User manual TYAN THUNDER 100

[. . . ] Tyan S1836 Thunder 100 Motherboard User's Manual Revision 2. 30 Copyright © Tyan Computer Corporation, 1998. No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from Tyan Computer Corp. All registered and unregistered trademarks and company names contained in this manual are propery of their respective companies including, but not limited to the following. AMIBIOS is a trademark of American Megatrend Incorporated. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Q: Can I use EDO DIMMs on this motherboard?The Intel 440BX/GX AGPset does not support EDO memory. A: AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is a new bus architecture for 3D graphics. The AGP slot eliminates the PCI bandwidth bottleneck by bypassing the PCI interface and accessing the system memory directly. Currently, the AGP supports 1X and 2X modes, which yield bandwidths of 266MB/s (at 33MHz bus speed) and 533MB/s (at 66MHz bus speed), respectively. Compare this with the mere 132MB/s (at 33MHz bus speed) that you get from the PCI bus. Q: Does my operating system support AGP?A: Currently, only Windows 98 and Windows 2000 will have built-in support for AGP. Some AGP cards require Windows 95 OSR2. 1 or a special driver from S1836 Thunder 100 51 Chapter 3 Onboard Resource Settings Intel. Please check with your graphics vendor for more details. Q: How do I install the on-board NIC drivers for WinNT 4. 0?A: The Ethernet driver can not be installed directly from the Tyan Driver CD. Before installing the Intel 82558 Ethernet drivers, the complete 82558 directory and ALL its components must first be copied from the Tyan CD onto your hard drive. The 82558 installation program can then be copied normally from your hard drive. Q: How do I use / enable the RAIDport on the motherboard?A: All S1836Ds will support the RAIDport as long as the RAIDport card has BIOS version 3. 1 or above. You must also us the ARO-1130CA driver set version 3. 1. It is recommended that you purchase your RAIDport card from one of Tyan's distributors. Tyan motherboards have been qualified to use ARO-1130CA or ARO-1130SA for best results. Q: I get a memory test failure or sequencer error when I install the RAIDport card into the S1836 even though the memory is good. A: The RAIDport BIOS will report a memory or sequencer failure on the S1836 if you are using RAIDport BIOS version 3. 0. You MUST use RAIDport BIOS version 3. 1 for it to work on the S1836. [. . . ] SRAM Static RAM, unlike DRAM, does not need to be refreshed in order to prevent data loss. In Standby mode, the video and fixed disk drive shut down; all other devices operate normally. UltraDMA/33 is a fast version of the old DMA channel. Without UltraDMA your system cannot take advantage of the higher data transmission rates of the new UltraATA hard drives. [. . . ]