TYAN K8QW User Manual

Thunder K8QW

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S4881G2NR

Revision 1.01

Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2005-2006. 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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TYAN, Thunder K8QW are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation.
AMD, Opteron, and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation.
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malady resulting from errors or inaccuracies of information contained in this documen t.

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Table of Contents
Before you begin… Page 4

Chapter 1: Introduction

Congratulations Page 5
Hardware Specifications Page 5
Software Specifications Page 7

Chapter 2: Board Installation

2.00 Board Image Page 9

2.01 Block Diagram Page 10

2.02 Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors Page 11

2.03 Front Panel Connector (J15) Page 13

2.04 Clear CMOS Jumper (J20) Page 14

2.05 SMBus Connector (J1) Page 14

2.06 USB 2.0 Header (J30, J31,J95) Page 15

2.07 Chassis Intrusion (JP2) Page 15

2.08 Serial Port Internal Header (J101) Page 16

2.09 PCI-X Speed Select Jumper (J11) Page 16

2.10 PCI-X Speed Select Jumper (J12) Page 17

2.11 RI Header (JP1) Page 17

2.12 Gigabit LAN1, LAN2 LED Header (JP4,JP5) Page 18

2.13 IEEE 1394A Pin Header (J27, J28) Page 18

2.14 ID Switch (J118) Page 19

2.15 ID LED (J119) Page 19

2.16 NMI (J22) Page 20

2.17 CPU Fan Connectors
(J117, J116, J108, J109)

2.18 Chassis 4-PIN Fan Connectors
(J103, J104, J105, J106, J107, J110)

2.19 Chassis 3-PIN Fan Connectors (J111, J112) Page 21

2.20 Parallel Header (LPT Connector) Page 22

2.21 PWR Connector (PWR3) Page 22

2.22 PWR Connector (PWR4) Page 23

2.23 OEM Reserved Connectors and Jumpers Page 24

2.24 Installing the processor(s) Page 24

2.25 Heatsink Retention Frame Installation Page 25

2.26 Thermal Interface Material Page 26

2.27 Heatsink Installation Procedures Page 27

2.28 Finishing Installing the Heatsink Page 29

2.29 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 30

2.30 Installing the Memory Page 32

2.31 Attaching Drive Cables Page 35

2.32 Installing Add-In Cards Page 37

2.33 PCI Riser Cards Page 38

2.34 Connecting External Devices Page 39

2.35 Installing the Power Supply Page 39

2.36 Finishing Up Page 40
Chapter 3: BIOS

3.00 BIOS Setup Utility Page 41

3.10 BIOS Menu Bar Page 42

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3.20 BIOS Legend Bar Page 42

3.30 BIOS Main Menu Page 43

3.40 BIOS Advanced Menu Page 44

3.4.1 Hammer Configuration Sub-Menu Page 45

3.4.2 Integrated Devices Sub-Menu Page 48

3.4.3 PCI Configuration Sub-Menu Page 50

3.4.4 IDE Configuration Sub-Menu Page 53

3.4.5 Floppy Configuration Sub-Menu Page 56

3.4.6 I/O Device Configuration Sub-Menu Page 56

3.4.7 Hardware Monitor Sub-Menu Page 57

3.4.8 Console Redirection Sub-Menu Page 58

3.4.9 Watchdog Timer Option Sub-Menu Page 59

3.50 BIOS Memory Menu Page 61

3.60 BIOS Security Menu Page 62

3.70 BIOS Boot Menu Page 63

3.7.1 Boot Device Priority Page 64

3.80 BIOS Power Menu Page 65

3.90 BIOS Exit Menu Page 67

Chapter 4: Diagnostics Page 68
Appendix I: Glossary Page 69

Appendix II: BIOS POST Code Page 74
Technical Supp or t Page 77

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Before you begin…

Check the box contents!

The retail motherboard package should contain the following:

1x Thunder K8QW motherboard

1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable

4 x SATA cable

2x SATA Drive Power Adapter

2x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable

1x Cable set: 9-pin Serial and 25-pin Parallel

1 x 1394 cable

1x Thunder K8QW user’s manual

1x Thunder K8QW Quick Reference guide

1x TYAN driver CD

1x I/O shield with 2 LAN ports

4 x CPU Mounting Kit

If any of these items are missing, please contact your vendor/dealer for replacement
before continuing with the installation process.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Congratulations

You are now the owner of the ideal solution for rackmount servers, large computer
clusters, or pedestal server needs. The Tyan Thunder K8QW features support for
Quad AMD Opteron processors, dual channel GbE Network Adapters and SATA
devices. The Thunder K8QW also offers the option to upgrade to eight-level processing
capabilities through the use of the HT4881 and the M4881 add-on modules.

Remember to visit TYAN’s Website at http://www.TYAN.com
information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS upgrades.

Hardware Specifications

. There you can find

Processor

• Quad µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets

• Supports up to four Single/Dual Core

AMD Opter on

• Four onboard 4-phase VRMs

• Integrated 128-bit DDR Memory

controller

Chipset

• NVIDIA CrushK8-04 Professional

• AMD-8131

• Winbond W83627HF Super I/O chip

• Three Analog Devices ADT7476

Hardware Monitoring IC

Memory

• 128-bit dual channel memory bus

• Sixteen 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

(Four per CPU)

• Supports up to 64 GB Reg/ECC DDR

• Supports DDR266, DDR333, or

DDR400

• Supports Single/Dual and Quad Rank
memory

Expansion Slots

• Two x16 PCI Express slot, one with x4
signals

• Two independent 64-bit PCI-X buses

• One 133 MHz max 3.3V PCI-X slot

from Bridge B

• Two 100 MHz max 3.3V PCI-X slots
from Bridge A

• Total of five usable slots

TM

800 series processors

TM

HyperTransport I/O Hub

Integrated Enhanced IDE
Controller

• Provides two IDE dual-drive
ports for up to four EIDE
devices

• Supports for UDMA 33 /66 /
100 /133 IDE drives and
ATAPI compliant devices

Integrated I/O

• One floppy connector supports
up to two drives

• Two 9-pin serial ports (one
connector and one header) and
One 25-pin parallel port pin­header

• Eight USB 2.0 EHCI ports (two
rear connectors & three headers
with two ports each)

• PS/2 mouse and keyboard

connectors

System Management

• Modular BMC 2x25pin header
for SMDC support

• Ten 4-pin fan headers support
tachometer monitoring and
smart FAN control (PWM)

• Temperature and voltage

monitoring

• One 2-pin Chassis Intrusion
header

• Port 80h LED display

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Integrated SATA Controller (Mfg.
option)

• Four SATA 2.0 ports

• Supports up to Four SATA drives

• Supports RAID 0,1 and 10

Intelligent Plat f or m Ma nag e me nt
Interface Header

• Tyan Server Management Daughter
card (Optional) supports features
listed below via IPMI header

TM

• QLogic

Zircon Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC)
based on powerful ARM7
technology

• Tailored for IPMI 1.5 Spec

• Supports KCS and BT styles

• Flexible Windows and Linux based

Management Solution

• Supports RMCP and SNMP
protocols

• Supports ASF standard and EMP

2

C serial multi-master controllers

• I
and UARTs

• Built-in IPMB connector

• Remote power on/off and reset

support (IPMI-over-LAN)

Hyper Transport™ Connectors

• Two PCI Express x16 slots with
TYAN private signal definition which
uses the Hyper Transport to
connect two HT cards to the M4881.
(CPU Board specifically designed by
TYAN).

Integrated PCI Grap hic s

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• ATI

RageTM XL PCI graphi c s

controller

• 8MB Frame Buffer of video memory

*Not validated at the time of print,
subject to change.

Integrated LAN Controllers

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• Broadcom

BCM5704C dual­channel Gigabit Ethernet
controller

• Two RJ-45 LAN connectors
with LEDs

• Connected to PCI-X Bridge A

• Two Front Panel LED headers

BIOS

• Phoenix BIOS with 4Mbit LPC
Flash ROM

• Watchdog timer

• USB boot support

• 48-bit LBA Support

• Supports PXE via Ethernet

• Power management :S 0 , S1 , S4

and S5

• ACPI 2.0 & 1.0B support

Form Factor

• SSI MEB footprint (13” x 16” /

330.2mm x 406.4mm)

• EPS12V power connectors

• One serial port and one VGA

connector

• Stacked USB 2.0 (two)
connectors

• Stacked PS/2 keyboard and
mouse connectors

• Two RJ-45 side-by-side LAN
connectors with LEDs

Regulatory

• FCC Class B (Declaration of
Conformity)

• European Community CE

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Softwar e Specifications
OS (Operating System) Support

Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (32/64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server (32/64 bit)
SuSE Enterprise 10.0 64-bit
RHEL 3 Update 4 64-bit
RHEL 4 64-bit
Other distributions of Linux pending validation

TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with or
without notice.

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Chapter 2: Board Installation

Precaution: The Thunder K8QW supports EPS12V power supplies (24-pin/8-pin) and will

not operate with any other types.
DO NOT USE ATX 2.x, ATX12V or ATXGES power supplies as they will damage the

board and void your warranty.

How to install o ur products right… the first time

The first thing you should do is read 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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2.00 – Board Image

This picture is represe nt at ive o f t he la te st board r evi si on available at the ti me 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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2.01 – Block Diagram

S4881 Thunder K8QW Block Diagram

Note: The Hyper Transport speed between HT CON & CPU can reach up to 2000MT/S

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2.02 – Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors

This diagram is representat iv e of t h e la t e st board revision available at the ti me of
publishing. The board you receive may not look exact ly like the above diagram.

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Function Settings

J115 Front Panel C onnector

J20 Clear CMOS Jumper

J1 SMBus Connector

J30, J31, J95 USB 2.0 Header

JP2 Chassis intrusion

J101 Serial Port Internal Header

J11

PCI-X channel A frequency
configure

See Section 2.03 for pin out
configuration

Close Pin-2 and Pin-3 (Default)
Normal mode
Close Pin-1 and Pin-2
Clear CMOS mode

See Section 2.05 for pinout
configuration

For front or rear chassis mount
USB connectors

See Section 2.07 for pin out
configuration

See Section 2.08 for pin out
configuration

See Section 2.09 for adjusting
speed

J12

PCI-X channel B frequency
configure

See Section 2.10 for adjusting
speed

JP1 RI Header For external Wake on Ring

JP4, JP5

GbE LAN1, LAN2 LED
Header

See Section 2.12 for pin out

J27, J28 IEEE 1394A Pin Header See Section 2.13

J118, J119 ID Switch & ID LED See Section 2.14, 2.15

J22 NMI See Section 2.16

CPU Fan Connectors See Section 2.17
System Fan Connectors See Section 2.18, 2.19
Parallel Header(LPT CONN) See Section 2.20

PWR CON See Section 2.21, 2.22

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Jumper Legend

OPEN - Jumper OFF Without jumper cover
CLOSED - Jumper ON With jumper cover

To indicate the location of pin-1

To indicate the location of pin-1

2.03 – Front Panel Connector (J115)

Function

HDD
LED+

PIN # PIN

#

1 2 PWR LED+

Function

HDD
LED-

Reset
Button -

Reset
Button +

VCC 9 10 NC

IRRX 11 12 VCC

GND 13 14 KEY
IRTX 15 16 GND

NC 17 18 SPKR

3 4 PWR LED-

5 6

7 8 PWR Button-

PWR
Button+

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2.04 – Clear CMOS Jumper (J20)

Pin_3 Pin_1

Clear

Default

Pin_3 Pin_1

You can reset the CMOS settings by
using this jumper if you have forgotten
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 Pin_1 and
Pin_2 for sever a l seconds to Clear
CMOS

- Put jumper cap back to Pin_2 and
Pin_3 (default setting)

Reconnect power & power on system

2.05 – SMBus Connector (J1)

Pin_1

Pin_1:

SMBus
data

Pin_2:

NA

Use this connector to connect
external SMBUS devices

Pin_3:

SMBus
Clock

Pin_4:
NA

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2.06 – USB 2.0 Header (J30, J31,J95)

2.07 – Chassis intrusion (JP2)

Signal
Description

VCC 1 2 VCC
USB DATA- 3 4 USB DATA -
USB DATA+ 5 6 USB DATA +
GND 7 8 GND
KEY 9 10 NC

Note: USB header is colored blue
to distinguish from IEEE 1394A
header which is colored black.

PIN2

PIN1

Pin # Pin # Signal

Pin-2

GND

Pin-1
INTRUDUER_L

Description

For use with chassis that support
this feature

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2.08 – COM2 Header (J101)

Signal
Description

DCD2_L_SER
(Data Carrier
Detect)

RXD2_SER(Re
ceive-Data)

TXD2_SER(Tra
nsfer-Data)

DTR2_L_SER(
Data-Terminal­Ready)

GND (Ground)

2.09 – PCI-X channel A frequency configure (J11)

Pin # Pin # Signal

Description

DSR2_L_S

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

ER (Data­Set-Ready)

RTS2_L_S
ER(Reques
t-to-Send)

CTS2_L_S
ER(Clear­to-Send)

RI2_L_SE
R(Ring­Indicator)

Key

Open

Closed

J11 is used to adjust PCI-X Bridge A
PCI frequency.

Note: Need close the jumper when
you use the two slots of A bus at
the same time.

Open(Default):100MHz/66MHz;
Closed: 66MHz

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2.10 – PCI-X channel B frequency configure (J12)

J12 is used to adjust PCI-X Bridge B
PCI-X frequency.

Open(Default):133MHz/100MHz/66MHz;
Closed: 100MHz/66MHz

Open

Closed

2.11 – RI Header (JP1)

Pin 1: 5VSB

PIN-2 PIN-1

Pin 2: RI signal

JP1 is Wake on Ring PIN Header

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2. 12– GbE LAN1,LAN2 LED Header (JP4,JP5)

Pin_1:LAN LED+

PIN-1 PIN-2

Pin_2:LAN LED-

Use this 2-pin header to connect
LAN LED on front panel.

2. 13– FireWire(IEEE 1394A) Pin Header (J27,J28)

Signal

Description

TPA+ 1 2 TPA-

GND 3 4 GND

TPB+ 5 6 TPB-

+12V 7 8 +12V

KEY 9 10 GND

Note: IEEE 1394A header is colored
black to distinguish from USB header
which is colored blue.

Pin # Pin

#

Signal

Description

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2.14– ID Switch (J118)

Pin_1:5VSB

PIN-1 PIN-2

Pin_2:Switch
signal-

Use to turn on and turn off ID LED

2.15– ID LED (J119)

Pin_1: Turn on/off
signal

PIN-1 PIN-2

Pin_2: GND

The ID LED is used to help identify a
system for servicing when it is
installed within a high density rack or
cabinet that is populated with several
other similar systems.

The first press of the ID Switch will
turn on the LED, and th e se con d p ress
will turn off ID LED.

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2.16–NMI (J22)

Pin_1: NMI Signal

PIN-1 PIN-2

Pin_2: 3.3VSB

Allows you to issue a non-maskable
interrupt.

2.17– CPU FAN Connectors (J117, J116, J108, J109)

#

J117 CPUFAN0

J116 CPUFAN1

J108 CPUFAN2

FAN

Description

Function

RPM

Read

RPM

Read

RPM

Read

Max

Amp

2.0 A

2.0 A

2.0 A

J109 CPUFAN3

RPM

Read

2.0 A

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2.18– Chassis 4PIN FAN Connectors (J103, J104, J105, J106, J107, J110)

#

J103 SYSFAN1 Read 2.0 A
J107 SYSFAN2 Read 2.0 A
J105 SYSFAN3 Read 2.0 A
J110 SYSFAN4 Read 2.0 A

J106 SYSFAN5 Read 2.0 A

FAN

Description

Function

Amp Rated
(Maximum)

J104 SYSFAN6 Read 2.0 A

2.19 –Chassis 3PIN FAN Connectors（J111,J112）

#

FAN

Description

Function

Amp Rated
(Maximum)

J111 SYSFAN7 Read 1.6 A

J112 SYSFAN8 Read 1.6 A

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2.20– Parallel Header ( LPT CONN )

Signal

Configuration

STB 1 2 AUTFD
DATA0 3 4 ERROR
DATA1 5 6 INIT

DATA2 7 8 SLIN
DATA3 9 10 GND
DATA4 11 12 GND
DATA5 13 14 GND
DATA6 15 16 GND
DATA7 17 18 GND

ACK 19 20 GND

BUSY 21 22 GND

PE 23 24 GND

SLCT 25

PIN # PIN

#

Signal

Configuration

2.21–PWR CON ( PWR3 )




ATX 12V power connector
This power connector
should be plugged when
use 4 rank memory

Signal Pin Pin Signal

GND 1 3 12V
GND 2 4 12V

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2.22–PWR CON ( PWR4 )

Pin Signal

1 12V



2 GND
3 GND
4 5V

1X4 - Pin 5V power connector
This power connector should be plugged
in when using Quad Rank memory

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2.23 – OEM Reserved Connectors and Jumpers
The connectors and jumpers, which are not listed, are reserved for OEM use only .

2.24– Installing the Processor(s)

Your brand new Thunder K8QW supports the latest 64-bit processor technologies from
AMD. Only AMD Opteron

™

processor 800 series are certified and supported with this

motherboard. *
* Your S4881 will not be fully functional unless at least 2 CPU’s or more are used at the

same time. The system will POST with 1 CPU but other functions such as GbE or PCI-X
bus will be none functional.

Check our website for latest processor support. http://www.tyan.com

NOTE We recommend that at least two CPUs should be installed. If only use

two CPUs, please insert them into socket CPU0 and CPU1.

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.

Lift the lever on the socket until it is approximately 90

o

or as far back as possible to the
socket.
Align the processor with the socket. There are keyed pins underneath the processor to
ensure that the processor’s installed correctly.
Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until the processor sits
flush with the socket.
Place the socket lever back down until it locks into place.
Your processor is installed.
Repeat these steps for the second, third and fourth processor if you are using four
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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