User manual TYAN TRINITY GC-SL

[. . . ] Trinity GC-SL /// Revision 1. 02 S2707 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 ompany names contained in this manual are property of the r respective owners including, but not limited to the following. TYAN, Trinity GC-SL S2707 are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation. [. . . ] Starting Setup The BIOS is immediately activated when you turn on the computer. The BIOS reads system configuration in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it through the Power-On-Self-Test (POST). When these preliminary tests are complete, the BIOS searches for an operating system on one of the system's data storage devices (hard drive, CD-ROM, etc). If one is found, the BIOS will launch that operating system and hand control over to it. You can enter the BIOS setup by pressing the [Delete ] key when the machine boots up and begins to show the memory count. 28 http://www. tyan. com Setup Basics The table below shows how to navigate in the setup program using the keyboard. Key Tab Left/Right Arrow Keys Up/Down Arrow Keys Enter PgUp/PgDn Keys Getting Help Pressing [F1] will display a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. In Case of Problems If you discover that you have trouble booting the computer after making and saving the changes with the BIOS setup program, you can restart the computer by holding the power button down until the computer shuts off (usually within 4 seconds); resetting by pressing CTRL-ALT -DEL; or clearing the CMOS. The best advice is to only alter settings that you thoroughly understand. In particular, do not change settings in the Chipset section unless you are absolutely sure of the outcome. The Chipset defaults were carefully chosen by Tyan or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable. Setup Variations Not all systems will have the same BIOS setup layout or options. While the basic look and function of the BIOS setup remains more or less the same for most systems, the appearance of your Setup screen may differ from the charts shown in this section. Each system design and chipset combination requires a custom configuration. In addition, the final appearance of the Setup program depends on the system designer. Your system designer may decide that certain items should not be available for user configuration, and remove them from the BIOS setup program. NOTE: On the following pages, options written in bold type represent the BIOS Setup default. Function Moves from one selection to the next Change from one menu to the next More between selections Opens highlighted section Change settings. 29 http://www. tyan. com 3. 1 ­ Main BIOS Setup In this screen, you can alter general features such as the date and time, as well as access the IDE configuration screens. Note that the options listed below are for options that can directly be changed within the Main Setup screen. BIOS Build Date BIOS ID Processor Type Processor Speed System Memory System Time System Date 3. 2 ­ Advanced Settings Options such as I/O device interfaces can be altered through this screen. MM/DD/YY XXXXXXXX Intel Pentium 4 XXXXX GHz XXXX MB [hh:mm:ss] [Day mm/dd/yyyy] Setup Warning: Setting items on this screen to incorrect values may cause the system to malfunction! Super IO Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Peripheral Device Configuration System Health Monitor Remote Access Configuration All settings discussed in following sections. 30 http://www. tyan. com 3. 3 ­ Chipset Options related to the chipset can be altered through the following. C000, 16K Shadow C400, 16K Shadow C800, 16K Shadow CC00, 16K Shadow D000, 16K Shadow D400, 16K Shadow C800, 16K Shadow DC00, 16K Shadow Memory Auto Precharge Write Combining for P6-to-PCI Memory Write Posting Scubbing Enable Memory Timing Control Support for 2. 5 ns CAS Latency Watchdog Timer Auto DQS Setting Support DQS Selection Memory Enhanced Mapping Buffer Compensation 3. 4 ­ PCI PnP Options related to the Plug and Play PCI settings interface can be altered through the following. [. . . ] Standby mode: in this mode, the video and hard drives shut down; all other devices continue to operate normally. Striping: see RAID UltraDMA-33/66/100/133 (aka ATA-133/100/66/33): a fast version of the original DMA channel. Without a 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. [. . . ]