TYAN S2866, S2866A2NRF, S2866G3NR User Manual
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Tomcat K8E-SLI
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S2866
Version 1.2
Copyright
Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of
this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from
TYAN Computer Corp.
Trademark
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this manual are property of their respective owners including, but not limited to
the following.
TYAN, Tomcat K8E-SLI are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation.
AMD, Athlon, and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation.
Phoenix, Phoenix-AwardBIOS are trademarks of Phoenix Technologies.
Microsoft, Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
SuSE,is a trademark of SuSE AG.
IBM, PC, AT, and PS/2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
Broadcom® is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation and/or its subsidiaries
ATI and Rage XL are trademarks of ATI Corporation
nVIDIA, nForce are trademarks of NVIDIA 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
Check the box contents! Page 4
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Congratulations Page 5
1.2 Hardware Specifications Page 5
1.3 Software Specifications Page 7
Chapter 2: Board Installation
2.1 Board Image Page 10
2.2 Block Diagram Page 11
2.3 Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors Page 12
2.4 Installing the Processor Page 24
2.5 Heatsink Retention Frame Installation Page 25
2.6 Thermal Interface Material Page 26
2.7 Heatsink Installation Procedures Page 27
2.8 Finishing Installing Heatsink Page 29
2.9 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 30
2.10 Installing the Memory Page 31
2.11 Attaching Drive Cables Page 33
2.12 Installing Add-In Cards Page 35
2.13 Installing Graphic Cards & SLI Bridge Page 36
2.14 Connecting External Devices Page 39
2.15 Installing the Power Supply Page 41
2.16 Finishing Up Page 41
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
3.1 About the BIOS Page 43
3.2 Setup Basics Page 43
3.3 Getting Help Page 43
3.4 In Case of Problems Page 44
3.5 BIOS Main Menu Page 44
3.6 Standard CMOS Features Menu Page 46
3.7 Advanced BIOS Menu Page 48
3.8 Advanced Chipset Menu Page 54
3.9 Integrated Peripherals Page 58
3.10 Power Management Menu Page 62
3.11 PnP/PCI Configurations Menu Page 65
3.12 PC Health Status Menu Page 66
3.13 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu Page 68
3.14 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults Page 69
3.15 Supervisor/User Password Setting Page 69
3.16 Save & Exit Setup/Exit without Saving Page 70
Chapter 4: Diagnostics
4.1 Beep Codes Page 71
4.2 Flash Utility Page 71
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Appendix: SMDC Information
Page 72
Glossary
Page 74
Technical Support
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Check the box contents!
Item S2866A2NRF S2866G3NR
1x Tomcat K8E S2866A2NRF
motherboard
1x Tomcat K8E S2866G3NR
motherboard
1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable
1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable
4 x SATA cable 4 x SATA cable
2 x SATA Drive Power Adapter
2 x SATA Drive Power
Adapter
1 x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE
cable
1 x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE
cable
1 x IEEE1394a Cable -
1 x USB2.0 cable 1 x USB2.0 cable
1 x Tomcat K8E user’s
manual
1 x Tomcat K8E user’s
manual
1 x Tomcat K8E Quick
Reference guide
1 x Tomcat K8E Quick
Reference guide
1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x TYAN driver CD
1 x I/O shield 1 x I/O shield
1 x SLI card 1 x SLI card
1 x SLI bridge -
1x Retention Module 1 x Retention Module
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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions. The Tomcat
K8E-SLI (S2866) is a flexible AMD64 platform for multiple applications, based
on NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra or NVIDIA nForce pro2200 and SMSC DME1737
chipsets.
Designed to support AMD® Athlon™ /Opteron™ series processors and 4GB
DDR 400/333 memory, the S2866 with integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN,
built-in 16MB XGI XG20TM video and four serial ATA ports, is ideal for CPU,
memory, and video intensive applications such as CAD, Graphics Design, and
High Bandwidth Video Editing, etc.
Remember to visit TYAN’s Website at http://www.TYAN.com. There you can
find information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS
upgrades.
1.2 - Hardware Specifications
Processor
•uPGA 939-pin socket
•AMD Athlon 64 939 processor up
to Athlon 64 4000+, Athlon64
FX57, X2, and 939 Opteron 144,
148, 152, 165, 170, 175
•Up to 1000 MHz Hyper-Transport
link support
Expansion Slots
•One x16 PCI-E connector for
graphics at #6 slot
•One x16 PCI-E connector
supports SLI technology for x8
PCI-E signal at #4 (S2866A2NRF
only)
•One SODIMM socket for SLI card
•Three 32-bit, 33MHz PCI v2.2
slots
Integrated 2D/3D PCI Graphics
(S2866G3NR only)
•XGI XG20 PCI graphic controller
•16MB Frame Buffer of video
memory
Integrated LAN Controllers
•One Broadcom BCM5705 GbE
controller
- Operating at PCIv2.2 interface
- Pin headers for front panel LAN
LED
•One Intel82551 10/100 LAN
controller (S2866G3NR only)
- Operating at PCIv2.2 interface
- WOL/PXE support
- Pin headers for front panel LAN
LED
•One integrated nVIDIA MAC with
Marvell 88E1111-CAA Gigabit
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Chipset
•nVIDIA nForce pro2200
(S2866A2NRF only), supports
SLI technology
•nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
(S2866G3NR only), doesn’t
support SLI technology
System Management
•SMSC DME1737 w/ hardware
monitoring
•Total six 4-pin Fan connectors,
FAN1, FAN2, FAN3, and CPU
FAN have both tachometer and
auto FAN control; FAN4 has only
auto FAN control with FAN3;
FAN5 always run.
•Temperature and voltage
monitoring
•Watchdog timer
Memory
•Dual memory channels
•Supports up to four DDR-400/333
DIMMs
•Up to 4GB of unbuffered,
ECC/non-ECC memory
Integrated PCI IDE
•Single channel master mode
supports two IDE devices
•Support for ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE drives and ATAPI compliant
devices
Integrated Serial ATA II
•Serial ATA Host controllers
embedded
•Supports four Serial ports running
at 3.0Gb/s
•NVRAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD
support
•SATA activity LED connector
Ethernet PHY
- 32-bit PCIv2.3interface
- WOL/PXE support
- Pin header for front panel LAN
LED
Intelligent Platform
Management Interface Header
(2x25 pin SMDC pin header)
•Tyan Server Management
Daughter card M3291 (optional)
Integrated Audio
(S2866A2NRF only)
•Realtek ALC655 audio CODEC
•AC’97 Rev.2.3 supported
•CD-in connector
Integrated PCI 1394a
(S2866A2NRF only)
•VIA VT6307 PCI FireWire (1394a)
controller
•Two 1394a ports (via cable)
BIOS
•Award BIOS 8Mbit Flash
•Supports APM 1.2 & ACPI 1.0
•PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0 Power
Management
Power
•ATX 12V support, on board 4phase VRM
•Universal 24-pin + 8-pin power
connectors\
•4-pin auxiliary power connector
Form Factor
•ATX footprint, 9.6” x 12.0”
(244mmx305mm)
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Back Panel I/O Ports
•Stacked PS/2 mouse & keyboard
ports
•COM1 connector
•One 15-pin VGA port
•Three audio jacks (S2866A2NRF
only)
•Stacked two RJ45 ports for nVIDIA
and BCM5705 Gigabit LAN with
link/activity LED
•Stacked two USB2.0 ports and
one RJ45 for Intel82551 10/100
LAN with link/activity LED
(S2866G3NR only)
•Stacked two USB2.0 ports
(S2866A2NRF only)
Integrated I/O Interface
•Four USB2.0 ports (via cable)
•One COM port (via cable)
•Tyan 2x9 front-panel pin header
•2x25 pin SMDC pin header
Regulatory
•FCC Class B (Declaration of
Conformity)
•CE (Declaration of Conformity)
Special Accessories:
1. SLI card M5001
2. SLI bridge M5000
(S2866A2NRF only)
3. SLI Bracket (S2866A2NRF
only)
Two SKUs
S2866G3NR
S2866A2NRF
1.3 - Software Specifications
OS (Operating System) Support
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP (32bit & 64bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32bit & 64bit)
SLES Serve 9.0 & SUSE Workstation 9.3
RHEL3 Update 5 (32bit & 64bit)
RHEL4 Update 1 (32bit & 64bit)
TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with
or without notice.
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Memo
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Chapter 2: Board Installation
You are now ready to install your motherboard. The mounting hole pattern of
the Tomcat K8E-SLI matches the ATX specification. Before continuing with
installation, confirm that your chassis supports an ATX motherboard.
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.
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2.2 - Block Diagram
Tomcat K8E-SLI S2866 Block Diagram
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2.3 - Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors
PW1 P3W
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1
P2W
1
DIMM 4
DIMM 3
DIMM 2
DIMM 1
CPU
nVIDIA nForce
pro2200
(nVIDIA nForce4
Ultra)
SMSC
DME1737
PCI E1
SLI Bridge
PCI E2
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3
1
1
1
FDD
SMDC (J15)
1
1
SMDC (J15)
J7
J9
1
1
1
SMSC
DME1737
SMSC
DME1737
VIA
Vt6307
J28
J26
1
1
SMSC
DME1737
SMSC
DME1737
BIOS
J27
1
J25
J27
1
1
J38
J37
J36
J39
J43
IDE
1
J39
JP3
JP4
JP5
1
1
1
J34
1
J40
J42
J41
JP7
JP6
1
1
JP8
1
J33J32
1
1
1
J12
J13
1
1
1 1
SMSC
DME1737
Broadcom
BCM 5705
1
1
J45
1
1
JP8
1
1
JP11
J10P
1
JP12
J1P
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.
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Jumper Legend
©©
OPEN - Jumper OFF, without jumper cover
©©
CLOSED – Jumper ON, with jumper cover
Jumper/Connector Function
JP4/JP5 SMDC/ASF 1.0 Select Header
J28 Front Panel Header
J7/J9 IEEE 1394a Connectors
J15 SMDC Connector
J27 COM2 Header
JP2 LCM Module Connector
J8 Front Audio Header
JP1 PCI Slot Volt Select Header
J25/J26 Front Panel USB2.0 Connectors
J45 Front Panel LAN1/LAN2/LAN3 LED Headers
JP3 Clear CMOS Jumper
JP9 BCM5705 LAN Control Jumper
JP10 Intel82551 LAN Control Jumper
JP11 VT6307 1394a Control Jumper
JP12 XG20 Graphics Control Jumper
J34 SATA Active LED Connector
J32/J33/J41/J42/J12 Chassis Fan Connectors
J40 CPU Fan Connector
J36/J37/J38/J39 Serial ATA RAID Connectors
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JP4/JP5: SMDC/ASF1.0 Select Header
1 3
©©©
Support ASF1.0
1 3
©©©
Support SMDC card
J9 J28
J7 JP5
JP4
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J28: Front Panel Header
The Front Panel Header is used to connect some control or signal wires from
motherboard to chassis, such as HDD LED, power LED, power button, and
reset button.
J7: IEEE1394a Connector
9 1
©©©©
©©©©©
10 2
Signal Pin Pin
Signal
A0P
1 2
A0N
GND
3 4
GND
B0P
5 6
B0N
VCC
7 8
VCC
_
9 10
GND
Use this header to connect to the external device
of IEEE 1394a.
J9: IEEE1394a Connector
9 1
©©©©
©©©©©
10 2
Signal Pin Pin
Signal
A1P
1 2
A1N
GND
3 4
GND
B1P
5 6
B1N
VCC
7 8
VCC
_
9 10
GND
Use this header to connect to the external device
of IEEE 1394a.
HDDLED+
1¾ ¾2
PWR LED+
HDDLED-
3¾ ¾4
PWR LED-
GND
5¾ ¾6
PWR SW+
Reset SW+
7¾ ¾8
GND
GND
9¾
¾10
WLED+
NMI
11¾ ¾12
WLED-
5VSb
13¾ ¾14
Key
SMBus Data
15¾ ¾16
GND
SMbus Clock
17¾ ¾18
Chassis Intr# (Active Low)
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J15: SMDC Connector
The SMDC connector allows you to connect with Tyan Server Management
Daughter Card (SMDC). The S2866 supports Tyan SMDC M3291. See
Appendix for more information on SMDC.
J15 J27 JP2
J8
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J27: COM2 Header
2 10
©©©©
©©©©©
1 9
Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2.
*TYAN does not provide cable for this header. It is
designed for OEM use only.
Signal Pin Pin
Signal
DCD
1 2
DSR
RXD
3 4
RTS
TXD
5 6
CTS
DTR
7 8
RI
GND
9 10
_
JP2: LCM Module Connector
1 5
2 6
Use this header to connect the LCM module with
system monitoring function. This header is reserved for
barebone use.
Signal Pin Pin
Signal
VCC
1 2
RXD2
_ 3 4
GND
V5DU
5 6
TXD2
J8: Front Audio Header
1 9
2 10
Signal Pin Pin
Signal
GND
1 2
GND
VCC
3 4
VCC
Front-Speaker-
Out-L
5 6
Speaker-Out-L
NC
7 8
_
Front-Speaker-
Out-R
9 10
Speaker-Out-R
Use this header to connect with the front panel
audio outputs.
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JP1: PCI Slot Volt Select Header
3 1
©©©
Select 3.3 volt for PCI slot.
3 1
©©©
Select 5 volt for PCI slot. (Default)
J25 J26 J45 JP3 JP1
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J25/J26: Front Panel USB2.0 Connectors
1 9
2 10
Signal Pin Pin
Signal
USB PWR
1 2
USB PWR
USB2-
3 4
USB3-
USB2+
5 6
USB3+
GND
7 8
GND
_
9 10
GND
Use these headers to connect to the USB devices
via the enclosed USB cable.
J45: Front Panel LAN1/LAN2/LAN3 LED Headers
1 11
2 12
Signal Pin Pin Signal
RGMII_LED_HDR
1 2
GND
5705_LED_HDR
3 4
GND
82551_LED_HDR
5 6
GND
IDLED+
7 8
GND
IDLEDBTN-
9 10
GND
NC
11 12
_
Use these headers to connect the front panel dual color
LEDs to indicate the speed of LAN1, LAN2 and LAN3.
*Refer to p. 39 for the correct LAN LED color definition.
JP3: Clear CMOS Jumper
1
3
Normal
1
3
Clear
(Default)
Use this jumper when you forgot your system/setup
password or need to clear system BIOS setting.
How to clear the CMOS data
- Power off system and disconnect power
supply from AC source
- Use jumper cap to close Pin_2 and 3 for
several seconds to Clear CMOS
- Replace jumper cap to close Pin_1 and 2
Reconnect power supply to AC source
Power on system
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JP9 JP10
J
P11
J
P12
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JP9: BCM5705 LAN Control Jumper
1
3
Enable the integrated LAN function of BCM5705
controller. (Default)
1
3
Disable the integrated LAN function of BCM5705
controller.
JP10: Intel82551 LAN Control Jumper
3
1
Enable the integrated LAN function of Intel82551
controller. (Default)
3
1
Disable the integrated LAN function of Intel82551
controller.
JP11: VT6307 1394a Control Jumper
3
1
Enable the integrated 1394a function of VT6307 PCI
FireWire controller. (Default)
3
1
Disable the integrated 1394a function of VT6307 PCI
FireWire controller.
JP12: XG20 Graphics Control Jumper
1
3
Enable the integrated 2D/3D PCI graphic function of
XG20 PCI graphic controller. (Default)
1
3
Disable the integrated 2D/3D PCI graphic function of
XG20 PCI graphic controller.
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J34: SATA Active LED Header
1
This header is used to connect the SATA active LED
which indicates the status of SATA hard drives.
Pin 1: VCC3
Pin 2: SATA Active
J32 J33 J41 J42 J40 J12 J39 J36 J37 J34 J38
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J32, J33, J41, J42: Front Fan Connectors
+12V
V3P3
Speed Control
Tachometer
Use these headers to connect the chassis cooling
fans to your motherboard to keep the system stable
and reliable.
J33: FAN1, J32: FAN2, J41: FAN3, J42:FAN4
These connectors support the tachometer
monitoring and auto fan speed control.
J12: Chassis Fan Connector
+12V
Ground
Use this header to connect the chassis cooling
fan to your motherboard to keep the system at
optimum performance levels.
J12: FAN 5
J40: CPU_FAN Connector
+12V
V3P3
Speed Control
Tachometer
Use this header to connect the processor cooling
fan to your motherboard to keep the system stable
and reliable.
This connector supports the tachometer monitoring
and auto fan speed control.
J36, J37, J38, J39: Serial ATA RAID Connectors
7 GND
6 RXP
5 RXN
4 GND
3 TXN
2 TXP
7
1
1 GND
Connects to the Serial ATA ready drives via the
Serial ATA cable
You may use any two of the four Serial ATA ports to
have the support of RAID 0 and 1 through the
NVRAID.
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2.4 - Installing the Processor
Your brand new Tomcat K8E-SLI supports the latest 64-bit processor
technology from AMD®. Only AMD® Athlon
™
/ Opteron™ series processors are
certified and supported with this motherboard.
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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 the socket
processor and may not be an exact representation of the processor 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.
Take care when installing the processor as it has 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, you should proceed to install the
retention frame and heatsink. The CPU heatsink will ensure that the processor
do not overheat and continue to operate at maximum performance for as long
as you own them. The overheated processor is 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 methods 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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