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S2257   Thunder 2400

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Plug and Play Setup

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AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver.1.17

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Summary of Contents for THUNDER 2400

Page 1: ...corporated Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation IBM PC AT PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation INTEL Pentium II III Celeron are trademarks of Intel Corporation S2257 Thunder 2400 is a tra...

Page 2: ...nector 16 Audio Connectors 16 SoftPower Connector 17 Hardware Reset Switch Connector Installation 18 CMOSRTC 18 FlashEEPROM 18 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 18 Installing Memory 19 Cache Mem...

Page 3: ...User Security 81 Language Utility 82 FlashWriterUtility 82 4 System Resources 83 BeepCodes 84 Troubleshooting System Problems 84 Displayed Error Messages 85 Appendix1 CPURetentionModuleOptions 87 Appe...

Page 4: ...are ideal for a wide range of demanding applications such as CAD CAM CAE desktop publishing 3D animation and video production This integrated high performance system board is supported in an Extended...

Page 5: ...ry word in the text Failing to do so can lead to exasperation and expense Wherever possible we have included step by step instructions for setting up your system which are indicated by this icon Howev...

Page 6: ...size User settings of HW monitoring Auto configuration of IDE hard disk types Multiple boot options ACPI bi color LED support DMI 2 0 compliant Main Memory Up to 4 0 GB onboard Four 3 3V unbuffered R...

Page 7: ...et Intel 82559 10 100 Ethernet onboard Full Wake on functionality RequiresATX 2 01 power supply One RJ 45ATX connector Intergated Audio AC 97CODEC ATX Joystick Audio in Speaker Micro phone connectors...

Page 8: ...ver updates etc http www tyan com 3 Contact your dealer or distributor for help BEFORE calling Tyan 4 Check the Tyan user group alt comp periphs mainboard tyan Returning Merchandise for Service During...

Page 9: ...be ordered separately One 3 head regular SCSI cable Two CPU retention modules OneATX I O Shield One System Management Driver CD includes complete drivers for SCSI LAN and audio controllers One gamepor...

Page 10: ...ag Having reviewed the precautions above the next step is to take the mother board out of the cardboard box and static bag hold it by its edges and place it on a grounded antistatic surface component...

Page 11: ...umpers The square pin in the diagram is Pin 1 Jumpers and pins are connected by slipping the blue plastic jumper connector overtop of two adjacent jumper pins indicated by 1 2 or 2 3 The metal rod ins...

Page 12: ...AN6 1 FAN3 Printer Port 1 J51 FAN7 Speaker 1 CPU 2 slot Slot One type Intel 840 Chipset MCH Ultra2 SCSI Channel A Ultra2 SCSI Channel B ATX power supply ATX power supply J49 J50 Super I O Intel P64H L...

Page 13: ...et 4 DIMM slots 2 SECC slots 2 Wide SCSI channels 1 Narrow SCSI channel LSI Symbios U2 SCSI AMIBIOS 6 PCI slots Ethernet AGP Pro port IDE and Floppy connectors Double row ATX connectors ATX Power supp...

Page 14: ...nt Panel Assignment Jumper J12 Power LED For 2 pin bicolor single color LED Use pins 2 4 For 3 pin bicolor LED Use Jumper J7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 Top Bottom Top Pin Bo...

Page 15: ...er Connector Jumper J15 The speaker should be connected to jumper J15 As default jumper J15 should be connected to enable the internal buzzer 1 E External HardDrive LED Jumper J26 The HDD LED should b...

Page 16: ...f the CPU Fans by connecting them to the CPU1 and or CPU2 connectors You will NOT be able to monitor your CPU fan with the other Fan connectors 1 K CD Audio Connector Audio Connectors J33 This is a 4...

Page 17: ...t Block Write Protect JP3 The Boot block contains information concerning how the system will POST JP3 is open by default which prevents writing to the Boot Block If modifica tions need to be made JP3...

Page 18: ...2032 Flash EEPROM The Thunder 2400 uses flash memory to store BIOS firmware It can be updated as new versions of the BIOS become available You can upgrade your BIOS easily using the flash utility see...

Page 19: ...ts require Because of this your memory may not work correctly in a TYAN board though it may work well in a competitor s board This is because many of our competitors do not adhere to the strict tolera...

Page 20: ...on the module with even force as shown in the photo Do not shove one end in first doing so will bend the DIMM pins To lock the DIMM into place push the plastic clips on either end of the slot onto th...

Page 21: ...not a DIMM is unbuffered see the Figure 2 5 below All installed memory will be automati cally detected so there is no need to set any jumpers Some details of memory installation The mainboard support...

Page 22: ...on the motherboard The processors have a physical L2 cache size of 128KB up to 512KB and a cacheable memory area of 512MB important important 1 k n a B M M I D 2 k n a B M M I D 3 k n a B M M I D 4 k...

Page 23: ...two types of cooling mechanisms are produced for Pentium II proces sors active figure 2 6a and passive figure 2 6b These two types of cooling methods essentially perform the same function The active...

Page 24: ...Installing the CPU with Active Cooling When the retention module is securely installed you are ready to plug in the CPU Press down firmly on the CPU until you hear a click see Figure 2 10 This clicki...

Page 25: ...the locks inward and pull Installing SECC2 CPUs Option 1 The major physical difference between regular Pentium II s and Pentium SECC2 is the plastic CPU enclosure As Figure 2 12 indicates the plastic...

Page 26: ...re 2 13 These tabs and corners should fit into the retention braces Warning DO NOTfirst screw the retention braces onto the motherboard by themselves If you do you will have difficulties inserting the...

Page 27: ...ic enclosure should loosely fit within the two slits of the braces Figure 2 14 Figures 2 15 below show a top view and side view of a retention brace positioned against one side of the SECC2 CPU Top Vi...

Page 28: ...rd The screws on the motherboard should fit through the holes of the retention braces and the CPU should fit into the slot Secure the retention braces with the nuts provided in the package The end res...

Page 29: ...g with the side universal braces See Figure 2 18 right for the universal retention module components To install the CPU place the two side braces at the ends of the CPU slot see Figure 2 19 left The s...

Page 30: ...reverse order of the installation steps First remove the overhead clip You need to push BOTH side tabs see Figure 2 22 above inwards in order to unlock it from the side braces After removing the overh...

Page 31: ...e Figure 2 25 on the following page shows the IDE cable properly connected to the motherboard Contact your hard disk drive manufacturer or documentation for more information Some symptoms of incorrect...

Page 32: ...ored stripe down one side of the cable see Figure 2 26 below Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the colored stripe be positioned so that it is right next to the power connect...

Page 33: ...ay be faulty Try another cable or floppy drive to verify Light on the floppy is on constantly a dead giveaway that the cable is on backwards Reverse the cable at the motherboard end and try again 6 Co...

Page 34: ...the socket on the computer to make sure there are no wires or other obstructions to the slot NEVER plug an ISA card into a PCI slot or a PCI card in an ISA slot You will void your warranty and damage...

Page 35: ...port The PS 2 connectors are probably quite familiar to you The USB connectors however may be foreign The USB Universal Serial Bus is a versatile port This one port type can function as a serial paral...

Page 36: ...information data sheets white papers or demos visit their networking web site at http www intel com network You can use your modem or Internet connection to download drivers trouble shooting tips and...

Page 37: ...feature you must enable the LAN Wake up for Onboard LAN option in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS The Wake on LAN feature operates according to a published specifica tion In simple terms the s...

Page 38: ...ded from theAUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS file type REM in front of each line that loads a network driver Or with DOS 6 x or later press 5 as DOS starts to bypass the drivers 2 Insert the Intel Configura...

Page 39: ...eck the README files Responder testing on the network optional Setup can test the adapter more thoroughly if you have a responder on the network while running the tests 1 Go to a computer on the netwo...

Page 40: ...Click OK in the main PROSet window to return to Windows NT 10 Click close to finish 11 Restart Windows NT when prompted 12 To verify proper installation of the adapter go to the Control Panel double...

Page 41: ...rivers and Configuration disk version 2 3 or later Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check the Network Bindings dialog box in Windows NT Check the Windows NT Event Viewer for...

Page 42: ...zard dialog box should appear indicating that a PCI Ethernet Controller has been found 3 Click the Next button Then select the Search for the best driver for your device option Make sure your Tyan Dri...

Page 43: ...adapter at a time In Windows NT be sure to click the Show all PRO Adapters box in the Configuration window See the README file for more information Select Duplex Mode optional Duplexing is a performa...

Page 44: ...ibution folder is where the setup files for Win95 reside During the first step of the push install the client will connect to the distribution folder with IPX or TCP IP 1 Copy the Win95 setup folder f...

Page 45: ...th the connector cable or hub The table below describes the LEDs and the drawing on the next page shows their location Make sure you re using the correct drivers Make sure you re using the drivers tha...

Page 46: ...hen the drivers are loaded Change the PCI BIOS interrupt settings If you are using EMM386 it must be version 4 49 or newer this version ships with MS DOS 6 22 or newer Diagnostics pass but the connect...

Page 47: ...lied to the computer Check the BIOS for its WOL setting Some computers may need to be configured to WOL Make sure the network cable is fully attached to the adapter Link LED does not light when power...

Page 48: ...peaters use a well established uncomplicated design making them highly cost effective for connecting PCs within a workgroup These are the most common type of Ethernet hubs in the installed base Switch...

Page 49: ...turer to program an EEPROM chip with SPD Serial Presence Detection on the module in order for the BIOS to program the chipset s timing registers properly Your DIMM may not have the EEPROM chip on the...

Page 50: ...ll the onboard NIC drivers for WinNT 4 0 A The Ethernet driver can not be installed directly from the Tyan Driver CD Before installing the Intel 82559 Ethernet drivers the complete 82559 directory and...

Page 51: ...vers have been tested and approved by Tyan engineering Q Why does my Intel Ethernet work only intermittently A The Inter Ethernet only operates under standby current therefore your power supply must b...

Page 52: ...http www tyan com 52 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 53: ...Fri Jan 1 1999 Setup Help System Time 12 55 37 Month Jan Dec Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 Day 01 31 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Year 1901 2099 Primary IDE Master Auto Primary IDE Slave Auto Secondary IDE...

Page 54: ...u screen is shown below H XQFWLRQ 7DE 0RYHV IURP RQH ER WR WKH QH W UURZ NH V KDQJHV VHOHFWLRQV ZLWKLQ D ER QWHU 2SHQV KLJKOLJKWHG VHOHFWLRQ AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver 1 17 c 1998 American Megatr...

Page 55: ...ondary Slave Select these options to configure the various drives A screen with a list of drive parameters appears System Date Setting MM DD YY Jan 1 2000 System Time Setting Current Time 12 00 00 OPT...

Page 56: ...c e l e S e d o M k c o l B t c e l e S n O s r e f s n a r t a t a d e d o m k c o l b w o l l a o t t c e l e S e d o M t i B 2 3 t c e l e S n O t c e l e S s r e f s n a r t a t a d t i b 2 3 w o...

Page 57: ...c e r P e t i r W P W k c a r t e h t s a r e l l a m s y l e v i s s e r g o r p s t e g r o t c e s a f o e z i s l a c i s y h p l a u t c a e h T e t i r W s e t y b 2 1 5 d l o h l l i t s t s u...

Page 58: ...ngs for all devices and system features Fail Safe Defaults The Fail Safe default settings consist of the safest set of parameters Use them if the system is behaving erratically They should always work...

Page 59: ...eripheral Setup Enter options Change Language Setting English Previous Item Next Item Select Menu ESC Exit Enter Select F5 Setup Defaults F6 Original Values F10 Save Exit BIOS 6HWWLQJ 2SWLRQ 2SWLP DO...

Page 60: ...c e s 0 4 o t p u t i a w t o n s e o d S O I B I M A t o n s e o d S O I B I M A e v i r d t a h t e r u g i f n o c t o n s e o d S O I B I M A e v i r d E D I e h t m o r f y l e t a i d e m m i d...

Page 61: ...fter AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled 1st IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD 4th IDE HDD Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM and SCSI 3rdBootDevice This option sets the type of device fo...

Page 62: ...ter is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings are On or Off PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 ty...

Page 63: ...e shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option The ROM area not used by ISA adapter cards is allocated to PCI adapter cards The settings are g n i t t e S n o i t p i r c s e D d e l...

Page 64: ...Setup Enter Power Management Setup Enter Advanced Chipset setup Plug and Play Setup Enter for configuring Peripheral Setup Enter chipset features Change Language Setting Engish Previous Item Next Item...

Page 65: ...elerated Graphics Port AGP The settings are 4 MB 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64MB 128MB or256MB Search for MDA Resources Set this option to Yes to let AMIBIOS search for MDA resources The settings are Yes or No...

Page 66: ...ISA PC PCI or Distributed ICHDMACollectionBuffer The settings are Enabled or Disabled MemoryECCMode This option sets the type of system memory checking ECC is not supported at time of print CPUFrequen...

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Page 68: ...p Enter for configuring power Peripheral Setup Enter management features Change Language Setting English Previous Item Next Item Select Menu ESC Exit Enter Select F5 Setup Defaults F6 Original Values...

Page 69: ...rient itself and reestablish control over the system s sleeping components Suspend Time Out This option defines the length of time that the system while in Standby mode must be inactive before it ente...

Page 70: ...od of display inactivity has expired The settings are Stand By Suspend or Disabled HardDiskPowerDownMode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the spec...

Page 71: ...ement Interrupt and has to do with the wake up function of the computer Default is Disabled PMESMIEnable This is a System Management Interrupt and has to do with the wake up function of the computer D...

Page 72: ...has to do with the USB wake up function of the computer Default is Disabled PMEResume This is a System Management Interrupt and has to do with the wake up function of the computer Default is Disabled...

Page 73: ...Ver 1 17 c 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Advanced Advanced CMOS Setup Enter Setup Help Advanced Chipset Setup Enter Power Management Setup Enter Configure PCI Plug Plug and Play Se...

Page 74: ...W DLO 6DIH HIDXOW Plug and Play Aware O S No No PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks 64 64 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Disabled PCI IDE BusM aster Disabled Disabled OffBoard PCI IDE Card Auto Auto OffBoard...

Page 75: ...elected AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting including using the onboard controller if no offboard controller card is detected This option forces IRQ 14 and 15 to a PCI slot on the PCI...

Page 76: ...rd I O are configured as PCI PnP IRQ12 only appears if the Mouse Support option in Advanced Setup is set to Disabled IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs ar...

Page 77: ...PCI Plug Plug and Play Setup Enter and Play features Peripheral Setup Enter Change Language Setting English Previous Item Next Item Select Menu ESC Exit Enter Select F5 Setup Defaults F6 Original Valu...

Page 78: ...Auto Enabled or Disabled Onboard Serial Port1 This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 The settings are Auto Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h or 2E8h Onboard Serial Port2 This option sp...

Page 79: ...is set to ECP and the OnBoard Parallel Port option is set to 378 278 or 3BC This option sets the DMA channel used by the parallel port The settings are 0 through 7 in increments of one BIOS g n i t t...

Page 80: ...ation Game Port Base Address This setting sets the Base Address for the game port MIDIPortBaseAddress This setting sets the Base Address for the MIDI Port MIDIIRQ This option sets the IRQ for the MIDI...

Page 81: ...irm it If the two passwords do not match you will be prompted to enter a new pass word and then to confirm it This will continue until you enter the same series of characters both times Once this is a...

Page 82: ...The system BIOS is stored on a flash EEPROM ROM chip on the mainboard which can be erased and reprogrammed by following the directions on the following page 1 From the DOS prompt rename the BIOS file...

Page 83: ...nicated through a series of audible beeps IfAMIBIOS POST can initialize the system video display it displays the error message Displayed error messages in most cases allow the system to continue to bo...

Page 84: ...f n i e r u l i a f y r o m e M 4 l a n o i t a r e p O t o N r e m i T t o n s i 1 r e m i T r o y r o m e m f o B K 4 6 t s r i f e h t n i e r u l i a f y r o m e m A g n i n o i t c n u f 5 r o r...

Page 85: ...p e h t n a h t t n e r e f f i d s i m u s k c e h c M A R S O M C m e t s y S S O M C t e S t o N s n o i t p O p u t e S S O I B N I W n u R d e y o r t s e d n e e b e v a h M A R S O M C n i d e...

Page 86: ...h t d a e r n a c S O I B I M A s n o i t c u r t s n i n e e r c s e h t w o l l o f d n a e t t e k s i d t o o b r e h t o n a e s U t i h t i w m e t s y s s I d r a o b y e K t I k c o l n U d e...

Page 87: ...II s as well as newer Pentium II s including Slot 1 type Celeron OPTION1 Two different types of retention modules are included in the motherboard package For older versions of Pentium II use the reten...

Page 88: ...package is included in the motherboard package This type of retention module adapts to most versions of SECC2 type Pentium II CPUs see Figure 3 Screws for the retention modules are provided Figure 3 A...

Page 89: ...throughput of 80MBytes sec Support for Non Ultra2 SCSI Devices The LVD signaling used for Ultra2 devices operates differently than single ended signaling used on Ultra Fast and Fast Wide SCSI devices...

Page 90: ...Board Layout The following diagram shows the major SCSI connectors and jumpers for the motherboard Secondary IDE connector Primary IDE connector Floppy connector Narrow SCSI Channel B JP2 JP3 J44 J33...

Page 91: ...to ID 7 and should not be changed If you will be booting from a SCSI hard disk it s best to set the disk s ID at 0 or 1 Most SCSI hard disks come from the factory preset to ID 0 The IDs for internal p...

Page 92: ...hese cables will usually have a terminator built into the end of the cable The motherboard has two separate Ultra2 SCSI channels Each channel will connect to a separate cable Follow these steps to con...

Page 93: ...nected The motherboard has a special 50 pin narrow connector to more easily support narrow Ultra and earlier devices if you so choose If you are connecting Wide SCSI peripherals you will need a 68 pi...

Page 94: ...a daisy chain Therefore each external peripheral will require an external cable As an option Tyan provides an external Ultra2 SCSI connector that can be inserted in an expansion slot The cable end of...

Page 95: ...st physical device on the end of each SCSI bus cable must be termi nated Termination must be disabled for all other devices in the middle of the cables Ultra2 SCSI peripherals do not have built in ter...

Page 96: ...ndows 98 95 Installed 1 Click on the Start Button on the Task bar and Select Settings Control Panel Under the Control Panel select System Device Manager Other Devices 2 Double click the PCI SCSI bus c...

Page 97: ...re OS 2 SCO UNIX and UnixWare Refer to the 7800 Family Manager Set User s Guide for installation instructions 5 Troubleshooting If you have any problems during the installations check the following it...

Page 98: ...2X supports data transmission during both the rising and falling ends of the clock cycle yielding an effective speed of 133MHz The AT was the original form factor of IBM s PC ATAPI ATAttachment Packet...

Page 99: ...repeatedly there is the possibility of losing your data should the system crash Informa tion stored in a buffer is temporarily stored not permanently saved A bus is a data pathway The term is used es...

Page 100: ...MM sockets because the physical slot and the logical unit are the same That is one DIMM module fits into one DIMM socket which is capable of acting as a memory bank DMA Direct Memory Access channels a...

Page 101: ...heme to another agent typically a client Thus the client s data is protected during transmittal to the server HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive H SYNC controls the horizontal properties of the monitor IC...

Page 102: ...mponent Interconnect PCI is a 32 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 multi...

Page 103: ...nly Memory is a storage chip which contains the BIOS Basic Input Output System the basic instructions required to boot the computer and start up the operating system SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM is s...

Page 104: ...apable of supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral devices VGA Video Graphics Array is the PC video display standard V SYNC controls the vertical properties of the monitor WOL Wake on LAN is a fe...

Page 105: ...nd receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatu...

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