Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SY-K7VTA Pro SOYO
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SY -K7VT A PRO Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dwar e Installa tion Quic k BIOS Setup Intr oduction T he SO Y O CD.
SOYO™ 2 SY -K7VT A PRO Motherboard Socket 462 for AMD ® Athlon/Duron TM processors VIA KT133A AGP/PCI Mot herboard 266 MHz Front Side Bus supported AT X F o r m F a c t o r Copyright © 2002 by Soyo Computer Inc. T rademar ks: Soyo is the registered trademark of Soyo Comput er Inc.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 3 Intr oduction 1 1 Intr oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY -K7VT A PRO Motherboard. This Quick S tart Guide illustrates the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide provides users with the basic steps of Mother board setting and operation.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick Start Guide 4 Intr oduction SY -K7VT A PRO Motherboar d Lay out PRT PS/2 KB Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector AT X P o w e r LINE- OUT LIN E- IN MIC-IN GAME COM1 COM2 USB 1_ 2 SDRAM .
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 5 Intr oduction Ke y Fe a t u r e s Supports Socket A (Socket 462) AMD® processors — Supports 200MHz Front Side Bus DDR(Double Data Rate) transfer on Athlon(750MHz~1.3GHz) Duron (600MHz~950MHz) — Supports 266MHz Front Side Bus DDR (Double Data Rate) transfer on Athlon(1GHz~1.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick Start Guide 6 Har dware Installat ion 2 2 Installa tion T o avoid damage to your Motherboard, please follow these simple rules while handling this equipment: Before handling the Motherboard, ground your self by touching an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 7 Har dware Installat ion Install the Mother board T o perform the installation of your new SY -K7VT A PRO Motherboard, follow the steps below: Step 1. CPU Installation Mark your CPU Frequency: Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover .
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick Start Guide 8 Har dware Installat ion F OC ( Fan-Off Contr ol ) The newly designed SOYO “FOC” is bas ed on the conc ept of tot al protection for CP U, which is very different from currently seen on th e market. The H/W control function is used to see a passive s ecurity system of monitor ing and warning.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 9 Har dware Installat ion Step 2. Set CPU jumper CPU Ratio Adjustment Setting (RJ1) For certain AMD CPUs, the multiplier is not locked such that setting a ratio/multiplier higher than specified on the CPU is possible.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick Start Guide 10 Har dware Installat ion Refer to the following table: CPU FSB Setting FJ1 FJ2 200MHz Short Pin2-3 Short Pin2-3 266MHz Short Pin1-2 Short Pin1-2 Step 3. Connections to the Motherboar d This section tells how to connec t internal peripherals and the power supply to the Motherboard.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 11 Har dware Installat ion Connectors and Plug-ins St andard IrDA (In frared Device Header): SIRCON W ake-On -LAN Header: J10 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 .
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick Start Guide 12 Har dware Installat ion Step 4. Configure M emor y Supports PC133/ PC100 SDRAM and V irtual Channel Memory (VCM) SDRAM up to 3 DIMMs and using system memory up to 1.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 13 Har dware Installat ion Ho w to Clear CMOS Data(JP5) In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data, follow t he steps below to clear the CMOS memory . 1. Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2-3 on jumper JP5.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick Start Guide 14 Quick BIOS Setup 3 3 Quic k BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not us e any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency .
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 15 Th e S O Y O CD 4 4 Th e S O Y O C D The SOYO-CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Op erating System oth er than Windows 9x or NT .
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 16 Th e S O Y O CD 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.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 17 Th e S O Y O CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers foll ows: VIA 4in1 Driver Package for Win 9x/ME/NT/ 2K VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve t he performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chips ets.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 18 Th e S O Y O CD K7VTAPRO VIA hardware(R) mo nitor for (Win 95/98) Y our motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC. By installing this utility T emperature, Fan speed and V oltages can be monitored. It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre-set values.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 19 Quick T rouble shoot tips What to check when you encounter : Boot-up issue The system do not power - up, no beeping sound heard and the CPU fan does not turn on. 1. check if the power cord is plug to the power source 2.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 20 The system turns on for some s econds then shutdown by itself. 1. check if the CPU fan is connected to the CPUF AN1 connector (For K7 a nd P4 M/B only) 2. the CPU might be overheating. Check the CPU F AN if it is defe ctive or see if the CPU fan is in contac t with the CPU.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 21 3. do not overclock your CPU 4. check the specification of the memory module, m aybe the M/B do not support it. 5. go to BIOS setup and load fa il safe settings 6. check website for la test bios update 7. check website for F AQ’ s regarding instability issue 8.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 22 CPU issue During Boot-up, my CPU sp e ed is displayed wr ong. Check the jumper on the M/B, if th e CPU frequency is set to 133MHz.
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 23 Hard disk issue My W estern digital HDD is not detected during boot-up or No fix disk pr esent. Change the jumper settings to cable sel ect or single or rem ove the jumpers. For updated F AQs, please check http://www .
SY -K7VT A PRO Quick S tart Guide 24 How to contact us: If you are interested in our products, please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live. If you require T echnical Assistance, pl ease contact our T echnical Support in the region you live.
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