User manual TYAN THUNDER I7500 PRO

[. . . ] Thunder i7500 Pro /// Revision 1. 00 S2721 Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 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 i7500 Pro S2721 are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation. [. . . ] ATA-133/100/66 cables) 27 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 4 ­ Floppy Configuration Options related to floppy drives can be altered through the following. 360KB, 5 ¼" 1. 2MB, 5 ¼" 720KB, 3 ½" 1. 44MB, 3 ½" 2. 88MB, 3 ½" Disabled Floppy A Floppy B Defines the floppy drive type. 3. 5 ­ Boot Settings Configuration Options related to startup settings can be altered through the following. Quick Boot Quiet Boot Add-On Rom Display Mode Boot up Num-Lock PS/2 Mouse Support Typematic Rate System Keyboard Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Force BIOS Keep Current On Off Enabled Disabled Fast Slow Present Unavailable Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled When set to Enabled, some self-tests will be skipped during POST. If set to Enabled, OEM logo will be displayed instead of POST messages. If Enabled, you will have to press F1 for the system to continue booting if an error is detected during POST. Toggles display of pressing DEL key to enter BIOS. Parity Check Wait for F1 if "error" Hit "Del" Message 28 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 6 ­ Super IO Configuration Options related to the IO interface can be altered through the following. Enabled Disabled Auto 3F8, 2F8 3E8, 2E8 Output Only Bi-directional EPP ECP Parallel Port IRQ IRQ 7 IRQ 5 Toggles use of serial ports 1 and or 2. Enabling ports also requires you to enter the I/O address for that port unless you select Auto. Two-way protocol Enhanced Parallel Port may provide higher bandwidth if an EPP compliant device is used (e. g. Enhanced Compatibility Port may provide higher bandwidth if an ECP compliant device is used (e. g. (IRQ 7 and IRQ 5 both can be defaults. ) Serial Port 1, 2 Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode 3. 7 ­ Onboard Device Configuration Options related to onboard devices can be altered through the following. Onboard ATI RageXL Video Onboard 82551 Onboard 82546 Onboard SCSI Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Toggles the onboard ATI video graphics. Toggles the onboard SCSI controller. 3. 8­ USB Configuration Options related to USB can be altered through the following. USB Function Legacy USB Support Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Auto Enabled Disabled Auto Enabled Disabled Toggles the onboard USB ports. Toggles USB beep error messaging. USB Zip Emulation Type USB Beep Message 29 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 9 ­ PCIPnP Options related to the Plug and Play PCI settings interface can be altered through the following. Yes No Yes No 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 248 Yes No Enabled Disabled Toggles the option of letting the OS take care of IRQ routing or the BIOS. Palette Snooping can fix color problems associated with non-standard video cards such as MPEG decoders. Toggles the onboard IDE controllers to operate in BusMaster mode. Plug & Play OS Reset Config Data PCI Latency Timer Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Palette Snooping PCI IDE BusMaster Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 DMA Channel 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 Enabled Disabled Auto Enables the system to recognize and boot Enabled from an add-in IDE controller card. Disabled These settings enable you to set which IRQs will be reserved for other devices other than the ones that use them by default. These settings enable DMA channel 0 and 1 to be enabled or disabled. 3. 10 ­ Chipset Options related to the chipset can be altered through the following. CPU Configuration North Bridge ICH3 South Bridge Intel PCI-64 Hub 2 All settings discussed in following sections. 30 http://www. TYAN. com 3. 11 ­ CPU Configuration Options related to the CPU chipset settings can be altered through the following. It is recommended to leave as default (255), because changing CPU ratios may render your system inoperable. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]