Quick Start Guide Audio Driver Installation The SOYO CD Quick BIOS Setup Hardware Installation Motherboard Realtek LAN Driver Installation SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Introduction
SOYO™ Congratulations on your new purchase of SOYO P4X400 Series motherboard for the Intel platform! This new motherboard offers support for ultra fast DDR400 memory. However, since DDR400 is not a JEDEC (The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) approved memory specification, some users might experience DDR400 incompatibilities as a result of discrepancy in memory manufacturing.
SOYO™ SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 processors VIA P4X400 AGP/PCI Motherboard 533/400 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor Copyright © 2002 by SOYO Computer Inc. Trademarks: SOYO is a registered trademark of SOYO Computer Inc. All trademarks are properties of their owners. Product Rights: All names of the product and corporate mentioned in this publication are used for identification purposes only. The registered trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective companies.
Introduction SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard. This Quick Start Guide illustrates the steps for installing and setting up your new Motherboard. This guide provides all users with the basic steps of Motherboard setting and operation. For further information, please refer to the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard User's Manual that came with your Motherboard.
Introduction SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard Layout PS/2 KB PS/2 Mouse Connector Connector USB 1_2 LAN ATX Power PRT COM A COM B P1 AOUT J30 1 2 5 6 □ AIN P4X400 AMIC IDE 1 IDE 2 AGAME REALTEK RTL8100B AGP Slot FLP PCI#1 CDIN2 CDIN1 4 1 PCI#2 SPK5 2 10 PCI#3 9 1 JP10 WOL Header Speaker 3V Lithium Battery PCI#4 HDD LED ACPI LED PWRBT Keylock PCI#5 J25 JP5 USB20_1 5 10 1 CMOS Clear Jumper USB20_2 6 10 SIRCON (Optional) 5
Introduction SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Key Features Supports Intel® mPGA Socket 478 processors - Pentium® 4 On-board Audio support 2/4/5.1 Channel Support 5.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 2 Installation Before handling the Motherboard, ground yourself by touching on to an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis. Remove the Motherboard from its anti-static packaging. Hold the motherboard by the edges and avoid touching its components. Check the Motherboard for damage. If any chip appears to be loose, press carefully to seat it firmly in its socket.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Install the Motherboard We will now begin the installation process. Please follow the step-by-step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation. Hardware Installation Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Install expansion cards Step 4- Connect cables, case wires, and power supply Step 1.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Configure Memory Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 3GB of main memory using unbuffered and non-ECC DIMM modules from 128MB to 1GB. On this motherboard, DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed. Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup, appropriate memory modules must be used. For 133MHz DRAM speed, use PC2100 memory; for 166MHz DRAM speed, use PC2700 memory.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Hardware Installation Connectors and Plug-ins Wake-On-LAN Header: JP10 Standard IrDA (Infrared Device Header): SIRCON Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 5VSB GND MP-Wakeup VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX MIC & LED Connector：J30 CD_SPDIF Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin6 Pin1 Pin2 Line_Out_L Line_Out_R MIC IN GND LAN_LINK_LED VCC SPDIF IN2 GND Pin3 Pin4 SPK 5 Pin5 Pin6 SPDIF OUT SPDIF IN1 +5VA NC Center OUT BASS OUT Pin1 Pin2 Pin1 Power Pin2 Data(-) Pin1 Power Pin2
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Attach theATX 12V Power cable to three connector. (This motherboard requires anATX 12V power supply, anAT andATX power supply can NOT be used.) When using the Power-On by PS/2 Keyboard function, please make sure theATX power supply is able to provide at least 720mAon the 5V Standby lead (5VSB). PS. Power supply must be use ATX 12V specification. A new superset of the original ATX power supply is now defined.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Audio Speakers connections Hardware Installation When using 2 channel speaker, connect the speaker cable to line-out. If you’re using 4 channel speaker, connect the front L/R speakers to line-out and rear L/R speakers to Line-in. make sure to set the audio software for 4 channel speaker system. Don’t forget to set the Audio Rack software to 4 channel system.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 3 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO FEATURE]. The [SOYO COMBO FEATURE] combines the main parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick setup in BIOS.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 4 The SOYO CD The SOYO-CD will Auto Run only in Windows Base Operating System. Your SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Motherboard comes with a CD-ROM labeled "SOYO CD." The SOYO CD contains a. The user’s manual for your new motherboard – in PDF format, b. The drivers software available for installation, and c. A database in HTML format with information on SOYO motherboards and other products. Step 1.
The user's manual files included on the SOYO CD are in PDF (Postscript Document) format. In order to read a PDF file, the appropriate Acrobat Reader software must be installed in your system. Note: The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already 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.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Click the Install Drivers button to display the list of drivers software that can be installed with your motherboard. The Start Up program displays the drivers available for the particular model of motherboard you own. We recommend that you only install those drivers.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver is to be installed under Windows 98 only, it sets the system's PCI IRQ routing sequence. C-MEDIA 6-channel onboard audio Driver/Application for Win 9x/ME/2000/N T/XP 1. The driver supports 2/4/5.1 speakers 3D positional audio. 2. The application is include CD Player/MIDI Player/MP3/Wave Player/Mixer with the control over your PC’s audio functions.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide The SOYO CD After Windows XPinstallation, your device manager should look like this: 18
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide The SOYO CD After driver installation, your Windows XP device manager should look like this: 19
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Drivers directory list in the CD driver The SOYO CD Audio Driver VIA4 in 1 Hardware monitor LAN driver USB 2.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 5 Audio Driver Installation Audio Driver Installation for Windows 98/98se After you have installed the audio driver, windows may prompt you to restart your computer. When your computer restarted it may look for windows driver from your Win98CD and ask you to insert your Win98/98se CD to your CD-drive. At this point you need to insert the Win98 CD to your CD-drive and type in D:\win98 (assuming your CD-ROM in driver D).
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 6 Realtek LAN Driver Installation Install the Realtek LAN Drivers under windows NT4.0 Double click the Network icon in the control panel. The Network properties windows will appear. Click on the Devices tab and press the Add button. 2. Select “Unlisted or Updated Drivers” from the list of drivers in the Add window by placing the mouse pointer over it and clicking the left mouse button. Press the OK button. 3.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide Quick Trouble shoot tips Boot-up Issues The system do not power-up, no beeping sound heard and the CPU fan does not turn on. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Check if the power cord is plug to the power source. Check if the power is connected to the M/B. Check if the cable of the case power button is connected to the M/B power button connector (see connectors and plug-ins in the manual for more info). Make sure the power supply is not defective. Change the power supply.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 4. 5. CMOS). Make sure the power supply you have on your system support the M/B specification. Example. If you have a P4 M/B, you need to use a P4 power supply. If you already checked the power supply specification, change the power supply it might be defective. The minimum is 250 watts. When I boot up my system, everything works fine, it sees my CPU and memory, detects my hard drive, floppy drive and CD-ROM but locks up at "Verify DMI pool data... ".
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide 2. 3. Check website for any BIOS update. If still has the problem, remove all other add-on cards except CPU/ Memory/ Video card/Hard disk. See if you can finish Windows installation. Then put peripherals in one by one to identify which one cause the lockup. My system will not boot-up when I set my CPU to 133MHz FSB, works with 100MHz FSB 1. 2. Make sure to put some thermal paste above the CPU. CPU might be defective.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide I’m using a 133MHz FSB CPU, I cannot find the DDR 100MHz option in the BIOS, why? The DDR speed should not be lower than the CPU FSB speed. VGA Issue I cannot set my VGA to go higher than 16 color (640x 480). 1. 2. Make sure that you have installed the VIA4 in 1 driver. Install/ re-install the VGAdriver. After wake-up from Suspend to RAM or Standby mode, the screen has no display but I can hear the hard disk operating 1. 2. Install VIA4 in 1 driver.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide The sound is working in my system, but when I play CD music from the CD-ROM, I do not get any sound. What is wrong? This is because the 3-wire audio cable from the CD-ROM to the on-board CDIN1 connector in the M/B is not connected. See manual for location of CDIN1. The sound from my sound card is distorted when Windows start. What is wrong? If you are using an ISA sound card, please make sure the IRQ needed for the sound card is set to 'Legacy ISA' in the BIOS.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide LAN Issues During LAN driver installation, the system hangs on 75%, why? Enable the onboard LAN in the BIOS setup. I have problem installing Novell NetWare v.50 Disable the APIC option in the BIOS. For updated FAQs, please check http://www.soyo.com.tw/faq.htm or http://www.soyousa.com/faqs.
SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide How to contact us: If you are interested in our products, please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live. If you require Technical Assistance, please contact our Technical Support in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as communication medium, remember to always add to the email the country that you live in. TAIWAN Hong Kong SOYO COMPUTER INC. SOYO ASIA LTD. No. 21 Wu-Kung 5 Rd., Hsin Chuang City, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.
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