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  • Page 1

    SY -7VBA133U Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dware Insta lla tion Quic k BIOS Setup Introduction T he SO Y O CD[...]

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    SOYO™ 2 SY -7VBA133U Motherboard Socket 370 for Intel Pe ntium ® & Celeron TM processors VIA VT82C694T AGP/PCI/ISA Motherboard 66/100/133 MHz Front Side Bus supported AT X F o r m F a c t o r Copyright © 2002 by SOYO Computer Inc. Tr a d e m a r k s : SOYO is a registered trademark of SOYO Computer Inc. All trademarks are prop erties of the[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 3 Intr oduction 1 1 Intr oduction Congratulations on your purcha se of the SY -7VBA133U Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illu strates the steps for installing an d setting up your new Mot herboard. This guide provid es all users with the ba sic steps of Mother board setting and operation. For further information, [...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 4 Intr oduction SY -7VB A133U Motherboar d Lay out (Opti onal) Speaker Power LED HDD LE D ACPI L ED _ + Re set PWRBT PCI Slot #1 PCI Slot #3 PCI Slot #4 PCI Slot #5 CPUF AN IDE 1 IDE 2 1 1 1 FDC1 AT X P o w e r So cket 37 0 PCI Slot #2 CH AF AN SD RAM SD RAM V T82C694 T AGP S l ot 3V Li thi um Ba tter y SIRCON 1 5 JP[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 5 Intr oduction K ey Fe at ur es  Supports Inte l® processor s - Celeron  (up to 1GHz) - Pentium ® III (up to 1GHz) - T ualatin (up to 1.4GHz)  Supports 66/100 /133 MHz Front Side Bus Frequenc y  Chipset consists of the VT82C694 T system controller and VT 82C686B PCI to ISA bridge  Supports SDRAM and[...]

  • Page 6

    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 6 Har dware Installatio n 2 2 Installa tion T o avoid damage to your Motherboard, please follow thes e simple rules while handling this equipment:  Before handling th e Motherboard, ground yourself by touching o n to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis.  Remove the Motherboard from its a nti[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 7 Har dware Installatio n Install the Motherboar d T o perform the installation of your new SY -7VBA133U Motherboard, follow the steps below: Step 1. CPU Installa tion CPU Mount Pr ocedure: T o mount the Pentium ® , Celeron TM & Tualatin processor that you have purchased separa tely , follow these instructions. [...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 8 Har dware Installatio n Step 2. Connections to the Motherboar d This sec tion tells how to connect intern al periph erals and the power supply to the M other board. The internal peripherals consi s t of IDE devices (H DD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Chassis Fa n, Front Panel Devices (Internal Speaker , Reset Button[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 9 Har dware Installatio n Step 3. Configure Memor y Y our board recommend a limit of 3 DIMMs or 6 banks at 1 33 MHz for 1.5GB max memory using unbuffered DIMM modules fr om 8MB to 512MB. Supports optional ECC (single-b it error correction and multi-bit d etection) or EC (error checking) capability separately selectab[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 10 Quic k BIOS Setup 3 3 Quic k BIOS Setup This Motherboard doe s not use any hardware ju mp ers to set the CPU frequency . Instead, CPU settings are software configur able with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO F EA TURE] . The [SOYO COMBO FEA TU RE] combines the main par ameters that you need t o configure, all in one menu, for[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 11 Th e S O Y O CD 4 4 Th e S O Y O C D The SOYO-CD will Auto Run only in Windows Base Operating System. Y our SY -7VBA133U moth erboard comes with a CD-R OM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains a. The user's manual for y our new motherboard -in PDF format, b. The dr ivers software av aila ble for i[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 12 Th e S O Y O CD The user's manual files includ ed on the SO YO CD are in PDF (Posts cript Document) format. In order to read a PDF file, the appropriate Acrobat Rea der software mu st be installed in your syste m. Note : The Start Up program autom atically detects if the Acr obat Reader utility is alread y pr[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 13 Th e S O Y O CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available dri vers fol l ows:  VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x/ME/NT/2k/XP VIA 4 In 1 driver includes f our system drivers to improv e the p erformance and maintain the stability of system s using VIA chips ets. These four drivers are: V[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 14 Th e S O Y O CD  VIA hardware monitor for Win 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP Y our motherboar d comes with a hardware monitoring IC. By installing this utility T emperature, Fan speed and V oltages can be mo nit ored. It is also possible to set alar ms when current system values e xceed or fall below pre-set values. Select w[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 15 Quick T rouble shoot tips Boot-up Is sues The sy stem do no t power - up, no b eep ing sound heard and the CPU fan does not t urn on. 1. Check if the powe r cord is plug to the power source. 2. Check if the power is connected to the M /B. 3. Check if the cab le of the case pow er button is connecte d to the M/B po[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 16 memory specific ation is supported by the M/B. (for more info on this, check our F AQ website). 5. Change the VGA card. The sy stem turn s on fo r so me seconds then shu tdown by it self. 1. Check if the CPU fan is conne cted to the CPUF AN1 connector . 2. The CPU might be overheating. Check t h e CPU F AN if it i[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 17 5. This message will come up if the CMOS has been r eset, try go to BIOS se tup and load setup defa ul ts, save and exit. S t ability Issue My sy stem int ermitt ently locks u p, ve ry unst able 1. Check the CPU T emp, it might be ov erheati ng. Chang e t h e CPU F AN. 2. Do not over clock your CPU. 3. Check the s[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 18 which means SY -6BA+ IV moth erboard with 2AA2 bios. Where ca n I find the la test BIO S of my motherb oard? Please go to the tec hnical support page of one of the SOYO websites (T aiwan: www . soyo.c om.tw ), and look up your motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision. How can I f lash th e BIOS? 1. Download th[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 19 When using Gefor ce 3 T i500, my syst em will hang up while running 3D Mark2001. Please updat e the nVIDIA driver to versi on 231 1 or newer , to sol ve the problem. Audio Is sue How can I disable the on-board Audio? Go to the SOYO COMBO Feature in the BIOS setup, t h en set the “onboard audio” to disable . Pl[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 20 Hard disk/F DD/ CD-ROM issue My W estern digital HDD is not d etect ed during boo t-up or No fix d isk pr esent. Ch ange th e jump er se tting s to cab le se le ct or single or remove the jumpers. Someti mes the system find s my CD-ROM, somet imes not 1. Check CD-ROM if it i s worki ng properly 2. The power supply[...]

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    SY -7VBA133U Quick S tart Guide 21 How to cont act us:  If you are interes t ed in our produc t s, please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live.  If you require T echnical Assistance, please contact our T echnical Support in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as communi cation medium, remember to always add to the emai[...]

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    Edition: December 2001 V ersion 1.2 SY -7VBA133U SERIA L[...]