Motherboard
SY-K7VTA PRO
Users Manual
AMD Athlon/Duron Processor supported VIA KT133A AGP/PCI Motherboard
SY-K7VTA PRO
SOYO
Edition June
Version
CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
SY-K7VTA PRO
CHAPTER 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION
Table of Contents
Ø CPU SETTINGS
1-2 KEY FEATURES
Chapter
MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION
Motherboard Description
Ø EXPANDABILITY
Ø ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
u Power Failure Resume Function
Ø FAIL SAFE
u Hardware Monitor
Ø Voice Doctor
Ø USER FRIENDLY
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
Back Panel
1-4 SY-K7VTA PRO MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT
SY-K7VTA PRO Platform
Flash BIOS
Motherboard Description
1-5 SY-K7VTA PRO MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS
A B CD E F G AB
Y X W
SY-K7VTA PRO
Motherboard Description
1-6 MICROPROCESSOR
1-6.3 Microprocessor Upgrades
1-6.1 Microprocessor Packaging
1-6.2 Second Level Cache
Motherboard Description
1-7 MEMORY
1-7.1 Main Memory
⎯ Four cache lines 32quadwords of CPU to DRAM write buffers
Motherboard Description
Motherboard Description
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
3 Keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support
Motherboard Description
Motherboard Description
1-9 I/O INTERFACE CONTROLLER
1-9.2 Parallel Port
1-9.1 Serial Ports
1-9.3 Diskette Drive Controller
Motherboard Description
1-9.4 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface
1-10 HARDWARE MONITOR
1-9.5 Infrared Support
Motherboard Description
Motherboard Description
1-11 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY
BIOS Setup Utility
HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Chapter
2-1 PREPARATIONS
BIOS Setup Utility
2-2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3 INSTALLATION GUIDE
BEGIN THE INSTALLATION
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.1 CPU Installation
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
BIOS Setup Utility
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
DIMM
Number of Memory
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
Speaker
Power LED Pin Assignment
2-3.3.3 Front Panel Connections
+5V NC GND
Speaker Pin Assignment
PWRBT Pin Assignment
HDD LED Pin Assignment
PW-BT GND
STR LED Pin Assignment
Power On/Off GND
BIOS Setup Utility
PWRBT Pin Assignment
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.3.4 Back Panel Connections
PS/2 KB PS/2 Mouse Connector Connector
USB2
External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include
BIOS Setup Utility
USB4
USB3
Data
+Data
RING GND 5VSB
2-3.3.5 Other Connections
BIOS Setup Utility
Wake-On-LAN JP10 Pin Assignment
1 2 3 4
Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment
IRRX GND
IRTX
1 2 GND 12V NC
CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN2 Pin Assignment
BIOS Setup Utility
CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN Pin Assignment
Chipset Cooling Fan ChipFAN Pin Assignment
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 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
Frequency Multiplier Setting
2-3.4 Jumper Setting 2-3.4.1 Ratio Adjustment Setting RJ1
Auto
Manual
CPU FSB Setting
2-3.4.2 CPU FSB Setting FJ1,FJ2
200MHz
266MHz
2-3.5 Voice Doctor
JP7 Setting
2-3.6 CMOS Clearing JP5
English Language
BIOS Setup Utility
2-3.7 Power On
Step 1. Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP
2-3.8 Quick BIOS 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
Modem issues
BIOS Issues
Hard disk, floppy drive, CD-ROM etc
BIOS Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility
Audio Issues
Lock up freeze
2-3.10 Power Off
BIOS Setup Utility
Chapter
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
BIOS Setup Utility
General Help
BIOS Setup Utility
Quit Without Saving Y/N?
BIOS Setup Utility
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
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
3-1 SOYO COMBO SETUP
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
Standard CMOS Features
3-2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP
3-2.1 Date & Time
BIOS Setup Utility
3-2.3 Floppy Drives
3-2.2 Hard Disks Type & Mode
Supports 3-mode
Special disk drive
Setting
3-2.4 Others Optional
Description
Video
Advanced BIOS Features
3-3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES
BIOS Setup Utility
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
3-3.4 Boot Up Floppy Seek
3-3.3 Floppy Driver Settings
3-3.1 Virus Warning
3-3.2 Cache Memory Options
3-3.7 Typematic Settings
3-3.5 Boot Up NumLock Status
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
Advanced Chipset Features
3-4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES
BIOS Setup Utility
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
BIOS Setup Utility
3-4.1 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
Setting
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued
FEATURES
Fast R-W Turn Around System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable
BIOS Setup Utility
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued
CHIPSET FEATURES OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support
Setting
BIOS Setup Utility
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Continued
CHIPSET FEATURES PCI Delay Transaction
Setting
Integrated Peripherals
3-5 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
3-5.6 Onboard Parallel Ports
Onboard Serial PortsContinued
If Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP mode
If Parallel Port Mode is set to EPP mode
BIOS Setup Utility
3-5.7 Onboard Legacy Audio
Power Management Setup
3-6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
Wake Up Events
BIOS Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility
3-6.1 Power Management Controls
Power Management Controls Continued
Wake Up
Setting
Description
Events
PnP/PCI Configurations
3-7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP
BIOS Setup Utility
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
If there is any
3-7.1 PNP/PCI Configuration Controls
doubt, set this
field to No
BIOS automatically if the PS/2 Mouse Port
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Continued
Interrupt 12 will be released by the PnP
is not used
3-7.2 MULTI I/O ADDRESSES
3-8 PC HEALTH STATUS
PC Health Status
BIOS Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility
3-8.1 CPU Device Monitoring
CPU Device Monitoring Current CPU Temperature Current Sys Temperature
Setting
Defaults Y/N? Y
3-9 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS
Load Fail - Safe
BIOS Setup Utility
Load Optimized
3-10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS
BIOS Setup Utility
Defaults Y/N? Y
BIOS Setup Utility
3-11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
BIOS Setup Utility
3-12 USER PASSWORD
Enter Password
IDE Primary Master
3-13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
BIOS Setup Utility
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright C 1984-2000 Award Software
Boot Menu
3-14 BOOT MENU
Floppy Ls120 HDD-0 SCSI CDROM HDD-1 HDD-2 HDD-3 ZIP100 LAN
BIOS Setup Utility
Cancel
DRIVER INSTALLATION
Chapter
Please Select Your Board
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
Drivers installation
Step 2. Install Drivers
Ø VIA 4in1 Driver Package for Win 9x/ME/NT/2k
Ø VIA Onboard Audio Driver for Win 9x/ME/NT/2000
Step 3. Select which driver you want to install and click OK
Ø K7VTAPRO VIA hardwareR monitor for Win 95/98
Drivers installation
Drivers installation
Step 4. Check the Latest Releases