TYAN S2865, Manual

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Page 2: ...hing Drive Cables Page 30 2 12 Installing Add in Cards Page 32 2 13 Connecting External Devices Page 33 2 14 Installing the Power Supply Page 35 2 15 Finishing Up Page 35 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS Page 37 3 2 Setup Basics Page 37 3 3 Getting Help Page 38 3 4 In Case of Problems Page 38 3 5 BIOS Main Menu Page 38 3 6 Standard CMOS Features Page 40 3 7 Advanced BIOS Page 42 3 8 Advance...

Page 3: ... TYAN com 3 Chapter 5 Setting up RAID Configuration 5 1 Setting up the BIOS 5 2 Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS Page 71 Page 73 5 3 Making a Driver Disk from TYAN CD Page 80 Appendix Glossary Technical Support ...

Page 4: ... Quick Reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield 1 x NV RAID driver diskette Depending on CD version NOTE If CD version is M2 2 the box contents include CD and diskette If CD version is M2 3 you will find CD only Please copy the NV RAID file from CD to a blank disk if your CD is M2 3 Then use the disk to install NV RAID Refer to p 71 for information on NV RAID installation If any of these ...

Page 5: ...d information on all of TYAN s products with FAQs online manuals and BIOS upgrades 1 2 Hardware Specifications Processor uPGA 939 pin socket Supports 1 AMD Athlon 64 Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core and Opteron 100 series 939 pin CPU Up to 1000 MHz Hyper Transport link support Expansion Slots One x16 PCI Express connector for graphics Four 32 bit 33Mhz PCI v2 3 slots Two x1 PCI Express interfac...

Page 6: ...1 connector One 15 pin VGA port Three audio jacks Stacked two USB2 0 ports and one RJ45 Marvell 88E1111 CAA PHy nVIDIA MAC 10 100 1000 Base T port with link activity LED Integrated Audio Realtek ALC655 5 1 channel audio CODEC AC 97 Rev 2 2 supported 2 x 5 pin header for front panel audio connector CD in connector Integrated PCI 1394 VIA VT6307 PCI FireWire 1394 controller Two 1394 ports via cable ...

Page 7: ...OS Operating System Support Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit Microsoft Windows XP 64 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64 bit SuSE Professional 9 x SuSE Enterprise Server 9 0 RHEL3 0 Update 4 TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with or without notice ...

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Page 9: ...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 con...

Page 10: ...tp www TYAN com 10 2 1 Board Image This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may or may not look exactly like the above picture ...

Page 11: ...http www TYAN com 11 2 2 Block Diagram Tomcat K8E S2865 Block Diagram ...

Page 12: ... 1 PCI E2 PCI E2 PCI E3 ATI RAGEXL JP2 8 1 J 1 P 1 J23 1 P 2 W PW1 J9 J8 1 1 SMSC DME1737 nVIDIA nForce Ultra J17 J19 J12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 11 P 1 J 10 P 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 Jumper Legend OPEN Jumper OF...

Page 13: ...anel LAN1 LAN2 Speed LED Pin Headers J17 J28 Front Panel LAN1 LAN2 Link and Active LED Connectors JP2 Clear CMOS Jumper J13 J14 J18 J21 Front Fan Connectors Fan1 Fan2 Fan3 Fan4 J12 Chassis Fan Connector Fan5 J22 CPU_Fan Connector J30 J37 J31 J38 Serial ATA RAID Connectors JP3 PCI Slot Volt Select Header J9 CD_in Connector J32 J33 IDE Connectors JP5 JP6 SMDC ASF2 0 Select Header PCI E1 PCI Express ...

Page 14: ...630 7 JP3 1 PCI E2 PCI E2 PCI E3 ATI RAGEXL JP2 8 1 J 1 P 1 J23 1 P 2 W PW1 J9 J8 1 1 SMSC DME1737 nVIDIA nForce Ultra J17 J19 J12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 11 P 1 J 10 P JP5 JP6 SMDC ASF2 0 Select Header 1 3 Support ASF2 0 for LAN2 only Default 1 3 Support SMDC card for LAN2 only Refer to p 81 Appendix for information on SMDC J41 J45 J43 J40 JP1 J46...

Page 15: ...is designed for OEM use only Signal Pin Pin Signal DCD 1 2 DSR RXD 3 4 RTS TXD 5 6 CTS DTR 7 8 RI GND 9 10 NC Key JP1 LAN2 Enable Disable Jumper Open Disables onboard LAN2 function Closed Default Enables onboard LAN2 function J46 SMDC Connector For connection with Tyan Server Management Daughter Card SMDC The SMDC connector supports J45 Front Panel Header HDDLED 1 2 PWR LED HDDLED 3 4 PWR LED Rese...

Page 16: ... PCI E2 PCI E3 ATI RAGEXL JP2 8 1 J 1 P 1 J23 1 P 2 W PW1 J9 J8 1 1 SMSC DME1737 nVIDIA nForce Ultra J17 J19 J12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 11 P 1 J 10 P J17 J28 Front Panel LAN1 LAN2 Link and Active LED Connectors 1 J17 for LAN1 J28 for LAN2 Pin 1 LED Pin 2 LED Use these headers to connect with the front panel link activity LEDs for LAN1 and LAN2 J35...

Page 17: ...B cable J19 J23 Front Panel LAN1 LAN2 Speed LED Pin Headers 1 J19 for LAN1 J23 for LAN2 Pin 1 Green Pin 2 Orange Use these headers to connect with the front panel dual color LEDs to indicate the speed of LAN1 and LAN2 Refer to p 33 for correct LAN LED color definition JP2 Clear CMOS Jumper 3 1 Normal Default 3 1 Clear Use this jumper when you forgot your system setup password or need to clear syst...

Page 18: ...BIOS J40 JP2 J35 J34 J30 J31 J37 J38 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J43 1 1 VIA VT630 7 JP3 1 PCI E2 PCI E2 PCI E3 ATI RAGEXL JP2 8 1 J 1 P 1 J23 1 P 2 W PW1 J9 J8 1 1 SMSC DME1737 nVIDIA nForce Ultra J17 J19 J12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 11 P 1 J 10 P J18 J21 J30 J31 J13 J22 J12 J14 J38 J37 J9 JP3 JP10 JP11 ...

Page 19: ...header to connect the chassis cooling fan to your motherboard to keep the system at optimum performance levels J30 J37 J31 J38 Serial ATA RAID Connectors 7 GND 6 RXP 5 RXN 4 GND 3 TXN 2 TXP 7 1 1 GND Connects to the Serial ATA ready drives via the Serial ATA cable You may use any two of the four Serial ATA ports to have the support of RAID 0 and 1 through the on board nVIDIA chip JP3 PCI Slot Volt...

Page 20: ...ble Jumper 3 1 Disable on board 1394 3 1 Enable on board 1394 Default JP11 VGA Enable Disable Jumper 3 1 Enable on board VGA Default NOTE If there is any VGA card in the PCI E slot the system will auto detect PCI E slot 3 1 Disable on board VGA ...

Page 21: ...he socket processor and may not be an exact representation of the processor you have Step 1 Lift the lever on the socket until it is approximately 90 o or as far back as possible to the socket Step 2 Align the processor with the socket There are keyed pins underneath the processor to ensure that the processor s installed correctly Step 3 Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing...

Page 22: ...r the installation of the heatsink retention bracket and heatsink Because there are many different types of heatsinks available from many different manufacturers a lot of them have their own methods of installation For the safest method of installation and information on choosing the appropriate heatsink use heatsinks validated by AMD Please refer to AMD s website at www amd com The following diag...

Page 23: ... material Take care not to touch this material Simply remove the protective cover and place the heatsink on the processor The second type of interface material is usually packaged separately It is commonly referred to as thermal compound Simply apply a thin layer on to the CPU lid applying too much will actually reduce the cooling NOTE Always check with the manufacturer of the heatsink processor t...

Page 24: ...ign plastic retention bracket screw holes with CPU back plate standoffs Tighten screws to secure plastic retention bracket Repeat for the other side DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN 2 After tightening screws secure metal clip to plastic retention bracket center tab Repeat for the other side of heatsink 3 After securing metal clip to plastic retention bracket center tab push down on plastic clip to lock plastic...

Page 25: ...top of motherboard Align heatsink retention frame screw hole with backplate assembly standoffs Place heatsink inside plastic retention bracket Place metal clip over retention frame tab Repeat for other side 2 Insert screw through metal clip BE SURE METAL CLIP IS LOCKED ONTO RETENTION FRAME TAB 3 Tighten screw through metal clip Repeat on the other side DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN ...

Page 26: ...rocessor and socket attach the end wire of the fan which should already be attached to the heatsink to the motherboard The following diagram illustrates how to connect fans onto the motherboard Once you have finished installing all the fans you can connect your drives hard drives CD ROM drives etc to your motherboard ...

Page 27: ...mply 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 mothe...

Page 28: ...0 PC2100 DDR SDRAM memory modules are supported All installed memory will be automatically detected and no jumpers or settings need to be set The Tomcat K8E supports up to 4GB of memory Registered Memory is not supported Not validated at the time of print and subject to change Memory Population Rule Note X indicates a populated DIMM Slot DIMM Slot DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 X X 64 bits support X X X ...

Page 29: ...ng diagrams Once the memory modules are firmly seated in the slot two latches on either side will close and secure the module into the slot Sometimes you may need to close the latches yourself To remove the memory module simply push the latches outwards until the memory module pops up Then remove the module NOTE YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector from the motherboard before performing syst...

Page 30: ...ctor 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...

Page 31: ... 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...

Page 32: ...r to try another slot or return the faulty card rather than damaging both the motherboard and the add in card PCI IDESELs and IRQ Assignments Slot or Device IDSEL Bus PIRQ PIRQ PIRQ PIRQ PCI Slot 1 32bit PCIXB AD23 PCIX B G0_B_ INTB_A G0_B_ INTC_B G0_B_ INTD_C G0_A_ INTA_D PCI Slot 2 32bit PCIXA AD24 PCIX A G0_A_ INTC_D G0_A_ INTD_A G0_A_ INTA_B G0_A_ INTB_C PCI Slot 3 32bit PCI AD25 PCI Bus T0_PC...

Page 33: ...g peripherals are different due to the different configurations See the following diagrams for the details S2865ANRF S2865G2NR NOTE Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports but software may be required to complete the installation Audio top bottom MIC Lin in Lin out USB x 2 Serial Port PS 2 Mouse Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Serial Port VGA Port USB x2 LAN Stacked USB x2 ...

Page 34: ...illustrates the different LED states 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN Link Activity LED Scheme Left LED Right LED Link Green Off 10 Mbps Active Blinking Green Off Link Green Green 100 Mbps Active Blinking Green Green Link Green Yellow 1000 Mbps Active Blinking Green Yellow No Link Off Off Audio Line in MIC Line out USBx2 LAN Stacked VGA Port Serial Port PS 2 Mouse Keyboard ...

Page 35: ...ower cable to power supply and power outlet NOTE YOU MUST unplug the power supply before plugging the power cables to motherboard connectors 2 15 Finishing Up Congratulations on making it this far You re finished setting up the hardware aspect of your computer Before closing up your chassis make sure that all cables and wires are connected properly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumper...

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Page 37: ...nfigurations 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 T...

Page 38: ...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 5 BIOS Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard ...

Page 39: ...this menu to show your system temperature speed and voltage status Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optima...

Page 40: ...rd CMOS Features Item Specific Help Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss IDE Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 4 Master IDE Channel 5 Master Drive A Drive B Halt on Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory None None None None None None None None 1 44M 3 5 in None All But Keyboard Move Enter Select PU PD Value ...

Page 41: ...pacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector Press Enter Auto Auto Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults Drive A B Defines the floppy drive type None 360K 5 25in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in Halt On Determines if the computer should stop when an error is detected during power up No Errors...

Page 42: ...riority Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting x Typematic Rate Chars Sec x Typematic Delay Msec Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS Install O S OS Select For DRAM 64MB Console...

Page 43: ... Boot Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Prioiry Item Specific Help 1 Bootable Add in Cards 3 7 3 CD ROM Boot Priority Option This item allows you to select the CD ROM boot priority It is available only when the CD ROM drive is connected Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CD ROM Boot Prioiry Item Specific Help 1...

Page 44: ...will try to boot from a removable drive If it fails the system will try to boot from a CDROM If this also fails it will try to boot from the Hard Disk Boot Other Device This option allows the system to boot from any other bootable device Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive This feature allows the system to swap floppy drive Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During Power On Self Test POST BIOS wi...

Page 45: ...assword each time the system boots up If you choose Setup then the password is only required for access into the BIOS setup menus Setup System APIC Mode This option allows you to enable or disable Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIC Mode Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS This feature is only applicable to multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies the version of the Multi Pr...

Page 46: ...s option will redirect the BIOS and POST screens to the serial port to allow remote management using a terminal server SMDC Enabled Disabled Baud Rate This feature allows you to select the baud rate of transfer Agent Address Address connection 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h Agent after boot Keep Agent running after OS boot Enabled Disabled Small Logo EPA Show This option toggles the display of the EPA Energy...

Page 47: ...m SSE SSE2 Instructions System BIOS Cacheable 200 0 Auto 16 16 Press Enter Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults CPU Frequency This feature is used to set the CPU frequency 200 0 201 0 201 5 202 0 202 5 203 0 203 5 204 0 250 0 HT Frequency This feature is used to set...

Page 48: ...200Mhz 2 5 8T 4T 2T 2T Disabled Enabled Continuous Enabled At Least One Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Timing Mode This option permits you to either manually select memory timings or allow the SPD Serial Presence Detect to determine the said timings automatically Auto Manual Memclock index value Mhz This feature is used to set the Memclock index value 100Mhz 133Mhz 166Mhz 200M...

Page 49: ...pping This feature is used to configure the function of S W memory hole remapping Enabled Disabled H W memory hole remapping This feature is used to configure the function of S W memory hole remapping Enabled Disabled MTRR mapping mode This feature is used to set MTRR mapping mode Continuous Discrete DRAM ECC feature control This feature allows the user to configure ECC setup for DRAM Enabled Disa...

Page 50: ...feature allows the L1 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle Disabled 40 0ns 80 0ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28u 2 56u 5 12u 105 12u CPU Spread Spectrum This feature is used to configure CPU spread spectrum Disabled Center Spread SATA Spread Spectrum This feature is used to configure SATA spread spectrum Disabled Down Spread PCIE Spread Spectrum This feature is used to configure PCIE spread spectrum...

Page 51: ...ouse Support AC97 Audio MAC Lan MAC Media Interface IDE HDD Block Mode BCM5721 Lan Boot ROM Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA Press Enter Press Enter V1 1 V2 0 Disabled Disabled Auto Auto Pin Strap Enabled Disabled Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 378 IRQ7 Standard 3 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exi...

Page 52: ...d to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface Disabled Enabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determi...

Page 53: ...AID x SATA 2 Secondary RAID Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled RAID Enable This item allows you to Enable or Disable the onboard RAID function Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave RAID This feature allows you to enable the function of IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave RAID Enabled Disabled SATA 1 2 Primary Secondary RAID This feature al...

Page 54: ...ltiple sectors at once instead of using the old single sector transfer mode Enabled Disabled BCM5721 Lan Boot ROM This controls if the onboard LAN will is run on bootup LAN Boot ROMs are used to download operating system code from a network server Options are Enabled Disabled Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you...

Page 55: ...ment Use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Specific Help ACPI function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method HDD Power Down HDD Down in Suspend Soft Offf by PBTN Intruder Detection PowerOn After Pwr Fail WOL PME From Soft Off WOR RI From S...

Page 56: ...ode Doze Standby Suspend HDD Power Down Min Saving 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 min Max Saving 1 min 1 min 1 min 1 min Video Off Method This option defines the method used to power off video Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Support HDD Power Down This setting defines the delay before the hard drive is powered down Disabled 1 min 15 min HDD Down in Suspend This setting defines the delay before the hard ...

Page 57: ... turn on at a pre selected time Enabled Disabled Day of Month Alarm This option allows you to set the date on which the system will turn on every month Enter 0 to disable this function Time hh mm ss Alarm This option allows you to set the time on which the system will turn on AMD Cool n Quiet Power Now This option allows you to set the function of AMD Cool n Quiet or Power Now technology which con...

Page 58: ... or the PCI graphics card This is particularly important if you have PCI Express and PCI graphics cards but only one monitor PCI Slot PCI Ex Reset Configuration Data This feature allows you to manually force the BIOS to clear the previously saved ESCD Extended System Configuration Data data and reconfigure the settings Use this feature when the BIOS can not automtically detect the hardware change ...

Page 59: ...8 4096 3 12 PC Health Status This section monitors critical parameters of your PC and can automatically shutdown the PC if the temperature of the processor exceeds the specified threshold value This is only available if there is a Hardware Monitor onboard Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Specific Help Shutdown Temperature Auto Fan Power Control Min PWM Temperature Min PWM...

Page 60: ... detects the system motherboard and CPU temperature It detects the CPU and chassis fan speeds in RPM The hardware monitor ASIC also detects the voltage output through the voltage regulators Auto FAN Power Control Leave this feature as default Disabled Enabled Min PWM Temperature This item lets CPU fan work at minimum PWM duty cycle once the CPU temperature is below the set option 45 50 55 60 Min P...

Page 61: ...is option controls how much voltage is supplied to your processor with a maximum allowable voltage of 1 55V Select Default if you are not sure Default 0 025v 0 050v 0 075v 0 100v 0 025v 0 050v 0 075v 0 100v 0 125v WARNING We suggest you to set the CPU voltage by the default value Overvoltaging may cause serious damage to system which is not guaranteed Chipset Voltage Regulator This option controls...

Page 62: ...Password Can enter but does not have permission to change any options When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the pas...

Page 63: ...ve to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit without Saving This allows you to exit Setup without storing in C...

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Page 65: ...or 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 Ut...

Page 66: ...series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Autodetect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0Eh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes...

Page 67: ...nto C000 0 26h 1 If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 2 Init onboard PWM 3 Init onboard H W monitor devices 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 29h 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...

Page 68: ...ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 63h Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is not defined...

Page 69: ...k to text mode 87h NET PC Build SYSID Structure 89h 1 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 2 Set up ACPI table at top of the memory 8Bh 1 Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2 Invoke all PCI ROMs except VGA 8Dh 1 Enable Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup 2 APM Initialization 8Fh Clear noise of IRQs 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Savi...

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Page 71: ...vels RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treated them as a single storage resource This chapter describes the basic steps for configuring NVIDIA RAID 5 1 Setting up the BIOS 1 Start your computer then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advance...

Page 72: ... Audio MAC Lan MAC Media Interface IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard Lan Boot ROM Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA Press Enter Press Enter V1 1 V2 0 SHADOW Disabled Disabled Auto Auto Pin Strap Enabled Enabled Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 378 IRQ7 Standard 3 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Genera...

Page 73: ... drives also if you are setting up a RAID 0 1 arrary 6 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC reboots 7 Enter the RAID BIOS setup by pressing F10 when prompted and proceed to set up NVIDIA RAID BIOS as described in the next section 5 2 Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVIDIA RAID BIOS set up lets you choose the RAID type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array Ent...

Page 74: ...press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted Selecting the RAID Mode By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning or Stripe Mirroring Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping block size is given in kilobytes an...

Page 75: ...g the rightarrow key The first disk in the list is moved and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved 3 Continue pressing the right arrow key until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block The figure below illustrates the Define a New Array screen after two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a Ne...

Page 76: ...lock Optional Array Disks Disk Model Name 1 0M ST380023AS Add Del 1 1M ST380023AS F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select Enter Popup 2 Press Y to clear the disk data The Array List screen appears where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up NVIDIA RAID Utility Array List Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name Yes 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 74 53G Ctrl X Exit Select B Set Boot N New Array ...

Page 77: ...l Name Capacity 1 0 Master 0 ST380023AS 74 56GB 1 1 Master 1 ST380023AS 74 56GB R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Diskt Enter Return The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected such as Striping Block used RAID Mode Striping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity 5 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents press C 6 At the prompt press Y ...

Page 78: ...ou have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacture press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Devices ENTER Continue F3 Exit 3 Specify the NVIDIA drivers a Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S then press Ent...

Page 79: ... have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Devices ENTER Continue F3 Exit 4 Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed...

Page 80: ... 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 Boot from CD ISOLINUX 2 00 2002 10 25 Copyright C 1994 2002 H Peter Anvin 0 Boot from first hard drive 1 Boot to TYAN diskette maker boot 1_ 2 Choose the chipset vender nVIDIA from the main menu TYAN Driver Diskette Maker V1 0 Main Menu Choose C...

Page 81: ...odel 01 nVidia NVRAID EXIT 4 After selecting nVidia selecting the OS to start the diskette making TYAN Driver Diskette Maker nVidia NVRAID SATA and RAID Driver 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 ...

Page 82: ...tion 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 ...

Page 83: ...tively 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 can use Keyboard Controller Style KCS and standard IPMI Over...

Page 84: ...DC 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...

Page 85: ...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 results in greater speed BBS BIOS Boot Specification a feature within the BIOS that creates prioritizes and maintains a list of all Initial Program Load IP...

Page 86: ...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 a technology designed to double t...

Page 87: ...are 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 Global timer onboard hardware timer such as the Real Time Clock RTC HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive a type of fixed drive H SYNC controls the horizontal synchronization prope...

Page 88: ...ansmits the bits of a byte on eight different wires 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 PCI PIO PCI Programmable Input Output modes the data transfer modes used by IDE drives These modes use ...

Page 89: ...DIOS RAID I O Steering Intel RAM Random Access Memory technically refers to a type of memory where any byte can be accessed without touching the adjacent data and is often referred 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 t...

Page 90: ...ile 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 onboa...

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Page 92: ...r 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 Notice for Canada This apparatus complies with the Class B limits for radio ...