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Содержание S2727

Страница 1: ... Semiconductor Promise is a trademark of Promise Technology IBM PC AT and PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation 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 n...

Страница 2: ...emory 2 22 Attaching Drive Cables 2 23 Installing Add In Cards 2 24 Connecting External Devices 2 25 Installing the Power Supply 2 26 Finishing UP Chapter 3 BIOS 3 1 BIOS Menu Bar 3 2 BIOS Legend Bar 3 3 BIOS Main Menu 3 4 BIOS Advanced Menu 3 5 BIOS PCI PnP Menu 3 6 BIOS Boot Menu 3 7 BIOS Chipset Menu 3 8 BIOS ACPI Menu 3 9 BIOS Security Menu 3 10 BIOS Exit Menu Chapter 4 Diagnostics 4 1 Beep Co...

Страница 3: ...ntions 2x CPU Retention Reinforcement back plates with screws 1x 34 Pin floppy drive cable 1 x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 33 IDE cable 1x Tiger GC SL User s Manual 1x Tiger GC SL Quick Reference sticker 1x TYAN driver CD 1x I O shield If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process ...

Страница 4: ...r DDR DIMM sockets minimum onesingle DIMM Supports up to 4GBmaximum memory Supports Registered ECC DDR 72 bit memory modules Expansion Slots Three 64 32 bit 33MHz PCI 2 2 slots Two 32 bit 33MHz PCI 2 2 slots Total five usable slots Integrated PCI IDE Triple channel PCI bus mastermode The primary and secondary channels support ATA 100 66 33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices The tertiary channel suppo...

Страница 5: ...s ACPI Auto detection of memory size Auto configuration of IDE hard drive types Multiple boot options User settings of hardware monitoring Power Management ACPI S1 S4 and S5 Form Factor Standard ATX 2 03 12 x 9 6 6 layer PCB ATX12V EPS12V power connector Stacked Mouse Keyboard Ports Stacked USB two connectors One serial connector and one VGA connector Two RJ 45 side by side connectors with LEDs S2...

Страница 6: ...nd 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 safest conditions Tyan recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap 2 Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board or flex the board in any way 3 ...

Страница 7: ...ve 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 ...

Страница 8: ... 1 Board Parts This jumper diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing Theboard you receive may or may not look exactly like the above diagram The board parts are not to scale ...

Страница 9: ...2 keyboard lower and PS 2 mouse upper connectors J22 Front panel header J26 RJ45 LAN connector for onboard Intel 82551QMNIC J27 VGA connector for onboard ATI Rage XL PCI VGA J30 Front USB headers J32 Hardware monitor warning buzzer header optional J33 RJ45 LAN connector for onboard Intel 82540EM NIC J36 External speaker header J38 Auxiliary LAN LED header for onboard Intel 82540EM NIC J40 Auxiliar...

Страница 10: ...EDs The Front Panel Connector J22 has been implemented for such purposes J22 Front Panel Connector Pin 1 Hard disk drive LED Pin 2 Power LED Pin 3 Hard disk drive LED Pin 4 Power LED Pin 5 GND Pin 6 Power button LOW asserted Pin 7 Reset button LOW asserted Pin 8 GND Pin 9 5V Pin10 Sleep button LOW asserted Pin11 NC Not Connected Pin12 GND Pin13 GND Pin14 Key Pin15 NC Not Connected Pin16 NC Not Con...

Страница 11: ...system on and wait for the screen to show this message CMOS Settings Wrong CMOS Checksum Bad Now the CMOS is cleared Power off system and disconnect the AC power from the power supply and set jumper JP1 to Normal OPEN for normal operations Power system on and go to BIOS Setup Load and save setup defaults JP31 Onboard ATI RAGE XL Graphics OPEN CLOSE Enabled Default Disabled OPEN The jumper enables ...

Страница 12: ...onboard Intel 82551QM10 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller can be disabled by placing a jumper shunt on jumper JP24 J40 Onboard Intel 82551QM LAN1 J40 is a 4 pin external LAN LED header for onboard LAN1 Intel 82551QM controller The LED indication is similar to the LEDs on J26 LED indications Pin 1 Yellow LED Pin 2 Yellow LED Pin 3 Green LED Pin 4 Green LED Link not established Yellow LED Off Green ...

Страница 13: ... by placing a jumper shunt on jumper JP35 J38 Onboard Intel 82540EM LAN2 J38 is a 4 pin external LAN LED header for onboard LAN2 Intel 82540EM Gigabit controller The LED indication is similar to the LEDs on J33 LED indications Pin 1 Yellow LED Pin 2 Yellow LED Pin 3 Green LED Pin 4 Green LED Link not established Yellow LED Off Green LED Off Link at 10Mbps without activity Yellow LED Off Green LED ...

Страница 14: ...Trip Protection OPEN CLOSE Enabled Default Disabled OPEN CPU Thermal Trip Protection is enabled CLOSE CPU Thermal Trip Protection is disabled System will not be forced to shut off when CPU Thermal Trip occurs In this case overheating could damage the processor J1 CPU Hot Warning LED Header For CPU1 Pin 1 LED J1 Pin 2 LED J1 is an external LED header to indicate CPU1 signal PROCHOT status When CPU1...

Страница 15: ...er For CPU2 Pin 1 LED J44 Pin 2 LED J44 is an external LED header to indicate CPU2 signal PROCHOT status When CPU2 gets too hot the CPU2 signal PROCHOT will be asserted before CPU2 reaches cataclysmal failure or damage The onboard LED D2 acts as same as J44 to indicate CPU2 processor overheating ...

Страница 16: ...ably for its product life 12Volts fans supported FAN PWM Fan Control Fan Tachometer Speed Reading Max Current CPUFAN1 No Yes 1 5 Amp CPUFAN2 No Yes 1 5 Amp FAN3 Yes Yes 1 2 Amp FAN4 Yes Yes 1 2 Amp FAN5 Yes Yes 1 2 Amp FAN6 No Yes 1 5 Amp 2 16 Serial Port Header COM 2 COM2 The Second Serial Port Header Pin 1 DCD Pin 2 RXD Pin 3 TXD Pin 4 DTR Pin 5 GND Pin 6 DSR Pin 7 RTS Pin 8 CTS Pin 9 RI Pin10 N...

Страница 17: ...ader J30 J30 USB 2 3 Header Pin 1 USB POWER Pin 2 GND Pin 3 USB_3 Pin 4 GND Pin 5 USB_3 Pin 6 USB_2 Pin 7 GND Pin 8 USB_2 Pin 9 GND Pin10 USB POWER Note The external USB cable is optional and not included in the standard shipping box ...

Страница 18: ...M operation Hence the minimum memory module is one memory DIMM to allow system to boot up CPU Front Side Bus Speed Match The S2727 Tiger GC SL memory frequency is synchronized with both CPU and onboard memory controller front side bus which means the memory module speed rate should match the CPU FSB For example with an Intel Xeon 533MHz Front Side Bus FSB processor the memory only supports DDR266 ...

Страница 19: ...t be installed prior to installing the motherboard into a chassis 3 Ensure that the screws have firmly secured the motherboard between the CPU heatsink retention bases and the back plates The following diagrams will illustrate how to install the included heatsink retention modules 1 Align the heatsink mounting bracket to the holes around the processor socket 2 Insert Black securing peg use the scr...

Страница 20: ...20 http www tyan com 5 Seat heatsink between brackets on processor 6 Attach heatsink clips ...

Страница 21: ...ensure 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 place 5 Your processor is installed 6 Repeat these steps for the second processor if you are using two processors Heatsink Installation After you are done installing the processor s you shou...

Страница 22: ...or For example while PC1600 DDR modules a re compatible with all DDR based motherboards they will not work if you are required to run the motherboard and processor buses at 533MHz For this PC2100 DDR DDR266 modules are required For important memory information please check Tyan s web site at www tyan com for recommendations Processor DDR200 PC1600 DDR266 PC2100 Xeon 400MHz FSB v supported v suppor...

Страница 23: ...e center of the module socket The SDR SDRAM modules and their sockets have two keys and will not insert into DDR DIMM sockets The method of installing memory modules is detailed in the following diagrams 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...

Страница 24: ...e color Supports ATA 100 66 33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices The Tertiary IDE channel Yellow color Supports ATA 66 33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices 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 other end s into the drive s Each standard IDE cable has three connectors two of which are close...

Страница 25: ...e A Refer to your floppy drive s installation instructions if available or contact your dealer if you are unsure about how to attach the floppy drive s Remember you can only have 2 floppy drives connected at any given time Below are some symptoms of incorrectly installed floppy drives Drive is not automatically detected Check if the floppy controller is enabled under the BIOS settings Verify that ...

Страница 26: ...motherboard and the add in card TIP It s good practice to install add in cards in a staggered manner rather than directly adjacent to each other This allows air to more easily circulate within the chassis providing improved cooling for all installed devices NOTE YOU MUST UNPLUG the power connector to the motherboard before performing system hardware changes to avoid damaging the board or expansion...

Страница 27: ...r GC SL 10 100 LAN1 Left LED Right LED Network link not established Off Off Without Activity Off Green On Linked at 10 Mbps With Activity Off Green Blink Without Activity Yellow On Off Linked at 100 Mbps With Activity Yellow Blink Off 10 100 1000 LAN2 Left LED Right LED Network link not established Off Off Without Activity Off Green On Linked at 10 Mbps With Activity Off Green Blink Without Activi...

Страница 28: ...ires that you have an ATX12V power supply that has the standard ATX style 20 pin connector as well as an additional 4 pin square connector The CPU power is provided by the onboard switching voltage regulator which is sourced by 12V power This 12V CPU p ower source is from the onboard 4 pin square connector and the 4 pin auxiliary drive power connector The 12V power on the 20 pin ATX power connecto...

Страница 29: ...bles and most importantly jumpers You may have difficulty powering on your system if the motherboard jumpers are not set correctly In the rare circumstance that you have experienced difficulty even though the instructions herein were followed you can find help by asking your vendor for assistance If they are not available for assistance please find setup information and documentation online at our...

Страница 30: ... a Turn on or reboot your system b Press Del to start BIOS setup utility BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Chipset ACPI Security Exit Item Specific Help SystemOverview AMI BIOS Version 8 00 00 Build Date Jan 01 2003 Processor Type Intel XEON CPU 3 xxGHz Count 2 System Time 12 59 59 System Date 01 01 2003 Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup De...

Страница 31: ...tten in boldtype represent the BIOS setup default 3 2 BIOS Legend Bar The chart describes the legend keys and their alternates Key Function ESC Exit current menu Arrow keys Select a different menu or arrow keys Move cursor up down Tab or Shift Tab Cycle cursor up down Home or End Move cursor to top bottom of the window PgUp or PgDn Move cursor to next previous page Select the previous value settin...

Страница 32: ...03 Processor Type Intel XEON CPU 3 xxGHz Count 2 System Time 12 59 59 System Date 01 01 2003 Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit ÖSelect Menu Enter Select 4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit 3 3 1 System Time Feature Option Description HH MM SS Set the system time 3 3 2 System Date Feature Option Description MM DD YYYY Set the system date ...

Страница 33: ...ues F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit ÖSelect Menu Enter Select 4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit 3 4 1 IDE Configuration Sub Menu Feature Option Description Onboard PCI IDE Controller Both Primary Secondary Disable This setting determines whether the primary and secondary IDE channels are activated Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master SecondarySlave This setting determines whether the devices of prim...

Страница 34: ...O address and an interrupt number Disabled To turn off the port Serial Port 2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Disable Enabled To turn on the port It requires entering a base I O address and an interrupt number Disabled To turn off the port Parallel Port Address Disable 378 278 3BC Enabled To turn on the port It requires entering a base I O address and an interrupt number Disabled To turn off th...

Страница 35: ...USB Function Enable Disabled Legacy USB Support Auto Enable Disable USB ZIP Emulation Type Auto Floppy Hard Disk USB Beep Message Enable Disabled 3 4 6 Watchdog Timer Configuration Sub Menu Feature Option Description Watchdog Timer Disabled 2 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes The Watchdog Timer provides the feature to automatic reboot the system when the OS locks up after the user defined pe...

Страница 36: ...4Reserved Memory Size Disable Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit ÖSelect Menu Enter Select 4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit 3 5 1 Plug Play OSSub Menu Feature Option Description Plug Play OS Yes No Select the OS which supports PnP 3 5 2 PCI Latency Timer Sub Menu Feature Option Description PCI Latency Timer 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 This...

Страница 37: ... PCI IDE Card Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 PCI Slot6 This setting provides firmware solution for some special PCI IDE add in cards 3 5 6 IRQ3 IRQ15 Sub Menu Feature Option Description IRQ3 IRQ15 Available Reserved 3 5 7 DMA0 DMA7 Sub Menu Feature Option Description DMA0 DMA7 Available Reserved 3 5 8 Reserved Memory SizeSub Menu Feature Option Description Reserved Memory S...

Страница 38: ...vices 4Removable Disk Devices 4ATAPI Devices Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit ÖSelect Menu Enter Select 4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit 3 6 1 Boot Device Priority Sub Menu The boot menu will list all bootable devices Arrange the priorities of all bootable devices by using arrow keys and then pressing Enter ...

Страница 39: ...ry Timing Control Auto Manual Memory CAS Latency 2 2 5 Hyper Threading Tech Enable Disable This setting determines whether the CPU Hyper Threading is activated For operating systems that support the Hyper Threading functionality such as Windows XP 2K and RH 7 3 3 7 2 SouthBridge Sub Menu Feature Option Description CSB6 Tertiary IDE channel Enable Disable The IDE devices on tertiary IDE channel can...

Страница 40: ...b or Enter selects field F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit ÖSelect Menu Enter Select 4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit 3 8 1 ACPI OS Sub Menu Feature Option Description ACPI OS Yes No For operating systems that support the ACPI functionality such as XP 2K and Me 3 8 2 Power Button Function Sub Menu Feature Option Description Power Button Function 4 seconds delay Instant Off ...

Страница 41: ...CI PnP Boot Chipset ACPI Security Exit Item Spec ific Help 4ChangeSupervisorPassword 4Change User Password 4Clear User Password Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit ÖSelect Menu Enter Select 4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit ...

Страница 42: ...ade are stored into CMOS System will use the new settings to boot up 3 10 2 Discard Changes and Exit Use this option to exit setup utility and re boot All new selections you have made are not stored into CMOS System will use the old settings to boot up 3 10 3 Discard Changes Use this option to restore all new setup values that you have made but not saved into CMOS 3 10 4 Load Optimal Defaults Use ...

Страница 43: ... video but an error occurs an error message will be displayed If it cannot display the message it will report the error as a series of beeps If you hear any beeps please check your memory configuration order type and check for faulty modules Please check our website for memory compatibility ForS2727 we implement the following beep codes for memory diagnostics 6 Short beeps No memory inserted 7 Sho...

Страница 44: ...loppy disk and flash the bios The correct DOS command to flash the BIOS on this board is as following example AMIFLASH 2727v101 rom a b c Where 2727v101 rom is the bios version you downloaded from our website this is an example The space between the characters a b c are very important If you leave out the spaces only the first parameter will be used Please note that you must use ALL the parameters...

Страница 45: ...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...

Страница 46: ...ical 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 d...

Страница 47: ...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...

Страница 48: ...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...

Страница 49: ...proper UltraDMA controller your system cannot take advantage of higher data transfer 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 ...

Страница 50: ...M7 technology IT manager can rest assure his server machines are always taken care Tyan SMDC is not a peripheral card Unlike regular peripheral card such as AGP card Network card or SCSI card SMDC does not require any hardware specific driver As long as a standby power comes into the system SMDC will begin looking after the system Tyan SMDC provides diversified methods to communicate with the hard...

Страница 51: ...tyan com Appendix III S2727 With Tyan Riser Cards S2727 supports 64 32 bit PCI bus at 33 MHz only Please check with your distributor for these riser cards or check http www etyan com to purchase the desired card s ...

Страница 52: ...tact your dealer for help BEFORE contacting 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 abuse or improper m...

Страница 53: ...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 with 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 Minist...

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