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  • Page 1

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

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    SOY O ™ 2 SY-6VZA Motherboard Socket 370 for Intel Celeron TM processors VIA Apollo Pro AGP/PCI Motherboard 66&100MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor Copyright © 1998 by Soyo Computer Inc. Trademarks: Soyo is a registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc. All trademarks are the property of their owners. Product Rights: Product and cor[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 3 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-6VZA Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide describes the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide is designed for all users to provide the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation. For further information, please re[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 4 Introduction SY-6VZA Motherboard Layout Key Features Ø Supports Intel Celeron TM processors (300A- 433MHz) Ø 3D PnP Audio onboard Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø PC98, ACPI, Ultra DMA/33 Ø SOYO COMBO Setup Ø Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Ø Supports onboard hardware monitoring and includes Hardware Docto r ™ utility Ø [...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 5 Hardware Installation 2 2 Installation To avoid damage to your Motherboard, follow these simple rules while handling this equipment: l Before handling the Motherboard, ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis. l Remove the Motherboard from its anti-static packaging. Hold it by t[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 6 Hardware Installation Install the Motherboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-6VZA 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. 300MHz (66 x 4.5) 333MHz (66 x 5.0) 366MHz (6[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 7 Hardware Installation Step 2. Make Connections to the Motherboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and power supply to the Motherboard. Internal peripherals include IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Chassis Fan, Front Panel Devices (Turbo LED, Internal Speaker, Reset Button, IDE LED, and[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 8 Hardware Installation Step 3. Configure Memory Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 512MB of main memory using DIMM modules from 8MB to 256MB. Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 1 Double-sided/Single-sided Double-sided 2 Double-sided/Single-sided Doub[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 9 Hardware Installation Step 6. Enable/Disable Power-On by Keyboard (JP1) You can choose to enable the Power-On by Keyboard function by shorting pin 2-3 on jumper JP1; otherwise, short pin 1-2 to disable this function. Power-On by Keyboard Disable Enable JP1 Setting Short pin 1-2 to the disable Power-On by Keyboard functio[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 10 Hardware Installation Step 9. Enable/Disable Onboard Sound (JP7) The onboard audio features of your Motherboard are controlled by jumper JP7.You can choose to enable or disable the available sound function by setting JP7 accordingly. l Short pin 1-2 on jumper JP7 to enable the onboard sound function. Then, you can plug [...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 11 Hardware Installation Note on Over-clocking Capability The SY-6VZA Motherboard provides over-clocking capability. Due to the over-clocking setting your system may fail to boot up or hang during run time. If this occurs, please perform the following steps to recover your system from the abnormal situation: 1. Turn off sy[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 12 Quick BIOS Setup 3 3 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. The [SOYO COMBO SETUP] menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick setup in B[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 13 The SOYO CD 4 4 The S OY O CD Your SY-6VZA Motherboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains the user's manual file for your new Motherboard, the drivers software available for installation, and a database in HTML format with information on SOYO Motherboards and other products. Step [...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 14 The SOYO CD Please note that if the Start Up program was unable to determine which SOYO Motherboard you own, the manual selection menu will pop up, as shown below. Then select the user's manual file that corresponds to your Motherboard model name and click OK. (Manual Selection Menu) The user's manual files in[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 15 The SOYO CD Click the Enter SOYO CD button to display the list of drivers that can be installed on your Motherboard. The start-up program displays the drivers available for the SY-6VZA and the Windows version you use. For Windows 95 four drivers will be listed (see ‘ Driver Installation Menu ’ below), for Windows 98[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 16 The SOYO CD Ø VIA Bus Master Driver This is the VIA busmaster driver for Windows 95/98. Only install ONE type of busmaster driver, and make sure to uninstall your previous busmaster driver first .. Ø VIA VxD Driver This is the VXD driver for the AGP port in your Apollo Pro chipset. Ø SOYO CD Xpress Utility This utili[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 17 The SOYO CD Step 4. Enter the SOYO CD Click the Enter SOYO CD button to enter the SOYO HTML database. The Start Up program will activate the default HTML browser installed on your system (for example, Internet Explorer or Netscape) to visualize the contents of the SOYO CD. The SOYO CD contains useful information about y[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 18 Onboard Sound Driver Installation 5 5 Onboard Sound Driver Installation Installing AudioPCI in Windows 95/98 To install the audio drivers in Windows 95/98, insert the SOYO CD into your CD-ROM drive. It will auto-run (If not, run Cdstart.exe in the root of the CD). Now press the install the 6VZA drivers button , select ?[...]

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    SY-6VZA Quick Start Guide 19 Onboard Sound Driver Installation Uninstalling AudioPCI in Windows NT 4.0 To uninstall the software: 1. Click the [Start] button, point to Settings and click [Control Panel]. Double-click the Multimedia icon. 2. From the Audio Devices tabbed page, Select any existing audio devices and then click Remove. Click [Yes] when[...]

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    Edition: December 1998 Version 1.0 6VZA SERIAL International Headquarters Soyo Computer Inc., (Taiwan) Tel: 886-2-2290-3300 Fax: 886-2-2298-3322 Web Site: http://www.soyo.com.tw E-mail: info@mail.soyo.com.tw USA Branch Office SOYO TEK Inc., (USA) Tel: 1-510-226-7696 Fax: 1-510-226-9218 Web Site: http://www.soyousa.com E-mail: sales@soyousa.com SOYO[...]