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SY-7VMA-B Motherboard

1. Pin 1 FDC Connector The system supports 5 possible floppy drive types 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB and LS 120 Connect one side of the 34 pin flat cable to the floppy drive and plug the other end to the floppy drive connector on the Motherboard This Motherboard can support up to 2 floppy drives p p Z p Z y A 2 Enns ae 3 A 1 1 33 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 3 3 Front Panel Connections HDD LED PWRBT Reset MEN 1 1 Speaker Power LED Plug the computer case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the Motherboard 1 Power LED Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 1 Mte The Power LED is connected to the Voltage that feeds the DIMM sockets Therefore the following table applies Suspend to RAM Normal Operation Power Off Power LED Blinking 3l Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 Reset Plug the Reset push button cable into the 2 pin Reset header on the Motherboard Pushing the Reset button on the front pan
2. ATX Power Supply Connector Socket 370 Connector Via PM133 North Bridge chip DIMM Banks CPU Cooling Fan Connector Bus Mastering e IDE ATAPI Ports Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port Chassis Cooling Fan Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header 32 bit AGP Slot Via 686B South Bridge Chip CMOS Clear Jumper USB Ports Flash BIOS Front panel connectors 3V Lithium Battery 16 bit ISA Slot Wake On LAN WOL Header 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots AC97 Codec Chip Chassis Cooling Fan CD IN Connectors Back panel Connectors Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B 1 7 MICROPROCESSOR The motherboard supports a single Socket 370 processor The processor VID pins automatically program the voltage regulator on the motherboard to the required processor voltage In addition the front side bus speed 100 MHz and 133 MHz is automatically selected The motherboard supports all current Socket 370 processor speeds voltages and bus frequencies 1 7 1 Microprocessor Packaging The CPU is packaged in a 370 pin PGA package A fan must be used to ensure adequate cooling 1 7 2 Second Level Cache The second level cache is located on the substrate of the CPU package The cache includes OKB 128KB or 512 KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM All supported onboard memory can be cached 1 7 3 Microprocessor Upgrades The motherboard can be upgraded with Socket 370 processors that run at higher speeds When upgrading the processor us
3. cooling fan requires the installation of a CPU support stand DIMM memory module s Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit Monitor PS 2 Keyboard Pointing Device PS 2 mouse Speaker s optional Disk Drives HDD CD ROM Floppy drive pec Sec b de External Peripherals Printer Plotter and Modem optional m gt Internal Peripherals Modem and LAN cards optional 21 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items I The SY 7VMA B VT8605 AGP PCI Motherboard E The Quick Start Guide e The Installation CD ROM N SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM 6 on One IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cable im One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable Warning Do not unpack the Motherboard from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it Like most electronic equipment your Motherboard may be damaged by electrostatic discharge To avoid permanent damage to components ground yourself while working by using a grounding strap Otherwise ground yourself frequently by touching the unpainted portion of the computer chassis to drain the static charges Handle the Motherboard carefully holding it by the edges You are now ready to start the installation 22 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE We will now begin the installation of the Motherboard Please
4. USB 2 em PRT COM A VGA AGAME1 AOUT v AIN1 34 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 1 Onboard Serial Port COMA External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include serial mouse and modem Plug the serial device cables directly into the COMA 9 pin male connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 2 Parallel Port PRT This parallel port is used to connect the printer or other parallel devices Plug the parallel device cable into the 25 pin female connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 3 PS 2 Keyboard Plug the keyboard jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard Pind SBD Clock Pin3 GND Pin1 KBD DATA 4 PS 2Mouse similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector Pins Mouse Clock Pin3 GND Pin1 Mouse DATA 35 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 5 Universal Serial Bus USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 This Motherboard provides four USB ports for your additional devices Plug the USB device jack into the available USB connector USBI or USB2 Standard device drivers come with the Win98 for commonly used USB devices With Win95 use the flow UHCI specifications To use USB devices under Win95 usually you have to install the device that driver comes with the USB device you ha
5. components Motherboard Description amp Sy 7VMA B 1 5 SY 7VMA B MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT PS 2 PS 2 Mouse CPUFAN Connector Connector TUE Pee Socket 370 ATX Power i 2 1 CHAFAN2 1 39d e alt 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 aj 1 5 E AGP Slot D N 2 3 D 1 B cmm CHAFAN 1 PCI Slot 1 pc ear M nS ore Ud EL ee 1 USBS3BIQUSBA 4 JP10 a 1 Serr eh HDD ISA Slot 1 LED Fa EE Speaker Power L Back Panel SY 7VMA B Platform Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B sovo 1 6 SY 7VMA B MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS A B C D E E H ELT ETT UUOUOUUUDUUUDUUDUOU Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B lt
6. gt Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit V2 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage Selecting items Use the arrow keys to move between items and select fields From the Main Menu press arrow keys to enter the selected submenu Modifying selected items Use the Up Down keys to modify values within the selected fields Some fields let you enter values directly 51 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt Sy 7VMA B Hot Keys Function keys give you access to a group of commands throughout the BIOS utility Gives the list of options available for each General Help item Previous Restore the old values These are the values Values that the user started the current session with Load Fail Loads all items with the most conservative F6 Safe Defaults values Load Optimized Loads all options with the optimize values Defaults Save Saves your changes and reboots the system Returns at anytime and from any location to Enter Select Will display a overlapping window with all options for the current item Using the Page Up and Page Down PU PD Value keys the user can toggle the value of the current item 52 BIOS Setup Utility SAVE AND EXIT SETUP SY 7VMA B Select the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option from the Main Menu to save data to CMOS and exit the setup utility This option saves
7. gt SY 7VMA B GE Clock Racer x File Contig Help Current Status See w AP Setting Es Direct Jump Default 10 Cancel Apply B Bh Auto Determine max CPU frequency of system Speed Racer Version 1 8 Windows 95 98 nu Copyright 2000 Winbond Corp All Rights Reserved 7 gt Step This sets the value in 0 4 MHz to increment when using Auto determine max frequency of the system Ex If the value is set to 2 the system will increment 0 8MHz of the CPU FSB each turn Unit e FSB Overclocking the system by changing the FSB frequency these are for users who have some knowledge in overclocking e Overclocking the system by directly changing the CPU frequency to the desired speed This is for users who are not familiar with the ratio of the CPU 96 SOYO Wizard on Hand Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B gt Test of testing set the number of time the utility will test the system after overclocking This setting 1s only valid when using Auto determine max frequency of the system of globe set the number of display windows while the utility is testing the overclocked system This setting is only valid when using Auto determine max frequency of the system gt Startup Load the saved overclocked FSB setting on the system during startup 97 SOYO
8. 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 5 2 3 6 2 3 7 2 3 8 3 3 1 3 2 Table of Contents MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 KEY FEATURES 1 HANDLING THE 5 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS 5 SY 7VMA B MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT 6 SY 7VMA B MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS 7 9 CHIPSET FEATURES 10 11 INTERFACE CONTROLLER ee 17 HARDWARE MONITOR eere 19 WAKE ON LAN 20 HARDWARE INSTALLATION eee ee eee ee eee 21 PREPARATIONS RUD uua rU RS 21 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 22 INSTALLATION GUIDE 23 CPU Fan dnstallatiQicsscssc ei sn bet 24 SDRAM Memory Module Installation 27 Motherboard Connector eese 29 C MOS Clearing 43 107 267 44 Quick BIOS Setup 45 Troubleshooting at First Start esses 47 TOWER 50 BIOS SETUP 51 SOYO COMBO SETUP 54 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 57 ill Table of Contents e SY 7VMA B 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATUREDS eere 60 3 4 A
9. AGP bus and PCI bus with pipelined burst and concurrent operation The VT8605 supports six banks of DRAMs up to 1 5Gbyte of system memory with 256Mbit DRAM technology The DRAM controller supports standard Synchronous DRAM SDRAM and Virtual Channel SDRAM VC SDRAM in a flexible mix match manner The Synchronous DRAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the DRAM and the data buffers at 66 100 133 MHz The six banks of DRAM can be 11 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M 2M 4M 8M 16M 32MxN DRAMs The DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus frequency 66 100 133 MHz or pseudo synchronous to the CPU bus frequency 66 100 133 MHz with built in PLL timing control The VT8605 system controller also supports full AGP v2 0 capability for maximum bus utilization including 1x 2x 4x mode transfers SBA SideBand Addressing Flush Fence commands and pipelined grants An eight level request queue plus a four level post write request queue with thirty two and sixteen quadwords of read and write data FIFO s respectively are included for deep pipelined and split AGP transactions A single level GART TLB with 16 full associative entries and flexible CPU AGP PCI remapping control is also provided for operation under protected mode operating environments Both Windows 95 V XD and Windows 98 Windows 2000 miniport drivers are supported for interoperability with integrated S
10. Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device 1 5120 Boot Other Device Enabled OnChip Sound Auto AVD gt lt Move EnterSelect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit FI General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The SOYO COMBO SETUP menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS 54 BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 1 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum CPU Host PCI Clock CPU Ratio CPU Vcore Select SY 7VMA B Setting Description Note Disabled For EMI test purpose Default Disabled Default Enabled using Spread Spectrum Modulated 1 5 or 6 for FCC or DOC testing Automatic 115 38 MHz This item lists the Default 66 33 MHz 120 40 MHz CPU host clock 133 33 MHz and the PCI bus 136 34 MHz clock It is a read 140 55 MHz item 144 36 MHz 155 39 MHz 112 37 MHz 160 40 MHz After you have selected the host clock choose the right multiplier for the CPU Options are 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 0 7 5 8 0 The CPU frequency is then defined as host clock freq x multiplier and should the working frequency of your Pentium TII Pentium II amp Celeron This function Default adjust the CPU voltage 55 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B 3 1 3 System Boot Control Settings System Boot Setting Des
11. all your changes and causes the system to reboot SAVE to CMOS and EXIT EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 8 w tk Select Item i 5575 Type Y to save the changes and exit or N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values Selecting the EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to abandon all data and exit setup therefore ignoring all your changes ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE IN G INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Quit Without Saving Y N _ 53 Type Y to abandon changes and exit or N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 1 SOYO COMBO 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 After the hardware installation is complete turn the power switch on then press the lt DEL gt key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen Then select the SOYO COMBO SETUP option from the main menu and press the Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software SOYO Feature Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock Automatic CPU Ratio X3 CPU Vcore Adjust Range Default Item Help Quick
12. and press Enter Select the Security Options item and set the field to a System The password is required every time the system 1s booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer b Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Enter Password Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to STOP access the system is to set jumper JP5 to clear the CMOS RAM All setup information is lost and you must run the BIOS setup program again Note If you do not wish to use the password function press Enter directly and the following message appears 4 Password Disabled E Password Disabled 85 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B 3 Enter your new password and press Enter The following message appears prompting to confirm the new password Confirm Password 4 Re enter your password and then press Enter to exit to the Main Menu This diagram outlines the password selection procedure Press lt Enter gt without entering the password the Password and Press lt Enter gt Enter Password s Confirm Password x After you confirm the password press lt Esc gt to exit on ee ee ee ee ee a ee ee 3 12 USER PASSWORD When the user password option is on you are not al
13. enabled the Paragon Default Enabled Anti Virus Function will scan your boot drive for boot virusses If a boot virus is detected the BIOS will display a warning message 3 3 2 Cache Memory Options Setting Description Note CPU Internal Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the CPU s internal Default cache External Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the external Default memory 3 3 3 L2 Cache Memory Setting Description Note CPU L2 Cache Disabled This option activates the CPU ECC Checking Enabled 12 cache ECC checking Default function 3 3 4 Floppy Driver Settings Setting Description Note Swap Floppy Disabled Default Drive Enabled Changes the sequence of A and B drives 3 3 5 Boot Up Floppy Seek Setting Description Note Boot Up Floppy Disabled Seeks disk drives during boot up Seek Disabling speeds boot up Enabled Default 61 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B 3 3 6 Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note Puts numeric keypad in Default NumLock mode at boot up Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up 3 3 7 Gate A20 Options Setting Description Note Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 Fast A pin in the keyboard controller Default controls GateA20 3 3 8 Typematic Settings Typematic Settings Setting Description Note Typematic Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate Default Rate Setting determined by the keyboard Enabled When enables the typematic
14. floppy Then put back the peripherals one by one to identify which one causes the lockup If you are running a Cyrix CPU make sure the linear burst function is enabled in the bios I can not get my board to run properly Please make sure you have the latest bios and driver from the SOYO web site at http www soyo com 2 3 8 Power Off There are two possible ways to turn off the system l Use the Shutdown command in the Start Menu of Windows 95 98 to turn off your computer 2 Press the mechanical power button and hold down for over 4 seconds to shutdown the computer If you press the power button for less than 4 seconds then your system will enter into Suspend Mode You are now ready to configure your system with the BIOS setup program Go to Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP 50 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY This Motherboard s BIOS setup program uses the ROM PCI ISA BIOS program from Award Software Inc To enter the Award BIOS program s Main Menu 1 Turn on or reboot the system 2 After the diagnostic checks press the Del key to enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software gt Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peripherals Set User Password
15. gt SOYO SY 7VMA B Motherboard Se ee KE KE K KE KE E E E ee KE E E E E EK K K K KE E E K K K K K K K K K K K K K K KK K K K Pentium III amp Celeron Processor supported Via VT8605 AGP PCI ISA Motherboard 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor KKE KE E KE KE E E KE KE EK K KE E E E E K K KE E E E E K CK KE KE E E E K K EK K K K K K K K K K K K KK K K K K K User s Manual SOYO SY 7VMA B Copyright 2000 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 of the product and corporate mentioned in this publication are used for identification purposes only The registered trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective companies Copyright Notice All rights reserved This manual has been copyrighted by Soyo Computer Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted transcribed translated into any other language or stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means such as by electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without permission in writing from Soyo Computer Inc Disclaimer Soyo Computer Inc makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual We reserve the right to amend the manual or revise the specifications of the product described in it from time to time without obligation to notify a
16. is cacheable Video RAM Disabled When synchronous DRAM is Default Cacheable Enabled installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Frame Buffer 8M Default Size 4M 16M 32M 64M 128M 256M AGP Aperture 64M Select the size of Accelerated Default Size 4M 8M Graphics Port AGP aperture The 16M 32M aperture is a portion of the PCI 128M memory address range dedicated for 256M graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation 4 Disabled This item allows you to enable Enabled disable the AGP 4X Mode Default AGP Driving Auto This item allows you to adjust the Default Control Manual AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field 1 recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system BIOS Setup Utility CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued CHIPSET Setting amp SY 7VMA B Description Note AGP Driving Min 0000 This item allows you to adjust the FEATURES Value OnChip USB Disabled Enabled USB Disabled Keyboard Enabled Support CPU to PCI Disabled Write Buffer Enabled PCI Dynmic Disabled Bursting Enabled PCI Master 0 Disabled WS Write Enabled AGP driving force This should be enabled if your syste
17. may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT VGA USB port Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for Default VGA USB port 5 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT INT Pin Auto Set to Auto the BIOS will Default 1 2 3 4 using IRQs Automatically Assignment 80 BIOS Setup Utility SY 7VMA B 3 7 2 MULTI ADDRESSES Default settings for multi I O addresses are as follows LPT1 378H ECP EPP Warning a default I O address conflicts with other I O cards such as sound card you must change one of the I O addresses to remedy to this address conflict I O addresses can be adjusted from the BIOS Setup Utility 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS This option sets the Motherboard s PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status Current CPU Temp 51 C 87 P Current System Temp 36 C 96 F Current CPUFAN Speed 6241 RPM Current CHAFAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore 23V 202 V 3 39 V 5 00 V 11 88 Item Help Menu Level gt CPU Protect for CPUFan Off Enabled AVD gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled By
18. option is set to Auto 81 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B 3 8 1 CPU Device Monitoring CPU Device Setting Description Note Monitoring Current CPU Show the current status of CPU Temp temperature Current Sys M Show the current status of the C F Temp system temperature Current Show the current status of CPU CPUFAN oC op Fan CHAFAN Speed Vcore 2 5V Show the current voltage status 3 3V SV 12V CPU Protect Disabled If enable this function protect Enabled user s CPU from overheating in an Default event there s a problem with the CPU FAN The user should also plug the CPU FAN power on the CPU FAN pin 82 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VMA B 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS Select the Load Fail Safe Defaults option from the Main Menu to load the system values you have previously saved This option is recommended if you need to reset the system setup and to retrieve the old values CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software gt Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit V2 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values W
19. rate and typematic delay can be selected The following Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay fields are active only if Typematic Rate Setting is set to Enabled Typematic Rate 6 Char sec Choose the rate at which a Default 8 Char sec character is repeated when 10 Char sec holding down a key 12 Char sec 15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec 30 Char sec Typematic Delay 250 msec Choose how long after Default 500 msec you press a key down the 750 msec character begins repeating 1000 msec 62 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B 3 3 9 Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the security settings Setting mE Description Security Option System Each time the system is booted the _ password prompt appears If a password 1 set the password prompt only appears when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 3 3 10 Other Control Options Other Control Setting Description Options OS Select for 2 When using an OS2 operating system Non OS2 When using another Default non OS2 operating system Disabled Default Enabled Enable this field when your HDD supports the S M A R T function Consult your HDD provider for details Disabled Enabled Default The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS present These 16 segments can be
20. responsible for any damage done to the CPU due to overclocking The system might become unstable overclocked if this happens please shutdown the system RANN 13 Clock Racer lel ES Contig Help Current Status Expected Status 65 70 Determine max CPU frequency of system Speed Copyright 2000 Winbond Corp All Rights Reserved Clock Racer Version 1 8 For Windows 2 a 94 SOYO Wizard on Hand Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B gt Current Status MHz Display the current speed settings of your system gt Expected Status MHz Display the proposed changes in your system gt determine max frequency of the system The utility will help you determine the maximum allowable speed of the system it will increment in 0 4MHz depending on the setting you have set until your system reaches the maximum allowable speed then the system will freeze and after 10sec system will reboot Note sometimes the system fails to restart this is due to the maximum 7 overclocked speed reached is not stable for the system Please restart the system by pushing the reset or power button gt Manual Mode Adjust the FSB speed manually by moving the bar and then click the speed icon It is recommended to increment the FSB little by little gt Save Save the current speed as Optimal speed gt Load Load the saved optimal speed value to the system 95 SOYO Wizard on Hand Utility lt
21. shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM 63 lt sy 7VMA B sovo BIOS Setup Utility 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The Advanced Chipset Features option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing By SPD DRAM Clock Disabled I Hel Host CLK Move SDRAM Cycle Length Bank Interleave Memory Hole P2C C2P Fast R W Turn Around System BIOS Cacheable Video Cacheable Frame Buffer Size AGP Aperture Size AGP 4X Mode AGP Driving Control OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support CPU to PCI Write Buffer PCI Dynmic Bursting PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction PCI 2 Access 1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read F5 Previous Values Enter S elect 3 Disabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 8M 64M Enabled Auto Enabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults 64 ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults Menu Level 4 Fl General Help BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B After you have completed the changes press Esc an
22. 5 V lines to keyboard and mouse connectors are protected with a fuse that prevents motherboard components from being damaged when an over current condition occurs 5 Note The mouse and keyboard can be plugged into either PS 2 connector Power to the computer should be turned off before a keyboard or mouse is connected or disconnected The keyboard controller also supports the hot key sequence lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt software reset This key sequence resets the computer s software by jumping to the beginning of the BIOS code and running the Power On Self Test POST 1 10 5 Infrared Support On the front panel I O connector there are five pins that support Hewlett Packard HSDL 1000 compatible infrared IR transmitters and receivers In the Setup program The IR connection can be used to transfer files to or from portable devices like laptops PDAs and printers The Infrared Data Association IrDA specification supports data transfers of 115 Kbits sec at a distance of 1 meter 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR The optional hardware monitor subsystem provides low cost instrumentation capabilities The features of the hardware monitor subsystem include gt integrated ambient temperature sensor gt Fan speed sensors which monitor the CPUFAN and 1 connector gt Power supply voltage monitoring to detect levels above or below 19 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B acceptable values When suggested ra
23. DVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 64 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 69 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 74 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 78 3 8 81 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE 83 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS eene 84 3 11 SUPERVISOR 85 3 12 USER PASS WORD Serer sr tr er ee mq 86 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION nre 87 3 1 12 88 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION eeeee eene eere nnn 89 CHAPTER 5 SOYO WIZARD ON HAND WOH UTILITY 94 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B Chapter 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION The SY 7VMA B AGP PCI Motherboard is a high performance Socket 370 supported ATX form factor system board The SY 7VMA B uses VIA Chipset technology and supports Socket 370 class processors This Motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 KEY FEATURES gt CPU SUPPORT The SY 7VMA B supports a wide range of INTEL CPUs B FSB 133MHz Intel Pentium 533EBMHz 1 13GHz B FSB 100MHz Intel Pentium 500 850 MHz FSB 66MHz Intel Celeron 400 700 MHz New released Intel Socket 370 CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY 7VMA B as well gt CPU SETTINGS The SY 7VMA B provides the
24. Default 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode Normal The mode depends on your Default EPP external device that ECP connects to this port ECP EPP If Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP mode ECP Mode use 3 Choose DMA3 Default DMA 1 Choose If Parallel Port Mode is set to EPP mode Parallel Port EPP EPP 1 9 Select EPP port type 1 9 TYPE EPP 1 7 Select EPP port type 1 7 Default 3 5 7 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audio Setting Description Note Onboard Disabled Set this item to Enabled if using Legacy Audio Enabled software like DOS games that needs Default a legacy audio device Sound Blaster Disabled Set this item to enabled if your on Default Enabled board audio chip is sound Blaster compatible SB I O Base 220H Select the base address for your Default Address sound Blaster SB compatible Audio IC SB IRQ Select IRQ5 Select the IRQ your SB Audio IC Default uses SB DMA Select Select the DMA channel your SB Default Audio IC uses 72 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B Onboard Legacy Audio Continued This field controls the onboard legacy audio Setting Description Disabled Set this item to enabled to make use Default Enabled of MIPI MPU 401 330 333H Select the I O address for your MIDI Default Address 330 303H functionality 310 313H 320 323H Game Port Disabled Set this item to enabled to make use 200 207H Enab
25. Item and click OK to start up the 7VMA B Wizard on Hand screen Follow the instructions on the screen to install the utility and or application programs you need refer detail instructions on page 94 92 Drivers installation e SY 7VMA B Select which driver you want to install and click OK Notice 1 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 require to restart your system before they can become active Notice 2 You may click Cancel to abort the driver installation and return to the main menu Step 3 Check the Latest Releases Click the Check the latest Releases button to go the SOYO Website to automatically find the latest BIOS manual and driver releases for your motherboard This button will only work if your computer is connected to the internet through a network or modem connection Make sure to get your modem connection up before clicking this button 93 SOYO Wizard on Hand Utility lt Sy 7VMA B sovo Chapter 5 SOYO WIZARD ON HAND WOH UTILITY With SOYO s Wizard on Hand using the Clock Racer utility now user can overclock the CPU without entering the CMOS setup The Clock Racer Utility also provides a user friendly interface for first time overclockers Note The CPU Host PCI Clock settings on the CMOS setup should 25 be setto Automatic Warning SOYO will not be
26. MOS memory and continue the boot sequence 46 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 7 Troubleshooting at First Start 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 be that the CPU is not seated correctly or that a component on the M B is grounded shorted with the case Also make sure to check the voltage setting switch 110V 220V on the back of the power supply To isolate the problem do the following 1 Press and hold down on the Ins insert key while turning on the computer until you get video If you do not get video then 2 Double check jumpers setting on you motherboard and remove all add on cards unplug all hard disk and floppy disk drive cables and see if you can hear some beeps If you still do not get any beeps then try putting the motherboard on the table to isolate it from the case with the CPU and speaker only and give it one more try I hear a series of beeps and I do not get anything from my monitor What could be wrong The following lists some basic beep codes and their possible meanings e long beep and 3 very short beeps The video card is not detected by the motherboard Please re seat your video card If you are using an AGP card please pus
27. ONFIGURATION SETUP This option sets the Motherboard s PCI Slots CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By X IRQ Resources x DMA Resources Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VGA Assign IRQ For USB N gt Move F5 Previous Values Enter S elect NO Disabled Lr d Auto ESCD Menu Level Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults Fl General Help Note Starred items will disappear when the Resources Controlled By option is set to Auto After you have completed the PCI Slot Configuration press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving 78 BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VMA B 3 7 1 PNP PCI Configuration Controls PNP PCI Setting Description Note Controls PnP OS Yes Set this field to Yes if you Installed are running Windows 95 which is PnP compatible No If the OS you are running Default does not support PnP If there is any configuration doubt set this field to No Reset Disabled Retain PnP configuration Default Configuration data in BIOS Data Enabled Reset PnP configuration data in BIOS Resources Manual BIOS does not manage PCI ISA PnP Controlled By card IRQ assignment Requires to assign IRQ an
28. 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 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive The SOYO CD will auto run and the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be as shown If you use Windows NT the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up please choose your motherboard and press OK Now the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be shown Please Select Your Board LI 7000 7IWB 7IWB V1 0 7IWM 7IWM L VI B3 Cancel SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu 89 Drivers installation e SY 7VMA B If you use Windows 95 or 98 the SOYO CD Start Up Program automatically detects which SOYO Motherboard you own and displays the corresponding model name Install drivers Check the latest releases Microsoft Direct Bond aman ISOYO 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 system and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user s manual file Foll
29. abled Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Standard Half No Yes 378 IRQ7 Normal 3 Eppl 9 Enabled Disabled 220H IRQ 5 1 Disabled 330 333H Enabled Item Help Menu Level gt ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults 69 BIOS Setup Utility SY 7VMA B The following tables describe each field in the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Menu and provide instructions on how to configure the IDE controls FDC controls and the onboard serial and parallel ports 3 5 1 IDE Device Controls IDE Controls Setting Description Note On Chip PCI IDE Disabled Turn off the on board gt Primary IDE gt Secondary Enabled Use the on board IDE Default IDE mode 0 4 0 15 the slowest speed amp Primary Maid 4 is the fastest speed Pri 4 e Auto For better performance Default gt Secondary Slave PIO and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing IDE Disabled gt Primary Master UDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Default Primary Slave UDMA Ultra DMA Mode Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA support 3 5 2 Keyboard Controls Een Controls Setting Description Note Init Display First PCI Slot Choose which card AGP Display card or PCI VGA card to initialize first AGP 3 5 3 IDE HDD Block Mode Setting IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Enabled Default Description Note Invokes multi sector Default transfer instead of one sector per tran
30. amp COM LPT COM When On of LPT amp COM any activity from one of the listed Default LPT system peripheral devices or IRQs COM wakes up the system 76 BIOS Setup Utility SY 7VMA B Wake Up Setting HDD amp FDD OFF ON PCI Master OFF ON Modem Ring Disabled Resume Enabled Resume by Disabled Alarm Enabled Primary INTR ON OFF IRQs Activity Primary Monitoring Press Enter Secondary Disabled Description Note When On of HDD amp FDD any Default activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system When On of PCI Master any activity from one of the listed Default system peripheral devices wakes up the system An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words Default an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The system ignores the alarm Default Set alarm to power on the system by the date 1 31 or time hh mm ss If the date is set to 0 the system will self power on by alarm everyday at the set time When set to On any event occurring Default at will awaken a system which has been powered down IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQS LPT2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7Y LPT1 IRQI2 PS 2 mouse IRQI3 Coprocessor IRQ14 HardDsik IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQIO Reserved IRQI I Reserved IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ15 Reserved 77 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 7 PNP PCI C
31. arm century field and other enhancements for compatibility with the ACPI standard 5 Hardware monitoring subsystem for managing system motherboard voltage levels temperatures and fan speeds 6 Full System Management Bus SMBus interface 7 Integrated PCI mastering dual full duplex direct sound AC97 link compatible sound system Hardware soundblaster pro and hardware assisted FM blocks are included for Windows DOS box and real mode DOS compatibility Loopback capability is also implemented for directing mixed audio streams into USB and 1394 speakers for high quality digital audio 8 Two game ports and One MIDI port 9 ECP EPP capable parallel port 10 Standard floppy disk drive interface 11 Distributed DMA capability for support ISA legacy DMA over the PCI bus Serial IRQ is also supported for docking and non docking application 12 Plug and Play controller that allows complete steerability of all PCI interrupts and internal interrupts DMA channels to any interrupt channel One additional steerable interrupt channel is provided to allow 16 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B plug and play and reconfigurability of onboard peripherals for Windows family compliance The VT82C686B also enhances the functionality of the standard ISA peripherals The integrated interrupt controller supports both edge and level triggered interrupts channel by channel The integrated DMA controller supports type F DMA in addition to standa
32. arning If you run into any problem after changing the BIOS configuration please load the SETUP DEFAULTS for stable performance 83 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS Select the Load Optimized Defaults option from the Main Menu to load the system values you have previously saved This option 15 recommended if you need to reset the system setup and to retrieve the old values CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software gt Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit AV gt D gt lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values Warning If you run into any problem after changing the BIOS configuration please load the SETUP DEFAULTS for stable performance 84 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Based on the setting you have made in the Security Option of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP section the password prevents access to the system or the setup program by unauthorized users Follow this procedure to set a new password or disable the password 1 Choose BIOS FEATURES SETUP in the Main Menu
33. ase Note You can also the PUp PDn keys to toggle 24 hour clock format 3 15 PM is displayed as 15 15 00 57 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B 3 2 2 Hard Disks amp Mode Choose the type and mode for the hard disks that you have already installed Primary Setting Description Note Secondary Master amp Slave IDE HDD Auto Press To auto detect the HDD s size Detection Enter head on this channel IDE Primary Auto BIOS detects hard disk type Default Slave automatically User Type User User defines the type of hard disk None Access Mode Auto BIOS detects hard disk mode Default automatically Normal Normal IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk gt 528MB Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details 3 2 3 Floppy Drives Floppy Drives Setting Description Note Drives A amp B 360KB 5 25 in 2MB 5 25 in 20KB 3 5 in 44MB 3 5 in Default 88MB 3 5 in Not installed Floppy 3 Mode Support Supports 3 mode Special disk drive floppy diskette commonly used in 740KB 1 2MB Japan 1 44MB on selected disk drive BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 2 4 Others Optional Setting Description Note EGA VGA Select the video mode Default CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Monochrome ALL Errors When the BIOS detects system Default errors t
34. avage4 graphics AGP Expansion graphics and DVD capable multimedia accelerators The VT8605 supports two 32 bit 3 3 5V system buses one AGP and one PCI that are synchronous pseudo synchronous to the CPU bus The chip also contains a built in bus to bus bridge to allow simultaneous concurrent operations on each bus Five levels doublewords of post write buffers are included to allow for concurrent CPU and PCI operation For PCI master operation forty eight levels doublewords of post write buffers and sixteen levels doublewords of prefetch buffers are included for concurrent PCI bus and DRAM cache accesses The chip also supports enhanced PCI bus commands such as Memory Read Line Memory Read Multiple and Memory Write Invalid commands to minimize snoop overhead In addition advanced features are supported such as snoop ahead snoop filtering L1 write back forward to PCI master and L1 write back merged with PCI post write buffers to minimize PCI master read latency and DRAM utilization Delay transaction and read caching mechanisms are also implemented for further improvement of overall system performance 12 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B The VT8605 also integrates S3 s Savage4 graphics accelerator into a single chip The VT8605 brings mainstream graphics performance to the Value PC with leading edge 2D 3D and DVD video acceleration into a cost effective package Based on its capabilities the VT8605 is an ideal
35. cription Note Control Settings First Floppy select Your Boot Device Second Third LS ZIP Priority Boot Device HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN Disabled Boot Other Disabled select Your Boot Device Device Enabled Priority Default OnChip Sound Disabled This item allows you to control the onboard AC 97 Default audio 56 BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP SY 7VMA B Select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Fri Jan 1 1999 1 722 12 mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Press Enter None Press Enter None Press Enter None Press Enter None IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support 1 44M 3 5 in None Disabled Video Halt On All Errors 640K 30720K 31744K Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory N gt Move Enter S elect F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults PU PD Value F10 Save Item Help Menu Level gt ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults Fl General Help This screen allows you to modify the basic CMOS settings After you have completed the changes press Esc key to return to the Main Menu 3 2 1 Date amp Time Display Setting EN mm dd yyyy the current date hh mm ss Type the current time Ple
36. cure the CPU in place 25 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B Remember to connect the CPU Cooling Fan to the appropriate power connector on the Motherboard The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU 2 3 1 1 CPU Fan Installation Your Socket 370 processor kit comes with a cooling fan Mount the fan on the processor according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU Note Remember to connect the fan to the appropriate power source v 26 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 2 SDRAM Memory Module Installation a EE E aa 2 DIMM 1 7 Your board comes with three DIMM sockets providing support for up to 1 5GB of main memory using unbuffered and registered DIMM modules from 8MB to 512MB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup Chapter 3 appropriate memory modules must be used For 66MHz DRAM speed use PC66 memory f
37. d DMA to PCI or ISA PnP manually IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to _ DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to _ Auto The Plug and Play BIOS Recommended ESCD auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically If Resources Controlled By 1s set to Manual IRQ and PnP Choose IRQ and IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 DMA DMA assigned to 11 12 14 15 assigned to PCY ISA PnP card DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 Legacy ISA Choose IRQ and IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 DMA assigned to 11 12 14 15 Legacy ISA card DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 Under this item the user can assign an IRQ to a PCI slot However there under some conditions the IRQ will not be assigned as selected under this item 1 IRQs 0 1 2 6 8 13 can NOT be assigned because they are fixed 2 IRQs 5 9 10 11 are available 3 IRQs 3 4 7 12 14 and 15 will only be assigned if they are free See the table below on how to free them 79 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B PNP PCI Configuration Setup Continued PNP PCI Setting Description Interrupt How to set the BIOS to release the IRQ to the PnP Interrupt pool PnP configuration _ Integrated Peripherals IRQ 15 15 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Secondary PCI IDE disabled IRQ 14 14 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Primary PCI IDE disabled Interrupt 12 will be released by the PnP IRQ 7 PnP Onboard parallel port disabled IRQ 4 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled 4 Your OS
38. d follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving The following table describes each field in the Advanced Chipset Features Menu and how to configure each parameter 3 4 1 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET Setting Description Note FEATURES DRAM Disabled If enable the DRAM will auto Default Timing By Enabled detect the DRAM timing SPD DRAM Clock Host CLK _ Default ATL jaa his item allows you to control the HCLR 55M HCLK 33M Bon SDRAM Cycle 3 synchronous DRAM is Default Length 2 installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Bank Disabled Increase DRAM performance Default Interleave 2 Bank 4 Bank Memory Hole Disabled Default Enabled Some interface cards will map their ROM address to this area If this occurs select Enabled this field P2C C2P Disabled This item allows you to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency Concurrency Enabled Default 65 BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VMA B CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued CHIPSET Setting Description Note FEATURES Fast R W Disabled This item controls the DRAM Default Turn Around timing It allows you to enable Enabled disable the fast read write turn around System BIOS Disabled Default Cacheable Enabled The ROM area F0000H FFFFFH
39. e functionality to make a complete Microsoft PC99 compliant PCI ISA system In addition to complete ISA extension bus functionality the VT82C686B includes standard intelligent peripheral controllers 1 Master mode enhanced IDE controller with dual channel DMA engine and interlaced dual channel commands Dedicated FIFO coupled with scatter and gather master mode operation allows high performance transfers between PCI and IDE devices In addition to standard PIO and DMA mode operation the VT82C686B also supports the UltraDMA 33 standard to allow reliable data transfer rates up to 33MB sec throughput The VT82C686B also supports the UltraDMA 66 100 standard The IDE controller is SFF 8038I v1 0 and Microsoft Windows family 15 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B compliant 2 Universal Serial Bus controller that is USB v1 1 and Universal HCI v1 1 compliant The VT82C686B includes the root hub with four function ports with integrated physical layer transceivers The USB controller allows hot plug and play and isochronous peripherals to be inserted into the system with universal driver support The controller also implements legacy keyboard and mouse support so that legacy software can run transparently in non USB aware operating system environment 3 Keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support 4 Real Time Clock with 256 byte extended CMOS In addition to the standard ISA RTC functionality the integrated RTC also includes the date al
40. e steps to configure the CPU settings Step 1 Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP Set Date Time and Floppy drive type then set Hard Disk Type to Auto Step 2 Select LOAD SETUP DEFAULT Select the LOAD SETUP DEFAULT menu and type Y at the prompt to load the BIOS optimal setup Step 3 Select SOYO COMBO SETUP Move the cursor to the CPU Frequency field to set the CPU frequency Available CPU Frequency settings on your SY 7VMA B Motherboard are detailed in the following table 45 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B If you set this field to Manual you are then required to fill in the next two consecutive fields 1 the CPU Host PCI Clock and 2 the CPU Ratio 600MHz 133 x 4 5 LJ 666MHz 133 x 5 0 LJ 733MHz 133 x 5 5 LJ 800MHz 133 x 6 0 ied OUa rA 667MHz 66 x 10 0 700MHz 66 x 10 5 LJ 400MHz 66 x 6 0 500MHz 100 x 5 0 866MHz 133 x 6 5 500MHz 66 x 7 5 700MHz 100 x 7 0 soome C soove coo xeo O Select the working frequency of your Pentium IIl Celeron processor among these preset values 550MHz 100 x 5 5 600MHz 100 x 6 0 V mark the checkbox that corresponds to the working frequency of your Pentium III Celeron M processor in case the CMOS configuration should be lost Step 4 Select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Press Enter to save the new configuration to the C
41. e the BIOS configuration mode to change the processor speed Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B 1 8 CHIPSET FEATURES 1 8 1 VT8605 APOLLO PROSAVAGE PM133 Defines Integrated Solutions for Value PC Desktops igh performance SMA North Bridge Integrated VIA Apollo Pro133A and 3 5 Savage4 in a single chip Xhe P6 bus Desktop PC member of VIA s Apollo ProSavage integrated graphics product line 4 bit Advanced Memory controller supporting PC100 PC133 SDRAM and VCM Expansion Interface supporting AGP 4x 2x or 1x external AGP graphics card upgrade High Performance CPU Interface Slot 1 Intel amp Pentium II and Pentium and Socket 370 VIA Technologies VIA Cyrix III and Intel Celeron 6 100 133 MHz CPU Front Side Bus FSB Built in Phase Lock Loop circuitry for optimal skew control within and between clocking regions Five outstanding transactions four In Order Queue plus one output latch Dynamic deferred transaction support Advanced High Performance DRAM Controller JDRAM interface runs synchronous 66 66 100 100 133 133 mode or pseudo synchronous 66 100 100 66 100 133 133 100 mode with FSB for 66 66 operation only external VGA is supported Concurrent CPU AGP and PCI access Supports standard SDRAM and SDRAM memory types Xupport 3 DIMMs or 6 banks for up to 1 5 GB of DRAM 256Mb DRAM technology 4 bit data width Supports maximum 8 bank interleave 8 pages open sim
42. el will cause the system to restart the boot up sequence Reset Pin Assignment 4 Power Good GND 3 Speaker Attach the 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the Motherboard Speaker Pin Assignment owl out 4 IDE LED Attach the 2 pin IDE device LED cable to the corresponding IDE LED header on the Motherboard This will cause the LED to light up when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active HDD LED Pin Assignment LED Anode LED Cathode 32 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 5 ATX Power On Off Switch Attach the 2 pin momentary type switch to the PWRBT header for turning On or Off your ATX power supply PWRBT Pin Assignment 4 Power On Off GND 33 Hardware Installation O SY 7VMA B 2 3 3 4 Back Panel Connections All external devices such as the PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse printer modem USB can be plugged directly onto the Motherboard back panel Only after you have fixed and locked the Motherboard to the computer case can you start connecting the external peripheral devices When connecting an external device use the following figure to locate and identify which back panel connector to plug the device to PS 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector USB 1
43. follow the step by step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation Warning Turn off the power to the Motherboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on the Motherboard or system 23 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 1 CPU Installation Your SY 7VMA B motherboard comes with a CPU retention set kit The retention set is used to hold the processor attached to the Socket 370 CPU connector on the motherboard Mark your CPU Frequency Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover FSB 66MHz H00MEz 66 x 6 0 _ 466MHz 66 x7 0 _ 533MHz 66 x 8 0 _J600MHz 66 x 9 0 _J667MHz 66 x 10 0 66 x 6 5 _JSOOMHz 66 7 5 _566 66 x 8 5 __ 633MHz 66 x 9 5 _ J700MHz 66 x 10 5 FSB 100MHz FSB 133MHz 533MHz 133x4 0 _ 667MHz 133x5 0 _ J800MHz 133x 6 0 L 933MHz 133x 7 0 _ 13GHz 133x 8 5 1600MHz 133x4 5 _ 733MHz 133x5 5 _ 866MHz 133x 6 5 000MHz 133x 7 5 _ CPU Mount Procedure To mountthe Celeron processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 24 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket 3 Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing 4 Then close the socket handle to se
44. h your AGP card down real hard You may have to push VERY hard without the AGP card mounting screw Make sure not to insert the card the other way around e Continuous beeps One or more of the memory modules is not seated correctly in its socket 47 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B My PCI VGA card works fine with my system but when I put in a new AGP card it does not give me any video Is my AGP slot bad This is a common problem with AGP video cards The reason is that your AGP card did not get seated into the AGP slot fully and firmly Please push your AGP card down into the socket real hard it should snap twice You may have to unscrew the AGP card to allow the card to go further down Do take care not to damage the card by using too much force 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 BIOS revision of my mainboard It will be displayed on the up left corner on the screen during boot up It will show as your board type followed by the revision number such as SEH_2CA1 meaning revision 2CA1 for the SY 5EH board or 6BA IV 2AA2 which means SY 6BA IV motherboard with 2AA2 bios Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard Please g
45. his function will stop the All But Keyboard system Select which type of All But Diskette error will cause the system halt All But Disk Key 59 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Delay 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled 20000 Shadow Disabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled v EnterSelect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit FI General Help Item Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving 60 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B 3 3 1 Virus Warning Setting Description Note Virus Warning Disabled If set to
46. ics Port are executed with one wait states Disabled Default Enabled When Enabled read to the AGP AGP Master 1 WS Write Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states 68 BIOS Setup Utility SY 7VMA B 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset The INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option changes the values of the chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer The following screen shows setup default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software OnChip IDE Channel0 OnChip IDE Channell IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART 2 Mode x IR Function Duplex x TX RX inverting enable Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA Parallel Port EPP Type Onboard Legacy Audio Sound Blaster SB I O Base Address SB IRQ Select SB DMA Select MPU 401 MPU 401 I O Address Game Port 200 207H AV gt lt Move Enter S elect F5 Previous Values PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Enabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto PCI Slot En
47. led of the game port Default 73 BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VMA B 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP sets the system s power saving functions CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup gt Power Management Item Help ACPI Suspend Type PM Control by APM Video Off Option Video Off Method MODE Use IRQ Soft Off by PWRBTN State After Power Failure gt Wake Up Events Menu Level gt AVD gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Wake Up Events VGA Item Help LPT amp COM 16197954 a DD PCI Master Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume Primary INTR gt IRQs Activity Monitoring AVD gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B After you have completed the Power Management Setup press Esc to return to the Main Menu 3 6 1 Power Management Controls Power Setting Description Management Controls Power Lets you define the HDD and Default Management system power down times Doze Standby Suspend HDD timer timer timer power down Min Saving 1 Hour l Hour 1 Hour 15 Min Max Saving 1 Min 1Min lMin 1 Min Yes When enabled an Adva
48. leration in all color depths DVD Playback and Video Conferencing The VT8605 provides the ideal architecture for high quality MPEG 2 based DVD applications and video conferencing For DVD playback the VT8605 s video accelerator offloads the CPU by performing the planar to packed format conversion and motion compensation tasks while its enhanced scaling algorithm delivers incredible full screen video playback For video conferencing the VT8605 s multiple video windows enable a cost effective solution Flat Panel Desktop Monitor Support The VT8605 has the capability of displaying graphics on TFT flat panel desktop monitors using a 12 bit digital interface to an external encoder The VT8605 also supports autoexpansion and centering of all VGA text 14 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B and graphics modes to ensure that the entire flat panel display will be utilized All resolutions are supported up to 1280x1024 The solution is Digital Visual Interface 1 0 specification compliant High Screen Resolution CRT Support System Memory Frame Buffer Size SMB Default Resolutions Supporte 16 32 MB 640x480x8 16 32 Y 8 i d 1 1 1 1 y 1920x1440x16 1280 1024 32 4 L1 5 gt VT82C686B The VT82C686B PSIPC PCI Super I O integrated Peripheral Controller is a high integration high performance power efficient and high compatibility device that supports Intel and non Intel based processor to PCI bus bridg
49. lock Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B 1 3 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD To avoid damage to your Motherboard follow these simple rules while unpacking gt Before handling the Motherboard ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system s metal chassis gt Remove the Motherboard from its anti static packaging Hold the Motherboard by the edges and avoid touching its components gt Check the Motherboard for damage If any chip appears loose press carefully to seat it firmly in its socket Warning Do not apply power if the Motherboard appears damaged If there is damage to the board contact your dealer immediately 1 4 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS Make sure to ground yourself before handling the Motherboard or other system components Electrostatic discharge can easily damage the components Note that you must take special precautions when handling the Motherboard in dry or air conditioned environment To protect your equipment from electrostatic discharge take the following precautions gt Donot remove the anti static packaging until you are ready to install gt Ground yourself before removing any system component from its protective anti static packaging To ground yourself grasp the expansion slot covers or other unpainted portions of the computer chassis Frequently ground yourself while working or use a grounding strap gt Handle the Motherboard by its edges and avoid touching its
50. lowed to change any setting in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY except for changing the user s password The password setting procedure is similar to that for the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Refer to section 3 9 86 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION This Main Menu function automatically detects the hard disk type and configures the Standard CMOS Features accordingly CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level gt Capacity Access Mode Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector AVD gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard disk drives 87 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt SY 7VMA B 3 14 BOOT MENU Boot Menu enables user to boot up on different boot device without going into the BIOS setup To enable boot Menu press ESC after memory initialization user will see a device menu in which user can choose on which device they wish to boot from Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN 4 ENTER Accept F4 Exit 88 Drivers installation e SY 7VMA B Chapter 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION Your SY 7VMA B Motherboard comes with a CD ROM labeled
51. m has a USB installed on the Default system board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Default Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard When this field 1s Enabled writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are Default buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus When Disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Default Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don t When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait Default states 67 BIOS Setup Utility amp sy 7VMA B CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued Setting Description Disabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit Transaction Enabled posted write buffer to support delay Default transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 2 Access Disabled When disabled PCI 2 will not be 1 Retry Enabled disconnected until access finishes Default difault When enabled PCI 2 will be disconnected 1f max retries are attempted without success Disabled _ Default Enabled When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graph
52. nced Default NO Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If Advance Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings Suspend gt When enabled this feature Default Off allows the VGA adapter to Always On operate in a power saving mode All Modes gt Off V H Selects the method by which the Default Sync Blank monitor is blanked Blank screen DPMS 75 BIOS Setup Utility lt gt sy 7VMA B Power Management Controls Continued Power Setting Description Note Management Controls MODEM Use 3 Assigns an IRQ to the modem Default IRQ 3 11 device Soft Off by Instant off Default PWR BTTN Delay 4 Turns off the system power 4 Sec seconds after pushing the power button State After On The system will switch on when Power Failure power comes back after a power failure Off The system will remain off when Default power comes back after a power failure Auto The system will return to the state it was in before the power failure when power returns i e If the system was on it will switch on again if it was off it will remain off Wake Up Press Enter Select items that will wake up your Events system when in one of sleep modes Press enter to go the select item page Setting Description Note OFF Default ON You can set the VGA awakens the system LPT
53. nd HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment lw ium ccr Ce Md TL VCC IRTX GND 38 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 3 Cooling Fan Installation 1 CPU Cooling Fan After you have seated the CPU properly on the processor attach the 3 pin fan cable to the CPUFAN connector on the Motherboard The fan will stop when the system enters into Suspend Mode Suspend mode can be enabled from the BIOS Setup Utility POWER MANAGEMENT menu To avoid damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN Pin Assignment 12V SENSOR 39 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 Chassis Cooling Fan Some chassis also feature two cooling fans This Motherboard features two CHAFANI CHAFANC connectors to provide 12V power to the chassis fan Connect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Chassis Cooling Fan Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN 1 Pin Assignment CHAFAN2 Pin Assignment 1 GND 1 GND 2 12V m 2 12V 3 SENSOR 3 NONe Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN is optional 40 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 4 CD Line in CDIN1 CDIN2 This Motherboard provides two CD Line in connectors Please connec
54. ny person of such revision or amend The information contained in this manual is provided to our customers for general use Customers should be aware that the personal computer field is subject to many patents All of our customers should ensure that their use of our products does not infringe upon any patents It is the policy of Soyo Computer Inc to respect the valid patent rights of third parties and not to infringe upon or to cause others to infringe upon such rights Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraph 1 1 of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252 277 7013 About This Guide This Quick Start Guide can help system manufacturers and end users in setting up and installing the Motherboard Information in this guide has been carefully checked for reliability however to the correctness of the contents there is no guarantee given The information in this document is subject to amend without notice For further information please visit our Web Site on the Internet The address is http www soyo com tw eye Tested To Comply Edition November 2000 Version 1 0 FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE 7VMA B SERIAL 100 RECYCLED PAPER il Table of Contents e SY 7VMA B CHAPTER 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2
55. o to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites Taiwan WWW SOVO COm twW and look up your motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision Hard disk floppy drive CD ROM etc When I boot up my new computer I got floppy boot failure and the LED on the floppy stays on Make sure the red wire of floppy ribbon cable goes to Pinl on the floppy drive side don t trust the key lock or notch and use the end connector of the cable don t use middle one Modem issues I get an T O Conflict message when I turn on my system and I can not get my modem to work 48 Hardware Installation SY 7VMA B What you need to do is to disable COM2 or UART2 or serial port 2 in the bios under integrated peripheral setup I have installed my modem drivers several times and I still cannot get my modem to work Why If you are sure that the modem driver has been installed correctly then you need to install the south bridge driver from the SOYO CD this is because Windows does not properly recognize relatively new chipsets Audio Issues I do not get any sound from my sound card What could be wrong Please make sure the speaker is connected to the speaker out port on your sound card 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 drive
56. or 100MHz DRAM speed use PC100 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC133 memory rmm m m T rmm mn 27 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules RAM Type SDRAM ao monds Size 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB 28 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 2 3 3 1 IDE Device Installation HDD CD ROM gf h Pin 1 IDE1 IDE2 Primary Secondary IDE IDE This Motherboard offers two primary and secondary IDE device connectors IDE1 IDE2 It can support up to four high speed Ultra DMA 33 66 100 HDD or CD ROM Connect one side of the ATA66 100 flat cable to the IDE device HDD or CD ROM and plug the other end to the primary IDEI or secondary IDE2 directionally keyed IDE connector on the Motherboard The ATA66 100 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs This Motherboard can support up to four HDDs I HII H 80 Conductor 66 Flat Cable Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 3 2 Floppy Drive Installation
57. ow the instructions on your screen during installation then once the installation 1s completed restart your system and re run the SOYO CD 90 Drivers installation e SY 7VMA B Step 2 Install Drivers Click the Install Drivers button to display the list of drivers software that can be installed with your Motherboard The Start Up program displays the drivers available for the particular model of Motherboard you own We recommend that you only install those drivers driver revision VIA 4 in 1 driver package for Win 9x NT VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win 9x VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win 2000 VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win NT VIA Ac97 Codec Driver for Win 9x NT 2000 VIA hardware monitor for Win 95 98 7VMA B Wizard on Hand for Win 95 98 Cancel Driver Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows gt VIA 4in1 driver package The 4 in 1 driver package includes all drivers your motherboard needs After selecting this driver package one driver will be installed automatically the IRQ remapping utility the other three are installed if selected By default all three drivers are selected A description of the 4 drivers follows Bus Master PCI IDE Driver This driver will speed up the data transfer rate to and from the harddisk VxD Driver This driver must be installed in order to be able to make use of on board AGP Video functionalit
58. r installed If you are sure that the correct sound driver has been installed then please install the south bridge driver for the motherboard The sound is working in my system but when I play CD music from the CD ROM I do not get any sound What is wrong This is because the 3 wire audio cable from the CD ROM to the sound card is not connected or it is loose The sound from my sound card is distorted when Windows starts What is wrong First if you are using an ISA sound card please make sure the IRQ needed for the sound card is set to Legacy ISA in the bios In other words if your ISA sound card takes IRQ5 then set IRQ5 to Legacy ISA Next install the south bridge driver for the motherboard The sound and everything else works fine except that the recorder and microphone do not work What is wrong 49 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B This 1s because the recorder and microphone in the Windows are not enabled Please go to sound properties and enable them Lock up freeze When I boot up my system everything works fine It sees my CPU and memory detects my hard drive floppy drive and CD ROM but locks up at Verify DMI pool data and it won t go any further What should I do Please clear the CMOS via JP5 then choose load setup default in the bios and save the bios and exit Next unplug all other add on cards except the video card and floppy drive controller and see if it can boot from
59. rd ISA DMA modes Compliant with the PCI2 2 specification the VT83C686B supports delayed transactions and remote power management so that slower ISA peripherals do not block the traffic of the PCI bus Special circuitry is built in to allow concurrent operation without causing dead lock even in a PCI to PCI bridge environment The chip also includes eight levels doublewords of line buffers from the PCI bus to the ISA bus to further enhance overall system performance 1 10 O INTERFACE CONTROLLER The motherboard uses the VT82C686B Super I O controller which features gt Supports 1 serial ports IR port parallel port and floppy disk controller functions gt UARTs for Complete Serial Ports Even odd stick or no parity bit generation and detection Programmable baud rate generator High speed baud rate 230Kbps 460Kbps support Independent transmit receiver FIFOs Modem Control Plug and play with 96 base IO address and 12 IRQ options gt One dedicated IR port Second serial port dedicated to IR function IR function either through the two complete serial ports or the third dedicated port nfrared IrDA HPSIR and ASK Amplitude Shift Keyed IR gt Multi mode parallel port Standard mode ECP and EPP support 17 Motherboard Description 7 Plug and play with 192 IO address 12 IRQ and 4 DMA options gt Floppy Disk Controller 16 of FIFO Data ra
60. rk the WOL connector is provided by the SY 7VMA B to support this function B Multiple boot The SY 7VMA B supports booting from devices such as CD ROM B Power on by modem or alarm If the SY 7VMA B system is in suspend mode it can be switched back on through the modem or RTC alarm through this function This opens a lot of possibilities such as remote access that switches the system on only after the modem receives a call FAIL SAFE The SY 7VMA B comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe Hardware Monitor The integrated Hardware Monitor 1 and Hardware doctor software enables the user to monitor system voltages temperatures and FAN speeds This makes sure that the user is full control of the system Power Failure Resume Function This function can be set in the BIOS and determines whether the system will automatically turn on again after a power failure This function is indispensable for server systems that need to always be on line gt SOYO SUPER BONUS PACK Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B gt COMPLIANCE The SY 7VMA B complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY 7VMA B a motherboard to trust B PC99 ACPI compliant gt USER FRIENDLY B SOYO Combo Setup B Jumperless design B You can set up the following options trough the BIOS setting CPU FSB frequency CPU multiplier CPU Vcore voltage SDRAM C
61. sfer Not all HDDs support this function 70 BIOS Setup Utility 3 5 4 FDC Controls FDC Controls Setting SY 7VMA B Description Onboard FDD Disabled Turn off the on board controller Enabled 3 5 5 Onboard Serial Ports Onboard Serial Setting Onboard Disabled Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 3ES IRQA 2bES IRQ3 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard HPSIR ASKIR floppy controller Use the on board floppy controller Description Default Note Choose serial port 1 amp 2 s I O Default address Do not set port 1 amp 2 to the same address except for Disabled or Auto The second serial port offers these InfraRed interface modes If UART Mode Select is set to IIDA ASKIR IR Function Half Duplex Full TX RX inverting No Yes enable No No Yes No Yes Yes Choose Half or Duplex to set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Refer to your IR device specifications to select the suitable mode This item allow you to enable the TX RX inverting which depends on different H W requirement This field is not recommended to change its default setting for avoiding any error in your system 71 port 1 Default port 2 Default Default Default BIOS Setup Utility amp SY 7VMA B 3 5 6 Onboard Parallel Ports Onboard Parallel Setting Description Ports Onboard Parallel Disabled Choose the printer I O Port 378 IRQ7 address
62. solution for the consumer corporate desktop users and entry level professionals The industry s first integrated AGP 4X solution the VT8605 combines AGP 4X with S3 s DX6 texture compression S3TC and massive 2Kx2K textures to deliver unprecedented 3D performance and image quality for the Value PC desktop market The 352 VT8231 BGA PCI LPC bridge supports four levels doublewords of line buffers type F DMA transfers and delay transaction to allow efficient PCI bus utilization and PCI 2 1 compliant The VT8231 also includes an integrated Super I O integrated DS12885 style real time clock with extended 256 byte CMOS RAM integrated master mode enhanced IDE controller with full scatter gather capability and extension to UltraDMA 33 66 100 for 33 66 100 MB sec transfer rate integrated four USB interface with root hub and two function ports with built in physical layer transceivers Distributed DMA support integrated AC 97 link for basic audio and HSP based modem functions integrated hardware monitoring and OnNow ACPI compliant advanced configuration and power management interface VT8231 also has an integrated MAC and 10Mbit PHY for LAN connection It can bypass the internal PHY with external home PNA with a IMbit PHY or a 10 100Mbit PHY through the MII interface For sophisticated power management VT8605 provides independent clock stop control for the CPU SDRAM PCI and AGP buses and Dynamic CKE control for powering down of
63. t the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDINI or CDIN2 It fits in only one depending on the cable that came with your CD ROM drive Please install according to the following pin assignment CDIN1 CDIN2 CD Line in Pin Assigment 4 Left CDIN1 3 GND 2 GND 1 Right GND 4 Left 3 GND2 Right 1 1 CDIN2 41 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 3 6 ATX Power Supply Plug the connector from the power directly into the 20 pin male ATX PW connector on the Motherboard as shown in the following figure ojo 18 Warning Follow these precautions to preserve your Motherboard from any remnant currents when connecting to ATX power supply Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord of the ATX power supply before connecting to ATX PW connector The Motherboard requires a power supply with at least 200 Watts and a power good signal Make sure the power supply can take at least 720 mA load on 5V Standby lead S VSB to meet the standard ATX specification Note If yo
64. tes up to 1Mbps Perpendicular recording driver support Two FDDs with drive swap support Plug and play with 48 base IO address 12 IRQ and 4 DMA options The Setup program provides configuration option for the I O controller 1 10 1 Serial Ports The motherboard has one 9 pin D Sub serial port connectors located on the back panel The NS16C5450 compatible UARTs support data transfers at speeds up to 115 2 Kbits sec with BIOS support 1 10 2 Parallel Port The connector for the multimode bi directional parallel port 1s a 25 pin D Sub connector located on the back panel of the motherboard In the Setup program there are four options for parallel port operation Compatible standard mode Bi directional Bi directional EPP A driver from the peripheral manufacturer is required for operation Bi directional high speed ECP 1 10 3 Diskette Drive Controller The I O controller is software compatible with the 82077 diskette drive controller and supports both PC AT and PS 2 modes In the Setup program the diskette drive interface can be configured for the following diskette drive capacities and sizes e 360 KB 5 25 inch 1 2 MB 5 25 inch e 720 KB 3 5 inch 18 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B 1 2 MB 3 5 inch driver required 1 25 1 44 3 5 inch 1 10 4 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are located on the back panel of the motherboard The
65. the SDRAM A separate suspend well plane is implemented for the SDRAM control signals for Suspend to DRAM operation Coupled with the VT8231 south bridge chip a complete power conscious PC main board can be implemented with no external TTLs 13 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B High Performance 3D Accelerator Featuring a new super pipelined 128 bit engine the VT8605 utilizes a single cycle architecture that provides high performance along with superior image quality Several new features enhance the 3D architecture including single pass multitexturing full scene anti aliasing anisotropic filtering and an 8 bit stencil buffer The VT8605 also offers the industry s only simultaneous usage of single pass multitexturing and single cycle trilinear filtering enabling stunning image quality without performance loss The VT8605 further enhances image quality with true 32 bit color rendering throughout the 3D pipeline to produce more vivid and realistic images The VT8605 s advanced triangle setup engine provides industry leading 3D performance for a realistic user experience in games and other interactive 3D applications The 3D engine is optimized for AGP texturing from system memory 128 bit 2D Graphics Engine The VT8605 s advanced 128 bit 2D graphics engine delivers high speed 2D acceleration for productivity applications Several enhancements have been made to the 2D architecture to optimize SMA performance and to provide acce
66. the system is performing the diagnostic checks Note If you have failed to enter the BIOS wait until the boot up sequence is completed Then push the RESET button and press lt DEL gt key again at the beginning of boot up during diagnostic checks Repeat this operation until you get the following screen 3 The BIOS Setup screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1999 Award Software gt Soyo Combo Feature PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peripherals Set User Password gt Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit V2 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage 44 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 6 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 BIOS After the hardware installation 1s complete turn the power switch on then press the DEL key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen Follow thes
67. tings for temperature fan speed or voltage are exceeded an interrupt is activated The hardware monitor component connects to the SMBus 1 12 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY Wake on LAN technology enables remote wakeup of the computer through a network Wake on LAN technology requires a PCI add in network interface card NIC with remote wakeup capabilities The remote wakeup connector on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN connector The NIC monitors network traffic at the Ethernet interface upon detecting a Magic Packet the NIC asserts a wakeup signal that powers up the computer This feature uses the Wake on LAN connector me CAUTION For Wake on LAN the 5 V standby line for the power supply must be capable of delivering 5V 5 at 720 mA Failure to provide adequate standby current when implementing Wake on LAN can damage the power supply 20 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Congratulations on your purchase of SY 7VMA B Motherboard You are about to install and connect your new Motherboard Note Do not unpack the Motherboard from its protective anti static packaging until you have made the following preparations 2 1 PREPARATIONS Gather and prepare all the following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully l Socket 370 processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type Note This Motherboard supports non boxed type CPUs The heavier
68. u use the Wake On LAN WOL function make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB 42 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment ATX Power 3 3V 3 3V 12V 3 3V GND GND PS ON V GND x Pay special care to the directionality GND 5V GND GND 5V PW OK 5V SVSB 5V 12V 2 3 4 CMOS Clearing JP5 After you have turned off your computer clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pins 2 3 on jumper JP5 for a few seconds Then restore JP5 to the initial 1 2 jumper setting in order to recover and retain the default settings Jumper JP5 can be easily identified by its white colored cap Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data Clearing Short pin 2 3 for 7 Short pin 1 2 JP5 Setting at least 5 seconds to to retain new clear the CMOS emp settings Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation 43 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA 2 3 5 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your Motherboard successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter the BIOS Setup Utility press the DEL key while
69. ultaneously banks are allocated based on LRU SDRAM X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 back to back accesses 10 Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Controller Specification Rev 2 0 compliant Xupports 266 MHz 4x mode for AD and SBA signaling Supports SideBand Addressing SBA mode non multiplexed address data Pipelined split transaction long burst transfers up to 1GB sec Xntelligent request reordering for maximum AGP bus utilization MQP Expansion graphics override the integrated graphics by default with no SMA frame buffer 1 9 CHIPSET gt VT8605 The VT8605 is a high performance cost effective and energy efficient SMA chip set for the implementation of AGP PCI LPC desktop personal computer systems with 66 MHz 100 MHz and 133 MHz CPU host bus Front Side Bus frequencies and based on 64 bit Socket 370 VIA Cyrix III and Intel Celeron and Slot 1 Intel Pentium II and Pentium III super scalar processors In other words the VT8605 is the P6 bus version of the Apollo ProSavage integrated graphics product line targeted at desktop PCs developed by the VIA 53 joint venture The VT8605 may also be referred to by product name PM133 in VIA and S3 marketing literature The VT8605 integrates VIA VT82C694X system controller and 53 Savage4 2D 3D graphics accelerator into a single 552 BGA package The VT8605 SMA system controller provides superior performance between the CPU DRAM
70. user with a very complete and convenient CPU setting environment The CPU settings are all adjusted through the special SOYO COMBO page in the BIOS therefore rendering the use of jumpers obsolete B CPU FSB Frequency The SY 7VMA B supports an incredible wide range of CPU FSB frequency settings 66 75 81 83 90 95 100 105 110 112 113 115 117 118 120 122 124 126 133 135 137 138 140 142 144 150 and 155 MHz This ensures that the SY 7VMA B has an overwhelming overclocking potential Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B CPU Multiplier The SY 7VMA B supports a wide range of multipliers 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 3 5x 4 0x 4 5x 5 0x 5 5x 6 0x 6 5x 7 0x 7 5x and 8 gt EXPANDABILITY The SY 7VMA B provides all the standard expansion slots and many more additional expansion features Expansion slots x 32 bit bus master AGP slot 5 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots x 16 bit ISA slots Enhanced IO Floppy disk controller 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 1 x 16550 compatible serial ports IrDA compatible infrared port 4x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector Motherboard Description amp sy 7VMA B gt ADVANCED FUNCTIONS The SY 7VMA B supports advanced functions such as B Wake On LAN Supports Wake On LAN Some advanced network cards can wake the system up over the netwo
71. ve purchased USB3 and 4 are available To make use of these USB ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The lay out of USB3 and 4 1 as follows USB3 USB4 Power 1 1 Power Data 2 EE J 2 Data Data 3 0 0 3 Data GND 4K XX 4 GND 5 GND 6 VGA monitor connector Plug the monitor cable into the 15 pin female VGA connector located at the real panel of the motherboard 7 Onboard Joystick port audio This Motherboard provides Joystick port and audio Attach the joystick cable to the 15 pin JOYSTICK port at the rear panel of you motherboard This Motherboard features three built in audio stereo ports labeled line in line out and mic jack convenient to directly plug in all your external audio devices 36 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 3 3 5 Other Connections 1 Wake On LAN WOL Attach the 3 pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN WOL function to JP10 header on the Motherboard This WOL function lets users wake up the connected computer through the LAN card Please install according to the following pin assignment Wake On LAN JP10 Pin Assignment 5VSB 2 GND MP Wake up 37 Hardware Installation e SY 7VMA B 2 Infrared SIRCON Plug the 5 pin infrared device cable to the SIRCON header This will enable the infrared transfer function This Motherboard meets both the ASKIR a
72. y 91 Drivers installation e SY 7VMA B VIA Chipset Functions Registry This driver will make the necessary changes to the Windows registry in order to make sure that Windows has no problems recognizing your VIA chipset remapping utility This driver is installed automatically This utility will remap the IRQ lines to make sure that everything functions properly under Windows gt VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win 9x In order to be able to make use of the integrated VGA function in your VIA 53 chipset you will need to install this driver first For Win 9x only gt VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win 2000 In order to be able to make use of the integrated VGA function in your VIA S3 chipset you will need to install this driver first For Win 2000 only gt VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win NT In order to be able to make use of the integrated VGA function in your VIA S3 chipset you will need to install this driver first For Win NT only gt VIA Ac97 Codec Driver for Win 9x NT 2000 You have to install the drivers before installing any application for the Ac97 codec gt VIA hardware monitor for Win 95 98 Your motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC By installing this utility Temperature Fan speed and Voltages can be monitored It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre set values gt 7VMA B Wizard on Hand for Win 95 98 Select this

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