SOYO SY-5SSM/5 - Manual (Page 13)

SY-5SSM & SY-5SSM/5 Quick Start Guide
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Hardware Installation
Step 5.
Select the CPU Burst Mode (J1)
There are two types of CPU burst modes according to manufacturer design:
Ø Interleave Burst (CPU: Intel P54C/P55C, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-III, IDT
X86 CPU, Rise mP6)
Ø Linear Mode (CPU: Cyrix 6x86/L/MX/M¢ º )
Interleave Linear
CPU Burst Mode
Intel ® P54C/P55C
AMD ™ K5/K6/K6-2/K6-III
IDT X86 CPU, Rise mP6
Cyrix ™ 6x86/L/MX/M¢ º
J1 Setting
When using Intel
or AMD CPUs. When using
Cyrix type of
CPU.
If you are using a Cyrix ™ 6x86/L/MX/M II series CPU, set the burst mode to Linear by
shorting jumper J1, and follow the following steps to select the correct Linear burst mode
in BIOS:
1. During the boot-up initial sequence, press the [Delete] key to enter the BIOS setup
menu.
2. Select the [CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP] section in BIOS.
3. In the [CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP] sub-menu, set the [Linear Mode] field to
[Enabled].
4. Press [Esc] to return to the BIOS main menu.
5. Then choose [Save & Exit Setup] to re-boot your computer.
Step 6.
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 66/75MHz host bus CPUs use
12ns or faster DIMM modules.
Memory Configuration Table
DIMM Banks MEMORY
CONFIGURATION
DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3
RAM Type SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM
Single RAM
Module Size (MB)
8/16/32/64/128/256 8/16/32/64/128/256 8/16/32/64/128/256
Note: If you plan on using the onboard VGA and intend to install only
one DRAM module, then this single DRAM must be installed in
bank DIMM 1.
2
1
2
1