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1. Auto Disabled MAC Media Interface This option allows you to set the MAC media interface Pin Strap MII RGMII IDE HDD Block Mode The IDE HDD Block Mode feature speeds up hard disk access by transferring data from multiple sectors at once instead of using the old single sector transfer mode Enabled Disabled Onboard 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 wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in the field Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto 52 http www tyan com Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the second serial port 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Parallel Port To use the parallel port on the system select an address and corresponding interrupt for the parallel port 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default value is Standard that automatically selects the correct mode to use SPP SPP EPP1 9
2. Left LED Right LED Stitt Lik Green CC Active Blinking Green Oof Lik Green Green 100 Mbps PS Active Blinking Green Green Lik Green Yelow 1000 Mbps 00 mops e Blinking Green Nokink e 32 http www tyan com 2 14 Installing the Power Supply There are two power connectors on your Tomcat K8E S2865 The Tomcat K8E S2865 requires that you have an EPS12V power supply that has a 24 pin and an 8 pin power connector The Tomcat K8E also supports ATX 2 x and ATX12V power supplies 20 pin 4 pin Please be aware that the 1 pin of 20 pin power connector should be align with the 1 pin of 24 pin power connector on the motherboard EPS12V E EPS12V 8 pin Power Connector Applying power to the board 1 Connect the EPS 12V 8 pin power connector 2 Connect the EPS 12V 24 pin power connector 3 Connect power cable to power supply and power outlet 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 jumpers You may have difficulty powering on your system if the motherboard jumpers are not set correctly In the rare circumstance that you have experienced dif
3. Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password gt Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PCI Health Status Exit without Saving Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults 36 http www tyan com Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PnP PCI Configurations Use this menu to view and set PCI and PnP options PC Health Status Use this menu to show your system temperature speed and voltage status Frequency Voltage Conirol 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 defa
4. ECP ECP EPP1 9 Standard SPP EPP1 7 ECP EPP1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This BIOS feature determines which DMA channel the parallel port should use when it is in ECP mode 3 1 3 10 Power Management Setup This menu has options for the Power management Use the up and down lt Arrow gt keys to select an item Use the lt Plus gt and lt Minus gt keys to change the value of the selected option Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup 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 Soft Off Power On by Alarm x Day of Month Alarm x Time hh mm ss Alarm POWER ON Function Enabled S1 amp S3 User Define DPMS Support Disabled Disabled instant off Disabled Off Auto Disabled Disabled Disabled 0 0 0 0 BUTTON ONLY 53 http www tyan com Item Specific Help Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults ACPI Function This feature allows you to Enable or Disable the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface function ACPI establishes industry standard interfaces for OS directed configuration and power management on laptops desktops and servers Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This option
5. Input Output the connection between your computer and another piece of hardware mouse keyboard etc IRQ Interrupt Request an electronic request that runs from a hardware device to the CPU The interrupt controller assigns priorities to incoming requests and delivers them to the CPU It is important that there is only one device hooked up to each IRQ line doubling up devices on IRQ lines can lock up your system Plug n Play operating systems can take care of these details for you Latency the amount of time that one part of a system spends waiting for another part to catch up This occurs most commonly when the system sends data out to a peripheral device and has to wait for the peripheral to spread peripherals tend to be slower than onboard system components NVRAM ROM and EEPROM are both examples of Non Volatile RAM memory that holds its data without power DRAM in contrast is volatile Parallel port transmits 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 the CPU for data transfer in contrast DMA channels do not PCI refers to the type of bus used by these modes to
6. Press lt Del gt during POST F4 on remote console to start the BIOS setup utility 3 2 Setup Basics The table below shows how to navigate in the setup program using the keyboard po Key Function _ Ef Moves from one selection to the next Left Right Arrow Keys Changes from one menu to the next Up Down Arrow Keys Moves between selections Opens highlighted section PgUp PgDn Keys Changes settings 35 http www tyan com 3 3 Getting Help Pressing F1 will display a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press ESC or the F1 key again 3 4 In Case of Problems If you have trouble booting your computer after making and saving the changes with the BIOS setup program you can restart the computer by holding the power button down until the computer shuts off usually within 4 seconds resetting by pressing CTRL ALT DEL or clearing the CMOS The best advice is to only alter settings that you thoroughly understand In particular do not change settings in the Chipset section unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing The Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen either by TYAN or your system manufacturer for best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable 3 5 BIOS Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
7. V3P3 and reliable irei This connector supports the tachometer monitoring apoo e and auto fan speed control J30 J37 J31 J38 Serial ATA RAID Connectors Connects to the Serial ATA ready drives via the RXP 6 Serial ATA cable 5 RXN a You may use any two of the four Serial ATA ports to have the support of RAID 0 and 1 through the on board ICH6R south bridge chip 1 m JP3 PCI Slot Volt Select Header Select 3 3 volt for PCI slot Default 7 E Select 5 volt for PCI slot 19 http www TYAN com 2 4 Installing the Processor Your brand new Tomcat K8E supports the latest 64 bit processor technology from AMD Only AMD Athlon series are certified and supported with this motherboard Check our website for latest processor support http Awww tyan com TYAN is not liable for damage as a result of operating an unsupported configuration Lift Lever j Close lever CPU Socket The diagram is provided as a visual guide to help you install the 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 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 down until the processor sits flush wit
8. 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 and reconfigure the ESCD Enabled Disabled Resources Controlled By When this option is set to AUTO the BIOS by using ESCD controls the IRQ and DMA assignments of all of the boot and PNP devices in the system If you set this option to Manual you will be able to manually assign all IRQ and DMA information Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources This option is used to manually assign IRQ resources 56 http www tyan com PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option is only useful if you use an MPEG card or an add on card that makes use of the graphics card s Feature Connector Disabled Enabled Maximum Payload Size This setting defines the maximum payload size This controls the maximum amount of data that can be transferred in a packet Larger payload sizes increase data throughput but increase the time that an application must wait for data to begin being transferred 128 256 512 1024 2048 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 Shutdo
9. com Please feel free to contact us directly for this service at techsupport tyan com Help Resources 1 See the beep codes section of this manual 2 See the TYAN website for FAQ s bulletins driver updates and other information http Awww tyan com 3 Contact your dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN 4 Check the TYAN user group alt comp periphs mainboard 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 74 http www tyan com does not cover damages incurred during shipping or failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products NOTE A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service can be rendered You may obtain service by calling the manufacturer for a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number The RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and the package should be mailed prepaid TYAN will pay to have the board shipped back to you Notice for the USA Compliance Information Statement Declaration of Conformity Procedure DoC FCC Part 15 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and This device must accept any interference received includin
10. four IDE devices eSupport for ATA 133 1 00 66 33 IDE drives and ATAPI compliant devices Integrated Serial ATA Il Serial ATA II Host controllers embedded eSupports four Serial ports running at 3 0Gb s eNVRAID 0 1 0 1 and JBOD support eSATA activity LED connector Back Panel I O Ports Stacked PS 2 mouse amp keyboard ports eCOM1 connector One 15 pin VGA port eThree audio jacks eStacked two USB2 0 ports and one RJ45 Marvell 88E1111 CAA PHy nVIDIA MAC 10 100 1000 Base T port with link activity LED 6 Integrated Audio eRealtek ALC655 5 1 channel audio CODEC eAC 97 Rev 2 2 supported e2 x 5 pin header for front panel audio connector eCD in connector Integrated PCI 1394 eVIA VT6307 PCI FireWire 1394 controller eTwo 1394 ports via cable BIOS eAward BIOS 8Mbit Flash eSupports APM 1 2 amp ACPI 1 0 ePnP DMI2 0 WfM2 0 Power Management Power eATX 12V support on board 4 phase VRM eUniversal 24 pin 8 pin power connectors e4 pin auxiliary power connector Form Factor eATX footprint 9 6 x 12 0 244mm x 305mm Regulatory eFCC Class B Declaration of Conformity eCE Declaration of Conformity Integrated I O Interfaces One Floppy connector eFour USB2 0 ports via cable eOne COM port via cable eTyan 2x9 frontpanel pin header 2x25 pin TYAN SMDC pin header One Parallel pin header http www TYAN com eStacked two USB2 0 ports and one RJ45 BCM5721 10 1
11. grounded antistatic surface or on the antistatic bag that the board was shipped in Inspect the board for damage The following pages include details on how to install your motherboard into your chassis as well as installing the processor memory disk drives and cables NOTE DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED 9 http www TYAN com 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 10 http www TYAN com 2 2 Block Diagram 184 Pin DIMM 1 Memroy Bus DDR 400 333 Unbuffered DDR 184 Pin DIMM4 out 18x16 HyperTransport 1600MT s Tomcat K8E S2865 Block Diagram 11 http www TYAN com 2 3 Board Parts Jumpers and Connectors 13 140 1 CPU amp J18 nVIDIA nForce Ultra 1 J28 PCI 3 7 4 RAGEXIL PCI 4 f _ PCI E2 JP3 T ke L i a gt PCI E3 aps O i Co THG J This diagrami 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 VT6307 Jumper Legend OPEN Jumper OFF without jumper cover CLOSED Jumper ON with jumper cover 12 http www TYAN com reroror Rion 319923 o Front Panel LAN1 LAN2 Front Panel LAN1 LAN2 Speed LED Pin Headers LED Pin Headers m fowosi
12. saving the values the system is restarted again Exit without Saving This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer 61 http www tyan com NOTE 62 http www tyan com Chapter 4 Diagnostics Note if you experience problems with setting up your system always check the following things in the following order Memory Video CPU By checking these items you will most likely find out what the problem might have been when setting up your system For more information on troubleshooting check the TYAN website at http Awww tyan com 4 1 Beep Codes Fatal errors which halt the boot process are communicated through a series of audible beeps For example if the BIOS POST can initialize the video but an error occurs an error message will be displayed If it cannot display the message it will report the error as a series of beeps The most common type of error is a memory error Before contacting your vendor or TYAN Technical Support be sure that you note as much as you can about the beep code length and order that you experience Also be ready with information regarding add in cards drives and O S to speed the support process and come to a quicker solution 4 2 Flash Utility Every BIOS file is unique for the motherboard it was designed for For Flash Utilities BIOS downloads and information on how t
13. specifies the method to be used hibernate S1 POS Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 amp S3 Power Management This function allows you to set the default parameters of power saving modes Set this to User Define to choose your own parameters The following table shows the parameters for Maximum Saving and Minimum Saving options for the various modes Mode Standby Suspend HDD Power Down T hour Video Off Method This option defines the method used to power off video Blank Screen H SYNC Blank DPMS HDD Power Down This setting defines the delay before the hard drive is powered down Disabled Enabled HDD Down in Suspend This setting defines the delay before the hard drive is powered down in suspend mode Disabled Enabled Soft Off by PBTN This determines how long the power button needs to be pressed to switch off the PC Options are Instant Off Delay 4 Sec 54 http www tyan com Inturder Detection This feature is used to enable the function of intruder detection Enabled Disabled PowerOn After Pwr Fail This option defines the state of the system when power fails and returns again If On is selected the system automatically switches on when power is resumed If Former Sts is selected the system automatically switches on and restores itself to the state it was last in when power failed Former Sts On Off WOL PME From Soft Off This feature is used to enable the function of w
14. 0 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 29 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 33 Page 35 Page 35 Page 36 Page 36 Page 36 Page 38 Page 40 Page 45 Page 49 Page 53 Page 56 Page 57 Page 59 Page 60 Page 60 Page 61 Page 63 Page 63 Page 64 Page 68 Page 74 Check the box contents The retail motherboard package should contain the following 1x Tomcat K8E motherboard TN d 1x 34 Pin floppy drive cable T 4 x SATA cable 2 x SATA Drive Power Adapter 2 x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable Ee 1 x IEEE1394a Cable k 1 x USB2 0 cable 1 x Tomcat K8E user s manual 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield J 1 x Tomcat K8E Quick Reference guide eat If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process 3 http www TYAN com NOTE 4 http www TYAN com Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Congratulations You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions The Tomcat K8E S2865 is a flexible AMD64 platform for multiple applications based on nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra and SMSC DME1737 chipsets Designed to support AMD Athlon 64 Athlon 64 FX 939 pin processor and 4GB DDR 400 333 memory the S2865 with integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN built in 8MB ATI RAGE XL video and four serial ATA ports is ideal for CPU memory and video intensive applications such as CAD Graphics Design and High Bandwidth V
15. 00 1000 Base T port with link activity LED 1 3 Software Specifications OS Operating System Support Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SLES Serve 9 0 amp SUSE Workstation 9 1 RHEL3 Update 3 TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with or without notice 7 http www TYAN com NOTE 8 http www TYAN com Chapter 2 Board Installation You are now ready to install your motherboard The mounting hole pattern of the Tomcat K8E matches the ATX specification Before continuing with installation confirm that your chassis supports an ATX motherboard How to install our products right the first time The first thing you should do is reading this user s manual It contains important information that will make configuration and setup much easier Here are some precautions you should take when installing your motherboard 1 Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard from the antistatic bag Unplug the power from your computer power supply and then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge i e power supply case For the safest conditions TYAN recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board or flex the board in any way Avoid touching the motherboard components IC chips connectors memory modules and leads Place the motherboard on a
16. 13 http www TYAN com nVIDIA nForce Ultra PCI 2 BINNS Li 2 9 gt J28 1 PCI3 e 1 4 27 yp2 sbi PCI4 ma 40 3 3 prce fps C dai sios N SMSC J46 SMDC Connector For connection with Tyan Server Management Daughter Card SMDC The SMDC connector supports 14 http www TYAN com J41 J43 1EEE1394a Connectors Use these headers to connect to the USB devices via the enclosed USB cable Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2 TYAN does not provide cable for this header It is designed for OEM use only JP1 LAN2 Disable Jumper Open Disables onboard LAN2 function Closed Default Enables onboard LAN2 function J45 Front Panel Header ADDLED 11 ADDLED 3m PEXINT ofm Enr Tifa eve a a OO O O SDA 15m mi6 Chassis Intr Active Low SCL 1 m m 18 Chassis Intr Active Low 15 http www TYAN com nVIDIA nForce Ultra 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 16 http www TYAN com J8 Front Audio Header Speaker Out L N Speaker Out R Use this header to connect with the front panel audio outputs ussewrn 1 2 ussewr sexe ses usez se user eao z s Use these headers to connect to the USB devices via the enclosed USB cable J19 for LAN1 J23 for LAN2 Pin 1 G
17. A cables and one SATA power adapter If you are in need of other cables or power adapters please contact your place of purchase The following pictures illustrate how to connect an SATA drive 1 SATA drive cable connection 2 SATA drive power connection 3 SATA cable motherboard connector 4 SATA drive power adapter Attaching Floppy Drive Cables Attaching floppy diskette drives are done in a similar manner to hard drives See the picture below for an example of a floppy cable Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the cable be installed with the colored stripe positioned next to the power connector In most cases there will be a key pin on the cable which will force a proper connection of the cable Twist at the end of the ribbon cable Attach first floppy drive drive A to the end of the cable with the twist in it Drive B is usually connected to the next possible connector on the cable the second or third connector after you install Drive A 30 2 12 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 necessarily appear on your motherboard PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot PCI Express x1 Slot Simply find the appropriate slot for yo
18. Bootable Add in Cards Item Specific Help This item allows you to select the CD ROM boot priority It is available only when the CD ROM drive is connected Phoenix AwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility CD ROM Boot Prioiry DVD ROM DDV1621 Item Specific Help 3 7 3 CD ROM Boot Priority Option 41 http www tyan com Virus Warning This item allows you to use the function of virus warning Enabled Disabled CPU Internal External Cache This option toggles the use of CPU L1 or L2 cache The L1 cache is also called the primary cache or internal cache The L2 cache also called as the external cache is placed between the CPU and the DRAM dynamic RAM Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This option allows you to use the function of quick power on test Enabled Disabled First Second and Third Boot Devices These indicate the boot priority For example if the First Boot Device is set as Removable the Second Boot Device as CDROM and the Third Boot Device as Hard Disk then the system 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 will determine if the floppy
19. Disabled x DCache background scrubber 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 200Mhz CAS latency TCL This setting controls the time delay in clock cycles CLKs that passes before the DRAM starts to carry out a read command after receiving it This also determines the number of CLKs for the completion of the first part of a burst transfer In other words the lower the latency the faster the transaction 2 2 5 3 46 http www tyan com Min RAS active time Tras This feature is used to set Min RAS active time Auto 5T 6T 7T 8T 9T 10T 11T 12T 13T 14T 15T RAS to CAS delay Tred This field lets you to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed 4T 3T 2T Row precharge Time Trp This feature is used to s et Row precharge time Auto 2T 3T 4T 5T 6T 7T S 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 Disabled ECC memory In
20. Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults Date Time Setup System Date Adjusts the system date mmMonths ddDays yyYears System Time Adjusts the system clock hhHours 24hr format mmMinutes SSSeconds 38 http Awww tyan com 3 6 1 IDE Channel 0 1 2 3 4 5 Master Slave Setup Computer detects IDE drive type from drive C to drive F Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Specific Help IDE Channel 0 Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector 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 All Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key 39 http www tyan com 3 7 Advanced BIOS You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen such as Hammer Configuration to go to the sub menu for that item You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the lt Arrow gt keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section The Advanced BIOS Setup screen is shown below The sub
21. OOOOh FFFFFh thus increasing system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Disabled Enabled 48 http www tyan com 3 9 Integrated Peripherals Options related to onboard peripheral features can be altered through the following Phoenix AwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt IDE Function Setup Press Enter Item Specific Help gt RAID Config Press Enter OnChip USB V1 1 V2 0 USB Memory Type SHADOW USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto MC97 Modem Auto MAC Lan Auto MAC Media Interface Pin Strap IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 SF8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Standard x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults 49 http www tyan com 3 9 1 IDE Function Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration OnChip IDE Channel 0 Enabled Item Specific Help Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto OnChip IDE Channel 1 Enabled Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE DMA
22. TYAN Tomcat K8E J S2865 Version 1 0 Copyright Copyright TYAN Computer Corporation 2004 2005 All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from TYAN Computer Corp Trademark All registered and unregistered trademarks and company names contained in this manual are property of their respective owners including but not limited to the following TYAN Tiger K8W are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation AMD Opteron and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation AMI AMIBIOS8 are trademarks of American Megatrends Inc Microsoft Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation SuSE is a trademark of SUSE AG IBM PC AT and PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation Broadcom is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation and or its subsidiaries ATI and Rage XL are trademarks of ATI Corporation Notice Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to printing TYAN assumes no liability whatsoever and disclaims any express or implied warranty relating to sale and or use of TYAN products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability TYAN retains the right to make changes to product descriptions and or specifications at any time without notice In no event will TYAN be held liable for any direct or indirect incidenta
23. Utility RAID Config RAID Enable Disabled Item Specific Help x IDE Primary Master RAID Disabled x IDE Primary Slave RAID Disabled x IDE Secondary Master RAID Disabled x IDE Secondary Slave RAID Disabled x SATA 1 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA 1 Secondary RAID Disabled x SATA 2 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA 2 Secondary RAID 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 allows you to enable the function of SATA 1 2 Primary Secondary RAID Enabled Disabled OhChip USB This setting is used to configure the version of OnChip USB Disabled V1 14 V2 0 V1 1 USB Memory Type This setting is used to configure the type of USB memory Shadow Base Memory 640k 51 http www tyan com USB Keyboard Support This option allows you to enable the support for USB keyboard Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support This option allows you to enable the support for USB mouse Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio This option allows the auto selection of AC97 audio codec processing Auto Disabled MC97 Modem This option allows the auto selection of MC97 modem processing Auto Disabled MAC Lan This option allows the auto selection of MAC Lan nVidia support
24. ake on LAN from soft off status Disabled Enabled WOR RI From Soft Off This feature is used to enable the function of wake on Ring from soft off status Disabled Enabled Power On by Alarm This option allows your system to 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 Power on Function This option defines how the system can be waked up from the sleep mode Button only Any key 55 http www tyan com 3 11 PnP PCI Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configuration Init Display First PCI Slot Item Specific Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resource Controlled By Auto ESCD x IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled xx PCI Express relatives items xx Maximum Payload Size 4096 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults Init Display First This BIOS feature allows you to select whether to boot the system using the PCI Express graphics card 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
25. anced Chipset Features CPU Frequency 200 0 Item Specific Help HT Frequency 4x HT Width R 16 16 DRAM Configuration Press Enter CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled SSE SSE2 Instructions Enabled System BIOS Cacheable 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 the Hyper Transport frequency 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x Auto HT Width This feature is used to set the Hyper Transport width 8 8 16 82 8 16 16 16 45 http www tyan com 3 8 1 DRAM Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration Timing Mode Item Specific Help Memclock index value Mhz x CAS latency TCL x Min RAS active time Tras x RAS to CAS delay Tred x Row precharge Time Trp Bottom of 32 bit 31 24 IO E0 S W memory hole Romapping Disabled MTRR mapping mode Continuous DRAM ECC feature control Disabled x ECC memory Interlock At Least One x ECC MCE enable Disabled x Chip Kill mode enable Disabled x ECC Redirection Disabled x DRAM background scrubber Disabled x DCache background scrubber Disabled x L2 cache background scrubb
26. ation 8 Program P6 class write combining 1 Build MP table 2 Build amp update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ routing table Boot attempt INT 19h 83h 84h 87h 8Fh er de Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 95h FFh 67 http www tyan com Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface a power management specification that allows the operating system to control the amount of power distributed to the computer s devices Devices not in use can be turned off reducing unnecessary power expenditure AGP Accelerated Graphics Port a PCl based interface which was designed specifically for demands of 3D graphics applications The 32 bit AGP channel directly links the graphics controller to the main memory While the channel runs only at 66 MHz it supports data transmission during both the rising and falling ends ofthe clock cycle yielding an effective speed of 133 MHz ATAPI AT Attachment Packet Interface also known as IDE or ATA a drive implementation that includes the disk controller on the device itself It allows CD ROMs and tape drives to be configured as master or slave devices just like HDDs ATX the form factor designed to replace the AT form factor It improves on the AT design by rotating the board 90 degrees so that the IDE connectors are closer to the drive bays and the CPU is closer t
27. c LSI only on LSI SCSI boards 72 http www tyan com Sleep Suspend mode in this mode all devices except the CPU shut down SDRAM Static RAM unlike DRAM this type of RAM does not need to be refreshed in order to prevent data loss Thus it is faster and more expensive Standby mode in this mode the video and hard drives shut down all other devices continue to operate normally UltraDMA 33 66 100 a fast version of the old DMA channel UltraDMA is also called UltraATA Without a proper UltraDMA controller your system cannot take advantage of higher data transfer rates of the new UltraDMA UltraATA hard drives USB Universal Serial Bus a versatile port This one port type can function as a serial parallel mouse keyboard or joystick port It is fast enough to support video transfer and is capable of supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral devices VGA Video Graphics Array the PC video display standard V SYNC controls the vertical scanning properties of the monitor ZCR Zero Channel RAID PCI card that allows a RAID card to use the onboard SCSI chip thus lowering cost of RAID solution ZIF Socket Zero Insertion Force socket these sockets make it possible to insert CPUs without damaging the sensitive CPU pins The CPU is lightly placed in an open ZIF socket and a lever is pulled down This shifts the processor over and down guiding it into the board and locking it into place 73 http www tyan com Tec
28. ching Drive Cables Attaching IDE Drive Cable Attaching the IDE drive cable is simple These cables are keyed to only allow them to be connected in the correct manner TYAN motherboards have two on board IDE channels each supporting two drives The black connector designates the Primary channel while the white connector designates the Secondary channel Attaching IDE cables to the IDE connectors is illustrated below BL E Pin 1 Cable Hard drive IDE Slots a This end con IDE Bn Power nects to IDE connector slot IDE cable pin 1 Key Simply plug in the BLUE END of the IDE cable into the motherboard IDE connector and the other end s into the drive s Each standard IDE cable has three connectors two of which are closer together The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to the motherboard The other two connectors are used to connect to drives Note Always remember to properly set the drive jumpers If only using one device on a channel it must be set as Master for the BIOS to detect it TIP Pin 1 on the IDE cable usually designated by a colored wire faces the drive s power connector Attaching Serial ATA Cables The Tomcat K8E is also equipped with 4 Serial ATA SATA channels Connections for these drives are also very simple There is no need to set Master Slave jumpers on SATA drives 29 http www tyan com Tyan has supplied two SAT
29. communicate with the CPU PCI to PCl bridge allows you to connect multiple PCI devices onto one PCI slot Pipeline burst SRAM a fast secondary cache It is used as a secondary cache because SRAM is slower than SDRAM but usually larger Data is cached first to the faster primary cache and then when the primary cache is full to the slower secondary cache PnP Plug n Play a design standard that has become ascendant in the industry Plug n Play devices require little set up to use Devices and operating 71 http www tyan com systems that are not Plug n Play require you to reconfigure your system each time you add or change any part of your hardware PXE Preboot Execution Environment one of four components that together make up the Wired for Management 2 0 baseline specification PXE was designed to define a standard set of preboot protocol services within a client with the goal of allowing networked based booting to boot using industry standard protocols RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks a way for the same data to be stored in different places on many hard drives By using this method the data is stored redundantly and multiple hard drives will appear as a single drive to the operating system RAID level 0 is known as striping where data is striped or overlapped across multiple hard drives but offers no fault tolerance RAID level 1 is known as mirroring which stores the data within at least two hard drives but
30. de Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS This feature is only applicable to multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies the version of the Multi Processor Specification MPS that the motherboard will use The MPS is a specification by which PC manufacturers design and build Intel architecture systems with two or more processors 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB This BIOS feature determines how systems with more than 64MB of memory are managed A wrong setting can cause problems like erroneous memory detection Non OS2 OS2 43 http www tyan com 3 7 4 Console Redirection Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Console Redirection Console Redirection Disabled Item Specific Help x Baud Rate 19200 Agent Address SF8h Agent after boot Disabled Console Redirection This option will redirect the BIOS and POST screens to the serial port to allow remote management using a term inal server Enabled Disabled Baud Rate This feature allows you to select the baud rate of transfer Agent Address Address connection 3F8 h 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 Star logo at POST Enabled Disabled 44 http www tyan com 3 8 Advanced Chipset In Advanced Chipset Features you will be able to adjust many of the chipset special features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Adv
31. disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This option when enabled automatically turns on your NumLock key when the system is booted This is a matter of personal taste On Off Gate A20 Option This feature determines how Gate A20 is used to address memory above 1MB When set to Fast the motherboard chipset controls the operation of Gate A20 But when set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast Normal 42 http www tyan com Typematic Rate Setting This feature enables you to control the keystroke repeat rate when you depress a key continuously When enabled you can manually adjust the settings using the two typematic controls Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay If disabled the BIOS will use the default setting Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Defines how many characters are repeated per second when holding down a key on the keyboard 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Defines the delay in milliseconds that occurs at keystroke before that key will start to repeat 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Setting this option to System will set the BIOS to ask for the password 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 Mo
32. does not stripe RAID level 1 also allows for faster access time and fault tolerance since either hard drive can be read at the same time RAID level 0 1 is both striping and mirroring providing fault tolerance striping and faster access all at the same time RAIDIOS 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 the operating system SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM called as such because it can keep two sets of memory addresses open simultaneously By transferring data alternately from one set of addresses and then the other SDRAM cuts down on the delays associated with non synchronous RAM which must close one address bank before opening the next Serial port called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives data on another single wire that is the data is transmitted in serial form one bit after another SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic SISL Architecture that allows a RAID controller such as AcceleRAID 150 200 or 250 to implement RAID ona system board embedded SCSI bus or a set of SCSI busses SISL SCSI Interrupt Steering Logi
33. ection for specific instructions on how to install mounting bracket 21 http www TYAN com 2 6 Thermal Interface Material Protective cover Thermal Compound Processor Lid 22 There are two types of thermal interface materials designed for use with the AMD Athlon processor The most common material comes as a small pad attached to the heatsink at the time of purchase There should be a protective cover over the 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 Always check with the manufacturer of the heatsink amp processor to ensure the Thermal Interface material is compatible with the processor amp meets the manufacturer s warranty requirements http www TYAN com 2 7 Heatsink Installation Procedures Type A CAM LEVER TYPE INSTALLATION 1 After placing backplate and interface material under motherboard place heatsink retention frame on top of motherboard Align 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
34. f the screen to assist you in creating a password Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration 60 http www tyan com Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer 3 16 Save amp Exit Setup Exit without Saving Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save 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
35. ficulty you can find help by asking your vendor for assistance If they are not available for assistance please find setup information and documentation online at our website or by calling your vendor s support line can be turned off reducing unnecessary power expenditure 33 http www tyan com NOTE 34 http www tyan com Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS The BIOS is the basic input output system the firmware on the motherboard that enables your hardware to interface with your software The BIOS determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk The BIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard display screen disk drives serial communications and a number of miscellaneous functions This chapter describes the various BIOS settings that can be used to configure your system The BIOS section of this manual is subject to change without notice and is provided for reference purposes only The settings and configurations of the BIOS are current at the time of print and are subject to change and therefore may not match exactly what is displayed on screen This section describes the BIOS setup program The setup program lets you modify basic configuration settings The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery backed memory called NVRAM that retains the information even when the power is turned off To start the BIOS setup utility 1 Turn on or reboot your system 2
36. g interference that may cause undesired operation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer on an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatus complies with the Class B limits for radio interference as specified in the Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations Cet appareil est conforme aux norms de Classe B d interference radio tel que specifie par le Ministere Canadien des Communications dans les reglements d ineteference radio Notice for Europe CE Mark This product is in conformity with the Council Directive 89 336 EEC 92 31 EEC EMC CAUTION Lithium battery included with this board Do not puncture mutilate or dispose of battery in fire Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by 75 http www tyan com manufacturer Dispose of used battery according to manufacturer instructions and in accordance with your local regulations Document D1643 100 NOTE 76 http www tyan com
37. generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 2 Init onboard PWM 3 Init onboard H W monitor devices Initialize INT 09 buffer 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed 2Bh 35h 39h 3Eh 40h 43h Invoke Video BIOS 1 Initialize double byte language font Optional 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed full screen logo Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e g Winbond 65 http www tyan com 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of al each 64K page 2 Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU Program MTRR of M1 CPU Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 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 amp Mouse 52h Testall 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 device Optional Feature 1 Initialize I
38. h the socket Step 4 Place the socket lever back down until it locks into place The installation is finished Take care when installing the processor as it has very fragile connector pins below the processor and can bend and break if inserted improperly 20 http www TYAN com 2 5 Heatsink Retention Frame Installation After you are done installing the processor you should proceed to install the retention frame and heatsink The CPU heatsink will ensure that the processor do not overheat and continue to operate at maximum performance for as long as you own them The overheated processor is dangerous to the motherboard The backplate assembly prevents excessive motherboard flexing in the area near the processor and provides a bas e for 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 diagram will illustrate how to install the most common CPU back plates 1 Mounting screws o 2 Heatsink retention frame Vel CPU socket pie ga 4 4 Motherboard PCB 1 5 Adhesive insulator a lt Material 6 Backplate assembly et i 6 NOTE Please see next s
39. hnical Support If a problem arises with your system you should turn to your dealer for help first Your system has most likely been configured by them and they should have the best idea of what hardware and software your system contains Furthermore if you purchased your system from a dealer near you you can bring your system to them to have it serviced instead of attempting to do so yourself which can have expensive consequences If these options are not available for you then Tyan Computer Corporation can help Besides designing innovative and quality products for over a decade Tyan has continuously offered customers service beyond their expectations Tyan s website www tyan com provides easy to access resources such as in depth Linux Online Support sections with downloadable Linux drivers and comprehensive compatibility reports for chassis memory and much more With all these convenient resources just a few keystrokes away users can easily find the latest software and operating system components to keep their systems running as powerful and productive as possible Tyan also ranks high for its commitment to fast and friendly customer support through email By offering plenty of options for users Tyan serves multiple market segments with the industry s most competitive services to support them Tyan s tech support is some of the most impressive we ve seen with great response time and exceptional organization in general Anandtech
40. ideo Editing etc Remember to visit TYAN s Website at http www TYAN com There you can find information on all of TYAN s products with FAQs online manuals and BIOS upgrades 1 2 Hardware Specifications Integrated 2D 3D PCI Graphics Processor a uPGA 939 pin socket eATI Rage XL PCI graphics troller eAMD Athlon 64 939 processor up con to Athlon 64 4000 and Athlon 64 8MB Frame Buffer of video FX55 memory ree aa Py per T rangpor Integrated LAN Controllers One Broadcom BCM5721 GbE controller Operating at x1 PCLE interface ASF 2 0 support Pin headers for front panel LAN LED One nForce 4 integrated MAC with Marvell 88E1111 CAA Gigabit Ethernet PHY 32bit PCI v2 3 interface IEEE802 3 compliant WOL PXE support Pin headers for front panel LAN LED Expansion Slots One x16 PCI Express connector for graphics e Four 32 bit 33Mhz PCI v2 3 slots Two x1 PCI Express interface eTotal seven usable expansion slots Chipset enVIDIA nForce4 Ultra eSMSC DME1737 5 http www TYAN com System Management eSMSC DME1737 w hardware monitoring One 4 pin CPU fan four 4 pin system fans and one 3 pin headers 4 w tachometer input and 5 w auto fan control e Temperature and voltage monitoring eWatchdog timer Memory eDual memory channels eSupports up to four DDR 400 333 DIMMs eUp to 4GB of unbuffered ECC non ECC memory Integrated PCI IDE eDual channel master mode support up to
41. l or consequential damage loss of use loss of data or other malady resulting from errors or inaccuracies of information contained in this document 1 http www TYAN com Table of Contents Check the box contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Congratulations 1 2 Hardware Specifications 1 3 Software Specifications Chapter 2 Board Installation 2 1 Board Image 2 2 Block Diagram 2 3 Board Parts Jumpers and Connectors 2 4 Installing the Processor 2 5 Heatsink Retention Frame Installation 2 6 Thermal Interface Material 2 7 Heatsink Installation Procedures 2 8 Finishing Installing the Heatsink 2 9 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis 2 10 Installing the Memory 2 11 Attaching Drive Cables 2 12 Installing Add in Cards 2 13 Connecting External Devices 2 14 Installing the Power Supply 2 15 Finishing Up a 3 BIOS Setup About the BIOS Setup Basics 3 3 Getting Help 3 4 In Case of Problems 3 5 BIOS Main Menu 3 6 Standard CMOS Features 3 7 Advanced BIOS 3 8 Advanced Chipset 3 9 Integrated Peripherals 3 10 Power Management Setup 3 11 PnP PCI Configuration 3 12 PC Health Status 3 13 Frequency Voltage Control 3 14 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 15 Supervisor User Password Setting 3 16 Save amp Exit Setup Exit without Saving Chapter 4 Diagnostics 4 1 Beep Codes 4 2 Flash Utility 4 3 BIOS Post Code Glossary Technical Support 2 http www TYAN com Page 3 Page 5 Page 5 Page 6 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 2
42. m 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 socket because the physical slot and the logical unit are the same That is one DIMM module fits into one DIMM socket which is capable of acting as a memory bank DMA Direct Memory Access channels that are similar to IRQs DMA channels allow hardware devices like soundcards or keyboards to access the main memory without involving the CPU This frees up CPU resources for other 69 http www tyan com tasks As with IRQs it is vital that you do not double up devices on a single line Plug n Play devices will take care of this for you DRAM Dynamic RAM widely available very affordable form of RAM which looses data if it is not recharged regularly every few milliseconds This refresh requirement makes DRAM three to ten times slower than non recharged RAM such as SRAM ECC Error Correction Code or Error Checking and Correcting allows data to be checked for errors during run time Errors can subsequently be corrected at the same time that they re found EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM also called Flash BIOS it is a ROM chip which can unlike normal ROM be updated This allows you to keep up with changes in the BIOS programs without having to buy a new chip TYAN s BIOS update
43. menus are described on the following pages Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Removable Device Priority gt Hard Disk Boot Priority gt CD ROM Boot Priority 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 Siatus Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting x Typematic Rate Chars Sec x Typematic Delay Msec Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB gt Console Redirection Small Logo EPA Show Press Enter Item Specific Help Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Removable CDROM Hard Disk Enabled Disabled Disabled On Fast Disabled 6 250 Setup Enabled 1 4 Non OS2 Press Enter Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults 40 http www tyan com 3 7 1 Removable Device Priority This item allows you to select removable boot device priority Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Removable Device Prioiry 1 Floppy Item Specific Help 3 7 2 Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Prioiry 1
44. mory will be automatically detected and no jumpers or settings need to be set eThe Tomcat K8E supports up to 4GB of memory eRegistered Memory is not supported Not validated at the time of print subject to change Memory Population Rule Note X indicates a populated DIMM Slot 64 bits support 128 bits support NOTE Symmetrical DIMMS must be identical Same DRAM technology eg 128 bit 256 bit etc Same DRAM bus width eg x8 or x16 Matched Sided DIMMs single sided or double sided 27 http www TYAN com Memory Installation Procedure When you install the memory modules make sure the module aligns properly with the memory slot The modules are keyed to ensure that it is inserted only one way The method of installing memory modules are detailed by the following diagrams DDR SDRAM Module DDR SDRAM DIMM Slot 184 Pins 1 key 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 DDR SDRAM Module a DDR SDRAM DIMM Slot 164 Pins 1 key To remove the memory module simply push the latches outwards until the memory module pops up Then remove the module YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector from the motherboard before performing system hardware changes Otherwise you may damage the board and or expansion device 28 http www TYAN com 2 11 Atta
45. nit_Onboard_Super_lO 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_ AUDIO Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 69h Turnon L2 cache _ _ __ oS S O Program chipset registers according to items described in ee SeupasAuo contguratontable o n 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 1 Initialize floppy controller rN 2 Setup foppy related ets in dovhardware 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP een aileron ener 66 http www tyan com 7Fh Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 1 USB final Initialization 1 Acca IRQs to PCI devices T Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2 Invoke all PCI ROMs except VGA 1 Enable Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup 2 APM Initialization Clear noise of IRQs Enable L2 cache Program Daylight Saving 3 Program boot up speed 4 Chipset final initialization 5 Power management final initialization 6 Clear screen amp display summary table 7 Program K6 write alloc
46. o properly use the Flash Utility with your motherboard please check the TYAN web site http www tyan com Note Please be aware that by flashing your BIOS you agree that in the event of a BIOS flash failure you must contact your dealer for a replacement BIOS There are no exceptions TYAN does not have a policy for replacing BIOS chips directly with end users In no event will TYAN be held responsible for damages done by the end user 63 http www tyan com 4 3 BIOS Post Code POST hex Test CMOS R W functionality COoh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Cth Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address Posh Initial Superio_Early Initswiteh SSCS 1 Blank out screen 9 aa CMOS erortag ooo 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Autodetect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips Test FO00h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able 0SM __ or not I test falls keep bee
47. o 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 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 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 which provides the basic instructions for controlling your computer s hardware Both the operating system and application software use BIOS routines to ensure compatibility Buffer a portion of RAM which is used to temporarily store data usually from an application though it is also used when printing and in most keyboard drivers The CPU can manipulate data in a buffer before copying it to a disk drive While this improves system performance reading to or writing from a disk 68 http www tyan com drive a single time is much faster than doing so repeatedly there is the possibility of losing your data should the system crash Information in a buffer is temporarily stored not permanen
48. or Default Item Specific Help CHIPSET Voltage Regulator Default DRAM Voltage Regulator Default Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults CPU CHIPSET DRAM Voltage Regulator This option controls how much voltage is supplied to your processor chipse DRAM with a maximum allowable voltage of 37 5mV Select Default if you are not sure Default 12 5mV 25 0mV 37 5mV 50 0mV 12 5mV 25 0mV 37 5mV 59 http www tyan com 3 14 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load FailSafe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal system performance operations 3 15 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either a supervisor or a user password or both of them The differences are Set Supervisor Password can enter and change the options of the setup menus Set User 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 o
49. ping the speaker Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes 10 imone run time area n F000 for ESCD amp DMI suppor Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default eer ol values are MODBINable by OEM customers Initial onboard clock generator if Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is defined ae See also POST 26h fal Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 64 http www tyan com POST hex Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR Dhn Initial EARLY_PM _INIT switch 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 2th HPM initialization notebook platform 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information Early PCI Initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 1 If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock
50. reen 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 xx for the correct LAN LED color definition JP2 Clear CMOS Jumper Use this jumper when you forgot your system setup 1 m password or need to clear system BIOS setting m 30 Normal How to clear the CMOS data Default Power off system and disconnect power supply from AC source Use jumper cap to close Pin_2 and 3 for several seconds to Clear CMOS Replace jumper cap to close Pin_1 and 2 Reconnect power supply to AC source Power on system 17 http www TYAN com rd H PCI E2 1 I s 1 P CLE Connect CD ROM DVD audio out Pin 1 CD_in Left Pin 2 CD_Reference Pin 3 CD_Reference Pin 4 CD_in Right 18 http www TYAN com J13 J14 J18 J21 Front Fan Connectors Use these headers to connect the chassis cooling fans to your motherboard to keep the system stable 12V Tachometer and reliable V3P3 J13 Fan1 J14 Fan2 J18 Fan3 J21 Fan4 Speed Control These connectors support the tachometer an monitoring and auto fan speed control J12 Fan5 Chassis Fan Connector Use this header to connect the chassis cooling fan to your motherboard to keep the system at optimum performance levels J22 CPU_Fan Connector Use this header to connect the processor cooling 12V Tachometer fan to your motherboard to keep the system stable Speed Control
51. 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 clip to side tab 23 http www TYAN com Type B SCREW RETENTION TYPE HEATSINK 1 After placing CPU back plate and adhesive interface material under motherboard place heatsink retention frame on 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 24 http www TYAN com 2 8 Finishing Installing the Heatsink After you have finished installing the heatsink onto the processor 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 a a Once you have finished installing all the fans you can connect your drives hard drives CD ROM drives etc to your motherboard 25 http www TYAN com 2 9 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Before installing your motherboard make sure your chassis has the necessary motherboard support studs installed These studs are
52. s can be found at http Awww tyan com ESCD Extended System Configuration Data a format for storing information about Plug n Play devices in the system BIOS This information helps properly configure the system each time it boots Firmware low level software that controls the system hardware Form factor an industry term for the size shape power supply type and external connector type of the Personal Computer Board PCB or motherboard The standard form factors are the AT and ATX 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 properties of the monitor HyperTransport a high speed low latency scalable point to point link for interconnecting ICs on boards It can be significantly faster than a PCI bus for an equivalent number of pins It provides the bandwidth and flexibility critical for today s networking and computing platforms while retaining the fundamental programming model of PCI 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 maximum capacity determined by the hardware controller 70 http www tyan com IDE INT IDE Interrupt a hardware interrupt signal that goes to the IDE I O
53. terlock This feature is used to set ECC memory interlock At least one All are ECC MCE enable This option is used to enable the MCE memory check exception function for ECC Disabled Enabled Chip Kill mode enable This option is used to enable the function of Chip Kill mode Disabled Enabled ECC Redirection This feature is used to enable ECC scrubber to correct errors detected in DRAM during normal CPU requests Disabled Enabled DRAM background scrubber DRAM scrubbing corrects and rewrites memory errors so that 47 http www tyan com later reads are correct Doing this while memory is not being used improves performance Disabled Enabled L2 cache background scrubber This feature allows the L2 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle Disabled Enabled DCache background scrubber This feature allows the L1 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle Disabled Enabled 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 Disabled Down Spread SSE SSE2 Instruction This feature is used to enable the function of SSE SSE2 instruction Disabled Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabling this option will cause the BIOS code from ROM to be copied on to the much faster RAM at location F
54. tly saved Bus a data pathway The term is used especially to refer to the connection between the processor and system memory and between the processor and PCI or ISA local buses Bus mastering allows peripheral devices and IDEs to access the system memory without going through the CPU similar to DMA channels Cache a temporary storage area for data that will be needed often by an application Using a cache lowers data access times since the 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 512KB while you may have as much as 4GB of regular memory Closed and open jumpers jumpers and jumper pins are active when they are on or closed and inactive when they are off or open CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors chips that hold the basic startup information for the BIOS COM port another name for the serial port which is called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives data on another single wire that is the data is transmitted inserial 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 the clock speed of the memory It activates output on both the rising and falling edge of the syste
55. transfer access Enabled Serial ATA 1 Enabled Serial ATA 2 Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 This chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary and or secondary onboard IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface 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 determines the best mode for each device Auto Mode 0 Mode 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA This option allows you to select the mode of operation for the Ultra DMA 33 implementation This is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports UDMA and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver Auto Disabled IDE DMA transfer access This feature is used to enable the function of IDE DMA transfer access Disabled Enabled 50 http www tyan com Serial ATA 1 2 This option allows you to enable the function of Serial ATA 1 2 Enabled Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode This option is used to enable the IDE Prefetch Mode Disabled Enabled 3 9 2 RAID Config Phoenix AwardBlOS CMOS Setup
56. ult values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 37 http www tyan com 3 6 Standard CMOS Features In this section you can alter general features such as the date and time as well as access to the IDE configuration options Note that the options listed below are for options that can directly be changed within the Main Setup screen Users use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Item Specific Help Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss gt IDE Channel 0 Master gt IDE Channel 0 Slave gt IDE Channel 1 Master gt IDE Channel 1 Slave gt IDE Channel 2 Master gt IDE Channel 3 Master gt IDE Channel 4 Master gt 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 F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General
57. ur add in card and insert the card firmly Do not force any add in cards into any slots if they do not seat in place It is better 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 Slotor Device Bus PIRQ PIRQ PIRQ PIRQ k Perse a 1 SCKE PCIX os B_ 5 B sre B a A acer eee ee ee fe Se Sal Sat 2 PCIXA PCIX GOA GOA GOA GO_A P ot 3 P P 0_PC_ 0_P 0_P 0_P 32bit AD25 Bus INTA_C INTB_D INTB_A INTB_B P ot 4 PCIXB PCIX 0 B 0 B 0 B 0 B 32bit AD26 INTC_B INTD_C INTD_D INTD_A Onboard P P 0_PC_ IEEE1394 AD22 Bus INTD_C YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector from the motherboard before performing system hardware changes Otherwise you may damage the board and or expansion device 31 http www tyan com 2 13 Connecting External Devices The following diagrams will detail the rear port stack for this S2895 motherboard Audio top bottom USBx2 MIC Lin in Lin out LAN Stacked Mouse Keyboard Serial Port VGA Port oe NOTE Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports but software may be required to complete the installation PS 2 Onboard LAN LED Color Definition The two onboard Ethernet ports have green and yellow LEDs to indicate LAN status The chart below illustrates the different LED states 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN Link Activity LED Scheme LEFT RIGHT i
58. usually metal and are gold in color Usually the chassis manufacturer will pre install the support studs If you are unsure of stud placement simply lay the motherboard inside the chassis and align the screw holes of the motherboard to the studs inside the case If there are any studs missing you will know right away since the motherboard will not be able to be securely installed Some chassis include plastic studs instead of metal Although the plastic studs are usable TYAN recommends using metal studs with screws that will fasten the motherboard more securely in place Below is a chart detailing what the most common motherboard studs look like and how they should be installed Maunting the Motherboard Serew Motheraaard Stud Sere Chassis wal Motherboard Stud Matheiboand Chassis wall StendolT Screw Chassis wall PPE Ga hans Sued Mather Chassis wall Scere Stando Chassis wall 26 http www TYAN com 2 10 Installing the Memory Before attempting to install any memory make sure that the memory you have is compatible with the motherboard as well as the processor The following diagram shows common types of DDR SDRAM modules 00O Ue DDR Unbuffered UUUUUU OU DDR Unbuffered ECC e Always install memory beginning with DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB and 2GB Non Reg ECC or Non Reg Non ECC PC3200 PC2700 PC2100 DDR SDRAM memory modules are supported eAll installed me
59. wn Temperature Disabled Item Specific Help Auto Fan Power Control Disabled Min PWM Temperature 55 Min PWM Duty Cycle Set 50 CPU Temperature Current System Temp VDIMM VCCP 5V 12V 3 3VSB VBat Vec33 CPU Fan Speed Fan3 Speed Fan2 Speed Fan1 Speed Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized defaults 57 http www tyan com Shutdown Temperature This option allows a user to define the system shutdown temperature If the CPU temperature exceeds the predefined shutdown threshold the BIOS forces a system shutdown NOTE The onboard SMSC DEM1737 hardware monitoring ASIC Ff automatically 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 PWM Duty Cycle Set This item allows you to set minimum PWM Duty Cycle 0 30 40 50 58 http www tyan com 3 13 Frequency Voltage Control This section facilitates controlling the CPU clock and frequency ratio Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage Regulat

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