SOYO SY-6IWM manual

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    SY-6IWM Motherboard Quick Start Guide Hardware Installation Quick BIOS Setup Introduction The SOYO CD Aureal Sound Driver Installation[...]

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    SOY O ™ 2 SY-6IWM Motherboard Pentium ® III, Pentium ® II & Celeron TM processors Intel FW82810E AGP/PCI/AMR Motherboard 133/100/66 MHz Front Side Bus supported Micro ATX Form Factor Copyright © 1999 by Soyo Computer Inc. Trademarks: Soyo is the registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc. All trademarks are the properties of their owners. P[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 3 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-6IWM Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide provides all users with the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation. For further information, please refer to the [...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 4 Introduction SY-6IWM Motherboard Layout (Optional) PR T USB 1 USB 2 PS/2 K B Connecto r PS/2 Mous e Connector PCI Slot # 1 PCI Slot # 3 AM R 3 V Lithiu m Battery CPUFA N 1 Winbon d W83627H F -A W IDE 2 IDE 1 1 1 1 FD C ATX Powe r LINE-OU T LINE-I N MIC JAC K JOYSTIC K JP 4 JP 3 JP 7 JP 2 JP 9 1 1 1 3 3 3 JP 1 JP4 4 WO L [...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 5 Introduction Key Features Ø Pentiu m ® III processor (450-733MHz), Pentiu m ® II processor (233-450MHz) & Celero n ™ processor (266-433MHz) Ø Supports 66/100/133 MHz Front Side Bus Frequency Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø Chipset integrated 3D AGP Accelerator Ø Easy CPU settings in BIOS with the “ SOYO COMBO [...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 6 Hardware Installation 2 2 Installation To avoid damage to your Motherboard, please follow these simple rules while handling this equipment: l Before handling the Motherboard, ground yourself by touching on to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis. l Remove the Motherboard from its anti-static packaging.[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 7 Hardware Installation Install the Motherboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-6IWM Motherboard. Step 1. Install the CPU Mark your CPU Frequency: Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover. FSB 66MHz 266MHz (66 x 4.0) 333MHz (66 x 5.0)[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 8 Hardware Installation Step 2. Configure Memory Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, and supports up to 512MB main memory using industry standard Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), single or double-sided, 3.3V unbuffered DIMM modules from 8MB to 256MB. Registered DIMMs or DIMMs populated with 4 bit wide SDRAM devices are not [...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 9 Hardware Installation Step 3. Connections to the Motherboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and the power supply to the Motherboard. The internal peripherals consist of IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Chassis Fan, Front Panel Devices (ACPI LED, Internal Speaker, Reset Button, IDE LED[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 10 Hardware Installation Step 4. Set JP2, JP3,JP4 and JP7 to configure CPU FSB Frequency The FSB Frequency can be set through the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP] . The BIOS will allow selection from 1 out of 3 intervals. The intervals are: - 66 to 100MHz - 100 to 133MHz - 133Mhz and above What interval can be selected from depends[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 11 Hardware Installation Free Selection JP3 JP7 JP2 JP4 Range of CP U frequency setting through BIOS 66MHz open open Short Pin 2-3 Short Pin 2-3 66~75 MHz 100MHz open open Short Pin 1-2 Short Pin 2-3 100~140MHz 133MHz open open Short Pin 1-2 Short Pin 1-2 133~150MHz Step 5. Set JP9 for hardware Write-Protect This jumper se[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 12 Hardware Installation Step 7. CMOS Clear (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 i[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 13 Quick BIOS Setup 3 3 Quick BIOS Setup After completion of hardware installation, turn the power switch on, then press the <DEL> key while the system diagnostic is checking to enter the Award BIOS Setup program. The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will be displayed on screen. Then follow these steps to configure the CPU setting[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 14 Quick BIOS Setup Step 4. Select [SAVE & EXIT SETUP] Press <Enter> to save the new configuration to the CMOS memory, and continue the boot sequence.[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 15 The SOYO CD 4 4 The S OY O CD The SOYO-CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating System other than Windows 9x or NT. Your SY-6IWM Motherboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains the user's manual file for your new (1) Motherboard, (2) the drivers software available for inst[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 16 The SOYO 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 automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present in your syste[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 17 The SOYO CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers follows: Ø INTEL Whitney VGA Drivers for Win9x In order to be able to make use of the integrated VGA function in your Whitney chipset, you will need to install this driver first. For Windows 95/98 only. Ø INTEL Whitney VGA Drivers for [...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 18 The SOYO CD Step 3. Check the Latest Releases Click the 'Check the latest Releases' 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 connectio[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 19 Aureal Sound Driver Installation 5 5 Aureal Sound Driver Installation Installation of the Aureal Sound drivers under Windows 95/98 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 1. Access to Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 installationCD-ROM. 2. Good-quality speakers or headphones and connecting cables. 3. Joystick and MIDI keyboard[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 20 Aureal Sound Driver Installation Vortex Application Setup driv-allAurealA3DDemos Windows NT 4.0 Installation driv-allAurealWinNT40 Windows 2000 Installation driv-allAurealWin2000 UNINSTALLING WINDOWS 95/98 DRIVERS To uninstall the Vortex software, you can use the following procedure: 1. Open to the Windows 95[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 21 Quick Trouble shoot tips Video (no display) related issues I built a new computer system using a Soyo board and nothing happens when turning it on, no video and no beeps from the PC speaker. What is happening and how can it be fixed ? No screen and no beeps mean that your CPU and motherboard do not work at all. It could[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 22 I get distorted video my AGP card right after I save my bios. Why is that? The cause is likely that your AGP card is not running at the correct bus speed. To fix this, please clear the CMOS via JP5 and if it still does not work, please upgrade your motherboard bios to the latest version. BIOS Issues Where can I find the[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 23 In Device Manager, I keep getting yellow exclamation signs on my sound port even though I have installed my sound driver 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 installe[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 24 How to contact us: n If you are interested in our products, please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live. n If you require Technical Assistance, please contact our Technical Support in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as communication medium, remember to always add to the email the country that[...]

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    SY-6IWM Quick Start Guide 25 SOYO Deutschland GmbH August-Wilhelm-K u hnholz-Str. 15 D-26135 Oldenburg Region Covered: Germany Web Site: www.saat.de , www.soyo- saat.com , www.soyo-saat.de Vertrieb Mainboards , Notebooks und SoyoCom Produkte: E-Mail: sales@soyo.de Fon: +49-(0 )441/20910-31/33 Fax: +49-(0 )441/203422 Technischer Support: E-Mail: sup[...]

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    Edition: January 2000 Version 1.2 SY-6IWM SERIAL[...]