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Motherboard
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2
Edition February
Version
P4I875P Dragon 2 V1.0 Platinum Edition Series
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Unpacking the Motherboard
Motherboard Description
Motherboard Description
KEY Features
Bios
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions
Handling the Motherboard
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2 V1.0 Motherboard Layout
PRT
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2 V1.0 Motherboard
Microphone and LAN Status LED Connector J30
+12V Power Connector
Socket 478 Connector
3V Lithium Battery
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN3 connectors
Smart Card Reader connector
ATX Power Supply connector
Floppy Disk Drive FDD connector
Chassis Cooling Fan CHFAN2 connector
Flash Bios Bus Mastering EIDE/ATAPI Ports
Front Panel connectors J25
5V Stand-By Indicator LED
Sata Connectors
USB 2.0 connectors
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 connector
CD-IN connector
IEEE1394 Firewire connector
Center & Bass select connector JP30
AUX-IN connector
CMedia CMI 8738 PCI 6 Channel hardware audio chip
Back panel connectors
Intel 82547EI LAN chip
Hardware Installation
Preparations
Begin the Installation
Installation Guide
Hardware Installation
CPU Fan Installation
Install Memory Module
DDRA1 DDRA2 DDRB1 DDRB2
128 bit
AGP Slot
PCI Slots
AGP
Connect cables, case wire and power supply
IDE Device Installation HDD, CD-ROM
Enabled devices
Parallel ATA connectors
Serial ATA connectors
Floppy Drive Installation
FDC
Power LED
Front Panel Connections
Reset
Speaker
ATX Power On/Off Switch
IDE LED
Back Panel Connections
Onboard Serial Ports COMA/COMB
Parallel Port PRT
PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Mouse
GND
Other Connections
Standard Infrared Sircon
Cooling Fan Installation CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1, CPUFAN2
CPUFAN1,CPUFAN2
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1, CHAFAN2, CHAFAN3
CHAFAN1,CHAFAN2,CHAFAN3
Smart Card Reader
CD Line-in Cdin
MIC & LED Connector J30
AUX-IN Auxin
SPK5
Ieee 1394 Firewire Connector FW1/FW2
ATX12V Power Supply
Steps
ATX Power
Hardware Installation SY-P4I875P Dragon 2
Center & Bass Select Connector JP30
JP30 Setting
Center & Bass
JP5 Setting
Cmos Clear JP5
Cmos Clearing
Power On
Onboard LAN LED Definition
Quick Bios Setup
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2
Select Standard Cmos Setup
Select Load Optimized Defaults
Select Soyo Combo Feature
Select Save & Exit Setup
Bios Setup Utility
Selecting items
Modifying selected items
Function Command Description
F10
Esc
Enter
Save and Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
Soyo Combo Feature
Soyo Combo Feature
Soyo Combo Feature
Soyo Combo Feature
System Performance
Soyo Combo Feature Continue
Voltage Select
Advanced Dram Control
Chipset Features Setup Continue
Setting Description Dram RAS# to
CAS# Delay
Dram RAS# Precharge Refresh Mode Select
Onboard Settings
Onboard Device
OnChip IDE Device
OnChip IDE Device
Setting Description IDE 1,2 /SATA 1,2
Access
IDE HDD Block
Mode
Setting Description On-Chip PCI IDE
IDE Device Controls
¾ Primary
¾ Secondary
Boot Device Order
Boot Device Order
System Boot Control Settings
Standard Cmos Setup
Standard Cmos Features
Date Display Setting Please Note
Date & Time
Hard Disks Type & Mode
Floppy Drives
Setting Description Video
Others Optional
Halt On
Advanced Bios Features
Advanced Bios Features
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Virus Warning
Cache Memory Options
Boot Up Num Lock Status
Typematic Settings
Gate A20 Options
Security Option
Other Control Options
Setting Description Full Screen
Logo Show
Logo Show
Small LogoEPA Show
Advanced Chipset Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Setting Description System Bios
Video Bios
Delay Prior
Cacheable
Integrated Peripherals
Integrated Peripherals
Onboard USB Device
Keyboard Controls
SuperIO Device
SuperIO Device
Onboard FDC controller
Onboard Serial Ports
Setting Description Uart Mode
UR2 Duplex
Onboard Parallel Ports
Setting Description Pwron After
PWR-Fail
Power Management Setup
Power Management Setup
Power Management Controls
Power Management Controls Continue
Reload Global Timer Events
Port
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup
PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP/PCI Configuration Controls
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Continue
PC Health Status
PC Health Status
Load FAIL-SAFE Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Supervisor Password
Enter Password Password Disabled
Confirm Password
User Password
Boot Menu
Drivers installation
Insert the Soyo CD into the CD-ROM drive
Soyo CD Start Up Program Menu
Drivers installation
Install Drivers and Utilities
¾ Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition for Win 2K/XP
¾ Intel USB2.0 Driver for Win 98SE/ME
¾ Intel 10/100/1G Lan Driver for Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP
¾ C-MEDIA 6-channel Audio Driver for Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP
¾ ALi M5281 RAID Driver/Utility for Win 98Se/ME/2000/XP
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Drivers installation
Drivers installation
Drivers installation
USB2.0 Driver Installation
Windows XP Service Pack1 Include USB2.0 Driver
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Include USB2.0 Driver
ALi M5281 Driver Installation
To boot from the ALi M5281 controller, IDE 3 or IDE
You can use your IDE 3/ IDE4 as
Installing ALi M5281 during OS Installation
Install driver during Windows 2000 installation
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ALi M5281 Serial ATA Driver Installation
To boot from the ALi M5281 controller, SATA3 or SATA4
You can use your SATA3/SATA4 as
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ICH5R SATA1/SATA2 Setup Information
You can use your ICH5R as
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For windows XP
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ALi M5283
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Introduction
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Press Ctrl-A to enter ALi RAID Bios setup utility
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Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance
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Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability
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Create Jbod for integrated Capacity
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Delete RAID Setting & Partition
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Select Boot Drive
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Flashing Bios ROM
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How to flash your motherboards system Bios
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Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting at First Start
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System powers up, no video, but beeping is heard
System turns on for some seconds then shut down by itself
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My system intermittently locks up, very unstable
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Where can I find the Bios revision of my mainboard?
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After flashing the BIOS, my system will not boot-up
How can I disable the on-board Audio?
Cannot set my VGA to go higher than 16 color 640x
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My Western digital HDD is not detected during boot-up
Cannot get the sound working on my system
Added PCI Audio Card does not work on this motherboard
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IcannotgettheHDDtobootfromIDE3orIDE4,why?
Boot-upfrommyIDE3/4,IgetbluescreenuponenteringWindowssystem
Sometimes the system finds my CD-ROM, sometimes not
Windowsdoesnotdetecttheon-boardRAID
Have problem installing Novell NetWare
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Contact Information
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How to contact us
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