Motherboard Quick Start Guide SOYO Wizard The SOYO CD Quick BIOS Setup Introduction Hardware Installation SY-7VMA-B
SOYO™ SY-7VMA-B Motherboard Socket 370 for Intel PIII & Celeron processors VIA PM133 AGP/PCI Motherboard 66/100/133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor 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.
1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-7VMA-B Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide provides all users with the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation. For further information, please refer to the SY-7VMA-B Motherboard Uses’Manual that came with your Motherboard.
Introduction SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide SY-7VMA-B Motherboard Layout CPUFAN PS/2 KB PS/2 Mouse Connector Connector USB 1 3 Socket 370 1 USB 2 PRT COM A ATX Power VGA SDRAM FDC1 ® AGAME1 VT8605 AOUT1 SDRAM AIN1 CHAFAN2 DIMM3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 1 AMIC1 4 3 4 1 1 AGP Slot 1 1 5 1 SIRCON 3 CHAFAN1 PCI Slot #1 CODEC AC97 PCI Slot #2 JP5 VT82C686B CMOS Clear ® 1 CDIN1 CDIN2 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 Jumper 3 1 1 1 USB3 PCI Slot #3 USB4 4 5 PCI Slot #4 (Optional) 3V Lithium PC
Key Features Ø Ø Supports Intel ® processors - FSB 66MHz: Celeron(400-700MHz) - FSB 100MHz: Pentium® III (500850MHz) - FSB 133MHz: Pentium® III (533MHz1.13GHz) Supports 66/100/133 MHz Front Side Bus Frequency Ø Support onboard VGA Ø Supports onboard hardware monitoring Ø Supports suspend to RAM (STR) Ø Supports 5 sets of voltage monitoring Ø Supports multiple-boot function Ø 5 x 32-bit bus master PCI slots Ø 1 x 16-bit ISA slot.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide 2 Installation Hardware Installation To avoid damage to your Motherboard, please follow these simple rules while handling this equipment: l Before handling the Motherboard, ground yourself by touching on to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis. l Remove the Motherboard from its anti-static packaging. Hold the motherboard by the edges and avoid touching its components. l Check the Motherboard for damage.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Install the Motherboard To perform the installation of your new SY-7VMA-B Motherboard, follow the steps below: CPU Installation Mark your CPU Frequency: Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover. FSB 66MHz 400MHz (66 x 6.0) 433MHz (66 x 6.5) 466MHz (66 x7.0) 500MHz (66 x7.5) 533MHz (66 x 8.0) 566MHz (66 x 8.5) 600MHz (66 x 9.0) 633MHz (66 x 9.5) 667MHz (66 x 10.0) 700MHz (66 x 10.5) FSB 100MHz 500MHz (100 x 5.0) 550MHz (100 x 5.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Connections to the Motherboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and the power supply to the Motherboard. Step 2. For more details on connecting internal and external peripherals to your new SY-7VMA-B Motherboard, please refer to SY-7VMA-B Motherboard User's Manual and Technical Reference online manual on the CD-ROM.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Configure Memory Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 1.5GB of main memory using unbuffered and registered DIMM modules from 8MB to 512MB. On this motherboard, DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed. Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup, appropriate memory modules must be used.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide 3 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not require any hardware jumpers to set the CPU operating frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable through the BIOS [SOYO COMBO Feature]. The [SOYO COMBO Feature] menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure your system. They are all in one menu to enable a quick setup in BIOS.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide The SOYO CD 4 The SOYO-CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating System other than Windows 98/98SE/ME. Your SY-7VMA-B 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.
The SOYO CD SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide The user's manual files included on the SOYO CD are in PDF (Postscript Document) format. In order to read a PDF file, the appropriate Acrobat Reader software must be installed in your system. Note: The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present in your system, and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it. You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user's manual file.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide driver revision: VIA 4 in 1 driver package for Win 9x/NT VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win 9x VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win 2000 VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win NT VIA Ac97 Codec Driver for Win 9x/98ME/NT/2000 VIA hardware monitor for Win 9x/98ME 7VMA-B Wizard on Hand for (Win 95/98) Cancel OK (Driver Installation Menu) Ø VIA 4in1 Driver Package VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the performance and maintain the stability of systems usi
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Ø VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win 2000 In order to be able to make use of the integrated VGA function in your VIA S3 chipset, you will need to install this driver first. For Win 2000 only. Ø VIA S3 Savage Display Driver for Win NT In order to be able to make use of the integrated VGA function in your VIA S3 chipset, you will need to install this driver first. For Win NT only.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide 5 SOYO Wizard on Hand Utility With SOYO’s Wizard on Hand using the Clock Racer utility, now user can overclock the CPU without entering the CMOS setup. The Clock Racer Utility also provides a user friendly interface for first time overclockers. Note: The CPU Host/PCI Clock settings on the CMOS setup should be set to “Automatic”. SOYO Wizard on Hand Utility Warning: SOYO will not be responsible for any damage done to the CPU due to overclocking.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Ø Auto determine max. frequency of the system The utility will help you determine the maximum allowable speed of the system, it will increment in 0.4MHz (depending on the setting you have set) until your system reaches the maximum allowable speed, then the system will freeze and after 10sec system will reboot. Note: sometimes the system fails to restart, this is due to the maximum overclocked speed reached is not stable for the system.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Ø Step This sets the value (in Mhz) to increment when using “Auto determine max. frequency of the system”, the value of 1 is 0.4 MHz, so if you have set the step to to 3, the system will increment 1.2 MHz at a time. Ø Direct Jump If enabled, the system will increment 4 MHz at a time. Ø Unit ¡ XFSB Overclocking the system by changing the FSB frequency, these are for users who have some knowledge in overclocking.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Quick Trouble shoot tips Video (no display) related issues I built a new computer system using a Soyo board and nothing happens when turning it on, no video and no beeps from the PC speaker. What is happening and how can it be fixed? No screen and no beeps mean that your CPU and motherboard do not work at all. It could be that the CPU is not seated correctly or that a component on the M/B is grounded (shorted) with the case.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide I get distorted video my AGP card right after I save my bios. Why is that? The cause is likely that your AGP card is not running at the correct bus speed. To fix this, please clear the CMOS via JP5 and if it still does not work, please upgrade your motherboard bios to the latest version. BIOS Issues Where can I find the BIOS revision of my mainboard? It will be displayed on the up-left corner on the screen during boot-up.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide In Device Manager, I keep getting yellow exclamation signs on my sound port even though I have installed my sound driver several times and I could not get my sound card to work. What is wrong? It is likely that you did not have the correct driver installed. If you are sure that the correct sound driver has been installed, then please install the 'VIA 4 in 1' driver for the motherboard.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide How to contact us: n If you are interested in our products, please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live. n If you require Technical Assistance, please contact our Technical Support in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as communication medium, remember to always add to the email the country that you live in. TAIWAN JAPAN SOYO COMPUTER INC. No. 21 Wu-Kung 5 Rd., Hsin Chuang City, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.
SY-7VMA-B Quick Start Guide Hong Kong Soyo (H.K.) Ltd. 5C, Big Star Centre, 8 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, HK TEL: 852-2710-9810 FAX: 852-2710-9078 http://www.soyo.com.hk/ Email: soyo@hkstar.
Edition: July 2001 Version 1.
