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Tyan S2060
Tomcat i815e
Motherboard User's Manual
Revision 1.01
Copyright © Tyan Computer Corporation, 2000. All rights reserved. No part of this
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- Page 1 Information contained in this publication has been carefully checked for accuracy and reliability. In no event will Tyan Computer be held liable for any direct or indirect, incidental or consequential damage, loss of use, loss of data, or other malady resulting from errors or inaccuracies of information contained in this manual.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1. Introduction....................4 Overview..................4 Icons....................5 Hardware Specifications/Features..........6 Software Specifications..............8 Technical Support................. 8 Returning Merchandise for Service..........8 2. Board Installation.................. 10 Unpacking..................10 Installation................... 10 Quick Reference for Jumpers............. 12 Map of Motherboard Jumpers..........13 Setting Jumpers................ - Page 3 Security Menu................44 Exit Menu..................45 4. System Resources..................46 Beep Codes..................46 Troubleshooting System Problems..........47 Displayed Error Messages............48 Flash Utility..................50 Appendix - Glossary..................52 * Indicates an optional feature available on some models of Tomcat i815e.
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Page 4: Introduction
Introduction Overview The Tomcat i815e is a quality, high performance motherboard designed for Socket 370 Type Intel Pentium III / Celeron microprocessors. The Tomcat i815e utilizes the Intel i815e Chipset with AMI BIOS and can support CPU speeds of 500 MHz through 800 MHz, and host bus speeds of 66MHz to 133MHz. -
Page 5: Icons
Flexibility and expandability have been designed into the Tomcat i815e. With I/O and drive controller support built onboard (along with the many onboard features previously mentioned), the AGP 2x / 4x slot and six PCI slots are free for more add-on expansion cards. -
Page 6: Hardware Specifications/Features
•One Floppy connector for up to two drives •Two 9-pin UART serial ports (one port is via cable -optional)** •One 25-pin ECP/PPP parallel port •PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports •Four USB ports (two ports via cable -optional)** See Tyan website for Memory Compatibility details: http://www.tyan.com http://www.tyan.com... - Page 7 •Stacked audio and game / MIDI ports (optional) Regulatory •FCC Class B (Declaration of Conformity) •European Community CE (Declaration of Conformity) See Tyan website for CPU Compatibility List: http://www.tyan.com/support/html/pentiumii_iii_ppga.html Extra cables available for sale at etyan: http://www.etyan.com S2060 Tomcat i815e...
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Page 8: Software Specifications
Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. The RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and the package should be mailed prepaid, or hand-carried to the manufacturer. Tyan will pay to have the board shipped back to you. - Page 9 This page left blank intentionally. S2060 Tomcat i815e...
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Page 10: Board Installation
Installation You are now ready to install your motherboard. The mounting hole pattern of the Tomcat i815e matches the ATX system board specifications. Your chassis should support a standard ATX mainboard form factor. How to install our products right... the first time. -
Page 11: Installation Steps
2. Mount Motherboard in Chassis 3. Install Memory 4. Install CPU & Cooling Fan 5. Connect IDE and Floppy Drives 6. Install Add-on Cards 7. Connect PS/2, USB, Ethernet (optional), Serial and Parallel Devices 8. Connect Power Supply S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 12: Quick Reference For Jumpers
The tables and maps on the following pages will help you set the jumpers for CPU speed, Infrared, and external connector pin assignments, among others. The miniature motherboard maps will help you locate the jumpers on your board. A full-page map of the motherboard can be found on the next two pages. http://www.tyan.com... -
Page 13: Map Of Motherboard Jumpers
1 1 1 1 1 BIOS The tiny “1”s next to jumpers of 3 pins or more indicate the position of pin 1 for that jumper. * Indicates an optional feature available on some models of Tomcat i815e. S2060 Tomcat i815e... - Page 14 PS/2 Mouse & Socket 370 Type for ATX Power Keyboard ports Celeron/PIII CPU Supply Header 3 DIMM slots 6 PCI slots National hardware 2x / 4x slot monitoring chip (BIOS) * Indicates optional feature available on some models of Tomcat i815e. http://www.tyan.com...
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Page 15: Setting Jumpers
1. Setting Jumpers Note: There are no Jumper settings for CPU bus speed or clock multiplier on the Tomcat i815e board. The Tomcat i815e is designed to automatically detect the socketed Pentium III / Celeron CPU and its proper speed settings. -
Page 16: Chassis Intrusion Alarm Connector
By default, jumper J38 is set to ENABLE (close pins 1-2). Disabled settings are reserved and settings should remain default. The LAN EEPROM contains the configuration data for the LAN controller. Enabling J38 will allow normal operation of the LAN EEPROM. http://www.tyan.com... -
Page 17: Soft Power Connector
3V lithium battery (Sony CR2032). Flash EEPROM The Tomcat i815e uses flash memory to store BIOS firmware. It can be updated as new versions of the BIOS become available. You can upgrade your BIOS easily using the Flash Writer Utility (see page 50). -
Page 18: Mounting The Motherboard In The Chassis
Because of this, your memory may not work correctly in a Tyan board though it may work well in a competitor’s board. This is because many of our competitors do not adhere to the strict tolerances required for high performance. - Page 19 For a list of recommended memory vendors, please visit Tyan’s website at www.tyan.com - go to the “Memory Support” area in the Support Section. The website memory compatibility lists include DIMMs that have proven to be very stable on our boards and perform extremely well.
- Page 20 Chapter 2 Board Installation The Tomcat i815e uses a 64-bit data path from memory to CPU and can accommodate up to 512MB of SDRAM. The 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Modules) must be of the 3.3V, unbuffered variety. The position of the notch in the SDRAM...
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Page 21: Installing The Cpu And Cooling Fan
ATX power connector that will force you to connect the fan cable correctly (see Figure 2-7 Figure 2-7 to the right). * Image not representative of actual Tomcat i815e socket. It is provided as an example only. S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 22: Connecting Ide And Floppy Drives
Hard drive lights are constantly on: usually means bad IDE cable or defective drives / motherboard. Try another HDD. • Hard drives do not power up: check power cables and cabling. May also be a bad power supply or IDE drive. http://www.tyan.com... - Page 23 *Note: The images above is used to illustrate a concept and may not represent the actual image of your motherboard. Note: Only Tyan-approved cables will work on this motherboard. If you are warning using an existing case with old cables, your system may not function properly.
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Page 24: Installing Add On Cards
NOTE: This mother board operates on a 3.3V standby for PCI v2.2. warning Because of this, you need to UNPLUG the AC power cord before installing your card. Otherwise, the motherboard may automatically power up when the card is inserted into the slot. http://www.tyan.com... -
Page 25: Connecting Ps/2, Usb, Ethernet*, Serial & Parallel Devices
Connecting these devices and ports while the power is on is called “hot plugging,” and may damage your system. * Indicates an optional feature available on some models of Tomcat i815e. S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 26: Connecting The Power Supply
Board Installation 8. Connecting the Power Supply The Tomcat i815e requires an ATX power supply. Tyan recommends using one that conforms to industry standard revision 2.01. The photos below show the ATX power connector before (Figure 2-12) and after (Figure 2-13) it has been plugged in. The plastic clip on the power connector should lock over the plastic tab on the onboard connector. - Page 27 The Ethernet driver cannot be installed directly from the TYAN Driver CD. Before installing the Intel 82562 Ethernet drivers, the complete LAN 82562 directory and all it’s contents must first be copied from the TYAN Driver CD onto your hard drive. The 82562 driver can then be installed from your hard drive.
- Page 28 Shared hubs do not support full duplex. Think of a shared repeater hub as a single-lane highway that everyone shares. As the number of vehicles on the highway increases, the traffic becomes congested and transit time increases for individual cars. http://www.tyan.com...
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Page 29: You Are Done
If you do encounter problems, your dealer will be able to help you, or you can consult one of our many technical support resources (see page 8). S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 30: Frequently Asked Questions
Q: My motherboard is dead, how do I return it? A: Contact the place of purchase or your distributor for assistance to return the motherboard for service. RMA issues will not be handled via email by Tyan Tech Support. Please refer to URL link here for more details: http://www.tyan.com/support/html/rma_faq.html... - Page 31 This page left blank intentionally. S2060 Tomcat i815e...
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Page 32: Bios Configuration
The pages which follow contain explanations of the settings for the AMIBIOS Setup menus. Drawings have been included for ease of reference. Overall, the AMIBIOS Setup program is easy to use, and fairly intuitive. Note that the graphics in the manual are simpler than those that appear on your screen. http://www.tyan.com... -
Page 33: Main Setup
SuperIO Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Event Log Configuration Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.01 (C) Copyright 1985-2000, American Megatrends Inc. S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 34: Configure Nat366 Serial Port(S) And Parallel Port
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 ] http://www.tyan.com... - Page 35 S.M.A.R.T. [Auto] Select Item 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] General Help ARMD Emulation Type [Auto] Save and Exit Exit v02.01 (C) Copyright 1985-2000, American Megatrends Inc. * Indicates an optional feature not available on all Tomcat i815e models. S2060 Tomcat i815e...
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Page 36: Floppy Configuration
Diskette Write Protect Sets w hether or not the drive can be w ritten to. [Default is Disabled ] Sets w hether or not the BIOS should check for the Floppy Drive Seek drive at bootup. [Default is Disabled ] http://www.tyan.com... -
Page 37: Boot Settings Configuration
Sets the type of caching algorithm that w ill be used for the L1 Internal Cache internal cache memory. [Default is Write-Back ] Sets the type of caching algorithm that w ill be used for the L2 External Cache external cache memory. [Default is Disabled ] S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 38: Event Log Configuration
[Default is Enabled ] If set to Enabled, ECC events w ill be logged. ECC Event Logging On the Tomcat i815e, ECC events are not logged. [Default is Enabled ] If set to Yes, the event log w ill be cleared. -
Page 39: Chipset Menu
Sets maximum memory aperture for onboard AGP port. [Default is 64MB] Init Display Cache Mem ory If enabled, the display cache w ill be initialized at time of system boot. See the table on the next page for more details. [Default is Enabled] S2060 Tomcat i815e... - Page 40 DRAM and the Whitney Sample reads data from SDRAM. [Default is Slow ] Sets clock frequency for RAS and RC. [Default is Slow ] RAS Tim ing RAS Pre-charge Sets clock frequency for RAS and RP. [Default is Slow ] http://www.tyan.com...
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Page 41: Ich Configuration
IRQ9 [Available] Select Screen IRQ10 [Available] Select Item IRQ11 [Available] General Help IRQ14 [Available] Save and Exit Exit v02.01 (C) Copyright 1985-2000, American Megatrends Inc. * Indicates an optional feature available on some models of Tomcat i815e. S2060 Tomcat i815e... - Page 42 [Default is Available ] Allow s listed DMA to be used by PCI / PnP DMA Channel (0,1,3,5,7) devices. [Default is Available ] Specifies size of memory area reserved for Reserved Mem ory Size legacy ISA adapter cards. [Default is Disabled ] http://www.tyan.com...
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Page 43: Power Menu
Sets speed at w hich the system clock runs in Standby mode. Setting is expressed as a percentage betw een normal speed and speed w hen CPU is in pow er saving mode. [Default is 50% ] S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 44: Boot Menu
In this sub screen you can configure security options such as passwords and boot sector virus protection. The status of the Supervisor and User Passwords are shown at the top, and options can be set through the rest of the configuration sub screen. http://www.tyan.com... -
Page 45: Exit Menu
Exit Discarding Changes Do not save changes and exit setup Load optimal settings Load Optim al Defaults NOTE: May not w ork w ith all applications Load failsafe settings Load Failsafe Defaults NOTE: May not be the optimal configuration Disregard all changes you made Discard Changes S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 46: System Resources
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Page 47: Troubleshooting System Problems
If it still beeps, replace the cache memory. 4, 5, 7, or 10 times... for 5 or 7 beeps, first test with a new CPU - if that does not solve the problem, then motherboard must be replaced. S2060 Tomcat i815e... -
Page 48: Displayed Error Messages
Press <F1> to run WINBIOS Setup if this message appears. l l o ! t r . y r i l i t . y t u l i v i t . y r . y r u l i i l i t . y t http://www.tyan.com... - Page 49 I . c i y t i e l l : s i y t i y t i . y r : s i y t i y t i y t i S2060 Tomcat i815e...
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Page 50: Flash Utility
Flash Utility Note: You need to download the Flash Utility from the Tyan web site at: http://www.tyan.com 1. If you want to flash BIOS without updating the boot block, do this: Boot to DOS, and type “flash4mb” followed by the BIOS file name. - Page 51 This page left blank intentionally. S2060 Tomcat i815e...
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Page 52: Appendix Glossary
ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface), also known as IDE or ATA, is a drive implementation that includes the disk controller on the device itself. It allows CD- ROMs and tape drives to be configured as master or slave devices, just like hard drives. http://www.tyan.com... - Page 53 Any main memory above 512MB could never be cached. Closed and open jumpers Jumpers and jumper pins are active when they are On or Closed, and inactive when they are Off or Open. S2060 Tomcat i815e...
- Page 54 EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM, also called Flash BIOS, is a ROM chip which can, unlike normal ROM, be updated. This allows you to keep up with changes in the BIOS programs without having to buy a new chip. TYAN’s BIOS updates can be found at: http://www.tyan.com/html/drivers.html ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) is a format for storing information about Plug and Play devices in the system BIOS.
- Page 55 Form factor is an industry term for the size, shape, power supply type, and external connector type of the PCB (personal computer board) or motherboard. The standard form factors are the AT and ATX, although TYAN also makes some Baby-AT boards. AGlobal timer is an onboard hardware timer, such as the Real Time Clock.
- Page 56 (that is, the data is transmitted in serial form, one bit after another). SIMM (Single In-line Memory Modules) are the most common form of RAM. They must be installed in pairs, and do not have the carrying capacity or the speed of DIMMs. http://www.tyan.com...
- Page 57 ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) sockets make it possible to insert CPUs without damaging the sensitive pins. The CPU is lightly placed in an open ZIF socket, and the metal lever pulled down. This shifts the processor over and down, guiding it into place on the board. S2060 Tomcat i815e...
- Page 58 Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to manufacturer instructions and your local county regulations. Note: The joystick port (optional) maximum output rating is 9 amperes at 5 volts. Document # D1419-101 http://www.tyan.com...