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    SY -P4VDA Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dwar e Installa tion Quic k BIOS Setup Intr oduction T he SO Y O CD R ealtek LAN Driv er Installa tion[...]

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    SOYO™ 2 SY -P4VDA Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 processors VIA P4X266A AGP/PCI Motherboard 400 MHz Front Side Bus supported A TX Form Factor Copyright © 2002 by SOYO Computer Inc. T rademarks: SOYO is the registered trademark of SOYO Com puter Inc. All trademarks are the properties of their owners. Pr oduct Rights: All n ames of th e produ ct and [...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 3 Intr oduction 1 1 Intr oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY -P4VDA Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide provides all users with the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation. For further information, please refer [...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 4 Intr oduction SY -P4VD A Motherboar d Lay out (Optional) PS/2 K B Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector 3V Lit hi um Battery IDE 2 IDE 1 AT X P o w e r PCI#5 PCI#4 PCI#3 PCI#1 PCI#2 PRT COM A COM B ITE IT 87 05F DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 2 1 SMCARDCN 14 13 SIRCON USB3_4 1 6 10 5 FDC WOL Head er JP1 0 CMOS Clear Jum per 1 1 1 11 51 J[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 5 Intr oduction K ey Fea t ures  Supports Intel ® mPGA Socket 478 processors - Pentium ® 4  Supports 400 MHz Front Side Bus Frequency  Support PC1600 and PC2100 DDR module  PC99, ACPI  Ultra 33/66/100/133 (A T A 33/66/100/133)  Supports W ake-On-LAN (WOL)  Supports ACPI Suspend Indicator  Power[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 6 Har dware Installat ion 2 2 Installation T o avoid damage to your Motherboard, please follow these simple rules while handling this equipment:  Before handling the Motherboard, ground yourself by touching on to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis.  Remove the Motherboard from its anti-static [...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 7 Har dware Installat ion Install the Motherboar d Follow the steps below in order to per form the installation of your new SY -P4VDA Motherboard. Step 1. Install the CPU Mark your CPU Fr equency: Record the working frequency of your mPGA CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover . FSB 400MHz 1.5GHz (100 x 15.0[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 8 Har dware Installat ion CPU Fan Inst allation Y our Socket 478 pro cessor kit comes w ith a cooling fan. Mount the fan on the processor accord ing to the instructions provided by the m anufacturer . The fan is a key co mponent that will ens ure system stability . The fan prevents overheating, therefor e prolonging the[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 9 Har dware Installat ion Step 4. Connect cables, case wires, and power supply This section tells how to connec t internal peripherals and the powe r supply to the Motherboard. The internal peripherals consist of IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Driv e, Chassis Fan, Front Panel Devices (Internal Speaker , Reset Bu[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 10 Har dware Installat ion B. A TX Power Supply This M/B can support A TX Power supply ver sion 2. 03 (with 12V power connector) an d older A TX power supply . The A TX12V power su pply in clud es a 20-pi n A TX connector th at comp lies w ith th e A TX specific ation , V ersion 2.03 for M/B spe cification, a new 4-pin [...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 11 Har dware Installat ion 3.3V -12 V GND PS - O N GND GND GND -5V 5V 5V 3.3V 3.3V GN D 5V GN D 5V GN D PW- OK 5VSB 12V AT X P o w e r Please install the A TX power according to the following pin assignment:  Pay special car e to the dir ectionality . +1 2 V GND GND NC Pin 1 Pin 4 P 2 + 12VD C + 12VD C Pin3 Pin 1 P1 [...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 12 Har dware Installat ion C. CMOS Clear (JP5) In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data, follow the steps below to clear the CMOS memory . 1. Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily s horting pin 2-3 on jumper JP5. This jumper can be easily identified by its white colored cap. 2. Then put the jumper back to 1-2[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 13 Quic k BIOS Setup 3 3 Quic k BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CP U frequency . Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO FEA TURE]. The [SOYO COMBO FEA TURE] combines the main parameters that y ou need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick s[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guid e 14 T he SO Y O CD 4 4 T he SO Y O CD The SOYO-CD will NOT aut orun if you u se it on an Op erating System ot her than Windows 95/98/98SE/ME. Y our SY -P4VDA Motherboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains (1) the user's manual f ile for your new Motherboard, (2) the drivers softwa[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 15 T he SO Y O CD The user's manual files included on the SOYO CD are in PDF (P ostscript Document) format. In order to read a PDF file, the appropriate Acrobat Reader software must be installed in your system. Note: The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present in your[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guid e 16 T he SO Y O CD (Driver Installation Menu) A short description of all available drivers follows:  VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x/ME/NT/2k/XP VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chipsets. T hese four drivers are: VIA Registr[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 17 T he SO Y O CD  P4VDA ITE hardware docto r fo r Win 9x/ME/2000/NT/XP Y our motherboard comes with a hardware monitor ing IC. By installing this utility T emperature, Fan speed and V oltages can be monitored. It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre-set values.  P4VDA[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guid e 18 R ealtek LAN Driv er Installa tion 5 5 R ealtek LAN Driv er Installation Install the R ealtek LAN Driv er s under windows 98 1. Move the mouse curs or to my computer ic on , then press mouse right button press properties. 2. Open Device Manager . 3. Under Network Adapters there wi ll be a ye llow marker th e first t[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 19 R ealtek LAN Driv er Installa tion 1. Move the mouse curs or to my computer ic on, then press mouse right button pres s properties. 2. Click hardware, then click Devi ce manage r . 3. Under Network Adapters there will be a LAN dr iv er which XP detect is installed, click it. 4. Select Driver , then click update drive[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guid e 20 Quick T r ouble shoot tips Boot-up Issues The system do not power -up, no beeping sound heard and the CPU fan does not turn on. 1. Check if the power c ord is plug to t he power source. 2. Check if the power i s connected to the M/B. 3. Check if the ca ble of the ca se power butt on is connect ed to the M/B power bu[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 21 5. Change the VGA card. The system turns on for some se conds then shutdown by itself. 1. Check if the CPU fan i s connected to t he CPUF AN1 connector . 2. The CPU m ight be overheating. Check the CPU F AN if it is defective o r see if th e CPU fan is in co ntact with th e CPU. 3. Clear CMOS batt ery . (JP5 connecto[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guid e 22 S tability Issue My system int ermittently lo cks up, very unsta ble. 1. Check the CPU T emp, it m ight be overhea ting. Change the CPU F AN. 2. Do not over cloc k your CPU. 3. Check the specifi cation of the mem ory module, maybe t he M/B do not support it . 4. Go to BIOS set up and load fa il safe sett ings. Pleas[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 23 1. Download the BIOS on our support website. 2. Make a bootable floppy disk wi th out any me mory mana ger loade d. (i.e. himem, emm 386, etc..). 3. Copy the BIOS file and a wdflash utilit y to the disket te. 4. T ype "awdflash biosname.bi n /sn /py". 5. Then reboot. After flashing the BIOS, my system will [...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guid e 24 I cannot get the sound wo rking on my system. 1. Check if the spe aker wire i s connected to t he line out connec tor in the M/ B. 2. Check if the spe aker power is powered on. 3. Install the a udio driver suppli ed on our driver disc. 4. Check BIOS setup if “ onboard audio” is ena bled. 5. If sound already inst[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guide 25 trust the "ke y lock" or "notch") and use the e nd-connector of the cabl e (don't use middl e one). USB Issues Can I use USB port 3_4 for keyboard resume func tion? This M/B has 4 USB ports, but onl y the 2 at the back panel can be used for USB keyboard resume func tion. I cannot get my USB w[...]

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    SY -P4VDA Quick S tart Guid e 26 How to cont act us:  If you are interested in our products, please contact the SO YO sales department in the region you live.  If you require T echnical Assi stance, please cont act our T echnical Support in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as communi cation medium, rememb er to always add to the email [...]

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    Edition : February 200 2 V ersion 1. 0 SY -P4VD A SERIA L[...]