TYAN THUNDER K8QS, Thunder K8QS S4880, S4880 User Manual

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Thunder K8QS

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S4880

Revision 1.00

Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2003-2004. 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 owners including, but not limited to the following.

TYAN, Thunder K8QS are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation.
AMD, Opteron, and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation.
Phoenix BIOS is a trademark of Phoenix Technologies.
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.
Broadcom

®

is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation and/or its subsidiaries

ATI and Rage XL are trademarks of ATI Corporation
LSI Logic, Fusion MPT

TM

, and LSI are trademarks of LSI Logic Corportation

Silicon Image is a trademark of Silicon Image, Inc.

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whatsoever, and disclaims any express or implied warranty, relating to sale and/or use of
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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
Before you begin… Page 4

Chapter 1: Introduction

Congratulations Page 5
Hardware Specifications Page 5
Software Specifications Page 6

Chapter 2: Board Installation

2.00 Board Image Page 8

2.01 Block Diagram Page 9

2.02 Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors Page 10

2.03 Front Panel Connector (J6) Page 12

2.04 Clear CMOS Jumper (J8) Page 13

2.05 SMBus Connector (J11) Page 13

2.06 USB 1.1 Header (J12) Page 14

2.07 Chassis Intrusion Connector (J19) Page 14

2.08 Serial Port Internal Header (J23) Page 15

2.09 PCI-X Speed Select Jumper (J24) Page 15

2.10 Keyboard Lock Jumper (J42) Page 16

2.11 Gigabit LAN2 LED Header (J79) Page 16

2.12 Gigabit LAN1 LED Header (J80) Page 17

2.13 CPU FAN Connectors (J47, J5, J48, J44) Page 17

2.14 Chassis FAN Connectors
(J71, J70, J73, J72, J4, J3, J9, J74, J75)

Page 18

2.15 SCSI ZCR Slot Page 18

2.16 OEM Reserved Connectors and Jumpers Page 18

2.17 Installing the Processors Page 19

2.18 Heatsink Retention Frame Installation Page 20

2.19 Thermal Interface Material Page 21

2.20 Heatsink Installation Procedures Page 22

2.21 Finishing Installing the Heatsink Page 23

2.22 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 24

2.23 Installing the Memory Page 26

2.24 Attaching Drive Cables Page 28

2.25 Installing Add-In Cards Page 30

2.26 PCI Riser Cards Page 31

2.27 Connecting External Devices Page 32

2.28 Installing the Power Supply Page 32

2.29 Finishing Up Page 33

Chapter 3: BIOS

3.00 BIOS Setup Utility Page 34

3.10 BIOS Menu Bar Page 35

3.20 BIOS Legend Bar Page 35

3.30 BIOS Main Menu Page 36

3.40 BIOS Advanced Menu Page 38

3.50 BIOS Security Menu Page 46

3.60 BIOS Power Menu Page 46

3.70 BIOS Boot Menu Page 47

3.80 BIOS Exit Menu Page 48

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Chapter 4: Diagnostics Page 50
Appendix I: Glossary Page 51

Appendix II: BIOS POST Code Page 56

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Before you begin…

Check the box contents!

The retail motherboard package should contain the following:

1x Thunder K8QS motherboard

1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable

1x LVD SCSI cable

4 x SATA cable

2x SATA Drive Power Adapter

1x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable

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

1x Thunder K8QS user’s manual

1x Thunder K8QS Quick Reference guide

1x TYAN driver CD

1x LSI SCSI driver diskette

1x Silicon Image SiI3114 SATA RAID driver diskette

1x I/O shield with 2 LAN ports

4 x CPU Retention Frame

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 K8QS features support for Quad
AMD Opteron processors, dual channel Gigabit Ethernet, Serial ATA (SATA) RAID,
and dual channel U320 SCSI.

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.

Hardware Specifications

Processor

Quad µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
Supports up to four AMD Opteron

TM

800
series processors
Four onboard 3-phase VRMs
Integrated 128-bit DDR Memory
Controller

Chipset

AMD-8131

TM

HyperTransport PCI-X
Tunnel
AMD-8111

TM

HyperTransport I/O Hub
Winbond W83627HF Super I/O chip
Total five Hardware Monitoring IC:
One ADM1027 and four LM63

Memory

128-bit dual channel memory bus
Total ten 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM
sockets (4 on CPU 0 and 2 each on
CPU1, CPU2,CPU3 respectively)
Supports up to 20 GB Registered DDR
Supports ECC and ECC with Chipkill
type memory modules
Supports PC1600, PC2100, PC2700 &
PC3200 DDR

Expansion Slots

Two independent PCI-X buses
Two 64-bit 66/33 MHz (3.3-Volt) PCI-X
slots from PCI-X bridge A
Two 64-bit 133/100/66/33 MHz (3.3-Volt)
PCI-X slots from PCI-X bridge B
One legacy 32-bit 33MHz (5-Volt) PCI
slot

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 one
device
Two 9-pin serial ports (one
connector and one header) and One
25-pin parallel port pin-header
PS/2 mouse and keyboard
connectors
Two USB v1.1 front panel headers
Two USB v2.0 connectors

System Management

Total nine 3-pin fan headers with
tachometer monitoring
Four fan headers with (PWM) speed
control
One 2-pin Chassis Intrusion header
Temperature, voltage and fan
monitoring

Integrated PCI Graphics

ATI



RageTM XL PCI graphics
controller
8MB Frame Buffer of video
memory

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Integrated Dual Channel SCSI (Mfg.
option)

LSI 53C1030 U320 SCSI controller
Dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI
Connects to PCI-X Bridge A
Supports LSI ZCR (Zero Channel RAID)

Integrated SATA Controller (Mfg.
option)

One Silicon Image SI3114 controller
Four SATA 1.0 ports
Supports up to Four SATA drives
Supports RAID 0,1,0+1

Intelligent Platform Management
Interface Header

Tyan Server Management Daughter
cards (optional); supports features
listed below via IPMI header
QLogic™ Zircon Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) based
on powerful ARM7 technology
Tailored for IPMI highest 1.5 Spec.
Supports KCS and BT styles
Flexible Windows or Linux
Management Solution
Supports RMCP and SNMP protocols
Supports ASF standard and EMP
I

2

C serial multi-master controllers and
UARTs
Built-in IPMB connector
Remote power on/off and reset support
(IPMI-over-LAN)

Integrated LAN Controllers

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
4Mbit LPC Flash ROM
Watchdog timer
USB boot support
48-bit LBA Support
Supports PXE via Ethernet

Form Factor

SSI MEB footprint (13” x 16” /

330.2mm x 406.4mm)
EPS12V power connectors
One serial port and one VGA port
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

Software Specifications

OS (Operating System) Support

Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
SuSE Server 8.0 for AMD-64
Turbo linux 8.0 for AMD-64
Red Hat 7.3, 8.0, and 9.0
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 K8QS 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 our 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 properl y 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 suppl y ca se). Fo r th e
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 representative of the latest boar d revision available at the time of
publishing. The board you receive may or may not look exactl y like the above
picture.

The following page includes details on the vital components of this motherboard.

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2.01 – Block Diagram

S4880 Thunder K8QS Block Diagram

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2.02 – 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.

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Function Settings

J6

Front Panel Connector

See Section 2.03 for pinout
configuration

J8

Clear CMOS Jumper

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

J11

SMBus Connector

See Section 2.05 for pinout
configuration

J12

USB 1.1 Header

For front or rear chassis mount
USB connectors

J19

Chassis Intrusion Connector

See Section 2.07 for pinout
configuration

J23

Serial Port Internal Header

See Section 2.08 for pinout
configuration

J24

PCI-X Bridge B (PCI-X 1
and PCI-X 2)PCI-X Speed
Select Jumper

Open: up to PCI-X 133MHz
(Default)
Close: PCI-X 100MHz

J42

Keyboard Lock Jumper

Open: Enable PS/2 keyboard
(Default)
Close: Disable PS/2 keyboard

J79

Gigabit LAN2 LED Header See Section 2.11 for pinout

J80

Gigabit LAN1 LED Header See Section 2.12 for pinout
CPU Fan Connectors See Section 2.13

Chassis Fan Connectors See Section 2.14
SCSI Zero Channel RAID

(ZCR) PCI Slot (PCI-X Slot4)

See Section 2.15

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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 (J6)

Function

PI
N
#

PI
N
#

Function

HDD
LED+

1 2 PWR LED+

HDD LED-

3 4 PWR LED-

Reset
Button -

5 6 PWR Button+

Reset
Button +

7 8 PWR Button-

NC 9 10 NC

IRRX 11 12 VDD_5_RUN

GND 13 14 NC

IRTX 15 16

BUZZER
_SPKR

NC 17 18 SPKR

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2.04 – Clear CMOS Jumper (J8)

Pin_3 Pin_1

Default

Pin_3 Pin_1

Clear

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_2 and
Pin_3 for several seconds to Clear
CMOS

- Put jumper cap back to Pin_1 and
Pin_2 (default setting)

Reconnect power & power on system

2.05 – SMBus Connector (J11)

Pin_4: NC

Pin_3:
SMBUS_CLK

Pin_2 : GND

Pin_1

Pin_1:

SMBUS_DATA

Use this connector to connect external
SMBUS devices

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2.06 – USB 1.1 Header (J12)

Signal
Description

Pin # Pin # Signal

Description

VCC 1 2 VCC
USB Data - 3 4 USB Data -
USB Data + 5 6 USB Data +
GND 7 8 GND

NC 9 10 GND

2.07 – Chassis Intrusion Connector (J19)

Pin-1

Intrusion detection

Pin-2
Intrusion detection

For use with chassis that support
this feature

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2.08 – Serial Port Internal Header (J23)

Signal
Description

Pin # Pin # Signal

Description

DCD
(Data Carrier
Detect)

1 2

DSR (Data­Set-Ready)

RX (Receive­Data)

3 4

RTS
(Request­to-Send)

TX (Transfer­Data)

5 6

CTS
(Clear-to­Send)

DTR (Data­Terminal­Ready)

7 8

RI (Ring­Indicator)

GND (Ground)

9 10

NC

2.09 – PCI-X Bridge B (PCI-X 1 and PCI-X 2)PCI-X Speed Select Jumper (J24)

OPEN (Default)

Allows PCI-X Bridge B to operate at up
to 133MHz (For use with one PCI-X 133
device)

Tyan recommends using PCI-X Slot 1
for 133Mhz support

CLOSED

Forces PCI 1 and PCI 2 operate at
maximum PCI-X 100MHz

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2.10 – Keyboard Lock Jumper (J42)

OPEN (Default)
To enable PS/2 keyboard

CLOSED
To disable PS/2 keyboard

2. 11– Gigabit LAN2 LED Header (J79)

Pin_1:LAN LED+

PIN-2 PIN-1

Pin_2:LAN LED-

This is a 6-pin header, only using
pin1 and pin2 to connect external
LAN LED.

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2. 12– Gigabit LAN1 LED Header (J80)

Pin_1:LAN LED+

PIN_1

Pin_2: LAN LED-

Use this 2-pin header to connect
external LAN LED.

2.13– CPU FAN Connectors (J47, J5, J48, J44)

#

FAN

Description

Function

Amp Rated
(Maximum)

J47 CPU0 FAN

RPM
Read

1.6 A

J5 CPU1 FAN

RPM
Read

1.6 A

J48 CPU2 FAN

RPM
Read

1.6 A

J44 CPU3 FAN

RPM
Read

1.6 A

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2.14– Chassis FAN Connectors (J71, J70, J73, J72, J4, J3, J9, J74, J75)

#

FAN

Description

Function

Amp Rated
(Maximum)

J71 FAN1 Read 2.0 A
J70 FAN2 Read 2.5 A
J73 FAN3 Read 1.6 A
J72 FAN4 Read 2.5 A

J4 FAN5 Read 2.5 A

J3 FAN6 Read 1.2 A

J9 FAN7 Read 1.6 A
J74 FAN8 NA 1.2 A

J75 FAN9 NA 1.2 A

2.15 – SCSI Zero Channel RAID (ZCR) PCI Slot (PCI-X Slot4)

This slot is capable of accepting the LSI
Zero Channel RAID card*

Note: It supports LSI 2032L Zero
Channel RAID Card.

2.16 – OEM Reserved Connectors and Jumpers

The connectors and jumpers, which are not listed, are reserved for OEM use only.