SOYO SY-K7VTA Pro manual

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. All trademarks are the properties of their owners. Product Right[...]

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. For further information, pleas[...]

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 SDRAM V T8363A AGP Sl ot 3V Lit hi um Batter y JP 5 1 3 FJ1 FJ2 1 1 3 3 J3 13 J2 1 3 JP7 1 3 CDIN1 1 4 IS A Slot PCI Slot #5 Flash BI OS PCI Slot #1 P[...]

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~1.6GHz)  PC99, ACPI  Ul[...]

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.  Remove the Motherboard from its anti-stat ic[...]

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 . 200MHz FSB DDR transfer on Athlo[...]

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. “ FOC”, designe[...]

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. For technical details read the following: Refer to the following table to set the Frequency Mu[...]

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. The internal peripherals consist [...]

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 +5V NC IRRX GND IRTX 5VSB GND RING USB3_4: USB3 USB3_4: USB4 Pin1 Pin3 Pin5 Pin7 Pin2 Pin4 Pin6 Pin8 Pin10 +5V Data(-) Data(+) GND +5V Data(-) Data(+)[...]

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 1.5GB. Memory Configuration T able Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM3 RAM T ype SDRAM/ VCM SDRAM Memory Module Size (MB) 32/64/128/256/512 MB[...]

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. This jumper can be easily identified by its white colored cap. 2. Then put the jump[...]

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 . Instead, CPU settings are software c onfigurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. The [SOYO COMBO S ETUP] combines the main par ameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick se[...]

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 . Y our SY -K 7VT A PRO Motherboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains (1) the user's manual file for your new Motherboard, (2) the drivers/[...]

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. Note: The Start Up program automat ically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present i[...]

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. These four drivers are: VIA Regi[...]

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. Select [...]

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. check if the powe r is connected to the M/B 3. check if the case power button is c onnected t[...]

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. 3. clear CMOS battery . (JP5 connector[...]

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. change the memory m odule or CPU My system is not[...]

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. VGA issue I cannot set my VGA to go higher than 16 color in M/B w ith VIA chipset (640x 480) Make sure that you ha ve installed the VIA 4 in 1 driver and the correct VGA driver Audio[...]

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 .soyo.com.tw/faq.htm or http://www .soyousa.com/faqs.html[...]

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. SOYO prefers Email as communication medium, remember t o always add to the email [...]

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