User manual TYAN THUNDER K8QS PRO

[. . . ] Thunder K8QS Pro /// S4882 Revision 1. 01 Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2003-2004. 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 property of their respective owners including, but not limited to the following. TYAN, Thunder K8QS Pro are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation. [. . . ] Display the Transfer Mode of the plugged IDE device Display the Ultra DMA which the IDE device support Multi-Sector Transfers LBA Mode Control ----- 32 Bit I/O Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode Enabled Disabled ----- 3. 3. 5 ­Extended Memory Testing 39 http://www. TYAN. com Feature Extended Memory Testing Option Disable Just zero it Enable Description Determines which type of tests will be performed on extended memory 3. 3. 6 ­ Boot Summary Screen Feature Boot Summary Screen Option Disable Enable Description Display system configuration on boot 3. 3. 7 ­ System Memory Feature System Memory Option --Description Display the size of system memory 3. 3. 8 ­ Extended Memory Feature Extended Memory Option --Description Display the size of extended memory 3. 40 ­ BIOS Advanced Menu BIOS Setup Utility Security Power Main Advanced Boot Exit Item Specific Help <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field Hardware Monitor SMBIOS(DMI) Event Logging Console Redirection Installed O/S: Reset Configuration Data: Multiprocessor Specification: Use PCI Interrupt Entries in MP Table: [Other] [No] [1. 4] [Yes] ACPI SRAT Table: [Enable] 40 http://www. TYAN. com RSDT FADT Revision: HPET Timer: Halt on Error: GART Error Reporting 4GB Memory Hole Adjust 4GB Memory Hole Size Chipset Configuration Keyboard Configuration I/O Device Configuration PCI Configuration Watchdog Timer Option F1 Help ESC Exit [1] [Enable] [Yes] [Disable] [Auto] [64MB] /Select Item -/+ Change Values /Select Menu Enter Select F9 Setup Defaults Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit 3. 4. 1 ­ Hardware Monitor Sub-Menu Description This screen contains info from motherboard hardware monitor sensors, such as temperature, fan speed and voltage. 3. 4. 2 ­SMBIOS(DMI) Event Logging Sub-Menu Feature View DMI event log Option --Description View the contents of the DMI event log. Clear all DMI event logs No Yes Enable Disable Enable Setting this to `Yes' will clear the DMI event log after rebooting Select `Enable' to allow logging of DMI events. Select `Enable' to allow logging of ECC events. Event Logging ECC Event Logging Disable Mark DMI events as read --Press Enter to mark all DMI events in the event log as read. 41 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 4. 3 ­ Console Redirection Sub-Menu Feature Com Port Address Option Disabled On-board COMA On-board COMB Direct Via modem Description If the console redirection function enabled, it will use a port on the motherboard. Indicate whether the console is connected directly to the system or a modem is used to connect. Select the baud rate of transfer Console connection Baud rate 300 /1200 /2400 /9600 /19. 2k /38. 4k /57. 6k /115. 2k Flow Control None XON/XOFF CTS/RTS vt100 vt100 8bit ANSI 7bit ANSI Vt100 plus UTF8 Off on [other] Win95 Win98 WinMe Win2000 Select the Flow Control mode Console Type Select the console type Continue C. R. after POST Installed O/S Enable Console Redirection after OS has loaded. Select the operating system installed on your system which you will use most commonly note. An incorrect setting can cause some operating systems to display unexpected behavior. 3. 4. 4 ­ Reset Configuration Data Feature Reset Configuration Data Option Yes No Description This setting erases all configuration data in a section of memory for ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) which stores the configuration settings for non-PnP plug-in devices. Select Yes when required to restore the manufacturer's defaults 3. 4. 5 ­ Multiprocessor Specification 42 http://www. TYAN. com Feature Multiprocessor Specification Option 1. 4 1. 1 Description Configures the MP Spec revision level. Some OS will require 1. 1 for compatibility reasons 3. 4. 6 ­ Use PCI Interrupt Entries in MP Table Feature Use PCI Interrupt Entries in MP Table Option Yes No 3. 4. 7 ­ ACPI SRAT Table Feature ACPI SRAT Table RSDT FADT Revision Option Enable Disable 1 2 Description Enable ACPI 2. 0 static resources affinity table for ccNUMA systems. Configures the MP Table with PCI interrupt entries. Description Configures the MP Table with PCI interrupt entries 3. 4. 8 ­ HPET Timer Feature HPET Timer Option Enable Disable Description Enable HPET high precision event timer 3. 4. 9 ­ Halt on Error Feature Halt on Error Option Yes No Description BIOS will halt POST and wait for user input in case of POST errors. 3. 4. 10 ­ GART Error Reporting Feature GART Error Reporting Option Enable Disable Description This option should remain disabled for the normal operation. The driver developer may enable it for testing purpose 3. 4. 11 ­ 4GB Memory Hole Adjust Feature 4GB Memory Hole Adjust Option Auto Manual Description Auto ­ Adjust the memory hole size automatically according to the memory space used by PCI devices Manual ­ Memory hole size is determined manually 43 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 4. 12 ­ Chipset Configuration Sub-Menu Feature Dram Bank Interleave Node memory Interleave Option Auto Disable Disable AUTO Description Interleave memory blocks across dram chip selects. BIOS will AUTO detect capability on each Node. Interleave memory blocks across processor nodes BIOS will AUTO detect capability of Memory System. Note: This cannot be enabled if ACPI SRAT table is also enabled. Changing one value will also toggle the other. This is a Global enable function for all blocks within CPU core and North Bridge If all memory in the system supports ECC, enabling this will initial scrub dram and enable system requests to dram to be checked and/or corrected Enable ECC Scrubber to correct errors detected in Dram during normal CPU requests Enable 4-bit ECC mode on Nodes with ECC capable dims. Set the rate of background scrubbing for DCACHE lines ECC Enable Disable Enable Disable Dram ECC ECC Scrub Redirection Enable Disable Enable Disable Disable 40ns/80ns/ 160ns/320n s/640ns/1. 2 8us/2. 56us Disable 40ns/80ns/ 160ns/320n s/640ns/1. 2 8us/2. 56us Disable 1. 31ms /2. 62ms/5. 2 4ms/10. 49 ms/20. 97m s/42ms/84 ms Enable Disable 4-bit ECC DCACHE ECC Scrub CTL L2 ECC Scrub CTL Set the rate of background scrubbing for L2 cache lines Dram ECC Scrub CTL Set the rate of BACKGROUND scrubbing for Dram. Speculative TLB Reload Enable / Disable Speculative TLB Reload 44 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 4. 13 ­ Keyboard Configuration Sub-Menu Feature NumLock Option Auto On Off 30/sec 26. 7/sec . . . 1/4 sec 1/2 sec 3/4 sec 1 sec Description Select Power-on state NumLock for Keyboard auto-repeat rate Select key repeat rate Keyboard auto-repeat delay Select delay before key repeat 3. 4. 14 ­ I/O Device Configuration Sub-Menu Feature PS/2 Mouse Option Enable Disable Description Disable ­ prevent any installed PS/2 mouse from functioning, but frees up IRQ 12 Enable ­ force the PS/2 mouse port to be enabled regardless if a mouse is present Enable or disable the USB hardware Enable or Disable support for USB Keyboards and Mice in with a non-USB aware OS such as DOS or UNIX Enable the integrated local bus IDE adapter USB Host Controller Enable Disable Disable Enable USB BIOS Legacy Support Onboard PCI IDE Serial Port A Serial Port A Base I/O Address Serial Port A Interrupt Disable Primary Secondary Both Enable Disable AUTO 3F8/2F8/3E8/ 2E8 IRQ4 / IRQ3 Configure serial port 45 http://www. TYAN. com Feature Serial Port B Serial Port B Base I/O Address Serial Port B Interrupt Parallel port Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port Base I/O Address Parallel Port Interrupt Option Enable Disable AUTO 3F8/2F8/3E8/ 2E8 IRQ4 / IRQ3 Disable Enable Auto Output only Bi-directional EPP ECP 378/278/3BC IRQ5 / IRQ7 Description Configure serial port Configure Parallel port 3. 4. 15 ­ PCI Configuration Sub-Menu Feature IOMMU Size Option Enable Disable 32MB/64MB/128 MB/256MB/512 MB/1GB/2GB Enable Disable Enable Disable Enable Disable Broadcom LAN Port 2 PXE PCI/PNP IRQ Exclusion PCI/PNP UMB Exclusions Enable Disable Enable or Disable to support PXE Reserve specific IRQs for use by legacy ISA devices. Reserve specific upper memory blocks for use by legacy ISA devices. Enable or Disable the Onboard devices Enable or Disable the Onboard devices Enable or Disable to initialize expansion ROM of Onboard devices Description Enable / Disable IOMMU and select the size of it. Onboard SATA/LSI/BroadCom Onboard USB 2. 0 Onboard SATA/LSI/Broadcom Option Rom Scan Enable Broadcom LAN Port 2 PXE may lead to option ROM overflow. 46 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 4. 16 ­ Watchdog Timer Option Sub-Menu Feature Watchdog Timer Option Disable Enable Description Enable/Disable Watchdog Timer Time_Out Minutes . . . Watchdog Time_out configuration in minutes(1-255) 3. 50 ­ BIOS Security Menu BIOS Setup Utility Security Power Main Advanced Boot Exit Item Specific Help Supervisor Password Is: XXXX User Password Is: XXXX Clear Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on boot: Fixed disk boot sector F1 Help ESC Exit [ENTER] <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field [Disabled] [NORMAL] F9 Setup Defaults Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit /Select Item -/+ Change Values /Select Menu Enter Select 3. 60 ­ BIOS Power Menu BIOS Setup Utility Security Power Main ACPI Enabled Resume On Time: Resume Time: Resume Date: Advanced Boot Exit Item Specific Help <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field [Yes] [Off] [00:00:00] [00/00/0000] [Disabled] [Last State] Intruder Support After Power Failure: F1 Help ESC Exit /Select Item -/+ Change Values /Select Menu Enter Select F9 Setup Defaults Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit 47 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 6. 1 ­Resume On Time Feature Resume On Time Option Off On Description Enable wakes the system up at a specific time 3. 6. 2 ­Resume On Time Feature Resume On Time Option Off On Description Enable wakes the system up at a specific time 3. 6. 3 ­Intruder Support Feature Intruder Support Option Disabled Enable Description Enable/Disable Intruder Function 3. 6. 4 ­ After Power Failure Feature After Power Failure Option Stay Off Last State Power On Description This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs. [. . . ] Test for unexpected interrupts Initialize POST display service Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP" Disable CPU cache Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors http://www. TYAN. com Code Beeps / Description 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I/O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non-MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC-compatible PnP ISA devices 86h. 87h Configure Motherboard Devices 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 89h Enable Non-Maskable Interrupts (NMIs) 8Ah Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area 8Bh Test and initialize PS/2 mouse 8Ch Initialize floppy controller 8Fh Determine number of ATA drives (optional) 90h Initialize hard-disk controllers 91h Initialize local-bus hard-disk controllers 92h Jump to UserPatch2 93h Build MPTABLE for multi-processor boards 95h Install CD ROM for boot 96h Clear huge ES segment register 97h Fixup Multi Processor table 98h 1-2. 99h Check for SMART Drive (optional) 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine (optional) 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives A0h Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize Typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag B0h Check for errors B2h POST done - prepare to boot operating system Code Beeps / Description BAh Initialize DMI parameters BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh BDh BEh BFh C0h C1h C2h C3h C4h C5h C6h C7h C8h C9h D2h E0h E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh F0h F1h F2h F3h F4h 57 Clear parity checkers Display MultiBoot menu Clear screen (optional) Check virus and backup reminders Try to boot with INT 19 Initialize POST Error Manager (PEM) Initialize error logging Initialize error display function Initialize system error handler PnPnd dual CMOS (optional) Initialize notebook docking (optional) Initialize notebook docking late Force check (optional) Extended checksum (optional) Unknown interrupt Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Mode Output one beep before boot http://www. TYAN. com Code B4h B5h B6h B9h Beeps / Description One short beep before boot Terminate QuietBoot (optional) Check password (optional) Prepare Boot Code Beeps / Description F5h Boot to Mini DOS F6h Clear Huge Segment F7h Boot to Full DOS 58 http://www. TYAN. com Technical 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. [. . . ]