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    SY -K7VMP Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dware Inst alla t ion Quic k BIOS Setup Introduction Th e S O Y O C D USB 2.0 Driv er Inst alla tion Audio Driver Installa tion[...]

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    SOYO™ 2 1. AGP cards running at 3.3V are not supported, only AGP car d s runnin g at 1.5V can be used in this mai nboard. 2. Please read the user gui de before proc eedi ng with your ins tallations . Serious damage may occur if the p rocedure is not follow ed proper ly . 3. If you have any problem getting your sys tem to work, please foll ow the [...]

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    SOYO™ 3 SY -K7VMP Motherboard AMD ® K7 Athlon & Duron TM processors VIA KM400 AGP/PCI Mot herboard 100/133/166 MHz Front Side Bus sup ported AT X F o r m F a c t o r Copyright © 2003 by SOYO Computer Inc. T rademarks: SOYO is a regist ered tradem ar k of SOYO Computer Inc. All tradem arks are properties of their owners. Pr oduct Rights: All[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 4 Intr oduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulat ions on y our purchase of the SY -K7VMP motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for installing an d setting up your new motherboar d. This guide provides all users w ith the basic ste ps of mother board setting and operation. For further information , please[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 5 Intr oduction SY -K7VMP Lay out PS/2 KB Connector PS/2 Mou se PS/2 Mou se Connector 3V Lithi um Batt ery AT X P o w e r PRT COM A VGA o ut I/O CHIP 2 11 5 GAM E1 JP5 Audio ou t / Front out Audi o in / Rear out MIC IN / Cent er & B ass ou t SIRC ON PCI Sl ot #5 PCI Sl ot #1 PCI Sl ot #4 PCI Sl ot #3 PCI Sl ot #2 US[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 6 Intr oduction K ey Fe atures CPU Supports AMD 462 pins Socket A proces sors :  Athlon XP (Palomino/Thoroughbred/Barton) (200/266/33 3 MHz F SB)  Duron/Morgan  SOYO COMBO Setup CMOS setup menu f or complete and easy changin g of your CPU settings in CMOS setup, ma king jumpers obsolete. Chips et VIA® KM400/ 8[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 7 Intr oduction Sound Onboard VIA VT1616 6 channel Audio Codec Network 10/100 MBps 100Base-T Ethernet controller , supporting W ak e-On-Lan (WOL) BIOS  Power Failure resume functi on to allow the system to turn on or off after a po wer failur e, which is indispensable for server systems.  W ake On Ring and Power O[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 8 Installa tion 2 2 Installa tion T o avoid damag e to your motherboard , please follow these simp le rules while handling this equipment:  Before handling the motherb oard, ground yourself by touc hing on to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis.  Remove the motherboar d from its anti- static pa[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 9 Installa tion Install the Motherboar d We will now begin the installa tion process. Please follow the step-by-step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation. Step 1 - Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2 - Ins tal l memory modules Step 3 - Install expansion cards Step 4 - Connec[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 10 Installa tion 5. Set the jumpers on the FJ1 jumper block to the correct FSB for your CPU. FJ1 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz FSB Clock Select CPU F an Installation Y our Soc ket A proces sor kit co mes with a cooling f an. Mount the fan on the process or according to the instructions provided by the manuf actur er . The fan[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 11 Installa tion 2. Carefully mount the fan on top of t he CPU and clip-on the first lock. 3. Clip-on the second lo ck and please ma ke sure not to d ama ge/scratch the board. 2 1[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 12 Installa tion 4. Connect the power connector t o CPUF AN1. Note: If the fan is defective or Power connector is not connected to CPUF AN1, the system will ena ble Fan Off Control func tion. See below f or more information on FOC fu nction. When the CPU temperatur e exceeds, the temperature set in the CPU T emp. Protec[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 13 Installa tion “FOC” includes the fo llo wing function s: Simultaneou s Signal Follow Up : Before the system enters th e O/S , H/W will d etect the signals of the CPU fan pins, get their revolution info rm ation and send it to the BIOS. Auto Power Off System: If th e BIOS r eceives the information of CPU fan revol[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 14 Installa tion ABR (Anti B ur n R e gula tor) SOYO's ABR (Anti Burn Regulator) is a spec ially designed hardw are circuit t hat works hand in han d with the CPU’s internal sensor in m onitoring t he temp erature of the CP U and prevent it f rom overheating. Once the heat ac cumulated in the C PU is over th e se[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 15 Installa tion Step 3. Installa tion of Expansion Car ds The motherboard has 1 AGP slot and 5 PCI s lots. 1. Read the related expansion card’s instructio n document before inser t ing the expansion c ard into the computer. 2. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in the motherboard. 3. Make sure the me[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 16 Installa tion USB20_1 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin6 Pin7 Pin8 Pin9 Pin10 Power Data(-) Data(+) GND Power Data(-) Data(+) G ND GND 1394: FW1 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pi n6 Pin7 Pin8 Pin9 Pin10 A0PC GND B0PC NC PWR0 A0MC CGND B0MC PWR0 CGND 1394: FW2 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pi n6 Pin7 Pin8 Pin9 Pin10 A1PC GND B1PC NC PWR1 [...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 17 Installa tion CMOS Clea r (JP5) In some cases the CM OS memory may cont ai n wrong data, follow t he steps below to clear the CMOS memory . 1. Clear t he CMOS memor y by momentaril y shorting pin 2-3 on ju mper JP5. Its white cap can ea sily identify this ju mper . 2. Put the jumper back to 1-2 t o allow wr iting of [...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 18 Quick BIOS Setup 3 3 Quic k BIOS S etup This motherboard allows you to change your me mory and onboard peripheral settings in BIOS setup. After the hardware installation is complete, turn the power swi tch on, then press the <DEL> key during the system diagnosti c chec ks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program. [...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 19 Th e S O Y O CD 4 4 T he SO Y O CD The SOYO-CD will Auto R un only in Windows Based Operating Systems. Y our SY -K 7VMP motherboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SO YO CD contains a. The user's manual for your new m otherboard in PDF format, b. The drivers soft ware avai lable for i nstall[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 20 T he SO Y O CD (SOYO CD St art Up Program Menu) Under Windows 95/98/ ME, the SOYO CD Star t Up Program automatically detects the SOYO motherboard the syste m uses and displays the corresp onding mo del name. The user's m anual fil es in cluded on the SO YO CD are in PDF (Postscript Docu ment format). In order to[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 21 Th e S O Y O CD Step 2. Install Driv er s and Utilit ies Click the Install D rivers button to display the list of dr iver s software that can be installed with your motherboard. The Start Up program displays the driver s available for the particular model of m otherboard you own. We recommend that you only instal l t[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 22 T he SO Y O CD  K7VMP Har dware monitor fo r Win 9x/ME/2000/NT/XP Y our motherboard comes with a hardware mo nitoring IC. By installing this utility , T e mperature, Fan speed and V o ltages can be monitor ed. It is also po ssible to set alarms when current system values ex ceed or fall b elo w pre-set v alues. St[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 23 Th e S O Y O CD After Windows XP installation, your de vice manager sh ould look like this:[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 24 T he SO Y O CD After driver installation, your Windows XP device manager should look like this:[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 25 Th e S O Y O CD Drivers direc tory list in the C D driver Audio driver Vi a 4 i n 1 d r i v e r Onboard LAN USB 2.0 driver for W in 98SE/ME KM400 VGA driver[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 26 Audio Driv er Installa tion 5 5 A udio Driv er Installa tion A udio Driv er In stallation f or Windows 98/98se After you have installed the audio driver , windows may prompt you to re start your computer . When your computer has r est arted it may look for the wi ndows dri ver on your windows installation CD and ask [...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 27 USB 2.0 Driver Installatio n 6 6 USB2.0 Driv er Inst alla tion USB2.0 Driv er Installation for Wi ndo ws XP USB 2.0 drivers are availabl e for download using Windows Up date for Windows XP. For additional information regardi ng USB 2.0 support in Wind ows XP, please visit http://www .microsoft. com/hwdev/bus/USB/de f[...]

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    SY -K7V MP Quick Start Guide 28 Audio Driv er Installa tion Quic k T r ouble shooting tips Boot-up Issues The system does not power-up, no beeping sound heard and the CPU f an does not turn on. 1. Check if the power cord is plug into the power source . 2. Check if the power is co nnected to the M/B. 3. Check if the cable of the case power butto n i[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 29 Example. If you have a P 4 M/B, y ou ne ed to use a P4 power s upply . 5. If you already c hecked the power s upply specif ic ation, change the powe r supply it might be defective. The minimum is 350 watts AMD approv ed. When I boot up my system, ever yt hi ng works fine, it sees my C P U and m emory , detects my har[...]

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    SY -K7V MP Quick Start Guide 30 Audio Driv er Installa tion 3. If you still have the prob lem, remove all other add-on ca rds exc ept for CPU/ Memory/ onboard Video/ Hard disk. See if you can finis h Windows ins talla tion. Then put peripherals in one by one to identify which one caus es the lockup. My system will not boot -up when I set my CPU to [...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 31 I’m using a 133MHz FS B CPU, I cannot find th e DDR 100MHz option in the BIOS, why? The DDR speed should not be lo w er than the CPU FS B speed. V GA Is sue I cannot set my VGA to go high er than 16 color (640x 480). 1. Make sure that you hav e inst alled the VIA 4 in 1 driv er set. 2. Install/ re-ins tall the VGA [...]

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    SY -K7V MP Quick Start Guide 32 Audio Driv er Installa tion The sound and everything else wor ks fine except that the line-in and mi crophone do not work. What is wrong? 1. Please go to sound properti es and check if the line-in and microphone in are enabled and n ot muted. 2. Check if the Micr ophone is ok. 3. When using 6 speakers the line-in and[...]

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    SY -K7VMP Quick S tart Guide 33 How t o cont ac t us:  If yo u are interested in our pr oducts, please c ontac t the SOYO sales department in the r egion you live.  If you r equire T echnical Assistance , please cont act our T echnical Support in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as c ommuni cation medium, remember to always add to the [...]

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    Edition: Jul y 200 3 Ve r s i o n P 1 . 0 SY -K7VMP SERIA L[...]