Tyan TOMCAT I7230B User Manual

S5161

Tomcat i7230B

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Version 1.0

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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 disclaims any express or implied warranty, relating to sale and/or use of TYAN products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability. TYAN retains the right to make changes to product descriptions and/or specifications at any time, without notice. In no event will TYAN be held liable for any direct or indirect, incidental or consequential damage, loss of use, loss of data or other malady resulting from errors or inaccuracies of information contained in this document.

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Table of Contents

Check the box contents! 3

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Congratulations…………………………………………………………… 5

1.2 Hardware Specifications………………………………………………… 5

1.3 Software Specifications…………………………………………............. 7

Chapter 2: Board Installation

2.1 Board Image……………………………………………………………… 10

2.2 Block Diagram……………………………………………………………. 11

2.3 Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors………………………………... 12

2.4 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis…………………………….. 20

2.5 Installing the Processor & Cooling Fan………………………………... 21

2.6 Installing the Memory……………………………………………………. 25

2.7 Attaching Drive Cables………………………………………………….. 27

2.8 Installing Add-in Cards………………………………............................ 29

2.9 Installing Optional SO-DIMM Modules………………………………… 30

2.10 Connecting External Devices…………………………………………… 31

2.11 Installing the Power Supply……………………………………………... 32

2.12 Finishing Up………………………………………………………………. 33 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

3.1 About the BIOS…………………………………………………………… 35

3.2 BIOS Main Menu…………………………………………………………. 36

3.3 Advanced Menu………………………………………………………….. 44

3.4 Security Menu…………………………………………………………….. 62

3.5 Power Menu………………………………………………………………. 63

3.6 Boot Menu………………………………………………………………… 65

3.7 Exit Menu…………………………………………………………………. 66

Chapter 4: Diagnostics

4.1 Beep Codes………………………………………………………………. 67

4.2 Flash Utility……………………………………………………………….. 67

4.3 BIOS Post Code………………………………………………………….. 68

Appendix I: SMDC Information Appendix II: How to Make a Driver Diskette Glossary

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Check the box contents!

1x S5161 motherboard

1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable

1 x Ultra-DMA-133/100/66/33 IDE cable

2 x Serial ATA power cable

4 x Serial ATA cable

1 x USB2.0 cable

1 x S5161 user’s manual

1 x S5161 Quick Reference guide

1 x TYAN driver CD

1 x I/O shield

1 x Serial & Parallel Port cable set

If any of these items are missing, please contact your vendor/dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process.

NOTE: The box contents do not include any driver diskette. Please use the included driver CD to make a driver diskette. Refer to Appendix II for the information on how to make a driver diskette.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 - Congratulations

You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions. The Tomcat i7230B (S5161) is a flexible Intel® platform for multiple applications, based on

E7230 (Mukilteo) MCH and ICH7-R chipsets.

Intel Designed to support the family of Intel® Socket 775 processors and 8GB DDR2

667/533/400 memory. The S5161 has integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN, built-in 16MB XGI XG20TM video and four serial ATA ports. This motherboard represents the best choice for a server platform product.

Remember to visit TYAN’s Website at http://www.TYAN.com find information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS upgrades.

1.2 - Hardware Specifications

Processor

•Single LGA775 socket

•Support Intel

Pentium® 4,

Pentium® D and Celeron D CPU’s

•1066/800/533 MHz FSB

Chipset

•Intel

E7230 (Mukilteo) MCH

•ICH7-R South Bridge

•PXH-V 64-bit PCI Hub

•SMSC SCH5017 LPC Super I/O

chip

Memory

•Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets

•Supports ECC DIMMs

•Maximum of 8GB unbuffered

(Non-Reg) DDR2-667/533/400

Expansion Slots

•One (1) PCI-X 64/133 slot in-lined with one (1) PCIe x4 slot (routed to PCIe x8 bus from MCH)

•One (1) Tyan “TARO” SO-DIMM socket, support M7901/M7902/M9000

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Integrated Video Controller

•XGI Volari Z7 (XG20)

•16MB frame buffer memory

Integrated ATA-100 (ICH7-R)

•One ATA-100 channel for up to two ATA-100 devices

Integrated SATA Controllers (ICH7-R)

•Supports four SATA-II ports running at 3.0Gb/s

•RAID 0/1/5/10 capable (Windows Driver support only)

Integrated LAN Controllers

•Two (2) Intel controllers

-operating at PCIe x1 interface

•One (1) Intel Ethernet LAN controller

-operating at PCI 32/33 interface

. There you can

i82573V GbE LAN

i82551QM fast

System Management

•SMSC SCH5017 and EMC6D103 with hardware monitoring

•One (1) 3+1-pin CPU fan headers with tachometer monitoring and smart FAN control (by SCH5017)

•Five (5) 3+1-pin system fan headers with tachometer monitoring, three (3) of them support smart FAN control

•Temperature and voltage monitoring

•Watchdog timer support

•Port 80 code display lED

Integrated I/O

•One floppy connector

•One IDE connector

•Four SATA ports

•Six USB 2.0 ports (2 at rear, 4 via

cable)

•Two COM port (1 at rear, 1 via cable)

•Tyan 2x9 front-panel pin header

•Tyan 2x6 front-panel pin header

for LAN LED and ID LED/Switch

•2x25 connector for optional Tyan IPMI SMDC

Back Panel I/O Ports

•Stacked PS/2 mouse & keyboard ports

•Stacked 2 USB ports & 1 RJ45 10/100 ports

•One 9-pin COM port

•One 15-pin VGA port

•Two side-by-side RJ-45

10/100/1000 ports

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Optional Modules

•M3291, IPMI 2.0 Remote System Management card

-Renesas H8S2167 BMC controller

- BT, KCS, logging support

- IPMI-over-LAN

- Remote power on/off and reset

•M7901/M7902, Ultra320 SCSI “TARO” card

-Adaptec AIC-7901/7902 single/dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI controller

- Adaptec HostRAID 0,1,10 supported

•M9000 SAS/SATA II “TARO” card

-Adaptec AIC-9405/9410 SAS controller

- Supports up to 4-port (M9000-5) and 8-port (M9000-10) SAS & SATA running at 3.0Gb/s

- Adaptec HostRAID 0,1 & 10 supported

BIOS

•Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit Flash ROM

•Serial Console Redirect

•USB boot supported

•Supports APM1.2 and ACPI

•PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0

•S0/S1/S4/S5 states supported

Power Supply

•EPS12V

•24-pin + 8-pin power connectors

Form Factor

•ATX footprint

•12” x 9.6” (305mm x244mm)

Regulatory

•FCC Class B (DoC)

•European Community CE (DoC)

•BSMI

1.3 - Software Specifications

OS (Operating System) Support

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP SP1 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1(32-bit & 64-bit) SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.0 SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit) SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3 (32-bit & 64-bit) RHEL3 Update 5 (32-bit & 64-bit) RHEL4 Update 1 (32-bit & 64-bit)

TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with or without notice.

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Chapter 2: Board Installation

You are now ready to install your motherboard. The mounting hole pattern of the Tomcat i7230B S5161 matches the ATX specification. Before continuing with installation, confirm that your chassis supports an ATX motherboard.

How to install our products right… the first time

The first thing you should do is reading this user’s 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 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) Avoid touching the motherboard components, IC chips, connectors,

memory modules, and leads.

(4) Place the motherboard on a grounded antistatic surface or on the

antistatic bag that the board was shipped in.

(5) Inspect the board for damage.

The following pages include details on how to install your motherboard into your

chassis, as well as installing the processor, memory, disk drives and cables.

NOTE

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN

DAMAGED

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2.1- Board Image

This picture is representative of the latest board re vision available at the time of publishing. The board you receive may or may not look exactly like the above picture.

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2.2 - Block Diagram

Tomcat i7230B S5161

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2.3 - Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors

K/B M/S

USBx2

PW1

P2W

LAN3

COM1

INTEL E7230

CPU

MCH

VGA

LAN1

LAN2

JP3

JP6

JP1

JP2

BIOS

FDD

COM2

LPT

This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing. The board you receive may not look exactly like the above diagram.

DDRI I 4 DDRI I 3

DDRII 2

DDRII 1

PCIX-P1PCIX-P1

J11

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J15

J18

J14

J7P

JP8

SMDC

PCIX-E1PCIX-E1

JP9

J11P

JP14

J13J13

J20

J19

JP15

J22

J13P

J12P

J10P

J21

J12

J17

IDE

J16P

J25

J24

Jumper Legend

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Jumper/Connector Function

J6 COM2 Header J7/J9 Chassis Fan Connector J11 SO-DIMM Socket J13/J14/J18 Front Fan Connector J15 CPU_Fan Connector J21/J22/J24/J25 Serial ATA RAID Connector JP1/JP2 SMDC/ASF2.0 Select Header JP3 LAN3 Enable/Disable Jumper

JP6 PCI-X Speed Select Header JP7/JP9 Front Panel USB2.0 Connector

JP14 SMDC Connector

OPEN - Jumper OFF, without jumper cover CLOSED – Jumper ON, with jumper cover

JP16 Clear CMOS Jumper J12/J17/J19/J20 Reserved for OEM only JP8 Reserved for OEM only JP10/JP11/JP12/JP13 Reserved for OEM only

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J11

JP15

JP1

JP2

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JP16

JP15: Front Panel Header

The Front Panel Header is used to connect some control or signal wires from motherboard to chassis, such as HDD LED, power LED, power button, and reset button.

HDDLED+ HDDLED-

Reset SW-

Reset SW+

External INT+

External INT-

+3VSB

SMBUS Data

SMBUS Clock

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

PWR LED+

PWR LEDPWR SW+

PWR SW-

Warning LED+

Warning LED-

N/A Chassis Intr# (Active Low) Chassis Intr# (Active Low)

JP16: Clear CMOS Jumper

Use this jumper when you forgot your system/setup

password or need to clear system BIOS setting.

Normal

(Default)

How to clear the CMOS data

- Power off system and disconnect the power

supply from the AC source

Clear

- Use jumper cap to close Pin 2 and 3 for several seconds to Clear CMOS

- Replace jumper cap to close Pin 1 and 2 Reconnect the power supply to the AC source

- Power on system

J11: Tyan SO-DIMM Connector

Use this connector to connect the Tyan TARO card.

JP1/JP2: SMDC/ASF2.0 Select Header

Pin 1-2 Closed: Enable ASF2.0 support (Default)

Pin 2-3 Closed: Enable SMDC card support

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JP3

JP9JP7

JP8: PCI 3.3V/5V Select Header

Pin 1-2 Closed: select 5V (Default)

Pin 2-3 Closed: select 3.3V

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JP14

JP8

JP7/JP9: Front Panel USB2.0 Connector

Signal Pin Pin Signal

USB PWR

USB_A-

USB_A+

GND

Key

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

USB PWR

USB_B-

USB_B+

GND

Use these headers to connect to the USB devices via the enclosed USB cable.

JP3: LAN3 Enable/Disable Jumper

Pin 1-2 Closed: Enable LAN3 (Default)

Pin 2-3 Closed: Disable LAN3

J6: COM2 Header

Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2. *TYAN does not provide cable for this header. It is designed for OEM use only.

Signal Pin Pin Signal

DCD RXD TXD

DTR

GND

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

DSR RTS CTS

Key

10 2

JP14: SMDC Connector

The SMDC connector allows you to connect with the Tyan Server Management Daughter Card (SMDC). The S5161 supports Tyan SMDC M3291. Refer to Appendix I for more information on SMDC.

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JP6

JP6: PCI-X Speed Select Header

Pin 1-2 Closed: 133MHz (Default)

Pin 2-3 Closed: 100MHz max

J15

J18

J14

J13

J25

J22

J24

J21

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J13/J14/J18: Front Fan Connector

Use these headers to connect the chassis cooling fans

GND

Speed C on t rol Tachometer

S peed C ont rol

to your motherboard to keep the system stable and reliable. J13: FAN3, J14: FAN1, J18: FAN2

These connectors support the tachometer monitoring and auto fan speed control.

J7/J9: Chassis Fan Connector

+12V

GND

Tachometer

Use this header to connect the chassis cooling fan to your motherboard to keep the system at optimum performance levels. J7: FAN 5, J9: FAN4

J15: CPU_FAN Connector

Use this header to connect the processor cooling fan

GND

Speed C on t rol Tachometer

S peed C ont rol

to your motherboard to keep the system stable and reliable.

This connector supports the tachometer monitoring and auto fan speed control.

J21/J22/J24/J25: Serial ATA RAID Connector

7 GND

6 RXP 5 RXN 4 GND 3 TXN 2 TXP 1 GND

Connects to the Serial ATA ready drives via the Serial ATA cable

J21: SATA1 J22: SATA3 J24: SATA2 J25: SATA4

You can use any of the four Serial ATA ports for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 from the onboard ICH7R chipset

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2.4 - Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis

Before installing your motherboard, make sure your chassis has the necessary motherboard support studs installed. These studs are usually metal and are gold in color. Usually, the chassis manufacturer will pre-install the support studs. If you are unsure of stud placement, simply lay the motherboard inside the chassis and align the screw holes of 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. Although the plastic studs are usable, TYAN recommends using metal studs with screws that will fasten the motherboard more securely in place.

Below is a chart detailing what the most common motherboard studs look like and how they should be installed.

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2.5 - Installing the Processor & Cooling Fan

Your Tomcat i7230B S5161 supports the latest processor technologies from Intel. Check the TYAN website for latest processor support:

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Processor Installation

The processor should be installed carefully. Make sure you are wearing an antistatic strap and handle the processor as little as possible. Follow these instructions to install your processor

1. Locate the processor socket on the motherboard and lift the protective cover off as shown.

2. Pull the locking lever out of it’s locked position and let it spring into the open position.

WARNING:

This new processor socket designed by Intel is easy to be damaged. The processor has to be installed very carefully to prevent the contact pins of the socket from breaking. It is strongly recommended the processor installation job to be handled by the experienced technician.

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3. Lift the metal cover to expose the socket interior an d 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 processor, the heatsink should be installed to ensure that the processor runs efficiently and does not overheat. Use the heatsink supplied for best results.

Follow these instructions to install the heatsink shown.

1. Apply some thermal compound (also called heatsink compound or thermal grease) to the top of the processor. Try and apply a thin, even layer over the top of the processor.

2. Align the heatsink with the four holes around the processor socket.

3. Press the heatsink do wn until the four screws are securely seated in the holes.

4. Use screw drive to secure the four screws.

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To remove the heatsink 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 motherboar d before the heat sink is placed on the top side of the motherboard. To install a heat sink like this: 1 Turn the motherboard upside down and place the rear bracket in position

with the mounting posts poking through the corresponding holes in the motherboard.

2 Turn the motherboard the right way up, holding the bracket in place. 3 Place the heat sink assembly on top of the processor.

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It should match up with the mounting holes on the rear bracket.

4 Screw the heat sink assembly into place.

If there is a fan on the heat sink you will need to connect the power lead for the fan to one of the fan power supply pin headers on the motherboard.

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2.6 - Installing the Memory

Before installing memory, ensure that the memory you have is compatible with the motherboard and processor. Only DDR2-667/533/400 DIMM modules are required. Check the TYAN Web site at: www.tyan.com details of the type of memory recommended for your motherboard.

The following diagram shows common types of DDR2 memory modules.

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Key points to note before installing memory:

• Only DDR2 667/533/400 unbuffered(Non-Reg)/ECC memory modules are supported.

• All installed memory will automatically be detected and no jumpers or settings need changing.

• The Tomcat i7230B S5161 supports up to 8GB of memory.

Notes

Standard DDR memory modules are not supported.

Registered Memory Module is NOT supported.

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Memory Installation Procedure

Follow these instructions to install memory modules into the Tomcat i7230B S5161.

1. Press the locking levers in the direction shown in the following illustration.

2. Align the memory module with the socket. The memory module is keyed to fit only one way in the socket.

Key slot

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.

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2.7 - Attaching Drive Cables

Attaching IDE Drive Cable

Attaching the IDE drive cable is simple. These cables are “keyed” to only allow them to be connected in the correct manner. TYAN motherboards have two on-board IDE channels, each supporting two drives. The black

connector designates the Primary channel, while the white connector designates the Secondary 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 other end(s) into the drive(s). Each standard IDE cable has three connectors, two of which are closer together. The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to the motherboard. The other two connectors are used to connect to drives.

Note: Always remember to properly set the drive jumpers. If only using one device on a channel, it must be set as Master for the BIOS to detect it.

TIP: Pin 1 on the IDE cable (usually designated by a colored wire) faces the drive’s power connector.

Attaching Serial ATA Cables

The Tomcat i7230B is also equipped with 4 Serial ATA (SATA) channels. Connections for these drives are also very simple.

There is no need to set Master/Slave jumpers on SATA drives.

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Tyan has supplied two SATA cables and one SATA power adapter. If you are in need of other cables or power adapters please contact your place of purchase.

The following pictures illustrate how to connect an SATA drive

1.SATA drive cable connection

2. SATA drive power connection

3. SATA cable motherboard connector

4. SATA drive power adapter

Attaching Floppy Drive Cables

Attaching floppy diskette drives are done in a similar manner to hard drives. See the picture below for an example of a floppy cable. Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the cable be installed with the colored stripe positioned next to the power connector. In most cases, there will be a key pin on the cable which will force a proper connection of the cable.

Attach first floppy drive (drive A:) to the end of the cable with the twist in it. Drive B: is usually connected to the next possible connector on the cable (the second or third connector after you install Drive A:).

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2.8 - Installing Add-In Cards

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Before installing add-in cards, it’s helpful to know if they are fully compatible with your motherboard. For this reason, we’ve provided the diagrams below, showing the slots that appear on your motherboard.

PCI-X (64/133

PCIe (x4)

The PCIe (x4) slot is designed for the Tyan M2082-2 riser card only. The M2082-2 allows you to install a PCI-E (x8) card. Please install the M2082-2 into the indicated PCI-X and PCIe slots. While using the M2082-2 for PCI-E capabilities, you can not use the PCI-X slot for an additional PCI-X add-in card.

M2082-2

PCI IDESELs and IRQ Assignments

Slot or Device IDSEL# Bus# PCI-X PAAD19 PCI-X Bus SODIMM PAAD22 PCI-X Bus Onboard 82551 Onboard XG20

AD18 PCI Bus AD21 PCI Bus

YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector from the

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motherboard before performing system hardware changes. Otherwise you may damage the board and/or expansion device.

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2.9 - Installing Optional SO-DIMM modules

Your Tomcat i7320B S5161 motherboard is equipped with an optional proprietary SO-DIMM connector. The SO-DIMM connector can be used for expansion cards to provide such features as, additional SATA or SCSI support. For details of available expansions cards, visit the TYAN website at

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1. Open the spring levers as shown.

2. Insert the SO-DIMM card as shown, making sure that the card is the right way up. The card will fit in only one way and the screw holes in the card should line up exactly with the mounting posts on the motherboard.

. To install a SO-DIMM expansion card:

3. Push the SO-DIMM card down into place and make sure the spring levers click into place as shown.

4. Screw the board into place using one or two screws as required.

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Removal of a SO-DIMM card is a reversal of the installation procedure. Push out the spring levers as shown and pull the card out of the socket.

The SO-DIMM expansion cards will fit in the slot only one way. Make sure that you align the slot in the card with the key in the card slot.

2.10 - Connecting External Devices

The following diagrams will detail the rear port stack for this S5161 motherboard:

PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard

USBx2 + LAN Stacked

Serial Port

Gigabit Ethernet x 2

VGA Port

NOTE: Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports but

software may be required to complete the installation.

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Onboard LAN LED Color Definition

The three 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/Activity LED Scheme

10 Mbps

100 Mbps

1000 Mbps

No Link Off Off

Link Green Off

Active Blinking Green Off

Link Green Green

Active Blinking Green Green

Link Green Orange

Active Blinking Green Orange

Left LED Right LED

2.11 - Installing the Power Supply

There are two power connectors on your Tomcat i7230B S5161. T he T omcat i7230B S5161 requires that you use an EPS12V power supply that has a 24-pin and an 8-pin power connector. Please be aware that ATX 2.x, ATX12V and ATXGES power supplies are not damage.

compatible with the motherboard and can

Applying power to the board

1. Connect the EPS 12V 8-pin power connector.

2. Connect the EPS 12V 24-pin power connector.

3. Connect power cable to power supply and power outlet

NOTE

YOU MUST unplug the power supply before plugging the power cables

to motherboard connectors.

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2.12 - 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 ca 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, you c an find help by asking your vendor for assistance. If they are not available for assistance, please find setup information and documentation online at our website or by calling your vendor’s support line.

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

3.1. About the BIOS

The BIOS is the basic input/output system, the firmware on the motherboard that enables your hardware to interface with your software. The BIOS determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. The BIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display sc reen, disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions. This chapter describes the various BIOS settings that can be used to configure your system.

The BIOS section of this manual is subject to change without notice and is provided for reference purposes only. The settings and configurati ons of the BIOS are current at the time of print and are subject to change, and therefore may not match exactly what is displayed on screen.

This section describes the BIOS setup program. The setup program lets you modify basic configuration settings. The settings are then stored in a dedicated, battery-backed memory (called NVRAM) that retains the information even when the power is turned off.

To start the BIOS setup utility:

1. Turn on or reboot your system.

2. Press <Del> during POST (F4 on remote console) to start the BIOS setup utility.

3.1.1 Setup Basics

The table below shows how to navigate in the setup program using the keyboard.

Key Function

Tab Moves from one selection to the next Left/Right Arrow Keys Changes from one menu to the next Up/Down Arrow Keys Moves between selections

Enter Opens highlighted section

PgUp/PgDn Keys Changes settings.

3.1.2 Getting Help

Pressing [F1] will display a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press [ESC] or the [F1] key again.

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3.1.3 In Case of Problems

If you have trouble booting your computer after making and saving the changes with the BIOS setup program, you can restart the computer by holding the power button down until the computer shuts off (usually within 4 seconds); resetting by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL; or clearing the CMOS. The best advice is to only alter settings that you thoroughly understand. In particular, do not change settings in the Chipset section unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing. The Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen either by TYAN or your system manufacturer for best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable.

3.2 BIOS Main Menu

In this section, you can alter general features such as the date 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 the Main Setup screen.

System Time / Date setup

System Time: Adjusts the system clock. HHHours (24hr. format) MMMinutes SSSeconds

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System Date: Adjusts the system date. MMMonths DDDays YYYYYears

Legacy Diskette A

Defines the floppy drive type

NONE / 360K, 5.25 in / 1.2 M, 5.25 in / 720 K, 3.5 in / 1.44 M, 3.5 in /

2.88 M, 3.5 in

Installed Memory

This displays the amount of system memory present on the system.

3.2.1 IDE Primary/Master, Primary/Slave Setup

Computer detects IDE drive type from drive C to drive F. Press Enter on any of the Primary/Master, Primary/Slave options to view advanced details of the corresponding drive. The system displays advanced details like the number of heads/cylinders/sectors on the detected disk an d the maximum storage capacity of the disk.

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Multi-Sector Transfers

This option allows you to specify the number of sectors per block for multiple sector transfers.

16 Sectors / 2 Sectors / 4 Sectors / 8 Sectors /Disabled

LBA Mode Control

Enables or disables LBA Mode. When LBA is turned on, the BIOS will enable geometry translation. This translation may be done in the same way that it is done in Extended CHS or large mode, or it may be done using a different algorithm called LBA-assist translation. The translated geometry is still what is presented to the operating system for use in Int 13h calls. The difference between LBA and ECHS is that when using ECHS the BIOS translates the parameters used by these calls from the translated geometry to the drive's logical geometry. With LBA, it translates from the translated geometry directly into a logical block (sector) number.

Disabled / Enabled

32 Bit I/O

Enables or disables 32 bit data transfer mode. Enabling this option causes the PCI hard disk interface controller to bundle together two 16-bit chunks of data from the drive into a 32-bit group, which is then transmitted to the processor or memory. This results in a small performance increase.

Enabled / Disabled

Transfer Mode

These modes determine the speed at which data is transferred to and from the drive. The Auto option automatically determines the correct transfer rates.

Auto / Standard / Fast PIO 1 / Fast PIO 2 / Fast PIO 3 / Fast PIO 4 /

FPIO 3 / DMA 1 / FPIO 4 / DMA 2

Ultra DMA Mode

Enables or disables Ultra DMA Mode. Ultra DMA (UDMA, or, more accurately, Ultra DMA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer's data paths (or bus) to the computer's random access memory (RAM). The Ultra DMA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33.3 MBps (megabytes per second), twice as fast as the previous Direct Memory Access (DMA) interface. Ultra DMA support in your computer means that it will boot (start) and open new applications more quickly. It will also help users of graphics-intensive and other applications that require large amounts of access to data on the hard drive. Ultra DMA uses Cyclical Redundancy Checking (CRC), offering a new level of data protection.

Disabled / Mode 0 / Mode 1 / Mode 2 / Mode 3 / Mode 4 / Mode 5

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3.2.2 SATA Port 1/2/3/4

Press Enter on any of the Primary/Master, Primary/Slave options to view advanced details of the corresponding drive.

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3.2.3 Memory Cache

This setting allows you to tweak the various cache settings for optimal performance of your system. Press Enter to display the various cache settings.

Cache System BIOS Area

This feature is only available when the syste m BIOS is shadowed. It enables or disables the caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh via the L2 cache. This greatly speeds up accesses to the system BIOS. However, this does not necessarily make the system perform better because the OS does not need to access the system BIOS often. As such, it would be a waste of L2 cache bandwidth to cache the system BIOS instead of data that are more critical to the system's performance. In addition, if any program writes into this memory area, it will result in a system crash. So, it is recommended that you write protect this area for optimal s ystem performance.

NULL / Write Protect

Cache Video BIOS Area

This feature is only valid when the video BIOS is shadowed. It enables or disables the caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h-C7FFFh via the L2 cache. This greatly speeds up accesses to the video BIOS. However, this does not necessarily make the system perform better because the OS bypasses the BIOS and uses the graphics driver to access the video card's hardware directly.

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As such, it would be a waste of L2 cache bandwidth to cache the video BIOS instead of data that are more critical to the system's performance. In addition, if any program writes into this memory area, it will result in a system crash. So, it is recommended that you write protect this area for optimal s ystem performance.

NULL / Write Protect

Cache Base 0-512K

This feature allows you to control caching of 512K base memory.

Uncached / Write Back / Write Through / Write Protect

Cache Base 512K-640K

This feature allows you to control caching of 512K 640K base memory.

Uncached / Write Back / Write Through / Write Protect

Cache Extended Memory Area

This feature allows you to control caching of system memory above one megabyte.

Uncached / Write Back / Write Through / Write Protect

Cache A000-AFFF/B000-BFFF

These features allow you to control caching of A000-AFFF/B000-BFFF memory.

USMC Caching / Disabled / Write Through / Write Protect / Write Back

Cahe C8000-CBFF/Cache CC00-CFFF/Cahe D000-D3FF/Cahe D400D7FF/Cache D800-D8FF/Cahe DC00-DFFF

These feature allows you to control caching of C8000-CBFF/CC00-CFFF/D000D3FF/D400-D7FF/D800-D8FF/DC00-DFFF memory.

Disabled / Write Through / Write Protect / Write Back

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3.2.4 Boot Features

This option allows setting boot parameters. Press Enter to view the Boot Features screen.

Floppy Check

This feature is used to verify floppy type on boot. Selecting “Disabled” will speed the boot process.

Disabled / Enabled

Summary Screen

Enables or disables the display of the summary screen during boot up. When Summary Screen is Enabled (the default), a Ph oenix BIOS Setup Utility summary screen appears during system boot after the power-on self-test (POST). The summary screen lists many of the system setup settings. When this option is set to Disabled, the summary screen does not appear.

Enabled / Disabled

Boot-time Diagnostic Screen

This feature is used to display the diagnostic screen during the boot process.

Enabled / Disabled

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Quick Boot Mode

This BIOS feature allows you to decrease the time it takes to boot up the computer by shortening or skipping certain standard booting procedures. If enabled, the BIOS will shorten the booting process by skipping some tests and shortening others. In addition, it will also perform the following to further speed up the booting process:

Spin up the hard disks as soon as power is supplied (or as soon as

possible) Initialize only critical parts of the chipset Read memory size from the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) chip on the

memory modules Eliminate logo delays

If disabled, the BIOS will run the whole gamut of boot-up tests. It is recommended that you disable this feature when you boot up a new computer for the first time or whenever you install a new piece of hardware. This allows the BIOS to run full diagnostic tests to detect any problems that may slip past Quick Boot's abbreviated testing scheme. After a few error-free test runs, you should enable this feature for much faster booting.

Enabled / Disabled

Extended Memory Testing

Determines the tests that will be run on extended memory (memory above 1MB) during boot up.

Normal / Just zero it / None

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3.3 Advanced Menu

This section facilitates configuring advanced BIOS options for your system.

Installed OS

Select the operating system installed on the PC. Note: An incorrect setting can cause the operating system to behave unpredictably.

Other / Win95 / Win98 / WinMe / Win2000

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 SystemConfiguration Data). Therefore, there is usually no need to manually force the BIOS to reconfigure the ESCD. However, sometimes, the BIOS may not be able to detect the hardware changes. A serious resource conflict may occur and the operating system may not even boot as a result. This is where the Reset Configuration Data BIOS feature comes in. This BIOS feature allows you to manually force the BIOS to clear the previously saved ESCD data and reconfigure the settings. All you need to do is enable this

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BIOS feature and then reboot your computer. The new ESCD should resolve the conflict and allow the operating system to load normally. Please note that the BIOS will automatically reset it to the default setting of No after reconfiguring the new ESCD. So, there is no need for you to manually disable this feature after rebooting.

Yes / No

Large Disk Access Mode

This option determines whether a hard drive with more than 1024 cylinders, more than 16 heads and or more than 64 tracks per sector is present on the system. Set this option to DOS if such a hard drive is present. Else, set this option to Other. Virtually, all modern hard disks have these characters so leave this option at DOS, unless you know otherwise.

DOS / Other

Route Port 80h cycles to

This feature allows you to route Port 80h I/O cycles to LPC or PCI bus.

LPC / PCI

Legacy USB Support

When enabled, the BIOS takes control of the USB ports. Enable this only if you run an OS that does not support USB (e.g. DOS) or when you have USB hardware like USB mice that you want to use even before the operating system loads.

Enabled / Disabled

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3.3.1 Advanced Chipset Control

This section allows you to fine tune the chipset configuration.

Default Primary Video Adapter

This feature is used to select the priority of initialing VGA card (PCI VGA or PCIE VGA).

Auto / PCI

Spread Spectrum

This feature is used to configure the function of clock spread spectrum.

Enabled / Disabled

ECC Condition

This feature is used to select ECC Error condition to be detected.

Multiple bit / None / Single bit / Both

ECC Error Handler

When an ECC error occurs, it generates an interrupt. This feature is used to select the type of interrupt to report.

SMI / NMI / SCI / None

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Parallel ATA

This feature is used to enable the PATA function.

Enabled / Disabled

Seri a l ATA

This feature is used to enable the SATA function.

Enabled / Disabled

Native Mode Operation

This feature is used to choose Native Mode for ATA. However, certain OS is not supported under Native Mode.

Auto / Serial ATA

SATA Controller Mode Option

This feature is used to select SATA controller mode. In “compatible mode”, SATA and PATA drives are auto-detected and placed in Legacy mode. In “Enhanced (non-AHCI) mode”, SATA and PATA drives are auto-detected and placed in Native IDE mode.

Compatible / Enhanced (non-AHCI)

SATA RAID Enable

This feature is used to enable SATA RAID functionality.

Disabled / Enabled

SATA AHCI Enable

This feature is used to enable SATA AHCI functionality.

Disabled / Enabled

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3.3.1.1 Integrated Device Control Sub-Menu

These items are for determining whether the integrated PCI devices will be enabled in PCI configuration space.

USB Device 29, Function 3:

Enable or Disable this USB Device by setting item to the desired value.

Enabled / Disabled

USB Device 29, Function 2 & 3:

Enable or Disable these 2 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value.

Enabled / Disabled

USB Device 29, Function 1 & 2 & 3:

Enable or Disable these 3 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value.

Enabled / Disabled

USB Device 29, Function 0 & 1 & 2 & 3:

Enable or Disable these 4 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value.

Enabled / Disabled

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USB Device 29, Function 7:

Control USB 2.0 functionality through this Setup Item.

Enabled / Disabled

3.3.1.2 PCI Express Sub-Menu

These items are for debugging the PCI Express Ports.

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3.3.1.2.1 Slot 1 (x8 Port) Sub-Menu

These items are for PCI Express MCH Dev1 port control options.

PCI Express MCH Dev 1

This feature is used to enable PCI Express MCH Dev1 port control.

Enabled / Disabled

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3.3.1.2.2 Integrated PXH-V (x4 Port) Sub-Menu

These items are for PCI Express Root Port #1 control options.

PCI Express Port #1

This feature is used to enable PCI Express Port #1 control.

Auto / Enabled / Disabled

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3.3.1.2.3 Integrated LAN1/LAN2 (82573V) Sub-Menu

These items are for Integrated LAN1/LAN2 control option.

Integrated LAN Control

This feature is used to enable Integrated LAN control.

Auto / Enabled / Disabled

Option ROM Scan

This feature is used to enable the functionality of option ROM scanl.

Disabled / Enabled

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3.3.2 Advanced Processor Options

This section allows you to fine-tune the processor options.

Hyperthreading

Enable this only if you have an Intel Hyper Threading processor. Hyper-Threading Technology enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. Hyper-Threading Technology provides thread-levelparallelism (TLP) on each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. Hyper-Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT) where multiple threads of software applications can be run simultaneously on one processor. This is achieved by duplicating the architectural state on each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources. Hyper-Threading Technology also delivers faster response times for multi-tasking workload environments. By allowing the processor to use on-die resources that would otherwise have been idle, HyperThreading Technology provides a performance boost on multi-threading a nd multi-tasking operations for the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture.

Enabled / Disabled

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L3 Cache

This feature is used to enable the L3 cache funtionality.

Enabled / Disabled

Thermal Management 2

Thermal Management throttles the processor back as it reaches its maximum operating temperature. Throttling reduces the number of processing cycles, thereby diminishing the heat dissipation of the CPU. T his cools the unit. Once the CPU has reached a safe operating temperature, thermal throttling is automatically disabled, and normal full speed processing begins again.

Disabled / Enabled

Set Max Ext CPUID=3

Sets Max CPUID extended function value to 3.

Disabled / Enabled

C1 Enhanced Mode

This feature is used to enable the C1 Enhanced mode.

Disabled / Enabled

No Execute Mode Mem Protection

This feature is used to enable the function of No Execute Mode Mem Protection.

Enabled / Disabled

Frequency Ratio

This feature is used to set the Frequency Ratio

Default / X 8 / 19 /14 /15 / 16 / 17 / 18

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3.3.3 I/O Device Configuration

This setting allows you to configure I/O devices.

Serial Port A/B:

This defines how the first serial port is detected and configured.

Disabled / Enabled

Base I/O Address:

Set the base I/O address for serial port A/B.

3F8 / 2F8 / 3E8 / 2E8

Interrupt:

Set the interrupt for serial port A/B.

IRQ3 / IRQ4

Parallel Port

This defines how the parallel port is detected and configured.

Disabled / Enabled

Mode

This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. The default value is Standard that automatically selects the correct mode to use. The other modes are explained as follows:

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SPP works with all parallel port devices. However, it is the slowest transfer mode and should only be used when faster transfer modes cannot be used. There are two faster bidirectional modes available - the ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) and EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) modes. ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates of up to 2.5 Mb/s and provides symmetric bidirectional communication. On the other hand, EPP uses existing parallel port signals to 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).

SPP / EPP / ECP

Base I/O Address / Interrupt

This determines the base address and interrupt of the parallel port.

378 / IRQ7 / Disabled / 278 / IRQ5 / 3BC / IRQ7

DMA Channel

This BIOS feature determines which DMA channel the parallel port should use when it is in ECP mode. The ECP mode uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates of up to

2.5 Mbits/s and provides symmetric bidirectional communications. For all this, it requires the use of a DMA channel. By default, the parallel port uses DMA Channel 3 when it is in ECP mode. This works fine in most situations. This feature is provided just in case one of your add-on cards requires the use of DMA Channel 3. In such a case, you can use this BIOS feature to force the parallel port to use the alternate DMA Channel 1. Please note that there is no performance advantage in choosing DMA Channel 3 over DMA 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.

DMA 1 / DMA 3

Floppy Disk Controller

This defines how the floppy disk controller is detected and configured.

Enabled / Disabled

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3.3.4 Hardware Monitor

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3.3.4.1 Voltage Monitoring

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3.3.4.2 Fan Control Selections

Auto Fan Control

This feature is used to set function of Auto Mode Fan Control.

Disabled / Enabled

J15/J14/J18/J13 Number of Pins Select

These features are used to select 3 or 4 pin fan connector. After the setting, then you can use the function of “Auto Fan Control”.

4 Pin / 3 Pin

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3.3.5 DMI Event Logging

These items are used to view and modify DMI event logs.

Event Logging

Select Enabled to allow logging of DMI events

Disabled / Enabled

ECC Event Logging

Select Enabled to allow logging of ECC events

Disabled / Enabled

Clear all DMI event logs

Setting this to ‘Yes’ will clear the DMI event log after rebooting.

No / Yes

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3.3.6 Console Redirection

Com Port Address

If enabled it will use a port on the motherboard.

Disabled / On-board COM A / On-board COM B / NULL

Baud Rate

This feature is used to enable the specified baud rate.

300 / 19.2K / 1200 / 2400 / 9600 / 38.4K / 57.6K / 115.2K

Console Type

This feature is used to enable the specified console type.

VT100 / VT100.8bit / PC-ANSI, 7bit / PC ANSI / VT100+ / VT-UTF8 /

NULL

Flow Control

This feature is used to enable the flow control.

None / XON/XOFF / CTS/RTS

Console Connection

This feature is used to indicate whether the console is connected directly to the system or a modem is used to connect.

Direct / Via modem

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Continue C.R. after POST

This feature is used to enable console redirection after OS has loaded.

Off / On

3.4 Security Menu

These settings allow you to configure the security options for your system.

The system displays the current supervisor and user passwords.

Set Supervisor Password

This option allows the supervisor to set the supervisor password to restrict access to the BIOS settings.

Set User Password

This option allows the user to set the user password.

Diskette access

This option allows the user to control access to diskette drives.

Supervisor / Disabled

Fixed disk boot sector

This option allows the user to write protect boot sector on hard disk to protect against viruses.

Normal / Write Protect

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Virus check reminder

This feature is used to display reminder message at the boot process.

Disabled / Enabled

System backup reminder

This feature is used to display reminder message at the boot process.

Disabled / Enabled

Password on boot

When enabled, the system will ask for a password at every boot. The system will continue booting only if the correct password is entered. If the wrong password is entered three times, the system will automatically shut down.

Disabled / Enabled

FirstWare Authentication Level

This feature is used to select FirstWare Authentication Level.

High / Medium / Low

3.5 Power Menu

These settings allow you to configure the power options for your system.

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Resume On Time

When enabled, this allows the system to be worked up at a specified time. This time is specified by the Resume Time parameter.

Off / On

Resume Time

This option allows the user to specify the time when the system is to wake up.

Power Button Behavior

This specifies the behavior of the system after the power button is pressed.

On/Off - This powers on / powers off the system after the power button is

pressed. Wake/Sleep - This wakes the system from/puts the system to sleep.

After Power Failure

Specifies the mode of operation after the system recovers from a power loss.

Enabled: This restores the system to the last state it was in before the

power loss occurred.

Chassis Intrusion Detect

This feature is used to enable/disable the function: when chassis open event is detected, BIOS will record the event.

Disabled / Enabled

S5 Wake-Up by PCI Card

If enabled, this option awakens the system from the S5 (power-off) state with an input signal from PME on the PCI card,

Enabled / Disabled

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3.6 Boot Menu

Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration.

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3.7 Exit Menu

These settings set the exit options on your system.

Exit Saving Changes

This exits BIOS setup after saving the changes made.

Exit Discarding Changes

This exits BIOS setup after discarding the changes made.

Load Setup Defaults

Loads the factory default values.

Discard Changes

Discards all changes made without exiting BIOS setup.

Save Changes

Saves all changes made without exit BIOS.

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Chapter 4: Diagnostics

NOTE: If you experience problems with setting up your system, always check

the following things in the following order:

Memory, Video, CPU

By checking these items, you will most likely find out what the problem might have been when setting up your system. For more information on troubleshooting, check the TYAN website at: http://www.tyan.com

4.1 Beep Codes

Fatal errors, which halt the boot process, are communicated through two kinds of audible beeps.

•A single long beep followed by two short beeps: It indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS can't initialize the video screen to display and additional info.

•A single long beep repeatedly: This indicates that a DRAM error has occurred. 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.

4.2 Flash Utility

Every BIOS file is unique for the motherboard it was designed for. For Flash Utilities, BIOS downloads, and information on how to properly use the Flash Utility with your motherboard, please check the TYAN web site:

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Note

Please be aware that by flashing your BIOS, you agree that in the event of a BIOS flash failure, you must contact your dealer for a replacement BIOS. There are no exceptions. TYAN does not have a policy for replacing BIOS chips directly with end users. In no event will TYAN be held responsible for damages done by the end user.

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4.3 - BIOS Post Code

POST (hex) Description CFh: C0h

C1h:

C3h: C5h:

01h:

03h: 05h:

07h:

08h:

0Ah:

0Eh:

10h:

12h:

14h:

16h:

18h:

Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization:

-Disable shadow RAM

-Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below)

-Program basic chipset registers Detect memory

-Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC.

-Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM. Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000:0 Initial Superio_Early_Init switch

1.Blank out screen

2.Clear CMOS error flag

1. Clear 8042 interface

2. Initialize 8042 self-test

1. Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips.

2. Enable keyboard interface.

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. Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI support. Use walking 1’s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry. Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for override. Program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers. Initial onboard clock generator if Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is defined. See also POST 26h. Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686).

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POST (hex) Description 1Bh:

1Dh 1Fh: 21h: 23h:

24h:

25h:

26h:

27h: 29h:

2Bh: 2Dh:

33h:

35h: 37h: 39h: 3Ch: 3Eh: 40h: 43h:

Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch. Load keyboard matrix (notebook platform) HPM initialization (notebook platform)

1. Check validity of RTC value: e.g. a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute.

2. Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS checksum fails, use default value instead. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCD’s legacy information. 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

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 Initialize INT 09 buffer

1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for 0-640K memory address.

2. Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU.

3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Example: onboard IDE controller.

4. Measure CPU speed.

Invoke Video BIOS

1. Initialize double-byte language font (Optional)

2. Put information on screen display, including Award title,

CPU type, CPU speed, full screen logo. Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e.g. Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. See also POST 63h. Test DMA Channel 0. Test DMA Channel 1. Test DMA page registers. Test 8254 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Test 8259 functionality.

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POST (hex) Description 47h: 49h

4Eh:

50h: 52h: 53h: 55h: 57h:

59h: 5Bh:

5Dh:

60h:

63h: 65h: 67h:

69h: 6Bh:

6Dh:

6Fh:

75h:

76h:

Initialize EISA slot

1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of

each 64K page.

2. Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU.

1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU

2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range.

3. Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU.

4. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical.

Initialize USB Keyboard & Mouse. Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0) Clear password according to H/W jumper (Optional). Display number of processors (multi-processor platform)

1. Display PnP logo

2. Early ISA PnP initialization

- Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device.

Initialize the combined Trend Anti-Virus code. (Optional Feature) Show message for entering AWDFLASH.EXE from FDD

1. Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO

2. Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO.

Okay to enter Setup utility; i.e. not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility. Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is not defined. Initialize PS/2 Mouse Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h Turn on L2 cache Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup & Auto-configuration table.

1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices.

2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the

corresponding item in Setup is set to “AUTO”

1. Initialize floppy controller

2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware.

Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if:

-AWDFLASH.EXE is found in floppy drive.

-ALT+F2 is pressed.

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POST (hex) Description 77h: 7Ah 7Ch: 7Fh:

82h:

83h: 84h: 85h:

87h: 89h:

8Bh:

8Dh:

8Fh: 93h:

94h:

95h: 96h:

FFh:

Detect serial ports & parallel ports. Detect & install co-processor Init HDD write protect. Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported

-If errors occur, report errors & wait for keys

-If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue

Clear EPA or customization logo.

1. Call chipset power management hook.

2. Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for full

screen logo)

3. If password is set, ask for password.

Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices

1. USB final Initialization

2. Switch screen back to text mode

NET PC: Build SYSID Structure.

1. Assign IRQs to PCI devices

2. Set up ACPI table at top of the memory.

1. Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs

2. Invoke all PCI ROMs (except VGA)

1. Enable/Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup

2. APM Initialization

Clear noise of IRQs Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code

1. Enable L2 cache

2. Program Daylight Saving

3. Program boot up speed

4. Chipset final initialization.

5. Power management final initialization

6. Clear screen & display summary table

7. Program K6 write allocation

8. Program P6 class write combining

Update keyboard LED & typematic rate

1. Build MP table

2. Build & update ESCD

3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h

4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick

5. Build MSIRQ routing table

Boot attempt (INT 19h)

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Appendix I: SMDC Information

Overview

Tyan Server Management Daughter Card (SMDC) is a powerful yet costefficient solution for high-end server management hardware packages. Tyan’s goal is to provide remote system monitoring and control even when the operating system is absence or simply fails. This empowers Tyan’s server board with advanced industrial-standard features.

Tyan SMDC is a snap-in card that provides essential server management solution. It enables any IT Manager by providing multi-interfaces to access the hardware remotely and perform monitor, control and diagnose activities effectively.

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 hardware. IT manager has the flexibility to choose among Keyboard Controller Style (K CS), Block Transfer (BT) style, Intelligent Chassis Management Bus (ICMB), Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB), Emergency Management Port (EMP) and standard IPMI-Over-LAN communication as defined in latest IPMI

1.5 specification. Tyan SMDC is compatible with all IPMI-compliance software as well as Tyan

System Operator By adding SMDC, Tyan’s server board becomes a highly manageable and IPMI

compatible system with all the advanced features suggesting in IPMI Spec. More detailed information on Tyan’s SMDC card can be found on our website:

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(TSO) software package.

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Features of Tyan Server Management

Monitor various system components remotely

- such as fans, processor temperature, and more

Remote power on and power off

Console redirect

-the ability to view system remotely

Alert and error actions

-such as audible beep, e-mail, power down and reboot SMDC runs on stand-by power

-the SMDC will continue to function, even if the system is not powered on

How SMDC and TSO Work

The brief descriptions below will help explain how these items function.

Agent – a system with SMDC installed The SMDC is installed in the Agent system that uses a compatible/supported Tyan motherboard.

Manager – manages the Agent The Manger is set up to manage the Agent that has the SMDC. The Manager and Agent should be located in the same place.

Console – communicates with Manager The Console is used to monitor and control the Agent through the Manager.

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Appendix II: How to Make a Driver Diskette

Follow the steps below to make a driver diskette from the TYAN driver CD provided.

1. Start the system and insert the TYAN CD into the CD-ROM drive to boot from CD. You will see the following menu. Then press [1] and [Enter] to boot the system to Tyan diskette maker. (If you would like to boot from hard disk, press 0 and Enter or just wait for 10 seconds to boot automatically from hard disk.).

0) Boot from first hard drive

1) Boot to TYAN diskette maker boot: 1_

2. Choose the chipset vender which you need from the main menu.

TYAN Driver Diskette Maker V1.0

** Main Menu**

====Choose Chipset Vendor====

01 Adaptec 02 nVidia 03 LSI 04 Intel 05 Promise 06 Silicon Image 07 VIA

EXIT

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3. The following picture pops up after selecting the chipset model.

TYAN Driver Diskette Maker

** Example Vendor**

====Choose Chipset Model====

01 Intel Chipset Model

EXIT

4. After selecting the chipset model, select the OS to start the diskette making.

Diskette =01= Microsoft Windows 2000 32-bit Diskette =02= Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Diskette =03= Microsoft Windows XP 64bit Diskette =04= Microsoft Windows 2003 64-bit

Back

TYAN Driver Diskette Maker

====Example Chipset Driver====

5. Follow the instruction on menu to insert a diskette and press [ENTER].

\Please insert a formatted diskette into A:/ and press [ENTER]

Writing image to drive A: Track: 36 Hoad: 8 Sector: 1

6. Using "ESC" key to quit the Tyan diskette maker. The system will automatically restart.

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Glossary

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface): a power management

specification that allows the operating system to control the amount of power distributed to the computer’s devices. Devices not in use can be turned off, reducing unnecessary power expenditure.

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port): a PCI-based interface which was designed specifically for demands of 3D graphics applications. The 32-bit AGP channel directly links the graphics controller to the main memory. While the channel runs at only 66 MHz, it supports data transmission during both the rising and falling ends of the clock cycle, yielding an effective speed of 133 MHz.

ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface): also known as IDE or ATA; a drive implementation that includes the disk controller on the device itself. It allows CD-ROMs and tape drives to be configured as master or slave devices, just like HDDs.

ATX: the form factor designed to replace the AT form factor. It improves on the AT design by rotating the board 90 degrees, so that the IDE connectors are closer to the drive bays, and the CPU is closer to the power supply and cooling fan. The keyboard, mouse, USB, serial, and parallel ports are built-in.

Bandwidth: refers to carrying capacity. The greater the bandwidth, the more data the bus, phone line, or other electrical path, can carry. Greater bandwidth, then, also results in greater speed.

BBS (BIOS Boot Specification): is a feature within the BIOS that creates, prioritizes, and maintains a 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 basic instructions for controlling your computer’s hardware. Both the operating system and application software use BIOS routines to ensure compatibility.

Buffer: a portion of RAM which is used to temporarily store data, usually from an application, though it is also used when printing, and in most keyboard drivers. The CPU can manipulate data in a buffer before copying it, all at once, to a disk drive. While this improves system performance --- reading to or writing from a disk drive a single time is much faster than doing so repeatedly --- there is also the possibility of losing your data should the system crash. Information stored in a buffer is temporarily stored, not permanently saved.

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Bus: a data pathway. The term is used especially to refer to the connection between the processor and system memory, and between the processor and PCI or ISA local buses.

Bus mastering: allows peripheral devices and IDEs to access the system memory without going through the CPU (similar to DMA channels).

Cache: a temporary storage area for data that will be needed often by an application. Using a cache lowers data access times, since the needed information is stored in the SRAM instead of in the slow DRAM. Note that the cache is also much smaller than your regular memory: a typical cache size is 512KB, while you may have as much as 4GB of regular memory.

Cache size: refers to the physical size of the cache onboard. This should not be confused with the cacheable area, which is the total amount of memory which can be scanned by the system in search of data to put into the cache. A typical setup would be a cache size of 512KB, and a cacheable area of 512MB. In this case, up to 512KB of the main memory onboard is capable of being cached. However, only 512KB of this memory will be in the cache at any given moment. Any main memory above 512MB could never be cached.

Closed and open jumpers: jumpers and jumper pins are active when they are “on” or “closed”, and inactive when they are “off” or “open”.

CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors): chips that hold the basic startup information for the BIOS.

COM port: another name for the serial port, which is called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire, and receives data on another single wire (that is, the data is transmitted in serial form, one bit after another). Parallel ports transmit the bits of a byte on eight different wires at the same time (that is, in parallel form, eight bits at the same time).

DDR (Double Data Rate): is a technology designed to double the clock speed of the memory. It activates output on both the rising and falling edge 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.

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

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tasks. As with IRQs, it is vital that you do not double up devices on a single line. Plug-n-Play devices will take care of this for you.

Doze mode: in this mode, only the CPU’s speed is slowed. DRAM (Dynamic RAM): widely available, very affordable form of RAM which has the unfortunate tendency to lose data if it is not recharged regularly (every few milliseconds). This refresh requirement makes DRAM three to ten times slower than non-recharged RAM such as SRAM.

ECC (Error Correction Code or Error Checking and Correcting): allo ws data to be checked for errors during run-time. Errors can subsequently be corrected at the same time that they’re found.

EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM): also called Flash BIOS, is a ROM chip which can, unlike normal ROM, be updated. This allows you to keep up with changes in the BIOS programs without having to buy a new chip. TYAN’s BIOS updates can be found at http://www.tyan.com

EMRL: Embedded RAID Logic. An Adaptec specific RAID technology. ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data): a format for storing

information about Plug-n-Play devices in the system BIOS. This information helps properly configure the system each time it boots.

Fault-tolerance: a term describing a system where one component can quickly be replaced without causing a loss of service, such as in a RAID system.

Firmware: low-level software that controls the system hardware. Form factor: an industry term for the size, shape, power supply type, and

external connector type of the Personal Computer Board (PCB) or motherboard. The standard form factors are the AT and ATX, although TYAN also makes some Baby-AT and ATX Footprint boards.

Global timer: onboard hardware timer, such as the Real-Time Clock (RTC). Handshaking: a process where two devices initiate communications. One

device, typically the server, sends a message to another device, typically a client, in order to request establishment of a communications channel. The two devices will then exchange messages back and forth in order to settle 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.

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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 maximum capacity determined by the hardware controller.

IDE INT (IDE Interrupt): a hardware interrupt signal that goes to the IDE. I/O (Input/Output): the connection between your computer and another piece

of hardware (mouse, keyboard, etc.) Initial Program Load (IPL): a feature built into BBS-compliant devices,

describing those devices as capable of loading and executing an OS, as well as being able to provide control back to the BIOS 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 lock up your system. Plug-n-Play operating systems can take care of these details for you.

ISA (Industry Standard Architecture): a slower 8- or 16-bit bus (data pathway).

Latency: the amount of time that one part of a system spends waiting for another part to catch up. This is most common when the system sends data out to a peripheral device, and it waiting for the peripheral to send some data back (peripherals tend to be slower than onboard system components).

Mirroring: see RAID. NVRAM: ROM and EEPROM are both examples of Non-Volatile RAM, memory

that holds its data without power. DRAM, in contrast, is volatile. OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers): Compaq or IBM package other

companies’ motherboards and hardware inside their case and sell them. Parallel port: transmits the bits of a byte on eight different wires at the same

time (that is, in parallel form, eight bits at the same time). PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect): a 32 or 64-bit local bus (data

pathway) which is faster than the ISA bus. Local buses are those which operate within a single system (as opposed to a network bus, which connects multiple systems).

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PCI PIO (PCI Programmable Input/Output) modes: the data transfer modes used by IDE drives. These modes use the CPU for data transfer (in contrast, DMA channels do not). PCI refers to the type of bus used by these modes to communicate with the CPU. PCI-to-PCI bridge: allows you to connect multiple PCI devices onto one 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 executing a second instruction before the first is completed. A pipeline can be likened to an assembly line, with a given part of the pipeline repeatedly executing a set part of an operation on a series of instructions.

PM timers (Power Management timers): software timers that count down the number of seconds or minutes until the system times out and enters sleep, suspend, or doze mode.

PnP (Plug-n-Play): a design standard that has become ascendant in the industry. Plug-n-Play devices require little set-up to use. Novice end users can simply plug them into a computer that is running on a Plug-n-Play aware operating system (such as Windows 98), and go to work. Devices and operating systems that are not Plug-n-Play require you to reconfigure your system each time you add or change any part of your hardware.

PXE (Preboot Execution Environment): one of four components that together make up the Wired for Management 2.0 baseline specification. PXE was designed to define a standard set of preboot protocol services within a client, towards the goal of allowing networked-based booting to boot using industry standard protocols.

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent 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 operating system. RAID level 0 is known as striping, where data is striped (or overlapped) across multiple hard drives, but offers no fault-tolerance. RAID level 1 is known as mirroring, which stores the data within at least two hard drives, but does not stripe. RAID level 1 also allows for faster access time and fault-tolerance, since either hard drive can be read at the same time. RAID level 0+1 is both striping and mirroring, providing fault-tolerance, striping, and faster access all at the same time.

RAIDIOS: stands for RAID I/O Steering, a type of RAID technology from Intel. RAIDIOS is a specification used to enable an embedded I/O controller,

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embedded on the motherboard, to be used as just an I/O controller or to be the I/O component of a hardware RAID subsystem. The RAIDIOS circuit allows an I/O Processor (either embedded on the motherboard or on an add-in card) to configure the I/O controller and service the I/O controller’s interrupts. The I/O controller and the I/O Processor together are two of the primary components of a hardware RAID subsystem.

RAM (Random Access Memory): technically refers to a type of memory where any byte can be accessed without touching the adjacent data, is often used to refer to the system’s main memory. This memory 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 systems. It will provide for systems which are easier to design, with cables that are simpler to route and install, smaller cable connectors, and lower voltage requirements.

SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic RAM): called as such because it can keep two sets of memory addresses open simultaneously. By transferring data alternately from one set of addresses and then the other, SDRAM cuts down on the delays associated with non-synchronous RAM, which must close one address bank before opening the next.

Serial port: called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire, and receives data on another single wire (that is, the data is transmitted in serial form, one bit after another).

SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic (SISL): Architecture that allows a RAID controller, such as AcceleRAID 150, 200 or 250, to implement RAID on a system board-embedded SCSI bus or a set of SCSI busses. SISL: SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic ( LSI ) (only on LSI SCSI boards)

SIMM (Single In-line Memory Module): formally the most common form of RAM for motherboards. They must be installed in pairs, and do not have the carrying capacity or the speed of DIMM modules.

Sleep/Suspend mode: in this mode, all devices except the CPU shut down. SRAM (Static RAM): unlike DRAM, this type of RAM does not need to be

refreshed in order to prevent data loss. Thus, it is faster and more expensive.

SSI (Server System Infrastructure): an industry initiative intended to provide ready-to-use design specifications for common server hardware elements

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(chassis, power supplies, and racks) to promote and support server industry growth.

Standby mode: in this mode, the video and hard drives shut down; all other devices continue to operate normally.

Striping: see RAID UltraDMA-33/66/100: a fast version of the old DMA channel. UltraDMA is also

called UltraATA. Without 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): the PC video display standard V-SYNC: controls the vertical scanning properties of the monitor. ZCR: Zero Channel RAID. PCI card that allows a RAID card to use the

onboard SCSI chip, thus lowering cost of RAID solution ZIF Socket (Zero Insertion Force socket): these sockets make it possible to

insert CPUs without damaging the sensitive CPU pins. The CPU is lightly placed in an open ZIF socket, and a lever is pulled down. This shift the processor over and down, guiding into the board and locking it into place.

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Technical Support

If a problem arises with your system, you should first turn to your dealer for direct support. Your system has most likely been configured or designed by them and they should have the best idea of what hardware and software your system contains. Hence, they should be of the most assitance for you. Furthermore, if you purchased your system from a dealer near you, take the system to them directly to have it serviced instead of attempting to do so yourself (which can have expensive consequences).

If these options are not available for you then Tyan Computer Corporation can help. Besides designing innovative and quality products for over a decade , Tyan has continuously offered customers service beyond their expectations. Tyan's website (www.tyan.com depth Linux Online Support sections with downloadable Linux drivers and comprehensive compatibility reports for chassis, memory and much more. With all these convenient resources just a few keystrokes away, users can easily find the latest softare and operating system components to keep their systems running as powerful and productive as possible. Tyan also ranks 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 for this service at

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Help Resources:

1. See the beep codes section of this manual.

2. See the TYAN website for FAQ’s, bulletins, driver updates, and other information: http://www.tyan.com

3. Contact your dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN.

4. Check the TYAN user group: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.TYAN

) provides easy-to-access resources such as in-

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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 failur e due to the alteration, misuse, abuse, or improper maintenance of products.

NOTE: A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service can be rendered. You may obtain service by calling the manufacturer for a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. The RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and the package should be mailed prepaid. TYAN will pay to have the board shipped back to you

Notice for the USA

Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules

Operation is subject to the following conditions:

1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

2) This device must accept any interference received including

interference that may cause undesired operation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the

receiver.

• Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver.

• Consult the dealer on an experienced radio/television technician for help.

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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 Ministere Canadien des Communications dans les reglements d’ineteference radio.)

Notice for Europe (CE Mark) This product is in conformity with the Council Directive 89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC (EMC).

CAUTION: Lithium battery included with this board. Do not puncture, mutilate,

or dispose of battery in fire. Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer. Dispose of used battery according to manufacturer instructions and in accordance with your local regulations.

Document #: D1702-100

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Tyan TOMCAT I7230B User Manual

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