Tyan Computer N3600T manual

1 http://www.T YAN.com Thunder n3 600T / / / S2937 Revision 1.00 Copyright© TY A N Comput er Corporatio n, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be repr o duced or transla t ed without prior wr itten consent from TYAN Computer Corp. All registered and unregistered tra demarks and company names contai ned in this manual ar e pr oper[...]

2 http://www.T YAN.com Table of Contents Check the box contents… Chap ter 1: Int roduc tion 1.00 Congratulations! 1.01 Hardware Specifications 1.02 Software Specifications Chapter 2: Board Installatio n 2.00 Board Image 2.01 Block Diagram 2.02 Board Par ts, Jumpers an d Co nnector s 2.03 Jumper Settings 2.04 Onboard SAS Disable Header ( *JP1) 2.0[...]

3 http://www.T YAN.com Appe nd i x: Gl os sar y Technical Support ………………………… Page 76 ………………………… Page 81[...]

4 http://www.T YAN.com Before yo u begin… Check the b ox contents ! The retail motherboard package sh ould contain t he following: 1x S2937 motherboard 1x 34-Pin fl oppy drive cable 6 x SATA cable 3x SATA Drive Power Adapter 4 x SAS cable (for S2937WG 2NR only) 1x Ultra-DMA-100/6 6 IDE cable 9-pin Serial c able 1 x USB2.0 cable 1x S2937 user’ s[...]

5 http://www.T YAN.com Chapter 1: Instruction 1.00 – Congratulations You are now the owner of the ideal solu tion for rackmount servers. Tyan S2937 supports Dual AMD Opter on 200 0 seri es pr ocessors, up to 64G Registered/EC C memor ies, 2 Gigabit Et her net ports, one IDE c onnector, 6 Serial ATA-II (SATA) connectors, 8 SAS connectors and 2 USB[...]

6 http://www.T YAN.com Integrated 2D/3D PCI Graphics - ATI ES1000 c ontroller - 32MB DDRI Frame Buffer of video memory Integrated I/ O Interfaces - (1) Floppy connecto r - (1) ATA1 33/100 IDE con nector - (1) 9-pin Seria l header - (6) SATA-II con nectors - (8) SAS connectors (Four standard, One 4-in-1) - (1) USB 2.0 he aders - (1) COM head er - (1[...]

7 http://www.T YAN.com 1.02 – Software Specification s OS (Operating Systems) Support Windows XP (32/64-bit) Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32/64-bi t) Windows Vista (32/64-bit) SuSE 10.0 (32/64-bit) TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support any OS with or w ithout notice.[...]

8 http://www.T YAN.com Chapter 2: Board Installation You are now ready t o instal l your moth erboard. The mountin g-hole pa ttern of the S2937 matches the E-ATX specific ations. Before continuing with installation, confirm th at your chassis suppor ts an E-ATX motherboard. How to install ou r products right… the first time! The first thing you s[...]

9 http://www.T YAN.com 2.00 – Board Imag e The pict ure above is r epres ent ative of the latest board revision available at the time of publ ishing. T he bo ard you recei ve may or may not loo k exactly like this picture. The following page incl udes details on the vita l components of this motherboard.[...]

10 http://www.T YAN.com 2.01 – Block Diagram[...]

11 http://www.T YAN.com 2.02 – Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors Note: * O nly for S2 937WG2NR SKU. This diagram is r e pr esentati ve of th e l a test boar d revisi on availa ble at the time of publis hi ng. The board you rec eive may not look exactly li ke th e diagram abov e.[...]

12 http://www.T YAN.com 2.03 – Jumper settings Jumper Function Settings *JP1 Onboard SAS Disable J umper (for S2937WG2NR onl y) See Section 2.04 JP2 OPMA card support select header See Section 2.05 JP3 Clear CMOS See Section 2.06 J2 USB Fr ont Panel H eader See Section 2.07 J26 Front Panel H e ader See Section 2. 08 COM2 COM2 Header See Section 2[...]

13 http://www.T YAN.com Jumper Legend OPEN - Jum per OFF Without jumper cover CLOSED - Jumper ON With jumper c over To indicat e the location of pin-1 To indicat e the location of pin-1 JP1 JP2 JP3 J2 J26[...]

14 http://www.T YAN.com 2.04 – SAS Disable Jumper (JP 1) For ex ternal disab le SAS contro ller Installed: Disable (Defa ult) Not instal led: Enable (Default) 2.05 – OPMA card supporti ng select header (JP 2) When using other OPMA card, remove jumper (Default ) When using TYAN OPMA card, install jumper (defau lt) 2.06 – Clear CMOS (JP3) Norma[...]

15 http://www.T YAN.com 2.08 – Front Panel Header (J26) HDD_LED+ 1 2 PWR_LED+ HDD_LED- 3 4 PWR_LED- Reset Button - 5 6 PWR Button + Reset Button + 7 8 PW R Button - GND 9 10 Warn LED + Exter nal NMI 11 12 Warn LED - 5VSB 13 14 KEY SMBUS DATA 15 16 GND SMBUS CLOCK 17 18 INTR UDER# COM2 JP9 JP11 JP10 IPMB JP8[...]

16 http://www.T YAN.com 2.09 – COM2 Header (COM2) DCD 1 2 DSR RXD 3 4 RTS TXD 5 6 CTS DTR 7 8 RI GND 9 10 NA 2.10 – IPMB Connector ( IPMB) Signal Pin Pin Signal IPMB DATA 1 2 GND IPMB CLK 3 4 NC 2.11 – LAN1/LAN2 Enab le/ Disab le Jumper (JP9, JP10) (Default ) Default, Enable Install jumper to dis able onboard LAN1/LAN2 2.12 – TPM Enable/ Di[...]

17 http://www.T YAN.com 2.13 – Onboard VGA Enable/ Disable Jumper (JP8) Default, Enable (Defa ult) Install Jumper to disable onboard VGA CPU2 FAN SYS FAN6 CPU1 FAN SYS FAN3 SYS FAN5 SYS FAN7 SYS FAN1 SYS FAN2 SYS FAN4[...]

18 http://www.T YAN.com 2.14 – CPU1 & CPU2 FAN Head er (CP U FAN1, CPU FAN2) Use these headers to connect the cooling fans to the motherboard to keep t he CPU stable and rel i a ble. Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 GND +12V Tachometer Fan PWM (s pe ed) Control 2.15 – System FAN Headers (SYS FAN1/2/3/4/5/6/7) Use these headers to connect the cooling[...]

19 http://www.T YAN.com 2.16 – TYAN Front Panel 2 for Barebones (J15) LAN2_LED+ 1 2 LAN2_LED- LAN1_LED+ 3 4 LAN1_LED- NC 5 6 NC FP_ID_LED _PW 7 8 GND IDLE D_IN 9 10 GND Reserved 11 12 KEY 2.17 – LCD Module Header for Bare bones (J113) SIN GND SOUT 2 4 6 1 3 5 +5V KEY +5Vsb J118 J111 J15 JP7 J116 J113[...]

20 http://www.T YAN.com 2.18 – Fan Connector for Barebones (J111) CPU_FAN_TACH0 1 2 CPU_FAN_TACH1 SYS_FAN_TACH1 3 4 SYS_ FAN _TAC H2 SYS_FAN_TACH3 5 6 SYS_ FAN _TAC H4 SYS_FAN_TACH5 7 8 SYS_ FAN _TAC H6 NC 9 10 NC GND 11 12 KEY GND 13 14 CPU_FAN_PWM[...]

21 http:/ /www .TY AN.c om 2.19 – Tips on In stal ling Motherboard in Chassis Before installing your m otherboar d, ma ke sure your chassi s has the necess ary motherboard support studs in stalled. These st uds are usually me tal and golden. Usually, the chassis manufacturer will pre-install the support studs . If you are unsure of stud placement[...]

22 http:/ /www .TY AN.c om Some chassis i nclude plasti c studs inst ea d of metal. Although the pl ast ic studs are usable, TYAN recommend s using metal studs with screws that will fasten the motherb oar d more secur el y in place. Below is a char t detailin g what the most common motherboard studs look like and how they sh ould be installe d. TIP[...]

23 http:/ /www .TY AN.c om 2.20 - Installing the Processor(s ) Your S2937 suppor ts the latest pr oces sor technologies fro m AMD. Check the TYAN website f or latest processor supp ort : http://w ww.t yan.com Figure 1. Detailed Vi ew of t he Ther mal Soluti on AMD PIB Pl atforms base d on the AMD Socket F Process o r[...]

24 http:/ /www .TY AN.c om Back plate Assembly S2937 follows AMD 1U/2S CP U keep out zone spec, please use 1U RevF back plate on S2937, the distance of two mounting hole use to lock the CPU heatsink is 4.1 inch. The back plate is mount ed on the backside of the mother board and enhances local stiffness to support sho ck an d vibr at ion loads act i[...]

4. Locate four screw hol es on socke t and screw t he socket to the PCB board. NOTE: Do not assemble CPU before securing socket with screws. 5. Inspect Socket F assembly to PC B. The Soc ket F must be tight ly attached onto the PCB. Ther e must NOT be any gap b et ween stand off the PCB.[...]

26 http://www.tyan. com Processor Installation The processo r shoul d be installed car e f ully. Make sure you are wearing an antistat ic strap and h andle the pr ocessor as l ittle as possible. Follow these instructio ns to install your proce ssor: 1. Place the PCB such that the socket cam side faces you. Make sure the lever hook is on yo ur top-l[...]

27 http://www.tyan. com 6. Remove the PnP cap. Use your left hand to hold the load plate. Then use your right thumb to remove the PnP cap from the load plate. With the package in the socket, the PnP cap re moval pr ocess will n ot damage the cont acts . 7. Close the soc ket. Rotate the l oad p l ate onto the package lid. Engage t he load lever whil[...]

28 http://www.tyan. com 2.21 – Installing the Mem ory Before attemp ting to ins tall any memo ry, please make s ure that the me mory you have is compatible w ith the mother board as well as the proc essor. The followin g diagram shows common t ypes of DDR2 memory modules. • All installed memory will a utomatica lly be detected an d no jumpers o[...]

29 http://www.tyan. com Memory Installation Proc edure When you install the memory modules, make sure the modu le al igns properly with the memory slo t. The modules are keyed to ensure that it is inserted o nly o ne way. The method of installing me m ory modules are detai led by the followi ng diagrams. 1. Press the locking levers in the direct io[...]

30 http://www.tyan. com 2.22 – Thermal Interface M ateri al There are two t ypes of ther mal interface mat erials desi gned for use w ith the A MD Opteron proc essor. The most common material comes as a small pad attached to t he heatsink at the t ime of purchase. There sho uld b e a protective co ver over the material. Take care not to touch thi[...]

31 http://www.tyan. com 2.23 – Heatsink Installation P rocedur es Type A: CAM LEVER (TYPE ) INSTALLATIO N 1. After placing t he back plate and interface material un der motherboar d ， place heatsink retentio n frame on top of motherboard. Align plastic ret ention bracket sc rew hole with CPU back-pl ate standoffs. Tighten screws to secure plast[...]

32 http://www.tyan. com Type B: SCREW RETENTIO N TYPE HEATSINK 1. After placing CPU back-plat e and adhesive interface material under motherboard, place heat sink retention frame on top of motherboar d. Align heat si nk retention frame scr ew hole with backplate assembly standoffs. Place heatsink insi de plastic retenti on bracket. Place metal clip[...]

33 http://www.tyan. com 2.24 – Attachin g Drive Cables Attaching the IDE drive cable is simple. These ca bles are “keyed” to only al low them to be connected in the correct manner. TYAN mot her boards have two on-board IDE channels, each supporting two drives. The bl ack c onnect or designat es t he Primar y channel, w hile t he w hite connec[...]

34 http://www.tyan. com SATA Drivers The S2937 is a lso equipped wit h 6 Se rial AT A (SATA) chan nels and 8 SAS connectors. Connections for t hese driv es are also very sim ple. There is no need to set Master/S lave jumpers on SATA dri ves. Tyan has supplied six SATA cables and three SA TA power adapters. If you are in need of other c a bles or po[...]

35 http://www.tyan. com Floppy Drives Attaching floppy diskette drive s are done in a similar manner to hard drives . S ee the picture below for an example of a floppy cable. Most of t he current floppy drives on the market req uire that the cable be inst al led with the color e d stripe positioned n ext to the power connector. In mo st cases, ther[...]

36 http://www.tyan. com 2.25 – Installing Add-In Cards Before installi ng add-in cards, it’s helpfu l to know if they are fully compatible with your motherboard. For this reason, we’ve provided the di agram s belo w, showing the most common slots that may appear on yo ur mother board. Not all of the slots shown will necessarily appear on your[...]

37 http://www.tyan. com 2.26 – Connecting External Devices Connecting external device s to the motherboard is an easy task. The stand ard devices you should expect to plug into th e motherboard ar e keyboards, mice, and printer cables. The fo llowing diagram will det ail the ATX por t stack for the following board. Peripheral devices can be pl ug[...]

38 http://www.tyan. com 2.27 – Installing the Power S upply There are thre e pow er con nec tors on your S 2937. Ty an r ecommends that you have an EPS12V power supply which h a s one 24-pin, on e 8-pin and one 4-pin power connect ors. PWR2: 2x2 pin pow er Connector PWR1: 8- pin E PS 12V power connector PWR0: 24-pin pow er connector Applying po w[...]

39 http://www.tyan. com 2.28 – Finishing Up Congratulations on making it this far! You’re finished se tting up the hardware aspect of your computer. Bef ore closing up your chassis, make sure t hat all cables and wires are connected properly, especially IDE cables and most importantly, jumpers. You may have difficulty pow ering on your system i[...]

40 http://www.tyan. com Chapter 3: BIOS 3.01 About the BIOS The BIOS is the basic input/output system , the firmware on the motherboard that enables your h ardware to interface with your softwar e. Th is chapter describ es different settings for the BIOS that c an be used to config ure your system. The BIOS secti on of this man ual is subject to ch[...]

Getting Help Pressing [ F1 ] displays a small help win dow that describes the appr opriate keys t o use and the possible se lecti ons for the hi ghlight ed item . To e xit the H elp Wi ndow, press [ ESC ] or the [ F1 ] key again. In Ca se of Proble ms If you discover that you hav e tr oubl e bootin g the computer after making an d saving the change[...]

42 http://www.tyan. com 3.02 Main BIOS Setup When yo u enter P hoenixB IOS CMOS Setup U t ility, t he following screen will app ear as below: The main menu contains the following menu items: Main Use this menu for basic system configur ation. Adva nced Use this menu to set the Advanced Features availa ble on your system. Security Use this menu to c[...]

3.03 Main In this section, you can alte r gener al features such as th e da te and time, as well as access to the IDE configuratio n option s. Note that th e options listed bel ow are for options that can directly be changed wi thin the Main Setup screen. Users use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the < P gUp> or <PgDn>[...]

44 http://www.tyan. com System Tim e / System Dat e System Time: Adjusts the system clock. HH Hours (24hr. format): MM Minutes : SS Seconds System Date: Adjusts the system dat e. MM Months : DD Days : YYYY Years[...]

3.04 Advanced This section facilitates conf iguring advanced BIOS options for your system. Installe d O/ S This allows you to select the operating system instal led on yo ur syst em which you will use most commonly. NOTE: An incorrect setting can caus e the operating sy stem t o behave unpredictably. Options: O ther / Win95 / Win98 / WinMe / WinXP6[...]

46 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.1 Hamm er Configurati on This section allows you to f ine tune the hammer configurati on. HT-LDT Frequency The port’s transm ission freq u enc y. Optio ns: 1000MHz / 800MHz / 600MHz / 400MHz / 200MHz Node Interl ea ve Interleave memory blocks acro ss nodes. Auto will set th is enabled when possible. Optio ns: Disabled [...]

47 http://www.tyan. com Enable the DRAM cont roller to designate a DIMM bank as a spare for logical swap during runtim e. Optio ns: Disabled / Enabled Auto DQS Training [Disabled]: Do DQS training o n every cold boot . [Enabled]: Train DQS on ly when the installed DIM M s are changed. Optio ns: Disabled / Enabled Processor Assisted Vir tuali zation[...]

48 http://www.tyan. com Set the level of ECC protecti on. If User is selected, individual ECC options may be changed. Other optio ns besides Disabl ed se rve as preset s. For super mode, al l of memory is scrubbed every 8 hours. Optio ns: Disabled / Basic / Good / Super / Max User ECC Error Checking Enable the DRAM contr oller to read/writ e ECC ch[...]

49 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.1.2 Memory Contro ll er Options Sub-M enu Mem Ho le Remap Recover DRAM lost to PCI address space below 4G B. Optio ns: Disabled / Enabled CAUTION: 1. If enabled, Bank and No de Interlea ving, D ram ECC Sc rubbin g are disa bled. 2. Actual Hole s i ze may be larg er than selecte d, dependin g on Dram bank population. IOMM[...]

50 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.1.3 M em ory Config Opti o ns Sub-Menu Mem Clock Mod e Optio ns: Auto / Limit Memory Clock Optio ns: DDR2 400 / DDR2 500 / DDR2 667 / DDR2 800[...]

3.4.2 Integrat ed Devices This section allows you to co nfigure Integrated Devices. USB Control Enable/disabl e USB controll ers. Optio ns: Disabled / USB1 .1 + USB2 USB BIOS Legacy Support Enables or disables support for USB keyboards or mice. (Enable for use with a non-USB awar e Operating Syst em such as DOS or UNIX) Optio ns: Disabled / Enabled[...]

3.4.2.1 NV RAI D Co nf igur ation S ub-Men u NV RAID Configuration Enable/disable NVIDIA RAID control. SATA controller m ust be enabled for RAID feature to function. En abling Master SATA0 Seco ndary requires enabl ing Secondary SATA Channel. Both options are listed in Integrated Devices. Optio ns: Disabled / Enabled SATA port 0/1/2/ 3/4/5 Raid Ena[...]

3.4.3 IDE Configurat ion This section allows you to f ine tune the IDE configuration. Large Disk Access Mode UNIX, Novell Netware or ot her operatin g systems, select [Other]. If you are installing new software and t he drive fail s, change this selection and try again. Different operating systems require di fferent r epresentat ions of drive geome[...]

54 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.3.1 Primar y Master / Slave Sub-Men u The system displays advanced details like the nu mber of heads/cylin ders/sectors on the detected disk and the ma xim um st orage capacity of the disk. This option l ets yo u set the following ha rd disk parameters: Type Selects the type of device connected to the system. Option s: N[...]

55 http://www.tyan. com When LBA is turned on , the BIOS will enable geometry translation. This translation may be done in the same way that it is done in Extende d CHS or large mode, or it may be done using a different algorithm called LBA-assist translation. The translated geometry is still what is presente d to the op erating system f or use in [...]

56 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.4 Floppy Configuration This section allows you to sele ct the Flo ppy Configurati on. Legacy Di sket te A Sele cts floppy type. Options: Disabl ed / 360 KB, 5.25 in / 1. 2 MB, 5.25 in / 720 KB, 3.5 in / 1. 44/1.25 MB, 3.5 i n / 2.88 MB, 3.5 in Floppy check Options: Disabled / [Enabl ed][...]

57 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.5 I/O Device Confi guratio n This setting allows you to select the I/O Device Confi guration. Serial Port A Configur e Ser ial Port A using options: [Disabled]: no configuratio n [Enabled]: user configuration [Auto]: BIOS or OS chooses config uration [OS Controlled]: displaye d when contro lle d by OS • Options: Disabl[...]

58 http://www.tyan. com Mode: Optio ns: Normal / IR / ASK-IR Base I/O Addr ess Set the base I /O addre ss for serial port B. Option s: 3F8 / 2F 8 / 3E8 / 2E8 Interrupt Set the interru pt for serial port B. Optio ns: IR Q3 / IRQ4 Para llel Port Configure p arallel port using options: [Disabled]: No configurat ion [Enabled]: Use r configuration Optio[...]

59 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.6 Hard w are Monitor / IPMI This setting allows you to view th e onboar d hardware mo nitor device. IPMI If OPMA is Found: IPMI else : Hardware M onitor AutoFan Mode [Quiet Fans] ar e working with the lowest po s sible spee d [Auto Mode] Optimum temperature C ontrol at Maximum CPU performance [Full Speed] All Fans are wo[...]

60 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.7 Console Redir ection This setting allows you to co nfigur e Console Redirection. COM Por t Address If enabled, it will use a port on the motherboard. Optio ns: Disabled / On-boa rd COM A / On-board COM B Baud Rat e Enables the sp ecified bau d ra te. Options: 300 / 1200 / 2400 / 9600 / 19.2K / 38.4K / 57.6K / 115.2K Co[...]

61 http://www.tyan. com 3.4.8 DMI Event Logging This se tting allows you to configure DMI Eve nt Logging. Event Log Capacity It reports the space av ailable in the DMI even t log. If set to [ Full], the ev ent log has no more availa ble sp ace to store DMI events . (r ead only) Event Log Val idity It reports the validity of the DMI event log. (read[...]

62 http://www.tyan. com 3.05 Security These settings allow you to configur e the security options for your system. Supervisor Password Is / User Password Is The system displays the current super vis or a nd user passwords. Set Supervisor / User Password This option all ows the supervisor / user to set their password to restrict access to the BIOS s[...]

63 http://www.tyan. com 3.06 Boot Use this screen to configure the boot priority order. Halt on Errors [ ALL Errors] Halt PO S T on a ny errors. [No Halt] No halt on any err ors. Optio ns: No Halt / All Errors QuickBoot Mode This allows the system to sk ip certain tests while bootin g. This will decrease the time needed to bo ot the system. Options[...]

64 http://www.tyan. com This allows you to select the primary dis play device. Optio ns: On Board VGA / PE G1(PCI-E Slot1 4x) / PEG2(PCI-E Slot2 8x) /PEG3(PCI-E Slot3 8x) EndLess PXE Loop If enabled, system will o nly trying to boot up from PXE, if PXE boot is failed, system will keep on t ry ing until reac hing PXE server. Optio ns: En abled / Dis[...]

65 http://www.tyan. com 3.07 Power These settings allow you to cont rol the P o wer Configuration. Enab le AC PI This allows yo u to enable or disable ACPI BIOS (Advan ce Config ur at ion and Power Interface). Option s: No / Ye s Power Button Off [Enabled] wil l let power butt on possible to shut do wn the system in legacy OS without holding for 4 [...]

66 http://www.tyan. com 3.7.1 Spread Spectr um TGIO Spr ead Spectrum Disable or En a ble TGIO Spre ad Spectrum Optio ns: Disabled / Down Spread LDT Spread Spectrum Disable or E n a ble LDT Spr ead Spectrum Optio ns: Disabled / Center Spread / Down Spread SATA Spread Spectr um Disable or E n a ble LDT Spr ead Spectrum Optio ns: Disabled / Enabled CP[...]

67 http://www.tyan. com 3.7.2 ACPI Table High Precision Eve nt timer Enable/Disabl e Multimedia Ti mer support. Option s: No / Ye s ACPIMCFG Table Some versi on of Linu x 'Kern el has problem of scan build-in memo ry controlle r or PCI BUS not covered by MCFG table, then we should disable ACPI MCFG t ables. Optio ns: En abled / Disabled AMD Po[...]

68 http://www.tyan. com 3.08 Exit These settings set the exit opti ons on your system. Exit Saving Changes This ex its BIOS setup afte r saving the changes made. Exit Discar ding Change s This ex its BIOS setup after di sc arding the chang es made. Load Se tup De faults This loads the factory default values. Discard C hanges This discards all chang[...]

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70 http://www .tyan.com Chapter 4: Diagnosti cs Note: if you experie nce pr oblems with setting up your syst e m, always check the follow ing thin gs in the follo wing ord er : Memory, V ideo, CPU By checking these items, you will most lik ely fi nd out what the problem might have been when sett ing up y our system. For more information on troubles[...]

71 http://www .tyan.com 4.2 Phoenix BIOS Post Code Code Beeps / Description Code Beeps / Description 02h Verify R eal Mode 32h Test CPU bus-clock frequency 03h Disable Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) 33h Initialize Phoen ix Dispatch Manager 04h Get CPU type 36h Warm start shut down 06h Initialize system hardware 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 08h Initi al[...]

72 http://www .tyan.com Code Beeps / Description Code Beeps / Description 6Ah Di splay e xterna l L2 ca che si ze A2h C heck key lock 6Bh Load c ustom defaults (optional) A4h Initializ e Typematic rate 6Ch Display shad ow-area message A8h Erase F2 prompt 6Eh Display poss ible high add res s for UMB recovery AAh Scan f or F2 key str oke 70h Display [...]

73 http://www .tyan.com E9h In itialize Multi P roces sor F1h Initialize Run T ime Clock EAh Initia lize O EM special code F2h Initialize video EBh Initialize PIC and DMA F3h Initialize System Management Mode ECh Initialize Memory type F4h Output one beep before boot EDh Initialize Memory size F5h Boot to Mini DOS EEh Shado w Boot Block F6h Clear H[...]

74 http://www .tyan.com Appendix I: How to Make a Driver Diskette Follow the steps below to make a driver diskette from the TYAN driver CD provided. 1. Start the system and insert the TYAN CD into the CD-ROM drive to boot from CD. You will see the following menu. Then press [1] and [Enter] to boot the system to TYAN diskette maker. (If you would li[...]

75 http://www .tyan.com ** nVidia** ====Choose Chipset Model==== 01 nVidia NVRAID EXIT 4. After selecting the chipset model, select 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 W[...]

76 http://www .tyan.com Glossary ACPI (Advanced Co nfiguration and Pow er Interface): a power management specification that allows the operating system to control the amount of power distrib uted to the computer’s devices. Devices not in use can be turned off, reducing unnecessary power expend iture. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port): a PCI-based i[...]

77 http://www .tyan.com Cache: a temporar y storage area for data that will be needed often by an application. Using a cache lowers data access tim es since the information is stored in SRAM instead of slower DRAM. Note that the cache is also much smaller than your regular memory : a typical cache size is 512K B, while you ma y have a s much a s 4G[...]

78 http://www .tyan.com Firmwa re: low-leve l s oftware that controls the system hardware. Form factor: an in dustry 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 hardw are t imer, such as th e Real -Ti[...]

79 http://www .tyan.com PCI PIO (PC I Pr o gra m ma ble In put /O ut p ut ) mo de s: the data tr ansfer modes used by IDE drives. These modes use the CPU for data transfer (in contrast, DMA channels do not). PCI refers t o the type of bus used by the se modes to communicate with the CPU. PCI -to-P CI br idge: allows you to connect multiple PCI devi[...]

80 http://www .tyan.com bus or a set of SCSI busses. SI SL: S CSI Interrupt Steering Logic ( LSI ) (only on LSI SCSI b oar ds ) Slee p/ Sus pe n d mo d e : in th is mo de, all devices e xcep t th e C PU shut down . SDRA M (Sta tic RA M): unlike DRAM, this type of RAM does not n eed to be refreshed in order to prevent data loss. Thus, it is fas ter [...]

81 http://www .tyan.com Technical Suppor t If a problem ari ses with your system, yo u sho uld turn to your dealer for help first. Your system has most likely be en configured by them, and t hey should have the best i dea of what ha rdware and soft war e your system contains. Furthermore, if you purch ase d your syst em from a dealer near you, you [...]

82 http://www .tyan.com servic e by callin g the ma nufactu re r for a Re turn Merchand ise Authorization (RMA) numbe r. The RM A number should be promi nently disp layed on th e outside of th e shipp ing carton an d th e packag e should be mailed pr epaid. TYAN w ill pay to have the bo ard shipped back to you. Notice f or the USA Compliance Inform[...]