SOYO SY-V6BE+ User Manual

SY-V6BE+

Hardware

Installation

Quick BIOS

Setup

Introduction

The SOYO CD

Mainboard

Quick Start Guide

SOYO™

2

SY-V6BE+ Mainboard

Pentium® II processor & CeleronTM processors
AGP/PCI Mainboard
66&100MHz Front Side Bus supported
ATX Form Factor

Copyright © 1998 by Soyo Computer Inc.

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About This Guide:

This Quick Start Guide is for assisting system manufacturers and end users in setting up and
installing the mainboard. Information in this guide has been carefully checked for reliability;
however, no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents. The information in this
document is subject to change without notice.

If you need any further information, please visit our Web Site on the Internet. The address is

"http://www.soyo.com.tw".

SY-V6BE+ Serial - Version 1.0 - Edition: November 1998

* These specifications are subject to change without notice

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Introduction

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Introduction

SY-V6BE+

Quick Start Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the
describes the steps for installing and setting up your new mainboard.

This guide is designed for all users to provide the basic steps of mainboard setting and
operation. For further information, please refer to SY-V6BE+ Mainboard User's Guide and
Technical Reference online manual included on the CD-ROM packed with your mainboard.

SY-V6BE+

Mainboard. This Quick Start Guide

Unpacking

* If your board comes with a driver disc and a paper manual, the Quick Start Guide and the CD-ROM are not included in the package.

When unpacking the mainboard, check for the following items:

u

The SY-V6BE+ AGP/PCI Mainboard

u

This Quick Start Guide

u

The Installation CD-ROM

u

The CPU Retention Set

u

u

One IDE Device Flat Cable

One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable

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Introduction

PCI Slot #1

PCI Slot #2

PCI Slot #3

PCI Slot #4

ISA Slot #2

ISA Slot #1

ISA Slot #3

1

3

I/O Chipset

CHAFAN

IDE 1

IDE 2

1

3

Speaker

Keylock

Reset

PWRBT

Turbo

HDD LED

_

+

_

+

_

+

_

+

3

1

Wake on

Hardware

Monitoring

SW1

3V Lithium

BIOS Flash

SY-V6BE+ Mainboard Layout

PS/2 KB

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

Connector

USB 1

COM 1

USB 2

Pentium II Processor

PRT

JP10

Slot 1 for

1

CPUFAN

FDC

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

DIMM 3

COM 2

JP44

LAN

Winbond
W83781D

Ø

Supports Intel Pentium® II processor (233­500MHz) & Celeron

TM

processors (266-

400MHz)

Ø

Auto-detect CPU voltage

Ø

PC98, ACPI, Ultra DMA/33MHz

Ø

Power-on by modem, alarm or keyboard

Ø

SOYO COMBO Setup

Ø

Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

ATX

Power

Ultra

5

1

IR1

Key Features

AGP Slot

Ø

Supports onboard hardware monitoring
and includes Hardware Doctor™ utility
(optional)

Ø

S1 x 32-bit AGP slot

Ø

4 x 32-bit bus mastering PCI slots

Ø

2 x USB ports onboard

Ø

1 x IrDA port

Ø

Supports multiple-boot function

Ø

DMI utility

Battery

Power
LED

1

1

11

JP5

LED

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Follow the directions in this section designed to guide you through a quick and correct
installation of your new
V6BE+ Mainboard User's guide and Technical Reference online manual included on the
CD-ROM packed with your mainboard.

Installation

To avoid damage to your mainboard, follow these simple rules while
handling this equipment:

Before handling the mainboard, ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of
the system's metal chassis.

Remove the mainboard from its anti-static packaging. Hold it by the edges and avoid
touching its components.

Check the mainboard for damage. If any chip appears loose, press carefully to seat it
firmly in its socket.

SY-V6BE+

Mainboard. For detailed information, please refer to SY-

Quick Start Guide

PREPARATIONS

Gather and prepare all the necessary hardware equipment to complete the installation
successfully:

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Pentium® II processor with built-in CPU cooling fan (boxed type)

u

SDRAM module

u

Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit

u

Monitor

u

PS/2 Keyboard

u

Pointing Device (PS/2 mouse)

u

VGA Card

u

Sound Card (optional)

u

Speaker(s) (optional)

u

Disk Drives: HDD, CD-ROM, Floppy drive…

u

External Peripherals: Printer, Plotter, and Modem- (optional)

u

Internal Peripherals: Modem and LAN cards (optional)

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Heat Sink

Slot 1

Install the Mainboard

Follow the steps below in order to perform the installation of your new
Mainboard.

Step 1. Install the CPU

Mark your CPU Frequency:

Record the working frequency of your CPU

that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover.

233MHz (66 x 3.5) 300MHz (66 x 4.5) 350MHz (100 x 3.5) 450MHz (100 x 4.5)
266MHz (66 x 4.0) 333MHz (66 x 5.0) 400MHz (100 x 4.0) 500MHz (100 x 5.0)

SY-V6BE+

CPU Mount Procedure:

To mount the Pentium® II processor that you have

purchased separately, follow these instructions.

1 Unpack the Retention Kit 2 Position the Mainboard 3 Insert the Screws

Supporting Base

Support Clip

Latches (x2)

Screws (x2)

Retention Clip

CPUFAN Power

ATX Power

5 Install the Retention Clip 6 Install the CPU

7 Install the Support Clip 8 Insert the Latches 9

4 Install the Supporting Base

Larger Pinhole

Remember to connect the CPU

Cooling Fan to the CPUFAN

power connector on the

mainboard.

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1

1

Key Lock

Speaker

Reset

PWRBT

Turbo LED

HDD LED

Quick Start Guide

Step 2. Make Connections to the Mainboard

This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and power supply to the mainboard.
Internal peripherals include IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Chassis Fan,

Front Panel Devices (Turbo LED, Internal Speaker, Reset Button, IDE LED, and KeyLock
Switch.), Wake-On-LAN card, VGA card, Sound Card, and other devices.

For more details on how to connect internal and external peripherals to your new SY-V6BE+
Mainboard, please refer to SY-V6BE+ Mainboard User's Guide and Technical Reference
online manual on CD-ROM.

Connectors and Plug-ins

IrDA (Infrared Device Header): IR1

Wake-On-LAN Header: JP44

Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3
VCC None IRRX GND IRTX 5VSB GND MP-Wakeup

CPU Cooling Fan: CPUFAN Chassis Fan: CHAFAN

Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3

GND 12V SENSOR GND 12V SENSOR

Power LED

1

1

Power LED Keylock

Pin1 Pin2 Pin3

5V NC GND

Pin1 Pin2

Control Pin GND

Speaker

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Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4

5V NC NC Speaker out

HDD LED Turbo LED PWRBT RESET

Pine1 Pin2 Pin1 Pin2

LED Anode

LED

Cathode

LED

Cathode

GND Power Good GND

Pin1 Pin2

Pin1 Pin2
Power
On/Off

ATX Power On/Off: PWRBT ATX Power Supply: ATX PW

Connect your power switch to this
header (momentary switch type).

To turn off the system, please
press this switch and hold down
for longer than 4 seconds.

Attach the ATX Power cable to this connector.

When using the Power-On by PS/2 Keyboard
function, please make sure the ATX power
supply can take at least 720mA load on the
5V Standby lead (5VSB) to meet the standard
ATX specifications.

GND

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Step 3. Configure Memory

Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 768MB of main
memory using DIMM modules from 8MB to 256MB. For 66MHz front side bus CPUs use
12ns or faster memory; for 100MHz front side bus CPUs use 8ns (100MHz, PC100
compliant) memory.

Memory Configuration Table

Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3

1 1
2 2
3 3

RAM Type SDRAM

Memory Module Size (MB) 8/16/32/64/128/256 Mbytes

Note:(1) 256 MB memory modules only available on PC registered DIMM.

(2) Always install memory modules in the order prescribed in this table.
(3) Do not install unbuffered and registered memory modules together.

rd

nd

nd

2

st

st

1

st

1

Important:

above in order to preserve signal integrity on 100MHz front side bus systems.

It is of prime importance that you install DIMM modules as outlined in the table

Step 4. Set SW1 for power up FSB clock and AGP bus clock.

SW1 is used to adjust AGP bus clock frequency depending on the value of the front side bus
(FSB) clock, also the setting of the SW1 determines the power up FSB clock which will
remain effective until the BIOS set the FSB clock to the CMOS setting.

SW1 Setting Power up FSB Clock AGP Clock

66MHz

100MHz

Note: The specification of maximum AGP bus Clock frequency
is 66.6MHz.

∗

Set SW1 to open when you use a FSB 100MHz CPU such as 350MHz, 400MHz,
450MHz , or 500MHz.

∗

Set SW1 to close when you use a FSB 66MHz CPU such as 233MHz, 266MHz,
300MHz, 333MHz , or 366Mhz only for Celeron.

∗

Set SW1 to open when you use a FSB 66MHz but want to over clock the FSB clock to
100MHz via the BIOS setting.

AGP Clock

= FSB Clock ÷ 1

AGP Clock

= FSB Clock ÷ 1.5

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Step 5. Set the CPU Frequency

This mainboard does not use any jumpers to set the CPU frequency, CPU setting are
changed through the BIOS [SOYO COMBO SETUP]. Refer to Chapter 3 “Quick BIOS
Setup” for details on how to set the Pentium



II processor frequency.

Step 6. Enable/Disable Power-On by Keyboard (JP10)

You can choose to enable the Power-On by Keyboard function by shorting pin 1-2 on jumper
JP10, otherwise, short pin 2-3 to disable this function.

Power-On by

Keyboard

JP10 Setting

Short pin 1-2 to enable the

Power-On by Keyboard function.

Enable Disable

Short pin 2-3 to disable the

Power-On by Keyboard function.

Important: When using the Power-On by Keyboard function, please make sure the
ATX power supply can take at least take 720mA load on the 5V standby lead (5VSB) to
meet the standard ATX specification. Apart from the jumper setting, you have to enter
the CMOS setup and set the “Power-On by Keyboard” item in the SOYO COMBO
Setup to “Password” or function key.

Step 7. Clear CMOS Data (JP5)

Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2-3 on jumper JP5 for at least 5
seconds, and then by shorting pin 1-2 to retain new settings. This jumper can be easily
identified by its white colored cap.

CMOS Clearing Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data

JP5 Setting

Short pin 2-3 for

at least 5 seconds

to clear the CMOS.

Short pin 1-2
to retain the
new settings.

Note: You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when
performing the CMOS Clear operation.

You MUST enter the CMOS SETUP and SAVE CMOS
setting twice after clearing CMOS data.

If you fail to do this

your new setting would NOT be Saved.

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Note on Over-clocking Capability

The SY-V6BE+ mainboard provides over-clocking capability. Due to the over-clocking
setting your system may fail to boot up or hang during run time. If this occurs, please perform
the following steps to recover your system from the abnormal situation:

1. Turn off system power (If you use a ATX power supply, sometimes you have to press
the power button for more then 4 seconds to shut down the system)

2. Set the SW1 to short if you use a FSB 66MHz CPU, Set the SW1 to open if you use a
FSB 100MHz CPU

3. Press and hold down the <Insert> key while turning on the system power. Keep
holding down the <Insert> key until you see the message of the CPU type and
frequency (133MHz or 200MHz) appear on screen

4. Press the <Del> key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS
Setup program

5. From the BIOS main menu, select [SOYO COMBO] and move the cursor to the [CPU
Frequency] field to set the proper working frequency

6. Select [Save & Exit SETUP] and press <Enter> to save the configuration to the
CMOS memory, and continue the boot sequence

Note: SOYO does not guarantee system stability if the user over clocks the system.

Any malfunctions due to over-clocking are not covered by the warranty.

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This mainboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead,
CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS
[SOYO COMBO SETUP] menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure,
all in one menu, for a quick setup in BIOS.

Quick BIOS Setup

[SOYO COMBO SETUP].

Quick Start Guide

The

After the hardware installation is complete, turn the power switch on, then press the
during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program. The CMOS
SETUP UTILITY will display on screen. Then, follow these steps to configure the CPU settings.

Step 1. Select [STANDARD CMOS SETUP]

Set [Date/Time] and [Floppy drive type], then set [Hard Disk Type] to “Auto”.

Step 2. Select [LOAD SETUP DEFAULT]

Select the “LOAD SETUP DEFAULT” menu and type “Y” at the prompt to load the BIOS
optimal setup.

Step 3. Select [SOYO COMBO SETUP]

Move the cursor to the
Available [CPU Frequency] settings on your SY-V6BE+ Mainboard are detailed in the

following table. If you set this field to [Manual], you are then required to fill in the next two
consecutive fields: (1) the CPU Host/PCI Clock, and (2) the CPU Ratio.

233MHz (66 x 3.5) 400MHz (100 x 4.0)
266MHz (66 x 4.0) 450MHz (100 x 4.5)
300MHz (66 x 4.5) 500MHz (100 x 5.0)
333MHz (66 x 5.0)

350MHz (100 x 3.5)

[CPU Frequency]

CPU Frequency

field to set the CPU frequency.

Select the working frequency of
your Pentium® II processor among
these preset values.

Note: Mark the checkbox that
corresponds to the working
frequency of your Pentium® II
processor in case the CMOS
configuration should be lost.

<DEL>

key

Note:

if you use Bus Frequencies of 75 MHz, make sure that your PCI cards can cope with

the higher PCI clock.

Step 4. Select [SAVE & EXIT SETUP]

Press

<Enter>

to save the new configuration to the CMOS memory, and continue the boot

sequence.

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The SOYO CD

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Your SY-V6BE+ Mainboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD
contains the user's manual file for your new mainboard, the drivers software available for
installation, and a database in HTML format with information on SOYO mainboards and
other products.

Step 1. Insert the SOYO CD into the CD-ROM drive

The SOYO CD will auto-run, and the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will display as shown below.

The SOYO CD

(SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu)

The SOYO CD Start Up Program automatically detects which SOYO mainboard you own
and displays the corresponding model name.

Step 2. Read SOYO [model name] Manual

Click the

Read Manual

button to open the user's manual file of your mainboard.

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The SOYO CD

Please note that if the Start Up program was unable to determine which SOYO mainboard
you own, the manual selection menu will pop up, as shown below. Then select the user's
manual file that corresponds to your mainboard model name and click

Quick Start Guide

OK.

SOYO CD Manuals

Please select your manual In the box below
and click OK.

SY-V6BE+ OK Back

(Manual Selection Menu)

The user's manual files included on the SOYO CD can be read in PDF (Postscript
Document) format. In order to read a PDF file, the appropriate Acrobat Reader software
must be installed in your system.

Note:

present in your system, and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it.
You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user's manual file. Follow
the instructions on your screen during installation, then once the installation is completed,
restart your system and re-run the SOYO CD.

Step 3. Install Drivers

The following describes the best way of installing Windows 95 or Windows 98 on your SY-V6BE+
mainboard:

Ø The following BIOS default settings should not be changed:

1. The ‘OnChip USB Controller’ item under ‘BIOS features Setup’ is set to enabled.

2. The ‘USB Assigned IRQ’ item under ‘PnP/PCI Configuration is set to enabled.

You MUST have these two items enabled for Windows 95/98 to run properly on your system.

Ø Install Windows 95/98
Ø After installation of windows, you will need to install theVIA drivers. Follow the instruction below.

The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already

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The SOYO CD

Click the Install Drivers button to display the list of drivers that can be installed on your mainboard. The
start-up program displays the drivers available for the SY-V6BE+ and the Windows version you use. For
Windows 95 four drivers will be listed (see ‘Driver Installation Menu’ below), for Windows 98 three drivers will
be listed (the ACPI drivers will be left out).

If you want to see all the drivers available on the SOYO –CD, click the Display all drivers on the SOYO
CD button. Do NOT install drivers that are not suitable for you board, otherwise your system may crash.

Driver Installation

Please select the driver you want to install and click OK, You will have to
restart your system after installation. Only the drivers that are relevant
to your board are displayed initially.

VIA IRQ remapping utility
VIA ACPI Driver

SOYO SpeedPro BusMaster Driver
VIA VxD Driver

Cancel

Select which driver you want to install and click
menu. When the installation program of a driver starts running the SOYO-CD will exit. After
finishing the installation, restart the SOYO-CD and install the next driver. We recommend
you to install all drivers, and to do so in the right sequence (top to bottom).

Note:

Once you have selected a driver, the system will automatically exit the SOYO CD to
begin the driver installation program. When the installation is complete, most drivers require
to restart your system before they can become active.

Install the drivers in sequence, starting with the VIA IRQ remapping utility.
After installing all drivers above, if you use Windows 95, first install the
USB supplement before installing the AGP driver that came with your

AGP card.

Display all drivers
on the SOYO CD

(Driver Installation Menu)

OK,

or click

Cancel

to return to the main

OK

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The SOYO CD

The USB supplement is available on the Windows OSR 2 or above CD in the
following directory:\OSR2\usbsupp.exe
It also can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com

Quick Start Guide

Step 4. Enter the SOYO CD

Click the
will activate the default HTML browser installed on your system (for example, Internet
Explorer or Netscape) to visualize the contents of the SOYO CD.

The SOYO CD contains useful information about your Mainboard and other SOYO products
available in as many as eleven different languages. For your convenience, this information is
available in HTML format, similar to the format widely used on the Internet.

Enter SOYO CD

button to enter the SOYO HTML database. The Start Up program

Note:

on whether or not you would like to install the Internet Explorer* browser. Click YES to install
the HTML browser. After the installation is complete, please restart your system. Then re-run
the SOYO CD and you will be able to browse the SOYO HTML database.

(* Internet Explorer is a Microsoft Trademark)

(SOYO CD HTML Database in English*)

(* The list of menu options may vary between languages)

If no HTML browser is installed on your system, the Start Up program will prompt you

Edition: November 1998

Version 1.0

SY-V6BE+ SERIAL

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Soyo Computer Inc., (Taiwan)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: http://www.soyo.com.tw

E-mail: [e-mail]

USA Branch Office

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Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: http://www.soyousa.com

E-mail: [e-mail]

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Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: http://www.soyo-europe.com

http://www.soyo.nl

E-mail: [e-mail]

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SAAT Technology GmbH, (Germany)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Sites:http://www.saat.de

http://www.soyo-saat.de

http://www.soyo-saat.com

Email: [e-mail]

UK Branch Office

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Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: http://www.soyo.nl

E-mail: [e-mail]

Japan Branch Office

Soyo Computer (Japan)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: http://www.soyo.co.jp

E-mail: [e-mail]

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Soyo Hong Kong Ltd. (H.K.)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: http://www.soyo.com.hk

E-mail: [e-mail]