1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. TYAN Manuals
  4. Motherboard
  5. TRINITY 400
  6. Manual

TYAN TRINITY 400 Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for TRINITY 400:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

See also: User Manual
Tyan S1854
Trinity 400
Motherboard User's Manual
Revision 2.02
Copyright © Tyan Computer Corporation, 2000. All rights reserved. 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 companies including, but not limited to the
following.
Award is a trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
IBM, PC, AT, PS/2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
INTEL, Pentium II/ III, Celeron are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
S1854 Trinity 400 are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation.
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. The information
contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
PRINTED IN TAIWAN

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Related Manuals for TYAN TRINITY 400

Summary of Contents for TYAN TRINITY 400

  • 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.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Introduction....................4 Overview.....................4 Icons....................5 Chipset Hardware Specifications/Feaures........6 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................16 Clear CMOS & Reset Password ..........17 Soft Power Connector..............
  • Page 3 4. System Resources..................63 Beep Codes..................63 Troubleshooting System Problems..........64 Displayed Error Messages.............64 Appendix -1 Glossary..................67 Appendix -2 Retention module Installaion..........74 Compliance Information................79...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction Overview The S1854 Trinity 400 is a quality, high performance motherboard designed for Socket 370 Intel Celeron and Slot 1 Intel PII/ PIII microprocessors. The Trinity 400 utilizes the VIA VT82C694X with Award BIOS for S1854 & S1854-A models.

  • Page 5: Icons

    Prevent damage to yourself and to your board: always ensure that your system is turned off and unplugged whenever you are working with it, and that you are equipped with a static safety device. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 6: Chipset Hardware Specifications/Feaures

    •S1854 requires compatible I/O shield BIOS Information •Award Plug and Play flash BIOS •Deep Green, Energy Star, ACPI, Year 2000, •Soft power-down, multiple boot options •Win95/Win98/NT4/Win2000 ready, DMI 2.0 compliant •PCI 2.2, APM 1.1 compliant (All PCI slots have a 3.3V standby) http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 7: Software Specifications

    •Joystick, Audio in, Speaker, Microphone connectors Software Specifications •Operates with MS-DOS ver 6.22, Windows 98 & Win98 SE, Windows NT 4.0, Novell 5.0 Windows 2000(RC3) pending, SCO Unix 5.01 Linux 6.0 Please refer to web for OS updates S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 8: Technical Support

    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. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 9 This page left blank intentionally. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 10: Board Installation

    ATX mainboard form factor. How to install our products right...the first time. What’s the first thing I should do? The first thing you should do is read this user’s manual. It contains important information which will make configuration and setup much easier. http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 11: Installation Steps

    2. Mount Motherboard in Chassis procedure 3. Install Memory 4. Install CPU & Cooling Fan 5. Connect IDE and Floppy Drives 6. Connect Power Supply 7. Install Add-on Cards 8. Connect PS/2, USB, Serial and Parallel Devices S1854 Trinity 400...

  • 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

    Int. SPKR PCI slot 5 Flash BIOS PCI slot 6 SPKR 3 volt JP20(reserved) lithium ISA slot battery The tiny “1”s next to jumpers of 3 pins or more indicate the position of pin 1 for that jumper. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 14 Chapter 2 Board Installation Figure 2-4 : Map of S1854 Features PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard 3 DIMM slots ports Socket 370 for Slot 1 Type for Celeron CPU Pentium II/III Fuse 1, 2 1 ISA slot http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 15 If you are using a Slot 1 Type CPU, please close the jumper, if your CPU is a socket please leave the jumper open. JP21(CPU Select) Warning: If JP21 is set to the incorrect CPU type, there will be no video display at Post. Please correct the jumper setting and reboot the system. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 16: Setting Jumpers

    JP10 -13 according to the specification of your CPU using the chart below. After the system is ready to boot the BUS Speed is auto-detected. Presently all Celeron CPUs use a 66MHz bus speed. (Tyan does not recom- mend operating CPUs, memory, or PCI Bus at higher than rated speed. Tyan takes no responsibility for any problems related to overclocking any bus or component on the system board.)

  • Page 17: Clear Cmos & Reset Password

    3. Wait for 2 seconds, then return jumper JP2 to pins 1 and 2. 4. Power on the system again. By following this procedure, you will erase your password and reset the CMOS to the BIOS defaults. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 18: Hardware Reset Switch Connector Installation

    Board Installation 1-G Soft Power Connector The Soft Power Connector is part of jumper block J16. The Trinity 400 uses the chipset for power management, including turning on and off the system. If the Power Button Function option in the BIOS Power Management Menu is set to On/Off (which is the default), pressing the power button once after the BIOS has booted up will turn the system on and off.

  • Page 19: Power Led Connector

    3V lithium battery (Sony CR2032). Flash EEPROM The Trinity 400 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 utility (see page 60).

  • Page 20: Installing Memory

    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 21 DIMM (see Figure 2-6 on the next page). To remove your DIMM, simply pull the clips back, and pull up on the module. Place the DIMMs in an anti-static bag as soon as you remove them to avoid static damage. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 22 *Note: The image above is used to illustrate a concept and may not represent the actual image of your motherboard. The Trinity 400 uses a 64-bit data path from memory to CPU and can accommo- date up to 768MB of SDRAM. The 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Modules) must be of the 3.3V, unbuffered variety.
  • Page 23 PC-100 DIMM is required if CPU bus speed is at 100MHz The table below shows some of the possible memory configurations. Not all possible configurations are listed. *1.5GB memory onboard not verified at time of print please see website for details. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 24: Installing The Cpu And Cooling Fan

    4. Installing the CPU and Cooling Fan Socket 370 type Celeron processors (300 through 533MHz) and Slot 1 type Pentium II/III can be used on the Trinity 400. Please refer to page 15 for the correct CPU jumper settings for your CPU. Remember: •...
  • Page 25 The type of cooler used has no effect on performance, and both types can be installed in the CPU slot on the Trinity 400 board. Figure 2-9b...
  • Page 26 There will be a plastic clip assembly similar to that of the ATX power connector that will force you to connect the fan cable correctly see Figure 2-13 on the following page. http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 27: Connecting Ide And Floppy Drives

    UltraDMA/66 IDE HDDs require the use of a special 80-pin cable, which we have included with the motherboard. This cable is backward compatible with UDMA/33 and Legacy IDE HDDs. NOTE: The BLUE end of the UDMA/66 cable goes to the motherboard. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 28: Connecting Floppy Drives

    In most cases, there will be a key pin on the cable which will force you to connect the cable properly. http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 29: Installing Add On Cards

    ! ! ! ! ! • NEVER force a card into a slot. If it doesn’t fit, look at the socket on the computer to make sure there are no wires or important! other obstructions to the slot. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 30: Connecting Ps/2, Usb, Serial And Parallel Devices

    It is fast enough to support video transfer, and is capable of supporting up to 127 daisy-chained peripheral devices. Figures 2-16 and 2-17 on the following page shows the USB ports on the left and PS/2 ports on the right (respectively). http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 31: Connecting Com And Printer Ports

    “hot plugging,” and may damage your system.Figure 2-18 above shows the ATX double row connectors on this board. The Com and Printer ports, as well as the other ports, are labeled. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 32: Connecting The Power Supply

    8. Connecting the Power Supply Tyan recommends using an ATX power supply that conforms to industry standard revision 2.01. The Trinity 400 motherboard comes equipped with one onboard power connector. Figure 2-16 below shows an ATX power connec- tor. When plugging in the power connector, make sure that the plastic clip on the power connector is aligned with the plastic tab on the onboard connector (see Figure 2-17 below).

  • Page 33: Bios Configuration

    The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 34: Starting Setup

    Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc> or the F1 key again. http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 35: In Case Of Problems

    The Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen by Award Software or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may causing the system to become un- stable. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 36: Main Setup Menu

    USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc : Quit : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 37 BIOS defaults are factory settings for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults are factory settings for optimal-performance system operations. Save & Exit Setup Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit Setup. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 38: Standard Cmos Setup

    The time format is based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Press the arrow keys to move to the desired field. Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the desired value into the field. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 39 LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 40 , r o l l a , l l . s r e t t , s r , l l e t t . s r , r o , l l . s r http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 41: Bios Features Setup

    PC AT BIOS. This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. The example screen below may vary from the one in your Setup program. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 42 Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option Setup Setup PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Disabled OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2 Non-OS2 Report No FDD for WIin95 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow Disabled Disabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow Disabled Disabled http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 43 A, and then on drive C (hard disk). However, modern computers usually load the operating system from the hard drive, and may even load it from a CD-ROM drive. The BIOS now offers a large number of boot devices and boot sequence options. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 44 15, 20, 24 or 30 characters per second. Typematic Delay (Msec) When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic delay (the delay before key strokes begin to repeat) of 250, 500, 750 or 1000 millisec- onds. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 45 BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expan- sion card firmware. If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM- based firmware, you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 46: Chipset Features Setup

    CAS access time by 1 clock tick. SDRAM Cycle Length This field sets the CAS latency timing. DRAM Clock Allows you to set the memory clock speed to either 66MHz or equal to the CPU clock speed, depending on your memory speed. http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 47: Memory Hole

    Default is set to 1 Level. System BIOS Cacheable If Enabled, results in better system performance by permitting caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh. Any program which tries to write to this memory area, however, may cause a system error. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 48 Enables the 4X AGP mode for higher AGP throughput. A 4X AGP graphics card is required to enable this function. Due to Tyan’s commitment to advanced technologies and first to market, not all high performance 4X AGP graphics cards are compatible w/ our S1854 at the time of print, please go to our web site for the latest update.

  • Page 49: Power Management Setup

    Video Off After Suspend Suspend Video Off Method V/ H SYNC+Blank V/ H SYNC+Blank MODEM Use IRQ Soft-Off by PWRBTN Delay 4 sec Instant-Off HDD Pow er Dow n Disabled Disabled Doze Mode Disabled Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Disabled S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 50 . ) e Power Saving Function This function allows your system to reduce power consumption when it is idle. PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 51 The following modes are Green PC power saving functions that are user- configurable only in User Defined Power Management mode. HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity (1 to 15 minutes), the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 52 This feature allows remote power up through a LAN connection when used in conjunction with a Wake on LAN compliant network adapter and appropriate software. Primary INTR A system peripheral signals that it wants to gain the attention of the operating http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 53 IRQ0 (System Timer) IRQ7 (LPT1) IRQ1 (Keyboard) IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) IRQ2 (Cascade- Reserved) IRQ9 (FREE) IRQ3 (COM2) IRQ10 (FREE) IRQ4 (COM1) IRQ11 (FREE) IRQ5 (FREE) IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) IRQ13 (Coprocessor) IRQ14 (Primary IDE) IRQ15 (Seconday IDE) S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 54: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Enabled Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled Enabled PCI#2 Access #1 Retry Disabled Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled Disabled Assign IRQ for USB Enabled Enabled Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled Enabled http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 55 Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specifica- tion version 2.1. PCI#2 Access #1 Retry Select Enabled to rotate priority of PCI masters. AGP Master 1 WS Write Select Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations. S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 56 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration AGP Master 1 WS Read Select Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read operations. Assign IRQ for VGA Assign an IRQ number to your VGA adapter. http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 57: Intergrated Peripherals

    IDE Primary Master UDMA Disabled Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Disabled Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Disabled Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Disabled Auto Init Display First KBC Input Clock 8 MHz 8 MHz Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enabled S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 58 (for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports), the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. Init Display First Select the type of display adapter used in your system. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 59 If it is set to On, the computer will power on when power is restored. If the setting is set to KEEP, the computer will return to the previous state before the power was interrupted. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 60: Flash Writer Utility

    (*This file name is subject to change and can have either a .bin or .rom extension.) The FMW records (or programs) a new BIOS onto the flash memory chip. You cannot upgrade an Award BIOS to an AMI BIOS or vice-versa. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 61 BIOS file is in the same directory as the FMW utility. To start FMW, change to the “Flash” directory if you are not already in it. Type “awdflash” at the DOS command line and press the <Enter> key. The FMW utility screen will appear: S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 62 Warning: If you do not successfully install a complete BIOS file in the flash memory on the mainboard, your system may not be able to boot. If this hap- pens, it will require service by your system vendor. Follow the instructions in this section precisely to avoid such an inconvenience. http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 63: System Resources

    Displayed error messages, in most cases, allow the system to continue to boot. Displayed error messages are described on pages 64-65. See the top of the next page for the beep code chart. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 64: Troubleshooting System Problems

    The system will not halt if the Wait for <F1> If Any Error option in Advanced Setup is Disabled. RUN SETUP UTILITY may also appear. Press <F1> to run AwardBIOS Setup if this message appears. Please see the following page for a chart for possible error messages and explainations. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 65 . y r f i d r e f u l i o i t e z i f i d r e f i l i t . y t S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 66 . t o : s i y t i y t i . y r : s i y t i y t i . s s y t i http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 67: Appendix -1 Glossary

    CPU is closer to the power supply and cooling fan. The keyboard, mouse, serial, USB, and parallel ports are built in. Bandwidth refers to carrying capacity. The greater the bandwidth, the more S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 68 Closed and open jumpers Jumpers and jumper pins are active when they are On or Closed, and inactive when they are Off or Open. CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors are chips that hold the basic start-up information for the BIOS. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 69 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/support/html/bios_s1854.html ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) is a format for storing informa- tion about Plug and Play devices in the system BIOS.
  • Page 70 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.
  • Page 71 Novice end users can simply plug them into a computer that is running on a Plug and Play-aware operating system (such as Windows 95), and go to work. Devices and operating systems that are not Plug and Play require you to S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 72 In Standby mode, the video and fixed disk drive shut down; all other devices operate normally. UltraDMA/66 is a fast version of the old DMA channel. UltraDMA is also called UltraATA. Without UltraDMA your system cannot take advantage of the higher data transmission rates of the new UltraATA hard drives. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 73 ZIF socket 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. S1854 Trinity 400...

  • Page 74: Appendix -2 Retention Module Installaion

    Currently, the retention module recommended for securing the SECC2 CPU is included in the motherboard package. The reten- tion brace consists of a foldable bracket that secures the CPU. (See Figure B on the following page) Lower Tabs Figure A http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 75 Line up the CPU with the slot and slide CPU into the module from the top until you here a click. (See Figure C). The end result should look like Figure D on the following page. Figure C S1854 Trinity 400...
  • Page 76 Release the CPU from the retention module by gently bending the two ends of the retention module away from the CPU. With the module out of the way, pull the CPU out of the slot This may require careful firm tugs to pull the CPU out of its slot. http://www.tyan.com...
  • Page 77 Another method to secure an SECC2 CPU is by using the Universal Top Clip Retention Module (also provided by Tyan). The universal retention module is designed to accommodate most versions of the Pentium Celeron CPUs. Included in this Side Braces...
  • Page 78 When both ends of the CPU is loose from the side braces and the slot, you will be able to remove it from the motherboard. Figure J *The pictures shown are used to illustrate a concept and may not represent your motherboard http://www.tyan.com...

  • Page 79: Compliance Information

    Dispose of used batteries according to manufacturer instructions.F1 (Fuse 1), F2 (Fuse 2): Rated 30V DC, hold current at 1.6 A. Note: The joystick port maximum output rating is 9 amperes at 5 volts. Document # D1373-202 S1854 Trinity 400...

This manual is also suitable for:

S1854

Table of Contents