User manual TYAN TIGER 100

[. . . ] Tyan S1832DL Tiger 100 Motherboard User's Manual Revision 2. 20 Copyright © Tyan Computer Corporation, 1999. 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 companies including, but not limited to the following. AMI BIOS is a trademark of American Megatrend Incorporated. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Hard Disk Access Control This option specifies the read-write access that is set when booting from a hard disk drive. The settings are Read-Write or Read-Only. for Hard Disks Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART (System http://www. tyan. com 46 Management and Reporting Technologies) protocol for reporting server system information over a network. Enabling this feature allows you to back up your data when your hard disk is about to fail. Boot Up Num-Lock Set this option to Off to turn the Num Lock key off when the computer is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard. PS/2 Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS/2-type mouse. The BIOS will allocate IRQ12 for the PS/2 mouse. Primary Display This option configures the type of monitor attached to the computer. The settings are Absent, VGA/EGA, CGA40x25, CGA80x25, or Mono. Password Check This option enables password checking every time the system boots or when you run AMIBIOS Setup. If Always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on. If Setup is chosen, the password prompt appears if AMIBIOS is executed. Boot To OS/2 Set this option to Yes if you are running an OS/2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard. Internal Cache This option sets the type of caching algorithm used by the L1 internal cache memory on the CPU. The settings are Disabled, WriteThru, or WriteBack. System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled, the contents of the F0000h system memory segment can be read from or written to cache memory. The contents of this memory segment are copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution. The Optimal default setting is Enabled. BIOS S1832DL Tiger 100 47 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Cache Bus ECC When Enabled, this option permits ECC error checking on the L2 cache bus. This ensures that cached data is not improperly altered. Default Primary Video This option sets the primary video card as either AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) card or a regular PCI video card. MPS Revision This option sets the Multi-Processor Symmetry. C000, 16K Shadow and C400, 16K Shadow These options specify how the 32 KB of video ROM at C0000h is treated. [. . . ] They must be installed in pairs, and do not have the carrying capacity or the speed of DIMMs. SIMM bank/socket SIMM sockets are the physical slots into which you stick SIMM modules. A pair of SIMM sockets form a SIMM bank, and act as a unit. If only one socket is filled, the bank will not operate. [. . . ]