User manual TYAN TOMCAT I815EF

[. . . ] Tomcat i815ef S2425 User's Manual Revision 1. 00 Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2001. 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, Tomcat S2425 are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation. Intel, Intel Pentium, i815, combinations thereof are trademarks of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] The Chipset defaults were carefully chosen by Tyan and or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to anyone of the Chipset options without consideration, can cause your system to become unstable immediately or progressively. Setup Variations Not all systems have the same setup program. While the basic look and function of the setup program remains more or less the same for all systems, the appearance of your Setup options may or may not follow the same order listed in this manual. In addition, the final layout of all Setup options depends on your system designer. They can decide that certain items that are listed in the following pages remain hidden from user alteration. 20 http://www. tyan. com 21 http://www. tyan. com 22 http://www. tyan. com 23 http://www. tyan. com 24 http://www. tyan. com 25 http://www. tyan. com 26 http://www. tyan. com 27 http://www. tyan. com 28 http://www. tyan. com 29 http://www. tyan. com 30 http://www. tyan. com 31 http://www. tyan. com 32 http://www. tyan. com 33 http://www. tyan. com 34 http://www. tyan. com 35 http://www. tyan. com 4. 0 Installing the hard drives Hard drives must be of the Fast ATA-2, EIDE, or UltraDMA-33/66/100 type. For best performance, we recommend that you use drives of identical model and capacity. By matching drives, you ensure compatibility as well. If you are planning to use an UDMA-66 or 100 drive, you must use an UltraDMA-66/100 cable (Tyan has included that cable with the motherboard). Step 1: The first step is to set the hard drive to Master, Slave, or Cable Select setting, and install them according to the table below. Note: Sometimes the Master drive with no Slave attached is called "single". The Master/Slave setting differentiates two drives connected on the same cable. NOTE: Check your HDD documentation for master, slave, and cable select settings. Jumper Settings (see your HDD documentation for jumper settings) # of Drives 1 2 3 4 IDE Channel 1 M M M&S M&S M=Master, S=Slave IDE Channel 2 M M M&S Step 2: Next, you should install the drives into your system, and connect the power. Attach one UltraDMA cable (black connector) to each drive (if you have a Slave drive, connect that drive to the second connector (grey connector) on the UltraDMA cable). Make sure that Pin 1 on the cable (indicated by the colored stripe) is connected to Pin 1 of the hard drive. See Figure I-1 (to the right) for an example. Step 3: The blue end of the cable (see Figure I-2 to the right for an example) goes to the Primary or Secondary connector on the motherboard (see p. Make sure Pin 1 of the ATA-100/66 cable connects to Pin 1 of the Primary IDE connector (see p. Check all connections after completing this step, before you continue to the next part of the installation. Blue end of the ATA-66/100 cable Figure I-2 36 http://www. tyan. com Chapter 5: System Resources Note: if you experience problems with setting up your system, always check the following things in the following order: Memory, Video, CPU By checking these items, you will most likely find out what the problem might have been when setting up your system. For more information on troubleshooting, check the Tyan website at: http://www. tyan. com. 5. 1 Beep Codes Fatal errors, which halt the boot process are communicated through a series of audible beeps. For example, if the BIOS POST can initialize the video but an error occurs, an error message will be displayed. If it cannot display the message, it will report the error as a series of beeps. [. . . ] ZIF Socket (Zero Insertion Force socket): these sockets make it possible to insert CPUs without damaging the sensitive CPU pins. The CPU is lightly placed in an open ZIF socket, and a lever is pulled down. This shift the processor over and down, guiding into the board and locking it into place. 42 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. [. . . ]