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Page 1: ... Marvell is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation and or its subsidiaries XGI and XG20 are trademarks of XGI 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 and disclaims any express or implied...

Page 2: ... 33 2 9 Installing Graphic Cards and SLI Bridge Page 34 2 10 Connecting External Devices Page 35 2 11 Installing the Power Supply Page 36 2 12 Finishing Up Page 36 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS Page 37 3 2 BIOS Menu Bar Page 37 3 3 Setup Basics Page 38 3 4 Getting Help Page 38 3 5 In Case of Problems Page 38 3 6 BIOS Main Menu Page 39 3 7 Advanced Menu Page 40 3 8 PCI PnP Menu Page 61 3 ...

Page 3: ...ve cable 6 x SATA cable 3 x SATA Drive Power Adapter 1 x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable 1 x IEEE1394a Cable S2927A2NRF only 1 x USB2 0 cable 1 x S2927 User s Manual 1 x S2927 Quick Reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield 1 x SLI bridge S2927A2NRF only 2 x CPU Retention Frame and Back Plate ...

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Page 5: ...Hardware Specifications Processor Dual 1207 pin ZIF sockets Supports up to two AMD Socket F Opteron 2000 series processors Up to 1 0GHz Hyper Transport link support Expansion Slots One 1 x16 PCI E PCI E1 One 1 x16 PCI E with x8 bandwisth PCI E2 Three 32 bit 33MHz PCI v2 3 slots PCI1 PCI3 Total five usable expansion slots Chipset nVIDIA nForce Pro 3600 SMSC SCH5017 Memory Dual memory channels Suppo...

Page 6: ...ne 1 floppy connector Four 4 USB 2 0 ports via cable One 1 COM port via cable Tyan 2x9 front panel pin header One 1 parallel pin header Form Factor ATX footprint 10 2 x 12 0 259mmx305mm Back Panel I O Ports Stacked PS 2 mouse keyboard ports One 1 COM1 connector One 1 15 pin VGA port 3 audio jacks from bottom line out green line in blue MIC pink S2927A2NRF version only 2 double decked USB2 0 ports ...

Page 7: ...oard 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 chip...

Page 8: ...ttp www tyan com 8 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 9: ...http www tyan com 9 2 2 Block Diagram Thunder n3600B S2927 Block Diagram ...

Page 10: ...http www tyan com 10 2 3 Board Parts Jumpers and Connectors Jumper Legend OPEN Jumper OFF without jumper cover CLOSED Jumper ON with jumper cover ...

Page 11: ...eader J6 Audio Pin Header J26 J27 Front USB Connector J28 COM Port Pin Header J33 J34 IEEE1394 Connector J35 IPMB Connector J22 RESET Button J23 POWER ON Button JP6 1394 Disable Jumper JP7 VGA Disable Jumper JP1 JP3 ASF2 0 SMDC Select Jumper JP5 Clear CMOS Jumper J32 SMDC Connector J31 Front Panel Header J24 J29 J30 Reserved for OEM only ...

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Page 13: ...and reliable Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 GND 12V Tachometer Speed Control This connector supports the tachometer monitoring and auto fan speed control J35 IPMB Pin Header 1 Use this header to connect to the IPMB device Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 IPMB DATA GND IPMB CLK NC J31 Front Panel Header The motherboard provides one front panel header for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LED s ...

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Page 15: ... GND Pin 5 XTPB0P Pin 6 XTPB0M Pin 7 1394PWR 1 2 Pin 8 1394PWR 1 2 Pin 9 KEY Pin 10 GND J5 CD_IN Pin Header 1 4 Use this header to connect to the external CD_IN device Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 CD IN L GND GND CD IN R J32 SMDC Connector The SMDC connector allows you to connect with Tyan Server Management Daughter Card SMDC The S2927 supports Tyan SMDC M3291 See Appendix for more information on SMDC ...

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Page 17: ...ors 10 2 9 1 J27 USB3 J26 USB4 Use these headers to connect to the USB devices via the enclosed USB cable Pin 1 USBPWR Pin 2 USBPWR Pin 3 USB 4 5 Pin 4 USB 6 7 Pin 5 USB 4 5 Pin 6 USB 6 7 Pin 7 GND Pin 8 GND Pin 9 KEY Pin 10 GND J6 Audio Pin Header 10 2 9 1 Pin 1 MIC L IN Pin 2 GND Pin 3 MIC R IN Pin 4 NC Pin 5 LINE R IN Pin 6 MIC JD Pin 7 I O SENSE Pin 8 KEY Pin 9 LINE L IN Pin 10 LINE JD J22 RES...

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Page 19: ...14 This header is reserved for barebone use Pin 1 FAN1_TACH Pin 2 FAN6_TACH Pin 3 FAN2_TACH Pin 4 FAN7_TACH Pin 5 FAN3_TACH Pin 6 FAN8_TACH Pin 7 FAN4_TACH Pin 8 FAN9_TACH Pin 9 FAN5_TACH Pin 10 FAN10_TACH Pin 11 GND Pin 12 KEY Pin 13 GND Pin 14 PWM1 J30 TYAN FP2 Pin Header reserved for OEM only 1 11 2 12 This header is reserved for barebone use Pin 1 LAN1 LED Pin 2 LAN1 LED Pin 3 LAN2 LED Pin 4 L...

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Page 21: ...ral seconds to Clear CMOS Replace jumper cap to close Pin_1 and 2 Reconnect power supply to AC source Power on system JP7 VGA Enable Disable Jumper 3 1 Enable the onboard VGA function Default 1 3 Disable the onboard VGA function JP6 1394 Enable Disable Jumper 3 1 Enable the integrated 1394a function of VT6308 PCI FireWire controller Default 1 3 Disable the integrated 1394a function of VT6308 PCI F...

Page 22: ...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 23: ...the Processor s Your S2927 ports the latest processor technologies from AMD Check the TYAN website for latest processor support http www tyan com Figure 1 Exploded View of Thermal Solution AMD PIB Platforms based on AMD Socket F Processor ...

Page 24: ...es surrounding the processor The back plate also serves as a stiffener plate for the LGA socket While doing the installation be careful in holding the components Follow these instructions to install your back plate 1 Remove the release liner from the back plate 2 Align the PEM nuts on the back plate to the holes on the reverse side of the PCB 3 First insert the taller upper lower middle PEM nuts t...

Page 25: ...s on socket and screw the socket to the PCB board NOTE Do not assemble CPU before securing socket with screws 5 Inspect Socket F assembly to PCB The Socket F must be tightly attached onto the PCB There must NOT be any gap between stand off the PCB ...

Page 26: ...thumb and forefinger to hold the lever hook then pull it to the left side to clear the retention tab 3 Rotate the lever to a fully open position 4 Lift the load plate to a fully open position 5 Locate the Pin 1 indicator of the package Align the package with the socket and carefully insert the package into the socket with vertical motion only Vertically check if the CPU is seated well in the socke...

Page 27: ... plate With the package in the socket the PnP cap removal process will not damage the contacts 7 Close the socket Rotate the load plate onto the package lid Engage the load lever while pressing down lightly onto the load plate Secure the lever near the hook end under the retention tab 8 Repeat this procedure for the second processor if necessary ...

Page 28: ...The following diagram shows common types of DDR2 memory modules Key points to note before installing memory Only DDR2 667 533 400 Registered ECC memory modules are supported All installed memory will automatically be detected and no jumpers or settings need changing For optimal dual channel DDR2 operation always install memory in pairs beginning with P1_DIMM1 and P1_DIMM3 Memory modules of the sam...

Page 29: ... slot 64bit support P1_DIMM1 x x x P1_DIMM3 x x x x x x P2_DIMM1 x x x P2_DIMM3 x x x x x x Population order for 64 bit mode is DIMM3 first then DIMM1 DIMM slot 128bit support P1_DIMM1 x x x P1_DIMM2 x x x P1_DIMM3 x x x x x x P1_DIMM4 x x x x x x P2_DIMM1 x x x P2_DIMM2 x x x P2_DIMM3 x x x x x x P2_DIMM4 x x x x x x Population order for 128 bit mode is DIMM3 and DIMM4 then DIMM1 and DIMM2 ...

Page 30: ...ss the locking levers in the direction shown in the following illustration 2 Align the memory module with the socket The memory module is keyed to fit only one way in the socket 3 Seat the module firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until it sits flush with the socket The locking levers pop up into place Key slot ...

Page 31: ...tor 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 32: ... 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 33: ... on your motherboard Simply find the appropriate slot for your add in card and insert the card firmly Do not force any add in cards into any slots 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 NOTE YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector from the motherboard before performing system hardware ...

Page 34: ...andwidth of the PCI Express TM bus architecture the SLI technology features hardware and software innovation within NVIDIA GPUs graphic processing units and NVIDIA MCPs media and communications processors Combining two NVIDIA SLI certified graphics cards in a single system allows you to highly increase your graphic performance Installing Graphic Card Locate the SLI bridge After installing two grap...

Page 35: ...Definition The three onboard Ethernet ports have green and yellow LEDs 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 Orange 1000 Mbps Active Blinking Green Orange No Link Off Off PS 2 Mouse K...

Page 36: ... supply before plugging the power cables to motherboard connectors 2 12 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 powering on your system if the motherboard jumpe...

Page 37: ...t 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 utility 1 Turn ...

Page 38: ...ess ESC 3 5 In Case of Problems If you have trouble booting your computer after making and saving the changes with the BIOS setup program you can restart the computer by holding the power button down until the computer shuts off usually within 4 seconds resetting by pressing CTRL ALT DEL or clearing the CMOS The best advice is to only alter settings that you thoroughly understand In particular do ...

Page 39: ...t is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System Overview AMIBIOS Version 08 00 xx Build Date 06 21 06 ID 0AAAA000 Processor Dual Core AMD Opteron Processor 2214 Speed xxxx MHz Count x System Memory Size xxxx MB System Time 22 21 21 System Date Tue 01 01 2002 Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use ...

Page 40: ... 4ACPI Configuration 4APM Configuration 4Event Log Configuration 4Hardware Health Configuration 4Remote Access Configuration 4USB Configuration 4AMD PowerNow Configuration 4Onboard Devices Configuration Configure CPU Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Advanced Settings CPU Configuration Menu Item Configure CPU IDE ...

Page 41: ...Settings Remote Access Configuration Menu Item Configure Remote Access USB Configuration Menu Item Configure the USB support AMD PowerNow Configuration Menu Item Configure AMD PowerNow support Onboard Devices Configuration Menu Item Configure onboard devices ...

Page 42: ...2 Speed Current FSB Multiplier Maximum FSB Multiplier Able to change Freq uCode Patch Level GART Error Reporting MTRR Mapping xxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx Yes None required Disabled Continuous This option should remain disabled for normal operation The driver developer may disable it for testing purpose Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feat...

Page 43: ...or normal operation The driver developer may enable it for the purpose of testing Continuous MTRR Mapping Discrete This option determines the method used for programming CPU MTRRs when 4GB or more of memory is preset Discrete leaves the PCI hole below the 4GB boundary undescribed Continuous explicitly describes the PCI hole as non cacheable ...

Page 44: ...Hard Disk Write Protect IDE Detect Time Out Sec Enabled Device 0 1 2 Disabled 35 While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description IDE Configuration Enabled Onboard IDE Controller Disabled Enable Disable onboard IDE...

Page 45: ...e enabled disabled RAID mode for each ATA channel BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit RAID Setup nVidia RAID Function Disabled While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit ...

Page 46: ...de if the device supports it and the device is not already formatted with LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled Disabled The Data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time Auto The Data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it Auto PIO Mode 0 4 at 1 interval Selects the PIO Mode Se...

Page 47: ... formatted with LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled Disabled The Data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time Auto The Data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it Auto PIO Mode 0 4 at 1 interval Selects the PIO Mode Select Auto to enhance hard disk performance by optimizing t...

Page 48: ...P Boot Security Chipset Exit Floppy Configuration Floppy A 1 44MB 31 2 Floppy B Disabled Select the type of floppy drive connected to the system Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Floppy Configuration Disabled 360 KB 51 4 1 2 MB 51 4 720 KB 31 2 1 44 MB 31 2 Floppy A 2 88 MB 31 2 Selects the type of floppy drive connected t...

Page 49: ...S to enable or disable Floppy Controller Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Configure SCH5017 Super IO Chipset Disabled Onboard Floppy Controller Enabled Allow BIOS to enable or disable the floppy controller 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port1 Address Disabled Allow BIOS to select Serial Port1 Base Addresses 2F8 IRQ3 3F...

Page 50: ... description of the selected item appears on the right side of the screen The settings are described on this page The screen is shown below BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit ACPI Settings 4Advanced ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration settings Use this section to configure additional ACPI options Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F1...

Page 51: ...xit Feature Option Description Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI v3 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI Version Features ACPI v1 0 Set this value to allow or prevent the system to be complaint with the ACPI 2 0 specification Enabled ACPI APIC Support Disabled This option allows you to define whether or not to enable APIC features Enabled AMI OEMB table Disabled Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer t...

Page 52: ...ion F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description APM Configuration Disabled Resume On PME Enabled Disable Enable PME to generate a wake event Disabled Resume On PCIE Wake Enabled Disable Enable PME to generate a wake event Disabled Resume On LAN MAC Enabled Enable Disable LAN MAC to generate a wake event Disabled Resume On PS 2 Keyboard Enabled Enable Disable PS 2 keyboard...

Page 53: ...s are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Event Logging details View Event Log Mark All Events as Read Clear Event Log View all unread events on the Event Log Select Screen Select Item Change Option Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Event Logging details View Event Log __ Vie...

Page 54: ...ed TACH2 FAN3 Speed TACH5 FAN4 Speed TACH6 xx C xxx F xx C xxx F xx C xxx F xx C xxx F xx C xxx F xxxx RPM xxxx RPM xxxx RPM xxxx RPM Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device Select Screen Select Item Change Option Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Hardware Health Configuration Enabled H W Health Function Disabled Enables Hardware Health Monito...

Page 55: ...d Minus keys to change the value of the selected option The mainaobrd voltage report submenu is read only BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Board Voltages Event Monitoring CPU1 Vdimm CPU2 Vdimm CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore 3 3V SB 3VDU 5V SB VCC 12V for cpu1 vcore 12V for cpu2 vcore x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V ...

Page 56: ...e Flow Control Redirection After BIOS POST Terminal Type VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Sredir Memory Display Delay Disabled COM1 3F8h 4 115200 8 n 1 None Always ANSI Enabled No Delay Select remote access type Select Screen Select Item Change Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Configure Remote Access type and parameters Enabled Remote Access Disabled Enables rem...

Page 57: ...s active during POST and during Boot Loader Always Redirection is always active Some OSs may not work if set to Always ANSI VT100 Terminal Type VT UTF8 Select the target terminal type Enabled VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Disabled Enable VT UTF8 Combination key Support for ANSI VT100 terminals No Delay Delay 1 Sec Delay 2 Sec Sredir Memory Display Delay Delay 4 Sec Gives the delay in seconds to displa...

Page 58: ...USB Devices Enabled None Legacy USB Support Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled Enables USB host controllers Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description USB Configuration Disabled Legacy USB Support Enabled Enables support for legacy USB Hi Speed USB 2 0 Controller Mode Full Speed Configure the USB 2 0...

Page 59: ... change the value of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit AMD PowerNow Configuration PowerNow Enabled Enabled Disabled PowerNow Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description AMD PowerNow Configuration Enabled PowerNow Disabled Enabled ...

Page 60: ... VGA Primary Graphics Adapter USB 1 1 Controller USB 2 0 Controller HD AUDIO LAN1 LAN2 Enabled PCI Express PCI Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto If NO display exist ACPI Headless Mode need Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description MPS Configuration Disabled Onboard VGA Enabled Enabled Disabled VGA controller PCI Express PCI Pr...

Page 61: ...lue of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced PCI PnP Settings WARING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Clear NVRAM Plug Play O S PCI Latency Timer Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Palette Snooping PCI IDE BusMaster No No 64 Yes Disabled Disabled Clear NVRAM durin...

Page 62: ...takes over When set to higher values every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth Values in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register Yes Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA No Yes assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ Disabled Palette Snooping Enabled This is the default setting and should not be changed unless the VGA car...

Page 63: ...nu Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration Use the up and down arrow á â keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot Quiet Boot Add On ROM Display Mode Boot up Num Lock PS 2 Mouse Support Wait for F1 if Error Hit ...

Page 64: ...lows user to force BIOS Option ROM of add on cards to be displayed during quiet boot On Boot up Num Lock Off Selects Power on state for Numlock Enabled Disabled PS 2 Mouse Support Auto Selects support for PS 2 Mouse Enabled Wait for F1 If Error Disabled Waits for F1 key to be present if error occurs Enabled Hit DEL Message Display Disabled Displays Press DEL to run Setup in POST Disabled Interrupt...

Page 65: ...ot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Boot Device Priority xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx 1st B...

Page 66: ...Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Removable Drives 1st Drive xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Removable Drives xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx 1st Drive Disabled Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices These can...

Page 67: ...Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Install or change the password Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Security Settings Not Installed Supervisor Password Installed If the password has been set Installed displays If no password is set Not Installed displays Not ...

Page 68: ...unnel is available in the PCI X Configuration Menu Select a menu by highlighting it using the Arrow á â keys and pressing Enter The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced Chipset Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction 4 Northbridge Configuration Options for NB Select...

Page 69: ... 0 050 V Memory Timing Parameters CPU Node 0 Memory CLK CAS latency Tcl RAS CAS Delay Trcd Min Active RAS Tras Row Precharge Time Trp RAS RAS Delay Trrd Row Cycle Trc Asynchronous Latency XXX MHz XX X CLK X CLK X CLK X CLK XX CLK X ns Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description NorthBridge Chipset Configuration Auto Power D...

Page 70: ...t the number of clock cycles allotted for the RAS pulse width according to DRAM specifications The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Row Precharge Time Trp Read only This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe RAS to be allowed to precharge If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its chage before DRAM refresh refresh may be incomplete and DR...

Page 71: ... of the standard values Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Memory Configuration Limit Auto Memclock Mode Manual Select the DRAM Frequency programming method If Auto the DRAM speed will be based on SPDs If Limit the DRAM speed will not exceed the specified value If Manual the DRAM speed specified will be programmed by users ...

Page 72: ...elect Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description ECC Configuration Enabled DRAM ECC Enable Disabled DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically maintaining system integrity Disabled 4 Bit ECC Mode Enabled Enable 4 Bit ECC Mode Note Also known as CHIPKILL ECC Mode Disabled DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT Enabled DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT al...

Page 73: ...s 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us L2 Cache BG Scrub 655 4us Allows the L2 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle Disabled 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us Data Cache BG Scrub 655 4us Allows the L1 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle ...

Page 74: ...r disable altogether Some OSes require valid GART for proper operation If AGP is present select appropriate option to ensure proper AGP operation Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description IOMMU Configuration AGP Present Disabled 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB IOMMU Mode 1 GB Set GART size in systems without AGP or disable altoge...

Page 75: ...it Use this option to exit setup utility and re boot All new selections you have made are stored into CMOS System will use the new settings to boot up Discard Changes and Exit Use this option to exit setup utility and re boot All new selections you have made are not stored into CMOS System will use the old settings to boot up Discard Changes Use this option to restore all new setup values that you...

Page 76: ...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 77: ...tem timer interrupt Traps INT1Ch vector to POSTINT1ChHandlerBlock 08 Initializes the CPU The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB MS using AMI KB 5 0A Initializes the 8042 compatible Key Board Controller 0B Detects the presence of PS 2 mouse 0C Detects the presence of Keyboard in KBC port 0E Testing and initialization o...

Page 78: ...Ms 7A Initializes remaining option ROMs 7C Generate and write contents of ESCD in NVRam 84 Log errors encountered during POST 85 Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error 87 Execute BIOS setup if needed requested 8C Late POST initialization of chipset registers 8E Program the peripheral parameters Enable Disable NMI as selected 90 Late POST initialization of system management...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...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 82: ...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 83: ...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 84: ...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 85: ...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 86: ...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 87: ... easily find the latest software and operating system components to keep their systems running as powerful and productive as possible Tyan also ranks high for its commitment to fast and friendly customer support through email By offering plenty of options for users Tyan serves multiple market segments with the industry s most competitive services to support them Tyan s tech support is some of the ...

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