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  • Page 1

    SY -K7VME SY -K7VM333 Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dware Installation Quick BIOS Setup Introduction T he SO Y O C D USB2.0 Driv er Installa tion[...]

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    SOYO™ 2 1. AGP cards running at 3.3V are not supported, only AGP cards running at 1.5V can be used in this mainboard. 2. Please read the user guide before proc eedi ng with your in stallations. Serious damage may occur if the proced ure is not followed properly . 3. If you have any problem getting your system to work, please follo w the troublesh[...]

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    SOYO™ 3 SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Motherboard AMD ® K7 Athlon & Duron TM processors VIA KM400/KM266P RO AGP/PCI/CNR M otherboard 100/133/166 MHz Front S ide Bus supported AT X F o r m F a c t o r Copyright © 2004 by SOYO Compu ter Inc. T rade marks: SOYO is a regis tered trademark of SOYO Comput er Inc. All trademarks are properties of their owne r[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 4 Intr oduction 1 1 Intr oduction Cong ratul ations on yo ur purchase of the SY -K7VME/ K7VM 333 motherboard. This Qui ck Sta rt Guid e illustr ates the st eps for instal ling and set ting up your new mot herboar d. This gu ide pro vide s all user s wit h the basic st eps of mot herboar d settin g and operat ion[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 5 Intr oduction SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Mot herboar d Lay out PS/2 KB Connector PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Mouse Connector CN3 JP 3 PRT COM1 VGA1 J6 1 12 CD1 JP 5 CNR1 BA T1 Lin e-o ut Lin e-i n MIC J3 AUDIO 1 PCI 1 PCI 2 USB2 1 2 1 1 1 US BL A N US B1 LA N Co nn ec tor SIR1 1 DI M1 DI M2 IDE 1 IDE 2 FDC1 CHA_F AN i TE IT 8705 [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 6 Intr oduction Ke y F e a t u r e s CPU Supports AMD 462 pin s Socke t A proces sors :  Athlon XP (Palomi no/Thor oughbr ed/Barto n) (200/ 2 66/ 333 MHz FSB)  Duron/Mo rgan Chipset K7VME: VIA® KM400 + 8235CE Chipset K7VM333 : VIA® KM266PRO + 8235CE Chipset VGA UniChrom e™ 2D/3D Graphics w ith moti on [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 7 Intr oduction BIOS  W ake O n Ring and Pow er On by Alarm to allow your system to wak e up from su spend or power on through t he modem or R TC alar m.  Multiple boot, allow ing your s ystem to boot from dif ferent devices (examp le: CD-ROM) Softw are  SOYO Hardwa re Doctor allowi n g you to fully mo[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 8 Installation 2 2 Installa tion T o avoid damage to your motherboard, pleas e follow these si mple rules while handling this equipment:  Befor e hand ling the mot herb oard, gr ound y ourse lf by to uching on to an unpaint ed port ion of the system's metal chassis .  Remove the mot herboard from its [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 9 Installation Install the Mot herboard We will now begin the installation proc ess. Please follo w the step-by-step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation. Step 1 - In stall t he Centra l Proc ess ing Un it (CP U) Step 2 - Inst all memo ry modules Step 3 - Inst all expansion card[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 10 Installation CPU F an Installation Y our Soc ket A processor k it comes w ith a co oling fan. Mount the f an on the process or accor ding to th e instruct ions prov ided by t he man ufactur er . Th e fan is a key compo nent that will en sure system stabil ity . The fan prev ents ov erheati ng, ther efore pro [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 11 Installation 2. Caref ully m ount the fan on t op of th e CPU and cli p-on t he fir s t lock. 3. Clip- on the secon d lock and pleas e make sure n ot to damage /scratc h the bo ard. 2 1[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 12 Installation 4. Con nect the power connecto r to CP UF AN1. CPU F ront Side Bus c loc k jumper sett ing (JP3) CPU Clock Selector 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz JP3 S etting DIM1 DIM2[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 13 Installation Step 2. Configure Memor y Y our boa rd c omes with T wo DIM M sock ets, pr ovidin g supp ort for up to 2GB of main m emor y using unbuf fere d and non- ECC D IMM modu les. On t his mother board, DRAM s peed can be se t independ ent from the CPU FS B speed. Memory Configuration T able Numb er of [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 14 Installation Step 4. Connections to the Motherboard This sect ion tells how to connect interna l periph erals an d the pow er supply to th e mother board. The internal periphe rals consist o f IDE devices (HDD, CD- ROM), Flop py Disk Drive, Chassis Fan , Front P anel D evice s (Int erna l Spe aker , Res et B [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 15 Installation A TX Powe r On/Off: PWRBT Connect y our pow er switc h to this header (moment ary switch type). T o turn off the system, press this switch an d hold dow n for long er than 4 seco nds. A TX Power Supply: A TX PW Attach t he A TX Power c able to this c onnector . (This moth erboar d requir es an A[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 16 Quic k BIOS Setu p 3 3 Quic k BIOS S etup This motherboard allows yo u to change your memory and onboard peri pheral se ttings in BIOS s etup. After the h ardware insta llation is complete, turn the power switch on, then press the <DEL> key du ring the sys tem diagnos tic checks to ent er the BIOS Setup[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 17 Th e S O Y O CD 4 4 T he SO Y O CD The SOYO-CD will Auto Run only in Windows Based Operating Systems. Y our S Y -K7V ME/K7V M333 mot herbo ard co mes with a C D-RO M labeled "SOYO CD. " The SO YO CD cont ains a. The user 's manual f o r you r new motherboard in PDF format, b. The driver s soft[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 18 Th e S O Y O CD The user 's ma nual fi les incl uded on t he SO YO CD ar e in PD F (Posts cript D ocum ent form at). I n ord er to read a P DF f ile, th e appro priat e Acrobat R eader softw are must be inst alled in yo ur system. Note: The Start Up pr ogram auto maticall y detect s if the Acro bat Read [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 19 Th e S O Y O CD Step 2. Install Driv er s and Utili ties Click t he Install Driv ers butto n to disp lay the li st of driver s soft ware t hat can b e instal led wit h your mother board. T he Start Up progr am displ ays the drivers av ailable for th e particular model of motherb oard you ow n. We re commen d[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 20 Th e S O Y O CD  VIA Audio driver setup prog ram for Win 98SE /ME/2000/XP This driv er support s 2/4/6 sp eakers wit h 3D ster eo enhancem ent.  VIA Lan Dr iver for Win 98 SE/ME/2000/ XP This set up progra m will inst all the D river for VIA Onboard Lan.  Hardware monitor for Wi n 98SE/ME/2000 /XP Y [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 21 Th e S O Y O CD After Win dows XP i nstallat ion, your device ma nager sho uld look like th is:[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 22 Th e S O Y O CD After driver installation, yo ur W indows XP devic e mana ger should look like this: Note: T o install the US B 2.0 driver , pl ease update to Windows XP service pack 1.[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 23 Th e S O Y O CD Driver s direct ory list in t he CD dri ver Audio dri ver Vi a 4 i n 1 d r i v e r Onboard LAN USB 2.0 driver for W i n 98SE/ME K7VM333 VGA driver K7VME VGA driver[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 24 USB2.0 Dr iv er Installatio n 5 5 USB2.0 Driv er Installa tion USB2.0 Driv er Installa tion for Windows XP USB 2.0 dr ivers ar e incl uded on Win dows XP Service P ack 1 After ins talling service pack1 , please do the follo wing http:/ /www .microsoft .com/w indows xp/pro/ down loads/ser vice packs/s p1/def a[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 25 Quic k T r ouble shooting tips Boot -up Iss ues The system does not power-up, no beeping s ound heard and th e CPU f an does not turn on. 1. Check if t he power c ord is plug into the power s ource. 2. Check if t he power is conn ected t o the M/B. 3. Check if t he cabl e of th e cas e powe r bu tton is con [...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 26 Example. If you have a P4 M /B, you need to us e a P4 power supply . 5. If you a lready check ed the pow er s uppl y specif icat ion, c hange t he pow er sup ply it mi ght be de fective. The minimum is 350 wat ts AMD appro ved. When I boot up my system, e verythi ng works fine, it sees my CP U and memory , de[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 27 My system intermitte ntly locks up, during Win dows installa tion. 1. Go to BIOS and l oad the “load opt imiz ed defa ults ”. 2. Check t he website for any BIOS updates. 3. If yo u still h ave th e proble m, rem ove all ot her add-on c ards ex cept fo r CPU/ Memor y/ onboar d Vide o/ Hard disk. See if yo[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 28 Is ther e a way to rep rogra m my BIOS after an unsu ccessful flash? No other way , you need to send back the BIOS ROM to your nearest SOYO branch for re-flashing. I’m usin g a 133MHz FSB CPU, I c annot find the DDR 100MHz option i n the BIOS, why? The DDR s peed shoul d not be lo wer than the CPU F SB spee[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guid e 29 Har d disk/FDD/ CD-ROM issue My Western digital HDD is no t detected during b oot-up. Change t he jumper s ettings to cable select or single. Someti mes the s yste m finds my CD- ROM, so metim es no t. 1. Check CD -ROM if it is work ing prop erly . 2. The power supply mi ght not have enou gh wattage to suppo[...]

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    SY -K7VME/K7VM333 Quick S tart Guide 30 How to cont act us:  If you ar e interest ed in ou r products, please co ntact th e SOYO sal es depa rtme nt in the re gion you live.  If you require T echnical Assistan ce, please contact our T echnical Support in the r egion you live. SOYO prefers E mail as c ommunicat ion m edium, remem ber to alw ay[...]