SOYO P4X400 specifications Where can I find the Bios revision of my mainboard?

2.CPU might be defective.

BIOS Issue

Where can I find the BIOS revision of my mainboard?

It will be displayed on the up-left corner on the screen during boot-up. It will show as your board type followed by the revision number, such as kvxa_2BA1 (meaning BIOS revision 2BA1 for the SY-K7V Dragon plus! board) or 6BA+ IV_2AA2 which means SY-6BA+ IV motherboard with 2AA2 BIOS.

Where can I find the latest BIOS of my motherboard?

Please go to the technical support page of one of the SOYO websites (Taiwan: www.soyo.com.tw), and look up your motherboard to find the latest BIOS revision.

How can I flash the BIOS?

1.Download the BIOS on our support website.

2.Make a bootable floppy disk with out any memory manager loaded (i.e. himem, emm386, etc…).

3.Copy the BIOS file and awdflash utility to the diskette.

4.Type "awdflash biosname.bin /sn /py".

5.Then reboot.

After flashing the BIOS, my system will not boot-up.

1.Try clearing the CMOS.

2.The BIOS chip is defected due to unsuccessful flash, contact your nearest SOYO branch for re-flashing.

Is there a way to reprogram my BIOS after an unsuccessful flash?

No other way, you need to send back the BIOS ROM to your nearest SOYO branch for re-flashing.

I’m using a 133MHz FSB CPU, I cannot find the DDR 100MHz option in the BIOS, why?

The DDR speed should not be lower than the CPU FSB speed.

VGA Issue

I cannot set my VGA to go higher than 16 color (640x 480).

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