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Tomcat i915 S5120

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

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USB Mouse Support

Set this option to enabled if your system has a USB controller (including USB 2.0) and a USB
mouse.

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Disabled

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Enabled

Onboard Audio

This enables/disables the on board Azalia sound chip. The default is Auto, which automatically
determines whether to enable or disable this chip.

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Auto

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Disabled

Onboard Intel LAN Ctrl

This enables/disables the onboard Intel LAN Controller. Disabling this will stop all network
activity if you are using this controller to connect to the network.

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Enabled

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Disabled

Onboard Promise RAID Ctrl

This enables/disables the onboard Promise Raid Controller. Disabling this will disable access
to any connected RAID devices.

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Enabled

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Disabled

Onboard VIA 1394 Ctrl

This enables/disables the onboard VIA 1394 (FireWire) controller. Disabling this will disable
access to any connected FireWire devices.

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Enabled

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Disabled

Promise Mode Select

This controls the configuration of the promise IDE port. Options are:

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Raid

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Ultra ATA

Onboard Broadcom LAN PXE Boot ROM

This controls if the onboard Lan will is run on boot up. Lan Boot ROMs are used to download
operating system code from a network server. Options are:

•

Disabled

•

Enabled

Summary of Contents for S5120

Page 1: ...VIA Technologies Inc Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation SMSC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation Realtek is a trademark of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation Bro...

Page 2: ...Clear CMOS Jumper JP13 2 10 2 5 11 Gigabit LAN BCM5751 Enable Disable Jumper JP18 2 11 2 5 12 Chassis Fan Connector JP19 FAN4 2 11 2 5 13 Chassis Fan Connector JP20 FAN3 2 12 2 5 14 Front Panel Syste...

Page 3: ...Array 4 2 4 2 2 Creating a Security Array with New Drives 4 3 4 2 3 Security Array with an Existing Data Drive 4 3 4 2 4 Security Array with Quick Initialization 4 5 4 3 Install Software Drivers 4 6...

Page 4: ...IDE cable 2 for models with Promise SATA RAID 1 x Tomcat i915 S5120 User s Manual 1 x Tomcat i915 S5120 Quick Reference Guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 2 x Promise Driver Diskette only for models with Promi...

Page 5: ...expansion slots Chipset y Intel i915G Grantsdale G GMCH y Intel ICH6 South Bridge y SMSC DME1737 System Management y SMSC DME1737 w hardware monitoring y One 3 1 pin CPU Fan header w tachometer input...

Page 6: ...100 Base T port w activity LED optional y Stacked two USB2 0 ports and one RJ45 10 100 1000 Base T port w activity LED Integrated Serial ATA RAID optional y Promise PDC20579 SATA RAID controller y 2 x...

Page 7: ...l grounded object such as a metal water pipe or a grounded electrical appliance TYAN recommends putting on a good quality grounded wrist strap before removing your motherboard from the antistatic bag...

Page 8: ...mcat i915 S5120 The above photograph is purely representative Due to engineering updates and new board revisions certain components may change and or be repositioned The picture above may or may not l...

Page 9: ...Tomcat i915 S5120 Chapter 2 Board Installation 2 3 http www tyan com 2 3 Block Diagram The following is a block diagram of the Tomcat i915 S5120...

Page 10: ...ional IDE1 J11 1 x16 PCI Express PCI E1 SUPER I O BT1 PCI E3 USB4 1 VIA VT6307 LED1 32 bit 33MHz 5V PCI PCI1 SATA3 SATA4 FAN4 Promise PDC20579 Optional JP8 1 JP9 BROADCOM LAN Optional 1 JP2 FAN1 LAN U...

Page 11: ...with tachometer monitoring and fan speed control Page 2 7 JP4 RAID IDE Connector optional Page 2 8 JP5 JP6 IEEE1394a Connector Page 2 8 JP8 Front Panel Audio Connector Page 2 9 JP9 CD Audio Input Con...

Page 12: ...Data DTR Data Terminal Ready GND Ground 2 5 2 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 J26 J25 J23 J24 RAID SATA1 SATA2 J27 J28 on SATA RAID model only 1 7 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Signal GND TXP TXN GN...

Page 13: ...motherboard to keep the system stable and reliable This connector supports the tachometer monitoring and auto fan speed control 2 5 4 Chassis Fan Connectors JP2 JP3 FAN1 FAN2 12V Speed Control Tachom...

Page 14: ...1 JP23 1 Supports RAID 0 1 0 1 along with the J27 RAID SATA1 and J28 RAID SATA2 through the on board SATA RAID controller chip 2 5 6 IEEE1394a Connector JP5 JP6 10 2 9 1 NC NC XTPB GND XTPA 9 7 5 3 1...

Page 15: ...JP11 Intel LAN 1 JP23 1 Use this header to connect with the front panel audio outputs 2 5 8 CD Audio Input Connector JP9 4 1 Pin_1 Pin_2 Pin_3 Pin_4 CD_In _Left GND GND CD_In_Right USB3 1 1 1 1 J8 KB...

Page 16: ...devices via the enclosed USB cable 2 5 10 Clear CMOS Jumper JP13 3 1 Default 3 1 Clear USB3 1 1 1 1 J8 KB Mouse J30 J15 VGA J6 Parallel Port FAN2 JP3 PW8 LAN USB2 J33 Audio ALC880 PFAN JP1 BIOS JP19 I...

Page 17: ...SB Bottom GbE LAN Top J28 JP10 JP11 Intel LAN 1 JP23 1 Disable the on board Gigabit LAN function by removing the jumper cap if needed 2 5 12 Chassis Fan Connector JP19 FAN4 12V NC GND USB3 1 1 1 1 J8...

Page 18: ...supports the tachometer monitoring 2 5 14 Front Panel System Connector JP21 Your chassis will usually come with connectors to install onto the motherboard such as HD and Power LEDs The Front Panel Con...

Page 19: ...use Top USB Bottom 10 100 LAN Top Optional USB Bottom GbE LAN Top J28 JP10 JP11 Intel LAN 1 JP23 1 To disable on board 10 100 Ethernet 2 6 Mounting the Motherboard Before installing your motherboard e...

Page 20: ...rted You can install either single or double sided modules on this motherboard Each DIMM can work in single channel mode or dual channel mode Please note that memory modules of the same type and densi...

Page 21: ...llustration 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...

Page 22: ...over off as shown WARNING This new processor socket designed by Intel is easy to be damaged The processor has to be installed very carefully to prevent the contact pins of the socket from breaking It...

Page 23: ...round the processor socket 3 Press the heatsink down until the four white plastic pegs are securely seated in the holes 4 Press down the black pegs until they click to lock the heatsink in place To re...

Page 24: ...nector supports RAID Insert the IDE cable as shown in the diagram TIP When connecting to an IDE cable to a drive Pin 1 on the IDE cable usually designated by a colored wire should be closest to the dr...

Page 25: ...d cabling A faulty power supply or drive cable could be the problem Drive activity light is constantly on Usually signifies that the cable on the drive is inserted backwards Reverse the cable at the f...

Page 26: ...Side speaker grey Mic in pink G USB 2 0 ports H Parallel printer port dark red I 10 100 Ethernet port J Gigabit Ethernet port Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports but sof...

Page 27: ...rom electrical outlet 2 Connect 12V power connector 3 Connect 4 pin AUX power connector required for ATX12V power 4 Connect Main power connector 5 Connect power cable to power supply to power outlet N...

Page 28: ...res such as virus and password protection power management and chipset tuning features that control the system This section will guide you through the process of configuring the BIOS for your system s...

Page 29: ...and function of the BIOS setup remains more or less the same for most systems the appearance of your Setup screen may differ from the charts shown in this section Each system design and chipset combi...

Page 30: ...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 t...

Page 31: ...arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Date Time Setup System Date Adjusts the system date MM Months DD Days YYYY Years System Ti...

Page 32: ...Press Enter to access advanced features of the CPU Delay Prior to Thermal This BIOS feature is only valid for systems that are powered by 0 13 Intel Pentium 4 processors with 512KB L2 cache These proc...

Page 33: ...s You should not select a delay value that is unnecessarily long Without the Thermal Monitor your processor may heat up to a critical temperature approximately 135 C at which point the thermal sensor...

Page 34: ...oost on multi threading and multi tasking operations Enabled Disabled APIC Mode This option allows you to enable or disable Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIC Mode APIC mode provides mult...

Page 35: ...n allows the system to skip self tests for faster startup Enabled Disabled 3 4 2 Boot Sequence This setting controls the order that the BIOS uses to look for a boot device from which to load the opera...

Page 36: ...er 2 Primary Slave 3 Secondary Master 4 Secondary Slave 5 1 st USB Hard Disk 6 2 nd USB Hard Disk 7 3 rd USB Hard Disk 8 Other Bootable Add in Cards First Second and Third Boot Devices These indicate...

Page 37: ...and Windows enter and leave protected mode via the BIOS so Gate A20 needs to switch often from enabled to disabled and back again Setting this feature to Fast improves memory access performance above...

Page 38: ...ct Non OS 2 If you are using an older version of the IBM OS 2 operating system but have already installed all the relevant IBM Fix Paks you should select Non OS 2 Users of non OS 2 operating systems l...

Page 39: ...the transaction Auto 2 2 5 3 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This setting is the number of cycles from when a bank activate command is issued until a read or write command is accepted that is before the CAS bec...

Page 40: ...is therefore available for the operating system to use However if your ISA card requires the use of that memory area it may then fail to work Since ISA cards are a thing of the past it is highly recom...

Page 41: ...mance requirements for that interconnect However PCI Express is software backwards compatible with existing PCI systems In fact a PCI Express system will boot an existing OS with no changes to current...

Page 42: ...available at boot time by the system BIOS for video Fixed memory is also known as locked memory This is because it is locked for video use only and as such is invisible and unable to be used by the o...

Page 43: ...de as it causes data corruption On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard drives These drives have a master slave relationship that is determined by the ca...

Page 44: ...d it s possible to add a UDMA interface card such as the Promise Ultra33 or Ultra66 to an existing system to boost speed even on older non UDMA drives If your hard drive and your system software both...

Page 45: ...or the older USB 1 1 specification USB 2 0 Controller This option enables or disables IRQ allocation for the USB 2 Universal Serial Bus Specification 2 0 controller Enable this if you are using a USB...

Page 46: ...sing this controller to connect to the network Enabled Disabled Onboard Promise RAID Ctrl This enables disables the onboard Promise Raid Controller Disabling this will disable access to any connected...

Page 47: ...upt for the parallel port 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default value is Standard that automatically selects th...

Page 48: ...e will be able to use either one of those modes However this should be considered as a last resort as you may be needlessly tying up an IRQ for nothing if your device does not use ECP at all Or the BI...

Page 49: ...n power supplies are off PCI Express PM extends beyond the PME mechanism defined in conventional PCI PM as PCI Express PME Messages include the Requestor ID of the requesting agent These PME Messages...

Page 50: ...rs the devices that can wake up the system force all the peripherals to be relinked S3 STR Suspend To RAM In this method the processor does not execute instructions The state and content of the proces...

Page 51: ...n Monitor to shut down If you incorrectly use the Blank Screen setting then you will just get a blank screen that still consumes 100 power If you have a screensaver running then you will not have CPU...

Page 52: ...Keep when the system is rebooted Clear Keep 3 5 6 Power On Setup Soft Off by PWR BTTN This determines how long the power button needs to be pressed to switch off the PC Options are Instant Off Delay 4...

Page 53: ...Disabled Date of Month Alarm Set the date on which the system should turn on every month Enter 0 to disable this function Time hh mm ss Alarm Set the time on which the system should turn on depending...

Page 54: ...phics cards it is up to you to choose which card you want to use as your primary display card It is recommended that you select the fastest graphics card as the primary display card PCI Slot PCIEx Res...

Page 55: ...11 12 14 15 assigned to This specifies whether these IRQs are assigned to any PCI Devices or are Reserved Not Used PCI Device Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option is only useful if you use an M...

Page 56: ...ncrease the time that an application must wait for data to begin being transferred 3 7 PC Health Status This section monitors critical parameters of your PC and can automatically shutdown the PC if th...

Page 57: ...tio setting defines how fast the CPU clock runs relative to the bus speed TYAN does not recommend changing this setting from the default setting Enter any integer value between 8 and 50 The default is...

Page 58: ...that have been taken to extremes Even a slight modulation of frequency may cause the processor or any other over clocked components of the system to fail leading to very predictable consequences Ther...

Page 59: ...lways leave this option set to default settings VTT Voltage Regulator This option controls how much voltage is supplied as the VTT 1 5 GTL Termination Voltage to the on board regulator with a maximum...

Page 60: ...ory settings for optimal system performance operations 3 11 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either a supervisor or a user password or both of them The differences are Set Supervisor Passw...

Page 61: ...a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup...

Page 62: ...MOS 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...

Page 63: ...A RAID 378 controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 2000 or XP driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller The FastTrak 579 Serial AT...

Page 64: ...nt to create 1 Boot your system If this is the first time you have booted with the FastTrak 579 RAID controller and drives installed the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen 2 Press...

Page 65: ...rray is created the screen will return to the Main Menu 4 Press Esc to exit the FastBuild Utility 5 Partition and format the array using your operating system as if it were a new single disk drive 6 P...

Page 66: ...ied This is the Source drive Warning All data on the Target drive data will be erased Make sure you choose the correct Source drive 5 Press Ctrl Y to Save selection and start duplication The following...

Page 67: ...sting disk drives but you do not want to keep the data currently on those drives Warning Using the Quick Initialization option on existing drives will result in the loss of all data on those drives Fo...

Page 68: ...Enter to continue with installation 6 The Windows Server 2003 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Win Server 200...

Page 69: ...romise FastTrak 579 tm Controller NOTE If there are any additional devices to be installed specify them now When all devices are specified continue to the next step 7 From the Windows XP Setup screen...

Page 70: ...e the Windows 2000 installation Existing Installation After installing the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID controller and rebooting your system Windows 2000 setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box Un...

Page 71: ...ning exit all programs 3 Insert FastTrak CD into your CD ROM drive 4 Open the CD and locate the PAM folder 5 Inside the PAM folder look for the PAM Setup Installer icon right 6 Double click the icon t...

Page 72: ...l dialog box click Install or press Enter to continue 11 When the Add User Account dialog box appears you may accept the default name or enter a new one in the Name field Enter your password in the Pa...

Page 73: ...ars 3 In the Login dialog box enter your Username and Password and click OK Initially administrator is the only user Use the administrator s password selected during installation Access the Online Hel...

Page 74: ...l display the following above screen showing the controller s BIOS version and status of the array The array status consists of five possible conditions Functional Synchronizing Rebuilding Critical an...

Page 75: ...array press 3 and see Create Arrays Manually If you wish to specify block size you must create the array manually To view the disk drives assigned to arrays press 2 and see View Drive To delete an arr...

Page 76: ...s that one of the drives in the array has failed it assigns the hot spare drive to take its place To restore fault tolerance as quickly as possible FastTrak begins an automatic data rebuild on the hot...

Page 77: ...ual array ID but there will be no performance improvement At a later time you can add a second drive to the single drive array and create RAID 1 Mirror array See Add Fault Tolerance to an Existing Dri...

Page 78: ...integrity Create a Striped Array As described in the Drive Assignments Option section above if you selected a performance RAID 0 array follow the directions here 1 Under the Definition section of thi...

Page 79: ...include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT 4 0 2000 or XP or Server 2003 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak you MUST install the FastTrak drive...

Page 80: ...ew single disk drive Additional Array Information Hot Spare Drive for Mirrored Arrays For automatic rebuilds of a Mirrored RAID 1 array attach a spare drive to the FastTrak controller If a disk drive...

Page 81: ...rray The Delete Array 4 Menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments This is not the same as deleting data from the drives themselves Warning Deleting an existing disk array could result...

Page 82: ...n a mirrored RAID 1 disk array Note the Critical Status of the array shown above If you observe this condition when booting your system from the FastTrak BIOS your array needs attention Important Driv...

Page 83: ...hlight the array whose Status is Critical and press Enter The following screen appears 11 Under Select Drive for Rebuild press the arrow keys to highlight the replacement drive 12 Press Enter and conf...

Page 84: ...ps The most common type of error 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 experi...

Page 85: ...st of all Initial Program Load IPL devices and then stores that list in NVRAM IPL devices have the ability to load and execute an OS as well as provide the ability to return to the BIOS if the OS load...

Page 86: ...of the system clock rather than on just the rising edge potentially doubling output DIMM Dual In line Memory Module faster and more capacious form of RAM than SIMMs and do not need to be installed in...

Page 87: ...n a communications protocol HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive a type of fixed drive H SYNC controls the horizontal synchronization properties of the monitor IC Integrated Circuit the formal name for the...

Page 88: ...PCI slot Pipeline burst SRAM a type of RAM that can maintain it s data as long as power is provided to the memory chips In this configuration SRAM requests are pipelined which means that larger packet...

Page 89: ...mory 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 the operating sys...

Page 90: ...he 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 t...

Page 91: ...Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Autodetect ports for...

Page 92: ...on of the ESCD s legacy information 25h Early PCI Initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search for a valid VGA device VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 26h 1 If Early_Init_O...

Page 93: ...n MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 50h Initialize USB Keyboard Mouse 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory...

Page 94: ...f the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 75h Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Optional Fe...

Page 95: ...emory 8Bh 1 Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2 Invoke all PCI ROMs except VGA 8Dh 1 Enable Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup 2 APM Initialization 8Fh Clear noise of IRQs 93h Read HDD boot sector...

Page 96: ...other information http www tyan com 3 Contact 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...

Page 97: ...into an outlet on 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 li...

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