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SY-6ZB
Motherboard
Quick Start Guide
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The SOYO CD Quick BIOS Hardware Introduction
Setup Installation
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SOYO ™ SY-6ZB Motherboard ® ® m m * These specifications are subject to change without notice 2 6ZB QSG Version 1.1 - Edition: August 1999 "http://www.soyo.com.tw". on the Internet. The address is Web Site If you need any further information, please visit our document is subject to change without notice. however, no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents. The information in this installing the Motherboard. Information in this guide has been carefully checked for reliability;
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1 Introduction 1 Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-6ZB Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide describes the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide is designed for all users to provide the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation. For further information, please refer to SY-6ZB Motherboard User's Guide and Technical Reference online manual included on the CD-ROM packed with your Motherboard. Unpacking When unpacking the Motherboard, check for the follow
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SY-6ZB Motherboard Layout KB 1 1 Connector 1 Flash BIOS ITE8671 r 1 1 1 CPUFAN 15 0 COM 1 FDC 51 COM 2 4 9 B 3 AGP Slot WOL Slot 1 ® Header 3 PCI Slot #2 1 TM ® Intel ISA Slot #3 (PC-PCI) 82443 ZX 1 1 2 l ® 1B r r 1 1 m 3 N 2 1 + t r 1 _ k T 2 o ++ _ LED r + D __ SW1 Key Features ® Ø Supports Intel Pentium III processor (450- Ø Supports Creative SB-LINK ™ (PC-PCI) ® 600MHz), Pentium II processor (233- for PCI audio card TM 450MHz) & Celeron processor (266- Ø 1 x 32-bit AGP slot 433MHz) Ø 3 x 32
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2 Installation 2 To avoid damage to your Motherboard, follow these simple rules while handling this equipment: l Before handling the Motherboard, ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis. l Remove the Motherboard from its anti-static packaging. Hold it by the edges and avoid touching its components. l Check the Motherboard for damage. If any chip appears loose, press carefully to seat it firmly in its socket. Follow the directions in this section designed to
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Install the Motherboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-6ZB Motherboard. Install the CPU Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover. FSB 66MHz FSB 100MHz To mount the processor that you have purchased separately, follow these instructions. T Note: Installing a heat sink and cooling fan on top of your CPU is necessary for proper heat dissipation. Failing to install these items may result in overheating
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Make Connections to the Motherboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and power supply to the Motherboard. Internal peripherals include IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Chassis Fan, Front Panel Devices (Turbo LED, Internal Speaker, Reset Button, IDE LED, and KeyLock Switch.), Wake-On-LAN card, VGA card, Sound Card, and other devices. For more details on how to connect internal and external peripherals to your new SY-6ZB Motherboard, please refer to SY-6ZB Mothe
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Configure Memory Your board comes with two DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 256MB of main memory using DIMM modules from 8MB to 128MB. For 66MHz front side bus CPUs use 12ns or faster memory; for 100MHz front side bus CPUs use 8ns (100MHz, PC100 compliant) memory. 1 1 2 1 2 Important: It is of prime importance that you install DIMM modules as outlined in the table above in order to preserve signal integrity on 100MHz front side bus systems. Set SW1 for power up FSB clock and AGP bus c
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Set the CPU Frequency You do not need to set any jumper for the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU setting are changed through the BIOS [CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP]. Please refer to Chapter 3 - Quick BIOS Setup for details on how to set the Slot 1 processor frequency. Enable/Disable Power-On by Keyboard (JP50) You can choose to enable the Power-On by Keyboard function by shorting pin 2-3 on jumper JP50, otherwise, short pin 1-2 to disable this function. 1 1 2 2 3 3 Clear CMOS Data (JP5) Clear the CMOS m
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The SY-6ZB Motherboard provides over-clocking capability. Due to the over-clocking setting your system may fail to boot up or hang during run time. If this occurs, please perform the following steps to recover your system from the abnormal situation: 1. Turn off system power (If you use a ATX power supply, sometimes you have to press the power button for more then 4 seconds to shut down the system) 2. Set the SW1 to short if you use a FSB 66MHz CPU 3. Press and hold down the key while t
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3 Quick BIOS Setup 3 This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP]. After the hardware installation is complete, turn the power switch on, then press the key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program. The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen. Then, follow these steps to configure the CPU settings. Select [LOAD SETUP DEFAULT] Select the
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4 The SOYO CD 4 The SOYO-CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating System other than Windows 9x or NT. Your SY-6ZB 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. Insert the SOYO CD into the CD-ROM drive The SOYO CD will auto-run, and the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be
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Please note that if the Start Up program was unable to determine which SOYO Motherboard you own, the manual selection menu will pop up, as shown below. Then select the user's manual file that corresponds to your Motherboard model name and click OK. SOYO CD Manuals Please select your manual in the box below and click OK. 686 boards: 586 boards: 6ZB O K Back (Manual Selection Menu) The user's manual files included on the SOYO CD can be read in PDF (Postscript Document) format. In order to read a
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The following drivers are available for Windows 95 . 5 5 2 8 l K O D (Driver Installation Menu) The following drivers are available for Windows 98 . 2 8 l K O D (Driver Installation Menu) However, to display the list of all drivers software available with SOYO Motherboards, click the Display all drivers on the SOYO CD button. Please make sure to install only the drivers adapted to your system, or otherwise this cause system malfunctions. 14 The SOYO CD on the SOYO C Cance Display
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A short description of all available drivers follows: Ø Because Windows 95 does not recognize the Southbridge of the newer Intel chipsets (TX, BX, ZX etc) this utility has to be run, it will update the necessary Windows .inf files. (Only for Windows 95) Ø Intel Ø Intel Ø Intel These are the official busmaster drivers as supplied by Intel. Note: Do NEVER install two types of busmaster drivers on your system, this will lead to conflicts and system instability. Ø Your motherboard comes with a
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Enter the SOYO CD Click the Enter SOYO CD button to enter the SOYO HTML database. The Start Up program will activate the default HTML browser installed on your system (for example, Internet Explorer or Netscape) to visualize the contents of the SOYO CD. The SOYO CD contains useful information about your Motherboard and other SOYO products available. For your convenience, this information is available in HTML format, similar to the format widely used on the Internet. Note: If no HTML browser is
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6ZB SERIAL Version 1 .1 Edition: August 1999
