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Use the arrow keys to choose w hich drive contains the existing data to be copied.  

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Press [Ctrl-Y] keys to Save selection and start duplication. The following progress screen will 
appear.

  

Start to duplicate the image . . .  
Do you want to continue? (Yes/No) 
Y – Continue  N – Abort

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for TRINITY I845E

Page 1: ...of Promise Technology ATI ATI RAGE is a trademark of ATI Technologies Incorporated Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics 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 to printing TYAN assumes no liability whatsoever and dis...

Page 2: ...ling the Power Supply 2 18 Finishing Up Chapter 3 BIOS 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 3 3 Advanced BIOS Features 3 4 Advanced Chipset Features 3 5 Integrated Peripherals 3 6 Power Management Setup 3 7 PnP PCI Configuration 3 8 PC Health Status 3 9 Frequency and Voltage Control Chapter 4 IDE RAID Setup 4 1 Getting Started 4 2 Creating Your Disk Array 4 3 Creating a Security Array Wit...

Page 3: ...3 http www TYAN com Appendix I Installing Add In Cards Appendix II Glossary Technical Support Page 42 Page 43 Page 48 ...

Page 4: ...A 133 100 66 IDE cable 1x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 IDE cable only for models with Promise RAID 1x Trinity i845E User s Manual 1 x Trinity i845E Quick Reference 1x TYAN driver CD 1x I O shield Software driver disk for Promise RAID only for models with Promise RAID If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process ...

Page 5: ...nt Side Bus support for 400MHz or 533MHz Chipset Intel 845E chipset MCH ICH4 FWH Winbond W83627HF LPC I O ASIC Memory Four 184 pin 2 5v DDR DIMM sockets Supports up to 2GB of Unbuffered PC2100 1600 DDR memory Supports ECC memory modules Expansion Slots One AGP Pro slot Five 33MHz 32 bit 5 volt PCI slots Total of six usable slots Integrated PCI IDE Dual channel master mode Supports up to four Enhan...

Page 6: ...7 6 channel audio codec Line In Line Out Mic In jacks CD In Aux In connectors Hardware Monitoring Winbond 83627HF hardware monitoring ASIC CPU temperature voltage monitoring 3 pin fan monitoring headers BIOS Phoenix AwardBIOS on 4Mbit Flash ROM Jumper free overclocking and over voltage User settings for hardware monitoring Auto configuration of IDE hard drive types Multiple boot options Form Facto...

Page 7: ... manual It contains important information that will make configuration and setup much easier Here are some precautions you should take when installing your motherboard 1 Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard from the antistatic bag Unplug the power from your computer power supply and then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge i e power supply case For the safe...

Page 8: ...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 9: ...ailable at the time of publishing The board you receive may or may not look exactly like the above diagram 2 2 Fan Connectors Use these headers to connect cooling fans both chassis and processor fans to your motherboard Cooling fans help keep the system more stable and operating reliably for its product life ...

Page 10: ...4 16 18 Speaker Switch 2 4 CMOS Reset JP3 1 2 3 1 2 Default 2 3 Clear CMOS Connect pins 2 and 3 together to reset the CMOS settings in case an incorrect setting causes system instability or you have forgotten your system setup password or have just flashed your BIOS Power off the system and disconnect the power supply Close pins 2 and 3 on JP1 Wait about 5 seconds Close pins 1 and 2 on JP1 Reconne...

Page 11: ...ly Note The Intel 82562 10 100 controller is set through BIOS setup 1 2 3 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled 2 8 Pin Header Definitions J3 J9 CD In Aux In optional J26 Power LED 3 pin J20 USB 2 9 Secondary USB connector J20 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 Power In 5V 2 Signal Out 3 Signal In 4 GND 5 GND ...

Page 12: ...the motherboard to the studs inside the case If there are any studs missing you will know right away since the motherboard will not be able to be securely installed Some chassis include plastic studs instead of metal These are also usable however Tyan recommends using metal studs with screws to make sure the motherboard stays secure during shipment of while moving the system Below is a chart detai...

Page 13: ...k if you are required to run the motherboard and processor buses at 133MHz For this PC2100 DDR modules are required Critically important is whether you re using the recommended memory for the current board you have For this information please check Tyan s web site at www tyan com The following diagram shows the types of RAM modules you may encounter depending on your board Use only 184 pin unbuffe...

Page 14: ...ry only support 64 Mb 128 Mb 256 Mb and 512 Mb technologies for x 8 and x16 devices S Single Bank D Double Bank X Empty DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 S X X X X S X X X X S X X X X S S S X X S X S X S X X S X S S X X S X S X X S S S S S X S S X S S X S S X S S S S S S S DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 D X X X X D X X X X D X X X X D D X D X D X X D X D D X X D X D ...

Page 15: ... Once the memory modules are firmly seated in the socket two clamps on either side will close and secure the module into the socket Sometimes you may need to close the clamps manually To remove the memory module simply push the clamps outwards until the memory module pops up Then simply remove the module TIP When installing memory a module may require a considerable amount of force to seat properl...

Page 16: ...sure that they insert the correct way 3 Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until the processor sits flush with the socket 4 Place the socket lever back down until it snaps into plac e 5 Your processor is installed Take care when installing Pentium 4 processors as they have very fragile connector pins below the processor and can bend and break if inserted improperly H...

Page 17: ...rboards have two on board IDE channels for you to use each supporting two drives There is a white and a black IDE connector on your motherboard The black connector is the Primary IDE channel and the white connector is the Secondary IDE channel Attaching IDE cables to the IDE connectors is illustrated below Simply plug in the BLUE END of the IDE cable into the motherboard IDE connector and the othe...

Page 18: ...hem incorrectly doesn t cause severe problems it may cause your system to freeze or crash when trying to read and or write to disks Symptoms of incorrectly installed floppy drives Drive is not automatically detected Usually caused by faulty cables cables put in backwards or a bad floppy drive or motherboard Try another floppy drive to verify the problem if the cable is properly installed or try re...

Page 19: ...ented today place the keyboard connector closest to the motherboard while the top connector is for the mouse Although primarily to connect printers the parallel printer port is also used for devices such as ZIP drives external CD RW drives scanners and other external devices Serial ports also known as COM ports are primarily used to connect external modems and other RS 232C devices TIP While the p...

Page 20: ...pin and 4 pin connectors before attempting to apply power to the board 2 18 Finishing Up Congratulations on making it this far You re finished setting up the hardware aspect of your computer Before closing up your chassis make sure that all cables and wires are connected properly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumper cables You may have difficulty powering on your system if the motherb...

Page 21: ...tem s central processing unit CPU memory and I O subsystems This BIOS has been customized by adding important features 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 Starting Setup The BIOS is immediately activated when you turn on the computer T...

Page 22: ...er only settings that you thoroughly understand I n particular do not change settings in the Chipset section unless you are absolutely sure you need to The Chipset defaults were carefully chosen by TYAN or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable Setup Variations ...

Page 23: ... the following screen will appear 3 2 Standard CMOS Features In this section you can alter general features such as the data and time as well as access to the IDE configuration options Note that the options listed below are for options that can directly be changed within theMain Setup screen ...

Page 24: ...rives IDE Secondary Master Slave None Auto Manual Detects IDE drives Drive A None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Defines floppy drive type Drive B Same options as Drive A None Defines floppy drive type Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA80 MONO Defines video display mode Halt On No Errors All Errors All but keyboard All but diskette All but disk key Determines if the computer...

Page 25: ...st Second Third Other Boot Device Options Dependant on system Selects the startup device sequence Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Disabled This option switches A to B drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Disabled This option causes the floppy drives to be detected at startup Boot Up NumLock Status On Off Sets the Num Lock on or off Gate A20 Option Normal Fast Leave as default Typematic Rate Setting Enabled...

Page 26: ... 4 or v1 2 OS Select for DRAM 64MB Non OS2 OS2 Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with more than 64MB of RAM Report No FDD for WIN95 No Yes Tells Win9x not to display the floppy drive if there are none installed Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Disabled Toggles the display of the EPA Energy Star logo at POST 3 4 Advanced Chipset Features In Advanced Chipset Features you will be ab...

Page 27: ...led Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Disabled Toggles video card BIOS caching Leave as Default Memory Hole At 15M 16M Enabled Disabled Creates a memory reserve at 15 to 16MB address in RAM for ISA devices that require it Leave as Default Delayed Transaction Enabled Disabled Leave as Default Delay Prior to Thermal minutes 4 8 16 32 64 Set CPU Thermal function after booting xx minutes Leave as Default A...

Page 28: ... AC97 Audio by BIOS Init Display First PCI AGP Defines which graphics device to start first Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Auto PIO 1 2 3 4 Changes PIO Programmed I O interface mode for HDD Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Auto UDMA 1 2 3 4 5 Changes UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access interface mode for HDD Super IO Device Press Enter USB Controller All Enabled None Toggles the use of onboard ...

Page 29: ...deo Off Method V H SYNC Blank Blank DPMS Defines the method used to power off graphics HDD Power Down Disabled 1 5 10 20 30 45 60 minutes Defines hard drive power down delay Suspend Mode Disabled Standby Sleep Defines the method used to power off the system Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type Yes Stop Grant No Power On Suspend Defines the suspend type for Stop Grant or power on suspend Soft Off by P...

Page 30: ... will wake up if the modem is dialed into Set for default RTC AlarmResume Disabled Enabled Defines the time date when the system will wake up Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 Disabled Enabled Enables or Disables monitoring Primary IDE 0 1 for power saving FDD COM LPT port Disabled Enabled Enables or Disable of monitoring FDD COM LPT for power saving FDD PIRQ A D Disabled Enabled Enables or Disables monit...

Page 31: ...to all the configurations of Pnp PCI resources Rest Configuration data Enabled Disabled Leave as Default Resources Controller Auto ESCD Manual Defines whether system resources are controlled by BIOS or by user PCI VGA Palette Snoop Enabled Disabled Leave as Default ...

Page 32: ... 194o F To set the CPU warning temperature Shutdown Temperature Disabled To shut down the system when temperature exceeds C P The onboard Winbond 83627HF hardware monitoring ASIC automatically detects the system motherboard and CPU temperatures It detects the CPU and chassis fan speeds in RPM The hardware monitor ASIC also detects the voltage output through the voltage regulators ...

Page 33: ...commend changing this setting from the default setting Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled Disabled Sets the BIOS to automatically adjust CPI and memory bus speeds accordingly Spread Spectrum Enabled Disabled Reduces interference on the motherboard Leave as default if your system works correctly CPU Clock 100 132MHz Enter a decimal number to set the front side bus speed of the motherboard For all pur...

Page 34: ...s matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive 1 Promise recommends using identical drives as part of a PDC20276 RAID array If striping for performance use two new drives If mirroring for protection you can use two new drives OR use an existing drive and a new drive the new drive must be the same size or larger than the existing drive 2 Configure the jumpers of the har...

Page 35: ... have booted with the PDC20276 and drives installed the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen MBFastTrak133 Lite tm BIOS Version 2 00 0 XX c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved No array defined Press Ctrl F to enter FastBuild tm Utility Or press ESC key to continue booting the system 2 Press Ctrl F keys to display the FastBuild tm Utility Main Menu 3 Press 1 to di...

Page 36: ...e hard drive Creating a Security Array With New Drives PDC20276 permits only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup To create an array for data protection using new hard drives follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save your selection 3 The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to b...

Page 37: ...the PDC20276 controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first to this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller For all other Operating Systems proceed here Follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the dis...

Page 38: ...to choose w hich drive contains the existing data to be copied 5 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save selection and start duplication The following progress screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort ...

Page 39: ...en showing the BIOS version and status of the array MBFastTrak133 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved ID MODE SIZE TRACK MAPPING STATUS 1 2 0 Stripe 16126M 611 128 32 Functional Press Ctrl F to enter FastBuild tm Utility The array status consists of three possible conditions Functional Critical Offline Functional The array is operational Crit...

Page 40: ...ormance The storage capacity equals the number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array NOTE The PDC20276 permits striped arrays using 1 2 drive attached in Auto Setup mode Security RAID 1 Mirroring Creates a mirrored or fault tolerant array for data security NOTE Under the Security setting the PDC20276 permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array only Defi...

Page 41: ... correct type of memory is installed in the correct location If you get this error please check your memory configuration order type and check for faulty modules Please check our website for memory compatibility Before calling your vendor or calling TYAN Tech Support be sure that you know how many beeps your board made and how long the beeps were Also have other information such as your attached a...

Page 42: ...opriate slot for your expansion card and insert the card in firmly Do not force any expansion cards or anything else into any slots if they refuse to go in It s better to try another slot or return the faulty card rather than damaging both the motherboard and the card TIP It s good practice to spread out cards as far apart from each other as possible if you can This gives more breathing room and s...

Page 43: ...PL devices and then stores that list in NVRAM IPL devices have the ability to load and execute an O S as well as provide the ability to return to the BIOS if the O S load process fails for some reason At that point the next IPL device is called upon to attempt loading of the O S BIOS Basic Input Output System the firmware that resides in the ROM chip and provides the basic instructions for control...

Page 44: ...cal 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 that are similar to IRQs DMA channels allow hardware devices like soundcards or keyboards to access the main memory without involving the CPU This frees up CPU resources for other tasks As with IRQs it is vital that you do not do...

Page 45: ...OS if the loading attempt fails IPL see Initial Program Load IRQ Interrupt Request an electronic request that runs from a hardware device to the CPU The interrupt controller assigns priorities to incoming requests and delivers them to the CPU It is important that there is only one device hooked up to each IRQ line Doubling up devices on IRQ lines can cause problems Plug n Play operating systems ca...

Page 46: ...col services within a client towards the goal of allowing networked based booting to boot using industry standard protocols RAID Redundant Array of Independent Inexpensive Disks a way for the same data to be stored in different places on many hard drives By using this method the data is stored redundantly also the multiple hard drives will appear as a single drive to the O S RAID Level 0 is is kno...

Page 47: ...sfer rates of 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 o...

Page 48: ...http www TYAN com 3 Contact your dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN 4 Check the TYAN user group alt comp periphs mainboard TYAN Returning Merchandise for Service During the warranty period contact your distributor or system vendor FIRST for any product problems This warranty only covers normal customer use and does not cover damages incurred during shipping or failure due to the alteration misuse...

Page 49: ...on a circuit different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer on an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatus complies w ith the Class B limits for radio interference as specified in the Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations Cet appareil est conforme aux norms de Classe B d interference radio tel que specifie par le Minis...

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