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This feature allows the L1 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle.

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CPU Spread Spectrum

This feature is used to configure CPU spread spectrum.

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SATA Spread Spectrum

This feature is used to configure SATA spread spectrum.

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PCIE Spread Spectrum

This feature is used to configure PCIE spread spectrum.

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SSE/SSE2 Instructions

This feature is used to enable the function of SSE/SSE2 instruction.
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System BIOS Cacheable

Enabling this option will cause the BIOS code from ROM to be copied on to the
much faster RAM at location F0000h-FFFFFh, thus increasing system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system
error may result.

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Page 1: ...are trademarks of IBM Corporation Broadcom is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation and or its subsidiaries ATI and Rage XL are trademarks of ATI Corporation nVIDIA nForce are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation Notice Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to printing TYAN assumes no liability whatsoever...

Page 2: ...12 Installing Add In Cards Page 35 2 13 Installing Graphic Cards SLI Bridge Page 36 2 14 Connecting External Devices Page 39 2 15 Installing the Power Supply Page 41 2 16 Finishing Up Page 41 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS Page 43 3 2 Setup Basics Page 43 3 3 Getting Help Page 43 3 4 In Case of Problems Page 44 3 5 BIOS Main Menu Page 44 3 6 Standard CMOS Features Menu Page 46 3 7 Advance...

Page 3: ...http www TYAN com 3 Appendix SMDC Information Page 72 Glossary Page 74 Technical Support Page 80 ...

Page 4: ...ve Power Adapter 2 x SATA Drive Power Adapter 1 x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable 1 x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable 1 x IEEE1394a Cable 1 x USB2 0 cable 1 x USB2 0 cable 1 x Tomcat K8E user s manual 1 x Tomcat K8E user s manual 1 x Tomcat K8E Quick Reference guide 1 x Tomcat K8E Quick Reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield 1 x I O shield 1 x SLI card 1 x SLI card 1 x SLI brid...

Page 5: ...ducts with FAQs online manuals and BIOS upgrades 1 2 Hardware Specifications Processor uPGA 939 pin socket AMD Athlon 64 939 processor up to Athlon 64 4000 Athlon64 FX57 X2 and 939 Opteron 144 148 152 165 170 175 Up to 1000 MHz Hyper Transport link support Expansion Slots One x16 PCI E connector for graphics at 6 slot One x16 PCI E connector supports SLI technology for x8 PCI E signal at 4 S2866A2...

Page 6: ...pliant devices Integrated Serial ATA II Serial ATA Host controllers embedded Supports four Serial ports running at 3 0Gb s NVRAID 0 1 0 1 and JBOD support SATA activity LED connector Ethernet PHY 32 bit PCIv2 3interface WOL PXE support Pin header for front panel LAN LED Intelligent Platform Management Interface Header 2x25 pin SMDC pin header Tyan Server Management Daughter card M3291 optional Int...

Page 7: ... COM port via cable Tyan 2x9 front panel pin header 2x25 pin SMDC pin header Regulatory FCC Class B Declaration of Conformity CE Declaration of Conformity Special Accessories 1 SLI card M5001 2 SLI bridge M5000 S2866A2NRF only 3 SLI Bracket S2866A2NRF only Two SKUs S2866G3NR S2866A2NRF 1 3 Software Specifications OS Operating System Support Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP 32bit 64bit M...

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Page 9: ...d from the antistatic bag Unplug the power from your computer power supply and then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge i e power supply case For the safest conditions TYAN recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap 2 Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board or flex the board in any way 3 Avoid touching the motherboard components IC chips c...

Page 10: ...tp www TYAN com 10 2 1 Board Image This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may or may not look exactly like the above picture ...

Page 11: ...http www TYAN com 11 2 2 Block Diagram Tomcat K8E SLI S2866 Block Diagram ...

Page 12: ...1 1 SMSC DM E1737 SMSC DM E1737 VIA Vt6307 J28 J26 1 1 SMSC DM E1737 SMSC DM E1737 BIOS J27 1 J25 J27 1 1 J38 J37 J36 J39 J43 IDE 1 J39 JP3 JP4 JP5 1 1 1 J34 1 J40 J42 J41 JP7 JP6 1 1 JP8 1 J33 J32 1 1 1 J12 J13 1 1 1 1 SMSC DM E1737 Broadcom BCM 5705 1 1 J45 1 1 JP8 1 1 JP11J 10 P 1 JP12 J 1 P This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The boar...

Page 13: ...r JP2 LCM Module Connector J8 Front Audio Header JP1 PCI Slot Volt Select Header J25 J26 Front Panel USB2 0 Connectors J45 Front Panel LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 LED Headers JP3 Clear CMOS Jumper JP9 BCM5705 LAN Control Jumper JP10 Intel82551 LAN Control Jumper JP11 VT6307 1394a Control Jumper JP12 XG20 Graphics Control Jumper J34 SATA Active LED Connector J32 J33 J41 J42 J12 Chassis Fan Connectors J40 CPU Fa...

Page 14: ...http www TYAN com 14 JP4 JP5 SMDC ASF1 0 Select Header 1 3 Support ASF1 0 1 3 Support SMDC card J9 J28 J7 JP5 JP4 ...

Page 15: ... GND 3 4 GND B0P 5 6 B0N VCC 7 8 VCC _ 9 10 GND Use this header to connect to the external device of IEEE 1394a J9 IEEE1394a Connector 9 1 10 2 Signal Pin Pin Signal A1P 1 2 A1N GND 3 4 GND B1P 5 6 B1N VCC 7 8 VCC _ 9 10 GND Use this header to connect to the external device of IEEE 1394a HDDLED 1 2 PWR LED HDDLED 3 4 PWR LED GND 5 6 PWR SW Reset SW 7 8 GND GND 9 10 WLED NMI 11 12 WLED 5VSb 13 14 K...

Page 16: ...TYAN com 16 J15 SMDC Connector The SMDC connector allows you to connect with Tyan Server Management Daughter Card SMDC The S2866 supports Tyan SMDC M3291 See Appendix for more information on SMDC J15 J27 JP2 J8 ...

Page 17: ... GND 9 10 _ JP2 LCM Module Connector 1 5 2 6 Use this header to connect the LCM module with system monitoring function This header is reserved for barebone use Signal Pin Pin Signal VCC 1 2 RXD2 _ 3 4 GND V5DU 5 6 TXD2 J8 Front Audio Header 1 9 2 10 Signal Pin Pin Signal GND 1 2 GND VCC 3 4 VCC Front Speaker Out L 5 6 Speaker Out L NC 7 8 _ Front Speaker Out R 9 10 Speaker Out R Use this header to...

Page 18: ...http www TYAN com 18 JP1 PCI Slot Volt Select Header 3 1 Select 3 3 volt for PCI slot 3 1 Select 5 volt for PCI slot Default J25 J26 J45 JP3 JP1 ...

Page 19: ...GND IDLEDBTN 9 10 GND NC 11 12 _ Use these headers to connect the front panel dual color LEDs to indicate the speed of LAN1 LAN2 and LAN3 Refer to p 39 for the correct LAN LED color definition JP3 Clear CMOS Jumper 1 3 Normal 1 3 Clear Default Use this jumper when you forgot your system setup password or need to clear system BIOS setting How to clear the CMOS data Power off system and disconnect p...

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Page 21: ...ler Default 3 1 Disable the integrated LAN function of Intel82551 controller JP11 VT6307 1394a Control Jumper 3 1 Enable the integrated 1394a function of VT6307 PCI FireWire controller Default 3 1 Disable the integrated 1394a function of VT6307 PCI FireWire controller JP12 XG20 Graphics Control Jumper 1 3 Enable the integrated 2D 3D PCI graphic function of XG20 PCI graphic controller Default 1 3 D...

Page 22: ...TYAN com 22 J34 SATA Active LED Header 1 This header is used to connect the SATA active LED which indicates the status of SATA hard drives Pin 1 VCC3 Pin 2 SATA Active J32 J33 J41 J42 J40 J12 J39 J36 J37 J34 J38 ...

Page 23: ...s cooling fan to your motherboard to keep the system at optimum performance levels J12 FAN 5 J40 CPU_FAN Connector 12V V3P3 Speed Control Tachometer Use this header to connect the processor cooling fan to your motherboard to keep the system stable and reliable This connector supports the tachometer monitoring and auto fan speed control J36 J37 J38 J39 Serial ATA RAID Connectors 7 GND 6 RXP 5 RXN 4...

Page 24: ...may not be an exact representation of the processor you have Step 1 Lift the lever on the socket until it is approximately 90 o or as far back as possible to the socket Step 2 Align the processor with the socket There are keyed pins underneath the processor to ensure that the processor s installed correctly Step 3 Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until the processo...

Page 25: ...r the installation of the heatsink retention bracket and heatsink Because there are many different types of heatsinks available from many different manufacturers a lot of them have their own methods of installation For the safest method of installation and information on choosing the appropriate heatsink use heatsinks validated by AMD Please refer to AMD s website at www amd com The following diag...

Page 26: ...Take care not to touch this material Simply remove the protective cover and place the heatsink on the processor The second type of interface material is usually packaged separately It is commonly referred to as thermal compound Simply apply a thin layer on to the CPU lid applying too much will actually reduce the cooling NOTE Always check with the manufacturer of the heatsink processor to ensure t...

Page 27: ...ign plastic retention bracket screw holes with CPU back plate standoffs Tighten screws to secure plastic retention bracket Repeat for the other side DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN 2 After tightening screws secure metal clip to plastic retention bracket center tab Repeat for the other side of heatsink 3 After securing metal clip to plastic retention bracket center tab push down on plastic clip to lock plastic...

Page 28: ...top of motherboard Align heatsink retention frame screw hole with backplate assembly standoffs Place heatsink inside plastic retention bracket Place metal clip over retention frame tab Repeat for other side 2 Insert screw through metal clip BE SURE METAL CLIP IS LOCKED ONTO RETENTION FRAME TAB 3 Tighten screw through metal clip Repeat on the other side DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN ...

Page 29: ...rocessor and socket attach the end wire of the fan which should already be attached to the heatsink to the motherboard The following diagram illustrates how to connect fans onto the motherboard Once you have finished installing all the fans you can connect your drives hard drives CD ROM drives etc to your motherboard ...

Page 30: ...mply lay the motherboard inside the chassis and align the screw holes of the motherboard to the studs inside the case If there are any studs missing you will know right away since the motherboard will not be able to be securely installed Some chassis include plastic studs instead of metal Although the plastic studs are usable TYAN recommends using metal studs with screws that will fasten the mothe...

Page 31: ...C2100 DDR SDRAM memory modules are supported All installed memory will be automatically detected and no jumpers or settings need to be set The Tomcat K8E SLI S2866 supports up to 4GB of memory Registered Memory is not supported Not validated at the time of print subject to change Memory Population Rule Note X indicates a populated DIMM Slot DIMM Slot DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 X X 64 bits support X X...

Page 32: ...ng diagrams Once the memory modules are firmly seated in the slot two latches on either side will close and secure the module into the slot Sometimes you may need to close the latches yourself To remove the memory module simply push the latches outwards until the memory module pops up Then remove the module NOTE YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector from the motherboard before performing syst...

Page 33: ...ctor and the other end s into the drive s Each standard IDE cable has three connectors two of which are closer together The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to the motherboard The other two connectors are used to connect to drives NOTE Always remember to properly set the drive jumpers If only using one device on a channel it must be set as Master for...

Page 34: ... Attaching floppy diskette drives are done in a similar manner to hard drives See the picture below for an example of a floppy cable Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the cable be installed with the colored stripe positioned next to the power connector In most cases there will be a key pin on the cable which will force a proper connection of the cable Attach first floppy...

Page 35: ... if they do not seat in place It is better to try another slot or return the faulty card rather than damaging both the motherboard and the add in card PCI IDESELs and IRQ Assignments Slot or Device IDSEL Bus PIRQ PIRQ PIRQ PIRQ PCI Slot 1 32bit AD23 PCI Bus INT_A INT_B INT_C INT_D PCI Slot 2 32bit AD24 PCI Bus INT_D INT_A INT_B INT_C PCI Slot 3 32bit AD25 PCI Bus INT_C INT_D INT_A INT_B Onboard IE...

Page 36: ...bining two NVIDIA SLI certified graphics cards in a single system allows you to highly increase your graphic performance Installing Graphic Card Locate the SLI card and SLI bridge There are two sides single and double on the SLI card When you just install a single graphic card insert the SLI card into SO DIMM slot with the side of Single Graphic Card When you install two graphic cards insert the S...

Page 37: ...7 Step 2 Press the graphic card to secure the installation Step 3 After installing two graphic cards into the PCI E slots connect the SLI Bridge onto the graphic cards Step 4 Secure the SLI bracket to chassis with a screw ...

Page 38: ...http www tyan com 38 Uninstalling SLI Card Step 1 Press the two levers of SO DIMM connector to release SLI card Step 2 Remove the SLI card ...

Page 39: ...ls are different due to the different configurations See the following diagrams for the details S2866G3NR S2866A2NRF NOTE Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports but software may be required to complete the installation USBx2 LAN Stacked VGA Port Serial Port PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Gigabit Ethernet x 2 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Serial Port Audio Line in MIC Line out Gigabit Ethern...

Page 40: ...to indicate LAN status The chart below illustrates the different LED states 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN Link Activity LED Scheme Left LED Right LED Link Green Off 10 Mbps Active Blinking Green Off Link Green Green 100 Mbps Active Blinking Green Green Link Green Yellow 1000 Mbps Active Blinking Green Yellow No Link Off Off ...

Page 41: ...power outlet NOTE YOU MUST unplug the power supply before plugging the power cables to motherboard connectors 2 16 Finishing Up Congratulations on making it this far You re finished setting up the hardware aspect of your computer Before closing up your chassis make sure that all cables and wires are connected properly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumpers You may have difficulty power...

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Page 43: ...re current at the time of print and are subject to change and therefore may not match exactly what is displayed on screen This section describes the BIOS setup program The setup program lets you modify basic configuration settings The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery backed memory called NVRAM that retains the information even when the power is turned off To start the BIOS setup uti...

Page 44: ...Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen either by TYAN or your system manufacturer for best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable 3 5 BIOS Main Menu The Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility main screen is displayed as follows Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 4Standard CMOS Features 4Advance...

Page 45: ...this menu to show your system temperature speed and voltage status Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optima...

Page 46: ...CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Item Specific Help Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss 4IDE Channel 0 Master 4IDE Channel 0 Slave 4IDE Channel 2 Master 4IDE Channel 3 Master 4IDE Channel 4 Master 4IDE Channel 5 Master Drive A Drive B Halt on Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory None None None None None None 1 44M 3 5 in None All But Keyboard Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1...

Page 47: ...Zone Sector Press Enter Auto Auto Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults IDE HDD Auto Detection To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel Drive A B Defines the floppy drive type None 360K 5 25in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in Halt On Determines if the computer should stop when an error ...

Page 48: ... Priority Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting x Typematic Rate Chars Sec x Typematic Delay Msec Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS Installed O S OS Select For DRAM 64MB 4Co...

Page 49: ...ioiry Item Specific Help 1 LS120 2 ZIP100 3 USB FDD0 4 USB FDD1 5 USB ZIP0 6 Floppy Disks 7 USB ZIP1 3 7 2 Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Prioiry Item Specific Help 1 Pri Master 2 Pri Slave 3 Sec Master 4 Sec Slave 5 USBHDD0 6 USBHDD1 7 USBHDD2 8 Bootable Add in Cards ...

Page 50: ...ache also called as the external cache is placed between the CPU and the DRAM dynamic RAM Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This option allows you to use the function of quick power on test Enabled Disabled First Second and Third Boot Devices These indicate the boot priority For example if the First Boot Device is set as Removable the Second Boot Device as CDROM and the Third Boot Device a...

Page 51: ...at rate when you depress a key continuously When enabled you can manually adjust the settings using the two typematic controls Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay If disabled the BIOS will use the default setting Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Defines how many characters are repeated per second when holding down a key on the keyboard 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Defines the...

Page 52: ... is a specification by which PC manufacturers design and build Intel architecture systems with two or more processors 1 1 1 4 Installed O S This feature is used to select Linux if your are running Linux operation systems Others Linux OS Select For DRAM 64MB This BIOS feature determines how systems with more than 64MB of memory are managed A wrong setting can cause problems like erroneous memory de...

Page 53: ...will redirect the BIOS and POST screens to the serial port to allow remote management using a terminal server SMDC Enabled Disabled Baud Rate This feature allows you to select the baud rate of transfer 38400 57600 115200 Agent Address Address connection 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h Agent after boot Keep Agent running after OS boot Enabled Disabled Small Logo EPA Show This option toggles the display of the ...

Page 54: ...o 16 16 Press Enter Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Auto Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults CPU Frequency This feature is used to set the CPU frequency 200 0 201 0 201 5 202 0 202 5 203 0 203 5 204 0 WARNING We suggest you to set the CPU frequency by the default value Overclocking may cause seri...

Page 55: ...d Disabled Timing Mode This option permits you to either manually select memory timings or allow the SPD Serial Presence Detect to determine the said timings automatically Auto Manual Memclock index value Mhz This feature is used to set the Memclock index value 100Mhz 133Mhz 166Mhz 200Mhz CAS latency Tel This setting controls the time delay in clock cycles CLKs that passes before the DRAM starts t...

Page 56: ... exception function for ECC Disabled Enabled Chip Kill mode enable This option is used to enable the function of Chip Kill mode Disabled Enabled ECC Redirection This feature is used to enable ECC scrubber to correct errors detected in DRAM during normal CPU requests Disabled Enabled DRAM background scrubber DRAM scrubbing corrects and rewrites memory errors so that later reads are correct Doing th...

Page 57: ...read spectrum Disabled Down Spread PCIE Spread Spectrum This feature is used to configure PCIE spread spectrum Disabled Down Spread SSE SSE2 Instructions This feature is used to enable the function of SSE SSE2 instruction Disabled Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabling this option will cause the BIOS code from ROM to be copied on to the much faster RAM at location F0000h FFFFFh thus increasing sys...

Page 58: ...ard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio MAC Media Interface IDE HDD Block Mode BCM5705 Lan Boot ROM Intel82551 Lan Boot ROM Nvidia Lan Boot ROM Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Press Enter Press Enter V1 1 V2 0 Disabled Disabled Auto Pin Strap Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General H...

Page 59: ...d or secondary add in IDE interface Enabled Disabled Primary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Auto Mode 0 Mode 4 Primary Master ...

Page 60: ...ondary RAID Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled RAID Enable This item allows you to Enable or Disable the onboard RAID function Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Master Slave RAID This feature allows you to enable the function of IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave RAID Enabled Disabled SATA 1 2 Primary Secondary RAID This feature allows you to enable the function of SATA 1 2 ...

Page 61: ... at once instead of using the old single sector transfer mode Enabled Disabled BCM5705 Lan Boot ROM This feature is used to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the Broadcom 5705 Lan chip Enabled Disabled Intel82551 Lan Boot ROM This feature is used to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the Intel 82551 Lan chip Enabled Disabled Nvidia Lan Boot ROM This feature is used to decide whether t...

Page 62: ...e of the selected option Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Specific Help ACPI function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method HDD Power Down HDD Down in Suspend Soft Off by PBTN Intruder Detection PowerOn After Pwr Fail WOL PME From Soft Off WOR RI From Soft Off Power On by Alarm x Day of Month Alarm x Time hh mm ss Alarm AMD Cool n Quiet Power Now POWER...

Page 63: ... Mode Doze Standby Suspend HDD Power Down Min Saving 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 min Max Saving 1 min 1 min 1 min 1 min Video Off Method This option defines the method used to power off video Blank Screen VH SYNC Blank DPMS Support HDD Power Down This setting defines the delay before the hard drive is powered down Disabled 1 15 min HDD Down in Suspend This setting defines the delay before the hard dri...

Page 64: ... turn on at a pre selected time Enabled Disabled Day of Month Alarm This option allows you to set the date on which the system will turn on every month Enter 0 to disable this function Time hh mm ss Alarm This option allows you to set the time on which the system will turn on AMD Cool n Quiet Power Now This option allows you to set the function of AMD Cool n Quiet or Power Now technology which con...

Page 65: ...ard or the PCI graphics card This is particularly important if you have PCI Express and PCI graphics cards but only one monitor PCI Slot PCI Ex Reset Configuration Data This feature allows you to manually force the BIOS to clear the previously saved ESCD Extended System Configuration Data data and reconfigure the settings Use this feature when the BIOS can not automtically detect the hardware chan...

Page 66: ...6 3 12 PC Health Status Menu This section monitors critical parameters of your PC and can automatically shutdown the PC if the temperature of the processor exceeds the specified threshold value This is only available if there is a Hardware Monitor onboard Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configuration Item Specific Help Shutdown Temperature Auto Fan Power Control Min PWM Temperature Mi...

Page 67: ... detects the system motherboard and CPU temperature It detects the CPU and chassis fan speeds in RPM The hardware monitor ASIC also detects the voltage output through the voltage regulators Auto FAN Power Control Leave this feature as default Disabled Enabled Min PWM Temperature This item lets CPU fan work at minimum PWM duty cycle once the CPU temperature is below the set option 45 50 55 60 Min P...

Page 68: ...This option controls how much voltage is supplied to your processor with a maximum allowable voltage of 1 55V Select Default if you are not sure Default 0 025v 0 050v 0 075v 0 100v 0 025v 0 050v 0 075v 0 100v 0 125v WARNING We suggest you to set the CPU voltage by the default value Overvoltaging may cause serious damage to system which is not guaranteed Chipset Voltage Regulator This option contro...

Page 69: ...Password Can enter but does not have permission to change any options When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the pas...

Page 70: ...ve to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit without Saving This allows you to exit Setup without storing in C...

Page 71: ...or is a memory error Before contacting your vendor or TYAN Technical Support be sure that you note as much as you can about the beep code length and order that you experience Also be ready with information regarding add in cards drives and O S to speed the support process and come to a quicker solution 4 2 Flash Utility Every BIOS file is unique for the motherboard it was designed for For Flash Ut...

Page 72: ...GP card Network card or SCSI card SMDC does not require any hardware specific driver As long as a standby power comes into the system SMDC will begin looking after the system Tyan SMDC provides diversified methods to communicate with the hardware IT manager has the flexibility to choose among Keyboard Controller Style KCS Block Transfer BT style Intelligent Chassis Management Bus ICMB Intelligent ...

Page 73: ...DC will continue to function even if the system is not powered on How SMDC and TSO Work The brief descriptions below will help explain how these items function Agent a system with SMDC installed The SMDC is installed in the Agent system that uses a compatible supported Tyan motherboard Manager manages the Agent The Manger is set up to manage the Agent that has the SMDC The Manager and Agent should...

Page 74: ...the power supply and cooling fan The keyboard mouse USB serial and parallel ports are built in Bandwidth refers to carrying capacity The greater the bandwidth the more data the bus phone line or other electrical path can carry Greater bandwidth results in greater speed BBS BIOS Boot Specification a feature within the BIOS that creates prioritizes and maintains a list of all Initial Program Load IP...

Page 75: ...port which is called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives data on another single wire that is the data is transmitted in serial form one bit after another Parallel ports transmit the bits of a byte on eight different wires at the same time that is in parallel form eight bits at the same time DDR Double Data Rate a technology designed to double t...

Page 76: ...are that controls the system hardware Form factor an industry term for the size shape power supply type and external connector type of the Personal Computer Board PCB or motherboard The standard form factors are the AT and ATX Global timer onboard hardware timer such as the Real Time Clock RTC HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive a type of fixed drive H SYNC controls the horizontal synchronization prope...

Page 77: ...ansmits the bits of a byte on eight different wires at the same time PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a 32 or 64 bit local bus data pathway which is faster than the ISA bus Local buses are those which operate within a single system as opposed to a network bus which connects multiple systems PCI PIO PCI Programmable Input Output modes the data transfer modes used by IDE drives These modes use ...

Page 78: ...DIOS RAID I O Steering Intel RAM Random Access Memory technically refers to a type of memory where any byte can be accessed without touching the adjacent data and is often referred to the system s main memory This memory is available to any program running on the computer ROM Read Only Memory a storage chip which contains the BIOS the basic instructions required to boot the computer and start up t...

Page 79: ...ast version of the old DMA channel UltraDMA is also called UltraATA Without a proper UltraDMA controller your system cannot take advantage of higher data transfer rates of the new UltraDMA UltraATA hard drives USB Universal Serial Bus a versatile port This one port type can function as a serial parallel mouse keyboard or joystick port It is fast enough to support video transfer and is capable of s...

Page 80: ...t your dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN 4 Check the TYAN user group alt comp periphs mainboard TYAN Returning Merchandise for Service During the warranty period contact your distributor or system vendor FIRST for any product problems This warranty only covers normal customer use and does not cover damages incurred during shipping or failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper mainten...

Page 81: ... a circuit different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer on an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatus complies with the Class B limits for radio interference as specified in the Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations Cet appareil est conforme aux norms de Classe B d interference radio tel que specifie par le Minister...

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