User manual TYAN TOMCAT I815E

[. . . ] Tyan S2060 Tomcat i815e Motherboard User's Manual Revision 1. 01 Copyright © Tyan Computer Corporation, 2000. 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. Tomcat i815e S2060 is a trademark of Tyan Computer Corporation. AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Incorporated Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] System Date/Time You can type the date and time in directly, or select the portion of the date or time that you want to modify and adjust it using the cursor keys. 1:00 PM is 13:00). General Help At any time, you can press F1 to bring up a General Help screen in case you want to learn the shortcut commands. There are two settings you should be aware of. Load Failsafe Defaults Load Optim al Defaults If your system is experiencing configuration problems, you can choose this option to reset all settings. This w ill load preset options that are designed for maximum system performance, but may not w ork for all computer applications. You should not use this option if your is experiencing configuration problems. BIOS Advanced Menu In the Advanced setup (shown below) you can setup your system devices, boot options, and more. Each option has a configuration sub screen (denoted by the symbol). Main Advanced Chipset BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Setup Warning Setting items on this screen to incorrect values may cause the system to malfunction! Configure SuperIO Chipset Nat366 SuperIO Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Event Log Configuration Enter F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 01 (C) Copyright 1985-2000, American Megatrends Inc. S2060 Tomcat i815e 33 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Configure Nat366 Serial Port(s) and Parallel Port (Super I / O) In this sub screen you can configure the different hardware ports available, and change the status of the floppy controller. Onboard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address This device handles communication betw een the floppy drive and the motherboard. [Default is Enabled] The addresses of Serial Ports 1 and 2 can be changed if a hardw are conflict occurs. [Default is Disabled] Default is Norm al The address and IRQ of the Parallel Port can be changed if a hardw are conflict occurs. The Parallel Port Mode relates to your printer's mode of communication (check your printer documentation for details). [Default is Disabled] Default is 7 Default is Norm al The address and IRQ of the Onboard MIDI Port can be changed if a hardw are conflict occurs. [Default is 330] The address of the game port can be changed if a hardw are conflict occurs. [Default is Enabled] Serial Port 2 Mode Parallel Port Address Parallel Port IRQ Parallel Port Mode Onboard MIDI Port* Onboard Gam e Port* IDE Configuration On bootup, the BIOS will auto-detect the existence of IDE devices such as hard drives and CD-ROMs. You also can check the status of those IDE devices and change other IDE-related options. There are also configuration sub screens for each IDE device (denoted by the symbol). Onboard PCI IDE Controller The PCI IDE Controller is essential for communication betw een the IDE devices and the motherboard. [Default is Both] This option disables or enables w rite protection to the IDE devices. This option is only effective if the devices are being accessed through the BIOS. [Default is Disabled] Hard Disk Protect The BIOS w ill spend a preset amount of time to detect any IDE devices before it continues to the next stage of bootup. The amount of time can be changed using this option. [Default is 0] ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection Selects the process that the BIOS w ill use to detect 80Pin ATA(PI) cables. [Default is Host & Device] ATA(PI) Detect Tim e Out http://www. tyan. com 34 Main Advanced Chipset BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit IDE Configuration Onboard PCI IDE Controller Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Hard Disk Protect ATA(PI) Detect Time Out ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection : : : : [Enabled] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Disabled] [35] [Host & Device] DISABLED: disables the integrated IDE Controller. PRIMARY: enables only the Primary IDE Controller. [. . . ] In Sleep / Suspend mode, all devices except the CPU shut down. 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 / 66 / 100 is a fast version of the old DMA channel. [. . . ]