Tyan Computer B5102 manual

T ransport GX21 B5102 User ’ s Manual Document Part Number: D1576-100 1 2 3 1 2 RST[...]

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ii Federal Communica tions Commission (FCC) Notice for the USA Compli anc e Info rma tio n S tate- ment (De claration of Conformity Proce dure) DoC FCC Part 15: This de vice c omplies w ith p art 15 o f the FC C Rules Operatio n is sub ject to the fo llowing co nditio ns: 1) This d evice may not cause ha rmful inte rference, a nd 2) This d evice m [...]

iii About this Manual This ma nual pr ovides you with ins tructions on inst all ing your T ransp ort GX21, a nd consi sts of the follo wing secti ons: Chapter 1: Provides an Introduc tion to th e T ransp ort GX21B51 02 bare-bon es, pa cking li st, describe s the ex ternal com ponent s, gives a t able of key c omponen ts, and provides block d iagram[...]

iv SAFETY INFORMA TION Before ins tallin g and usi ng the T ranspor t GX21, t ake not e of the fol - lowing precautio ns: – Read al l instruc tions ca refully . – Do not p lace the unit on an unsta ble surfac e, cart, o r st and. – Do not b lock the slot s an d op ening on the unit, whi ch are pro- vided fo r venti lation. – Only use the po[...]

v T able of Content s Chapter 1:Overview 1.1 About the Transp ort GX21 B510 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4 Unpacking . .[...]

vi 3.4.2 Disconnecting Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.4.3 Removing the Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3.5 Replacing the CD-ROM/FDD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 3.6 Replacing the FDD with a HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3.7 [...]

1.1 About the Transport GX21 B5102 Chapter 1: Overv iew 1 Chapter 1: Ov erview 1.1 About the T ransport GX21 B5102 Cong ratul ati ons on your pu rcha se of t he T r anspo rt GX21 B5102 r ack mounted , bare bone system for Intel ® Pentium ® 4 proc essor . The Transport GX2 1 B510 2 uses a n advanc ed Intel chipset for optimum perfo rmance a nd rel[...]

1.3 Fea tures 2 Chapter 1: Ov erview 1.3 Features Enclosure • 1U, ind us try standard , 19-inch r ack - moun table chass is • (2) HDD bays • (1) slim CD-ROM bay • (1) 3.5- in ch bay for FDD or addi tiona l HDD bay • Di mensi on: D 21.5 x W 19 x H 1 .7 inch (547 x432x 43 mm) Processo rs • Single ZIF PG A 478 soc ket • Supp orts one In [...]

1.4 Unpacki ng Chapter 1: Overv iew 3 1.4 Unpacking 1.4.1 Box Co ntents (B5102G21S2 H and B5 102G2 1S2) The fol lowing illu stratio n disp lays al l the c ompon ents that come wi th your Transport GX21 B5102 barebone system . Ensue a ll items are pr esent b efore beg ining ins tallatio n 1 x Tomcat I875P-P4 S5012G3NR motherboard (pre installed). P/[...]

1.4 Unpac king 4 Chapter 1: Ov erview 1.4.2 Ac cessories If any it ems are missin g or appe ar dam aged, con tact your retailer or browse to TY AN’s Web site for service: http://www .tyan.com. The W eb site also pr ovides in forma tion on oth er TY AN pr od- ucts, plus F AQs, compatibili ty lists, B IOS set tings , and more . 1 x 40 pin ATA33 IDE[...]

1.4 Unpacki ng Chapter 1: Overv iew 5 1.4.3 Ope ning the box Careful ly open th e box and ensure t hat all compone nts are presen t and undam aged. Th is produ ct sh ould arri ve pack- aged as illus tr ate d belo w . Box contents as packaged (with heatsi nk) Accessory Pa ck (unpacked) Accessory pack (as pack- aged) htt p : / / ww w . t y a n. co m [...]

1.5 About the Product 6 Chapter 1: Ov erview 1.5 About the Pro duct The fo llowing vi ews show yo u the produ ct. 1.5. 1 Fro nt V iew 1 2 3 RST 1 2 FDD (op tional) CD-ROM drive Hard drive bay 2 Hard drive bay 1 1 2 3 RST 1 2 Power LE D Po we r s w it ch LAN LEDs Reset switch HDD activity USB ports Fan fail LED Temp fail LED Mut e LE D Model B5102G [...]

1.5 About the Product Chapter 1: Overv iew 7 1.5. 2 Rear View Vent ila tion fa n ATX 12V 300W PSU Stacked PS/2 mouse/keyboard port s RJ-45 LAN ports Po we r sw it ch VGA port Serial port (COM1) RJ-45 LAN ports Expansi on slot USB Ports[...]

1.5 About the Product 8 Chapter 1: Ov erview 1.5.3 Interna l View (B5102 G21S2H) 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1. LE D contro l board 2. F DD (optio nal) 3. CD-ROM 4. A TX 12 V power connector (4 pin) 5. CP U/heatsink as sembly 6. Me mory sl ots x 4 7. Po wer conn ector 8. A TX 12V 30 0W powe r supply (20 pin) 9. F ront panel c able 10. 40x40x2 8[...]

1.5 About the Product Chapter 1: Overv iew 9 1.5.4 Inter nal View (B5102 G21S 2) 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1. LED c ontrol b oard 2. FDD (o ption al) 3. CD-ROM 4. A TX 12V pow er conn ecto r (4 pin) 5. CPU/he atsink assemb ly 6. Memory slo ts x 4 7. Power co nnecto r 8. A TX 12V 30 0W power sup ply (20 pin) 9. Fr ont panel cab le 10. 40x40x2 [...]

1.5 About the Product 10 Chapter 1: Overview 1.5.5 Motherboard Block Diagram mPGA478 Processor Socket ICS-952607 VRD10.0 Intel 82875P MCH Intel 82801EB ICH5 DDR DDR DDR DDR CSA Interface Intel 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet A TI Rage XL Winbond W83627F/HF LPC SIO FirmWare Hub Keyboard Mouse Floppy Parallel Serial 1/2 USB 2.0 8 ports, 480Mb/s 2 X Serial A[...]

2.1 Before You Begin Chapter 2: Setting Up 11 Chapter 2: Setting Up 2.1 Before Y ou Begin This chapte r exp la ins how to install the CPU, CPU heatsink , memory modules , and h ard driv es. Ins tructio ns on in sertin g a PCI ca rd are a lso gi ven. T ake note of the precau tions mentio ned in thi s secti on when inst alli ng your sys tem. 2.1.1 Wo[...]

2.1 Befor e You Begin 12 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 2.1.3 Precautions Components a nd electr onic cir cuit board s can be damaged by di scharg es of s tatic ele ctricity . Working on a sy stem tha t is connec ted to a powe r su pply can be extr emely dan gerous. Follow the guide lines be low to a void dam age to the T ranspo rt GX21 or inju ry to yo ur[...]

2.2 Rack Mounting Chapter 2: Setting Up 13 2.2 Rack Mounting The Transport GX21c an be moun ted in a rack using the sup- plied r ack mou nting kit. Rack mounting kit Slid ing Ra ils x 2 : S tandar d Mount ing Brac kets x 4 Mount ing Ears x 2 Nuts, S crew s and W a sher s Kit x 1 2.2. 1 Ins t all ing th e Ser v er in a Ra ck Follow these in structio[...]

2.2 Rack M ounting 14 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 2. Screw the sl iding ra il mounti ng brac kets to the sl idin g rails as shown, us ing the s hort black screws fr om the supplie d nuts, scr ews and wa shers k it. Ens ure that th e brackets with the cu t away se ction (to accomm odate th e handles on the fro nt of the uni t) are fixed to th e front en [...]

2.2 Rack Mounting Chapter 2: Setting Up 15 Note: When fully ex tended, the slidi ng rail s will lo ck. The releas e mechani sm is l ocated on the slidin g rail a s show n. Press t he releas e mechani sm whi le pushin g the slidi ng rails to shorten t hem. 6. W ith the rails in t heir sho rtest c ondition, adjust bo th front mounting bracke ts so th[...]

2.2 Rack M ounting 16 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 9. Li ft the unit into place i n the rac k and scr ew it into p lace as shown . Note: T o a void in jury , it is strongly recom- mended th at two pe ople lift the T ranspo rt GX21int o place wh ile a third per- son screw it to the rack . 1 2 1 3 2 RST[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components Chapter 2: Setting Up 17 2.3 Installing Motherboard Components This se ction describes how to install co mponents o n to the motherb oard, in cluding CPU, m emory m odule s and P CI card. 2.3.1 Re moving t he Chassis Cover Follo w these in structi ons to re move the T r ansp ort GX21 chassi s cover . 1. Remove [...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components 18 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 2.3.2 Insta lling a CPU, Heat sink and Air Duct Follow these in structi ons to in stall a CPU, CP U heatsink a nd air duct. 1. Rem ove the pre-installe d air duct. Refer to th e illustr ation on top of th e air duc t to loc ate the 2 sc rews. 2. Pu ll the CPU leve r up to un lock the C[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components Chapter 2: Setting Up 19 3. Pl ace the CP U in the CP U socke t, ensur ing that pi n 1 is loca ted as shown in the f oll owing il lus tr ati on . 4. Press the CP U socket lever d own in the direc tion sho wn to secur e the CPU. 5. Ap ply the rmal grea se to the top of the CPU and place the CPU heatsink on the C[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components 20 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 6. Al ign th e heatsink s crew ho les with t he hole s on t he motherbo ard and i nsert the fo ur heatsink s crews as shown. 7. Pl ace the ai r duct ove r the he atsink and repl ace the heat shield screws to secur e it to th e mother board.[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components Chapter 2: Setting Up 21 2.3.3 Inst alling Memory Foll ow th ese ins truction s to inst all memo ry modu les on t he motherb oard. 1. Lo cate th e memory slots on the mo therboar d. 2. Press the me mory slot lock ing leve rs in th e direc tion of the arrows as shown in the follo wing illu stration. 3. Al ign th[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components 22 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 4. Ins ert the m emory m odule into the s lot as sh own. When in serte d proper ly , the m emory slo t lock ing le vers loc k onto the i ndentation s at the en ds of the m odule. 2.3.4 Installing a PCI Car d Follow the se instruct ions to in stall a PCI c ard. 1. Rem ove th e pre-ins t[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components Chapter 2: Setting Up 23 2. Rem ove th e screw se curing the PCI faceplate to the chassi s. 3. Sl ide th e PCI car d clamp out as sh own. 4. Slide the du st co ver out.[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components 24 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 5. Sl ide th e PCI car d into pl ace and th en insert i t into th e PCI s lot on the r ise r card. Ensure that it is in serted c or- rectly . 6. Rei nsert the PCI c ard clamp. Insert PCI c ard tip in slot here . Riser Card[...]

2.3 Installing Motherboard Components Chapter 2: Setting Up 25 7. Ins ert the scre w to secure the PCI card to the cha ssis.[...]

2.4 Installing a H ard Drive 26 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 2.4 Installing a Ha rd Drive The Trasport GX21 ba rebone s ystem s upports both Serial A T A an d IDE hard dr ives. Ho wever , if you hav e purchas ed the B510 2G21S2H mode l with pr e-installe d S-A T A backpl ane, on ly S-A T A hard driv es can be used. 2.4.1 I nstalling an Ext ernal Acc ess [...]

2.4 Install ing a Ha rd Drive Chapter 2: Setting Up 27 4. Ins ert hard drive s crews to secure the hard driv e to the drive bay . 5. Rei nsert th e drive bay into the chassi s, ensur ing that th e HDD rear conne ctor is securely c onnected to the back- plane co nnect or . 1 2 3 1 2 R S T[...]

2.4 Installing a H ard Drive 28 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up 2.4.2 Installing an Internal IDE or S-A T A Har d Disk Driv e Follo w these instruc tions to install an IDE o r S-A T A hard drive. 1. Rem ove th e IDE or S -A T A da ta cable and power connec- tor from the HDD. 2. Rem ove the s crew securing the HDD tray to the chassi s. 3. Sl ide th e HDD tra[...]

2.4 Install ing a Ha rd Drive Chapter 2: Setting Up 29 4. Pl ace an IDE or S- A T A HDD into the tray , and secu re with 4 screw s. 5. Rei nsert the HDD tray and secu re with a sc rew . 6. Con nect th e IDE or S -A T A data ca ble and power ca ble connect or to the H DD.[...]

2.4 Installing a H ard Drive 30 Chapter 2: Setti ng Up[...]

3.1 I nt rodu ctio n Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 31 Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Inst alled Components 3.1 Intr oduction This ch apter explains h ow to re place pre installed c ompo- nents incl uding the motherboa rd, LED c ontrol b oard, F DD and CD-RO M drive. T here i s also a se ction showing how to replace a FFD wi th a HDD. T ak[...]

3.1 Introduction 32 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 3.1.3 Precautions Components a nd electr onic cir cuit board s can be damaged by static electr icity . Working on a system that i s conne cted t o a power suppl y can be extremel y dangerou s. Fo ll ow the guideli nes b elow to av oid dam age to the Transp ort GX21 or injury to y[...]

3.2 Disassemb ly Flow chart Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 33 3.2 Disassembly Flowchart The fol lowing fl owchart outl ines the d isasse mbly proc edure. Rear Components Chassis cover Air duct Mainboard DIMMs CPU/heatsink assembly PCI card Mainboard Power supply Front Components Cooling Fa n LED co ntrol boar d S-A T A Backplane PCBs[...]

3.3 Remo ving the Cove r 34 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 3.3 Removing the Cover Before replacing any parts you must rem ove the c hassis cover . Follow the se instructions to remove the cover o f the T ranspo rt GX 21 ch assis cover. 1. Remove the six sc rews secu ring the chassis co ver . 2. Slide the cov er in the dire ction [...]

3.4 Replacing Motherboard Compone nts Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 35 3.4 Replacing Mother board Components Follow these in structions to repl ace mother board com po- nents, in cluding the mot herboar d. 3.4.1 Removing Add-On Component s from the Motherboard Before removin g the motherboa rd, remove the CP U, memory modules , disc[...]

3.4 Replacing Motherboard Components 36 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 3.4.2 Dis connect ing Cables Discon nect all the cable s on th e board 1. Di sconn ect the ma in and A TX power ca bles. 2. Di sconnec t the CD-ROM ( A ) and S-A T A hard drive ( B ) cables. Main po wer ATX12V power A B[...]

3.4 Replacing Motherboard Compone nts Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 37 Note: If an FDD or IDE HDD is installed, you mus t disconne ct thes e cables to o. 3. Di sconnec t the front panel swi tch/LED c onnector . 4. Di sconn ect the front panel USB connect or .[...]

3.4 Replacing Motherboard Components 38 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 3.4.3 R emoving the Moth erboard Follow these instr uctions to remove the motherbo ard from the chassis when all add-on c ompone nts have been remove d. 1. Rem ove th e 8 scr ews secu ring the motherbo ard to the chassi s. 2. Rem ove the mo therboar d.[...]

3.5 Replac ing the CD-ROM/FDD Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 39 3.5 Replacing the CD-ROM/FDD Foll ow th ese ins truction s to r eplace the C D-ROM or FDD. 1. Rem ove the da ta cable fro m the slim CD -ROM ada pter . 2. Rem ove th e power cabl e from the slim CD- ROM adap ter . 3. Rem ove the 2 screws that sec ure the ad apter board t[...]

3.5 Rep lacing the C D-ROM /FDD 40 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 4. Rem ove th e 4 scr ews secu ring the drive b ay to the c has- sis. 5. Li ft the drive bay free from the c hassis. 6. Rem ove the 4 small screws sec uring th e CD-ROM or FDD in the dr ive bay . 7. Sl ide th e CD-ROM or FDD from the drive b ay .[...]

3.6 Repl acing the FDD with a HDD Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 41 3.6 Replacing the FDD with a HDD Follow the se instructions to replac e the FDD with a HDD 1. Rem ove the po wer and da ta cables from the bac k of the CD-ROM drive and FDD. Note: Unless y ou are in tendi ng to replac e the CD-ROM drive, th ere is no n eed to remo ve[...]

3.6 Rep lacing the FDD with a HDD 42 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 3. Sl ide th e drive bay hous ing back wards a nd lift it cl ear of the chas sis. 4. Rem ove the 4 screws that sec ure the FDD in th e drive bay a nd lift it fre e of the dr ive bay housi ng. 5. Pl ace a HDD i n the drive bay hous ing and s ecure with 4 screws. R[...]

3.7 Replacing the LED Control Board Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 43 3.7 Replacing the LED Control B oard Follow these in structi ons to re move the LED co ntrol boa rd. 1. Rem ove th e 2 scr ews secu ring the metal retaini ng plate to t he ch assis . 2. Li ft the retaining plat e free of t he cha ssis, as sho wn below. 3. Unp lug t[...]

3.8 Rep lacing the S -ATA Backpla ne 44 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 6. Rem ove th e 2 scr ews secu ring the LED contr ol boar d to the chas sis. 7. Li ft the LED c ontrol b oard fre e from the chas sis. 3.8 Replacing the S-A T A Backplane Note: This sec ti on applli es to B5102G 21S2H mode l onl y . 1. Rem ove th e 2 scr ews s[...]

3.8 Replacing the S-ATA Backplane Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 45 3. Rem ove th e 5 scr ews that s ecure the ba ckplane bracke t to t he ch assis . 4. Li ft the back plane br acket fr ee from the chassi s as sho wn[...]

3.8 Rep lacing the S -ATA Backpla ne 46 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 3.8.1 2 Po rt S-A T A Back plan e Feat ures 1 ON KE 23456 J3 serial ATA7 pin connector J4 HDD2 serial AT A 7 pin connector BZ1 buzzer U1 monitor fan 1, fan2 temperature U2 monitor fan 3, fan4 U3 moni tor fan 5 Fan 5 connector Fan 4 connector Fan 3 connector Fa[...]

3.9 Replacing the Power Supply Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 47 3.9 Replacing the Power Supply 1. Remove the 4 screws t hat secure th e fan assembl y to the chassi s. 2. Li ft the fan asse mbly clea r to give ac cess to the power supply cabl es. 3. Rem ove power cables fr om the motherboa rd, HDDs a nd FDD if in st alled .[...]

3.9 Replacing the Power Supply 48 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents 4. Rem ove the 2 screws from the mountin g bracket that secure t he power su pply to th e chassi s. 5. Remo ve the 2 scre ws fro m the po wer su pply r ear br acket that secure i t to the cha ssis. 6. Li ft the power s upply cl ear of th e chass is. 7. Rem ove th e [...]

3.10 Replacing the Cooling Fans Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 49 3.10 Replacing the Cooling Fans Follow these in structi ons to repl ace the coolin g fans. 1. Rem ove all the co oling fan powe r sup ply cab les. Note: Cooling fan p ower supp ly cabl es are connec ted to the mo therboar d in the B5102G 21S2 mode l, and to the S-A T A[...]

3.10 Replacing the Cooling Fans 50 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents Note: T o lift the fan a ssembly c lear of t he chassi s, you may find it nec essary to remove the plas tic cab le ties whic h secure t he fan cables. 2. Remo ve the 2 screw s whic h secur e the co oli ng fan bracket to the chassis. 3. Li ft the cool ing fan as sem[...]

3.10 Replacing the Cooling Fans Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components 51 4. Rem ove the 4 scr ews that secu re each coo ling fan to the cooling fan brac ket. 5. Li ft the coolin g fan clea r of the br acket. 6. Repeat step 5 until all the ne cessar y co oling fans have been rem oved fro m the cool ing fan br acket.[...]

3.10 Replacing the Cooling Fans 52 Chap ter 3: Repl acing Pre-Inst alled Co mponents[...]

53 Appendix BIOS Setup Inst allation The BIOS is the b asic input/o utput syste m, the fi rmware on the mother board that en ables yo ur hardware to interface with your softw are. The BIOS de termines what a computer can do without ac cessing program s from a disk. The BIOS c ontains all the c ode req uired to contr ol the key board, d isplay scree[...]

54 St arting Setup The BIOS is imm ediately activate d when you turn on th e compute r . The BIOS read s syste m config uration i n CMOS RAM and b egins the process of che cking the s ystem an d configu ring it t hrough the Power- On-Self- T e st (POST ). When th e pre liminary tests are complete , the BIOS s earches for an o perating system on one[...]

55 In Case of Problem s If you ha ve tr ouble boot ing yo ur comp uter after ma king and saving the changes with the B IOS setu p program, you c an restart the c omputer b y holdin g the power button dow n until the comp uter shu ts off (usu ally wit hin 4 sec onds) ; rese tting by press ing CTRL-AL T -DE L; or cl earing t he CMOS. The best a dvice[...]

56 BIOS Setup - Main Screen The P hoenix - AwardBIOS CMO S Setup Utility m ain s creen is displa yed as follow s: Phoenix – AwardBIOS CM OS Setup Utility St andard CMOS Features Use thi s menu for basic system configur ation. Advanced BIO S Features Use thi s menu to set the advanced features availabl e on you r system. Advance d Chip set Feature[...]

57 Load Fail-Sa fe Default s Use this menu to l oad the BIOS defaul t values for the m ini- mal/stable perform ance sett ings for your s ystem to operate. Load Optim ized Default s Use this menu to l oad the BIOS defaul t values that are fac- tory setti ngs for optimal p erforman ce of sy stem oper ation s. While Awar d has des igned the cu stom BI[...]

58 St andard CMOS Features In this s ection, you can a lter gen eral feat ures su ch as the date and t ime, as well as access to the IDE configur ation options . Note tha t the optio ns liste d below are f or settings that can be directl y change d within the Main Set up scre en. Y ou can use the arro w keys to h ighli ght the item a nd then us e t[...]

59 Date / Time Setup Syste m Date : Adjus ts t he system date. MMMonths DDDa ys YYYYY ea rs Syste m Time : A djust s th e syste m clock . HHH ours (24hr . forma t) MMMinut es SSSeco nds IDE Mast er / Slave Set up With thi s option the compu ter detec ts IDE driv e types from drive C to drive F . The choice s are: None / Auto / Manual Drive A / B: T[...]

60 Advanced BIOS Feature s In this sec tion, yo u can fine tun e features th at affect system speed an d boot-up option s. Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Advanced BIO S Features Virus W arning This opti on togg les viru s pro tection on or off for boo t sector writes . If this fu nction is enabl ed, the BI OS wi ll disp lay a warning me[...]

61 store f requentl y access ed instruc tions and data. Me mory cachi ng is effective bec ause mos t program s acces s the same data or instru ction s over and over . By kee ping as much of this info rmati on as po ssible in SRA M, th e comp uter a voids accessi ng the sl ower DRAM. The cho ices are: Enabled / Disabled Hyper-Threading T echnology T[...]

62 Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Boot Sequence Set the b oot priori ty of th e system. F or exampl e in the fi gure shown ab ove, the F irst Boot Device is set to Floppy , the Sec - ond Boot Device t o Hard Dis k and the third Boot De vice to LS120 dr ive. The BIOS searc hes the Flo ppy Drive, Hard D isk and the LS120 d rive i n that o[...]

63 This is becau se OS/2 and Wind ows enter an d leav e pro- tected mode vi a the BIOS, so G ate A 20 needs to swi tch often from enab led to dis abled a nd back aga in. Set ting this fe ature to Fas t improv es memor y acce ss perf ormance above 1MB becaus e the chipse t is muc h faster at switching Gate A20 than the k eyboar d controlle r . It is[...]

64 APIC Mode This option all ows you to enabl e or disab le Advan ce d Pro- gramma ble Interru pt Control ler (APIC) M ode. AP IC mode provides multi- processor interrup t manag ement and i ncorpo- rates bo th static and dy namic sy mmetric interru pt distri bution across all processors. In systems wit h multi ple I/O sub - syste ms, each subsy ste[...]

65 OS Se lect For DR AM > 64MB This BIOS feature determi nes how sy stems with mo re than 64MB of m emory a re manage d. A wron g setting can caus e proble ms like errone ous memor y detec tion. If you ar e using an old er versi on of the IBM OS/2 op erating system , you shou ld select OS/2. If you ar e using the IBM OS/2 Warp v3.0 or hi gher op[...]

66 impendi ng failur e. If you h ave cr itical o r irrepl aceable d ata, you sho uld enabl e this B IOS featur e and us e S.M.A.R.T .- aware ha rdware moni toring s oftware. Even wi th S.M.A.R .T . enabled, we rec ommend that reg ular ba ckups are made. For best performanc e, set this option to Disa bled. The c hoices are: Enabled / Disabled Report[...]

67 Advanced Chip sets Features This se ction describes advanc ed chipset fe atures. Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Advan ced Chip set F eatures DRAM Timing S el ectable This opt ion pe rmits you to ei ther man ually s elect m emory tim- ings, or allow the SPD (Serial Pr esence Detect) to determ ine the said timings automa tically . The [...]

68 Active to P recharge Del ay This se tting i s the numb er of clo ck cycl es needed after a bank active comman d before a pr echarg e can occu r . The po ssib le values ar e: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This se tting is t he numb er of cycles from whe n a bank ac ti- vate co mmand is issued until a r ead or writ e comm and is accepte d,[...]

69 Delay Prior to Thermal This BIO S featur e is only v alid for systems that are p owered by 0.13µ I ntel P entium 4 proc essor s with 512 KB L2 ca che. These processo rs com e with a Ther mal M onitor whic h con- sists of an on -die thermal sensor and a The rmal Con trol C ir- cuit (T CC). When th e Ther mal Moni tor is in autom atic mod e and t[...]

70 boot up y our compute r . For e xample, i f it takes 5 min utes to fully b oot up y our sy stem, you shou ld se lect 8 Minutes. Y ou sh ould not s elect a delay value that is unneces sarily long. With out th e Ther mal M onito r , your processo r may h eat up to a c ritical te mperatur e (approx imately 135°C), at which poin t the therm al se n[...]

71 Integrated Peripherals This se ction describes ho w to fin e tune o nboard pe ripheral features. Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility OnChip IDE Device X OnChip IDE Device X Onboard Device X SuperIO Device [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] Item Help[...]

72 IDE HDD Block Mode The IDE HDD B lock Mode feature spee ds up hard d isk acces s by trans ferring data from multiple sect ors at on ce instead of using the old single secto r transfer mode. When you enab le it, the BIOS will auto matic ally det ect if your har d disk sup ports bloc k transf ers a nd co nfigure th e proper block transfer se tting[...]

73 Prim ary / Seco ndar y Mas ter / Sl av e PI O The four I DE PIO (Prog rammed Input / Output) fi elds let you set a P IO mode ( 0-4) for each of the four IDE devices th at the onboard IDE inter face sup ports. Modes 0 throug h 4 provide success ively incr eased pe rformance. In Auto mode, the s ys- tem autom aticall y determine s the bes t mode f[...]

74 Serial AT A Port 0/ 1 Mode: This item allo ws yo u to se t S-A T A mo de. Primary Master / Primary Slave / Secondary Master / Secondary Slave Onboard Device Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Onboard Dev ice USB Controller This opti on ena bles or disable s IRQ all ocation for the US B (Unive rsal S erial B us) con troller . En able this[...]

75 option to Disabled . It will free up an IRQ for ot her device s to use. T he choices are: Enabled / Disabled Note: USB 2 .0 has a th roughput of 480 Mbps (40 time s fast er than US B 1.1) and is fully b ackwa rd c ompatible with U SB 1. 1 USB Keyboard Support Set this optio n to enabl ed if your system h as a USB control ler (includi ng USB 2. 0[...]

76 Super IO Controller Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Super IO Devic e Onboard FDC Controller Set this option to enable d if your sys tem has a floppy d isk contro ller (FD C) installe d on the sy stem board and you wish to use i t. If yo u install an add-in FDC or if the syst em has no floppy d rive, s et this o ption to di sabled. T h[...]

77 The av ailable modes ar e as foll ows: • ASKIR - The ASKIR setting a llows infrared ser ial com- munica tion at a m aximu m baud ra te of 56K baud. • HPSIR - The HPSIR setting allo ws infrared serial com- munica tion at a m aximu m baud ra te of 1 15K bau d. • FIR - The FIR (Fast IR) setting allows in frared seri al commun i cation at a ma[...]

78 Onboard Parallel Port T o use the parallel port on the system , select an addre ss and corresp ondin g interr upt for the parallel p ort. The possible val- ues are: 378/IRQ7 / 278/IRQ5 / 3BC/IRQ7 / Disabled Parallel Port Mode This opti on allows the user to sele ct the parallel port mod e. This is linked to the parall el port s o if you disab le[...]

79 EPP Mode S elect There ar e two v ersions o f the EP P trans fer protoc ol - E PP 1.7 and EPP 1.9. Thi s BIOS feature a llows yo u to sele ct the v er- sion of EPP t hat the paralle l port should us e. Gener ally , EPP 1 .9 is the preferr ed settin g beca use i t sup- ports the new er EP P 1.9 de vices a nd most EPP 1. 7 device s; and o f fers a[...]

80 Power Mana gemen t Set u p This se ction describes po wer manag ement s etup opti ons. Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Power Ma nagement Setup ACPI Function If your system suppor ts ACPI, then enable this ACP I functio n. ACPI (Advanced Config uration a nd Pow er Interf ace) es tab- lishes i ndustry -standard interfac es for OS- direc[...]

81 Power Management O ption This func tion allows you to s et the defau lt parameter s of power-saving modes. Se t this to User De fine to ch oose you r own paramete rs.The fol lowin g table shows the parameter s for Max imum Sav ing and M inimum S aving op tions for th e variou s modes: The var ious ch oices ar e: User Define / Maximum Saving / Mi[...]

82 Note: Green monitors de tect the V /H SYNC si gnals to turn off their el ectron gu ns. It is im portant to re alize th at the CRT con- sumes the most power (se veral hund red watts) of any sy stem. T o really save energy , you mus t shut it down whe n not in us e. Green mon itors (al so known as Ener gy S tar monitors) r educe po wer usage by 90[...]

83 Suspend T ype This opti on define s the syste m suspen d type. The two sus- pend types are: • Power on Suspend: If this is selected, the CPU will enter into Do ze mode. • Stop G rant: If this is selected, the CP U clock will enter into Sl eep mo de. In both of thes e modes , the sy stem act ivities a re detec ted by monitorin g the IRQ sig n[...]

84 HDD Power Down Also kno wn as Hard Disk Timeout or IDE St andby Po wer Down Mode, this setting allows automatic power down of IDE drives a fter a speci fied period of ina ctivity 10 minutes is a sugges ted minim um, to avo id undue we ar and tea r on the drive . The ch oices ar e: Disabled / 1 minutes / 5 minutes / 10 minutes / 30 minutes / 45 m[...]

85 Power On Set up Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Power On Setup PWRON After PWR-Fail This opti on define s the state of t he system wh en powe r fails and retu rns a gain. If O n is sel ected, the syst em autom aticall y switche s on when power is resume d. If Former-S ts is selec ted, the sy stem a utomatic ally swi tches on and r est[...]

86 Power on by Ring If enable d, this option tur ns on th e system when th e modem is dia led into. T he choi ces are: Enabled / Disabled Power on by Giga Lan If enabled, this option tu rns on the sy stem by means of the on board Gi gabit L an functio n. The c hoic e s are: Enabled / Disabled Resume by Alarm This opti on allows your sy stem to turn[...]

87 Note: Plea se note th at only PS/2 mi ce support th e Mous e Left or Mouse Ri ght optio ns. Mice using s erial o r USB c onnec- tions do not suppo rt this powe r on func tion. The Ke yboard 9 8 optio n will only work if yo u are us ing Win- dows 98 o r better and have the approp riate key board. T hen you can use the k eyboar d's wake-up o [...]

88 Reload Global T imer Event s These options a llows you t o specif y the e vents that wil l acti- vate the power managem ent timer . Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Reload Glo bal Tim e r Events Reload G lobal Timer Events are I/O events whose o ccur- rence can preven t the sy stem fr om entering a power saving mode or can awake n the [...]

89 PnP/PCI Configurations This se ction allows c onfigu ring Pn P/PCI res ources . Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility PnP / PCI Config urations Reset Configuration Dat a If you in stall a n ew piece o f hardware o r mod ify your com - puter's hardware configura tion, th e BIOS wi ll automa tically detect th e changes and rec onfigure t[...]

90 Please no te that th e BIOS will automati cally reset it to the default settin g of Disa bled a fter reconfig uring th e new E SCD. So, ther e is no n eed for y ou to manua lly disable this featu re after reboo ting. Th e choi ces ar e: Enabled / Disabled Resources Contr olled By When thi s option is set to AUTO, the BIOS by using E SCD, contro [...]

91 Promise S-A T A INT Assignmen t: This setti ng defines the IRQ for the Promis e S-A T A devi ce. The pos si- ble values are: Auto / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 /1 1 / 12 /14 /15 Intel i541 INT Assignment: This set ting de fines the IRQ for the Int el i541 de vice . The pos sible va l- ues are: Auto / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 /1 1 / 12 /14 /15[...]

92 PC H eal th Status This se ction monitors c ritical paramet ers of y our PC an d can automati cally shu tdown the PC if the tempe rature o f the pro- cesso r excee ds the sp ecified threshol d value. This i s only availa ble if there is a Hardwar e Monito r onboar d. Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility PC Health S ta tus CPU W arning T em[...]

93 Shut down T emperature The CP U Shutdown T emperature op tion a llows for a user defined system shutdown tempe rature. If the CPU tem pera- ture ex ceeds t he predef ined s hutdown thres hold, the B IOS force s a sys tem sh utdown. The po ssible valu es are: 60°C, 140°F / 65°C, 149°F / 70°C, 158°F / 75°C, 167°F / Disabled Note: Th e onbo[...]

94 Frequency/V olt age Control This se ction facilitates control ling the C PU clock and f re- quency ratio. Phoenix – A wardBIOS CMOS Setu p Utility Frequency / V oltage Control CPU Clock Ratio The CPU clock ratio se tting d efines ho w fast the CP U clock runs rel ative to t he bus speed. T Y AN does not recommend changin g this s etting fro m [...]

95 Auto Detect DIMM / PCI Clk This BIOS fe ature dete rmines whet her th e BIOS sh ould active ly redu ce EM I (Electr omagnetic Inter ference) a nd reduce power con sumption by tur ning off unoccu pied or inac- tive ex pansion slots. When ena bled, t he BIOS wil l monitor AGP , PCI and mem ory slots and t urn off clock signal s to a ll unocc upied[...]

96 CPU Clock This se tting de termines th e CPU clo ck speed. TY AN r ecom- mends th at you kee p this at i t default v alue to mai ntain stabil- ity . The p ossible valu es are: 100MHz,133MHz or 166MHz by CPU set- ting. Note: The proces so r spe ed is calc ul ate d as CPU Cloc k S pe ed * CPU Cloc k Ratio. Memory Frequency for DDR Frequency at Nex[...]

97 Load Optim ized Default s This option loa ds stable optimiz ed defa ul ts for all BIOS optio ns. When yo u pre ss <Enter > on th is optio n, you get a conf irma- tion dia log bo x with a me ssage th at rea ds: Load Optimized Default s (Y/N)? N Pressin g ‘Y’ loads the defaul t values that are factory s ettings for opti mal perf ormance [...]

98 Y ou ca n set eithe r a superv isor or a u ser passwor d, or bot h of them. Th e differences a re: Set Supervisor Pa ssword : Y ou can en ter and c hange t he options in the BIOS s etup menus . Set User Password: Y ou can ent er and vi ew the o ptions in the BIO S setup m enus but cann ot change them. When yo u selec t this func tion, the follow[...]

99 Save & Exi t Setup The opt ion sa ves all BI OS setti ngs t o CMOS and exi ts BIOS setup. Pressin g <Ent er> on this item asks fo r confir mation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/ N)? Y Pressin g “Y” sto res the sel ections made in th e menus in CMOS – a specia l sect ion of me mory tha t stays on a fter you turn yo ur system off. The n[...]

100 Sp ecificati on Chassis 1U, 19 inch ra ck mount ed chass is 2 x H DD bay 1 x 3.5 inch F DD (or extr a, int ernal HDD) bay 1 x sl im CD-ROM drive bay Mother board TY A N T omcat i875 S 5102G3NR A T X mother board A W ARD BIOS 8 .0 on 4 Mbi t LPC Flash ROM Intel Pe ntium 4 “ Northwood” pr ocessor up to 3.2 G Hz Single ZIF PG A478 socket Suppo[...]

101 Vid e o A TI Rage XL PCI grap hics co ntrolle r 8 MB fr ame buffer video memory Power Supp ly A TX 12V 300W power s upply wi th PFC Storage Controller Integrat ed dual c hannel IDE from Southbr idge, ICH5 Integrat ed Promi se RAID ac celerator , su pporting 2 S-A T A ports + 1 ultr a A T A-13 3 channel with RAID 0 , 1, 0+1[...]

102 Hardwar e Diagram 1 T op c over 13 Mount br acket x 2 2 Reten tion ba r 14 Handle x 2 3 Card holder 15 Mylar ( front panel) 4 PCI facepl at e 16 Mylar (front panel) 5 Air duct 17 1” HDD x 2 6 I/O shi eld 18 T ray housing x 2 7 Mylar (under m other board) 19 Mylar ( under LED cont rol boa rd) 8 Cable cover 20 Backplane 9 Cross bar and fa n bra[...]

103 T echnical Support If a proble m arises with this syste m, you shoul d consu lt your dealer first fo r help. The system is like ly to ha ve been c onfig- ured by your dea ler , making him the most appro priate c hoice when see king tec hnical a dvice. Y o ur dealer may al so be close eno ugh to visi t with the ha rdware for servi cing or test -[...]

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