SOYO SY-KT333 manual

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dware Insta lla tion Quic k BIOS Setup Introduction T he SO Y O CD[...]

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    SOYO™ 2 SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Motherboard AMD ® K7 Athlon & Duron TM processors VIA KT333 AGP/PCI Motherboard 100/133 MHz Front Si de B us supported AT X F o r m F a c t o r Copyrig ht © 2002 by SOYO Com puter Inc. Tr a d e m a r k s : SOYO is a regis tered tradem ark of SOYO Comput er Inc. All trad em arks are pro perties of their owners. [...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 3 Intr oduction 1 1 Intr oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY -KT333 DR AGON Lite 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 i[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 4 Intr oduction SY -KT333 DRA GON Lite Motherboar d Lay out (Opti onal ) PRT PS/2 KB Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector AT X P o w e r LINE -OU T LINE -IN MIC GAME PORT COM 1 COM 2 USB 1_2 AG P Sl ot 3V Lit hium Batte ry JP5 13 PCI Sl ot #5 PCI Sl ot #1 PCI Sl ot #4 PCI Sl ot #3 PCI Sl ot #2 FDC1 ID E 1 ID E 2 S[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 5 Intr oduction K e y Fe at u r e s  Supports Socket A AMD ® K7 processors - Supports 200/266 MHz Front Side Bus Athlon /XP CPU (750MHz ~ 2100+) - Duron  /Morgan CPU (650MHZ ~ 1.2GHz)  Supports 200/266/333 DDR (Double Data Rate) module  PC99, ACPI  Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 (A T A 33/66/100/133[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 6 Installatio n 2 2 Installation T o avoid damage to your motherboard, pleas e follow these simp le rules while handling this equipment:  Before handling the motherboard, ground yourself by touching on to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis.  Remove the motherboard from its anti-sta[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 7 Installa tion We w ill now begin the inst allation process. Please follow the step-by-step procedure d esigned to lead you to a comple te and co rrect installation. Step 1 - Assembling the motherboard to the case Step 2 - Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 3 - Install memory modules Step 4 - In[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 8 Installatio n Step 2. Install the CPU CPU Mount Pr ocedur e: T o mount the AMD ® K7 Athlon & Duron TM processor that you have purchased separately , f ollow these instructions. 1. Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position. 2. Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole edge on the[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 9 Installa tion CPU F an Installation Y our Sock et A proc essor kit c omes with a c ooling f an. Mount th e fan on the process or accor ding to the inst ructi ons prov ided by the manufacturer . The fan is a key compone nt that will ensure system stabi lity . The fan prevents ov erheating, therefor e prolon[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 10 Installatio n 3. Clip-on the second lock and please make sure not to damage/scratch the board. 4. The fans power connector should be connected to CPUF AN1. Note: If the fan is de fect ive or power connect or is not connect ed to CPUF AN1, th e sys tem wil l enabl e Fan Of f Cont rol function. See below fo[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 11 Installa tion FOC (F an-Of f Control) The new ly designed SO YO “FOC” i s based o n the conc ept of to tal pr ot ection for C PU, which is very different from currently seen on t he market. The H/W contr ol function is used to see a pa ssive security sys tem o f monitor ing an d warni ng. S/W Simultan[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 12 Installatio n Step 3. Configure Memor y Y our board comes with three DIMM sockets, providi ng support for up to 3GB of main memory using unbuffered and non-ECC DIMM modules from 64MB to 1GB . On this motherboard, DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed. Depending on the DRAM cl[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 13 Installa tion Connectors and Plug-ins Standard IrDA (In frared Device Heade r):SIRCON W ake-On-LAN Header : JP44 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin6 Pin7 Pin8 Pin9 Pin10 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 VCC NC IRRX GND IRT X VCC NC CIRRX GND CIRT X 5V -SB GND MP_W akeup SMCARDCN Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin6 Pin7 Pin8 Pin9 Pin 1[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 14 Installatio n CMOS Clear (JP5) In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data, follow the steps bel ow to clear the CMOS memory . 1. Put the jumper back to 1-2 to allow wr iting of new data int o the CMOS memory . 2. Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2-3 on jumper JP5. This jumper ca[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 15 Quic k BIOS Setup 3 3 Quic k BIOS Setup This motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency . Instead, CPU settings are software configur able with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO FEA TURE] . The [SOYO COMBO FEA TURE] combines the main par ameters that you need to configur e, all in one menu,[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guide 16 T he SO Y O CD 4 4 T he SO Y O CD The SOYO-CD will Auto Run only in Windows Base Operating System . Y our SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite motherboard co mes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains a. The user's manual for your new motherboard -in P DF format, b. The drivers software av[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 17 T he SO 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 automatic ally detects if the Acrobat R eader utility is already pr[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guide 18 T he SO Y O CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short des cription o f all avail able driv ers follows:  VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package f or Win 9x /ME/NT/2k/XP VIA 4 In 1 driver includes f our system drivers to improve the performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chipsets. These four driver[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 19 T he SO Y O CD  C-MEDIA 4-channe l Onboard Aud io Driv e r/Application f or Win 9x/ME/ 2000/NT/XP 1. The driver supports 2/4/6 speak ers 3D positional audio. 2. The application is include CD Player/MIDI Player/MP3/W ave Player/Mixer with the control over your PC’s audio functions.  KT333 DRAGON Li[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guide 20 Audio Driv er Installa tion 5 5 A udio Driv er Installation A u dio Dri v er In stal latio n for Wi ndows 98/ 98se. After you have installed the audio driver , windows may prompt you to restart your computer . When your computer restarted it may look for windows driver from your Win98CD and ask you to in[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 21 Quick T r ouble shoot tips Boot-up Issues The system do not po wer - up, no beep ing so und heard and the CPU fan doe s not turn on. 1. Check if the pow er cord is plug to th e power source. 2. Check if the power is connec ted to the M/B . 3. Check if t he cable of t he case power butt on is connect ed to[...]

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    SY -KT333 D RAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 22 4. If you alread y checked the power supply specification, chan ge the power supply it might be defec tive. The minimum is 250 watts. When I boot up my system, everything works fine, it sees my CPU and memory , detect s my hard driv e, flo ppy dr ive and CD-ROM but loc k s up at "V erify DMI pool d[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 23 My syst em interm ittently lo cks up, dur ing Windows installa tion. 1. Go to BIOS and load “l oad optimized default” . 2. Check website for any BIOS up date. 3. If st ill has the problem , remo ve all ot her add- on car ds exc ept CPU/ Memo ry/ V ideo card/Ha rd disk. See if you can finish W indows i[...]

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    SY -KT333 D RAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 24 VGA Issue I cannot set my VGA to go high er than 16 col or (640x 480). 1. Ma ke s ure t hat you have i nst alle d the VIA 4 i n 1 driver . 2. Ins tall/ re-insta ll the VGA driver . After wake-up from Suspend to RAM or S ta ndby mode, the screen has no display but I can hear the hard disk ope rating 1. I[...]

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    SY -KT333 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guide 25 Hard disk/FDD/CD-ROM issue My W estern digital HDD is not detected during boot-up Change t he jumper s ettings t o cable sel ect or sin gle. Sometimes the system find s my CD-ROM, sometime s not 1. Check CD-ROM if it is wor kin g proper ly . 2. The powe r supply might not have en ough wa ttage to support [...]

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    SY -KT333 D RAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 26 How to contact us:  If y ou are int ere sted in ou r pr oducts, please contact the SOYO sales departmen t in the region you live.  If you require T echnical Assi st ance, please cont act our T e chnical S upport in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as commun ica tion medium, remember to alwa[...]

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