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