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  • Page 1

    SY -P4RS300 Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dware Installation Quick BIOS Setup Introduction T he SO Y O CD USB 2.0 Driv er Installa tion[...]

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    SOYO™ 2 1. Please r ead the users guide before pr oceeding with your installa tions. Serious damage ma y occur if the pr ocedur e is not followed pr operly . 2. Ple ase make sure that your m emory modu les ar e inserted correc tly . They c an go in only one way , and should fit comp letely in the sock et without sticking out. 3. If you have a Pen[...]

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    SOYO™ 3 SY -P4RS300 Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 Processor supported A T i RS300 AGP/PCI Motherboard 800/533/400 Front Side Bus supported A TX Form Factor Copyright © 2003 by SOYO Compu ter Inc. T rademark s: SOYO is a regis tered trademark of SOYO Comput er Inc. All trademarks are properties of their owne rs. Product Rights: All names of the pro[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 4 Introduction 1 1 Intr oduction T h i s SY -P4RS3 00 mainboar d has a Socket 478 for the Intel P entium 4 type of processors supporting front side bus (F SB) speeds up to 800 MHz . Hyper Thr eading T echnology , designed to take advantage of the mult itasking features in Window s XP , gives you the power to do more t[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 5 Intr oduction SY - P4RS300 Mo therboard Lay out PS/2 KB Connector PS /2 Mou se Connector PRT COM A VGA ou t AC'97 Codec Audio out /Front out Au dio in /Rea r out MIC IN/Ce nte r & B ass out +12V P ower PCI Slot #5 PCI Slot #1 PCI Slot #4 PCI Slot #3 PCI Slot #2 1 1 1 1 9 10 10 10 9 9 CD IN FRONT A UDIO US B[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 6 Introduction Ke y F e a t u r e s CPU Socket 478 Processor The PGA Socket 478  Supports Intel Pentium 4 series C PU with/w ithout H y pe r T h re a d i n g T echnology  Supports a front-side bus (FSB) of 800 MHz Chipset A TI RS300 Northbridge / IX P 150 Southbridge Memory  The mainboard accommodat es two 18[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 7 Installation 2 2 Installa tion T o avoid damage to your motherbo ard, please follow these simple rules while handling this eq uipment:  Before handling the moth er board, groun d yourself by to uching on to an unpai nted portion of t he system's m etal chassis.  Remove the motherboar d from its anti -stat[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 8 Installation Install the Mot herboard We will now be gin the inst allation process. Please fo llow the following procedure to lead you to a comp lete and correct installation. Step 1 - Install the Central Pro cessing Unit (C PU) Step 2 - Install memory modules Step 3 - Connect ca bles, case wi res, power supply and [...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 9 Installation F r ont Side Bus F r equency Selection (JU200/JU201) These jumpers can be programmed t o 400Mhz, 533M hz or 800MHz depending on your current CPU FSB . JU200 S etting JU2 01 Setti ng FSB100 (400MHz) Short pin 2-3 Short pin 2-3 FSB133 (533MHz) Short pin 2-3 Short pin 1-2 FSB200 (800MHz) Short pin 1-2 Shor[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 10 Installation Step 2. Configure Memor y This mother board supp orts Dual Channels to your memory . In order for D ual Channe l to work, 2 modules o f equal size and spe cif ications hav e to be insta lled. ECC and registered memory are not suppor ted. The largest memory cap acity possible is 2GB. On this motherb oar[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 11 Installation Step 2. Installat ion of Expansion Car ds The mot herboar d has 1 AG P slot an d 5 PC I slots. 1. Read t he instructi on docume nt of th e relat ed exp ansion car d before insert ing the expansio n card int o the com puter. 2. Press th e expansion c ard firml y into expan sion slot in t he mother board[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 12 Installation Speaker Pin1 Pin3 Pin5 Pin7 VCC NC N C Speaker out Power LED Pin2 Pin4 Pin6 3V3SB GND GND HDD LED PWRBT RESET Pin1 1 Pin12 P in17 Pin 1 8 Pi n13 Pi n14 LED Anode LE D Cathode Po wer On/Off GND GND Control PIN Power On/Off: PWRBT Connect y our power swit ch to this h eader (mo mentary sw itch ty pe). T [...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 13 Installation CMOS Clear (JU600) In some cases the CMOS memory may contai n wr ong data, follow the steps below to clear the CMOS memory . 1. Clear the CMO S memory by moment arily shorting pin 2-3 on jumper JU600. Its white cap can ea sily iden tify thi s jumper . 2. Put the jumper back to 1-2 t o allow writin g of[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 14 Quic k BIOS Setup 3 3 Quic k BIOS S etup After the hardware instal lati on is complete, turn the po wer switch on, then p ress the <DEL> key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup progr am. The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will be shown on the scr een. Then, follow thes e steps to con figure [...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 15 Th e S O Y O CD 4 4 T he SO Y O CD The SOYO-CD will Auto Run only in Window s Based Operat ing Systems. Y our SY -P4RS300 motherboard comes wi th a CD-ROM labeled "SO YO CD." The SOYO CD contains a. The user's manual for your new motherboard in PDF format, b. The drivers software availa ble for i nst[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 16 Th e S O Y O CD Under Win dows 95/98/ME, the SOYO CD Star t Up Program automa tically detec ts the SOYO motherboard the sys tem uses and di splays the corresp ond ing model name. The user's manual files incl uded on the SOYO CD are in PDF (Postscript Document format). In order to read a PD F file, the appropri[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 17 Th e S O Y O CD (Driver Inst allation Menu) A short descript ion of all available drivers follows:  ATI Software Dr iver for Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP Installs all the necess ary drivers (like IAGP , IDE, SMbus, G ART and Audio driver) for the system to operate properly . Select which driver y ou want to install and c[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 18 USB2.0 Driv e r Installation 5 5 USB2.0 Driv er Installa tion Installing the US B2.0 Dr iv ers under W indo ws XP USB 2.0 Drivers are available for download using Windows Updat e for both Windows XP . Alternatively , installing service pac k 1 will also install the USB 2.0 driver s. For additional information r ega[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 19 Quick T r ouble shoot tips Boot-up Issues The system does not power- up, no beeping sound hea rd and the CPU fan does not turn on. 1. Check if t he power c ord is pl ug to the pow er sour ce. 2. Check if t he power is con necte d to the M/B. 3. Check if t he cable o f the case power bu tton is con necte d to the M/[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 20 3. Clear CMO S battery . (JP5 conn ector , se e the Qu ick start gu ide for more inf o on how to clear the CMOS). 4. Ma ke sure the power supply you have on your system support s the M/B specif ication. Example. If you have a P4 M/B, you need to use a P4 power supply . 5. If you already checked the power supply spe[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 21 My system intermittently locks u p , during Windows installation. 1. Go to BIO S and loa d “load optimized defaults”. 2. Chec k website fo r any BIOS update. 3. If it st ill has the pr oblem, remov e all oth er add-on cards e xcept C PU/ Me mory/ V ideo card/H ard disk. Se e if you can fin ish Window s installa[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 22 Is there a way to reprogram my BI O S after an unsu ccessful flash? There is no other way , you need t o send back the B IOS R OM to your nearest SOYO branch for re-flashing. VGA Issue I cannot set my VGA to go highe r than 16 color (640x 480). 1. Make su re that yo u have insta lled t h e A TI utilit y driv er set[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 23 LAN Issues During LAN driv er installation, the syste m hangs on 75%, why? Enable t he on board LAN in the B IOS setup. I have problems installing Novell NetW are v .50 Disable the APIC op tion in the BIOS . For more F AQ update please che ck http: //ww w .soyousa. com/kb[...]

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    SY -P4RS300 Quick S tart Guide 24 How to cont act us:  If you are inte rested in o ur product s, please co ntact t he SOYO sales depa rtm ent in the r egion you live.  If you require T echnical Assistan ce, please cont act our T echnical Support in the r egion you live. SOYO prefers E mail as c ommunicat ion medium, re member t o always add t[...]