TYAN THUNDER K8SRE User manual

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Thunder K8SRE /// S2891
Version 1.0
Copyright
Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2004-2005. All rights reserved. No
part of this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written
consent from TYAN Computer Corp.
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this manual are property of their respective owners including, but not limited to
the following.
TYAN, Taro and Thunder K8SRE are trademarks of TYAN Computer
Corporation.
AMD, Opteron, and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation.
Nvidia and nForce are trademarks of Nvidia Corporation
Microsoft, Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
SuSE,is a trademark of SuSE AG.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds
IBM, PC, AT, and PS/2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation.
Notice
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. TYAN
retains the right to make changes to product descriptions and/or specifications
at any time, without notice. In no event will TYAN 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
document.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Congratulations Page 3
1.2 Hardware Specifications Page 3
1.3 Software Specifications Page 5
Chapter 2: Board Installation
2.1 Board Image Page 8
2.2 Block Diagram Page 9
2.3 Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors Page 10
2.4 Installing the Processor(s) Page 18
2.5 Heatsink Retention Frame Installation Page 19
2.6 Thermal Interface Material Page 20
2.7 Heatsink Installation Procedures Page 21
2.8 Finishing Installing Heatsink Page 23
2.9 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 24
2.10 Installing the Memory Page 25
2.11 Attaching Drive Cables Page 28
2.12 Installing Add-In Cards Page 30
2.13 Connecting External Devices Page 31
2.14 Installing the Power Supply Page 32
2.15 Finishing Up Page 33
Chapter 3: BIOS
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility Page 35
3.2 BIOS Menu Bar Page 36
3.3 BIOS Legend Bar Page 36
3.4 Getting Help Page 36
3.5 BIOS Main Menu Page 37
3.6 BIOS Advanced Menu Page 38
3.7
3.8 BIOS Memory Menu Security Menu Page 52 Page 53
3.9 BIOS Boot Menu Page 54
3.10
3.11 Power Menu BIOS Exit Menu Page 56 Page 57
Chapter 4: Diagnostics Page 59
4.1 Beep Codes Page 59
4.2 Flash Utility Page 59
4.3 BIOS Post Code Page 60
Glossary Page 63
Technical Support Page 69

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions. The Thunder
K8SRE (S2891) is a high-end server mainboard, based on Nvidia nForceTM
Professional 2200 Media and Communications Processor (MCP) and AMD
8131 PCI-X HyperTransport™ Tunnel.
Designed to support up to two AMD Opteron™ (200 series) processors and
16GB of DDR400 memory, the S2891 is ideal for CPU, memory, and network
intensive applications required in the HPC and clustering applications.
1.2 - Hardware Specifications
Processors
•Two uPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
•Two onboard 4-phase VRM
•Supports one or two AMD
OpteronTM processors
•Scalable 32bit and 64bit
computing
•Integrated 144-bit DDR memory
controller (128bit+16bit ECC)
Chipset
•Nvidia nForce Professional 2200
(CrushK8-04 Pro)
•AMD 8131™ PCI-X Tunnel
•Winbond W83627HF Super I/O
•Analog Devices ADT7463
Hardware Monitoring IC
Memory
•128-bit dual channel memory bus
•Total Eight DDR DIMM sockets
(Four per CPU)
•Supports up to 16GB Registered
DDR
•Supports ECC and Chipkill
•Supports DDR400
Integrated Video Controller
•ATI®RAGE XL PCI VGA w/8MB
onboard memory
Integrated LAN Controllers
•One Broadcom®BCM5704 Dual
Port GbE
- Connected to PCI-X bus A
(133MHz)
- Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with
LEDs
- Two front panel LED headers
Integrated Enhanced IDE
Controller
•Two IDE dual-drive ports for up to
four EIDE devices
•Supports for ATA-133 IDE drives
and ATAPI devices
System Management
•Total ten 3-pin fan headers with
PWM support
- Seven fan headers with
tachometer
•One 2-pin chassis intrusion hdr
•Temperature, voltage and fan
monitoring
•Port 80h LED 7-segment display

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Expansion Slots
•One PCI Express x16 slot with
riser support for the following
configuration
- One 16 slot
- Future multiple slot riser support
in development (Check
TYAN.COM for updates)
•One Tyan TAROTM SODIMM
100MHz (PCI-X B)
•One PCI-X 100MHz slot (PCI-X B)
•Total of three usable slots in
pedestal chassis or two slots in
1U rackmount configuration
Integrated SATAII Controllers
•Two integrated dual port SATAII
controllers
•Four SATA connectors support up
to four drives
•Supports 3.0Gb/s per port
•NvRAIDTM v2.0 support
•Supports RAID 0, 1, and 0+1
Integrated I/O
•One floppy connector supports up
to two drives
•One parallel port header and two
serial ports (one connector, one
header)
•Six USB2.0 ports (two rear
connectors & four front panel
headers)
•One 15-pin VGA connector
•PS/2 mouse and keyboard
connectors
Regulatory
•FCC Class B (DoC)
•European Community CE (DoC)
Intelligent Platform
Management Interface Header
•Tyan Server Management
Daughter card (optional)
supports features listed below
via SMDC header
- Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC)
- Tailored for IPMI
- Supports KCS and BT styles
- Flexible Windows or Linux
management solution
- Supports RMCP and SNMP
protocols
- Supports ASF standard and EMP
- 12C serial multi-master controllers
and UARTs
- Built-in IPMB connector
- Remote power on/off and reset
support (IPMI-over-LAN)
BIOS
•Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit LPC
Flash ROM
•ACPI 2.0 and SRAT support
•PXE via Ethernet
•USB device boot
•SMBIOS 2.3.1, BBS 1.1 compliant
•48-bit LBA support
Form Factor
•Extended ATX Footprint (12”x13”,
304.8x330.2mm)
•SSI 3.0/3.51 (24 + 8 pin) power
connectors
•Serial (one) and VGA (one)
connectors
•Stacked USB 2.0 (two)
connectors
•Stacked PS/2 connectors
•Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with
LEDs

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1.3 - Software Specifications
OS (Operating System) Support
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
SUSE Professional 9.x and SLES 9
RHEL3 Update 4
TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with
or without notice.
Remember to visit TYAN’s websit at http://www.tyan.com. There you can find
information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, manuals, and BIOS updates.

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NOTES:

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Chapter 2: Board Installation
Precautions: The Thunder K8SRE supports SSI, EPS12V type power supplies
(24pin + 8pin) and will not operate with any other types. For proper power
supply installation procedures see page 32.
DO NOT USE ATX 2.x or ATXGES power supplies as they will damage the
board and void your warranty.
How to install our products right… the first time
The first thing you should do is reading this user’s manual. It contains important
information that will make configuration and setup much easier. Here are some
precautions you should take when installing your motherboard:
(1) Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard from the
antistatic bag. Unplug the power from your computer power supply and
then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge (i.e. power
supply case). For the safest conditions, TYAN recommends wearing a
static safety wrist strap.
(2) Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the
board, or flex the board in any way.
(3) Avoid touching the motherboard components, IC chips, connectors,
memory modules, and leads.
(4) Place the motherboard on a grounded antistatic surface or on the
antistatic bag that the board was shipped in.
(5) Inspect the board for damage.
The following pages include details on how to install your motherboard into your
chassis, as well as installing the processor, memory, disk drives and cables.
NOTE DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN
DAMAGED

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2.1- Board Image
This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at
the time of publishing. The board you receive may or may not look
exactly like the above picture.
The following page includes details on the vital components of this
motherboard.

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2.2 - Block Diagram
Thunder K8SRE (S2891) Block Diagram

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2.3 - Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors
This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of
publishing. The board you receive may not look exactly like the above diagram.
Jumper Legend
 OPEN - Jumper OFF, without jumper cover
 CLOSED – Jumper ON, with jumper cover

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Jumper/Connector Function
J14 Onboard Buzzer/Speaker Header
J25/J140 USB Front Panel Header
J42 COM2 Header
J53 PCI-X Slot & TARO Connector Bus Speed Override
J73/J75 Front Panel LAN LED Headers
J77 INTR-Chassis Intrusion Header
J85 ATI Video Disable Jumper
J87 Gigabit Ethernet Disable Jumper
J112 Clear CMOS Jumper
J113 PCI Express x16 slot with riser card support
J139 Front Panel Header
TARO Connector Connector for TYAN TARO
TM
SO-DIMM Controller
Cards

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J14
J25
J140
J42
J77
J53

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J14: Onboard Buzzer/Speaker Header
 Closed Pin-3 and 4 (Default) - Onboard Buzzer
enabled
 Open Pin-3 and 4 – Disable onboard buzzer or
connect to chassis speaker.
J25 & J140: USB Front Panel Headers





Use these headers to connect to chassis front panel
USB connectors.
Signal Pin Pin Signal
VCC 1 2 VCC
Data - 3 4 Data -
Data + 5 6 Data +
GND 7 8 GND
KEY 9 10 GND
J42: COM2 Header





Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2.
Signal Pin Pin Signal
Data Carrier Detect 1 2 Data-Set-Ready
Receive-Data 3 4 Request-to-Send
Transfer-Data 5 6 Clear-to-Send
Data Terminal Ready 7 8 Ring-Indicator
Ground 9 10 NC/KEY
J77: INTR-Chassis Intrusion Header
 Pin1: Case Open
Pin2: GND
J53: PCI-X Slot & TARO Connector Bus Speed Override
 Open-(Default) Allows PCI-X slot and the TARO slot to
operate at up to 100MHz (Maximum one PCI-X 100
device)
 Closed-Forces PCI-X slot and the TARO slot to operate
at a maximum bus speed of 66MHz.

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J85: ATI Video Disable
 Open-(Default) Enable onboard video
 Closed-Disable onboard video
J113
The PCI Express x16 slot supports 1U or 2U riser cards. See p. 4 for the
detailed configuration.
J85
J87
J112
J139
J113
TARO
J73
J75

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J87: Gigabit Ethernet Disable
 Open-(Default) Enable onboard Gigabit Ethernet
 Closed-Disable onboard Gigabit Ethernet
J112: Reset CMOS Jumper

(Clear)

(Default)
You can reset CMOS settings by using this jumper if
you have lost your system/setup password or need to
clear system BIOS setting.
Power off system and disconnect both power
connectors from the motherboard.
Use jumper cap to close J112 for several seconds to
Clear CMOS.
Remove jumper cap (default setting).
Reconnect power & power on system.
J139: Front Panel Header
J73/J75: Front Panel LAN LED Headers


Pin1 Yellow+
Pin2 Yellow-
100Mb
LNK/ACT
Pin3 Green+
Pin4 Green- 10Mb
LNK/ACT
Gigabit
LNK/ACT
TARO SO-DIMM Connector
The TARO connector supports TYAN M7901, M7902 and M8110.
HDDLED+ 12 PWR LED+
HDDLED- 34 PWR LED-
Reset SW 56 PWR SW
Reset SW 78 PWR SW
+5V 910 SLEEP SW
NC 1112 SLEEP SW
+5V Standby 1314 NC (KEY)
SMBUS DATA 1516 GND
SMBUS CLOCK 1718 Chassis Intr# (Active
Low)

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FAN8
FAN9
FAN6FAN5
FAN2
FAN1
FAN7
FAN3
FAN4

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Fan Connectors and Hardware Monitoring
1 2 3

Pin1=Ground
Pin2= +12v
Pin3= Tachometer
Use these headers to connect the processor or chassis
cooling fan to your motherboard to keep the system
stable and reliable.
FAN1 Direct +12V from power supply
(No power control and tachometer monitor)
FAN2 Fan power control: ADT7463A pin10
Fan tachometer monitor: ADT7463A pin12
FAN3 Fan power control: W83627HF/AW pin116
Fan tachometer monitor: W83627HF/AW pin113
FAN4 Fan power control: W83627HF/AW pin115
Fan tachometer monitor: W83627HF/AW pin112
FAN5 Direct +12V from power supply
(No power control and tachometer monitor)
FAN6 Fan power control: ADT7463A pin11
Fan tachometer monitor: ADT7463A pin24
FAN7 Direct +12V from power supply
(No power control and tachometer monitor)
FAN8 Fan tachometer monitor: W83627HF/AW pin111
FAN9 Fan power control: ADT7463A pin13
Fan tachometer monitor: ADT7463A pin9
CPU Temperature Monitoring
CPU1: ADT7463A pin15 and 16 (with processor differential thermal output)
CPU2: ADT7463A pin17 and 18 (with processor differential thermal output)
CPU1 area: W83627HF/AW pin104 (with R1794 10K themistor)
CPU2 area: W83627HF/AW pin103 (with R1792 10K themistor)
CPU VRM area: W83627HF/AW pin102 (with R179310K themistor)
Voltage Monitoring
+12V ADT7463A pin21
+5V ADT7463A pin20
3.3V W83627HF pin98
+3.3V standby ADT7463A pin4
CPU1 Vcore 1.55 V W83627HF pin100
CPU2 Vcore 1.55 V W83627HF pin99
CPU1 DDR VTT 1.25V W83627HF pin96
CPU2 DDR VTT 1.25V ADT7463A pin23
CPU1 DDR 2.5V W83627HF pin95
CPU2 DDR 2.5V ADT7463A pin22

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2.4 - Installing the Processor(s)
Your brand new Thunder K8SRE supports the latest 64-bit processor
technology from AMD. Only AMD Opteron™ processor 200 series are certified
and supported with this motherboard.
Check our website for latest processor support. http://www.tyan.com
NOTE If using a single processor, it MUST be installed in socket
CPU0. When using a single processor only CPU0 memory
banks are addressable.
TYAN is not liable for damage as a result of operating an unsupported
configuration.
The diagram is provided as a visual guide to help you install socket processors
and may not be an exact representation of the processors you have.
Step 1: Lift the lever on the socket until it is approximately 90o or as far back as
possible to the socket.
Step 2: Align the processor with the socket. There are keyed pins underneath
the processor to ensure that the processor’s installed correctly.
Step 3: Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until
the processor sits flush with the socket.
Step 4: Place the socket lever back down until it locks into place. The
installation is finished.
Repeat these steps for the second processor if you are using two processors.
Take care when installing processors as they have very fragile connector pins
below the processor and can bend and break if inserted improperly.

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2.5 - Heatsink Retention Frame Installation
After you are done installing the processor(s), you should proceed to installing
the retention frame and heatsink. The CPU heatsink will ensure that the
processors do not overheat and continue to operate at maximum performance
for as long as you own them. Overheated processors are also dangerous to the
motherboard.
The backplate assembly prevents excessive motherboard flexing in the area
near the processor and provides a base for the installation of the heatsink
retention bracket and heatsink.
Because there are many different types of heatsinks available from many
different manufacturers, a lot of them have their own method of installation. For
the safest method of installation and information on choosing the appropriate
heatsink, use heatsinks validated by AMD. Please refer to AMD’s website at
www.amd.com.
The following diagram will illustrate how to install the most common CPU back
plates:
1. Mounting screws
2. Heatsink retention frame
3. CPU socket
4. Motherboard PCB
5. Adhesive insulator
material
6. Backplate assembly
NOTE: Please see next
section for specific
instructions on how to install
mounting bracket.

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2.6 - Thermal Interface Material
There are two types of
thermal interface materials
designed for use with the
AMD Opteron processor.
The most common material
comes as a small pad
attached to the heatsink at
the time of purchase. There
should be a protective cover
over the material. Take care
not to touch this material.
Simply remove the protective
cover and place the heatsink
on the processor.
The second type of interface
material is usually packaged
separately. It is commonly
referred to as ‘thermal
compound’. Simply apply a
thin layer on to the CPU lid
(applying too much will
actually reduce the cooling).
NOTE
Always check with the manufacturer of the heatsink &
processor to ensure the Thermal Interface material is
compatible with the processor & meets the manufacturer’s
warranty requirements