W ITE

I/O

Chip

X COM2

Connector

Y AUX-IN

Connector

Z CD-IN

Connector

AA Chassis Cooling Fan Connector (CHAFAN 1)

AB MIC & LED Connector (JP30)

AC Onboard

Audio

Chip

AD VIA LAN Chip

AE Back

panel

Connectors

Summary of Contents for SY-P4VGA

Page 1: ...ower supply for Pentium 4 system is required for the system to operate normally preferably 350 watts for minimal loading or 400 watts for fully loaded system 5 If you have any problem getting your system to work please follow the troubleshooting tips in your user manual 6 On some mainboards the actual chipset cooler may differ from the chipset cooler as shown on the picture or on the box However t...

Page 2: ...SY P4VGA Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 Processor supported VIA P4M266AAGP PCI 533 400 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 3: ...ent rights of third parties and not to infringe upon or to cause others to infringe upon such rights Disclaimer Please be advised that some SOYO motherboards are designed with overclocking features and may allow users to run the components beyond manufacturer s recommended specifications Overclocking beyond manufacturer s specifications is not recommended nor endorsed by SOYO Inc and will void you...

Page 4: ...INSTALLATION GUIDE 10 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP 31 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 32 3 1 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 35 3 2 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 39 3 3 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 44 3 4 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 51 3 5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 58 3 6 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 63 3 7 PC HEALTH STATUS 66 3 8 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 67 3 9 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 68 3 10 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 69 3 11 SET USER PASSWORD 7...

Page 5: ...technology and supports Socket 478 class processors This Motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items The SY P4VGA P4M266AAGP PCI Motherboard This Quick Start Guide The Installation CD ROM SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM One IDE Device ATA 100 Flat Cable One Floppy Disk...

Page 6: ...ed 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 1 3 KEY FEATURES CPU SUPPORT Supports Intel mPGA Socket 478 processors Pentium 4 With or without Hyperthreading Northwood Willamette 400 533 MHz FSB Pentium 4 Celeron CPU SETTINGS The SY P4VGA provides the user with a very complete and ...

Page 7: ...e the system up over the network the WOL connector is provided by the SY P4VGA to support this function Multiple boot The SY P4VGA supports booting from devices such as CD ROM Power on by modem or alarm If the SY P4VGA 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 s...

Page 8: ...n after a power failure This function is indispensable for server systems that need to always be on line SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM A CDROM containing free bonus software COMPLIANCE The SY P4VGA complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY P4VGA a motherboard to trust PC99 ACPI compliant USER FRIENDLY Jumperless design ...

Page 9: ... immediately 1 5 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 Do n...

Page 10: ...Power PRT COM A VGA out LPC I O CHIP 13 2 1 SMCARD 14 15 2 1 GAMEPORT CMOS Clear Jumper JP5 Audio out Front out Audio in Rear out MIC IN Center Bass out 12V Power SIRCON PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 USB20_1 6 10 COM2 2 1 10 9 1 1 5 1 4 4 CDIN AUXIN USBLAN USB 1 USB 2 LAN Connector J30 2 1 5 6 DDR1 DDR2 SDR1 AC97 codec LAN PHY IDE 1 IDE 2 FDC1 ...

Page 11: ...Motherboard Description SY P4VGA 7 1 7 SY P4VGA MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS A G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA AB AC AD AE B C D E F ...

Page 12: ...py Disk Drive FDD Port L Chassis Cooling Fan Connector CHAFAN 2 M Front Panel Connectors J25 N 3V Lithium Battery O CMOS Clear Jumper JP5 P VIA VT8235 South Bridge Chip Q 32 bit PCI Slots R USB 2 0 Connector S Smart Card Reader Connector T GAMEPORT Connector U Flash BIOS V Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header W ITE I O Chip X COM2 Connector Y AUX IN Connector Z CD IN Connector AA Chassis Cooling Fan...

Page 13: ...uipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket mPGA478 processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type Note This Motherboard supports non boxed type CPUs The heavier CPU cooling fan requires the installation of a CPU support stand 2 DDR or SDRAM memory module s 3 Computer case with adequate power supply unit 350W for minimally loaded systems or 400W for fully loaded systems 4 Monito...

Page 14: ... supply Step 5 Power on and enter BIOS setup Step 6 Install supporting software tools See Chapter 4 for more info 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 STEP 1 Install the CPU To perform the installation of your new SY P4VGA Motherboard follow the steps below CPU Mount Proced...

Page 15: ...Hardware Installation SY P4VGA 11 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 16: ...ability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU CPU Fan Installation Your Socket 478 processor kit comes with a cooling fan Mount the fan on the processor according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU Note Remember to connec...

Page 17: ...hould be removed from the power supply Remove AC cord from the power outlet Note2 SDRAM and DDR modules cannot be used at the same time Doing so can damage your hardware Note3 This motherboard only support PC1600 and PC2100 PC2700 or PC3200 is not supportd Note4 Please make sure that your memory modules are inserted correctly They can go in only one way and should fit completely in the socket with...

Page 18: ...on card s instruction document before inserting the expansion card into the computer 2 Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard 3 Make sure the metal contacts on the card are seated in the slot 4 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 5 Install related driver from the operating system ...

Page 19: ...h speed Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 HDD 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 4 HDDs 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 80 Conductor IDE 1 IDE ...

Page 20: ...0 Connect one side of the 34 pin flat cable to the floppy drive and plug the other end to the floppy drive connector in the Motherboard The end of the cable that goes into the motherboard is not twisted The twisted end of the cable goes into the floppy drive This Motherboard can support only one floppy drive 1 1 33 33 FDC Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 21: ...er 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 Key Lock Speaker Reset PWRBT ACPI LED HDD LED _ _ _ _ 1 1 Power LED Pin Assignment GND NC VCC ...

Page 22: ...equence 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 when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active Reset Pin Assignment Power Good GND 1 Speaker Pin Assignment _ 5V Speaker out NC NC HDD LED Pin Assignment _ LED Anod...

Page 23: ...plugged directly into 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 PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Mouse Connecto...

Page 24: ...sed 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 25: ...io Audio Speakers connections When using 2 channel speaker connect the speaker cable to line out If you re using 4 channel speaker connect the front L R speakers to line out and rear L R speakers to Line in make sure that the audio software is set to 4 channel speaker system Line in is an available in 4 channel speaker mode If you are using 6 channel speaker connect the front L R speaker to line o...

Page 26: ...vice cable to the SIRCON header This will enable the infrared transfer function This Motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 VCC IRRX GND IRTX Line in Mic in Line out ...

Page 27: ...e to the CPUFAN connector on the Motherboard The fan will stop when the system enters into Suspend Mode Suspend mode can be enabled from the BIOS Setup Utility POWER MANAGEMENT menu To avoid damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 SENSOR NC 12V 12V GND GND 1 1 3 3 2 2 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment ...

Page 28: ...cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Note CPU cooling fan must be installed to prevent the CPU from overheating and ensure system stability Chassis cooling fan is optional depending on whether there is cooling fan in your chassis CHAFAN1 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN Pin Assignment CHAFAN2 NC 12...

Page 29: ...o CDIN Please install according to the following pin assignment 5 AUX IN AUXIN This Motherboard provides one AUX IN connector Please connect the 4 pin audio cable from your second CD ROM drive to AUX IN Please install according to the following pin assignment Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 AUXIN Pin Assignment CDIN CD Line in Pin Assignment Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 30: ...d Reader 5 MIC LED Connector J30 You can connect the Line out MIC in LAN LED to the front panel of your PC case If this option is available in your PC case MIC LED Connector J30 Pin Assignment 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sound_R Sound_L LAN Action GND MIC IN GND ...

Page 31: ...board package includes one serial port flat cable with a 9 pin connector Plug the 9 pin end of the flat cable into the COM1 serial connector on the Motherboard as shown in the figure below then fix the external 9 pin connector to the rear panel of the computer case Then plug your serial device cable directly into this 9 pin male connector located at the back of your computer COM2 9 pin male extern...

Page 32: ...0W under full loading Steps 1 Connect the 20 pin connector to the ATX power connector See FIG 1 2 Connect the 4 pin connector to the 12V power connector See FIG 2 Note1 The presence of the 12 V power connector indicates that a power supply is ATX12V the absence of the 12V power connector indicates that a supply is ATX Note2 When using the Power On by Keyboard function please make sure the ATX 12V ...

Page 33: ...e minimum recommended wattage is 400W for a fully loaded system or 350W for a fully loaded system The system might become unstable if power supply is not enough Please install the ATX 12V power according to the following pin assignment Pay special care to the directionality Pin1 COM 12VDC 12VDC COM Pin3 12V Power Connector FIG 1 FIG 2 ...

Page 34: ... seconds to clear the CMOS Short pin 1 2 to retain new settings Note You must unplug the power cable from your power supply connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation Step 5 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your Motherboard successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter the BIOS Setup Utility press the DEL key while the system is performing the diagnostic checks No...

Page 35: ...llation is complete 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 be shown on the screen Then 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 OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS Select the LO...

Page 36: ...atures Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Selecting items Use the arrow keys to move between items and select fields From the Main Menu press arrow keys ...

Page 37: ...values that the 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 to the previous Menu Enter Select Will display a overlapping window with all options for the current item PU PD Value Using the Pag...

Page 38: ... 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 Y N R O M P C I I S A B I O S C M O S S E T U P...

Page 39: ...IDE Secondary Master LTN485S IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Total Memory 131072K Menu Level Change the day month year and century 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 ...

Page 40: ...linder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 Menu Level To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard disk drives Date Time Display Setting Please Note Date mm dd yyyy Type the current date You can also the PU...

Page 41: ... hard disk mode automatically Default CHS Normal IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Access Mode Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disks Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details Floppy Drives Floppy Drives Setting Description Note 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Default 2 ...

Page 42: ...A 80 Video MONO Monochrome Select the video mode supported by your VGA card and memory 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 43: ...OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previou...

Page 44: ...update main memories from the cache Default Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Allows your CPU to check for ECC when transferring data from to the L2 cache Note That this costs some performance Default Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POST at boot up Default System Boot Control Settings Setting Description Note Flop...

Page 45: ...t boot up Default Boot Up NumLock Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Typematic Settings Setting Description Note Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard Default Typematic Rate Setting Enabled When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The following Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay fields are active only if Typematic Rate S...

Page 46: ...T Security Option Setup If a password is set the password prompt only appears when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program Default Other Control Options Setting Description Note Disabled APIC Mode Enabled On operating systems that support it you will have more IRQs available when enabled Default 1 1 Default MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 Allows you to choose the multi processor specification M...

Page 47: ... 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 Default LOGO 0 Default EPA LOGO SELECT LOGO 1 Allows user to display SOYO logo or own logo Logo 0 Shows SOYO logo Logo 1 Shows user logo Default Blank Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Set Enabled to Show Logo EPA Default ...

Page 48: ...32M FB Address Conversion Enabled FB Page Close Prediction Enabled CPU Clock Ratio 16 X Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving The following table describes each fiel...

Page 49: ...m memory is not available for use by programs Default Enabled Default FB Address Conversion Disabled Enabling this setting will optimize VGA frame buffer accesses Enabled Default FB Page Close Prediction Disabled Enabling this setting increases performance by closing pages in the frame buffer that are no longer in use automatically CPU Clock Ratio 8X 50X The available CPU Ratio you can select will...

Page 50: ...y SPD DRAM Timing By SPD x SDRAM CAS Latency 2 5 x Bank Interleave Disabled x Precharge to Active Trp 3T x Active to Precharge Tras 6T x Active to CMD Trcd 3T DRAM Command Rate 2T Command DRAM Burst Len 4 CPU read DRAM Mode Medium Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the ch...

Page 51: ...ds on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Disabled Default 2 Bank Bank Interleave 4 Bank Increase DRAM performance 2T Precharge to Active Trp 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 6T Default Active to Precharge Tras 7T Increase DRAM performance 2T Active to CMD Trcd 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 2T Command Default DRAM Command Rate ...

Page 52: ...Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving AGP P2P Bridge Control Setting Description Note 64M Default 32M 128M AGPAperture Size 256M Select the size of Accelerated Graphics P...

Page 53: ...our system AGP Driving Value Min 0000 Max 00FF This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Disabled Default AGP Fast Write Enabled The VIA chipset will use fast write to AGP if this item is enabled Not all AGP cards support fast write 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 A...

Page 54: ...0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving CPU PCI Bus Control Setting Description Note Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Enabled the CPU to PCI Write Buffer Default Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled T...

Page 55: ...vice Press Enter VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Item Help SuperIO Device Press Enter Init Display First Onboard OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB 2 0 Support Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the cha...

Page 56: ...ven when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Port 1 means USB1 2 Port 2 means USB3 4 Disabled USB 2 0 Support Enabled Select Enabled if you have USB 2 0 peripherals Default USB Keyboard Disabled Default Support Enabled Select enabled if you want to use USB Keyboard in DOS Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Invokes multi sector transfer inst...

Page 57: ...IDE Device OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Item Help IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 ...

Page 58: ... is the slowest speed 4 is the fastest speed IDE Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Auto For better performance and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing Default Disabled IDE Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Ultra DMA Mode support Default ...

Page 59: ...tility VIA OnChip PCI Device AC97 Audio Auto OnChip LAN Enabled Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving VIA OnChip PCI Device Setting Description Note Auto D...

Page 60: ...rt Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address Disabled x Midi Port IRQ 10 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving SuperIO Device Setting Des...

Page 61: ...le mode Disabled 378 IRQ7 Default 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Port 3BC IRQ7 Choose the printer I O address SPP 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 or ECP EPP mode 3 Choose DMA3 Default ECP Mode use DMA 1 Choose DMA1 Others Optional Setting Description Note Disabled 201 Default Game Port Add...

Page 62: ...ivity Detect Press Enter Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect VGA OFF Item Help LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled x Date of Month 0 x Resume Time...

Page 63: ...ault 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Lets you define the system power down times HDD Power Down Disabled Default Suspend Mode 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Lets you define the system power down times Suspend Off Default Always On Video Off Option MODEM Use IRQ When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a ...

Page 64: ...k requires to load VGA BIOS after resume from S3 Off The system will remain off when power comes back after a power failure Default On The system will switch on when power comes back after a power failure Ac Loss Auto Restart Former Sts 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 re...

Page 65: ...p the system Default OFF Default PCI Master ON When On of PCI Master any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Disabled Default PowerOn by PCI Card Enabled If enabled any PCI interrupt will wake up the system Disabled Default Modem Ring Resume Enabled An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens th...

Page 66: ...led Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving IRQs Activity Monitoring Wake Up Events Setting Description Note ON Default Primary INTR OFF When set to On any event occur...

Page 67: ...Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices 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 yo...

Page 68: ...ually IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 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 Default Recommended If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI Device Choose IRQ assigned to PCI ISA PnP card Default IRQ Resource Press Enter Reserved Reserved IRQ for legacy cards Under this item th...

Page 69: ... 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 NT XP or 2K Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for VGA USB port Assign IRQ For VGA USB Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for VGA USB port Default MULTI I O ADDRESSES Default settings ...

Page 70: ... ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving CPU Device Monitoring Setting Description CPU Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V DRAM Voltage AGP Voltage V Show the current voltage status CHA Temperature C F Show the current status of th...

Page 71: ...es Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit 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...

Page 72: ...Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit 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 the Main Menu and keep current values Warning If you run into any problem after ...

Page 73: ...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 Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set jumper JP5 ...

Page 74: ...or the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Refer to section 3 11 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 Shif...

Page 75: ...to the BIOS setup To enable boot Menu press ESC after memory and option ROM initialization The user will see a device menu in which he or she can choose from which device they wish to boot Boot Menu Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD ...

Page 76: ... The drivers software available for installation c A database in HTML format with information on SOYO motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive If you are running Windows NT 2K or XP the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up Please choose your motherboard model number and press OK Now the SOYO CD Start Up M...

Page 77: ...d a PDF file the appropriate Acrobat Reader software must be installed on 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 ins...

Page 78: ...Q Miniport Driver For Windows NT users the VIA IDE Bus Mastering driver is the only driver to be installed on your system A description of 4 drivers follows Bus Master PCI IDE Driver The ATAPI IDE driver enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA capable Hard Disk Drives and ensures IDE device compatibility driver revision VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x ME NT 2k XP VIA ...

Page 79: ...Onboard Display Driver for Win 9x ME 2000 XP NT This program will install the onboard display ProSavage DDR driver on your computer VIA USB2 0 Driver for Win 98 ME 2000 This setup program will install the driver for VIA USB 2 0 Host Controller VIA Onboard Audio Driver for Win 9x ME 2000 XP This program will install the onboard audio VIAAudio driver on your computer VIA Onboard Audio Software for W...

Page 80: ... 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 a restart of your system before they become active Step 3 Check the Latest Releases Click the Connect to SOYO website button to go the SOYO Website to find the latest BIOS manual and driver releases for your motherboard This button will o...

Page 81: ...Drivers Installation SY P4VGA 77 After Windows XP installation your device manager should look like this ...

Page 82: ...Drivers Installation SY P4VGA 78 After driver installation your Windows XP device manager should look like this Note To install the USB 2 0 driver please update to Windows XP service pack 1 ...

Page 83: ...Drivers Installation SY P4VGA 79 Directory list of the driver CD VIA 4 in 1 driver VIA LAN driver VIA USB2 0 driver not for Windows XP VIA onboard display driver VIA audio driver VIA audio software ...

Page 84: ...h Windows XP Alternatively installing service pack 1 will also install the USB 2 0 drivers For additional information regarding USB 2 0 support in Windows XP please visit http www microsoft com hwdev bus USB default asp After installing service pack1 please do the following 1 Go into the device manager 2 Remove 3 Restart your system Next time Windows XP starts up a new USB 2 0 controller will be f...

Page 85: ...aded system 5 Remove the M B from the case and test the system The M B might be shorted to the case 6 Make sure your power supply is ATX 12V compliant The system powers up no video no beeping sound heard but the CPU fan is turning 1 Clear CMOS RAM JP5 connector see the Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 2 Check all the jumper settings on the M B 3 Check if the CPU is ok by us...

Page 86: ...tart guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 4 Make sure the power supply you have on your system supports the M B specification Example If you have a P4 M B you need to use a P4 power supply 5 If you already checked the power supply specification change the power supply It might be defective The minimum is 350 watt for a minimally loaded system or 400 watt for a fully loaded system When I bo...

Page 87: ...might be failing Stability Issues My system intermittently locks up very unstable 1 Check the CPU Temp it might be overheating Change the CPU FAN 2 Do not overclock your CPU 3 Check the specification of the memory module maybe the M B does not support it 4 Go to BIOS setup and load fail safe settings Please check if the system performance in the BIOS setup is set to Turbo Maximum If so try setting...

Page 88: ...er such as kvxa_2BA1 meaning BIOS revision 2BA1 for the SY K7V Dragon plus board or 6BA IV_2AA2 which means SY 6BA IV motherboard with 2AA2 BIOS Where can I find the latest BIOS for my motherboard Please go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites Taiwan www soyo com tw USA http www soyousa com and look up your motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision How can I flash the BIOS ...

Page 89: ...r re flashing VGA Issue I cannot set my VGA to go higher than 16 color 640x 480 1 Make sure that you have installed the VIA 4 in 1 driver set 2 Install re install the VGA driver After wake up from Suspend to RAM or Standby mode the screen has no display but I can hear the hard disk operating For External AGP card Check your VGA card s manufacturer for a driver and VGA BIOS update make sure the VGA...

Page 90: ...s wrong 1 Please go to sound properties and check if the recorder and microphone are enabled in the audio rack 2 Check if the Microphone is ok Added PCI Audio Card does not work on this motherboard 1 Go to Integrated Peripherals VIA Onchip PCI Device and Disable AC97 Audio 2 Go to integrated peripherals and Disable Game port address and Midi port address Hard disk FDD CD ROM issues My Western digi...

Page 91: ...py drivers have their own jumper to make the same twist as the twist on the cable Make sure this jumper is set not to twist the cable while the floppy drive is connected to the twisted end of the cable LAN Issues During LAN driver installation the system hangs on 75 why Enable the onboard LAN in the BIOS setup I have problems installing Novell NetWare v 50 Disable the APIC option in the BIOS For u...

Page 92: ...n Taiwan R O C TEL 886 2 22903300 FAX 886 2 22983322 http www soyo com Email info mail soyo com tw USA SOYO INC 41484 Christy Street Fremont CA94538 USA TEL 1 510 226 7696 FAX 1 510 226 9218 http www soyousa com http www soyousa com kb Email support soyousa com GM SOYO Deutschland GmbH SAAT Technology GmbH August Wilhelm Kuhnholz Str 15 D 26135 Oldenburg Oldb Germany TEL 49 441 209100 FAX 49 441 2...

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