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    SY-V6BE+ Mainboard Quick Start Guide Hardware Installation Quick BIOS Setup Introduction The SOYO CD[...]

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    SOY O ™ 2 SY-V6BE+ Mainboard Pentiu m ® II processor & Celeron TM processors AGP/PCI Mainboard 66&100MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor Copyright © 1998 by Soyo Computer Inc. Trademarks: Soyo is a registered trademark of Soyo Computer Inc. All trademarks are the property of their owners. Product Rights: Product and corporate n[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 3 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-V6BE+ Mainboard. This Quick Start Guide describes the steps for installing and setting up your new mainboard. This guide is designed for all users to provide the basic steps of mainboard setting and operation. For further information, please refer [...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 4 Introduction SY-V6BE+ Mainboard Layout Key Features Ø Supports Intel Pentium ® II processor (233- 500MHz) & Celeron TM processors (266- 400MHz) Ø Auto-detect CPU voltage Ø PC98, ACPI, Ultra DMA/33MHz Ø Power-on by modem, alarm or keyboard Ø SOYO COMBO Setup Ø Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Ø Supports onboard har[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 5 Hardware Installation 2 2 Installation To avoid damage to your mainboard, follow these simple rules while handling this equipment: l Before handling the mainboard, ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis. l Remove the mainboard from its anti-static packaging. Hold it by the ed[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 6 Hardware Installation Install the Mainboard Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new SY-V6BE+ Mainboard. Step 1. Install the CPU Mark your CPU Frequency: Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover. 233MHz (66 x 3.5) 300MHz (66 x 4.5) 350MHz (100[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 7 Hardware Installation Step 2. Make Connections to the Mainboard This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and power supply to the mainboard. Internal peripherals include IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Chassis Fan, Front Panel Devices (Turbo LED, Internal Speaker, Reset Button, IDE LED, and Ke[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 8 Hardware Installation Step 3. Configure Memory Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 768MB of main memory using DIMM modules from 8MB to 256MB. For 66MHz front side bus CPUs use 12ns or faster memory; for 100MHz front side bus CPUs use 8ns (100MHz, PC100 compliant) memory. Memory Configur[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 9 Hardware Installation Step 5. Set the CPU Frequency This mainboard does not use any jumpers to set the CPU frequency, CPU setting are changed through the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. Refer to Chapter 3 “ Quick BIOS Setup ” for details on how to set the Pentium  II processor frequency. Step 6. Enable/Disable Power-On [...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 10 Hardware Installation Note on Over-clocking Capability The SY-V6BE+ mainboard provides over-clocking capability. Due to the over-clocking setting your system may fail to boot up or hang during run time. If this occurs, please perform the following steps to recover your system from the abnormal situation: 1. Turn off sy[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 11 Hardware Installation 3 3 Quick BIOS Setup This mainboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. The [SOYO COMBO SETUP] menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick setup [...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 12 The SOYO CD 4 4 The S OY O CD Your SY-V6BE+ Mainboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains the user's manual file for your new mainboard, the drivers software available for installation, and a database in HTML format with information on SOYO mainboards and other products. Step 1. I[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 13 The SOYO CD Please note that if the Start Up program was unable to determine which SOYO mainboard you own, the manual selection menu will pop up, as shown below. Then select the user's manual file that corresponds to your mainboard model name and click OK. (Manual Selection Menu) The user's manual files inclu[...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 14 The SOYO CD Click the Install Drivers button to display the list of drivers that can be installed on your mainboard. The start-up program displays the drivers available for the SY-V6BE+ and the Windows version you use. For Windows 95 four drivers will be listed (see ‘ Driver Installation Menu ’ below), for Windows [...]

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    SY-V6BE+ Quick Start Guide 15 The SOYO CD The USB supplement is available on the Windows OSR 2 or above CD in the following directory :OSR2usbsupp.exe It also can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com Step 4. Enter the SOYO CD Click the Enter SOYO CD button to enter the SOYO HTML database. The Start Up program will activate the default HTML browse[...]

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    Edition: November 1998 Version 1.0 SY-V6BE+ SERIAL International Headquarters Soyo Computer Inc., (Taiwan) Tel: 886-2-2290-3300 Fax: 886-2-2298-3322 Web Site: http://www.soyo.com.tw E-mail: info@mail.soyo.com.tw USA Branch Office Soyo Tek Inc., (USA) Tel: (408) 452-7696 Fax: (408) 573-7696 Web Site: http://www.soyousa.com E-mail: sales@soyousa.com [...]