Yamaha SY-6ICA manual

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

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    SOY O ™ 2 SY-6ICA Motherboard Pentiu m ® III & Pentium ® II processors Intel FW82820 AGP/PCI/AMR Motherboard 100 & 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported 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. Product Rights: [...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 3 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-6ICA 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-6ICA Quick Start Guide 4 Introduction SY-6ICA Motherboard Layout (Optional) PR T USB 1 USB 2 PS/2 K B Connecto r PS/2 Mous e Connecto r PCI Slot # 1 PCI Slot # 3 PCI Slot # 5 PCI Slot # 4 AM R 3 V Lithiu m Battery CPUFA N PWRFA N 1 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 9 JP 7 JP1 0 [...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 5 Introduction Key Features Ø Supports Intel® processors - FSB 100MHz: Pentium® II (350- 450MHz) & Pentium® III (450-733MHz) - FSB 133MHz: Pentium® III (533/600MHz) Ø Supports 100/133 MHz Front Side Bus Frequency Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø Easy CPU settings in BIOS with the “ SOYO COMBO Setup ” Ø PC99, AC[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 6 Hardware Installation 2 2 Installation T o 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-6ICA Quick Start Guide 7 Hardware Installation Install the Motherboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-6ICA 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 cove r . FSB 100MHz 350MHz (100 x 3. 5) 450MHz (100 [...]

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    SY-6ICA 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 (ACPI LED, Internal Speake r , Reset Button, IDE L[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 9 Hardware Installation Step 3. Configure Memory This motherboard incorporates the latest Direct Rambus ™ technology memory subsystem capable of delivering three times the bandwidth of conventional 100MHz SDRAM based systems. The board comes with two RIM M ™ sockets for modular memory expansion, allowing maximum memory[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 10 Hardware Installation Step 4. Set the CPU Frequency This Motherboard does not use any jumpers to set the CPU frequency; the CPU settings can be changed through the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. Please refer to Chapter 3 “ Quick BIOS Setup ” for details on setting the Coppermine TM processor frequenc y . Step 5. Set JP9 f[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 11 Hardware Installation Step 7. PC speaker redirection (JP10) Through this jumper the case speaker output can be redirected to the external (amplified) speakers (if connected) through the on-board Audio- Codec. PC speaker redirection Redirect to external speaker Use case speaker JP10 Setting Short pin 1-2 Short pin 2-3 St[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 12 Hardware Installation Step 9. CPU Safe Mode (JP7) If the user overclocks the system there is always the risk that the system will not boot up properl y . In that case closing JP7 will force system to use the actual CPU multiplier to boot up. The boot-up sequence in that case will be as follows: Ø -The system will start[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 13 Quick BIOS Setup 3 3 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not require any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequenc y . Instead, CPU settings are software configurable through the BIOS [ Soyo Combo Feature]. The [ Soyo Combo Feature] menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure your system. They are all[...]

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    SY-6ICA 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-6ICA 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 inst[...]

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    SY-6ICA 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 syste[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 16 The SOYO CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers follows: Ø Intel . inf utility for Win 9x Windows 95 and 98 will not recognize the new INTEL Camino chipset properl y . To update the necessary . inf files that will help Windows recognize the Camino chipset, please run this utilit y . [...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 17 The SOYO CD Note: Once you have selected a drive r , the system will automatically exit the SOYO CD to begin the driver installation program. When the installation is complete, most drivers require to restart your system before they can become active. Step 3. Check the Latest Releases Click the 'Check the latest Re[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 18 YAMAHA Sound Driver Installation 5 5 Yamaha Sound Driver Installation Most of the drivers on this CD can be installed automaticall y . Run the SOYO-CD program and click the 'install drivers' button. Now a list of the available drivers will be displayed. Select a driver and click OK to install the drive r . Som[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 19 YAMAHA Sound Driver Installation T o change the drive r , click this entry and select properties -> driver -> update drive r . Now an updatemenu will be shown. If windows asks you for the location of the drive r , give it the following directory: d:driv-comyamahaWIN98&2000wdmv4.10.2 119 After the installat[...]

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    SY-6ICA 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 could[...]

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    SY-6ICA 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 the[...]

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    SY-6ICA Quick Start Guide 22 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-6ICA Quick Start Guide 23 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-6ICA Quick Start Guide 24 SOYO Deutschland GmbH August-Wilhelm-K u hnholz-Str. 15 D-26135 Oldenburg Region Covered: Germany Web Site: ww w .saat.de , ww w .soyo- saat.com , ww w .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-Mai[...]

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    Edition: February Version 1.0 SY-6ICA SERIAL[...]