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1.3 Software Specifications

Ext. ATX 12” x 13” (304.8 x 330.2 mm)
Two 20-pin ATX power connectors
Stacked mouse & keyboard ports
Stacked two USB ports
Two RJ-45 ports w/ LEDs
Stacked one serial/video/parallel ports

FCC Class B (Declaration of Conformity)
European Community CE (Declaration of Conformity)

Form Factor

Regulatory

Operates with Windows NT/ 2000

Summary of Contents for THUNDER I840

Page 1: ...trademark of Adaptec Inc QLogic Zircon are trademarks of QLogic Corp ATI Rage XL are trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corp Information contained in thi...

Page 2: ...right the first time 8 Quick Reference for Jumpers 10 Map of Motherboard Jumpers 11 Setting Jumpers 12 Main Setup 28 Advanced Setup 28 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 15 Installing Memory 16...

Page 3: ...Connecting Internal Ultra160 and Ultra2 Devices 43 Connecting Wide SCSI Devices 43 More Information about Termination 46 Configuring the Adaptec 7899W SCSI with SCSISelect 47 Using SCSISelect 49 SCSI...

Page 4: ...formance system board is supported in an extended ATX form factor Some of the features included are onboard UltraDMA support onboard Adaptec Ultra160 LVD SCSI technology and onboard dual 10 100 Mbps L...

Page 5: ...l Channel Memory Bus Four RIMM sockets Up to 1GB PC800 ECC Registered RDRAM Expansion Slots Chipset Information Hardware Monitoring Memory Integrated I O Processor Information Integrated PCI IDE Dual...

Page 6: ...20 pin ATX power connectors Stacked mouse keyboard ports Stacked two USB ports Two RJ 45 ports w LEDs Stacked one serial video parallel ports FCC Class B Declaration of Conformity European Community...

Page 7: ...roblems 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 maintenance of products NOTE A recei...

Page 8: ...should do The first thing you should do is read the user s manual It contains important information which will make configuration and setup much easier as well as provide information on device instal...

Page 9: ...e it on a grounded antistatic surface component side up Inspect the board for damage Press down on any of the socketed ICs if it appears that they are not properly seated the board should still be on...

Page 10: ...ell bridges the gap between the two pins completing the circuit See Figure 2 0b and Figure 2 0d for more examples of 3 pin jumper connections NOTE The small number 1 indicates pin 1 The tables and map...

Page 11: ...IDE Secondary IDE J4 FDD Connector J6 J2 ATX Power Connectors J43 USB Ports CPU1 CPU2 82559 LAN Port J39 J32 J24 J41A Serial Port 2 Channel A Channel B J56A J38A J14 J13 indicates an optional feature...

Page 12: ...ility with this option 1 Power off the system and disconnect the power supply 2 Close pins 2 3 on J2 see mini map for location of J2 3 Wait about three seconds 4 Move jumper back to 1 2 then power on...

Page 13: ...is some information you may find useful 2 6 I Chassis Intrusion Header J4 This header for the chassis intrusion connector if your chassis has one 2 6 J USB Serial Connector J9 This is the connector fo...

Page 14: ...on func tion option in the BIOS Power Management menu is set to On Off which is the default pressing the power button once after the BIOS has booted up will turn the system on and off If the power but...

Page 15: ...the mounting hardware as shown in the examples below Remember not to over tighten any of the screws or you might risk breaking internal traces in the surrounding area or damage the motherboard in som...

Page 16: ...hould be installed Insert the memory module by pushing it into the socket with even force Do not insert one end and then the other install the whole module at once or you might damage the memory modul...

Page 17: ...with C RIMM Continuity modules Tyan has included 2 C RIMM modules for your convenience examples are shown above in Figure 2 1 This motherboard supports up to 2GB PC800 ECC Registered RDRAM Check the T...

Page 18: ...2MBx1 128MBx1 128MBx1 128MBx1 128MBx1 512MB 256MB 128MBx1 256MBx1 C RIMM C RIMM C RIMM 256MBx1 C RIMM 512MB 256MBx1 256MBx1 1024MB 512MBx1 512MBx1 512MBx1 2048MB 256MB 128MBx1 128MBx1 C RIMM C RIMM TO...

Page 19: ...bottom most angle from the Intel logo Carefully lift the arm of the ZIF socket until it is at a 90 degree angle pointing away from the motherboard be very careful not to damage any components that mig...

Page 20: ...s design You should take space into consideration when installing a cooling device into the CPU1 and or CPU2 socket s Tyan highly recommends that you use some type of thermal compound between the CPU...

Page 21: ...ncorrectly installed HDDs are May be a Master Slave configuration problem bad IDE cable or BIOS mis configuration Consult the HDD documentation or contact your HDD vendor May be a bad cable or lack of...

Page 22: ...f you are unsure about attaching floppy drives Remember you can only have 2 floppy drives connected at any given time Figure 2 6 3 5 connector 5 25 connector Colored stripe indicates Pin 1 Some sympto...

Page 23: ...the card into the socket first and then the other or a rocking motion between the card and the slot might occur and could damage the pins within the socket Check speed of your PCI add on card and chec...

Page 24: ...es and ports while the power is on is called hot plugging and may damage your system 2 13 Connecting the power supply This motherboard requires an ATX power supply Tyan recommends using one that confo...

Page 25: ...te at http www tyan com Q Where can I get additional accessories for my Tyan motherboard A You can purchase additional accessories such as USB cables as well as other Tyan approved acces sories at the...

Page 26: ...ible personal computers It supports Intel x86 and compatible processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for the system central processing memory and I O sub systems The BIOS has been cust...

Page 27: ...nd reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable Setup Variations Not all systems have the same setup program While the basic look and function...

Page 28: ...een denoted by the symbol Load Failsafe Defaults Setting Function Load Optimal Defaults If your system is experiencing configuration problems you can choose this option to reset all settings This will...

Page 29: ...own on the next page Serial Port Address Onboard Floppy Controller This device handles communication between the floppy drive and the motherboard Default setting is Enabled Serial Port 2 Mode The addr...

Page 30: ...transmission speed and 1 auto mode To use modes 3 and 4 you must use an Enhanced IDE drive Default is Auto DMA Mode S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Tech nology This option secifies th...

Page 31: ...a mouse device If set to Enabled IRQ12 will be reserved for the mouse device Default is Enabled Typematic Rate Sets how fast the keyboard will accept input Default is Fast System Keyboard Primary Disp...

Page 32: ...ard SCSI Option ROM Enable or disable the integrated SCSI controller Default setting is Enabled Allow for optional ROM features Default is Enabled ECC Event Logging Event Logging If set to Enabled boo...

Page 33: ...sted address seg ment are copied from ROM to RAM and can be written to or read from cache memory Default is Cached C800 DC00 16k Shadow Default is Disabled Act to Deact Default is 6Clks Act to Read Wr...

Page 34: ...Decode Reserved function Default is Enabled ICH Positive Decode Reserved function Default is Disabled ICH Dev31 Func3 Enable Reserved function Default is Enabled ICH Dev31 Func5 Enable Reserved functi...

Page 35: ...rating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette reg isters on every video device Default is Disabled PCI IDE Bus Master Specifies that the IDE controller on the PCI bus h...

Page 36: ...wers down Default is Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode Changes the event that occurs when the HDD powers down Default is Disabled Inactivity Timer Changes the amount of time the BIOS will wait before...

Page 37: ...m Removeable Drives Shows the available HDDs and allows changes to the order in which each in booted e g which boot firsts second and so on Shows the available removable drives and allows changes to t...

Page 38: ...or the beep code explanations Troubleshooting System Problems 4 2 Displayed Error Messages If an error occurs after the system display has been initialized the error message will be displayed in the f...

Page 39: ...estroyed The video type set in CMOS RAM does not match the type detected The amount of memory found by AMI BIOS is different than the amount in CMOS RAM The date and time need to be set D Drive Error...

Page 40: ...d down Interrupt channel 1 failed POST Interrupt channel 2 failed POST AMIBIOS can read the diskette in floppy drive A but it cannot boot the system with it Use another boot disk The keyboard lock on...

Page 41: ...XXXX XXXX is the hex address where the error occurred Parity error in system memory at an unknown address Check memory onboard Reseat memory if error occurs again change mem ory Error Message Possibl...

Page 42: ...to Set up SCSI devices Connect SCSI devices Support for Older SCSI Devices We recommend that if you have single ended Ultra SCSI and earlier SCSI devices you connect them to Channel A of the Adaptec 7...

Page 43: ...to 15 devices on each SCSI channel Before connecting devices be sure to review Setting up SCSI Devices on p 42 Connecting Internal Ultra160 and Ultra2 Devices A special 68 pin internal LVD cable is n...

Page 44: ...ote example installation below may not identically represent installation NOTE We recommend that you keep your Ultra160 and Ultra2 SCSI devices on a sepa rate SCSI channel from your Ultra SCSI devices...

Page 45: ...es to the SCSI Channel B connector Follow these steps to connect Wide SCSI devices Locate a 68 pin internal Wide SCSI cable Plug one end of the cable to one of the SCSI connectors Plug the other end o...

Page 46: ...SCSI cables and power cables properly connected Does each device on each SCSI bus have a unique SCSI ID Does the total SCSI cable length exceed the maximum allowable length See table below Is the SCSI...

Page 47: ...ult Setting SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID 0 15 7 SCSI Parity Checking Enabled Disabled Enabled Host Adapter SCSI Termination Ch A Ch B Automatic Low On High On Low Off High Off L...

Page 48: ...e monitors Exiting SCSISelect Follow these steps to exit SCSISelect Press Esc until a message prompts you to exit if you changed any settings you are prompted to save the changes before you exit At th...

Page 49: ...auto matically applies to both SCSI channels Boot SCSI ID Default 0 Specifies the SCSI ID of your boot device We recommend that you do not change the default setting Boot LUN Number Default 0 Specifi...

Page 50: ...anner appears If you change this setting the change automatically applies to both SCSI channels Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives 1 GByte Default Enabled When set to Enabled provides an extende...

Page 51: ...ps No connection LED 1 Orange Green Light LED 2 Yellow Light Data being transferred LAN Status LED 1 is GREEN Good connection 100 Mbps LED 1 is ORANGE ON ON OFF Orange or green Orange 10Mbps or Green...

Page 52: ...r slave devices just like HDDs ATX the form factor designed to replace the AT form factor It improves on the AT design by rotating the board 90 degrees so that the IDE connectors are closer to the dri...

Page 53: ...ive when they are on or closed and inac tive when they are off or open CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors chips that hold the basic startup information for the BIOS COM port another name fo...

Page 54: ...e a term describing a system where one component can quickly be replaced without caus ing a loss of service such as in a RAID system Firmware low level software that controls the system hardware Form...

Page 55: ...panies motherboards and hardware inside their case and sell them Parallel port transmits the bits of a byte on eight different wires at the same time that is in parallel form eight bits at the same ti...

Page 56: ...h striping and mirroring providing fault tolerance striping and faster access all at the same time RAM Random Access Memory technically refers to a type of memory where any byte can be accessed withou...

Page 57: ...UltraDMA is also called UltraATA Without the proper UltraDMA controller your system cannot take advantage of the higher data transmission rates of the new UltraDMA UltraATA HDDs USB Universal Serial...

Page 58: ...t puncture multilate or dispose of battery in fire Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer Dispose of used batt...

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