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    SY-6IZA SY-6IZA-NA Motherboard Quick Start Guide Hardware Installation Quick BIOS Setup Introduction The SOYO CD Onboard Sound Driver Installation[...]

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    SOY O ™ 2 SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Motherboard Socket 370 for Intel Celeron TM processors Intel 440ZX AGP/PCI Motherboard 66&100MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor Copyright © 1999 by Soyo Computer Inc. Trademarks: Soyo is a registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc. All trademarks are the property of their owners. Product Rights: Product an[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 3 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA 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 inform[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 4 Introduction SY-6IZA Motherboard Layout Key Features Ø Supports Intel Celeron TM processors (300A- 533MHz) Ø 3D PnP Audio onboard Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø PC98, ACPI, Ultra DMA/33 Ø SOYO COMBO Setup Ø Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Ø Supports onboard hardware monitoring and includes Hardware Docto r ™ uti[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 5 Introduction SY-6IZA-NA Motherboard Layout Key Features Ø Supports Intel Celeron TM processors (300A- 533MHz) Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø PC98, ACPI, Ultra DMA/33 Ø SOYO COMBO Setup Ø Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Ø Supports onboard hardware monitoring and includes Hardware Docto r ™ utility Ø Fan speed con[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 6 Hardware Installation 2 2 Installation T o 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. Hol[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 7 Hardware Installation Install the Motherboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Motherboard. Step 1. Install the CPU Mark your CPU Frequency: Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cove r . 300MHz (66 x 4.5) 333MHz (6[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 8 Hardware Installation Step 2. 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 Speake r , Reset Button, ID[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 9 Hardware Installation Step 3. Configure Memory Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 256MB of main memory using DIMM modules from 8MB to 128MB. Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 1 Double-sided/Single-sided Double-sided 2 Double-sided/Single-si[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 10 Hardware Installation Step 6. Enable/Disable Power-On by Keyboard (JP1) You can choose to enable the Power-On by Keyboard function by shorting pin 2-3 on jumper JP1; otherwise, short pin 1-2 to disable this function. Power-On by Keyboard Disable Enable JP1 Setting Short pin 1-2 to the disable Power-On by Keyboar[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 11 Hardware Installation Step 9. External Suspend Button (JP2) Some cases come with a suspend button, insert the plug into JP2. In addition to through this button, the system can also enter the suspend mode through your OS. Note: Suspend mode only functions if your Power Management mode is APM. Make sure that the B[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 12 Quick BIOS Setup 3 3 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequenc y . Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. The [SOYO COMBO SETUP] menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick [...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 13 The SOYO CD 4 4 The S OY O CD The SOYO-CD will NOT autorun if you use it on an Operating System other than Windows 9x or NT. Your SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA 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 av[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 14 The SOYO CD 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 yo[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 15 The SOYO CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers follows: Ø Intel Southbridge Drivers 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 files. (Only for Windows 95[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 16 The SOYO CD 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 your computer is connected to the internet through a network or modem c[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 17 Onboard Sound Driver Installation 5 5 Onboard Sound Dri ver Installation Only the SY-6IZA comes with an integrated Sound chip on board. Therefore you can skip this chapter if you purchased the SY-6IZA-NA board. Installing AudioPCI in Windows 95/98 To install the audio drivers in Windows 95/98, insert the SOYO CD[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 18 Onboard Sound Driver Installation Uninstalling AudioPCI in Windows NT 4.0 To uninstall the software: 1. Click the [Start] button, point to Settings and click [Control Panel]. Double-click the Multimedia icon. 2. From the Audio Devices tabbed page, Select any existing audio devices and then click Remove. Click [ [...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 19 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. [...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 20 the AGP card to allow the card to go further down. Do take care not to damage the card by using too much force. 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[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 21 I do not get any sound from my sound card. What could be wrong? Please make sure the speaker is connected to the speaker out port on your sound card. 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[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 22 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 coun[...]

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    SY-6IZA/6IZA-NA Quick Start Guide 23 SOYO Deutschland GmbH August-Wilhelm-K u hnholz-Str. 15 D-26135 Oldenburg Region Covered: Germany Web Site: ww w .saat.de , ww w .soyo- saat.com , ww w .soyo-saat.de Vertrieb Mainboards , Notebooks und SoyoCom Produkte: E-Mail: sales@soyo.de Fon: +49-(0 )441/20910-31/33 Fax: +49-(0 )441/203422 Technischer Suppor[...]

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    Edition: March 2000 Version 2.2 6IZA/6IZA-NA SERIAL[...]