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Motherboard
Edition February
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2
Version
P4I875P Dragon 2 V1.0 Platinum Edition Series
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Motherboard Description
Introduction
Unpacking the Motherboard
Motherboard Description
KEY Features
Bios
Handling the Motherboard
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions
PRT
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2 V1.0 Motherboard Layout
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2 V1.0 Motherboard
+12V Power Connector
Microphone and LAN Status LED Connector J30
Socket 478 Connector
3V Lithium Battery
Smart Card Reader connector
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN3 connectors
ATX Power Supply connector
Floppy Disk Drive FDD connector
Flash Bios Bus Mastering EIDE/ATAPI Ports
Chassis Cooling Fan CHFAN2 connector
Front Panel connectors J25
5V Stand-By Indicator LED
USB 2.0 connectors
Sata Connectors
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 connector
CD-IN connector
Center & Bass select connector JP30
IEEE1394 Firewire connector
AUX-IN connector
CMedia CMI 8738 PCI 6 Channel hardware audio chip
Intel 82547EI LAN chip
Back panel connectors
Preparations
Hardware Installation
Installation Guide
Begin the Installation
Hardware Installation
CPU Fan Installation
Install Memory Module
128 bit
DDRA1 DDRA2 DDRB1 DDRB2
AGP Slot
AGP
PCI Slots
IDE Device Installation HDD, CD-ROM
Connect cables, case wire and power supply
Enabled devices
Serial ATA connectors
Parallel ATA connectors
FDC
Floppy Drive Installation
Front Panel Connections
Power LED
Speaker
Reset
IDE LED
ATX Power On/Off Switch
Back Panel Connections
Parallel Port PRT
Onboard Serial Ports COMA/COMB
PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Mouse
GND
Standard Infrared Sircon
Other Connections
CPUFAN1,CPUFAN2
Cooling Fan Installation CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1, CPUFAN2
CHAFAN1,CHAFAN2,CHAFAN3
Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1, CHAFAN2, CHAFAN3
CD Line-in Cdin
Smart Card Reader
AUX-IN Auxin
MIC & LED Connector J30
SPK5
Ieee 1394 Firewire Connector FW1/FW2
Steps
ATX12V Power Supply
ATX Power
Center & Bass Select Connector JP30
Hardware Installation SY-P4I875P Dragon 2
JP30 Setting
Center & Bass
Cmos Clearing
JP5 Setting
Cmos Clear JP5
Onboard LAN LED Definition
Power On
SY-P4I875P Dragon 2
Quick Bios Setup
Select Load Optimized Defaults
Select Standard Cmos Setup
Select Soyo Combo Feature
Select Save & Exit Setup
Modifying selected items
Bios Setup Utility
Selecting items
F10
Function Command Description
Esc
Enter
Exit Without Saving
Save and Exit Setup
Soyo Combo Feature
Soyo Combo Feature
Soyo Combo Feature
System Performance
Soyo Combo Feature
Voltage Select
Soyo Combo Feature Continue
Advanced Dram Control
Setting Description Dram RAS# to
Chipset Features Setup Continue
CAS# Delay
Dram RAS# Precharge Refresh Mode Select
Onboard Device
Onboard Settings
OnChip IDE Device
OnChip IDE Device
Access
Setting Description IDE 1,2 /SATA 1,2
IDE HDD Block
Mode
IDE Device Controls
Setting Description On-Chip PCI IDE
¾ Primary
¾ Secondary
Boot Device Order
Boot Device Order
System Boot Control Settings
Standard Cmos Features
Standard Cmos Setup
Date Display Setting Please Note
Date & Time
Floppy Drives
Hard Disks Type & Mode
Halt On
Setting Description Video
Others Optional
Advanced Bios Features
Advanced Bios Features
Cache Memory Options
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Virus Warning
Gate A20 Options
Boot Up Num Lock Status
Typematic Settings
Other Control Options
Security Option
Logo Show
Setting Description Full Screen
Logo Show
Small LogoEPA Show
Advanced Chipset Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Video Bios
Setting Description System Bios
Delay Prior
Cacheable
Integrated Peripherals
Integrated Peripherals
Keyboard Controls
Onboard USB Device
SuperIO Device
SuperIO Device
Onboard Serial Ports
Onboard FDC controller
Onboard Parallel Ports
Setting Description Uart Mode
UR2 Duplex
PWR-Fail
Setting Description Pwron After
Power Management Setup
Power Management Setup
Power Management Controls
Power Management Controls Continue
Port
Reload Global Timer Events
PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup
PNP/PCI Configuration Controls
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Continue
PC Health Status
PC Health Status
Load FAIL-SAFE Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Enter Password Password Disabled
Supervisor Password
User Password
Confirm Password
Boot Menu
Soyo CD Start Up Program Menu
Drivers installation
Insert the Soyo CD into the CD-ROM drive
Drivers installation
¾ Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition for Win 2K/XP
Install Drivers and Utilities
¾ Intel 10/100/1G Lan Driver for Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP
¾ Intel USB2.0 Driver for Win 98SE/ME
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
Check the Latest Releases
Drivers installation
Drivers installation
Drivers installation
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Include USB2.0 Driver
USB2.0 Driver Installation
Windows XP Service Pack1 Include USB2.0 Driver
You can use your IDE 3/ IDE4 as
ALi M5281 Driver Installation
To boot from the ALi M5281 controller, IDE 3 or IDE
Installing ALi M5281 during OS Installation
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Install driver during Windows 2000 installation
To boot from the ALi M5281 controller, SATA3 or SATA4
ALi M5281 Serial ATA Driver Installation
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?
How can I disable the on-board Audio?
After flashing the BIOS, my system will not boot-up
Cannot set my VGA to go higher than 16 color 640x
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Cannot get the sound working on my system
My Western digital HDD is not detected during boot-up
Added PCI Audio Card does not work on this motherboard
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Boot-upfrommyIDE3/4,IgetbluescreenuponenteringWindowssystem
IcannotgettheHDDtobootfromIDE3orIDE4,why?
Sometimes the system finds my CD-ROM, sometimes not
Windowsdoesnotdetecttheon-boardRAID
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Have problem installing Novell NetWare
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Contact Information
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How to contact us