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1. i Pint fi com Pin1 Pin3 INI f COM A COM COM 12VDC Jil g 3 3VDC COM 12VDC a 3 3VDC di l g 5VDC Pin6 i itl 12V Power Connector Aux Power Connector 34 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON G CMOS Clear JP5 In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data follow the steps below to clear the CMOS memory 1 Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2 3 on jumper JP5 This jumper can be easily identified by its white colored cap 2 Then put the jumper back to 1 2 to allow writing of new data into the CMOS memory CMOS 9 Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data Clearing Short pin 2 3 for Short pin 1 2 at least 5 to retain new JPS Setting seconds to clear gus settings a the CMOS Vee 123 Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation Step 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 lt DEL gt key while the system is performing the diagnostic checks Note If you have failed to enter the BIOS wait until the boot up
2. RA fiA AA Pin 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 Secondary Pirmary IDE IDE IDE 3 IDE 4 This Motherboard offers two primary and two secondary IDE device connectors IDE1 IDE2 can support up to four high speed Ultra DMA 33 66 100HDD or CD ROM IDE3 IDE4 can support up to four high speed Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 HDD or CD ROM Connect one side of the ATA66 100 133 flat cable to the IDE device HDD or CD ROM and plug the other end to the primary IDE1 IDE3 or secondary IDE2 IDE4 directionally keyed IDE connector on the Motherboard The ATA66 100 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs This Motherboard can support up to 8 HDDs There are four HDD connectors IDE1 IDE2 IDE3 IDE4 on motherboard IDE3 amp IDE4 are provided for IDE RAID or standard IDE function Please refer to Appendix A for more information 18 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya i POCO TITTI III ASCII III III gt 80 Conductor ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 19 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya B Floppy Drive Installation i Pin 1 FDC Floppy Drive Connector The system supports 5 possible floppy drive types 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB and LS 120 In addit
3. oojo af A DD On D a o E T Js aje fi iE E role St co gessi Gos _ __e ss1 GREER a D fia scia u l Cl L J qa_ ersei Ty 1 i 0 DI EI 12V Power Connector J cS o ABE SERIE 7 Aux Power Connector 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 250 Watts and a power good signal Make sure the ATX power supply can take at 1 5 A max current load on the 5V Standby lead SVSB to meet the standard ATX specification 33 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Note If you use the Wake On LAN WOL function make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Standby lead SVSB Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment ATX Power 12V 5V 5VSB n 5V PW OK aj 5V GND GND 5V GND GND e le GND 5V PS ON GND aje GND 3 3V m 12V 3 3V ZE 3 3V gt Pay special care to the directionality
4. to be able to Select su change the CPU frequency 1 MHZ stepping Frequency Min 100 Press Page Up Page Down key to Over IMHz Clock the CPU Front Side Bus in 1MHz Stepping Max 255 increment or Press Enter key then type the desired CPU Front Side Bus SOYO Disabled Enabled SOYO Mighty Bolt Default Mighty Bolt Enabled security function Check manual for more info on this function 42 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Setting Description Note CPU Clock x8 x10 x11 The available CPU ratio you can select will Ratio x 12 x 13 x 14 depends on your CPU ID sold 162 x07 x 18 x 19 x 20 K Zll K 22X2 x24 Auto Detect Disabled For EMI test purpose E PCI Clk Enabled Default Spread Disabled This item allows you to Default Spectrum Enabled enable disable the spread spectrum modulate 3 1 2 CPU Vcore Select Setting Description Note CPU Vcore Select DDR 2 5V Vcore Select AGP 1 5V Vcore Select Default This function adjust 1 100V 1 125V 1 150V the CPU voltage 1 175V 1 200V 1 225V 1 250V 1 275V 1 300V 1 325V 1 350V 1 375V 1 400V 1 425V 1 450V 1 475V 1 500V 1 525V 1 550V 1 575V 1 600V 1 625V 1 650V 1 675V 1 700V 1 725V 1 750V 1 775V 1 800V 1 825V 1 850V Default Default 2 52V 2 56V 2 59V 2 61V 2 65V 2 68V This function adjust the DDR Vcore This function adjust Default 1 53V 1 56V 1 59V the AGP Vcore 1
5. Which drive that you want to play Audio CD el Cancel Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions Jo About Shows software version and copyright i information U Exit Stops and leaves the CD player MIDI Player MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist Current file field shows the number of the currently selected MIDI files File name field shows the file name Total length field displays the total length of the selected file in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time 121 Button Function i m OEE CAWINDO WNS MEDIA PASSPORT MID CAWINDOWS MEDIA Beethoven s 5th Ssimphony nni Cancel CANINDOWS MEDIA Beethoven s Fur Elise mid CAWINDO WS MEDIA Beethoven s Fur Elise rmi CAWINDOWS MEDIA CANYON MID CAWINDO WS MEDIA Dance atl the Sugar Plum Fairy omi Insert CAWNINDOWS MEDIA Debussy s Claire de Lune mi CAWINDOWS MEDIAYIn the Hall of the Mountain King nmi Remove CAWINDOWS MEDIA Mozart s Symphony No 40 1 mi CAWINDO WS MEDIA Bach s Brandenburg Concerto No 3 11mi Renato Playlist allows you to insert remove and record the MIDI files into and from the playlist You can save the playlist into a file as well Move Up Move Down Save Previous song Loads the previous MIDI file of playlist If current file is the first MIDI file the last one
6. amp Soyo SY P4I Fire DRAGON Motherboard KK ale te K Se ale K K K ate K kk ale te K K K K K K K ale ae te ale K K K 2K K te a ae K ale e a ae 2K 2K e a e 2 rar RR mPGA Socket 478 Processor supported Intel 1345 AGP PRO PCI 400 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor 3K a ale ie K e ale K ie K ie ale ie k ale te K K K K K K K ale ae te ale KK K K K KK ae ale ae e a FK K 2K oe 2 e FK 2K FK K OK ok User s Manual SOYO SY P4I Fire DRAGON Copyright 2001 by Soyo Computer Inc Trademarks Soyo is the registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc All trademarks are the properties of their owners Product Rights All names 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 withou
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8. CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Support Init Display First IDE HDD BlockMode POWER ON Function x KB Power ON Password x Hot Key Power ON Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select x UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ Enabled PANU ICG Item Help Menu Level gt Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Disabled AGP Enabled SIOKU KO NEO NIN Enter Ctrl F1 Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Half 378 IRQ7 SPP B OFF 201 330 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F5 Previous Values The following tables describe each field in F7 Optimized Defaults the INTEGRATED 56 BIOS Setup Utility sy p4i Fire DRAGON 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 On Chip PCI IDE gt Primary gt Secondary
9. IDE 3 or IDE 4 go to the BIOS setup and set the First Boot device to SCSI Create a Disk Array You can create a disk array using 1 HPT372 BIOS Utility Configuration 2 RAID Administrator software HPT372 BIOS Utility Configuration Enter into BIOS Configuration Utility When the following information is displayed on screen during the system starting press ctrl H key to enter into BIOS configuration utility The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below 1 Create RAID Create a Disk Array with the hard disks attached to the HPT370 372 Channe 1 Drive Name Mode Size M Status c 1999 2001 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved 86 Menu It displays all items of the operating command Help It displays the illustrating information of the current selection and the available operation prompts Channel Status It displays the status information of all devices in connection When it is active users can select the device to be operated I Create RAID The following steps shall be taken to create RAID in BIOS 1 Use the arrow key to select 1 Create RAID 2 Press Enter to confirm and go to next 3 Select 1 Array Mode in the popup sub interface and press Enter 4 Select the intended RAID level in the popup selection box and press Enter 5 Select 2 Select Disk Drives in the previous sub interface and press Enter 6 Select the disks to be used for creating the disk array and press
10. If Windows can not find new hardware the driver can be installed through the following steps 1 Click My computer gt Control Panel gt system gt device manager 2 click on Other Device and then double click PCI Raid Controller Click Next in the popup window to continue Click Re install device Click next dr di choose Search for a better driver than your device is using now recommended Put the driver CD on the CD ROM 8 Choose the specify a location and type d raid hpt372 win9x 9 click finish and reboot S Windows Me Manual Installation If Windows can not find new hardware the driver can be installed through the following steps 1 Click My computer gt Control Panel gt system gt device 106 manager click on Other Device and then double click PCI Raid Controller click Next in the popup window to continue Click Re install device choose automatic search for a better driver recommended Put the driver CD on the CD ROM Win 98 ME will automatically search for the driver and then install it on the system click finish and reboot Windows NT 4 0 1 Click Start gt Setup gt Control Panel then double click SCSI Adapter icon 2 In the follow on window select Driver item then click Add button 3 In the follow on window select Have Disk 4 Insert the floppy disk of driver input the path of driver A WinNT then click OK
11. Monitor PS 2 Keyboard Pointing Device PS 2 mouse Disk Drives HDD CD ROM Floppy drive External Peripherals Printer Plotter and Modem optional o e Sa Oe SS SS a Internal Peripherals Modem and LAN cards optional VGA Card AGP 1 5V only PCI gt Note This M B can only support AGP 1 5V VGA card only 11 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 2 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE We will now begin the installation of the Motherboard Please follow the step by step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect cables case wires and power supply Step 5 Power on and enter BIOS setup Step 6 Install supporting software tools See Chapter 4 for more info Warning Turn off the power to the Motherboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on the Motherboard or system 12 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Step 1 Install the CPU To perform the installation of your new SY P4I Fire DRAGON Motherboard follow the steps below M Mark your CPU Frequency Record the working frequency of your mPGA CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover FSB 400MHz I 15GHz 100x 15 0 LJ16GHz 100x160 L 17GHz 100x17 0 _ 1 8GHz 100x 18 0 yo o J 19GHz 100x 190 L120GHz 100x 20 0 CPU Mount Procedu
12. NumLock mode at boot up Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up 50 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 3 3 6 Gate A20 Options Setting Description Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Lets chipset control Gate A20 Default 3 3 7 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 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 1000 msec repeating S1 BIOS Setup Utility Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 3 3 8 Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the security settings Setting Description Note Security Option System Each time the system is booted the password prompt appears Setup If a password is set the password Default prompt only appears when you
13. utility to be able to read the user s manual file Follow the instructions on your screen during installation then once the installation is completed restart your system and re run the SOYO CD 76 Drivers installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Step 2 Install Drivers and Utilities Drivers that are needed to install for the system to operate properly 1 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility for Win 98 98SE ME NT XP C Media 8738 audio driver On board LAN See chapter 5 Highpoint HPT372 driver See page 105 or appendix A 5 HighPoint Utility for the on board RAID function The rest of the available driver is optional Bi le Highlight the driver you want to install and then click ok The Start Up program displays the drivers available for the particular model of Motherboard you own We recommend that you only install those 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 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility for Win 98 98SE ME NT XP Intel Application Accelerator for Win 98 98SE ME NT XP HighPoint Utility for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP C MEDIA 6 Channel onboard audio Driver Application for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP P4I Fire DRAGON ITE hardware doctor for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP I
14. will become the current selection Next song Loads the next MIDI file of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection Playback Starts to playback the current MIDI file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback Backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback Forward 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after Loop Playbacks the MIDI files of the playlist over and over again 122 A Setting Selects the output device you want to use to playback the MIDI files Output device Default MidiQut Devic MPL 401 Microsoft GS Wavetable Sw Synth Default MidiQut Device Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and copyright information ele amp Exit Stops and leaves the MIDI Player 123 MP3 Wave Player MP3 Wave Player can play mp3 wave and MPEG 1 files It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files MP3 Wave Player can record input signals and save it into a wave file as well ARONA Current file field shows the number of the currently selected audio files in the playlist Frequency display field shows the frequency distribution Total length field displays the total length of the currently selected file in minutes and seconds Pla
15. 5 In the follow on window select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item then click OK 6 Follow the system prompt to install the driver When finished re start the computer Windows 2000 1 Click My computer gt Control Panel gt system hardware gt device manager 2 You will see a RAID Controller under unknown device 3 Double click RAID controller 4 Re install driver 5 Choose search for a suitable driver 107 o NOD 11 12 13 14 15 Insert Soyo Driver CD click next remove the check on the Floppy Disk Drive and click next Win 2K will find RAID driver click next Windows will prompt you a Digital signature not found window click yes Win 2K will prompt you to insert the RAID driver CD click ok type the path D raid hpt372 winxp Follow the system prompt to finish the installation and restart the computer After restart Win 2k will detect HPT RCM device Choose search for a suitable driver click next Follow the system prompt to finish the installation Note Win 2k amp Win XP HPT driver are the same Win 2k system will detect and install the driver from the Win XP directory Windows XP 1 Dili wO N gt Click My computer gt Control Panel gt system gt hardware gt device manager You will see a RAID Controller under unknown device Double click RAID controller Re install driver put the
16. BIOS setup program again Note If you do not wish to use the password function press Enter directly and the following message appears g Password Disabled 72 soya BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 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 Type the Password and Press lt Enter gt 3 12 USER PASSWORD When the user password option is on you are not allowed 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 73 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 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 Boot Menu Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN t Move ENTER Accept F4 Exit 74 Drivers installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Chapter 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION The SOY
17. 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 RAID ATA amp RAID ATA Select Your Boot Device Default SCSI Boot SCSI Priority Order SCSI RAID ATA 3 1 6 Onboard LAN Settings Setting Description Note Onboard LAN Enabled This item allow you to control Default Disabled Onboard LAN chipset Onboard 6CH Enabled This item allow you to control Default H W Audio Disabled Onboard 6CH H W Audio Onboard Enabled This item allow you to control Default IEEE1394 Disabled Onboard IEEE1394 Onboard IDE Enabled This item allow you to control Default RAID Disabled Onboard IDE RAID C I H 4 WAY Enabled When set to enabled the BIOS can only Default Protection Drona be programmed through AWDFLASH making sure that any virus is unable to program the system BIOS Set to disable the BIOS can be programmed the traditional way 45 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Mon May 7 2001 Item Help Time hh mm ss 2 30 20 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master None IDE Primary Slave None Change the day month year IDE Secondary Master None and century gt IDE Secondary Sla
18. Soyo driver CD on the CD ROM Choose Install the software automatically recommended and then click next Choose the driver with the location d raid hpt372 winxp hpt3xx inf During installation Win XP will prompt you that this driver have not passed the Windows Logo testing click contiue anyway Win XP will prompt you to insert the RAID driver diskette click ok 108 9 Browse to the directory that contains the missing file D raid hpt372 winxp If you click yes without browsing Win XP will not find the inf file 10 Follow the system prompt to finish the installation and restart the computer Installing Driver During OS Installation Install driver during Windows NT4 0 installation 1 Go to d raid hpt372 directory assuming that your CD ROM is drive d copy all the files and directory to a floppy disk Press F6 key when the system prompts Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration Press F6 key the installation will continue Later installation program will remind user to press S key to specify other devices Please press S key In the follow up Device Type window select Other item then press Enter to confirm The installation program will prompt users to insert the floppy disk of driver Please insert it and then press Enter to confirm In the follow on window select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller then press Enter to confirm The follow on interface will
19. Std 1394 1995 for a high performance serial bus and IEEE 1394a 2000 E Two IEEE Standard 1394a 2000 fully compliant cable ports at 100M bits s 200M bits s 400M bits s gt SUPPORTS 5 FAN CONNECTOR gt C MEDIA HARDWARE AUDIO Supports 4 5 5 1 speakers and DLS based wave table music Also provides professional SPDIF IN OUT non distortion digital interface gt LAN ON BOARD Supports Intel 82562ET IEEE 802 3 10BASE T 100BASE TX compliant physical layer interface IEEE 802 3u Auto Negotiation Support gt SMART CARD READER Compliant with Personal Computer Smart Card PC SC Working Group standard Supports Smart Card insertion power on feature gt ADVANCED FUNCTIONS The SY P4I Fire DRAGON supports advanced functions such as 3 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON E Wake On LAN Supports Wake On LAN Some advanced network cards can wake the system up over the network the WOL connector is provided by the SY P4I Fire DRAGON to support this function E Multiple boot The SY P4I Fire DRAGON supports booting from devices such as CD ROM E Power on by modem or alarm If the SY P4I Fire DRAGON 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 Power on by modem or alarm MW Mighty Bolt Security Function Support Smart Card insertion power
20. attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program ACPI Mode Disabled Enabled the Advanced Programmable Enabled Interrupt Controller APIC mode Default MPS Version 1 1 Allows you to choose the Multi Control for OS 1 4 Processor Specification MPS Default version Other Control Options Other Control Setting Description Options OS Select for When using an OS2 operating DRAM gt 64MB system Non OS2 When using another Default non OS2 operating system Windows will release IRQ line 6 For WIN 95 normally used by the Floppy Disk Drive after you disable your on board FDD and set this field to Yes Windows will reserve INT 6 for Default your FDD whether it is disabled or not 52 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON Small Logo EPA Show Setting Description Note EPA LOGO LOGO Allows user to display SOYO Default SELECT LOGI logo or own logo Logo 0 shows SOYO logo Logo 1 shows user logo Small Set Enabled to Show Logo EPA Logo EPA Enabled Default Show 53 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES STOP 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 C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features System BIOS Cacheable Disabled
21. creation If the cancel operation has been selected the system will remain unchanged 2 After the completion of creating stripe array shut down all other programs Then click Yes to restart the computer or select No to restart the computer later Note 1 Atleast two hard disks are needed to create the stripe array Disks can be connected at any cable and settled as either master or slave device 2 The capacity of the stripe array is equal to the product of the number of total hard disks and the smallest HD capacity Suggestion 1 When selecting the strip size if the user does not know which one is suitable please select the default size 64K 2 In order to avoid the capacity waste try to use hard disks with the identical capacity to create stripe array For the consideration of performance if two hard disks are used please connect them to different IDE channels respectively Warning The data on all disks will be destroyed after the creation of the stripe array III Create Mirror Array The following steps shall be taken to create the mirror array 1 Click Mirror icon on the tool bar 2 Inthe follow on dialog box select hard disks from Available Disks column add them into Source Disk column or Mirror Disk column respectively by clicking the corresponding arrow button 93 3 If the user wants to use a spare disk please select Use Spare Disk item Then select hard disks from Available Disks column and add it in
22. devices under Win95 usually you have to install the device that driver comes with the USB device you have 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 is as follows USB4 USB3 GND 1000008 n GND 8 0 7 GND a Data 6 ORR 5 Data Data Data Data 4 RERS 3 5V 2 KIKI 1 5V 26 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON E 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 the 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 MP Wakeup 3 GND 2 5VSB 1 27 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya 2 Standard 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 and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 28 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya 3 Cooling Fan Installation 1 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFANI CPUFAN2 After you have seated the CPU properly on the processor attach the
23. hard disks of mirror array with the special hard disk swapping box XII Event Log Event Log window will be opened by clicking View Log icon on the tool bar Event Log Bi Log Description 2 01418200 11 00 45 Add spare disk succeeded Aray 0 Spare disk at Adaptar Chanre Dewi 0171872001 12 36 57 Symohronzs minor arrap succeedad Aray 0 01 18 2007 14 22 15 Create miror array succeeded Array 0 Scurce dick at Adapter1 Chanre2 01 18 2007 16 05 28 Creata miror array succeeded Aray 0 Source dick at Adapler1 Chanre1 0118420017 15 29 32 Remove mrroi aray succeeded Array HU 0131872001 16 33 45 Create stnpe aray succeeded Aray 0 Disk 1 Adapter Channell Device 0121872001 15 42 58 Creata span array succesded Anay 0 Disk 1 Adapter Channell Devics2 Event log window lists all the historical operation information including event time amp description thereby providing reference for solving the problems in the operation of RAID Administrator Event log menu provides users with functions as follows Set Log File Set the log file for recording the events Clear Log Clear all the current records in the file Print Log Print the log Exit shut the event log window 105 Driver Installation Two ways you can install your HPT372 RAID controller driver 1 installing driver on an existing system 2 installing driver during OS installation Installing Driver on an Existing System Windows 98SE Manual Installation
24. interface will come up 2 The above interface stays only for a while Coming up is the main interface of RAID Administrator see below Menu Tool Bar D xl Configuration Yew x B Mirror Span Stripe DHI Spare Remove a My Computer ee View by Devices Set ade wew Lag Array Information Device Type Miror Array Capacity 9787 MB Working Status Normal Lo I QUANTUM F TI STI20AZ24A Ca by Adapters prora L at As 4 alle gt Ready FA Disk Tree Status Pane 91 Tool Bar It provides shortcut way to execute the common commands Commands shown by Tool Bar can also be found under Configuration menu Disk Tree It shows the connecting information of all hard disks in two ways View by Device and View by Adapter Status Pane It lists the information and working status of selected hard disks or disk arrays ll Create Stripe Array The following steps shall be taken to create the stripe array 1 Click Stripe icon on the tool bar 2 Select the strip size in the follow on window and then click Next button Please select the slip see om below ces In the follow on dialog box select hard disk from Available Disks column Add them into Stripe Array Member Disks column by clicking the corresponding arrow button Then click Next button 92 1 In the follow on dialog box click Create button to create stripe array or click Cancel button to cancel this
25. list the devices to be installed in which HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item should be included If users want to install other devices please operate at this time If all devices have been successfully installed please go to next Press Enter to continue the installation of Windows NT4 0 109 Install driver during Windows 2000 installation 1 Go to d raid hpt372 directory assuming that your CD ROM is drive d copy all the files and directory to a floppy disk If Windows 2000 is installed from the floppy drive please let the installing program run automatically If Windows 2000 is installed from the CD ROM drive please F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows 2000 Setup window appears Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue The system will ask whether to install driver under WinNT or under Windows 2000 please select to install driver under Windows 2000 In the follow on window of device type please select Other and press Enter to continue The follow on interface will list the devices to be installed in which HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item should be included If users want to install other devices please operate at this time If all devices have been successfully installed please go to next Install driver during Windows XP installation 1
26. lm Help Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Menu Level gt Vv Move Enter Select DELI IPD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and 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 54 BIOS Setup Utility Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 3 4 1 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Setting Description Enabled The ROM area F0000H FFFFFH is cacheable Default The video BIOS C0000H C7FFFH is cacheable Allows user enabled Video RAM Default Cacheable CHIPSET Setting Description FEATURES Delay Prior 4Min Set the time for the system to decrease to Thermal performance to avoid reaching maximum thermal temp Ex If you set Default it to 16 minutes the system will start decreasing the performance 16 minutes before reaching max thermal temp 55 BIOS Setup Utility gt sy P4I Fire DRAGON 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS with the Chipset Caution Change these settings only if you are already familiar 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
27. my system will not boot up 1 try clearing the CMOS 2 the BIOS chip is defected due to unsuccessful flash contact your nearest Soyo branch for re flashing Is there a way to reprogram my BIOS after an unsuccessful flash No other way you need to send back the BIOS ROM to your nearest Soyo branch for re flashing VGA Issue I cannot set my VGA to go higher than 16 color 640x 480 1 make sure that you have installed the Intel chipset software installation utility 2 install re install the VGA driver After wake up from Suspend to RAM or Standby mode the screen has 144 no display but I can hear the hard disk operating L 2 install the Intel chipset software installation utility Check the VGA card manufacturer for driver update Or make sure the VGA card support Suspend to Ram function Audio Issue How can I disable the on board Audio Go to the SOYO Combo Feature in the BIOS setup then set the onboard 6CH H W audio to disable I cannot get the sound working on my system 1 e SS check if the speaker wire is connected to the line out connector in the M B check if the speaker power is powered on install the audio driver supplied on our driver disc Check BIOS setup if onboard 6CH H W audio is enabled if sound already installed check our website for audio driver update I cannot get the sound working on the 5 1 channel speaker l install the audio driver and application Check driver
28. surround right surround and center 5 5 Speakers and subwoofer left right left surround right surround center and subwoofer 5 1 TT Use lowpass filter for front channels Demo 1 Demo 2 EAX Environment Original C Gemeral C Concert Hall The MP3 file for EAX and ECHO demostration ICAMP3 SONG MP3 137 Please left click Echo to activate the function For pitch adjustment please use and keys on the keyboard For microphone pitch adjustment please use and keys on the numeric keyboard To resume the original please use and gt keys Using MP3 Wave Player to Work With Mini Disc Recording MP3 Wave Player is an easy and powerful tool for Mini Disc recording Besides allowing you to create your own playlist it also provides a control interface of SPDIF IN OUT of C Media s sound card The following 4 steps can help you create your album into Mini Disc easily STEP 1 Using optical fiber to connect the sound card STEP 2 STEP 3 and the MD player MD player will start to do the recording and turning on the SYNC mode See above 1 Output A PC to MD player To execute MP3 Wave Player and modify the play list You should select those files whose format can be recognized by the MD Player You can also change the sound effects if you like See also 5 1 4 In Setting dialog check Enable SPDIF OUT input the playback delay time and select 5 Vp p Optical Ple
29. two channels The select button can temporarily select input signal without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means itis available and vice versa CD Regulates the CD drive audio input level MIC Regulates the input level of microphone WAVE Regulates wave voice playback level FM Regulates the FM music play level 128 AUX IN Regulates the Auxiliary input play level LINE IN Regulates the Line In level SPDIF IN Enables the recording from SPDIF in SPDIF in is mutually exclusive with other input signals Advanced Regulates the advanced settings Advanced SPDIF x SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options TT Enable SPDIF OUT TT Monitor SPDIF IN Digital SPDIF IN signal pass to analog LINE OUT SPDIF IN device SPDIFIN 1 C SPDIFIN 2 SPDIF IN Format Normal Inverse TT Enable SPDIF IN OUT Copyright protection TT Enable SPDIF IN Validity detection Cancel Apply SPDIF dialog provides a full control over SPDIF IN OUT functions You can use these settings to connect your computer to other pieces of audio device such as Mini Disc players amplifiers etc For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Appendixes C and D Advanced Speakers Speakers dialog provides an interface allowing you to set your speakers configurations First You should make sure what model type your speakers are and what the correct configurations are And this dialog also
30. 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 79 Intel Pro 100 LAN Driver Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya Chapter 5 Intel Pro 100 LAN driver installation Intel PRO 100 LAN Driver for Win98SEI Win ME 1 2 DUBY oo x Click My computer gt Control Panel gt system gt device manager click on Other Device and then double click PCI Ethernet Controller Click Next in the popup window to continue Click Re install device Click next choose Search for a better driver than your device is using now recommended Put the driver CD on the CD ROM Choose the specify a location and type d lan intel Win 98 will find look for a file 8255xdel exe type the path d intel lan and then click next 10 click finish and reboot Intel PROI 100 LAN Driver for Win ME 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 After entering Windows 98 ME double click My Computer Double click Control Panel Double click System Click the Device Manager tab Open Other Devices with a yellow icon Select PCI Ethernet Controller then click Remove button to remove it Click Refresh and a Add New Hardware Wizard appears identifying the card as a PCI Ethernet Controller select Search for the best driver for your device Recom
31. 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 SOYO COMBO menu To avoid damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment CPUFAN1 1 GND 2 42V 3 SENSOR CPUFAN2 ao I NC 12y GND 29 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 Some chassis also feature a cooling fan This Motherboard features a CHAFAN connector 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 Classis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 CHAFAN Pin Assignment CHAFAN1 1 GND 240 3 SENSOR CHAFAN2 1 GND 2 12V 3 SENSOR CHAFAN3 Note CPU cooling fan must be installed to prevent CPU from overheating and ensure system stability Chassis cooling fan is optional depending on whether there is cooling fan in your chassis 30 Hardware Installation 4 Smart Card Reader gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON soya SMCARDCN NC 14 13 NC Scrpres 12 1177 GND Scrio 10 9 NC NC 8 7 CLK RST 6 5 Scrfet NC 4 3 NC NC 2 1 VCC 5 CD Line in CDIN1 This Motherboard provid
32. 4I Fire DRAGON 1 6 SY P4I Fire DRAGON MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT PS 2 KB PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector CPUFAN2 CPUFAN1 1 a Socket mPGA478 COMA DA aa add Back Panel ATX Power esi TROTA TONDE 12V Power Peripheral Power H i DIMM1 DIMM2 Aux Power 000 AGP PRO Tn r r PCI Slot 1 Be JP5 de RN Intel soog ae Se Se Slot 2 FW82801BA ae PCI Slot 3 AF 2 1 IDE 3 IDE 4 4 PCI Slot 4 a EJOHAFANI i CHAFAN2 PCI Slot 5 1 J26 PCI Slot 6 fmi f can 6 Fower Keylock Speaker ios 1 Boe 14 2 1 3 SIRCON SMCARDCN 10 2 LI LI HE4 TW lb n TE Uso a osct RSTACPI woe LED J25 SY P4I Fire DRAGON Platform Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 1 7 SY PAI Fire DRAGON MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS ABC D E FGH I J afa HHA TA in fm AO u OZ Z Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON o n ON wD 5556 LAN Chip CPU Cooling Fan C
33. 62V 1 65V 1 68V 43 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 1 3 Advanced Tune UP Settings Setting Description Note Memory Auto This item allows you to control Default frequency for DDR266 the DRAM speed DDR200 DRAM Timing BySPD Ifenable the DRAM will auto Default Selectable Manual detect the DRAM timing CAS Latency 1 5 This item allows you to control l Time 2 the DRAM CAS Latency time _ 25 Default _ 3 Active to 5 This item allows you to control 7 Percharge Delay 6 the DRAM Percharge Delay 7 time Default DRAM RAS to 2 This item allows you to control i CAS Delay 3 DRAM RAS to CAS delay time Default DRAM RAS 2 7 This item allow you to control RAEE Percharge 3 DRAM RAS percharge time Default DRAM Data Auto Detect is DDR is ECC or Integrity Mode not AGP Aperture 32 Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a siao ley 64 portion of the PCI memory address Default 128 range dedicated for graphics memory 256 address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation 3 1 4 Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Quick Power On Disabled _ F l Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POST at boot up Default 44 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON S 3 1 5 System Boot Control Settings Setting Description Note First Second Floppy Select Your Boot Device Third
34. 67 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS This option sets the Motherboard s PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Vcore 1 66 V VCC 1 8V 1 79 V Item Help Menu Level gt FOV 5 02 V APAA 11 77 V CPU Temperature 45 C System Temperature 34 C CPUFANI Speed 4891 RPM CHAFANISpeed SYSFAN2 Speed gt 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 option is set to Auto 68 BIOS Setup Utility 3 8 1 CPU Device Monitoring CPU Device Monitoring Shutdown Temperature Vcore VCC 1 8V 3 3V 5V Temperature System CPU Temperature CPUFANI Speed CHAFANI Speed SYSFAN2 Speed Setting Disabled 45 C 113 F 50 C 122 F 55 C 131 F 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 75 C 167 F v RPM RPM gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Description This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode Show the current voltage status Show the current status of CPU temperature Show the current status of the system temperature Show you the current CPUFAN operating speed Show you the current CHAFAN operating speed Show you the current SY S
35. ALI ILALALI ARICLLARENLE VITE KH ALAAL AKA ALELELIRENLA LITE KLITEALKA MANEA AUDUALAROAEAUROR LAMIA MANNI TTT TET ETTELEEE ELLE EEELERETED ALELLLIRENLELETEKERIAILKA ALECLLABENLE LITE LAMIA ALALU LULA LLALLA ALL m 16 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules RAM Type DDR SDRAM Memory Module Size MB 64 128 256 512 MB 1 GB Step 3 Install Expansion Card The motherboard has 1 AGP slot and 6 PCI slot 1 Read the related expansion card s instruction document before inserting the expansion card into the computer 2 Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard 3 Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 4 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 5 Install related driver from the operating system AGP Slot This motherboard supports AGP 2x 4x Pro VGA CARD DO NOT remove the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your card slot and motherboard Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card You can use a pen tip to remove the tab from the bay Note This Motherboard can only support 1 5V VGA Card 17 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya Step 4 Connect cables case wire and power supply A IDE Device Installation HDD CD ROM
36. Connector Connector 00 COMA COM B AOUT AIN AMIC 24 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 1 Onboard Serial Ports COM1 COM2 External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include serial mouse and modem Plug the serial device cables directly into the COMA COMB 9 pin male connectors 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 ABD Clock __Pin3 GND Pin1 KBD DATA 4 PS 2 Mouse Similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector Pind Mouse Clock Pin3 GND Pin1 Mouse DATA 25 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 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 USB1 or USB2 Standard device drivers come with the Win98 for commonly used USB devices With Win95 use the flow UHCI specifications To use USB
37. Enter to confirm in the channel status zone 7 Select 3 Start Creation Process 8 Pay attention to the warning message and press Y to finish creation Note 1 If you have selected Striping RAID 0 for Performance in the popup sub interface after the operation of 1 Array Mode you should directly go to 3 Strip Size 64K and then select 4 Start Creation Process The default strip size is 64K 2 If user is creating RAID 0 1 then user must select four 87 single disks All data on these disks will be destroyed after creation of RAID 0 1 3 Different warning messages appear according to different RAID levels II Delete RAID The following steps shall be taken to delete RAID 1 In the menu zone select 2 Delete RAID press Enter to confirm this operation and go to next 2 In the validated channel status zone use the arrow key to select the disk array to be deleted and press Enter to confirm 3 Press Y when warned Are you sure you want to remove the disk array III Rebuild Mirror Array The following steps shall be taken to rebuild the mirror array 1 2 6 7 Note In the menu zone select 3 Rebuild Mirror Array press Enter to confirm this operation and go to next In the menu zone of the popup sub interface select 1 Select Source Disk None and press Enter to confirm In the validated channel status zone select the source disk of the mirror array and then press Enter In the menu zone of the
38. FAN operating speed 69 Note Default BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 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 C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature gt PC Health Status 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 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 STOP configuration please load the SETUP DEFAULTS for stable performance 70 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 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 is recommended if you need to reset the system setup and to retrieve the old values CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature gt PC Health Status gt Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanc
39. FEATURES Full duplex playback and recording Built in 16 bit CODEC HRTF 3D positional audio supporting both DirectSound 3D amp A3D interfaces Also supports earphones 2 4 6 channel speakers mode Support Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 Built in 32 OHM Earphone buffer MPU 401 Game Midi port and legacy audio SB Pro support N on A w Downloadable Wave Table Synthesizer supporting Direct Music Digital Audio SPDIF IN OUT 1 Up to 24 bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate voice playback recording 2 Full duplex playback and recording 120dB audio quality measured 116 3 Auto detectable SPDIF IN signal level from 0 5V to 5V I Hi iL uti 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 120dB audio quality in playback recording and bypass modes e Stereo Mixer 1 Stereo analog mixing from CD Audio and Line in 2 Stereo digital mixing from Voice FM Wave table and Digital CD Audio 3 Mono mixing from MIC Software adjustable volume e Game and MIDI Interface 1 Fully compatible with MPU 401 Midi UART and Sound Blaster Midi mode Standard IBM PC joystick game port dual channels Windows Applications AUDIO RACK FOR WDM DRIVER By means of a user friendly interface as easy as operating your home stereo system this PCI audio rack provides you with control over your PC s audio functions including the advantage of 4 6 speakers mode
40. Go to d raid hpt372 directory assuming that your CD ROM is drive d copy all the files and directory to a floppy disk Booting from CD ROM when the Windows XP Setup blue screen appear and prompt user to press F6 key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver please press F6 Key Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows XP Setup window appears 4 The system will ask whether to install driver under WinNT 110 9 or under Windows XP please select to install driver under Windows XP Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue In the follow on window of device type please select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller for Windows XP to continue Win XP will prompt you that a message that the driver is newer than the default driver press S to continue The follow on interface will list the devices to be installed in which HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item should be included If users want to install other devices please operate at this time If all devices have been successfully installed please go to next Press ENTER to continue Windows XP setup How to Verify if the HPT372 RAID Controller Setup is Successful Verify Installation on Windows 98 98SE ME When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon on desktop and then select Property item from the popup menu 2 Select Device Manager item from th
41. HIGHPOINT FP T3772 sccscscccsecssscssccssacsescsseosseossencsecsscosieaeseaceosessecs 84 APPENDIXB C MEDIA 6 CHANNEL AUDIO SOLUTION MANUAL 116 APPENDIXC TROUBLESHOOTING AT FIRST START sccsessseseees 141 APPENDIXD CONTACT INFORMATION sccsssssssssscssscsssssssssssescseonses 148 iv Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Chapter 1 MOTHEBOARD DESCRIPTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION The SY P4I Fire DRAGON AGP PCI Motherboard is a high performance Socket 478 processor supported ATX form factor system board SY P4I Fire DRAGON uses the Intel 1845 Chipset technology This Motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards 1 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items 3 The SY P4I Fire DRAGON Intel i845 AGP PCI Motherboard TN A amp ka wy e The User Manual A F DJ GS The Installation CD ROM O hi GE SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM i a Three IDE Device ATA 100 Flat Cable s 3 la 2 One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable j One Heat Sink Compound Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON gt Box C 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 Ot
42. IDE gt Primary Master PIO gt Primary Slave PIO gt Secondary Master PIO gt Secondary Slave PIO IDE gt Primary Master UDMA gt Primary Slave UDMA gt Secondary Master UDMA gt Secondary Slave UDMA Setting 3 5 2 Keyboard Controls Keyboard Controls Setting Description USB Controller USB Keyboard Support Init Display First AGP Disabled Enabled Select Enabled if your system Description Turn off the on board Use the on board IDE Default 0 is the slowest speed 4 is the fastest speed For better performance and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing Default Select Auto to enable Default Ultra DMA Mode support Default contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals Disabled Turn off the on board IDE Enabled Use a USB keyboard Display card or PCI VGA card Default PCI Slot Choose which card AGP Default to initialize first BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 5 3 IDE HDD Block Mode Setting Description Note IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Enabled Invokes multi sector Default transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function 3 5 4 Others Optional Setting Description Note POWER ON Password Enables you to wake up the Function system by entering a password at __ the keyboard You can wake up the system by pressing the key c
43. O CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating System other than Windows 95 98 98SE ME Your SY P4I Fire DRAGON Motherboard comes with a CD ROM labeled SOYO CD The SOYO CD contains 1 the user s manual file for your new Motherboard 2 the drivers software available for installation and 3 a database in HTML format with information on SOYO Motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive If you use Windows NT 2000 or XP 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 Pal Fire DRAGON Cancel SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu If you use Windows 95 98 98SE ME the SOYO CD Start Up Program automatically detects which SOYO Motherboard you own and displays the corresponding model name 75 soya Drivers installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 15 xl Read the manual Check new releases Microsoft Direct 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
44. TE SIM card reader driver for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP english ITE SIM card reader driver for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP chinese Cancel Driver Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows gt Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility for Win 98 98SE ME NT XP Windows operating system will not recognize the new INTEL 1845 chipset properly To update the necessary inf files that will help Windows recognize 77 Drivers installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON the 1845 chipset please run this utility gt Intel Application Accelerator for Win 98 98SE ME NT XP The Intel R Application Accelerator is designed to improve performance of the storage sub system and overall system performance This software delivers improved performance through several ingredient technologies components Certain components will be available only on Pentium R 4 processor based systems running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Software installation is flexible and fully automated for Microsoft Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition SE Windows 98 Millennium Edition Me Windows NT4 0 and Windows 2000 operating systems gt HighPoint Utility for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP The RAID Administrator utility is used to monitor or perform maintenance on a RAID Administrator Mirror RAID 1 Stripe RAID 0 Span or Mirror plus Stripe RAID 0 1 Visual messages are available to warn of possible problems with the disk array
45. amp SCS ard RAID controllers HEHP T370 UDMA ATAIO0 RAID Controller und viden and gane contrellers System devices d ACPI Fed Feature Buttor 4 Direct menor access controller J HighPont 2CM Davice Y ISAN Read Dara Port 4 Miciocode Updats Device If an HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller and HighPoint RCM Device item exists in the popup Device Manager window see above it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise if user cannot find these four device items or there is or markings on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user needs to delete the devices and reinstall the drivers 115 APPENDIX B Overview and Acknowledgments C Media 6 Channel Audio offers a new generation in audio solution it utilizes the state of the art CRL 3D Audio technology HRTF 3D positional audio and supports Microsoft DirectSound 3D and Aureal s A3D interfaces Better yet it supports 2 4 6 speakers and DLS based DownLoadable Sound wave table music synthesizer which supports the DirectMusic Besides being legacy audio SB pro compatible and providing professional SPDIF IN OUT non distortion digital interface it also supports MPU 401 interface dual game ports etc What we provide at the side card are line in rear speaker jack microphone jack audio output jack SPDIF OUT jack and 15pin D SUB multiplexed joystick MIDI connector e SPECIAL
46. ase note that in playback if there is no lapse longer than three seconds between each track the MD player can not recognize the tracks and will record all of them into one It is recommended that you set the lapse time to 3 5 seconds to meet all type of MD player requirements 138 Settings Playback Playback delay time for Mini Disc secondi F mm IV Enable 24 bits SPDIF OUT down mixing to etit TE OUT SPDIF SPDIF IN loopback to SPDIF OUT bypass JV Enable SPDIF OUT TT Monitor SPDIFIN Digital SPDIF IN signal pass to analog LINE OUT SPDIF OUT level lt 5 Vp p Optica gt C 0 5 Vp p Coaxial SPDIF IN Format Normal Inverse Diagnose TT Enable SPDIF IN OUT Copyright protection TT Enable SPDIF IN Validity detection STEP 4 Start to play the songs You will see that the MD player starts to do the recording as well Recording from SPDIF IN The optical module can be connected to SPDIF IN device such as the portable CD ROM player the CD ROM drive the MD Player to name a few The Windows application and the MP3 Wave player can be used to do the recording of the signal from SPDIF IN The recording steps are as follows STEP 1 Use optical fiber or coaxial to connect the sound card and SPDIF IN device See also Appendix C 2 Input STEP 2 Execute MP3 Wave Player In Setting dialog select 5 Vp p Optical or 0 5 Vp p Coaxial 139 STEP 3 In Wave Recording dial
47. at Normal and Random Repeat and Randorr Main Reverb Main Reverb Normal METE E EE e TT TTT TTT 10C 25C 50C 800 14k 22k 34k 58k 9k 13k C Rock Pop Jazz Classic Vocal Flat Karaoke User Cancel Y Equalizer al a Setting You can use this dialog to set the playback parameters and the status of SPDIF IN OUT For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Playback Playback delay time for Mini Disc recording o second s SPDIF TT SPDIF IN loopback to SPDIF OUT bypass IT Enable SPDIF OUT TT Monitor SPDIF IN Digital SPDIF IN signal pass to analog LINE OUT SPDIF IN device SPDIFIN 1 SPDIF IN 2 SPDIF IN Format Normal Inverse TT Enable SPDIF IN OUT Copyright protection TT Enable SPDIF IN Validity detection 126 Appendixes C and D Recording You can use this function to record a wave file from any recording channel Wave Recording xi m Recording Format Name CD Quay Save As Remove Format PCM X Attributes 44 100 kHz 16 Bit Stereo 172 kb sec v m Recording Channel TT SPDIFIN IT LINE IN IT Mic M WAVE V MIDI I AUXIN I CD nm PT PT En nin File name Browse Synchronize with Record stop Total time recorded 00 00 TT CD player J7 MIDI Player Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and copy
48. button to create or Cancel button to cancel the creation If the user selects Cancel the system will remain unchanged When the creation is complete the program will ask the user to restart the computer Four hard disks are needed in the creation of the 0 1 array In the creation of the 0 1 array the source disk will actually be the first stripe array composed of two hard disks the mirror disk will actually be the second stripe array composed of two hard disks The capacity of the stripe array as the source disk shall be not larger than that of the stripe array as the mirror disk The capacity of the 0 1 array is equal to that of the stripe array as the source disk 100 Suggestion In order to avoid the capacity waste please use hard disks with the identical capacity to create the 0 1 array Warning The data on all member disks will be destroyed after creating the 0 1 array VIII Remove Disk Array The following steps shall be taken to remove disk array 1 Selectthe disk array to be deleted in the disk tree 2 Click Remove icon on the tool bar 3 In the popup dialog box select Yes to confirm the remove operation select No to cancel the remove operation Congratulations di Xi i A o Remove operation succeeded You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect Do you want to restart the computer now 4 After the remove operation is complete shut down all other programs Then
49. capacity waste please use hard disks with the identical capacity to create mirror array Warning The creation of the mirror array will make only the data on the source disk be preserved while the data on both the mirror disk and the spare disk destroyed IV Add Remove Spare Disk If the user does not want to set a spare disk during the creation of mirror he can add the spare disk into the mirror array later The user can also remove the spare disk that has been set The steps to add remove the spare disk are as follows 1 Select the mirror array to be add remove the spare disk 2 Click Spare icon on the tool bar 3 In the popup dialog box select Add or Remove operation then click Next button 95 4 If the user is to add the spare disk select the hard disk to be used in the follow on dialog box and then click Finish button 5 If the user is to remove the spare disk click Finish button in the follow on dialog box V Synchronize Validate Verify Mirror Array Synchronize Mirror After the completion of creating mirror array the data on the source disk has not been copied to the mirror disk The data on the source disk and the mirror disk do not keep identical yet The user should synchronize mirror by which the data on the source disk will be fully copied to the mirror disk Thus the data on the disks in the mirror array become identical Once the creation of the mirror array is finished the user will be asked whether t
50. ch Method Sync Blank the monitor is blanked Blank screen DPMS Default Video Off In Yes This determines the manner in Default Suspend No which the monitor is blanked Suspend Type Stop Grant The system can wake up Default through external events PwrOn The system can only wake up Suspend through the Power Button MODEM Use 3 Assigns an IRQ to the modem Default IRQ 3 11 NA device Standby Mode Disabled Default 1Min 1Hour When the set time has elapsed BIOS sends a command to the system to enter Standby Mode 62 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Power Management Controls Continued Power Setting Description Management Controls HDD Power Disabled Default Down 1 15Min When the set time has Some older elapsed BIOS sends a model HDDs command to the HDD to may not power down This turns off support this the HDD motor advanced function Soft Off by Instant off Default PWR BTTN Delay 4 Turns off the system power 4 Sec seconds after pushing the power button Wake Up by Disabled If enabled any PCI interrupt will Default PCI card wake up the system Enabled Power On by Disabled Default Ring Enabled The system will self power on me when the modem is ringing USB KB Wake Disabled When Enabled this feature allows Default Up From S3 Enabled the USB KB to S3 suspend to RAM Resume by Disabled The system ignores the alarm Default Alarm Enabled Set alarm to power on the system by the dat
51. click Yes to restart the computer or select No to restart the computer later Note 1 Remove mirror array operation will generate two physical disks with the identical data on each 2 Remove 0 1 array operation will generate two stripe arrays with the identical data on each Warning 1 Remove stripe array operation will lead to the data on the striping disks all destroyed 2 Remove span array operation will lead to the data on the 101 first disk reserved while the data on other disks will be all destroyed IX Set Transfer Mode The following steps shall be taken to set transfer mode of hard disk 1 Select the hard disk in the disk tree 2 Click Mode icon on the tool bar 3 Inthe popup Set Transfer Mode window select the mode to be set Set Transfer Mode Transfer Mode Ultra DIA Transfer Rate PIO O WY DMA Ultra DMA O UDMA Mode 2 33 MBytes s O UDMA Mode 3 dd AMBytes s O UDMA Mode 4 66 TBytes s UDMA Mode 5 100 MBytes s D UDMA Mode 6 193MBytes s 4 Click OK button to finish or click Cancel button to cancel If Cancel button is clicked the system will remain unchanged 5 The setting will take effect only after the restart of computer Suggestion 1 BIOS and driver of RAID Adapter can automatically detect the optimum transfer mode supported by the corresponding hard disk Usually no need to change the transfer mode 2 If the option box of transfer mode is gra
52. ction tap Playlist You can select or move tracks of audio CD from and into the playlist The title of CD and the name of tracks can be modified as well Playlist dialog will save and show them automatically when you want to play the same CD record input signals and save it in a wave file as well Mixer controls the volume level of your audio inputs and outputs Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components 119 To show or hide a component from the display click the component button s listed on the top po E REL Previous song Loads the previous track of playlist If current track is the first track the last track will become the current track Next song Loads the next track of playlist If current track is the last track the first track will become the current track Playback Starts to playback the current track Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after Loop Playbacks the tracks over and over again Eject Opens the CD ROM drive to change the audio CD 120 Setting Selects the CD ROM drive which analog a output is connected to the Analog CD in of your sound card If your CD ROM does not connect to the analog CD input wire please use device manager to change the property of your CD ROM
53. d 15 will only be assigned if they are free See the table below on how to free them 66 BIOS Setup Utility Sv PAI Fire DRAGON PNP PCI Configuration Setup Continued IRQ 15 IRQ 15 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Secondary PCI IDE disabled IRQ 14 IRQ 14 PCI ISA PnP On Chip Primary PCI IDE disabled Interrupt 12 will be released by the PnP IRQ 12 PCI ISA PnP B OS automatically if the PS 2 Mouse Port is not used IRQ7 IRQ7 PCI ISA PnP Onboard parallel port disabled IRQ4 IRQ4 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled IRQ3 IRQ3 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 2 disabled 4 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 Assign IRQ Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for USB Default 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 using Default 1 2 3 4 IRQs Automatically Assignment 3 7 2 MULTI I O ADDRESSES Default settings for multi I O addresses are as follows Port I O Address IRQ Status LPT1 378H 7 ECP EPP COM1 3F8H 4 COM2 2F8H 3 Warning If 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
54. e 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 63 BIOS Setup Utility SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 6 2 Reload Global Timer Events Power Down Setting Description amp Resume Events IDEO IDE1 Disabled Default gt Primary In effect the system remains alert gt Secondary for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled Disabled Default Enabled In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled Disabled Default The system monitors these elements for activity The system will resume if IRQ activity is detected 64 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY PAI Fire DRAGON 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP This option sets the Motherboard s PCI Slots CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD xIRQResources _ Press Enter Menu Level gt Default is Disabled Select PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Enabled to reset Extended Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled System Configuration Data Assign IRQ Lol USB Enabled ESCD when you exit Setup if INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto you have installed a new INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto add on and the system INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto such a serious conflict that the reconfiguration has caus
55. e popup window 111 If there is an HPT370 HPT372 item under SCSI Controllers it indicates that the driver has been installed properly System Properties EHE Genel Device Manager Hardwate Prolies Perfomance GF View devices by ype View devices by conection m Computer da H E Dish drives HI mi Displap adapter HI Floppp disk comtiollets fy Hard disk corlrollere HAR Leybosid H E Monitor 4 Mouse BH Meiwork adepler Uthei Gevices A F Ports COM amp LFTI E SCSI coniolale HFT BCM DEVICE HPTAT2 UINA ATALS RAIN Controller H A Sound video and game controlets H a e a Poopenlies i Remova temi If you cannot find these two above mentioned device items or there are or on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and needs reinstallation Verify Installation on Windows NT 4 0 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Click Start gt Setup gt Control Panel and then double click SCSI Adapter item 2 If there is HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item in the popup window it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise users need to reinstall the driver 112 SCSI Adapters I 2fx Devices Drivers G SCSI adapiers and connected devices are listed below IDE CD ROM ATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PCI IDE Controller Gi HPT370 UDMA ATA100 RAID Controller Proper
56. ed SROS cannot boot gt 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 3 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 65 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 7 1 PNP PCI Configuration Controls PNP PCI Setting Description Controls 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 and 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 Default ESCO auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ PCI device Choose IRQ assigned Default assigned to to PCI ISA PnP card Reserved Reserved IRQ 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 IRQs 0 1 2 6 8 13 can NOT be assigned because they are fixed IRQs 5 9 10 11 are available IRQs 3 4 7 12 14 an
57. ed BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Esc Quit AV gt 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 STOP configuration please load the SETUP DEFAULTS for stable performance 71 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 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 and press Enter Select the Security Options item and set the field to a System The password is required every time the system is 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
58. ees 1 1 1 INTRODUCTION Wu ieri ieri nei 1 1 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 1 1 3 KEY FEATURES pulire 2 1 4 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD ii 5 1 5 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS 6 1 6 SY P4I Fire DRAGON MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT 7 1 7 SY P4I Fire DRAGON MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS 8 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION oosscsssssssssssssssscsssssssssssssssssssssessseees 11 2 1 PREPARATIONS eccsescsccsecdscscactessbuisersusseeseuesessenecusscnooesntie 11 2 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE sceccceanlencidetsv tin Gisesuvedeltevsdsvauwebaces 12 2 3 QUICK BIOS SEFRUP ellenica 36 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY csoccsercessceresierezeeeeeeseeneeeenezzonezoneee 38 3 1 SOYG COMBOSETUB sclll ae 41 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP iene 46 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES iii 49 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 54 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ccccccccecseesssceesceesesveceees 56 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ue 61 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP i 65 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS Slice 68 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS sesers 70 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 71 3 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD uu cece ie 72 3 12 USER PASSWORD 73 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION asccsssssssssssssssssssssssssscsssscsssesssssssssessess 75 CHAPTER 5 INTEL PRO 100 LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION 80 iii Table of Contents gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON CHAPTER 6 HIGHPOINT HPT 372 DRIVER INSTALLATION 83 APPENDIXA
59. el button to cancel the creation If the user selects Cancel the system will 98 remain unchanged Create Span Array Wizard val cieste a nev span array with the Following spechications You have raeed the folowing disk STAA bi cabor 540381R Hastor Se FSU amino Data onthe first disk will be reserved while data on other dicks wil be destroyed Back Crete Cancel 4 After the create operation is complete please shut down all other programs And then click Yes to restart the computer The user may also select No to restart the computer later Warning In the creation of the span array only the data on the first member disk will be preserved while the data on others will be completely destroyed Note At least two hard disks are needed in the creation of the span array Disks can be connected at any cable and settled as either master or slave device VII Create 0 1 Array The following steps shall be taken to create the 0 1 array 1 Click 0 1 icon on the tool bar 2 Select the strip size 99 3 In the popup dialog box select the hard disks to be used and add them into Source Disks column or Mirror Disks column Create 0 1 Array Please select the dicks foi creating 0 1 Array Aveilable Disks Source Disks Miror Disks S Maxtor 54098U8 Maxtor 92739U6 Capecily 26127MB Location Adapteri Channe2D evicel earn Note Click Create
60. enable disable and perfect digital sound SPDIF input input output control 117 E beaded Recording Control Center This Audio Rack consists of several major components Control Center Controls the display of the PCI Audio Rack components CD Player can play standard audio CDs and allow you to create your own playlist MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist MP3 Wave Player can play mp3 wave and MPEG 1 files It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files If you want to sing a song MP3 Wave Player also provides a Karaoke function MP3 Wave Player canrecord input signals and save it in a wave file as well Mixer controls the volume level of your audio inputs and outputs 118 Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components To show or hide a component from the display click the component button s listed on the top CD Player CD Player Plays standard audio CDs and allows you to create your own playlist a a compact lS p rea J eps ap elaiS 2 5 E Current Track field shows the number of the currently selected CD track CD title and track name field shows CD title and track name You can modify CD title and track name in Playlist function Total length field displays the total length of the selected track in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time Button Fun
61. er icon 2 Press Mouse right button then click properties 3 Click Hardware then click Device Manager 4 Open Other Devices with a yellow icon 5 Select Ethernet Controller then double click it 6 Click Driver then click update Driver 7 Click next and next 8 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended 9 put the CD driver on the CD ROM 10 11 remove the check on Floppy disk drive and click next Win 2K will the LAN driver click next 81 Intel Pro 100 LAN Driver Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 12 click finish Intel PRO 100 LAN Driver for Windows XP Because Windows XP can detect LAN Driver automatic so this installation is for update 1 Move Mouse Cursor to My Computer icon 2 Press Mouse right button then click properties 3 Click Hardware then click Device Manager 4 Double Click Network adapters icon 5 Double Click Intel PRO 100 VE Network Connection 6 Click Driver then click update Driver 7 Select install from a list or specific location Advanced then click next 8 The Intel LAN Driver for XP path is in SOYO CD Lan Intel 82 HighPoint HPT 372 Driver Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Chapter 6 HIGHPOINT HPT 372 DRIVER INSTALLATION See page 109 or Appendix A for Driver Installation procedure amp SOYO 83 APPENDIX A HighPoint HPT 372 Introduction HPT372 is UDMA ATA133 RAID controller You can eith
62. er use HPT372 IDE3 IDE4 as a RAID on controller or as an IDE controller RAID Administrator is a Windows based RAID management utility for HPT372 RAID Controller With graphical user interface RAID Administrator enable users easily configure and manage disk and disk arrays connected to HPT372 RAID controller Main Features amp Benefits Below are the main features and benefits of RAID Administrator Support RAID 0 1 0 1 amp SPAN Allowed maximum 4 disks connection to every controller Does not support ATAPI devices Hot swapping failed hard disk in mirror array Support independent use of hard disk Support hot spare disk Support Operating Systems DOS Windows 3 x Windows98 Me Windows NT4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP and Linux Windows based software for RAID management compatible with BIOS Disk error alarm mechanism Event log for easy trouble shooting Plug and play Getting Started This section is designed to get you started on the setup installation of your HighPoint HPT372 RAID controller in your system To use the HPT372 chip as a raid controller you need to setup the HDD in the HPT372 bios menu ctrl H or use the RAID administrator If not 85 the HDD on IDE 3 and IDE 4 will act as another IDE HDD To be able to use the RAID function please do the following 1 Create a Disk Array 2 Install RAID driver You can disable the HPT372 controller in the BIOS setup Note To boot from the HPT372 controller
63. es one CD Line in connectors Please connect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDIN1 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 CD Line in Pin Assigment D um 1 3 4 Left GND GND Right 31 soya Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 6 SPKS Please refer to the c media 6 channel Audio solution Manual for more information on AUDIO function fo ma BASS OUT REARL REAR_L R SPDIF IN1 GND 2 6 8 10 ROSEN SPDIF_INPUT OPTICAL _OUTPUT 13579 SPDIF_OUTPUT 5VA SPDIF OUT OPTICAL_INPUT GND REAR_R CENTER OUT 32 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON F ATX12V Power Supply The ATX12V power supply includes a 20 pin ATX connector that comply with the ATX specification Version 2 03 for M B specification a new 4 pin receptacle header combination the 12V power connector has been defined The presence of the 12V power connector indicates that a power supply is ATX12V the absence of the 12V power connector indicates that a supply is ATX To allow for greater than 3 3V current the Aux power connector is recommended for ATX and ATX12V power supplies with 3 3V current gt 18A dm j EE I EE ATX Power EI
64. he system s power saving functions CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type NITCZON Power Management _User Define Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type _Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled USB KB WakeUp From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled x Date of Month Alarm 0 x Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Item Help Menu Level gt Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE1 Disabled 1 DIDRO OV ME ood ZO Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled AV Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the Power Management Setup press Esc to return to the Main Menu 61 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 3 6 1 Power Management Controls Power Setting Description Management Controls ACPI Suspend S1 POS The system will enter the SI Default Type S3 STR state during suspend Low latency wake up Power User Define Lets you define the HDD and Default Management system power down times Doze Standby Suspend HDD down Min Saving 1 Hour Max Saving 1Min IMin l Min 1 Min Video Off VIH Selects the method by whi
65. herwise 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 1 3 KEY FEATURES gt CPU SUPPORT Supports Intel mPGA Socket 478 processors FSB 400MHz Pentium 4 gt CPU SETTINGS The SY P4I Fire DRAGON provides the 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 gt Memory Support Supports PC1600 amp PC2100 DDR Memory module gt EXPANDABILITY The SY P4I Fire DRAGON provides all the standard expansion slots and many more additional expansion features Expansion slots E 1 x master AGP Pro slot 1 5V only a 6 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON amp Enhanced IO E Floppydiskcontroller E 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 2x 16550 compatible serial ports IrDA compatible infrared port 4x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector gt IDE RAID FUNCTION Supports HighPoint PCI to IDE UDMA ATA133 RAID on board E Upto 4 ATA ATAPI devices M RAID function RAID 0 1 0 1 gt TI IEEE 1394 ON BOARD E Supports fully compliant with provisions of IEEE
66. ider or previous user for details 3 2 3 Floppy Drives Floppy Drives Setting Description Note Drives A amp B 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Default Supports 3 mode Special disk floppy diskette drive 740KB 1 2MB commonly 1 44MB on selected used in Japan disk drive 47 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sy PAI Fire DRAGON 3 2 4 Others Optional Setting Description EGA VGA Select the video mode Default When the BIOS detects system Default errors this 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 48 BIOS Setup Utility SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU LI amp L2 Cache Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Dn Allows you to choose the Menu Level gt Boot Up NumLock Status VIRUS warning feature for Gate A20 Option Fast ee a IDE Hard Disk boot sector Typematic Rate Setting Disabled DATORE IRE RA yP protection If this function is x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 enabled and someone attempt x Typematic Delay Msec 250 to write data into this area Security Option Setup BIOS will show a warning APIC Mode Enabled mes
67. installation for more info check if the settings in the 5 1 speaker control box are correct like if you have a SPDIF connector but the setup in the speaker box is set to analog check if the speaker connection to the M B is correct make sure the software setup is correct check manual for more info 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 on board CDINI connector in the M B is not connected See manual for location of CDINI The sound from my sound card is distorted when Windows start 145 What is wrong 1 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 word if your ISA sound card takes IRQS then set IRQ5 to Legacy ISA The sound and everything else works fine except that the recorder and microphone do not work What is wrong 1 Please go to sound properties and check if the recorder and microphone in the are enabled 2 check if Microphone is ok Hard disk FDD CD ROM issue My Western digital HDD is not detected during boot up Change the jumper settings to cable select or single Sometimes the system finds my CD ROM sometimes not 1 check CD ROM if it is working properly 2 the power supply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals if your system has other peripherals co
68. ion this Motherboard supports a 3 mode 720K B 1 2MB 1 44MB floppy commonly used in Japan 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 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya C Front Panel Connections a Aad Keylock Speaker E af L OI Bea i Reset ACPI HDD m PWRBT LED LED Plug the computer case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the Motherboard 1 Power LED amp KeyLock Plug the Power LED cable into the 5 pin Keylock header Some systems may feature a KeyLock function with a front panel switch for enabling or disabling the keyboard Connect the KeyLock switch to the 5 pin Keylock header on the Motherboard Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED and pin 4 5 are for Keylock Power LED _ Key Lock Pin Assignment Pin Assignment ee NC Low a L Control Pin GND 21 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya 2 Reset Plug the Reset push button cable into the 2 pin Reset header on the Motherboard Pushing the Reset button on the front panel will cause the system to restart the boot up sequence Reset Pin Assignment 1 Power Good GND 3 Speaker Attach the 4
69. keys 5 6 CH speakers mode including Demo1 and Demo2 for chip models 039 and the following models 132 b Auto Dem OFF G Speakers 5 1 x Subwoofer Speakers and Microphone Connection Before running this demo program you have to connect the speakers to the correct phone jacks CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT SPDIF_INPUT OPTICAL_OUTPUT SPDIF_OUTPUT 133 How to Enable 4 5 5 1 Speakers You have to activate the Mixer program and enable the 4 Speaker 5 Speakers or 5 1 Speakers mode to let the audio driver recognize your rear or center subwoofer speakers and have the front rear center subwoofer speakers work The audio driver will activate the audio chip to output different sounds from the front rear center subwoofer speakers based on different playback formats For more information please refer to the 5 1 5 Mixer Advanced Speakers dialog How to Adjust the Microphone Volume You have to use the microphone when availing yourself of the Echo function If the microphone is on and is very close to the speakers it will cause feedback between the two Also unusual high frequencies or buzzing sounds might be heard from the speakers To avoid this you have to adjust the microphone volume in both recording and playback Sometimes you might have to adjust the main and Wave volume as well Please left click the mouse to adjust the microphone MIC in bo
70. lect Validate Mirror item Once the mirror disk is validated it will be implicit by the program that the data on the mirror disk is the same with that on the source disk And the program will no longer ask the user to synchronize mirror If the user wants to copy the data from the source disk to the mirror disk he has to synchronize mirror manually Verify Mirror The operation of the verify mirror will compare the data on the source disk and that on the mirror disk If any discrepancy is found between them the program will ask the user to synchronize mirror to keep the data in the mirror array identical The detailed steps to verify mirror are as follows 1 Right click the mirror array to be verified 2 In the popup menu select Verify Mirror item By selecting this disk array the user can check the verification progress at the status pane Suggestion After the creation of the mirror array if the user wants to keep the source disk data preserved he shall select Yes when the program asks him whether to synchronize mirror or not VI Create Span Array Please follow the steps below to create the span array 1 Click Span icon on the tool bar 2 In the popup window select hard disks from Available Disks colume Add them into Span Array Member Disks colume by clicking the corresponding arrow Then click Next to continue 3 In the follow on confirmation dialog box please click Create button to start the creation or click Canc
71. mended The Intel LAN Driver for Win 98se path is in SOYO CD Lan Intel Click Next then enable the Specify a location check box specify the correct path in which Intel PRO 100 VE Network Connection driver for 80 11 12 Intel Pro 100 LAN Driver Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Win 98 resides Click Next then Windows 98 identifies the card as Intel PRO 100 VE Network Connection Click Finish to let Windows 98 finishes the driver installation Intel PRO 100 LAN Driver for NT4 0 1 3 4 D M Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel Select Wired to the Network and click Next Click Select from list Select Have Disk Insert the Intel PRO 100 Ethernet Adapter Drivers Disk in your CD driver and specify the correct path The LAN Driver For NT4 0 Path is in SOYO CD Lan Intel Select one of the following models Intel PRO Adapter then click OK In the dialog box that appears select the Media Type and enter the Network address for the adapter if necessary You can click Help for more detailed information about these settings Click OK to complete this dialog box or Cancel to terminate the configuration without completing it Exit the Network control panel Windows Windows NT asks if you wish to reboot You must reboot before the adapter will function properly Intel PROI100 LAN Driver for Windows 2000 1 Move Mouse Cursor the My Comput
72. mum is 250 watts remove the M B from the case and test the system The M B might be shorted to the case 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 Don t go any further What should I do l clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS if still has the problem remove all other add on cards except video card and floppy drive see if it can boot from floppy Then put peripherals in one by one to identify which one cause the lockup change the CPU 142 During Boot up my computer says CMOS memory Checksum error What is the problem 1 clear CMOS memory 2 re flash BIOS Check on how to flash bios on the later part of this book 3 change the CMOS battery the battery might be drained 4 the BIOS chip might be failing Stability Issue My system intermittently locks up very unstable 1 check the CPU temp it might be overheating Change the CPU FAN 2 donot over clock your CPU 3 check the specification of the memory module maybe the M B do not support it 4 go to BIOS setup and load fail safe settings Please check if the system performance in the BIOS setup is set to Turbo Maximum 5 check website for latest bios update 6 check website for FAQ s regarding instability issue 7 change the memory module or CPU 8 the power sup
73. ng Esc Quit AV gt 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 38 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON Hot Keys Function keys give you access to a group of commands throughout the BIOS utility Command General Help a the list of options available for each Previous Restore the old values These are the values Values that the user started the current session with Load Loads all items with the most conservative F6 Fail Safe Li Defaults Load Optimized Loads all options with the optimize values Defaults Saves your changes and reboots the system Returns at anytime and from any location to Will display a overlapping window with all options for the current item Using the Page Up and Page Down ae aa Value keys the user can toggle the value of the current item 39 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON SAVE AND EXIT SETUP Select the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option from the Main Menu to save data to CMOS and exit the setup utility This option saves all your changes and causes the system to reboot Type Y to save the oe Sous dl changes and exit
74. nnected like CD RW extra HDD etc disconnect them When I boot up my new computer I got floppy boot failure and the LED on the floppy stays on 1 Make sure the red wire of floppy ribbon cable goes to Pin 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 2 change the Floppy disk drive RAID issue Windows do not detect the on board RAID Enable the on board RAID function in the BIOS Can I use my CD ROM on IDE 3 amp 4 Yes you can use the CD ROM on IDE 3 amp 4 Can I use IDE 3 amp 4 to boot from CD ROM 146 No Can I use IDE 3 amp 4 as a normal IDE channel Yes just connect your HDD on IDE 3 or IDE 4 No need to change any settings in the BIOS I cannot get the HDD to boot from IDE 3 or IDE 4 why Make sure that the 1 boot device in the BIOS is set to SCSI USB Issues Can I use USB port 3_4 and port 5 6 for keyboard resume function This M B has 6 USB ports but only the 2 at the back panel can be used for USB keyboard resume function I cannot get my USB working help Please check if the system performance setting in the BIOS is set to maximum Turbo if yes then enable the USB by setting the system performance to normal or manually enable the USB port on chip USB controller under Integrated Peripherals LAN Issues During LAN driver installation the system hangs on 75 why Enable the onboard LAN in the BIOS setup
75. o synchronize mirror at once or not Select Yes to begin the synchronize operation or No to skip Congratulations di Create mirror array succeeded You must synchronize miror to keep data conformity between source disk and mirror disk Do you want to synchronize it now The status of the mirror array will remain locked if No selected to skip the synchronize operation The user may at any time synchronize mirror which is in either locked status or normal status The detailed steps to synchronize mirror are as follows 96 1 Right click the mirror array to be synchronized T LI Add Remove Spare Remove Synchronize Mirror validate Mirror 2 Select Synchronize Mirror item from the popup menu The mirror array being synchronized is labeled at locked status By selecting this disk array the user can see the progress of synchronizing mirror RAID Administrator 2 0 x Configuration Yew Help POD x 3 Ii Miror Span Stripe Sorte Remove Seifid Wew Log ai My Computer D Yen by Devices Array Information Device Type Mirror Array Capacity 9787 MB Working Status Being Synchronized EI QUANTUM S T3204244 Tima remainino 001051 Ea TANIMINA Cancel a View by Adapters 44 Comoleted wow Aiphpeint feck com d 2l NE Validate Mirror The user can validate the locked mirror array through the following steps 1 Right click the locked mirror array 97 2 In the popup menu se
76. o 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 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 1 5 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 Donotremove 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 gt Frequently ground yourself while working or use a grounding strap gt Handle the Motherboard by its edges and avoid touching its components Hardware Installation gt SY P
77. og you should select the recording format and SPDIF IN recording channel Then input the file name Before recording please turn on your SPDIF IN device and start to playback Finally press Record to start the recording process ing Format Name CD Quality v Save As Remove Format PCM E Attributes 144 100 KHz 24 Bit Stereo 258 kb sec bd 44 100 kHz 8 Bit Stereo 86 kb sec 44 100 kHz ono 86 kb sec 44 100 kHz 16 Bit Ste 172 kb sec ZC SEC amec 1C Program Files PCI Audio Applications Start way Browse Synchronize with Total recording length 00 00 CD player T MIDI Player 140 APPENDIX C Troubleshooting at First Start Boot up Issues The system do not power up no beeping sound heard and the CPU fan does not turn on 1 check if the power cord is plug to the power source 2 check if the power is connected to the M B 3 check if the cable of the case power button is connected to the M B power button connector see connectors and plug ins in the manual for more info 4 make sure the power supply is not defective Change the power supply The minimum should be 250 watts 5 remove the M B from the case and test the system The M B might be shorted to the case The system power up no video no beeping sound heard but the CPU fan is turning 1 clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 2 check all the j
78. ollowing steps shall be taken to set the disk mode I 2 Select 6 Set Disk Mode in the menu zone and press Enter to confirm Select the disk mode to be set in the popup selection box and press Enter to confirm VII Set Boot Disk The following steps shall be taken to set the boot disk 1 In the menu zone select 7 Set Boot Disk item press 89 Enter to confirm this operation and go to next 2 In the validated channel status zone use the arrow key to select the boot device and press Enter to confirm Channc1 Drive Nanc Mode Sizc N Status www highpoint tech com Note 1 The Set Boot Disk item appears on condition that no hard disk is connected to IDE on motherboard 2 After the boot disk is set its status will become Boot RAID Administrator Install RAID Administrator Please take the following steps to install RAID Administrator Double click on the setup program setup exe then follow the program promptto finish the installation After the installation is complete restart the computer With the implicit option the setup program will create program group Start gt Program gt RAID Administrator This program group contains the following contents e RAID Administrator e RAID Help e Uninstall RAID 90 I Run RAID Administrator The following steps should be taken to run RAID Administrator 1 Click Start gt Program gt RAID Administrator gt RAID Administrator the below welcome
79. ombination of your choice Ctrl F1 F 12 Mouse Left Enables waking up the system by Mouse Right pressing either the right or left mouse button IENA BUTTON ONLY Disables the Wake Up by Default Keyboard function HotKEY_ Keyboard98 If POWER ON Function is set to Password KBPowerON Enter your Set the password that will wake up your Password password system If POWER ON Function is set to Hot Key Hot Key Power Ctrl F1 F1 Choose the key combination that will ON 2 wake up the system Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 3 5 5 FDC Controls FDC Controls Setting Description Onboard FDC Disabled Turn off the on board controller floppy controller Enabled Use the on board floppy Default controller 58 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 5 6 Onboard Serial Ports Onboard Serial Setting Description Ports Onboard Disabled es s sssSS lt sS S Serial Port1 3F8 IRQ4 Choose serial port 1 amp 2 sI O Default Serial Port 2 address port 1 2F8 IRQ3 Do not set port 1 amp 2 to the Default same address except for port 2 3E8 IRQ4 Disabled or Auto 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Normal The second serial port offers Default Select IrDA these InfraRed interface modes ASKIR SCR If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR UR2 Duplex Half Choose Half or Duplex to set Default Mode Full UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode res
80. on feature gt FAIL SAFE The SY P4I Fire DRAGON comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe amp Hardware Monitor The integrated Hardware Monitor IC 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 amp 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 5VSB Indicator This green LED gives an indication of the presence of the 5V Standby voltage This voltage is always fed into the motherboard and is used for functions such as WOL Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON gt SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM gt COMPLIANCE The SY P4I Fire DRAGON complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY P4I Fire DRAGON a motherboard to trust n PC99 ACPI compliant gt USER FRIENDLY SOYO COMBO Setup n Jumperless design n You can set up the following options through the Soyo COMBO setup CPU FSB frequency CPU multiplier CPU Vcore voltage select DDR RAM Clock DDR RAM voltage select AGP voltage select On board Devices Enable Disable Pre defined optimal system Performance 1 4 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD To avoid damage t
81. onnector 12V Power Connector Aux Power Connector Socket 478 Connector Intel i845 North Bridge Chip Peripheral Power Connector CPU Cooling Fan2 Connector DDR DIMM Bank ATX Power Connector Bus Mastering E IDE ATAPI Ports IDE RAID Ports Floppy Disk Drive FDD AGP Pro Slot Chassis Cooling Fan1 2 Connector 1394 Port 1394 Connector CMOS Clear Jumper Front panel Connectors High Point RAID Chip 3V Lithium Battery Chassis Cooling Fan3 Connector IEEE 1394 Chip Intel FW82801BA South Bridge Chip USB Connector Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header Smart Card Reader Connector Flash BIOS 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots ITE I O Chip Wake On LAN WOL Header SPKS5 Connector Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON AG AH AI AJ H W Onboard Audio Chip CD IN Connectors Front panel Connectors Back panel Connectors 10 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Congratulations on your purchase of SY P4I Fire DRAGON Motherboard You are about to install and connect your new Motherboard STOP 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 Socket mPGA478 processor with built in CPU cooling fan DDR SDRAM memory module s Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit
82. or N a SAVE to CMOS and EXIT to return to the Main i _ Menu and keep current ET x values EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 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 AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Type Y to abandon changes and exit or N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values 40 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY PAI Fire DRAGON 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 lt Enter gt key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software SOYO COMBO Feature System Performance CPU Frequency Select x Frequency 1IMHz Stepping SOYO Mighty Bolt CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk Spread Spectrum CPU Vcore Select DDR 2 5V Vcore Select AGP 1 5V Vcore Select Advanced Tune UP Settings Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Boot Othe
83. or controller gt C MEDIA 6 Channel onboard audio Driver Application for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP 1 The driver supports 2 4 6 speakers 3D positional audio 2 The application is include CD Player MIDI Player MP3 Wave Player Mixer with the control over your PC s audio functions gt P4I Fire DRAGON ITE hardware doctor for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP 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 ITE SIM card reader driver for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP English If you have reader card it must be installed gt ITE SIM card reader driver for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP Chinese If you have reader card it must be installed 78 Drivers installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Select which driver you want to install and click OK or click Cancel to abort the driver installation and return to the main menu Note Once you have selected a driver the system will automatically exit the SOYO CD to begin the driver installation program When the installation is complete most drivers require to restart your system before they can become active 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
84. ound Effect Options V Enable Hot Keys Volume IT At I Ctl I Shit window Volume I At R Ctl I Shit Windw B Mute M Ak M Ctl ST Shit window Mixer Show Hide IT Alt Cul IT Shit window Load Mixer Defaults Cancel Apply Options dialog provides a hot key setting to control the Mixer in an easy way Please note that other applications might be affected by this if you use the same hot key setting 131 Please use Load Mixer Defaults to change all settings to default values MULTI CHANNEL AUDIO DEMO CMI8738 PCl Based C3DX Audio Chip provides many advanced functions such as HRTF based CRL 3D extensional positional audio API compatible with Microsoft DirectSound 3D and Aureal A3D API Supports rear side speakers C3DX positional audio in 4 6CH speakers mode 5 1 CH DVD AC 3 home theater available Compatible with EAX Environment Audio eXtention KARAOKE ascending descending keys Echo Supports Center Subwoofer side speakers for chip model 039 and the following models To let everyone avail himself herself of the above functions a user friendly interface Multi Channel Audio Demo was designed with the following functions 1 4 CH speakers mode including Demo1 and Demo2 2 EAX Environment Audio eXtention support 3 HRTF based CRL 3D extensional positional audio 4 KARAOKE ascending descending keys Echo and microphone ascending descending
85. pectively Refer to your IR device specifications to select the suitable mode 3 5 7 Onboard Parallel Ports Onboard Parallel Setting Description Ports Onboard Parallel Disabled Choose the printer I O Port 1378 IRQ7 address Default 3BC ARQ7 278 IRQS Parallel Port Mode SPP The mode depends on your Default EPP external device that ECP connects to this port ECP EPP If Parallel Port Model is set to ECP mode ECP Mode use 3 Choose DMA3 Default DMA 1 Choose DMA 1 59 BIOS Setup Utility 3 5 8 Others Optional Setting PWRON After PWR Fail Former Sts Game Port Address _ Disabled 201 209 Midi Port Address Disabled 330 300 gt sy p4l Fire DRAGON Description The system will switch on when power comes back after a power failure The system will remain off Default when power comes back after a power failure The system will return to the state it was in before the power failure when power returns 1 e If the system was on it will switch on again if it was off it will remain off Set the I O base address for the ON board game port Default under this item Set the I O address for the on board Midi port here Default If Midi Port Address is set to 3301 3001 mode Midi Port IRQ Select the IRQ that the Midi port uses under this Default them 60 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY PAI Fire DRAGON 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP sets t
86. pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the Motherboard Speaker Pin Assignment VCC J NC NC lei 4 ACPILED Connecting the 2 pin ACPI LED cable to the corresponding ACPI LED header will cause the LED to light whenever the system is in ACPI mode The manufacturer has permanently set this Motherboard in ACPI mode due to most hardware and software compliance to ACPI mode ACPI LED Pin Assignment VCC3MEM Control Pin 22 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya 5 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 lighten when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active HDD LED Pin Assignment LED Anode LED Cathode 6 ATX 12V Power On Off Switch Attach the 2 pin momentary type switch to the PWRBT header for turning On or Off your ATX 12V power supply PWRBT Pin Assignment 1 Power On Off GND 23 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya D 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 KB PS 2 Mouse
87. ply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals if your system has other peripherals connected like CD RW extra HDD etc disconnect them 9 Install the Intel chipset software installation utility My system intermittently locks up during Windows installation 1 go to BIOS and load load optimized default 2 check website for any BIOS update 3 if still has the problem remove all other add on cards except CPU Memory Video card Hard disk See if you can finish Windows installation Then put peripherals in one by one to identify which one cause the lockup 143 BIOS Issue 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 kvxa_2BA1 meaning BIOS revision 2BA1 for the SY K7V Dragon plus 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 go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites Taiwan www soyo com tw and look up your motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision How can I flash the BIOS download the BIOS on our support website 2 Make a bootable floppy disk with out any memory manager loaded i e himem emm386 etc 3 copy the BIOS file and awdflash utility to the diskette 4 type awdflash biosname bin sn py 5 then reboot After flashing the BIOS
88. popup sub interface select 2 Select Target Disk None and press Enter to confirm In the validated channel status zone select the target disk of the mirror array and then press Enter In the menu zone of the popup sub interface select 3 Start Duplication Process and press Enter to confirm Press Y when asked The last time rebuild not completed Continue When there is no RAID 1 array system will prompt user No enough 88 disks at the second step and rebuild can not continue IV Add Spare Disk The following steps shall be taken to add the spare disk 1 2 In the menu zone select 4 Add Spare Disk and press Enter to confirm In menu zone of the popup sub interface select 1 Select Mirror Array None and press Enter to confirm In the validated channel status zone select the mirror array and press Enter to confirm In the menu zone of the popup sub interface select 2 Select Spare Drive None and press Enter to confirm In the validated channel status zone select the spare disk to be added and press Enter to confirm V Remove Spare Disk The following steps shall be taken to remove the spare disk 1 2 3 In the menu zone select 5 Remove Spare Disk and press Enter to confirm The 1 Select Mirror Array None item appears in the menu zone of the popup sub interface In the validated channel status zone select the spare disk to be removed and press Enter to confirm VI Set Disk Mode The f
89. r Array During the working process of the mirror array if there is failure of either the source disk or the mirror disk and the spare disk has not been set the user can remove the failed hard disk while the computer is still on and hot plug in a new one The program will automatically detect the plug in of the new hard disk and prompt the user whether to add the newly plugged hard disk into the failed mirror array see below Add physical disk to mirror array x Please select the mirror array Array 80 Mirror Cancel Select OK to add it into the failed mirror array the newly plugged hard disk and the left normal member disk will generate a new mirror array that will be automatically synchronized to keep the data on its member disks identical Hot swapping hard disks of mirror array can quick recover the failed mirror array without a shut down of the computer or a break off of the work thereby providing users with the maximum data security and the easiest operation Note The hard disk used to be a substitute for the failed one must keep the same connection to IDE and setting of jumper to that of the failed one 104 For example if the failed hard disk is connected to IDE2 and set as master its substitute must be connected to IDE2 and set as master Warning In order to avoid any possible damage to both the system and the device by the manual hot swap of power and cable Please operate hot swapping
90. r Device Third Boot Device RAID ATA amp SCSI Boot Order Onboard LAN Onboard 6CH H W Audio Onboard IEEE1394 Onboard IDE RAID C I H 4 WAY Protection AV Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Normal Item Help Auto 100MHz Disabled 10X Enabled Disabled Menu Level gt Default Default Default Press Enter Enabled Floppy HDD 0 Enabled LS 120 RAID ATA SCSI Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F6 Fail Safe Defaults F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults 41 BIOS Setup Utility gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Tune UP Settings Memory Frequency For Auto DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD Item Help x CAS Latency Time 2 5 x Active to Precharge Delay 7 x DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 x DRAM RAS Precharge B DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC AGP Aperture Size MB 64 Menu Level gt AV Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 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 3 1 1 System Performance Setting Description Note System Normal Adjust your computer Default Performance Magni performance CPU m Set the CPU Frequency Select Default Frequency M 1 field to Manual
91. re To mount the Pentium 4 Socket mPGA478 processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 13 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 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 14 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya 4 Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place 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 15 Hardware Installation S gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON soya Step 2 Install Memory Module Hi DEA e DIMMI DIMM2 Your board comes with two DIMM sockets providing support for up to 2GB of main memory using unbuffered DIMM modules from 64MB to 1GB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup appropriate memory modules must be used For 100MHz DRAM speed use PC1600 memory for 133MHz DRAM speeds use PC2100 memory ECC DRAM is also supported TT TT CALLE V
92. right information ch le Exit Stops and leaves the MP3 Wave Player Mixer Volume Control ay flume fr IIl Advanced Svotume anco 2m OYE jo MIDI pros amon amem For each output signal the control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the two speakers The mute button can temporarily stop the output without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means the output is available and vice versa Several output signals 127 can usually be enabled at once Volume This is the master control over all outputs The power of an outputRe signal is determined by both of the volume slider and the slider for the individual output To modify all the outputs adjust the volume slider To change individual output s adjust its their slider s CD Regulates the CD drive audio input level MIC Regulates the input level of microphone WAVE Regulates wave voice playback levels MIDI Regulates the MIDI music play level AUX IN Regulates the Auxiliary input play level MONO IN Regulates the Mono input level LINE IN Regulates the Line In levels Advanced Regulates the advanced settings Recording Control Volume Control Recording i Control Advanced 3 Cb 3 MC 3 WAVE MIDI AUXIN LINE IN SSPDIE IN For each input signal a control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the
93. sage on screen and alarm MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 beep OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 No EPA LOGO SELECT LOGO 0 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled MW Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General 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 49 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 3 3 1 Virus Warning Setting Description Note Virus Warning Disabled Allows you to choose the Default Enabled VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep 3 3 2 Cache Memory Options Setting Description Note CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the CPU s LI amp Default L2 cache 3 3 3 Floppy Driver Settings Setting Description Note Swap Floppy Disabled Default Drive Enabled Changes the sequence of A and B drives 3 3 4 Boot Up Floppy Seek Setting Description Boot Up Floppy Disabled Seeks disk drives during boot up Seek Disabling speeds boot up Enabled Default 3 3 5 Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note Boot Up On Puts numeric keypad in Default NumLock
94. 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 35 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON 3 The BIOS Setup screen appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit AV gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock amp Voltage 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS SOYO COMBO SETUP The SOYO COMBO SETUP combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS 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 be shown on the screen Then follow these steps to configure the CPU settings Step 1 Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP Set Date Time and Floppy drive
95. shows the current status and functions of the phone jacks of your audio device You can always refer to this to make sure whether or not the connections of your speakers and microphone are correct 129 Advanced X SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options m Speakers Headphone 2 Speakers 4 Speakers Sia Bass Individually Errsasereseasessesessoseesetensessansotiet Options J Enable SPDIF OUT i pani Enable SPDIF OUT only wroks on Headphone and 2 Speakers Advanced Volume Volume dialog provides a full control over the volume of the six channels digital output You can adjust the volume of your speakers in this dialog Please note that the volume of analog path is not controlled by this function x SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options E Front Front Center Subwoofer Rear Rear Left Right Left Right 130 Advanced Sound effects I j x SPDIF Speakers Volume Sound Effect Options JV Enable Reverberation Environment Default Default Generic Paddedcell Room Bathroom Livingroom Stoneroom Auditorium Concerthall Cave Cancel Apply Sound effects dialog allows you to modify the special effects of the song and game being played Currently these effectors can only be used for the player or the game which utilizes DirectSound 2D and 3D to playback their music Advanced Options x SPDIF Speakers Volume S
96. t obligation to notify any 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 c 1 i1 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 x Tested To Comply Edition December 2001 EG Version 1 0 FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE P4I Fire DRAGON SERIAL 100 fest consumer RECYCLED PAPER ii Table of Contents gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION sccssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessse
97. th Volume and Recording Control volume Control a Recording Control S Control Recording Control Advanced Test Your Speakers Connection To make sure that the front and the rear speakers are correctly connected you can use the following program to testify individual speaker output Move cursor to whichever speaker you want to test and left click the mouse If the setup is correct you can hear music coming from that speaker alone Each music output is different for distinction 134 The Center and Subwoofer speakers are only supported by chip model 039 and the following models CMI8738 PCI Multi Channel Audio Demo V2 5 Center ft o Front Right Auto Demo OFF Speakers 5 1 oter Rear Left Rear Right Demo1 Demo2 EAX HRTF Echo Stop Exit Help Demonstrations Demo1 and Demo 2 are specially design for 4 speaker system demonstration Select Demo 1 and or Demo 2 by left clicking the mouse Sit back and relax and let the music take control How was it like Isn t it fantastic If you don t have 4 speaker system hurry up and buy yourself one right away CMI8738 PCI Multi Channel Audio Demo V2 5 Oh Auto Demo OFF Speakers 5 1 EAX HRTF Echo Stop Exit Help 135 EAX Monotonous footsteps generate distinctive sound effects in different environments In this Demo you can hear a lady wearing high heels walk in different surroundings generic environment bathroom se
98. ties Verify Installation on Windows 2000 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon select Property item in the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware item and then click Device Manager button If there is HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item in the popup Device Manager window it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise please reinstall the driver 113 Device Manager E io x Acton Wiz e wo ce g g Se LE BSBA 2 Compubar Disk drives E Display adapters fel DVD ROM drives Sh Floppy disk controlers H E Floppy disk drives E A IDE ATAJATAFI controllare Fle Keyooards Yy Mice and other porting devices H Monitors el J Ports COMA LPT Si SCSI ard RAID controlers Highpoint RCM Device nea HPTS iv I UDK af AT AL OO RATI Li antroler n ng Sound video and game cortrallers EHE System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Verify Installation on Windows XP After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon then select Property item from the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button 114 E Device Manager Fie Action View Help gt Fee eee gt Keyboards 0 Mice and othe pointing devices 3 Montors 2 Ports COM amp LPT MR Processors
99. to Use Spare Disk column Create Mirror Array Please select the disks lo creating Minor Aniay Avaliable Disks Sourca Disk Mesto 92 9905 Capacity 2612 ME Location Adapte 1 Charnnelz 0 evicel of Create X Cancel 4 Click Create to begin the creation or Cancel to exit If you select the cancel operation the system will remain unchanged Congratulations d i Create mirror array succeeded i You must synchronize mirror to keep data conformity between source disk and mirror disk Do you want to synchronize it now 5 After the creation is complete the program will prompt you to synchronize mirror select Yes to begin or No to cancel 6 After your selection of either the program will prompt you to restart your computer 94 If the user has set a spare disk when the read write failure of either the source disk or the mirror disk the program will automatically use the left normal disk and the spare disk to rebuild the mirror array thereby providing dual security for data Note 1 At least the source disk and the mirror disk are needed in the creation of the mirror array The spare disk is optional Disks can be connected at any cable and settled as either master or slave device 2 The capacity of either the mirror disk or the spare disk shall be no less than that of the source disk 3 The capacity of the mirror array is equal to that of the source disk Suggestion In order to avoid the
100. type then set Hard Disk Type to Auto Step 2 Select LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 36 Hardware Installation gt SY P4I Fire DRAGON Select the LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS menu and type Y at the prompt to load the BIOS optimal setup Step 3 Select SOYO COMBO FEATURE Do this step if you want to change or overclock the CPU FSB Set the CPU Frequency Select field to Manual to be able to change the CPU frequency 1 MHz stepping Step 4 Select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Press lt Enter gt to save the new configuration to the CMOS memory and continue the boot sequence You are now ready to configure your system with the BIOS setup program Go to Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP a7 BIOS Setup Utility gt Sy PAI Fire DRAGON Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY This Motherboard s BIOS setup program uses the ROM PCI 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 C 1984 2001 Award Software gt SOYO COMBO Feature gt PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Savi
101. umper settings on the M B if the M B have any check if the CPU is ok by using another CPU check the Quick start guide for CPU supported on this M B 4 check if the power supply is ok The minimum should be 250 watts make sure the CPU fan is connected to CPUFANI connector remove the M B from the case and test the system The M B might be shorted to the case The system power up no video beeping heard 1 clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 2 check all the jumper settings on the M B if the M B have any 141 di check the memory module and the VGA card if inserted properly on the M B if yes change the memory module it might be defective Make sure the memory specification is supported by the M B for more info on this check our FAQ website change the VGA card The system turns on for some seconds then shutdown by itself l 2 check if the CPU fan is connected to the CPUFANI connector the CPU might be overheating Check the CPU FAN if it is defective or see if the CPU fan is in contact with the CPU clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS make sure the power supply you have on your system support the M B specification Example If you have a P4 M B you need to use a P4 power supply if you already checked the power supply specification change the power supply it might be defective The mini
102. ve None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 326656K Total Memory 327680K gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 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 Please Note Date mm dd yyyy Type the current date You can also the PUp PDn keys to toggle Time hh mm ss Type the current time 24 hour clock format 3 15 PM is displayed as 15 15 00 46 BIOS Setup Utility Sv PAI Fire DRAGON 3 2 2 Hard Disks Type 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 Press To auto detect the HDD s size Auto 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 Access Mode Auto BIOS detects hard disk mode Default automatically Normal IDE hard disk lt 528MB Enhanced IDE hard disk gt 528MB 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 prov
103. wer pipe and underwater Left click the mouse to activate this Demo and feel the differences EAX GENERIC HRTF HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Functions and it is a set of audio filters varying locations of sound effects spatial hearing cues in three dimension measured from the listener s eardrum This technology and special digital signal processing are used to recreate spatial hearing cues making our ears hear realistic and three dimensional sounds coming from a pairs of loud speakers or headphones When you activate this Demo you can hear a helicopter fly around you clockwise for three times 136 Echo Like to sing along with Karaoke It might occur to you to use your PC for this However when you turn on the microphone play the song and ready to sing you see that the effect is not as good as expected Why Echo is the answer To help you solve this problem this demo is designed to include the Echo function Please left click the upper right of the demo screen as shown below and choose your own music file to play Please note the file type has to be MP3 file Start the demonstration automatically C ON OFF Speakers configuration for Demol Demo2 and EAX C 2 Speakers Earphone IT Enable HRTF 3D Effect 4 Speakers left right left surround and right surround 4 4 Speakers and subwoofer left right left surround right surround and subwoofer 4 1 C 5 Speakers left right left
104. y it means such mode is not supported by this hard disk and can not be set X Device Status Raid Administrator detects the status of each device and shows their status information with different icons to prompt users see 102 Device is with error Device is normal Device is not operatable and needs rebooting Mirror Array needs to be synchronized Note When reading data from the mirror array the source disk is always to be read first and the mirror disk will not be accessed if the data is successfully read out from the source disk and so the mirror disk s failure can not be detected But when writing data to the mirror array both of the member disks will be accessed so failure on either of them can be detected Suggestion When a failure occurs on a member disk of the mirror array this array will be labeled in error status At this time the mirror array can continue work normally with the other normal disk In order to avoid data loss due to the failure of the left disk the user shall settle the fault first and rebuild mirror with this left normal disk Warning 1 When the member disk of either the stripe array or the span array failed the corresponding disk array will be labeled in error status and it will not be able to work 2 If both the source disk and the mirror disk failed the mirror array will not be able to work The user shall settle the fault quickly 103 XI Hot swapping Hard Disks of Mirro
105. yback time field displays the current playback time File name and status field displays the file name audio format sound effects selection playback mode Karaoke mode and SPDIF status Button Function bat Playlist Playlist allows you to insert remove and record the audio files into and from the playlist The audio files include wave MP3 and MPEG 1 encoding files 124 x Total time 02 09 For MD 02 09 MD No Filename Cancel O OF C Program Files PCI Audio Applications cmedia xg MP3 Insert Remove Remove All Move Up Move Down Save Be EMEK E Previous song Loads the previous audio file of playlist If current file is the first file the last one will become the current selection Next song Loads the next audio file of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection Playback Starts to playback the current audio file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after Sound effector You can use this function to modify the special effect of the song being played Currently these effectors can only be used for 44 1 KHz 16 bit format 125 FW Surround Playback mode Wide Normal C Repeat Current and Repe

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