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SOYO SY-P4X400 manual

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  • Page 1

    SY -P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard Quick Start Guide Har dware Insta lla tion Quic k BIOS Setup Introduction T he SO Y O CD Audio Driv er Insta lla tion Realtek LAN Driv er Inst alla t ion[...]

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    SOYO™ Congratulations on yo ur new purchase of SOY O P4X400 Seri es motherbo ard for th e Intel pla tform! This new m otherboard o ffers suppor t for ultr a fast DDR400 m emory . However , s ince DDR400 is no t a JEDEC (T he Joint Ele ctron Devic e Engineering C ounc il) appro ved memory spec ificat ion, some users might experience D DR400 incomp[...]

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    SOYO™ SY -P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 processors VIA P4 X400 AGP/PCI Motherboa rd 533/400 MHz Front Si de B us supported AT X F o r m F a c t o r Copyrig ht © 2002 by SOYO Com puter Inc. Tr a d e m a r k s : SOYO is a regis tered tradem ark of SOYO Comput er Inc. All tradem ar ks are properties of their owners. Pr oduct R ight[...]

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    SY -P4X400 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guid e 4 Intr oduction 1 1 Intr oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY -P4X400 DRAGON Lite 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 furthe[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 5 Intr oduction SY -P4X400 DRA GON Lite Motherboa r d Lay out (Opti onal ) USB 1_ 2 LAN PS/2 K B Connector PS/2 Mous e PS/2 Mous e Connector 3V Lithium Battery IDE 1 IDE 2 AT X P o w e r PCI#5 PCI#4 PCI#3 PCI#2 PCI#1 PRT COM A COM B FLP WOL Head er JP1 0 CMOS Cle ar Jum per 1 JP5 CDI N1 AOUT AIN AMIC AGAM[...]

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    SY -P4X400 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guid e 6 Intr oduction K e y Fe at u r e s  Supports Intel ® mPGA Socket 478 processors - Pentium ® 4  Supports 533/400 MHz Front Side Bus Frequency  PC99, AC PI  Ultra 33/66/100/133 (A T A 33/66/100/133)  Supports W ake-On-LAN (WOL)  Supports PC1600/PC2100/PC2700 Unbuffer DDR SDRAM  3 x D[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 7 Har dwar e Installatio n 2 2 Installation T o avoid damage to your Motherboard, pleas e follow these simp le 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 fro[...]

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    SY -P4X400 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guid e 8 Har dwar e Installatio n Install the Motherboar d We w ill now begin the inst allation process. Please follow the step-by-step procedure d esigned to lead you to a comple te and co rrect installation. Step 1 - Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2 - Install memory modules Step 3 - Install exp[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 9 Har dwar e Installatio n Step 2. Configure Memor y Y our board comes with three DIMM sockets, prov iding support for up to 3GB of main memory using unbuffered and non-E CC DIMM modules from 128MB to 1GB. On this motherboard, DRAM sp eed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed. Depending[...]

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    SY -P4X400 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guid e 10 Har dwar e Installatio n Connectors and Plug-ins W ake-On-LAN H eader: JP10 Standard IrDA (Infrared Device Header): SIRCON Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin1 Pi n2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 5VSB GND MP-W akeu p VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX MIC & LED Connecto r ： J3 0 CD_SPD IF Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin6 Pin1 Pin2 Line_Out_L Li[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 11 Har dwar e Installatio n Power On/Of f: PWRBT Connect you r power switch to thi s header (momentary switch type). T o turn off the system, p re ss this switch and hold dow n for l onger than 4 seconds. A TX 12V Power Supply: A TX PW Attach the A TX 12V Po wer cable to three connector . (This mother boa[...]

  • Page 12

    SY -P4X400 DRAGON Li te Quick S tart Guid e 12 Har dwar e Installatio n Audio Speak er s connecti ons When using 2 channel speaker , connect the speaker cable to line-out. If you’re using 4 channel speaker , connect the front L/R speakers to line-out and rear L/R speakers to Line-in. make sure to set the audio software for 4 channel speaker syste[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art 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 TUR E] combines the main parameters that y ou need to configure, all in one men[...]

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    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 14 Th e S O Y O C D 4 4 Th e S O Y O C D The SOYO-CD will Auto Run only in Windows Base Op erating System. Y our SY -P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard co mes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains a. The user ’s manual for your new motherboard – in PDF format, b. The drivers soft[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 15 Th e S O Y O C D The user's manual files included on the SOYO CD are in PDF (Postscript 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 automatic ally detects if the Acrobat R eader utility is alrea[...]

  • Page 16

    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 16 Th e S O Y O C D Click the Install Drivers button to display the list of drivers software that can be installed with your motherboard. The Start Up program displays the drivers available for the particular model of motherboard you own. We recommend t hat you only install those drivers. (Driver Installa[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 17 Th e S O Y O C D VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver is to be installed under Windows 98 only , it sets the system's PCI IRQ routing sequence.  C-MEDIA 6-c hannel onboard audio Driv er /Applicatio n for Win 9x/M E/2000/N T/XP 1. The driver supports 2/4/ 5.1 speakers 3D positional audio. 2. The applicat[...]

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    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 18 Th e S O Y O C D After Windows XP installation, your dev ice manager should look like this:[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 19 Th e S O Y O C D After driver installation, your Window s XP device manager should look like this:[...]

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    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 20 Th e S O Y O C D Drivers directory list in the CD driver Audio D river VIA 4 in 1 Hardware monitor LAN dri ver USB 2.0 dr iver[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 21 Audio Driver Installa tion 5 5 A udio Driv er Installation A udi o Driver Ins tall ation for W i ndows 98/ 98se After you have installed the audio driver , windows ma y prompt you to restart your computer . When your computer restarted it may look for windows driver from your Win98CD and ask you to ins[...]

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    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 22 Re alte k LAN Driv er Installa tion 6 6 R ealtek LAN Driv er Installation Install the R ealtek LAN Driv ers under windows NT4.0 1. Double click the Network icon in the contr ol panel. The Network proper ties windows will appear . Click on the Devices tab and press the Add button. 2. Select “Unlisted [...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 23 Quick T r ouble shoot tips Boot-up Issues The system do not po wer - up, no beeping so und heard and the CPU fan does not tur n on. 1. Check if the power cor d is plug to the power sourc e. 2. Check if the power is conn ected to the M/B. 3. Check if the cable of the ca se power bu tton is connected to [...]

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    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 24 CMOS). 4. Make sure the power supply y ou have on your syste m support t he M/B specif ication. Example. If you have a P4 M/B, you need to us e a P4 pow er suppl y . 5. If you already checked the pow er supply specif icat ion, change th e power s upply it might be defectiv e. The m inimum is 25 0 watts[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 25 2. Check webs ite fo r any BIOS update. 3. If stil l has the probl em, remove al l ot he r add-on cards excep t CPU/ Memory/ V ideo card/H ard disk. See if y ou can finish W indows in sta llation. Then put p eripherals in one by one to identify which one cause the locku p. My system will not boot-up wh[...]

  • Page 26

    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 26 I’m using a 133MHz FS B CPU, I cannot fi nd the DDR 100MHz option in the BIOS, why? The DDR speed should not be lower tha n th e CP U FSB speed. VGA Issue I cannot set my VGA to go high er than 16 color (640x 480). 1. Make sure that you have in s talled th e VIA 4 in 1 driv er . 2. Insta ll/ re-insta[...]

  • Page 27

    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 27 The sound is working in my syst em, but when I play CD music fr om the CD-ROM, I do not ge t any sound. What is wr ong? This i s because the 3-wire audio cable from the CD-ROM t o the on- board CD IN1 connec tor in the M /B is not connected. See manual for location of CDIN1. The sound fr om my sound ca[...]

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    SY -P 4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick S tart Guid e 28 LAN Issues During LAN driv er installation, th e system hangs on 75%, why? Enable the onboard L AN in the BIOS setup. I have problem installing Novell Ne tW ar e v .50 Disable t he APIC op tion in the BIOS. For updated FAQs, please che ck http://www.soyo.com .tw/faq.htm or http://www.s oyousa.com /faqs[...]

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    SY -P4X400 D RAGON Lite Quick S t art Guide 29 How to contact us:  If y ou are int ere sted in ou r products, please contact the SOYO sales depa rtment in the region you live.  If you require T echnical Assi stance, pl ease contact our T e chnical S upport in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as commun ica tion medium, remember to alway[...]

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    Edition : September 200 2 V ersion 1. 0 SY -P4X400 DRAGON Lit e SERIA L[...]