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SY-7VMA-B
Motherboard
Quick Start Guide
The SOYO CD
SOYO Wizard Quick BIOS Hardware Introduction
Setup Installation
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SOYO ™ SY-7VMA-B Motherboard y * These specifications are subject to amend without notice 2 7VMA-B Serial - Version 1.1 - Edition: July 2001 "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 Start G
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1 Introduction 1 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. Unpacking When unpacking the Motherboard, check for the following items: u The SY-7VMA-B PM133 AGP/PCI Motherboard u T
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SY-7VMA-B Motherboard Layout B PS/2 Mouse N Connector Connector 3 1 0 7 3 USB 1 USB 2 t e k c PRT o S COM A ATX Power A SDRAM 1 ® 1 5 AOUT1 SDRAM AIN1 CHAFAN2 1 3 AMIC1 11 21 3 4 1 1 2 4 15 1 1 1 AGP Slot SIRCON3 CDIN1 CDIN2 CHAFAN1 PCI Slot #1 CODEC AC97 JP5 VT82C686B CMOS Clear PCI Slot #2 Jumper 1 1 31 USB3 USB4 PCI Slot #3 4 5 0 1 PCI Slot #4 S 3 O I B V 3 h m s PCI Slot #5 Battery a l HDD F PWRBT ISA Slot #1 Reset _ + + __ + r Power 4 Introduction LED Speake LED Lithiu (Optional)
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Key Features Ø Supports Intel® processors Ø Support onboard VGA - FSB 66MHz: Celeron™(400-700MHz) Ø Supports onboard hardware monitoring - FSB 100MHz: Pentium® III (500- 850MHz) Ø Supports suspend to RAM (STR) - FSB 133MHz: Pentium® III (533MHz- Ø Supports 5 sets of voltage monitoring 1.13GHz) Ø Supports 66/100/133 MHz Front Side Ø Supports multiple-boot function Bus Frequency Ø 5 x 32-bit bus master PCI slots Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø 1 x 16-bit ISA slot. Ø Easy CPU settings in BIOS with th
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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 in its socket. Follow the direct
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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 FSB 100MHz FSB 133MHz TM To mount the Coppermine processor that you have purchased separately, follow these instructions. 1 2 0 7 3 t e k c o S 0 7 3 t e k c o S 3 4 0 0 7 7 3 3 t t e k e k c c o o S S 1. Lift the socket handle up to a v
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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 (Internal Speaker, Reset Button and IDE LED 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-7VMA-B Motherboard, please refer to SY-7VMA-B Motherboard User
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¡ N° ote: The Power LED is connected to the Voltage that feeds the DIMM sockets. Therefore the following table applies: Suspend to RAM Normal Operation Power Off Power LED Blinking ON OFF 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 th
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3 Quick BIOS Setup 3 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. After completion of hardware installation, turn the power switch on, then press the key while the system diagnostic is checking to enter t
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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 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. Insert the SOYO CD into the CD-ROM drive If you use Windows 2000 or NT, the SOYO-CD will not detect
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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 instructions on your scree
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drive driverr revision: 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) Cance Cancell OOKK (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers follows: Ø VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the performance an
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Ø 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 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. Ø VIA Ac97 You have to install the drivers before installing any application for the Ac97 codec. Ø Your motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC. By installing this utility Temperature,
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5 SOYO Wizard on Hand Utility 5 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. “ ” . Warning: SOYO will not be responsible for any damage done to the CPU due to overclocking. The system might become unstable overclocked, if this happens, please shutdown the system. Ø Display the current speed settings of your system. Ø Di
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Ø 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. Please restart the system by pushing the reset or power button. Ø Adjust the FSB speed manually by m
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Ø 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 If enabled, the system will increment 4 MHz at a time. Ø ¡ X Overclocking the system by changing the FSB frequency, these are for users who have some knowledge in overclocking. ¡ X Overclocking the system by directly changing the CPU frequency to the desired speed. This is for us
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Quick Trouble shoot tips ? 1. Press “ ” • • – 18 card by using too much force. the AGP card to allow the card to go further down. Do take care not to damage the real hard, it should snap twice. You may have to unscrew card down into the socket did not get seated into the AGP slot fully and firmly. Please push your AGP card This is a common problem with AGP video cards. The reason is that your AGP card, it does not give me any video. Is my AGP slot bad? My PCI VGA card works fine with my sy
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19 is connected to the speaker out port on your sound card. Please make sure the speaker I do not get any sound from my sound card. What could be wrong? Audio Issues properly recognize relatively new chipsets. install the VIA 4 in 1 driver from the SOYO CD, this is because Windows does not then you need to If you are sure that the modem driver has been installed correctly, Why? modem to work. I have installed my modem drivers several times and I still cannot get my under integrated peripher
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’ 20 http://www.soyo.com at: Please make sure you have the latest bios and driver from the SOYO web site I can not get my board to run properly. peripherals one by one to identify which one causes the lockup. and floppy drive controller, and see if it can boot from floppy. Then put back the save the bios and exit. Next, unplug all other add-on cards except the video card Please clear the CMOS via JP5 then choose 'load optimized default' in the bios and t go any further. What should I do? and
