Users Manual
SY-K7VTA PRO
Motherboard
AMD Athlon/Duron Processor supported VIA KT133A AGP/PCI Motherboard
Edition June
SOYO
SY-K7VTA PRO
Version
SY-K7VTA PRO
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY
CHAPTER 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION
Table of Contents
Chapter
1-2 KEY FEATURES
Ø CPU SETTINGS
MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION
Ø EXPANDABILITY
Motherboard Description
Ø FAIL SAFE
u Power Failure Resume Function
Ø ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
u Hardware Monitor
n SOYO Combo Setup n Jumperless design
Ø USER FRIENDLY
Ø Voice Doctor
n You can set up the following options trough the BIOS setting
1-3 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS
Ø HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD
Motherboard Description
SY-K7VTA PRO Platform
1-4 SY-K7VTA PRO MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT
Back Panel
Flash BIOS
A B CD E F G AB
1-5 SY-K7VTA PRO MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS
Motherboard Description
Y X W
Motherboard Description
SY-K7VTA PRO
1-6.1 Microprocessor Packaging
1-6.3 Microprocessor Upgrades
1-6 MICROPROCESSOR
1-6.2 Second Level Cache
1-7 MEMORY
1-7.1 Main Memory
Motherboard Description
Motherboard Description
⎯ Four cache lines 32quadwords of CPU to DRAM write buffers
1-8 CHIPSET
Motherboard Description
buffers and sixteen levels doublewords of prefetch buffers are included for concurrent PCI bus and DRAM/cache accesses. The chip also supports enhanced PCI bus commands such as Memory-Read-Line, Memory-Read-Multiple and Memory-Write-Invalid commands to minimize snoop overhead. In addition, advanced features are supported such as snoop ahead, snoop filtering, L1/L2 write-back forward to PCI master, and L1/L2 write-back merged with PCI post write buffers to minimize PCI master read latency and DRAM utilization. Delay transaction and read caching mechanisms are also implemented for further improvement of overall system performance
Motherboard Description
Motherboard Description
3 Keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support
1-9 I/O INTERFACE CONTROLLER
Motherboard Description
1-9.3 Diskette Drive Controller
1-9.1 Serial Ports
1-9.2 Parallel Port
Motherboard Description
1-9.5 Infrared Support
1-10 HARDWARE MONITOR
1-9.4 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface
Motherboard Description
1-11 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY
Motherboard Description
Chapter
HARDWARE INSTALLATION
BIOS Setup Utility
2-1 PREPARATIONS
2-2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3 INSTALLATION GUIDE
BEGIN THE INSTALLATION
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.1 CPU Installation
BIOS Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility
We provide the following User-Friendly protection features
BIOS Setup Utility
1. Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position
3. Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing
BIOS Setup Utility
SY-K7VTA PRO
4. Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place
2-3.2 SDRAM Memory Module Installation
BIOS Setup Utility
Sigmatel STAC9700
Modules
Number of Memory
DIMM
RAM Type
2-3.3 Motherboard Connector
2-3.3.1 IDE Device Installation HDD, CD-ROM
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.3.2 Floppy Drive Installation
Floppy Drive Connector
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.3.3 Front Panel Connections
Power LED Pin Assignment
Speaker
+5V NC GND
HDD LED Pin Assignment
PWRBT Pin Assignment
Speaker Pin Assignment
PW-BT GND
BIOS Setup Utility
Power On/Off GND
STR LED Pin Assignment
PWRBT Pin Assignment
PS/2 KB PS/2 Mouse Connector Connector
2-3.3.4 Back Panel Connections
BIOS Setup Utility
USB2
BIOS Setup Utility
External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include
Data
USB3
USB4
+Data
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.3.5 Other Connections
RING GND 5VSB
Wake-On-LAN JP10 Pin Assignment
IRRX GND
Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment
1 2 3 4
IRTX
BIOS Setup Utility
CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN2 Pin Assignment
1 2 GND 12V NC
CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN Pin Assignment
BIOS Setup Utility
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 Pin Assignment
Chipset Cooling Fan ChipFAN Pin Assignment
1 GND
2-3.3.6 AGP VGA Card
BIOS Setup Utility
CD-IN CDIN1
2-3.3.7 AT X Power Supply
ATX Power
BIOS Setup Utility
Auto
2-3.4 Jumper Setting 2-3.4.1 Ratio Adjustment Setting RJ1
Frequency Multiplier Setting
Manual
200MHz
2-3.4.2 CPU FSB Setting FJ1,FJ2
CPU FSB Setting
266MHz
2-3.6 CMOS Clearing JP5
JP7 Setting
2-3.5 Voice Doctor
English Language
2-3.7 Power On
BIOS Setup Utility
Step 2. Select LOAD Optimized DEFAULT
2-3.8 Quick BIOS Setup
Step 1. Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP
Step 3. Select SAVE & EXIT SETUP
Video no display related issues
2-3.9 Troubleshooting at First Start
BIOS Setup Utility
Hard disk, floppy drive, CD-ROM etc
BIOS Issues
Modem issues
BIOS Setup Utility
Audio Issues
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.10 Power Off
BIOS Setup Utility
Lock up freeze
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
BIOS Setup Utility
Chapter
BIOS Setup Utility
General Help
R O M P C I / I S A B I O S
BIOS Setup Utility
Quit Without Saving Y/N?
C M O S S E T U P U T I L I T Y
SOYO COMBO Feature
3-1 SOYO COMBO SETUP
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
BIOS Setup Utility
3-1.1
3-1.2 L2 Cache Memory
3-1.3 CPU Vcore Select
3-1.4 Quick Power On Self Test
3-1.5 System Boot Control Settings
First /Second/Third Boot Device
3-2.1 Date & Time
3-2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP
Standard CMOS Features
BIOS Setup Utility
Supports 3-mode
3-2.2 Hard Disks Type & Mode
3-2.3 Floppy Drives
Special disk drive
Description
3-2.4 Others Optional
Setting
Video
BIOS Setup Utility
3-3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES
Advanced BIOS Features
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
3-3.1 Virus Warning
3-3.3 Floppy Driver Settings
3-3.4 Boot Up Floppy Seek
3-3.2 Cache Memory Options
3-3.6 Gate A20 Options
3-3.5 Boot Up NumLock Status
3-3.7 Typematic Settings
6 Char/sec 8 Char/sec 10 Char/sec 12 Char/sec 15 Char/sec 20 Char/sec
3-3.8 Security Option
3-3.9 Other Control Options
BIOS Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility
3-4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES
Advanced Chipset Features
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
3-4.1 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
BIOS Setup Utility
FEATURES
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued
Setting
Fast R-W Turn Around System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable
CHIPSET FEATURES OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued
BIOS Setup Utility
Setting
CHIPSET FEATURES PCI Delay Transaction
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued
BIOS Setup Utility
Setting
BIOS Setup Utility
3-5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
Integrated Peripherals
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
3-5.1 IDE Device Controls
3-5.2 Keyboard Controls
BIOS Setup Utility
3-5.3 IDE HDD Block Mode
3-5.4 FDD Controls
3-5.5 Onboard Serial Ports
If Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP mode
Onboard Serial PortsContinued
3-5.6 Onboard Parallel Ports
If Parallel Port Mode is set to EPP mode
3-5.7 Onboard Legacy Audio
BIOS Setup Utility
Wake Up Events
3-6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
Power Management Setup
BIOS Setup Utility
3-6.1 Power Management Controls
BIOS Setup Utility
Power Management Controls Continued
Description
Setting
Wake Up
Events
BIOS Setup Utility
3-7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP
PnP/PCI Configurations
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
doubt, set this
3-7.1 PNP/PCI Configuration Controls
If there is any
field to No
Interrupt 12 will be released by the PnP
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Continued
BIOS automatically if the PS/2 Mouse Port
is not used
PC Health Status
3-8 PC HEALTH STATUS
3-7.2 MULTI I/O ADDRESSES
BIOS Setup Utility
CPU Device Monitoring Current CPU Temperature Current Sys Temperature
3-8.1 CPU Device Monitoring
BIOS Setup Utility
Setting
Load Fail - Safe
3-9 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS
Defaults Y/N? Y
BIOS Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility
3-10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS
Load Optimized
Defaults Y/N? Y
3-11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
BIOS Setup Utility
3-12 USER PASSWORD
Enter Password
BIOS Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility
3-13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
IDE Primary Master
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
Floppy Ls120 HDD-0 SCSI CDROM HDD-1 HDD-2 HDD-3 ZIP100 LAN
3-14 BOOT MENU
Boot Menu
BIOS Setup Utility
Chapter
DRIVER INSTALLATION
Cancel
Please Select Your Board
Drivers installation
If you use Windows 95/98/ME, the SOYO CD Start Up Program automatically detects which SOYO Motherboard you own and displays the corresponding model name
Step 2. Install Drivers
Ø VIA 4in1 Driver Package for Win 9x/ME/NT/2k
Drivers installation
Ø K7VTAPRO VIA hardwareR monitor for Win 95/98
Step 3. Select which driver you want to install and click OK
Ø VIA Onboard Audio Driver for Win 9x/ME/NT/2000
Drivers installation
Step 4. Check the Latest Releases
Drivers installation