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SOYO SY-KT600 DRAGON Plus Motherboard manual

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  • Page 1

    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dware Inst alla t ion Quic k BIOS Setup Introduction T he SO Y O CD USB 2.0 Driver Installa t ion VIA 8237 Seri al ATA D r i v e r Installa ti on Audio D river Insta lla tion[...]

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    SOYO™ 2 1. AGP cards r unning at 3.3V are not suppo rted; only AGP cards r unning 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 followed properly . 3. If you have any problem get ting your sys tem to work, ple ase foll ow the [...]

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    SOYO™ 3 SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Motherboard AMD ® K7 Athlon & Duron TM processors VIA KT600 AGP/PCI Motherboar d 100/133/166/200 MHz Fr ont Si de Bus supported 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. Al l trademarks are pr operties of their owners. Pr[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 4 Intr oduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulat ions on your purchase of th e SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for inst alling and setting up y our new motherboard. This guide provides all users w ith the basic ste ps of mother board setting and operation. For fur[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 5 Intr oduction SY -KT600 DRA GON Plus Lay out AT X P o w e r 3V Lit hium Batte ry JP5 1 3 PCI Sl ot #5 PCI Sl ot #1 PCI Sl ot #4 PCI Sl ot #3 PCI Sl ot #2 14 14 V T8237 V T630 7 PS/2 K B Connector PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Mouse Connector PRT COM A COM B Line ou t / Fr ont out Li ne in / Re ar o u t MIC IN / Ce nter [...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 6 Intr oduction K ey Fea tures CPU Supports AMD 462 pins Socket A proces sors:  Athlon XP (Palomino/Thoroughbr ed/Barton) (200/266/333/ 400 MHz F SB)  Duron/Morgan Chipset AMD® KT600/ 8237 Chipset Memory  Supports PC2100, PC 2700 and PC3200 DDR (n on-registered and ECC) memory modules. AGP 1x A GP[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 7 Intr oduction USB 2.0 8x USB 2.0 compliant por ts (4x on rear IO pane l, 4x pin headers.) IEEE 1394 Onboard VIA V T6307 IEEE1394 Firewire controller w ith 2x pin header Sound VT1616 6 channel Audio Codec Network 10/100 MBps 100Bas e-T Ethernet co ntroller , supporting W ake-On-Lan (WOL) BIOS  Power Fail[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 8 Hard ware Installa tion 2 2 Installa tion T o avoid damag e to your motherboard , please follow these simple rules while handling this equipment:  Before handling the motherb oard, ground yourself by to uching on to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis.  Remove the motherboar d fr[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 9 Hard ware 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 mem ory modul es Step 3 - Install expansi[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 10 Hard ware 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 200 MHz Clock Select RJ2 Di pswitch This dipsw itch sets the ratio of your C PU. Note th at this switch will only work if you hav e an unlocked CPU. 1 4 2 5 3 6 1 4 2 5 3 6 1 4 [...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 11 Hard ware Installa tion CPU F an Installa tion Y our Soc ket A processor kit co mes with a c ooling f an. Mount the fan on the proces sor according to the instructions provided by the manuf actur er . The fan is a key component that will ensure system s tability . The fan prevents over heating, therefore [...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 12 Hard ware 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. 1 2[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 13 Hard ware 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[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 14 Hard ware Installa tion FOC (F an-O f f Contr ol) The newly designed SOYO “FOC” is based on the concept of total prot ection for the CPU, which is very different from what is curr ently seen on the market. The H/W control function is used to see a passive security system of monitoring and wa rning. S[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 15 Hard ware Installa tion ABR (Anti B ur n R egula tor) SOYO's ABR (Anti Burn Regulator) is a s pecially designed hardw are ci rcuit that w orks hand in hand 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[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 16 Hard ware Installa tion Step 3. Installa tion of Expansion Car ds The motherboard has 1 AGP slot and 5 PCI slots. 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 motherboar[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 17 Hard ware Installa tion USB20_3 / U SB20_4 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin6 Pin7 Pin8 Pin9 Pin10 VCC Data(-) Data(+) GND VCC Data(-) Data(+) GND 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 [...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 18 Hard ware Installa tion CMOS Clea r (JP5) In some cases the CMOS me mory may cont ain wrong data, follow the steps bel ow 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 [...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 19 Quic k BIOS Setup 3 3 Quic k B IOS Set up This motherboard allows you to change your me mory and onboard peripheral settings in BIOS setup. After the hardware installation i s complete, turn the power switch on, then p ress the <DEL> key during the system diagnosti c chec ks to enter the Awa rd BIOS[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 20 Th e S O Y O C D 4 4 T he SO Y O CD The SOYO-C D will Auto Run only in Windows B ased Operating Systems. Y our SY - KT600 DRAGON Plus motherboar d comes with a CD-ROM labeled "S OYO CD." The SOYO CD contains a. The user's manual for your new m otherboard in PDF format, b. The drivers soft [...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 21 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).[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 22 Th e S O Y O C D Step 2. Install Driv ers and Utilit ies Click the Install D rivers button to display the list of driv ers softwar e 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 on[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 23 T he SO Y O CD  VIA Seria lATA driv er for Win 98 SE/ME/20 00/XP This program is for in stall Driver to use Serial A T A function .  VIA Onboard Audio Softwar e for Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP This driver supports 2/4/6 spea kers with 3D st ereo enhancement.  KT600 DRAG ON Plus Hardwa re mo nitor for Win[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 24 Th e S O Y O C D After Windows XP installation, your de vice manager sh ould look like this:[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 25 T he SO Y O CD After driver installation, your Windows XP device manager shou ld look like this:[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 26 Th e S O Y O C D Drivers direc tory list in the C D driver Audio driver Via 4 in 1 driver Onboard LAN USB 2.0 driver for Wi n 98SE/ME RAID driver[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 27 Audio Driver Installatio n 5 5 A udio Driv er Installa tion A udio Driv e r Installa tion f or Windo ws 98/98se After you have installed the audio driver , window s may prompt you to restart your computer . When your computer has r est arted it may look for the wi ndows dri ver on your windows installatio[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 28 USB 2.0 Driv er Installa tion 6 6 USB2.0 Driv er Inst allation USB2.0 Driv er Installation f or Windows 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 supp ort in Windows XP , pleas e visit http:/ /www .microsof t.com/h[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 29 VIA 8237 Serial A T A Dr iver Installation 7 7 VIA 8237 Serial A T A Driv er Installation Y o u can use your VIA 8237 (SA T A1,SA T A2) as 1. Normal IDE function. 2. RAID function. (RAID0, 1) T o use SA T A1 and SA T A2 as normal IDE, please do th e following steps 1. Go to the CMOS setup  Integrated P[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 30 VIA 8237 Serial A T A Driver Installation 8. Win XP will prompt you that a message that the driver is new er than the default driver , press S (us e the driver on floppy) to continue. 9 . The follow-on interface w ill list the devices to be ins talled, in whic h “ VIA 8237 SA T AR aid SA T ARaid contro[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 31 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. Chec k if the power cord is plug into the power s ource. 2. Chec k if the power is connected to the M/B. 3. Chec k if the cable of the cas e power butto n is connected t[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quic k S tart G uide 32 Example. If you have a P 4 M/B, y ou ne ed to use a P4 power s upply . 5. If you already checked the power supply specif ication, c hange the powe r supply it might be defective. The minimum is 350 watts AMD approved. When I boot up my system, ever yt hi ng works fine, it sees my C P U and m emory , det[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 33 3. If you still have the prob lem, remove all other add-on ca rds except for C PU/ Memory/ onboard Video/ Hard disk. See if you can finis h Windows ins tal lation. 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 133MHz FSB. It w[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quic k S tart G uide 34 V GA Issue After waking up from Su spen d to RAM or Stan dby mode, the screen has no display but I can hear the hard disk operating 1. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver s et. 2. Check the VGA card manufactur er for a dr iver update ( if using a differen t video card then the onboard video), and make sure th[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart Guide 35 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 mi crophone in are enabled and not muted. 2. Check if the Micr ophone is ok. 3. When using 6 speakers the line-in and mi crophone cha[...]

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    SY -KT600 DRAGON Plus Quick S tart G uide 36 How t o cont act us :  If you are interes ted in our products, pleas e c ontact the SOYO sales department in the region you live.  If you require T echnical Assistance, please co nt act our T echnical Support in the region y ou live. SOYO prefers Email as c ommuni cation medium, remember to always [...]

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