SOYO PRO V1.0 Motherboard, SY-K7VTA Stability issue, Mysystemintermittentlylocksup,veryunstable

SY-K7VTA PRO V1.0 Quick Start Guide

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4.makesurethepowersupplyyouhaveonyoursystemsupporttheM/Bspecification. Example.IfyouhaveaP4M/B,youneedtouseaP4powersupply.

5.ifyoualreadycheckedthepowersupplyspecification,changethepowersupplyitmightbe defective.

6.removetheM/Bfromthecaseandtestthesystem.TheM/Bmightbeshortedtothecase.

WhenIbootupmysystem,everythingworksfine,itseesmyCPUandmemory,detectsmyhard drive,floppydriveandCD-ROMbutlocksupat"VerifyDMIpooldata...".Don'tgoanyfurther. WhatshouldIdo?

1.clearCMOSbattery.(JP5connector,seeQuickstartguideformoreinfoonhowtoclearthe CMOS)

2.ifstillhastheproblem,unplugallotheradd-oncardsexceptvideocardandfloppydriveseeif itcanbootfromfloppy.Thenputperipheralsinonebyonetoidentifywhichonecausethe lockup

3.changetheCPU

DuringBoot-up,mycomputersaysCMOSmemoryChecksumerror.Whatistheproblem?

1.clearCMOSmemory

2.re-flashBIOS.Checkonhowtoflashbiosonthelaterpartofthisbook

3.changetheCMOSbattery,thebatterymightbedrained

4.theBIOSchipmightbefailing

5.ThismessagewillcomeupiftheCMOShasbeenreset,trygotoBiossetupandloadsetup defaults,saveandexit.

Stability issue

Mysystemintermittentlylocksup,veryunstable

1.checktheCPUtemp.itmightbeoverheating.ChecktheCPUFANifitisdefectiveorseeif theCPUfanisincontactwiththeCPU.

2.checkifthere’sheatpasteontheCPU.(applicableonlyforK7M/B)

3.donotoverclockyourCPU

4.checkthespecificationofthememorymodule,maybetheM/Bdonotsupportit.

5.gotoBIOSsetupandloadfailsafesettings

6.checkwebsiteforlatestbiosupdate

7.checkwebsiteforFAQ’sregardinginstabilityissue

8.changethememorymoduleorCPU

MysystemisnotstableunderWindowsOperatingSystemwithVIA chipsetM/B

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