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Video

This category detects the type of graphics adapter used for the primary
display system. The value entered in this field must match your video
display card and monitor. You may not need to alter the default value,
as BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically.

Halt On

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is
detected during power up.

Memory

You cannot alter this category from within Setup: it is for display only
and is determined by the BIOS POST (Power On Self Test). The three
categories are as follows:

Base Memory

The BIOS POST will determine the amount of base
(or conventional) memory installed in the system. The

Chapter 4

EGA/VGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For
EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters.

  CGA 40

Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode.

  CGA 80

Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode.

  Mono

Monochrome adapter, including hi-res monochrome.

No errors

The system boot will not be stopped for any errors
that are detected.

All errors

If the BIOS has detected a non-fatal error, the system
will be stopped and you will be prompted.

All, but Keyboard

The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error,
but will stop for all other errors.

All, but Diskette

The system boot will not stop for disk errors, but will

stop for all other errors.

All, but Disk/Key

The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk

error, but will stop for all other errors.

Summary of Contents for TITAN TURBO ATX-2

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...ft Power Connector 19 Sleep Button Connector 19 Speaker Connector Installation 19 Power LED 19 Hardware Reset Switch Connector Installation 19 Flash EEPROM 20 Hardware CMOS Password Reset 20 DRAM Inst...

Page 3: ...sword and User Password 53 IDE HDD Auto Detection 54 Save Exit Setup 55 Exit Without Saving 56 5 Flash Writer Utility 58 Flash Memory Writer 58 The Flash Memory Writer Utility Screen 60 6 System Resou...

Page 4: ...PCI Local Bus provides high performance capabilities that are ideal for a wide range of demanding applications such as CAD CAM CAE networking multi user environments database manage ment desktop publ...

Page 5: ...to information that may keep you from damag ing your board or system While we will often point out the most vital paragraphs in a chapter you should always read every word in the text Failing to do s...

Page 6: ...oltage and Power s Design incoporates ATX power Information supply connector s 12 V power source for DC fan onboard s 3 3V or 5 0V DRAM support s Switching Power Supply onboard Main Memory s Up to 256...

Page 7: ...t options s Win98 Ready DMI 2 0 compliant s Support for easy BIOS upgrades with flash EEPROM chip Disk Drive System I O s Two PCI Bus Mastering EIDE channels s Supports EIDE CD ROMs s PIO Mode 3 4 up...

Page 8: ...have the best idea of what hardware and software your system contains Hence they should be able to be of the most assistance Further if you purchased your system from a dealer near to you you can actu...

Page 9: ...ckage should be mailed prepaid or hand carried to the manufacturer Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete Trademarks Award BIOS Flash...

Page 10: ...should be left in its original packaging until it is ready to be installed With the power supply plugged in and turned off touch an unpainted area of the system chassis immediately before handling th...

Page 11: ...atic mat Do not touch the bottom of the board DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED Installation You are now ready to install your mainboard The mounting hole pattern of the S1573S ma...

Page 12: ...s For CPU settings you may want to refer first to the more comprehensive chart on page 13 The miniature motherboard maps will help you locate the jumpers on your board A full page map of the motherboa...

Page 13: ...F ON open OFF ON ON ON AMD K6 233 66MHz x 3 5 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON open OFF ON ON ON IDT C6 150 50MHz x 3 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON ON 1 2 3 4 ON OFF OFF OFF IDT C6 180 60MHz x 3 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON...

Page 14: ...DIMM Bank 0 DIMM Bank 1 power connector CPU 82439TX 82371AB Secondary IDE 3 volt battery ISA slot 3 ISA slot 2 ISA slot 1 PCI slot 5 PCI slot 4 PCI slot 3 PCI slot 2 PCI slot 1 SMC I O J19 J14 J17 J2...

Page 15: ...1 J19 PS 2 mouse J20 ATX power connector J21 PS 2 keyboard J25 Keylock JP1 VBAT CON1 Wake on LAN J22 COM1 72 pin SIMM 168 pin DIMM FAN 1 2 3 4 5 J2 IR RX GND TX VCC J10 J11 USB VCC Data Data GND Not u...

Page 16: ...N For Cyrix settings please refer to the CPU Voltage table on page 13 For all CPUs please refer to the BUS Settings and CPU Speed Settings tables JP24 and JP25 should be set to OFF for P54C K5 6x86 CP...

Page 17: ...8V 2 9V 3 0V 3 1V 3 2V 3 3V 3 4V 3 5V V ID1 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF O N OFF O N OFF ON V ID2 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF O N O N OFF OFF ON ON V ID3 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON...

Page 18: ...Intel recommended specification for PCI 2 1 compliance Therefore TYAN Computer Corporation takes no responsibility for any problems be they hardware or software related to the use of BUS speeds beyon...

Page 19: ...ystem in Sleep or Suspend mode Pressing this button again will wake the system up Speaker Connector Installation The S1573S provides a 4 pin header to connect the speaker The speaker is connected to p...

Page 20: ...CMOS Password Reset If you have been locked out of your system because you forgot your password or set the CMOS incorrectly follow the instructions below 1 Power off the system 2 Set jumper JP1 to pi...

Page 21: ...s 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB and 64MB SIMMs s SIMM banks 0 1 and 2 can use either double or single sided SIMMs s Two SIMMs or one unbuffered DIMM must be installed for the system to POST s The mainboard suppor...

Page 22: ...m the other three corners Likewise one corner of the CPU s bottom is different from the other three corners Line the unique socket corner up with the unique CPU corner s Before the CPU is installed th...

Page 23: ...lide forward into its original position You will feel some resistance as the CPU is secured in the socket This is normal and will not damage the CPU The lever should snap into place at the side of the...

Page 24: ...nplugged Most male power supply connectors will have twenty wires seven of which are black The black wires will be in the middle of the connector The easiest way to orient the connectors properly is t...

Page 25: ...25 This page has been intentionally left blank ONBOARD...

Page 26: ...rd Reset page 19 in Chapter 3 for information on resetting the CMOS NVRAM Entering Setup You can enter Setup by powering on the computer and watching for the below message during the POST Power On Sel...

Page 27: ...possible actions for the highlighted item To exit the Help window press Esc The Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen Use the arrow keys t...

Page 28: ...a list of the sub menus and commands and a description of their functions Note that while the menu options appear in all capital letters on screen we have adapted a more conventional capitalization sc...

Page 29: ...h are the optimal values for the system parameters Integrated Peripherals This option lets you enable or disable onboard devices You can also configure the I O and IRQ settings of the onboard serial a...

Page 30: ...f hard disk drives that have been installed in the computer There are 45 pre defined types and one which you can customize Select auto if the drive type is unknown Date mm dd yy Wed Aug 6 1997 Time hh...

Page 31: ...ted on top of the drive itself Drive A type Drive B type This category identifies the types of floppy disk drives that have been installed in your computer as the A and or B drives The possible floppy...

Page 32: ...ventional memory installed in the system The Chapter 4 EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40...

Page 33: ...ry located above 1MB in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory This refers to memory located in the 640KB to 1024KB address space This memory can be used for a number of different applications DOS...

Page 34: ...Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot...

Page 35: ...gnation will be the same Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST the BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks The 360KB type is 40 tracks while the 720KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB are...

Page 36: ...ear repeatedly on screen is controlled by the Typematic Rate Delay Once it has begun to repeat the character appears at the speed set by the Typematic Rate Security Option Allows you to select whether...

Page 37: ...allows BIOS to shadow firmware to copy it from ROM into the system RAM Once there the CPU can read the firmware through the 16 bit or 32 bit DRAM BUS Firmware that is not shadowed is read through the...

Page 38: ...lled DRAM may cause memory errors Chapter 4 ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IT5A CHIPSET SETUP...

Page 39: ...s cache or cacheless system select Disabled Enabling will cause a 1 HCLK pull in for all read leadoff latencies for EDO DRAMs i e page hits page misses and row misses You should also select Disabled i...

Page 40: ...command just before it has finished decoding the data address System BIOS Cacheable If Enabled results in better system performance by permitting caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh Any p...

Page 41: ...memory address before all the data transfers for the current cycle are complete Mem Drive Str MA RAS Stands for Memory Address Drive Strength Controls the strength of the output buffers driving the MA...

Page 42: ...59IT5A POWER MANGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management Disabled Reload Global Timer Events PM Control By APM No IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Disabled Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Primary IDE 0 Disabl...

Page 43: ...ate normally Suspend Mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system enters Suspend mode All devices except the CPU shut down HDD Power Down The hard disk drive powers down after the chosen pe...

Page 44: ...possible for the system to be awakened by remote You might Enable this function to make remote servicing possible or to get access to your system while you are on a business trip IRQ 8 Break Suspend...

Page 45: ...Q 3 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI I...

Page 46: ...standard whether designed for the PCI or ISA BUS architecture DMA n assigned to Legacy ISA Choose this type for devices compliant with the original PC AT BUS specification PCI ISA PnP Choose this typ...

Page 47: ...chipset has two channels and therefore requires two interrupt services The default values for the Primary and Secondary IDE INT fields are appropriate for two PCI IDE channels The Secondary channel h...

Page 48: ...lts is recom mended STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CON IDE HDD AUTO DETECT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP...

Page 49: ...recom mended BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CON IDE HDD AUTO DETECT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP L...

Page 50: ...mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IT5A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP IDE Prima...

Page 51: ...B Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial BUS USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Onboard FDC Controller If your system has a floppy disk controller FDC insta...

Page 52: ...oftware require one of the other possible modes If you select Normal for this field the next two fields will not be visible ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port Parallel Port EPP Type Se...

Page 53: ...will be able to enter Setup freely If you select System in the Security Option of the BIOS Features Setup Menu see page 32 you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted and...

Page 54: ...rs s If the hard disk is larger than 540MB select LBA parameters s Always select NORMAL parameters for SCO UNIX ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IT5A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Select Primary Master Op...

Page 55: ...UP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CON IDE HDD AUTO DETECT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Save Exit Setup F10 Quit Shift F2 C...

Page 56: ...OS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IT5A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC ESC Save Exit Setup F10 Quit Shift F2 Change Color Quit Without Savi...

Page 57: ...57 This page has been intentionally left blank BIOS...

Page 58: ...rogrammed by the FMW The following three files make up the FMW AWDFLASH EXE The Flash Memory Writer utility for Award to Award upgrade README A text file of instructions TXAWDXXX BIN This file contain...

Page 59: ...manager software You must disable any memory man ager before you can run FMW The easiest way to do this is as follows A Boot your system from a bootable floppy disk with no CONFIG SYS or AUTOEXEC BAT...

Page 60: ...le name e g A61AW10 BIN and confirm that you want to program the BIOS The utility will Blank Erase and then Program the flash memory on the mainboard with the new BIOS file You should choose Yes to sa...

Page 61: ...61 FLASH This page has been intentionally left blank...

Page 62: ...pt TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator DMA CHANNELS DMA Channel 0 Available DMA Channel 1 Available DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK adapter DMA Channel 3 Available DM...

Page 63: ...ages When the BIOS detects a correctable error during POST a beep code sounds or an error message appears What follows is an explanation of these messages and the measures you can take to solve the pr...

Page 64: ...ttery and replace if necessary CPU at nnnn Displays the running speed of the CPU Display switch is set incorrectly The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either mono chrome or color This...

Page 65: ...error halt condition in Setup to Halt On All But Keyboard The BIOS then ignores the missing key board during POST Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key This message usually indicates that one or more...

Page 66: ...rimary master IDE hard drive Primary slave hard disk fail POST has detected an error in the primary slave IDE hard drive Resuming from disk Press TAB to show POST screen The BIOS offers a save to disk...

Page 67: ...controllers 0 and 1 Initializes interrupt controllers 0 and 1 Initializes EISA extended registers 4 Test Memory Refresh Toggle RAM must be periodically refreshed to keep the memory from decaying This...

Page 68: ...n message to screen Enables shadow according to Setup F Test DMA Controller 0 Tests BIOS checksum Detects and initializes keyboard 10 Test DMA Controller 1 Tests DMA Controller 1 11 Test DMA Page Regi...

Page 69: ...the Esc key 32 Test EISA Extended Memory If EISA mode flag is set then tests the EISA memory found in initialized slots Note This test is skipped in ISA mode and can be skipped in EISA mode by pressin...

Page 70: ...ables the parity checker and NMI Enables cache before boot 52 Initialize Option ROMs Initializes any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFh Note When FSCAN option is enabled ROMs initialize from C80...

Page 71: ...of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of th...

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