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SY-7ISA
Motherboard
Quick Start Guide
Intel 815 VGASigmatel AudioThe SOYO CD Introduction
Quick BIOS Hardware
Drivers Driver Setup Installation
Installation Installation
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SOYO ™ SY-7ISA Motherboard ® m y * These specifications are subject to amend without notice 2 7ISA Serial - Version 1.0 - Edition: September 2000 "http://www.soyo.com.tw". on the Internet. The address is Web Site For further information, please visit our is subject to amend without notice. to the correctness of the contents there is no guarantee given. The information in this document has been carefully checked for reliability; however, the Motherboard. Information in this guide This Quick St
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Quick Start Guide 1 Introduction 1 Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-7ISA 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-7ISA Motherboard Uses ’ Guide that came with your Motherboard. Unpacking When unpacking the Motherboard, check for the following items: u The SY-7ISA FW82815 AGP/PCI
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide SY-7ISA Motherboard Layout PS/2 KB PS/2 Mous PS/2 Mousee Connector Connector 31 r JP1 11 33 JP6 JP7 1 2 12 11 22 T A IDE 2 IDE 1 A JOYSTICK 1 CPUFAN T3 N AGP Slot K 1 2 3 M M M 1 4 M M M 1 I I I D D D 1 1 l l 2 3 WOL Header E A CMOS Clear 4 Jumper 1 r Reset LED PWRBT Keylock 1 5 3V 2 R Lithium LED Speaker 1 2 3 4 Battery HDD D D D D LED E E E E 6 L L L L LED5 2 10 N 24 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 5 8 1 1 9 1 N 4 4 Introduction USB3_ SIRCON SMCARDC CNR JP JP2 SYSFA PCI# JP9 ST (O
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Quick Start Guide Key Features Ø Supports Intel® FC-PGA processors Ø Battery Low voltage Detect - FSB 66MHz: Celeron™(533A- Ø Supports multiple-boot function 700MHz) - FSB 100MHz: Pentium® III (500E- Ø AGP 2.0 Compliant; 850MHz) AGP Universal Connector supports: - FSB 133MHz: Pentium® III (533- - 1.5V and 3.3V AGP cards 933MHz) - 1X/2X/4X data transfer Ø Supports 66/100/133 MHz Front Side Ø Supports Communication Networking Bus Frequency Riser Slot (CNR 1.0 compliant) * Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide 2 Installation 2 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. If any chip appears to be loose, press carefully to seat it firmly i
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Quick Start Guide Install the Motherboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-7ISA Motherboard. Install the CPU Record the working frequency of your FC- PGA CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover. FSB 66MHz 400MHz (66 x 6.0) 466MHz (66 x 7.0) 533MHz (66 x 8.0) 600MHz (66 x 9.0) 667MHz (66 x 10.0) 433MHz (66 x 6.5) 500MHz (66 x7.5) 566MHz (66 x 8.5) 633MHz (66 x 9.5) 700MHz (66 x 10.5) FSB 100MHz 500MHz (100 x 5.0) 600MHz (100 x 6.0) 7
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide Connections to the Motherboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and the power supply to the Motherboard. The internal peripherals consist of IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Chassis Fan, Front Panel Devices (STR 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 connecting internal and external peripherals to your new SY-7ISA Motherboard,
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Quick Start Guide 5V Stand-by indicator LED (LED 5) This LED is lit whenever the 5V Standby voltage coming from the ATX powersupply is available. If you have connected your ATX powersupply to the mains, LED 5 should be lit. Configure Memory Your board comes with two DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 512MB of main memory using unbuffered and Non-ECC DIMM modules from 32MB to 512MB, No reqistered DIMM support. Supports up to 3 Double sided DIMMs at 100MHz system memory. Supports up to 2
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide CNR MR Card-CODEC OPTION (JP8) 1 2 1 2 Set JP9 for FWH Boot Block Write-Protect Setting this jumper to open will prevent the boot block area of the FWH (FirmWare Hub) chip from being written data into such that it is write-protected from unwanted or abnormal write activity. Note: In some rare cases, the boot block area will need to be flashed to complete the BIOS upgrade procedure. Setting JP9 to open will cause incomplete BIOS update in that case. 1 2 1 2 SPEAKER OP
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Quick Start Guide CPU Frequency Settings: JP6, JP7, CJ1 and CJ2 For certain Intel CPUs, the multiplier is not locked such that setting a multiplier higher than specified on the CPU is possible. For technical details read the following: Your FC-PGA 133/100/66 MHz FSB CPU has a pin JP6, JP7 to tell it what FSB frequency the CPU requires; If these two jumpers are shorted the motherboard will automatically run at the frequency the CPU was specified to run at. However, the FSB Frequency can also be
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide Debug LEDs The Debug LEDs give an indication of the status of the system during boot-up. If the system does not boot-up properly, use the table below to find out at what point in boot-up sequence the problem arises. A x means the LED is off, a L means the LED is lit. X X X L . y X X L X X X L L . r X L X X X L X L X L L X X L L L L X X X L X X L L X L X L X L L L L X X L L X L L L L X L L L L 12 Hardware Installation LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 will be on and will stay on to in
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Quick Start Guide 3 Quick BIOS Setup 3 This Motherboard does not require any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable through the BIOS [Frequency/Voltage Control]. The [Frequency/Voltage Control] 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. After completion of hardware installation, turn the power switch on, then press the key while the system diagno
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Quick Start Guide 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-7ISA 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 C
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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. Follow the instructio
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Quick Start Guide (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers follows: Ø inf utility for Win 9x Windows 95 and 98 will not recognize the new INTEL 815 chipset properly. To update the necessary .inf files that will help Windows recognize the 815 chipset, please run this utility. Ø The Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver automatically enables fast Ultra ATA transfers for a variety of ATA/ATAPI mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and CD-ROMs. Ø In order to be a
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Quick Start Guide Ø 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. 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 installa
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide 5 Sigmatel Audio Driver Installation 5 Installing the Sigmatel Audio Drivers under windows 95/98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000 and Windows NT Uninstalling/Re-Installing Sigmatel Audio Drivers for Windows 9x the Uninstalling or Updating the Sigmatel Audio Drivers for Windows NT . w 18 Sigmatel Audio Driver Installation Un-installation. Now button to complete the Restart NT will display a dialog box asking you to restart your system. Press t
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide SynthCore Lite Application for Windows NT 4.0 y Note that the NT4 installation requires a manual step at the end of the installation. This step apllies to NT4 only. (NT4 Service Pack 4 has to be installed, Service Pack 4 includes DirectSound 3) 19 Sigmatel Audio Driver Installation This finishes the installation process. Reboot your machine. 8) Now look under the MIDI Devices tab, you should see the Staccato MIDI driver. 7) Lite\oemsetup.inf and select t
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SY-7ISA Quick Start Guide 6 Intel 815 VGA Drivers Installation 6 (For Windows 2000) INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE General Installation Notes: 1. The operating system must be installed on the system prior to installation. 2. This installation procedure is specific only to the version of driver and installation file included in this release. 3. This procedure assumes that all of the software associated with this release is located in the same directory. MANUAL INSTALL FROM HARD DRIVE 1. Download WIN2KCD
