User manual TYAN TIGER 230

[. . . ] TM Tiger 230 S2507 Motherboard User's Manual Revision 1. 01 Copyright © Tyan Computer Corporation, 2000. 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. VIA, Apollo Pro 133A are trademarks of Via Technologies, Inc. Information contained in this document is furnished by Tyan Computer Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to printing. Tyan assumes no liability whatsoever, and disclaims any express or implied warranty, relating to sale and/or use of Tyan products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability. [. . . ] This can be auto-detected (when you select Auto for Type), or you can manually set this mode to Disabled. [Default setting is Auto] When set to Auto, the block mode auto-detects the optimal number of block read/writes per section that the drive supports. [Default is 0] Programming input/output is a method of transmitting data between devices that use the system's CPU as part of the data path. There are 6 modes: 5 with their own transmission speed and 1 auto mode. [Default is Auto] This option secifies the Direct Memory Access mode for the IDE device. [Default is Auto] LBA/Large Mode Block (Multi-sector Transfer) PIO Mode BIOS DMA Mode S. M. A. R. T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) 32Bit Data Transfer If set to On, this option allows for the transmission of 32-bits in parallel (e. g. [Default is Enabled] Specifies the type of emulation used for a non-disk device attached as the primary master IDE device. [Default is Auto] ARMD Emulation Type The following settings are also available in the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Drive A The settings are 360KB 5. 25", 1. 2MB 5. 25", 720KB 3. 5", 1. 44MB 3. 5", or 2. 88MB 3. 5". [Default setting is Disabled] Sets whether you have a Japanese standard mode floppy (1. 2MB storage on 3. 5" drive). [Default is Disabled] Sets whether or not the drive can be written to. [Default is Disabled] Sets whether or not the BIOS should check for the drive at bootup. [Default is Disabled] Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Video Halt On Tiger 230 S2507 29 3. 2-D. Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields, as they are shown only for your information. The fields show the total installed random access memory (RAM) and amounts allocated to base, extended, and other memory. RAM is the computer's working emmory, where the computer stroes programs and data currently being used, so that they are accessible to the CPU. RAM is counted in kilobytes (KB: approximately one thousand bytes) and megabytes (MB: approximately one million bytes). Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1MB, but current PCs and their software can use extended memory. DOS may load terminate-and-stay (TSR) programs in this area, such as device drivers, to free as much conventional memory as possible for applications. Lines in your config. sys file that start with loadhigh, load programs into high memory, for example. Base Memory Extended memory Other Memory 3. 3 Advanced BIOS Features This section may allow the user to alter certain settings that affect the way their computer boots up, checks CPU cache, and other advanced features. Please note that you should not alter settings in this BIOS section unless you are absolutely sure that you know what you are doing. Virus Warning Sets whether the BIOS should try to auto-detect for boot virii, etc. [Default setting is Disabled] Sets whether or not your installed CPU has internal cache [Default setting is Enabled] Sets whether or not external cache is installed. [. . . ] Devices and operating systems that are not Plug-n-Play require you to reconfigure your system each time you add or change any part of your hardware. Striping: see RAID. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks): a way for the same data to be stored in different places on many hard drives. By using this method, the data is stored redundantly, also the multiple hard drives willl appear as a single drive to the operating system. RAID level 0 is is known as striping, where data is striped (or overlapped) across multiple hard drives, but offers no fault-tolerance. RAID level 1 is known as mirroring, which stores the data within at least two hard drives, but does not stripe. [. . . ]