User manual TYAN THUNDER K7X PRO

[. . . ] Thunder K7X Pro /// Revision 1. 50 S2469 Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2001-2002. 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, Thunder K7X Pro S2469 are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation. [. . . ] Erases all configuration data in a section of memory for ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) which stores the configuration settings for non-PnP plug-in devices. This option allows you to prevent the OS from changing system settings. Disabled Enabled Enables/Disables support for USB KB/mice in a Disabled non-USB aware OS. Press [Enter] Press [Enter] Press [Enter] DOS Other Large Disk Access Mode Secured Setup Configurations Reset Configuration Data Secured Setup Configurations PS/2 Mouse USB Host Controller USB BIOS Legacy Support Advanced Chipset Configuration PCI Configuration I/O Device Configuration 25 http://www. TYAN. com (Advanced Setup continued) Quick Boot Enabled When set to Enabled, some self-tests will be Disabled skipped during POST. This option toggles the diagnostics screen that appears during Boot-time diagnostics Screen bootup. Summary Screen This option toggles the boot summary screen before OS load. Console Redirect This option allows you to pass the display console through a LAN for control on another computer. 3. 2 ­ Chipset Configuration Options such as graphics and memory settings can be altered in this section. 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB None None Single bit Multiple bits Both Disabled EC (Single bit) ECC (multiple bits) ECC Scrub Defines the size of system memory reserved for AGP graphics data such as textures. Usually, the higher the setting, the better AGP performance, regardless of how much actual RAM you have installed on your motherboard. ECC Scrub ­ ECC with memory contents corrected after all reads with errors. Graphics Aperture SERR Signal Condition ECC Config 3. 3 ­ Keyboard Configuration Screen Options related to keyboard setup can be altered in this section. Boot up Num-Lock Auto Toggles the Num-lock keyboard function to be On turned on at startup or be disabled at startup. Off 30/sec Defines the rate at which characters are 26. 7/sec repeated on screen when holding down keys on 21. 8/sec the keyboard. 18. 5/sec 13. 3/sec 10/sec 6/sec 2/sec 1/4 sec Defines the delay when holding down a key 1/2 sec before characters begin to repeat. 3/4 sec 1 sec This option toggles whether the system will pause if a keyboard error is detected or continue to boot. Keyboard auto-repeat rate Keyboard auto-repeat delay KB error 26 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 4 ­ I/O Configuration Options related to I/O setup can be altered in this section. PS/2 Mouse Floppy disk controller Serial Port A (. . B) Toggles the PS/2 mouse port. Leave as Enabled or set to Auto if you plan to use a floppy disk drive. Disabled Enabling the ports will require system resources Auto such as IRQs. 3F8, 2F8 These options are dependent on the IRQ 3E8, 2E8 settings below and vice versa. IRQ3 These options are dependent on the Base I/O IRQ4 settings and vice versa. These options appear when the Parallel Port is enabled and allows you to set the Base I/O address. Auto Base I/O Interrupt Parallel Port Mode Base I/O Interrupt DMA Channel 3. 5 ­ PCI Configuration Options related to PCI slot features can be altered in this section. [. . . ] Standby mode: in this mode, the video and hard drives shut down; all other devices continue to operate normally. Striping: see RAID UltraDMA-33/66/100: a fast version of the old DMA channel. Without proper UltraDMA controller, your system cannot take advantage of higher data transfer rates of the new UltraDMA/UltraATA hard drives. This one port type can function as a serial, parallel, mouse, keyboard or joystick port. [. . . ]