TYAN S2672, User Manual

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Page 2: ...gs Definitions 10 3 3 Mounting the Motherboard 15 3 4 Installing the Memory 16 3 5 Memory Installation Procedure 17 3 6 Installing the Processor 18 3 7 Installing the Processor Heatsink 19 3 8 Attaching Drive Cables 20 3 9 Installing Add In Cards 22 3 10 Connecting External Devices 23 3 11 Installing the Power Supply 24 3 12 Finishing Up 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 25 4 1 Main BIOS Setup 27 4 2 Main S...

Page 3: ...d 1x 34 pin floppy drive cable 1x 80 pin Ultra DMA 133 100 66 33 IDE cable 1x Tiger i7525 S2672 User s Manual 1x Tiger i7525 S2672 Quick Reference 1x TYAN driver CD 1x I O shield 1 x Serial ATA driver diskette 1 x Serial ATA power cable 2 x Serial ATA cables If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process ...

Page 4: ...anations 1 2 Hardware Specifications Processors Dual mPGA604 ZIF sockets Supports single or dual Intel Xeon processors 800MHz Front Side Bus Dual onboard 4 phase EVRD10 1 complaint voltage regulation design Chipset Intel s Tumwater E7525 chipsets E7525 MCH North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge SMSC LPC47B397 Super I O chip Expansion Slots One X16 PCI Express high performance Graphics slot One x8 PCI Exp...

Page 5: ...EB V3 51 power connectors Rear I O Stacked PS 2 mouse and keyboard connectors One VGA connector One parallel connector Stacked four USB connectors One GbE RJ45 connector stacked with two USB connectors Stacked audio connector for MIC Line_out and Line_in Regulatory FCC Class B Declaration of Conformity European Community CE Declaration of Conformity Note TYAN reserves the right to add support or d...

Page 6: ...e picture is purely representative Due to engineering updates and new board revisions certain components may change and or be repositioned The picture above may or may not look exactly like the board you received The following page includes details on the vital components of this motherboard ...

Page 7: ...Tiger i7525 S2672 Chapter 2 Board Installation http www tyan com 4 1 4 Board Diagram ...

Page 8: ...ncy core frequency and have the same internal cache sizes Mixing processors operating at different FSB frequency core frequency or cache sizes may cause system non operation or damages on processors and or the motherboard 2 2 Memory Considerations Memory Type Tiger i7525 S2672 board supports up to four 240 pin 1 8 Volt DDR2 400 Registered ECC DIMM modules The DDR2 400 memory modules can be install...

Page 9: ...therboard mounting holes and 8 CPU heat sink mounting holes should be removed to preventing from short circuit or motherboard damage Others As a system integrator the air flow thermal EMI EMC shock vibration and system packing should be also considered for choosing a proper enclosure 2 4 Power Supply Considerations Power connectors Tiger i7525 S2672 board supports EPS 12V power supply unit PSU wit...

Page 10: ...CPU1 8 pin CPU power connector CPU2 12V_CPU2 8 pin CPU power connector Memory Normal 12V 24 pin and 6 pin power connectors Memory Suspend to RAM 5Vstandby 24 pin power connector System logic 3 3V 24 pin and 6 pin power connectors X16 PCI Express Graphic card 12V and 3 3V 24 pin and 6 pin power connectors X8 PCI Express 12V and 3 3V 24 pin and 6 pin power connectors 32 bit PCI 12V 5V and 3 3V 24 pi...

Page 11: ...ng a static safety wrist strap 2 Inspect the mounting holes pattern of the Tiger i7525 S2672 to match your chassis standoff locations and remove the additional standoffs 3 Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board or flex the board in any way 4 Avoid touching the motherboard components IC chips connectors memory modules and leads 5 Place the motherboard on a ground...

Page 12: ... 1 Jumper Locations Fig 3 1 Tiger i7525 S2672 Jumper Location This jumper diagram 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 diagram The board parts are not to scale ...

Page 13: ...ont USB Header Page 15 P27 Reserved P53 COM1 connector Page 26 P70 CPU1 fan connector Page 13 P71 CPU2 fan connector Page 13 P101 Reserved P124 Reserved J9 Stacked 2 port USB and one GbE RJ45 connector Page 26 J10 Stacked 4 port USB connector Page 26 J50 Parallel port connector Page 26 J65 External hard drive LED input header Page 15 J68 Stacked PS 2 keyboard and mouse connector Page 26 J81 Chassi...

Page 14: ...in4 Fan PWM Speed Control PWM stands for Pulse Width Modulation This 4 pin fan connector supports a new standard fan with integrated fan speed control on the fan itself for better fan life The first 3 pins of this 4 pin fan connector are backward compatible with a traditional 3 pin fan connector without PWM fan speed control Pin4 will be unconnected for connecting a 3 pin fan There are five 4 pin ...

Page 15: ... for hard drive LED Power LED power button and reset button The front panel header marked as P5 has been implemented on Tiger i7525 S2672 board for such purposes Front Panel Header P5 Function PIN PIN Function HDD LED 1 2 PWR LED HDD LED 3 4 PWR LED GND 5 6 PWR_ON RESET 7 8 GND 5V 9 10 Key Reserved 11 12 Reserved GND 13 14 Reserved Key 15 16 Reserved Ext SPEAKER 17 18 Ext SPEAKER ...

Page 16: ...3 2 4 Front USB Connector USB2 Front USB Header P24 Function Pin Pin Function Power 1 2 Power USB6 3 4 USB7 USB6 5 6 USB7 GND 7 8 GND Key 9 10 Reserved 3 2 5 External HDD LED Input Headers J65 and J90 J65 J90 Pin Function 1 NC 2 LED1 Pin Function 1 NC 2 LED2 3 LED2 4 NC ...

Page 17: ...o serial ATA hard disks to run IDE mode or configure both drives to a RAID under Windows The RAID level 0 or level 1 function is supported for Microsoft s Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems Serial ATA connectors For information regarding the setup of SATA RAID you may search the contents of the driver CD that shipped with your motherboard or visit our website at HTTP WWW TYAN COM ...

Page 18: ... re 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 sc...

Page 19: ...buffered Memory is NOT supported You can install memory in either a Single Channel or Dual Channel configuration Please note that the same type and density memory modules are necessary while using dual channel DDR otherwise it may cause system instability Please refer to the chart below for the proper way to install the modules No of Memory Modules DDR2 DIMM 1 Ch B DDR2 DIMM 2 Ch A DDR2 DIMM 3 Ch ...

Page 20: ...es are firmly seated in the socket two clamps on either side will close and secure the module into the socket Sometimes you may need to close the clamps manually To remove the memory module simply push the clamps outwards until the memory module pops up Then simply remove the module TIP When installing memory a module may require a considerable amount of force to seat properly although this is ver...

Page 21: ...sor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until the processor sits flush with the socket 4 Place the socket lever back down until it locks into place 5 Your processor is installed Take care when installing the processor as it has very fragile connector pins below the processor that can bend and break if inserted improperly Heatsink Installation After you are done installing the processor ...

Page 22: ...72 The processor heat sinks need to be Intel s CEK Common Enabling Kit compliant Each processor heat sink needs to be mounted to chassis with which are 8 processor heat sink mounting holes 4 holes for each processor Memory Type The Tiger i7525 S2672 supports DDR2 Registered type memory modules and requires minimum two memory modules to power up the system Unbuffered or DDR I Memory is NOT supporte...

Page 23: ... 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 othe...

Page 24: ...imilar manner to an IDE drive See the diagram 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 proper connection of the cable The first floppy drive commonly denoted as A is usually attached to t...

Page 25: ...he cable on the drive is on backwards which is a common issue Reverse the cable at the floppy drive end and try again 3 9 Installing Add In Cards 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 most common slots that may appear on your motherboard Not all of the slots shown will nec...

Page 26: ...Besides being used primarily to connect printers the Printer Port is also used for devices such as Zip drive some external CD RW drives and or other external devices More on the uncommon side these days are the Serial Ports They were primarily used to connect external modems but most modems today are using USB or are installed internally TIP While the ports have been created to accept connectors i...

Page 27: ... cables for your PCI Express graphic card if necessary Check your graphic card user s manual for its power requirements NOTE You MUST unplug the power supply before plugging in the 20 pin and 8 pin power cables to motherboard connectors 3 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 th...

Page 28: ...tem s central processing unit CPU memory and I O subsystems This BIOS has been customized by adding important features such as password protection power management and chipset tuning features that control the system This section will guide you through the process of configuring the BIOS for your system setup Starting Setup The BIOS is immediately activated when you turn on the computer The BIOS re...

Page 29: ...ou are absolutely sure of the outcome The Chipset defaults were carefully chosen by TYAN or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable Setup Variations Not all systems will have the same BIOS setup layout or options While the basic look and function of the BIOS setu...

Page 30: ...ion Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 512M Setup Item Selections default values are in bold Item Specific Help System Time 00 00 00 23 59 59 Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field System Date 01 01 1980 12 31 2079 Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field Legacy Diskette A Disabled 360 KB 5 1 2 MB 5 720 KB 3 1 44 1 25 MB 3 2 88 MB 3 Selects floppy type Standard IDE None DriveName PM View drive options Sta...

Page 31: ... options Native IDE None DriveName SATA2 View drive options Installed O S Other Windows 32 bit Windows 64 bit Linux Select the operating system installed on your system which you will use most commonly Note An incorrect setting can cause some operating systems to display unexpected behaviour System Information View system information ...

Page 32: ...lections default values are in Bold Item Specific Help Maximum Capacity xxxx GByte only view the current setting it should not be selectable PIO Mode PIO 0 PIO 1 PIO 2 PIO 3 PIO 4 PIO 5 only view the current setting it should not be selectable DMA Mode None UDMA 1 UDMA 2 UDMA 3 UDMA 4 UDMA 5 only view the current setting it should not be selectable ...

Page 33: ...E0 81 60 90 40 Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help BIOS Version Must reflect the current installed BIOS version BIOS Build Date Must reflect the Build date of the current installed BIOS version Format must be MM DD YYYY Ident Nr System System Version System Serial Board Board Version Asset Tag MAC Address Must display the MAC address of the onboard LAN Any items on ...

Page 34: ... values are in bold Item Specific Help Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring configuration BIOS Event Logging BIOS event logging configuration Processors Display of processor information and configuration of processor features Chipset Configuration of the chipset features Diskette Controller Configuration of the integrated floppy disk controller ATA Controller Configuration of the integrated PAT...

Page 35: ... Integrated USB Configuration of the integrated USB controller I O Device Configuration Peripheral configuration PCI Configuration PCI device configuration Reset Configuration Data No Yes Select Yes if you want to clear the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area In Advanced BIOS features you will be able to adjust many of the feature that effect system speed and boot up options ...

Page 36: ...Auto Optimum temperature control at maximum CPU performance Full Speed All fans are working at full speed Realtime Sensors This screen displays information about hardware monitoring sensors 4 3 2 Hardware Monitoring Submenu Realtime Sensors Sensor xxx value yyy Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help Please display all available sensors on board and describe them clear ...

Page 37: ...be logged to BIOS event log Disabled Errors will not be logged to the BIOS event log View BIOS Event Log Enter Select Enter to view the content of the BIOS event log Clear BIOS Event Log Disabled Enabled Setting this to enabled will clear BIOS event log after rebooting the system 4 3 4 Advanced Submenu Processors CPU0 Type Intel XEON CPU0 Speed 3 2 GHz CPU0 ID 0F29 CPU0 Patch ID 0015 CPU0 FSB 800 ...

Page 38: ...PU1 Type Display the current installed CPU type CPU1 Speed Display the current installed CPU speed CPU1 ID Display the current installed CPU ID CPU1 Patch ID Display the current installed Patch ID CPU1 FSB Display the current maximum FSB speed Hyper Threading Enabled Disabled Hyper Threading causes a single physical processor to appear to be two or more logical processors It may improve the system...

Page 39: ... Specific Help ECC Memory Checking Enabled Disabled If all memory modules in the system supporting parity this selection enables ECC mode 4 3 6 Advanced Submenu Diskette Controller Diskette Controller Enabled Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help Diskette Controller Enabled Disabled Enable Disable the floppy disk controller ...

Page 40: ...ific Help P ATA Interface P ATA 1 2 P ATA 3 4 P ATA 1 2 P ATA 3 4 Enables Disables the Parallel ATA channels S ATA Interface Enabled Disabled Enables the Serial ATA Interface S ATA Mode Compatible RAID Native Compatible Serial ATA is mapped to the standard IDE drive interface RAID Requires two identical SATA drives Native Serial ATA configured in native mode Some operating systems do not support n...

Page 41: ...ize device expansion ROM SCSI Mode SCSI Host RAID Configure SCSI Mode 4 3 9 Advanced Submenu Integrated Network Interface Integrated Network Interface Enabled Option ROM Scan Enabled Latency Timer 0040h Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help Integrated Network Interface Enabled Disabled Enables the onboard LAN controller Option ROM Scan Enabled Disabled Initialize devi...

Page 42: ...lt values are in bold Item Specific Help Integrated Audio Enabled Disabled Enables Disables the integrated audio controller 4 3 11 Advanced Submenu Integrated 1394 Integrated 1394 Enabled Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help Integrated 1394 Enabled Disabled Enables Disables the integrated 1394 controller ...

Page 43: ...ntegrated USB 2 0 Enabled Disabled Enables or Disables the USB 2 0 hardware USB Legacy Support Enabled Disabled Enable legacy keyboard support for the Universal Serial Bus 4 3 13 Advanced Submenu I O Device Configuration Serial Port A Auto Base I O Address 3F8 Interrupt IRQ4 Parallel Port Auto Mode ECP Base I O Address 378 Interrupt IRQ7 DMA channel DMA3 Setup Item Selections Default values are in...

Page 44: ...erial port Parallel Port Auto Enabled Disabled Configure parallel port using options Disabled No configuration Enabled User configuration Auto BIOS or OS chooses configuration Mode ECP EPP Bi directional Output only Set the mode for the parallel port Base I O Address 378 278 3BC Set the base I O address for the parallel port Interrupt IRQ5 IRQ7 Set the IRQ for the parallel port DMA channel DMA1 DM...

Page 45: ... Disabled Enabled Configures the PCI Express x16 Slot Auto BIOS configures the slot Disabled Slot is disabled Enabled Slot is always enabled PCI Device Slot 1 Configuration of the Specific PCI device PCI Device Slot 2 Configuration of the Specific PCI device PCI Device Slot 3 Configuration of the Specific PCI device PCI Device Slot 4 Configuration of the Specific PCI device PCI Device Slot 5 Confi...

Page 46: ...abled Initialize device expansion ROM Latency Timer Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00C0h 00E0h Minimum guaranteed time slice allotted for bus master in units of PCI bus clocks 4 3 16 Advanced PCI Configuration Submenu PCI PNP IRQ Exclusion IRQ3 Available IRQ4 Available IRQ5 Available IRQ7 Available IRQ10 Available IRQ11 Available Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specifi...

Page 47: ...able Reserved Reserves the specified IRQ for use by legacy devices IRQ11 Available Reserved Reserves the specified IRQ for use by legacy devices 4 4 Security Menu Setup Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Set Setup Password Enter Set User Password Enter Password on boot Disabled Start from Floppy Enabled Start from IDE CD ROM Enabled Setup Prompt Enabled Fixed disk boot sector Norma...

Page 48: ...ise the system can be tampered easily Password on boot Disabled Enabled Enable Disable password entry on boot Start from Floppy Enabled Disabled Allows you to disable the boot from diskette The drive will still be available for reading and writing data Start from IDE CD ROM Enabled Disabled Allows you to disable the boot from CD ROM The drive will still be available for reading and writing data Se...

Page 49: ...ed Platform Module TPM 4 5 Power Menu APM Interface Enabled APM Power Saving Customized Standby Timeout 15 min Suspend Timeout Disabled APM Resume Timer Disabled APM Resume Time 00 00 00 Power on via LAN Enabled Power off via Keyboard Disabled Power Failure Recovery Last State Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help APM Interface Enabled Disabled Enable Disable Advanced...

Page 50: ...5 min 30 min 1 h 2 h Time the system is in Standby mode before entering Suspend mode In Suspend mode the CPU is stopped APM Resume Timer Disabled Enabled Resume at a specified time from Suspend mode Valid for non ACPI operating systems APM Resume Time 00 00 00 23 59 59 Specify the time when the system is to wake up Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects input fields Power on via LAN Enabled Disabled Allow...

Page 51: ...em Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help Halt on POST Errors Enabled Disabled Pauses and displays setup entry or resume boot prompt if error occurs at boot If disabled system always attempts to boot Fast Boot Enabled Disabled Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Quiet Boot Enabled Disabled Minimal startup dis...

Page 52: ...4 6 1 Boot Submenu Boot Device Priority Removable Devices Hard Drives CD ROM Drives Network Boot Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help Keys used to view or configure devices Enter expands or collapses devices Ctrl Enter expands all Shift 1 enables or disables a device d Remove a device that is not installed and moves the device up or down n Move a removable device bet...

Page 53: ...s Setup Item Selections Default values are in bold Item Specific Help Save Changes Exit Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS Discard Changes Exit Exit utility without saving Setup data to CMOS Get Default Values Load default values for all Setup items Load Previous Values Load Previous values from CMOS for all Setup items ...

Page 54: ...eps The most common type of error is a memory error Before contacting your vendor or TYAN Technical Support be sure that you note as much as you can about the beep code length and order that you experience Also be ready with information regarding add in cards drives and O S to speed the support process and come to a quicker solution 5 2 Flash Utility Every BIOS file is unique for the motherboard i...

Page 55: ...ist 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 b...

Page 56: ...of the system clock rather than on just the rising edge potentially doubling output DIMM Dual In line Memory Module faster and more capacious form of RAM than SIMMs and do not need to be installed in pairs DIMM bank sometimes called DIMM sockets because the physical slot and the logical unit are the same That is one DIMM module fits into one DIMM socket which is capable of acting as a memory bank ...

Page 57: ...n a communications protocol HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive a type of fixed drive H SYNC controls the horizontal synchronization properties of the monitor IC Integrated Circuit the formal name for the computer chip IDE Integrated Device Drive Electronics a simple self contained HDD interface It can handle drives up to 8 4 GB in size Almost all IDEs sold now are in fact Enhanced IDEs EIDEs with maxi...

Page 58: ... 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 exec...

Page 59: ...IOS 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...

Page 60: ... 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 sol...

Page 61: ... Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Autodetect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0Eh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep ...

Page 62: ...on of the ESCD s legacy information 25h Early PCI Initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search for a valid VGA device VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 26h 1 If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 2 Init onboard PWM 3 Init onboard H W monitor devices 27h Initialize IN...

Page 63: ...On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 50h Initialize USB Keyboard Mouse 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Clear password according to H W jumper Optional 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP de...

Page 64: ...f the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 75h Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH EXE is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 77h Detect serial ports parallel ports 7Ah Detect install co processor 7Ch Init HDD write protect 7Fh Switch back to...

Page 65: ...he memory 8Bh 1 Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2 Invoke all PCI ROMs except VGA 8Dh 1 Enable Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup 2 APM Initialization 8Fh Clear noise of IRQs 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Saving 3 Program boot up speed 4 Chipset final initialization 5 Power management final initialization 6 Clear screen...

Page 66: ... FAQ s bulletins driver updates and other information http www tyan com 3 Contact your dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN Returning Merchandise for Service During the warranty period contact your distributor or system vendor FIRST for any product problems This warranty only covers normal customer use and does not cover damages incurred during shipping or failure due to the alteration misuse abuse...

Page 67: ...quipment 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 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 qu...