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Page 1: ...re trademarks of IBM Corporation Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation SMSC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation Broadcom is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation Portable Document Format PDF is a trademark of Adobe Corporation Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior t...

Page 2: ...ar CMOS Jumper JP13 10 2 5 11 Front Panel System Connector JP14 11 2 5 12 Front Fan Connector JP15 JP17 JP21 FAN2 FAN6 FAN4 11 2 5 13 Chassis Fan Connector JP16 FAN1 12 2 5 14 SMDC Connector JP19 Optional 12 2 5 15 PCI X Speed Select Header JP20 13 2 5 16 SMDC ASF2 0 Select Header JP22 JP23 13 2 6 Mounting the Motherboard 14 2 7 Installing Memory 15 2 7 1 Memory Installation Procedure 16 2 8 Insta...

Page 3: ...cription 4 4 3 2 Confirming Version of Intel RAID Option ROM Installed 4 4 3 3 Using the Intel RAID Option ROM 4 4 4 Installing the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 10 4 4 1 Installation Caution 10 4 4 2 Steps to Take Before Installing the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 10 4 4 3 Obtaining and Installing the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 10 4 5 Confirming the Inte...

Page 4: ...ation 27 4 13 Configure BIOS for Adaptec RAID for Serial ATA on Board 27 4 13 1 BIOS Configuration 27 4 13 2 Installing Serial ATA SATA hard disks 28 4 13 3 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 28 4 13 4 Manage Array 29 4 13 5 Create Array 30 4 13 6 Add Delete Hotspare 32 4 13 7 Initialize Drives 32 4 13 8 Disk Utilities 33 Chapter 5 Diagnostics 1 5 1 Beep Codes 1 5 2 Flash Utility 1 Appendix I Glos...

Page 5: ...drive cable 1 x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 33 IDE cable 1 x Tomcat i7221 S5150 User s Manual 1 x Tomcat i7221 S5150 Quick Reference Guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x Intel 82801FR ICH6R Driver Diskette 1 x Adaptec Driver Diskette 1 x I O shield 2 x Serial ATA power cable 4 x Serial ATA cable 1 x USB2 0 cable If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor or dealer for replacement before continu...

Page 6: ... connector y Two x1 PCI Express connectors y One 32 bit 33MHz PCI v2 3 slots y Five total usable expansion slots connectors Chipset y Intel E7221 GMCH y Intel ICH6R South Bridge y Intel PXH V I O bridge y SMSC DME1737 Super I O System Management y SMSC DME1737 w hardware monitoring y One 3 1 pin CPU Fan header w tachometer input and temperature sensing auto fan control y Four 3 pin system Fan head...

Page 7: ...VGA DAC embedded the MCH to support an analog display Rear Panel I O ports y Stacked PS 2 Mouse Keyboard ports y Stacked two USB2 0 ports y One 15 pin VGA port y One 9 pin COM port y Six audio jacks optional y Two RJ45 10 100 1000 Base T port w activity LED BIOS y Award BIOS 8Mbit Flash ROM y Support APM 1 2 ACPI 1 0B y PnP DNI 2 0 WFM 2 0 Power Management Power y EPS12V support on board 4 phase V...

Page 8: ...ell 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 Disconnect your computer from the power supply before any disassembly procedure is attempted Touch the motherboard as little as possible and do not touch the bottom of the board at all Bending or fl...

Page 9: ...omcat i7221 S5150 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 look exactly like the board you received The following page includes details on the vital components of this motherboard ...

Page 10: ... IDE X 1 800 MHz SYSTEM BUS MD MA PCI EXPRESS DMI BUS DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 133MHz OR 100MHz PCI X 133MHz OR 100MHz PCI X SATA X 4 PORT USB 2 0 X 6 PORT PRINTER PORT SERIAL PORT SERIAL PORT KBD PORT FLOPPY CONN BIOS 8Mb 10 100 1000 LAN B BCM5721 RJ45 MD MB DDR 333 400 DDR B DIMMS DDR 333 400 DDR A DIMMS PCI1 LPC BUS FIRMWARE HUB SO DIMM PCI X CLOCK CHIP PCI 32 33MHz 10 100 1000 LAN A BCM5721 RJ45 PCI ...

Page 11: ...ATA4 FAN6 BROADCOM LAN Optional 1 JP16 JP10 1 JP13 1 JP15 S5150 KB Bottom Mouse Top JP11 JP12 BROADCOM LAN Optional JP6 1 JP3 1 SMDC JP19 1 JP4 J5 32 bit 33MHz 5V PCI J11 SO_DIMM J10 64 bit 100MHz PCI X J12 J4 USB1 J1 KB MS J3 COM1 J2 VGA LAN1 LAN2 LPT J8 Intel PXH JP7 1 JP5 1 JP2 1 JP1 1 1 JP21 1 JP22 1 JP23 This diagram represents the latest version of the motherboard available at the time of pu...

Page 12: ...or Page 2 8 JP4 FAN1 Chassis fan connector Page 2 8 JP5 JP7 Front Panel LAN2 LAN1 speed LED headers Page 2 9 JP9 P1FAN CPU fan connector with tachometer input and fan speed control Page 2 9 JP10 Reserved Page 2 9 JP11 JP12 Front panel USB connector Page 2 10 JP13 Clear CMOS jumper Page 2 10 JP14 Front panel system connector Page 2 11 JP15 JP17 JP21 Front fan connector with tachometer input and fan...

Page 13: ...S O_DIMM J10 64 bit 10 0MHz PCI X J12 J4 USB1 J1 KB MS J3 CO M 1 J2 VGA LAN1 LAN2 LPT J8 Intel PXH JP7 JP5 JP 2 JP 1 JP21 JP22 JP23 Signal Description NC Key RI Ring Indicator CTS Clear to Send RTS Request to Send DSR Data Set Ready 2 5 2 SO DIMM Socket J10 PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP17 Intel E7221 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J13 DIMM3 DIM M2 DIM M1 SMSC I O BT1 DIMM4 PCI E2 LED1 SATA...

Page 14: ...LPT J8 Intel PXH JP7 JP5 JP 2 JP 1 JP21 JP22 JP23 Connects to the Serial ATA ready drives via the Serial ATA cable You may use any two of the four Serial ATA ports to have the support of RAID 0 and 1 through the on board ICH6R south bridge chip 2 5 4 LAN2 LAN1 Disabled Headers JP1 JP2 1 OPEN Disabled PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP17 Intel E7221 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J13 DIMM3 DIM M...

Page 15: ...J2 VGA LAN1 LAN2 LPT J8 Intel PXH JP7 JP5 JP 2 JP 1 JP21 JP22 JP23 Use these headers to connect with the front panel link activity LEDs for LAN1 and LAN2 2 5 6 Chassis Fan Connector JP4 12V GND NC PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP1 7 Intel E72 21 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J13 DIMM3 DIM M2 DIM M1 SMSC I O BT1 DIMM4 PCI E2 LED1 SATA3 SATA4 FAN6 BROADCOM LAN Optional JP16 JP10 JP13 JP15 S515...

Page 16: ...e speed of LAN1 and LAN2 Off 10 LAN Green 100 LAN Orange GbE LAN Reference Section 2 11 1 for the correct LAN LED Color Definition JP5 is for LAN1 JP7 is for LAN2 2 5 8 CPU Fan Connector JP9 P1FAN 12V V3P3 Speed Control Tachometer PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP1 7 Intel E72 21 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J13 DIMM3 DIM M2 DIM M1 SMSC I O BT1 DIMM4 PCI E2 LED1 SATA3 SATA4 FAN6 BROADCOM LAN...

Page 17: ...a the enclosed USB cable 2 5 10 Clear CMOS Jumper JP13 3 1 Default 3 1 Clear PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP1 7 Intel E7221 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J13 DIMM3 DIM M2 DIM M1 SMSC I O BT1 DIMM4 PCI E2 LED1 SATA3 SATA4 FAN6 BROADCOM LAN Optional JP16 JP10 JP13 JP15 S5150 K B Bottom Mouse Top JP11 JP12 BROADCOM LAN Optional JP6 JP3 SMDC JP19 JP4 J5 32 bit33MHz 5V PCI J11 S O_DIMM J10 64 bi...

Page 18: ...CI J11 S O_DIMM J10 64 bit 100MHz PCI X J12 J4 USB1 J1 KB MS J3 CO M 1 J2 VGA LAN1 LAN2 LPT J8 Intel PXH JP7 JP5 JP 2 JP 1 JP21 JP22 JP23 SMBUS Clock 17 18 INTRU 2 5 12 Front Fan Connector JP15 JP17 JP21 FAN2 FAN6 FAN4 JP15 FAN2 JP21 FAN4 12V Speed Control Tachometer JP17 FAN6 12V Speed Control Tachometer PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP1 7 Intel E72 21 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J13 DIMM...

Page 19: ...2 JP23 Use this header to connect the chassis cooling fans to your motherboard to keep the system stable and reliable This connector supports the auto fan speed control 2 5 14 SMDC Connector JP19 Optional PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP1 7 Intel E72 21 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J13 DIMM3 DIM M2 DIM M1 SMSC I O BT1 DIMM4 PCI E2 LED1 SATA3 SATA4 FAN6 BROADCOM LAN Optional JP16 JP10 JP13 J...

Page 20: ...I X J12 J4 USB1 J1 KB MS J3 CO M 1 J2 VGA LAN1 LAN2 LPT J8 Intel PXH JP7 JP5 JP 2 JP 1 JP21 JP22 JP23 3 1 Pin 2 3 Closed 100MHz Default 2 5 16 SMDC ASF2 0 Select Header JP22 JP23 3 1 Support SMDC card PW2 P1FAN JP9 BIOS JP1 7 Intel E7221 Intel ICH6R PCI E1 SATA2 SATA1 FDD J9 JP20 IDE J1 3 DIMM3 DIM M2 DIM M1 SMSC I O BT1 DIMM4 PCI E2 LED1 SATA3 SATA4 FAN6 BROADCOM LAN Optional JP16 JP10 JP13 JP15 ...

Page 21: ...otherboard Lay the motherboard on top of the mounting holes to ensure that all the necessary mounting posts exist in your chassis and that they match the mounting holes on the motherboard 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 motherboard more securely in place See the diagram belo...

Page 22: ...upported 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 density are required while using dual channel DDR Mismatched memory may cause system instability Refer to the following table for details of dual channel DDR Channel A Channel B Dual Channel Mode DIMM1...

Page 23: ...he 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 2 8 Installing the Processor and Cooling Fan Your Tomcat i7221 S5150 supports the latest processor technologies from Intel Check the TYAN website for latest processor support http www tyan com Processor Installation The processor should be installed ca...

Page 24: ...recommended that the processor installation job to be handled by an experienced technician 2 Pull the locking lever out of it s locked position and let it spring into the open position 3 Lift the metal cover to expose the socket interior and place the socket in as shown 4 Close the cover and return the locking lever to its locked position Cooling Fan Installation After you have installed the proce...

Page 25: ... you will need to twist each of the black locking pegs until they spring up and unlock the heatsink from the motherboard Remember to connect the power supply for the fan to complete the installation Some heat sinks require a bracket to be installed beneath the motherboard before the heat sink is placed on the top side of the motherboard To install a heat sink like this 1 Turn the motherboard upsid...

Page 26: ...t to the drive power connector The blue end of the cable connects directly to the motherboard and the black end of the connector goes to the IDE device Serial ATA Attaching Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA connectors are illustrated below Plug in one end of the Serial ATA cable into the motherboard Serial ATA connector and the other end into the drive Each standard Serial ATA cable has two conn...

Page 27: ...able and 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 floppy drive end and try again 2 10 Installing Expansion Cards Before installing add in cards you should ensure that they are fully compatible with your motherboard For this reason we ve provide...

Page 28: ...GA port blue F LAN1 Gigabit Ethernet port G LAN2 Gigabit Ethernet port Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports but software may be required to complete the installation 2 11 1 Onboard LAN LED Color Definition The two 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 Acti...

Page 29: ...r 3 Connect power cable to power supply to power outlet Make sure you have connected both connectors before attempting to apply power to the board Note Unplug the power supply before plugging in the 24 pin and 8 pin power cables to motherboard 2 13 Finishing Up Before closing up your chassis make sure that all cables and wires are connected properly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumpe...

Page 30: ...tures 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 setup 3 1 1 Starting Setup The BIOS is immediately activated when you turn on the computer The BIOS reads system configuration in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking out the system and config...

Page 31: ...ok 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 combination requires a custom configuration In addition the final appearance of the Setup program depends on the system designer Your system designer may decide that certain items should not be available...

Page 32: ...r 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 this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the righ...

Page 33: ...e for options that can directly be changed within the Main Setup screen Users use the 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 Time Adjusts the system clock HH Hours 24hr format MM Minutes SS Seconds IDE Master Slave Setup Computer detects IDE...

Page 34: ... This option allows the system to skip self tests for faster startup Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During Power On Self Test POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This option when enabled automatically turns on your NumLock key when the system is booted This is a matter of personal taste On Off Gate A20 Option ...

Page 35: ...oke before that key will start to repeat 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Setting this option to System will set the BIOS to ask for the password each time the system boots up If you choose Setup then the password is only required for access into the BIOS setup menus Setup System OS Select For DRAM 64MB This BIOS feature determines how systems with more than 64MB of memory are managed A wrong sett...

Page 36: ...ou to determine when the Pentium 4 s Thermal Monitor should be activated in automatic mode after the system boots For example with the default value of 16 Minutes the BIOS activates the Thermal Monitor in automatic mode 16 minutes after the system starts booting up Generally the Thermal Monitor should not be activated immediately on booting as the processor will be under a heavy load during the bo...

Page 37: ...fast that the performance decrease is insignificant TM2 Bus Ratio This represents the throttle frequency for the Trimedia TM2 PCI bus interface Enter any integer number between 0 and 255 inclusive to set this frequency TM2 Bus VID This represents the throttle voltage for the Trimedia TM2 PCI bus interface Choose a value between 0 8375V and 1 6000V inclusive in steps of 0 0125V Limit CPUID MaxVal S...

Page 38: ...performance boost 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 multi processor interrupt management and incorporates both static and dynamic symmetric interrupt distribution across all processors In systems with multiple I O subsystems each subsystem can...

Page 39: ... if the First Boot Device is set as Removable the Second Boot Device as CDROM and the Third Boot Device as Hard Disk then the system will try to boot from a removable drive failing which it will try to boot from a CDROM and if this also fails it will try to boot from the Hard Disk Boot Other Device This option allows the system to boot from any other bootable device Enabled Disabled Removable Devi...

Page 40: ...nd USB ZIP Disk Hard Disk Boot Priority This setting controls the order that the BIOS uses to look for a hard disk from which to load the operating system during the boot process The hard disk boot sequence options are as follows The hard disk boot device priority is as follows 1 Primary Master 2 Primary Slave 3 Secondary Master 4 Secondary Slave 5 1 st USB Hard Disk 6 2 nd USB Hard Disk 7 3 rd US...

Page 41: ...e BIOS and POST screens to the serial port to allow remote management using a terminal server Enabled Disabled Agent Address Address connection 3F8H Agent after boot Keep Agent running after OS boot Enabled Disabled 3 5 Advanced Chipsets Features In Advanced Chipset Features you will be able to adjust many of the chipset special features ...

Page 42: ...y tRAS This timing controls the length of the delay between the activation and precharge commands basically how long after activation can the access cycle be started again This influences row activation time that is taken into account when memory has hit the last column in a specific row or when an entirely different memory location is requested Auto 4 10 System Memory Frequency Changing this opti...

Page 43: ...So using 72 bit memory modules will not give you any boost in performance In fact because the memory controller has to calculate the ECC code for every data word that is read or written there will be some performance degradation roughly in the region of 3 5 This is one of the reasons why ECC memory modules are not popular among desktop users If you are using standard 64 bit memory modules you must...

Page 44: ...ftware backwards compatible with existing PCI systems In fact a PCI Express system will boot an existing OS with no changes to current drivers and application programs Even PCI ACPI power management software will still run PCI Express Slots 1 2 When enabled the BIOS checks these ports to detect and activate the PCI devices connected to them When set to Auto the BIOS auto determines whether to enab...

Page 45: ...om multiple sectors at once instead of using the old single sector transfer mode When you enable it the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk supports block transfers and configure the proper block transfer settings for it Up to 64KB of data can be transferred per interrupt with IDE HDD Block Mode enabled If you disable IDE HDD Block Mode only 512 bytes of data can transferred per inter...

Page 46: ... IDE hard drive supports UDMA and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver UDMA Ultra DMA is advanced technology that provides for even faster throughput up to 33 3 MB s in UDMA mode 2 and 66 7 MB s in UDMA mode 4 twice to four times that of EIDE for much lower prices than SCSI Many new computers come with large UDMA drives and UDMA int...

Page 47: ...the SATA controller Combined Mode This combines both PATA Parallel ATA and SATA This allows a maximum of 2 IDE drives in each channel Enhanced Mode This enables both SATA as well as PATA and allows a maximum of 6 IDE drives in each channel SATA Only This operates SATA in legacy mode PATA IDE Mode This enables the selected IDE controller in PATA mode Parallel ATA mode Primary Secondary 3 6 2 Onboar...

Page 48: ...f your system contains a USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support Set this option to enabled if your system has a USB controller including USB 2 0 and a USB mouse Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This controls if the onboard Lan will is run on bootup Lan Boot ROMs are used to download operating system code from a network server Options are Disabled Enabled...

Page 49: ...o provide asymmetric bidirectional communication Generally because of its FIFOs and the DMA channel it uses ECP is good for large data transfers useful for scanners and printers On the other hand EPP is better with links that switch directions frequently like parallel port drives There are two versions of the EPP transfer protocol EPP1 7 and EPP1 9 Generally EPP1 9 is the preferred setting because...

Page 50: ...Channel 1 or vice versa As long as either Channel 3 or Channel 1 is available for your parallel port to use the parallel port will be able to function properly in ECP mode 3 1 3 7 Power Management Setup Options related to power management can be altered through the following ACPI Suspend Type This option specifies the method to be used hibernation The options are as follows S1 POS Power On Suspend...

Page 51: ... V SYNC H SYNC signals from VGA cards to monitor DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Note Green monitors detect the V H SYNC signals to turn off their electron guns It is important to realize...

Page 52: ...he system marks the chassis as open Even if you close the casing again the system still records the chassis as open Only the system manufacturer can reset this Enabled Disabled Intruder Detection When set to Clear this option will clear the intruder detection flag number and will auto set the option to Keep when the system is rebooted Clear Keep 3 7 1 PCI Express PM Function PCI Express components...

Page 53: ...ower failed Former Sts On Off Wake Up by PCI Card If enabled this option awakens the system from a soft off state with an input signal from PME on the PCI card Enabled Disabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 If you have a USB keyboard then you must enable this function to wake up the system with a key press Enabled Disabled Note This option is enabled only if S3 or S1 S3 is selected from the ACPI Suspend ...

Page 54: ...nabled then activity from the corresponding device will reload the global timer Primary IDE 0 1 When set to On any event that occurs will awaken a system which has been powered down Enabled Disabled Secondary IDE 0 1 When set to On any event that occurs will awaken a system which has been powered down Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port When set to On any event that occurs will awaken a system which...

Page 55: ...raphics 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 Reset Configuration Data If you install a new piece of hardware or modify your computer s hardware configuration the BIOS will automatically detect the changes and reconfigure the ESCD Extended System ...

Page 56: ...on card It also solves the problem of display inversion to a black screen after using the MPEG card Disabled Enabled PCI Device List Select disabled see BIOS configuration table easier Disabled Enabled INT Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment This setting defines the IRQ for the PCI devices Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Maximum Payload Size This setting defines the maximum payload size 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096...

Page 57: ...vailable if there is a Hardware Monitor onboard Note The onboard SMSC DEM1737 hardware monitoring ASIC automatically detects the system motherboard and CPU temperature It detects the CPU and chassis fan speeds in RPM The hardware monitor ASIC also detects the voltage output through the voltage regulators Auto FAN Power Control Leave as default Disabled Enabled 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control This s...

Page 58: ...lation the greater the reduction of EMI In most conditions frequency modulation via this feature should not cause any problems However system stability may be slightly compromised in certain situations For example this BIOS feature may cause improper functioning of timing critical devices like clock sensitive SCSI devices Spread Spectrum can also cause problems with over clocked systems especially...

Page 59: ... Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal system performance operations ...

Page 60: ...iously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable 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 S...

Page 61: ...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 saving the values the system is restarted again 3 15 Exit Without Saving This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup...

Page 62: ...ftRAID option to Enabled 5 Press F10 to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program 4 1 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Sets Note Please refer to Section 4 3 for illustration examples of the Intel RAID Option ROM windows The Serial ATA RAID set must be configured in the RAID Configuration utility During the Power On Self Test POST the following message will appear for a few secon...

Page 63: ...e deletion by pressing the Y key 4 1 4 Reset RAID Data Note Please refer to Section 4 3 for illustration examples of the Intel RAID Option ROM windows Warning All data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures will be lost 1 Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press the Enter key to delete the RAID set and remove any RAID structures from the drives 2 Confirm the selection by pres...

Page 64: ...d not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system If this occurs the instructions below document how to install the RAID driver To install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver using the F6 installation method complete the following steps Note After completing these steps and the operating system has been successfully installed you will still nee...

Page 65: ...he Intel RAID Option ROM has been integrated into the system BIOS Press the CTRL i keys when you see the Intel R RAID for Serial ATA status screen appear should appear early in system boot up during the Power On Self Test POST Located in the top right corner you should see a version number in the following format V4 0 0 xxxx 4 3 3 Using the Intel RAID Option ROM Creating Deleting and Resetting RAI...

Page 66: ...plication Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 0 0 6211 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Select ESC Exit ENTER Select Menu DISK VOLUME INFORMATION MAIN MENU 1 Create RAID Volume 2 Delete RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 4 Exit 1 Select option 1 Create RAID Volume and press the Enter key and the following window will appear Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in lengt...

Page 67: ...and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage Some suggested selections are listed below The default selection is 128KB 16 KB Best for sequential transfers 64 KB Good general purpose strip size 128 KB Best performance for most desktops and wo...

Page 68: ...olume Y N 7 Confirm this selection by pressing the Y key after the prompt The window will be returned to the main menu with an updated status similar to the following RAID Volumes ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable 0 RAID_Volume0 RAID0 Stripe 128KB 68 9GB Normal Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 0 WDC WD360CD 00FN WD WMAH91105870 3 WDC WD360CD 00FN WD WMAH91063877 Size Type Status V...

Page 69: ...ELP Are you sure you want to exit Y N CONFIRM EXIT 9 Confirm the exit by pressing Y key Delete RAID Volume Warning By performing this operation all data on the RAID drives will be lost 1 Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press the Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion The following window will appear Warning If your system currently boots to RAID and you del...

Page 70: ...ete the RAID volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives and the following window will appear RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 0 WDC WD360CD 00FN WD WMAH91105870 3 WDC WD360CD 00FN WD WMAH91063877 Size Type Status Vol ID 34 4GB 34 4GB Non RAID Disk Non RAID Disk Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4 0 0 6211 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporati...

Page 71: ...gs Control Panel System Device Manager Often installing the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility will resolve conflicts where the operating system does not properly recognize the Intel device Please refer to Appendix A for additional information on the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 4 4 3 Obtaining and Installing the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition The Intel Applicat...

Page 72: ...XE file installation will begin and the following screen will temporarily appear Installation Welcome Screen Click on the Next button after the following welcome window appears Installation License Agreement Carefully read through the license agreement in the following window and if you accept all the terms click on the Yes button ...

Page 73: ...llation Choose Destination Location Select the folder in the following window where you would like Setup to install the files and then click on the Next button Installation Select Program Folder Select a program folder in the following window where you would like Setup to add the program icons ...

Page 74: ... 4 13 http www tyan com Installation Setup Status The status of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup will then appear in the following window Installation InstallShield R Wizard Complete Once installation is complete the following window will appear ...

Page 75: ...ID Edition has been loaded by completing the following steps For Windows 2003 or Windows 2000 The following instructions assume classic mode Click on Start Button Settings Control Panel Double click on the System icon Select the Hardware tab Select Device Manager button Expand the SCSI and RAID Controllers entry Right click on the Intel R 82801FR SATA RAID Controller Select the Driver tab Select t...

Page 76: ...ies Select the Version tab Located at the top of this tab s view should be a parameter call File version Next to it is the RAID Driver version It should have a version number in the following format 4 5 0 xxxx 4 7 Issues During Installation 4 7 1 Symptom Incompatible Hardware The following error message occurs during installation Resolution This issue is resolved by installing the Intel Applicatio...

Page 77: ...F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver or pre installed on SATA Hard Drive configured as Non RAID Disk also known as RAID Ready Mode 2 Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver is installed from within operating system to add Start Menu links and Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition utility 4 8 4 Converting a RAID Ready System into RAID 0 or RAID 1 System with Mi...

Page 78: ...ks combined At this point you should see the partitions within the RAID Volume that were originally on the single disk you used as your source After the partitions you should see a gray area labeled Free Space This area will have to be partitioned and formatted before it may be used 4 9 RAID Migration Instructions The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition offers the flexibility to upgrade fro...

Page 79: ...Disks listed in your system can differ from the following illustration 4 9 1 Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive To create a RAID volume from an existing disk right mouse click on Actions and select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to create a new RAID volume as illustrated below Note Note Creating a RAID volume from an existing disk can also be accomplished by clicking on the A...

Page 80: ...vide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be available for data storage Strip Sizes Select the desired strip size setting As indicated the optimal setting is 128KB Selecting any other option may result in performance degradation Even though 128KB is the recommended setting for most users you should choose the strip size value which is be...

Page 81: ... Chapter 4 SATA RAID Setup for SATA RAID model 4 20 http www tyan com Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Confirm Creation of New RAID Volume Confirm the creation of the new RAID volume and then click Next ...

Page 82: ...at the migration process may take considerable time to complete and you must click Finish in order to start the migration While you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration process starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system is rebooted for any reason it will pick up the migration process where it left off You ...

Page 83: ... proceeding Uninstalling the Intel Application Accelerator would render all data on any existing RAID Volumes inaccessible and therefore it cannot be automatically uninstalled It is recommended that any RAID volume be deleted before disabling the Intel 82801FR SATA RAID Controller Disabling the Intel 82801FR SATA RAID Controller would re enable the SATA controller and the operating system would no...

Page 84: ...m BIOS please contact the motherboard manufacturer or your place of purchase for assistance 4 11 Unattended Installation Under Windows 2003 Windows 2000 To install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition as outlined in the Microsoft document Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT Setup use the supplied TXTSETUP OEM file included in the application package and insert the lines below into the...

Page 85: ...s that the operating system is not located on the RAID volume Should something happen to the RAID volume the operating system should not be impacted Note The Create RAID Volume option is not selectable unless a third bootable device such as an IDE or SCSI hard drive is installed in the system in addition to using two Serial ATA hard drives To manually create a RAID volume right mouse click on Acti...

Page 86: ...vide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be available for data storage Strip Sizes Select the desired strip size setting As indicated the optimal setting is 128KB Selecting any other option may result in performance degradation Even though 128KB is the recommended setting for most users you should choose the strip size value which is be...

Page 87: ...ase note that once you have selected Next on the following dialog box the Intel Storage Utility will have claimed the disks to be used in creating a new volume and this operation cannot be undone It is critical that you backup all important data before selecting Next to the dialog box Confirm Creation of New RAID Volume Confirm the creation of the new RAID volume and then click Next ...

Page 88: ...system can load the Adaptec RAID option ROM code for Intel RAID The Adaptec RAID option ROM is a standard PnP Plug and Play option ROM that provides a pre operating system user interface for the Intel RAID implementation It also allows the boot order to be selected from within the BIOS setup utility For this information please check Tyan s web site at www tyan com Warning Before installing the dri...

Page 89: ...onductor IDE or regular IDE power cables with SATA hard drives y Carefully follow any technical instructions that come from the hard disk manufacturer Follow the given steps for correct cable installation 1 Attach either cable end to the SATA connector on the motherboard 2 Attach the other cable end to the SATA hard disk 4 13 3 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The Serial ATA RAID sets must be co...

Page 90: ...guration Utility Display Delete the Arrays Display array properties and members 1 From the Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Array Configuration Utility menu select Manage Array 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are dis...

Page 91: ...sc to return to the previous menu 4 13 5 Create Array Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are uninitialized are shown in gray and cannot be used Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Array Configuration Utility Create an Array Follow the given steps to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Volume 1 ...

Page 92: ...o preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will...

Page 93: ...Enter key to delete the drive spare The following prompt is displayed Do you want to delete the spare Yes No 2 Press Y to delete the drive spare 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu 4 13 7 Initialize Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an arra...

Page 94: ...both drives to be initialized are selected 4 Press Enter 5 Read the warning message and ensure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize Type Y to continue 4 13 8 Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to low level format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu select Disk Utilities Adaptec RAID Configuration Utili...

Page 95: ...media defects All recoverable defects will be remapped 2 Select options Format Disk or Verify Disk Media and press the Enter key You are offered the following options Format Disk Simulates a format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects Any errors found are corrected 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Adaptec SATA...

Page 96: ...Configuration Utility Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 0 Maxtor 6Y120M0 YAR51BW0 SATA Port 1 Maxtor 6Y120M0 YAR51BW0 Only drives present at POST are displayed Format Disk Verify Disk Media ...

Page 97: ...eeps 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 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 5 2 Flash Utility Every BIOS file is unique for the motherboard ...

Page 98: ...list 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 process fails for some reason At that point the next IPL device is called upon to attempt loading of the OS BIOS Basic Input Output System the program that resides in the ROM chip and provides the ...

Page 99: ... 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 pairs DIMM bank sometimes called DIMM 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...

Page 100: ...on 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 computer chip IDE Integrated Device Drive Electronics a simple self contained HDD interface It can handle drives up to 8 4 GB in size Almost all IDEs sold now are in fact Enhanced IDEs EIDEs with max...

Page 101: ...e 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 packets of data are sent to the memory at one time and acted upon quickly This type of SRAM operates at bus speeds higher than 66MHz Pipelining improves system performance by allowing the CPU to begin exe...

Page 102: ...emory 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 system SATA Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface Serial ATA is a drop in solution in that it is compatible with today s software and operating system...

Page 103: ...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 supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral devices VGA Video Graphics Array the PC video display standard V SYNC controls the vertical scanning properties of the monitor ...

Page 104: ...2 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 keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0Eh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep...

Page 105: ...ion 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_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 2 Init onboard PWM 3 Init onboard H W monitor devices 27h Initialize I...

Page 106: ... On 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 to 0 53h Clear password according to H W jumper Optional 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP d...

Page 107: ... if 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 Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH EXE is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 77h Detect serial ports parallel ports 7Ah Detect install co processor 7Ch Init HDD write protect 7Fh Switch back ...

Page 108: ... the memory 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 information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Saving 3 Program boot up speed 4 Chipset final initialization 5 Power management final initialization 6 Clear scre...

Page 109: ...s 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 most impressive we ve seen with great response time and exceptional organization in general Anandtech com Please feel free to contact us directly fo...

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