SOYO SY-K7VTA, PRO V1.0 Motherboard quick start Bios issue, CPU issue, VGAissue

SY-K7VTA PRO V1.0 Quick Start Guide

1.doallthe“Mysystemintermittentlylocksup,veryunstable”instructionabove

2.re-installtheVIA 4in1innormallymode

3.re-installtheoperatingsystem

BIOS issue

WherecanIfindtheBIOSrevisionofmymainboard?

Itwillbedisplayedontheup-leftcorneronthescreenduringboot-up.Itwillshowasyourboardtype followedbytherevisionnumber,suchaskvxa_2BA1(meaningBIOSrevision2BA1fortheSY-K7V Dragonplusboard)or6BA+IV_2AA2whichmeansSY-6BA+IVmotherboardwith2AA2bios.

HowcanIflashtheBIOS?

1.downloadtheBIOSonoursupportwebsite

2.Makeabootablefloppydiskwithoutanymemorymanagerloaded.(i.e.himem,emm386, etc..)

3.copytheBIOSfileandawdflashutilitytothediskette

4.type"awdflashbiosname.bin/sn/py"

5.thenreboot.

6.itisadvisabletocleartheCMOSmemory

AfterflashingtheBIOS,mysystemwillnotboot-up

1.tryclearingtheCMOS

2.theBIOSchipisdefectedduetounsuccessfulflash,contactyournearestSoyobranchfor re-flashing

IsthereawaytoreprogrammyBIOSafteranunsuccessfulflash?

No,youneedtosendbacktheBIOSROMtoyournearestSoyobranchforre-flashing.

CPU issue

DuringBoot-up,myCPUspeedisdisplayedwrong.

CheckthejumperontheM/B,iftheCPUfrequencyissetto133MHz.

VGAissue

IcannotsetmyVGA togohigherthan16colorinM/BwithVIA chipset(640x480)

MakesurethatyouhaveinstalledtheVIA 4in1driverandthecorrectVGA driver

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