Installing the Motherboard | SOYO SY-P4VM800 specs

Hardware Installation

SOYO SY-P4VM800 Quick Start Guide

2 Installing the Motherboard

To avoid damage to the motherboard, please follow the instructions below before

handling this equipment:

Before installing the motherboard, ground yourself by touching the unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis to avoid possible static damage to the item.

Check the motherboard for obvious physical damage. If any component appears to have come off or been damaged, contact our local customer service center for an immediate replacement.

The following is a list of common components to prepare before the installation:

A Intel Pentium 4/Prescott Socket mPGA478 CPU (CPU with Vcore higher than 1.6 volts is not supported)

A verified cooling fan/heatsink for Intel Pentium 4 CPUs 1~2 verified DDR SDRAM modules

AGP 4X/8X or PCI graphic card

Computer case with adequate power supply (at least 350W, ATX 12V approved) Monitor

Keyboard (PS/2 or USB)

Pointing Device ( USB/PS2 Mouse/Trackball)

Speakers (optional)

Internal Drives: Hard Disk, CD/DVD-ROM/RW, Floppy Drive…

External Peripherals: printer, modem, scanner (optional)

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SOYO SY-P4VM800 quick start Installing the Motherboard

Contents

Precautions Soyo SY-P4VM800 Quick Start Guide Soyo SY-P4VM800 Motherboard Table of Contents Installing the USB 2.0 Driver……………………………………….…………………....P30 P28 Contents of the Motherboard Introduction Motherboard Layout I/O Ports Layout Key Features Features Installing the Motherboard Installing the CPU CPUFAN1 Installing the Memory Modules Memory Frequency Table Installing the Hard Disk Drive/Optical Device BeforeInstallingtheIDE Devices Installing the Sata Hard Disk Drive Followthe steps belowfor proper installation Installing the Expansion Cards Connecting the Power Supply Clearing Cmos JP5 Connectors and Jumper Definition CD1 Connecting Multi-channel Speakers Running the Setup Utility Introduction Bios Navigation Keys Standard Cmos Setup Menu Advanced Setup Menu 1STFLOPPYDRIVE Features Setup IRQ7 Power Management Setup Use this item to enable or disable a power management PCI / Plug & Play Setup Alarm Bios Security Features Setup CPU PnP Setup Hardware Monitor RatioActualValue Discard Changes and Exit Load Optimal DefaultsSave Changes and Exit Contents of Soyo CD Soyo CD How to Use Soyo CD? Motherboard Selection Menu Driver Installation Menu Installing the USB2.0 Driver Windows XP/Windows Troubleshooting Boot-up Issues During boot-up, the Cmos halts on Memory Checksum Error Pool data... What should I do? Stability Issue Bios IssueMy system intermittently hangs during Windows installation How do I know the Bios version of my motherboard? After re-flashing the BIOS, my system will not boot-up Graphic Card IssuesHow do I re-flash the BIOS? Audio Issues How can I disable the onboard Audio?Onboard audio doesn’t work at all on my system Added PCI sound Card does not work properly Hard Disk Drive/Floppy Drive/CD-ROM Issues Sometimes the system finds my CD-ROM, and sometimes not How to Contact Us?