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    SY-D6IBA2 Motherboard Quick Start Guide FC C Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE POST CONSUMER RECYCLED PAPER 100% Hardware Installation Quick BIOS Setup Introduction SCSI Utilities The SOYO CD[...]

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    SOY O ™ 2 SY-D6IBA2 Motherboard Single or Dual Pentiu m ® III & Pentiu m ® II processors supported 82440 BX 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. Produ[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 3 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-D6IBA2 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, pleas[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 4 Introduction SY-D6IBA2 Motherboard Layout Key Features Ø Supports Intel Pentium ® III processor (450- 550MHz) & Pentium ® II processor (233- 450MHz) Ø Easy CPU settings in BIOS with the “ SOYO COMBO Setup ” Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø SCSI port onboard (optional) Ø PC98, APM, Ultra DMA/33 Ø Power-on by [...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 5 Hardware Installation 2 2 Installation 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[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 6 Hardware Installation Install the Motherboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-D6IBA Motherboard. Step 1. Install the CPU : Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover. FSB 66MHz 266MHz (66 x 4.0) 333MHz (66 x 5.0) 400MHz (66 x 6.0) 3[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 7 Hardware Installation 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 and possible burn-out of your CPU. Step 2. Make Connections to the Motherboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals a[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 8 Hardware Installation Step 3. Configure Memory Your board comes with four DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 1GB of main memory using DIMM modules from 8MB to 256MB. For 66MHz front side bus CPUs use 12ns or faster memory; for 100MHz front side bus CPUs use 8ns (100MHz, PC100 compliant) memory. Memory Configurat[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 9 Hardware Installation Step 6. Power Button Enable (JP7) Your system can be power on by either pressing a power button or typing in a password, which can be set in the BIOS SOYO COMBO Setup. To avoid being unable to power up the system due to of forgetting the password, you can place a jumper cap to short JP7. This will[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 10 Hardware Installation Note on Over-clocking Capability The SY-D6IBA2 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 of[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 11 Quick BIOS Setup 3 3 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. The [SOYO COMBO SETUP] menu combines the main CPU parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick setu[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 12 The SOYO CD 4 4 The S OY O CD Your SY-D6IBA2 Motherboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains the user's manual file for your new Motherboard, the drivers software available for installation, and a database in HTML format with information on SOYO Motherboards and other products. S[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 13 The SOYO CD 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. (Manual Selection Menu) The user's manual files [...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 14 The SOYO CD The following drivers are available for Windows 95 (Driver Installation Menu) The following drivers are available for Windows 98 (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[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 15 The SOYO CD 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) Ø SOYO SpeedPro Busmaster Driv[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 16 The SOYO CD Note 2: EZ-SCSI Utility: The SCSI utility for use with the onboard Adaptec ® SCSI chip is located in the driversEZ-SCSI directory. EZ-SCSI is suitable for DOS or Windows 3.1 environment only. The manual file in PDF format can be found at the following location: ManualEZ-SCSI.pdf . Step 4. Check the [...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 17 SCSI Utilities 5 5 SCSI Utilities Ultra2 SCSI I/O Subsystem Your new SYD6IBA2 high-performance Motherboard is equipped with the onboard Adaptec ® AIC-7890 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter for your high bandwidth applications, providing data transfer rates of up to 80 Mbytes per second. The Ultra2 SCSI is an input/output bus [...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 18 SCSI Utilities 68-pin Ultra-Wide SCSI Connector Ultra-Wide SCSI allows you to connect up to 15 devices (7 Narrow internal and 8 Wide internal or external SCSI devices, or 15 Wide internal or external SCSI devices) to the 68-pin Ultra-Wide SCSI connector on the Motherboard. Devices that connect to the 16-bit Wide SCSI [...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 19 SCSI Utilities SCSI Driver Installation Windows ® 95 Users This chapter explains how to install the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set aic78xx.mpd and aic78u2.mpd drivers for Windows 95. The aic78xx.mpd driver supports all Adaptec7800 Family Ultra2 SCSI (and earlier) host adapters, and the aic78u2.mpd driver supports al[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 20 SCSI Utilities Note: All Adaptec 7800 Family Ultra2 SCSI (and earlier) host adapters use the aic78xx.mpd driver. Ultra2 SCSI adapters use the aic78u2.mpd driver. Once the correct driver is updated, it is not necessary to update it again for each 7800 Family host adapter installed in your system. 1. Start Windows 95. 2[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 21 SCSI Utilities Updating the Driver for Windows 95 (Version OSR2) This section covers the remaining steps for updating the drives. 1. Follow steps 1 through 7 in the Previous section, Installing the Driver When Windows 95 is Already Installed. 2. Click [Update Drivers]. 3. In the Update Device Driver Wizard, select [Ye[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 22 SCSI Utilities Windows ® NT Users This chapter explains how to install the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set and aic78u2.sys driver for Windows NT. The aic78xx.sys driver supports all Adaptec 7800 Family Ultra2 SCSI (and earlier) host adapters, and the aic78u2.sys driver supports all Ultra2 SCSI adapters. If you are pe[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 23 SCSI Utilities Note: If you are installing an Ultra2 SCSI host adapter such as the AHA-2940U2W, you cannot select Express setup, because the aic78u2.sys driver is not embedded. Selecting Express setup loads the embedded driver aic78xx.sys included with Windows NT which is for Ultra SCSI adapters only. 5 Press [S] to s[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 24 SCSI Utilities 7 Highlight a driver and press [Enter]. 8 To add other host adapters that are not part of the 7800 Family, press [S] and repeat from Step4 for each additional adapter and insert the appropriate driver disk. The Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters use the same driver; it is not necessary to install the dri[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 25 SCSI Utilities that the new device driver loads when Window s NT reboots. 10 When the installation is complete, Windows NT Setup again displays a list of currently installed host adapter types. Verify that the new host adapter appears on the list. The text string should look similar to: Adaptec AHA-290x/291x/294/4944/[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 26 SCSI Utilities Do not edit your registry unless it is absolutely necessary. If there is an error in your registry, your computer may become nonfunctional. Using Windows NT SCSI Parameters Follow the instructions below to enter the registry values that affect how the Windows NT SCSI manager interprets the generic confi[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 27 SCSI Utilities 4 Click on the aic78xx or aic78u2 key. 5 Select [Add] Key from the Edit menu; Type device in the Key Name edit box. Leave the Class edit box blank. 6 Click on the Parameters key. 7 Select [Add] Key from the Edit menu; Type Device in the Key Name edit box. Leave the Class edit box blank. To specify a cer[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 28 SCSI Utilities To enter driver-specific parameters, follow these steps: 1 Select [Run] from the File menu (Windows NT 3.5x), or Run form the Start button (Windows NT 4.0). 2 Type regedt32 and press [Enter]. 3 Open the registry list to the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentCJontrolSetServicesaic78[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 29 SCSI Utilities Using Windows NT and the Host Adapter This section contains useful information on using Windows NT and your host adapter. Removing a Host Adapter Removing a host adapter can be as simple as physically removing it from the slot when your computer is shut down. Windows NT boots and functions properly in t[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 30 SCSI Utilities Note: Windows NT Setup does not delete the device driver from your system disk; it only updates Windows NT software configuration information so that the device driver is no longer loaded during system bootup. Removing a Host Adapter in Windows NT 4.0 1. From the Control Panel, double-click the [SCSI Ad[...]

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    SY-D6IBA2 Quick Start Guide 31 SCSI Utilities To swap adapters, follow these steps: 1. Install the driver for the 7800 Family host adapter by following the steps in Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed. It is not essential to remove the device driver for the host adapter you are replacing. Windows NT dynamically detects the ab[...]

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    Edition: April 1999 Version 1.0 SY-D6IBA2 SERIAL International Headquarters Soyo Computer Inc., (Taiwan) Tel: 886-2-2290-3300 Fax: 886-2-2298-3322 Web Site: http://www.soyo.com.tw E-mail: info@mail.soyo.com.tw USA Branch Office Soyo Tek Inc., (USA) Tel: (408) 452-7696 Fax: (408) 573-7696 Web Site: http://www.soyousa.com E-mail: sales@soyousa.com SO[...]