User manual TYAN S8225

[. . . ] S8225 Version 1. 00 Copyright Copyright © MiTAC Computer Corporation, 2010. No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from MiTAC 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® is a trademark of MiTAC Computer Corporation ® ® AMD , Opteron , and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation. AMI®, AMIBIOS® and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMI Technologies. [. . . ] When set to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. Values in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register [64] / [32] / [96] / [128] / [160] / [192] / [224] / [248] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes: assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ. [Yes] / [No] Palette Snooping This is the default setting and should not be changed unless the VGA card manufacturer requires Palette Snooping to be Enabled. Enabled: informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so the card will function correctly. [Disabled] / [Enabled] 57 http://www. TYAN. com PCI IDE Bus Master Enabled: BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading / writing to IDE drives. [Enabled] / [Disabled] Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding the card. [Auto] / [PCI Slot 1] / [PCI Slot 2] / [PCI Slot 3] / [PCI Slot 4]/ [PCI Slot 5] /[PCI Slot 6] 3. 8 - Boot Menu Quick Boot This option allows user bypass BIOS self test during POST. [Enabled] / [Disabled] Quiet Boot Disabled: displays normal POST messages. Enabled: displays OEM log instead of POST messages. [Disabled] / [Enabled] Add On ROM Display Mode Allows user to force BIOS/Option ROM of add-on cards to be displayed during quiet boot. [Force BIOS] / [Keep Current] Boot Up Num-Lock Selects Power-on state for Numlock. [On] / [Off] 58 http://www. TYAN. com PS/2 Mouse Support Select support for PS/2 Mouse. [Auto] / [Enabled] / [Disabled] Wait for ‘F1’ If Error Waits for F1 key to be present if error occurs. [Enabled] / [Disabled] Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Displays “Press DEL to run Setup in POST”. [Enabled] / [Disabled] Interrupt 19 Capture Enabled: allows option ROMs to trap interrupt 19. [Enabled] / [Disabled] 59 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 9 - Security Menu Supervisor Password/User Password Read only. Change Supervisor Password Install or change the password. Change User Password Install or change the password. Boot Sector Virus Protection When it is set to [Enabled], BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is attempted. [Disabled] / [Enabled] 60 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 9. 1 - Trusted Computing TCG/TPM Support Enable / Disable TPM TCG (TPM 1. 1/1. 2) support in BIOS. [No] / [Yes] 61 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 10 - Chipset Menu Allows you to change NorthBridge, SouthBridge, RD890 and Onboard Peripherals Configuration. 62 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 10. 1 – NorthBridge Chipset Configuration Sub- Menu Memory Timing Parameters To select which node’s timing parameters to display. [CPU Node 0] / [CPU Node 1] 63 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 10. 1. 1 – Memory Configuration Sub- Menu Bank Interleaving Bank Interleave setting has to do with the actual RAM chip properties, most good quality RAM chips have "4-bank interleaving" and work best at this setting. Interleaving controls how actual hits to memory takes place. [Auto] / [Disabled] Node Interleaving Enable Node Memory Interleaving. [Disabled] / [Enabled] Channel Interleaving Enable Channel Memory Interleaving. [. . . ] 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. com Help Resources: 1. See the beep codes section of this manual. [. . . ]