User manual TYAN S8230

[. . . ] S8230 Version 1. 01 Copyright Copyright © 2010 MiTAC International Corporation. No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from MiTAC International Corporation. 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 International Corporation. ® ® AMD is a trademark of AMD Corporation. [. . . ] No / Yes Plug & Play O/S No: lets the BIOS configure all the devices in the system. Yes: lets the operating system configure Plug and Play (PnP) devices not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating system. No / Yes PCI Latency Timer This setting controls how many PCI clocks each PCI device can hold the bus before another PCI device takes over. 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. 66 http://www. tyan. com 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 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 67 http://www. tyan. com 3. 5 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 PS/2 Mouse Support 68 http://www. tyan. com 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 69 http://www. tyan. com 3. 6 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. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]