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Quick Start Guide

 

 

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Summary of Contents for SY-P4VTE

Page 1: ...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 motherboards the actual chipset cooler may differ from the chipset cooler as shown on the picture or on the box However the ...

Page 2: ... 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 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 manufacture...

Page 3: ...ovides all users with the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation For further information please refer to the SY P4VTE Motherboard User s Manual that came with your Motherboard Unpacking When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items The SY P4VTE VIA PT800 AGP PCI CNR Motherboard The Quick Start Guide The Installation CD ROM One IDE Device ATA100 Flat Cable One Floppy Disk D...

Page 4: ...ctor USBLAN Audio out Front out Audio in Rear out MIC IN Center Bass out PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 ATX Power JP1 1 CD2 1 4 USB AGP Slot 12V Power SIR1 5 6 1 PANEL1 2 10 9 1 USB3 2 1 10 USB2 2 1 10 VT8237 PRT COM A 3V Lithium Battery DIMM2 DIMM1 SATA1 SATA2 IDE 1 IDE 2 CNR1 CMOS Clear Jumper JP5 JP2 JP3 ...

Page 5: ...emory The SY P4VTE supports PC2100 PC2700 and PC3200 DDR non registered and non ECC memory modules AGP 1x AGP master 4x 8x slot 1 5v only PCI 4x 32 bit bus master PCI slots Super I O ITE IT8705F Super I O controller supporting Floppy disk controller Parallel port SPP EPP and ECP compliant 1x 16550Acompatible RS232 serial ports PS 2 Keyboard and mouse Hardware monitor for monitoring temperatures vo...

Page 6: ...MI9761A Network 10 100 Mbps 100Base T Ethernet controller supporting Wake On Lan WOL BIOS Power Failure resume function to allow the system to turn on or off after a power failure which is indispensable for server systems Wake On Ring and Power On by Alarm to allow your system to wake up from suspend or power on through the modem or RTC alarm Multiple boot allowing your system to boot from for exa...

Page 7: ...in its socket Follow the directions in this section which is designed to guide you through a quick and correct method to install your new SY P4VTE Motherboard For detailed information please refer to the SY P4VTE Motherboard User s Manual and Technical Reference online manual on the CD ROM that came with your Motherboard Gather and prepare all necessary components to complete the installation succ...

Page 8: ...U Mount Procedure To mount the Pentium 4 or Celeron Socket mPGA478 processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole edge on the socket 3 Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing 4 Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place Remember...

Page 9: ...tion of Expansion Cards The motherboard has 1AGP slot and 4 PCI slots 1 Read the related expansion card s instruction document before inserting the expansion card into the computer 2 Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in the motherboard 3 Make sure the metal contacts on the card are correctly seated in the slot 4 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 5...

Page 10: ...Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin6 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 NC NC VCC GND IRTX IRRX CD IN L GND GND CD IN R JP1 USB Card Reader Connector optional Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 VCC USB USB GND KEY PANEL1 Front PanelAudio Cnnector Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin6 Pin7 Pin8 Pin9 Pin10 AUD_MIC AUD_GND AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_VCC AUD_FPOUT_R AUD_RET_R HP_ON KEY AUD_FPOUT_L AUD_RET_L USB2 USB3 Front Panel USB Connector Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pi...

Page 11: ...nect 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 PS 2 Keyboard function please make sure the ATX 12V power supply is able to provide at least 720mA on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB Note3 The minimum rec...

Page 12: ... to allow writing of new data into the CMOS memory CMOS Clearing Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data JP5 Setting Short pin 2 3 for at least 5 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 CPU Clock Setting JP2 JP3 Use this jumper to enable the selection of the CPU frequency ...

Page 13: ...kers to line out and rear L R speakers to Line in make sure to set the audio software for 4 channel speaker system Do not forget to set the Audio Rack software to 4 channel system If you are using 6 channel speaker connect the front L R speaker to line out rear L R speaker to line in and center Bass speaker to Mic in make sure to set the audio software for 6 channel speaker system Line in Mic in L...

Page 14: ...S 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 Optimal Settings Select the LOAD Optimal Settings menu and type Y at the prompt to load the BIOS optimal setup Step 3 Select Exit Press Enter to save the new configuration to the CM...

Page 15: ...tains a The user s manual for your new motherboard in PDF format b The driver software needed for installation c Adatabase in HTML format with information on SOYO motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive Please choose your motherboard model number and press OK SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu Now the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will come up as shown on the following p...

Page 16: ...on your system Note The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present on 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 Once the installation is completed restart your system and re...

Page 17: ...ME 2000 XP VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chipsets These four drivers are VIARegistry INF Driver VIAAGP VxD driver VIAATAPI Vendor Support Driver and VIAPCI IRQ Miniport Driver VIA USB2 0 Driver for Win 98SE ME This setup program will install the driver for VIAUSB2 0 Host Controller for Windows 98SE and Wind...

Page 18: ...age your files Panda Anti Virus Utility for Win 98SE ME 2000 XP Anti Virus software for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 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...

Page 19: ...SY P4VTE Quick Start Guide 19 The SOYO CD After Windows XP installation your device manager should look like this ...

Page 20: ...SY P4VTE Quick Start Guide 20 The SOYO CD 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 21: ...SY P4VTE Quick Start Guide 21 The SOYO CD Directory list of the driver CD ...

Page 22: ...m windowsxp pro downloads servicepacks sp1 default asp WindowsXPServicePack1IncludeUSB2 0Driver After installing service pack 1 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 found USB2 0 Driver Installation for Windows 2000 USB 2 0 drivers are available for download using Windows Update for Window...

Page 23: ...atures and set the First Boot Device to SATA1 2 SCSI 4 Set the SATA1 2 SCSI Boot Order to SATA1 2 SCSI Installing VIA 8237 SATA during OS Installation Install driver during Windows XP installation 1 Set the folder options to show hidden files and folders check Microsoft help for more info on how to set this option 2 Go to d raid vt8237 driver disk directory assuming that your CD ROM is drive d cop...

Page 24: ... files and directory to a floppy disk Some files are hidden so step 1 must be done 3 Windows 2000 will start to inspect your hardware configuration 4 Press F6 when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver Appear 5 Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows 2000 Setup window appears 6 Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue ...

Page 25: ...beeping sound heard but the CPU fan is turning 1 Clear CMOS RAM JP5 connector see 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 using another CPU check the Quick start guide for CPU supported on this M B 4 Check if the power supply is ok The minimum should be 350 watt for a minimally loaded system or 400 watt for a f...

Page 26: ...DMI pool data Don t go any further What should I do 1 Clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 2 If still has the problem remove all other add on cards except the video cards see if it boots further Then put peripherals in one by one to identify which one causes the lockup 3 Change the CPU 4 Make sure the boot device Harddisk CDROM Floppy etc yo...

Page 27: ...inish Windows installation Then put peripherals in one by one to identify which one causes the lockup BIOS Issue 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 kvxa_2BA1 meaning BIOS revision 2BA1 for the SY K7V Dragon plus board or 6BA IV_2AA2 which m...

Page 28: ...M 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 card supports the Suspend to Ram function Audio Issue How can I disable the on boardAudio Go to Integrated Peripherals VIAOnchip PCI Device in the BIOS setup then set the AC97Audio to disabled I cannot get the...

Page 29: ... CD ROM if it is working properly 2 The power supply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals If your system has other peripherals connected like CD RW extra HDD etc disconnect them When I boot up my new computer I get floppy boot failure and the LED on the floppy stays on 1 Make sure the red wire of floppy ribbon cable goes to Pin1 on the floppy drive side don t trust the key ...

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