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SOYO SY-K7ADA manual

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    SY-K7ADA Motherboard Quick Start Guide Hardware Installation Quick BIOS Setup Introduction The SOYO CD[...]

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    SOYO ™ 2 SY-K7ADA Motherboard Socket 462 for AMD ® Athlon/ Duron TM processors ALI MAGiK1 AGP/PCI Motherboard 200/266 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor Copyright © 2001 by Soyo Computer Inc. Trademarks: Soyo is the registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc. All trademarks are the properties of their owners. Product Rights: All names [...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 3 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-K7ADA Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide provide users with the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation. For further information, please refer to the SY-[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 4 Introduction SY-K7ADA Motherboard Layout PR T PS/2 K B Connecto r PS/2 Mous e Connector ATX Powe r AOU T AI N AMI C AGAM E COM A COM B USB 1_ 2 SDRA M SDRA M ® M164 7 AGP Slo t 3 V Lithiu m Battery JP 1 1 3 RJ 2 1 3 RJ 3 1 3 CDIN 1 1 4 PCI Slot # 5 F la sh B IO S PCI Slot # 1 PCI Slot # 4 PCI Slot # 3 PCI Slot # 2 FL P[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 5 Introduction Key Features Ø Supports Socket A (Socket 462) AMD® processors ¡ X Supports 200MHz Front Side Bus l Athlon(750MHz~1.3GHz) l Duron (600MHz~900MHz) ¡ X Supports 266MHz Front Side Bus l Athlon(1GHz~1.33GHz) Ø PC99, ACPI 1.0b Ø Ultra DMA33/66/100 (ATA 33/66/100) EIDE Ø Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Ø Power-[...]

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    SY-K7ADA 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 an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis. l Remove the Motherboard from its anti-static packaging. Hold[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 7 Hardware Installation Install the Motherboard To perform the installation of your new SY-K7ADA 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 Athlon CPU 750 MHz (100 x 7.5) 800 MHz [...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 8 Hardware Installation Step 2. 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 (Suspend LED Internal Speaker, Reset Button and I[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 9 Hardware Installation ATX Power Supply: ATX PW Attach the ATX Power cable to this connector. (This motherboard requires an ATX power supply , an AT power supply can NOT be used.) When using the Power-On by PS/2 Keyboard function, please make sure the ATX power supply is able to provide at least 720mA on the 5V Standby l[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 10 Hardware Installation If you set ratio to manual and configure the RJ1 DIP switch to the settings that match your CPU speed, as follow table: RJ1 1 2 3 4 RJ1 1 2 3 4 5 On On Off On 9 On On Off Off 5.5 Off On Off On 9.5 Off On Off Off 6 On Off Off On 10 On Off Off Off 6.5 Off Off Off On 10.5 Off Off Off Off 7 On On On O[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 11 Hardware Installation FJ1 – CPU frequency setting CPU Freq(MHz) SDRAM(MHz) 1 2 3 4 100 100 On On Off Off 133 133 On Off Off Off Step 7. CPU Vcore adjustment (VJ1) Refer to following table to set the voltage of your CPU. If you set VJ2 status to AUTO, please set VJ1 switch status to Off (all) . Status Setting VJ2 Manu[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 12 Hardware Installation CMOS Clear (JP5) In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data, follow the steps below to clear the CMOS memor y. 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 jumper back to 1-2 to allo[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 13 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] combines the main parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick setup in BIOS.[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 14 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-K7ADA 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/software available for in[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 15 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 syst[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 16 The SOYO CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers follows: Ø ALi AGP driver for Win 9x/2000 The ALi AGP driver package includes below drivers your motherboard needs. After selecting this driver package, one driver will be installed automatically. A description of the 2 drivers follows[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 17 The SOYO CD 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, most drivers [...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 18 The SOYO CD Remove USB device(ex : USB keyboard, mouse , … ,etc.) Refresh[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 19 The SOYO CD Final 2.If customer uses the WINDOWS 95 OSR2, please use the NT version driver when installing audio driver. 3.Right now, ALI chipset does not support A TI RAGE 128 graphics chip, so K7ADA can not support this kind of VGA card. Step 4. Check the Latest Releases Click the 'Check the latest Releases&apos[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 20 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 coul[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 21 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 th[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 22 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 tha[...]

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    SY-K7ADA Quick Start Guide 23 Hong Kong Soyo (H.K.) Ltd. 5C, Big Star Centre, 8 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, HK TEL: 852-2710-9810 FAX: 852-2710-9078 http://www.soyo.com.hk/ Email: soyo@hkstar.com[...]

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    Edition: May 2001 Version 1.2 SY- K7ADA SERIAL[...]