Tyan THUNDER K8QSD PRO User Manual

S4882UG2NR-D

Thunder K8QSD Pro

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Revision 1.00

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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, J68) Page 14

2.07 Case Open Detect Connector (J19) Page 14

2.08 Serial Port Internal Header (J23) Page 15

2.09 PCI-X Speed Select Jumper (J24, J39) Page 15

2.10 PCI-X Speed Select Jumper (J41, J43) Page 16

2.11 Keyboard Lock Jumper (J42) Page 16

2.12 Gigabit LAN2 LED Header (J79) Page 17

2.13 Gigabit LAN1 LED Header (J80) Page 17

2.14 CPU FAN Connectors (J47, J5, J3, J44) Page 18

2.15 Chassis FAN Connectors
(J71, J4, J73, J70, J48, J9, J74, J75)

2.16 SCSI ZCR Slot Page 19

2.17 Parallel Header (LPT CONNECTOR) Page 19

2.18 OEM Reserved Connectors and Jumpers Page 20

2.19 Installing the Processors Page 20

2.20 Heatsink Retention Frame Installation Page 21

2.21 Thermal Interface Material Page 22

2.22 Heatsink Installation Procedures Page 23

2.23 Finishing Installing the Heatsink Page 24

2.24 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 25

2.25 Installing the Memory Page 27

2.26 Attaching Drive Cables Page 30

2.27 Installing Add-In Cards Page 32

2.28 PCI Riser Cards Page 33

2.29 Connecting External Devices Page 34

2.30 Installing the Power Supply Page 34

2.31 Finishing Up Page 35

Chapter 3: BIOS

3.00 BIOS Setup Utility Page 37

3.10 BIOS Menu Bar Page 37

3.20 BIOS Legend Bar Page 38

3.30 BIOS Main Menu Page 38

3.40 BIOS Advanced Menu Page 40

3.50 BIOS Security Menu Page 47

3.60 BIOS Power Menu Page 47

3.70 BIOS Boot Menu Page 48

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3.80 BIOS Exit Menu Page 49

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 K8QSD Pro motherboard

1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable

1x LVD SCSI 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 Pro user’s manual

4 x SATA cable

1x Thunder K8QS Pro Quick Reference guide

1x TYAN driver CD

1x LSI SCSI driver diskette

1x Silicon Image SiI3114 SATA RAID driver diskette

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

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1x I/O shield with 2 LAN ports

4 x CPU Mounting Kit

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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 K8QSD Pro features support for
Quad AMD Opteron processors, dual channel Gigabit Ethernet, Serial ATA (SATA),
and dual channel U320 SCSI RAID.

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

Processor

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

TM

800
series single core & dual core processors
Four onboard 3-phase VRMs
Integrated 128-bit DDR Memory
Controller

Chipset

AMD-8131
Tunnel
AMD-8111

TM

HyperTransport PCI-X

TM

HyperTransport I/O Hub

Winbond W83627HF Super I/O chip

- Total of 5 Hardware Monitoring ICs (2
ADT7463 and 3 LM63)

Memory

128-bit dual channel memory bus
Total 16 184-pin 2.5 Volt DDR DIMM
sockets

- 4 DIMM slots per CPU
Supports up to 64 GB Reg/ECC DDR

- Supports Chipkill technology
Supports PC2100, PC2700 & PC3200
DDR modules
Supports Single, Dual and Quad Rank
memory solutions

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
Total of five usable slots

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

Floppy Connector for single FDD
support
Two 9-pin Serial Ports

- 1 Serial Port connector and 1
Serial Port header
One 25-pin Parallel Port header
PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Ports
4 USB v1.1 Front Panel Headers

- Using AMD-8111 chipset
2 USB v2.0 Rear I/O Ports

- Using VIA VT6212 chipset

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



RageTM XL PCI graphics

ATI
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 SiL3114 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 and Linux based
Management Solution
Supports RMCP and SNMP protocols
Supports ASF standard and EMP

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C serial multi-master controllers and

I
UARTs
Built-in IPMB connector
Remote power on/off and reset support
(IPMI-over-LAN)

Software Specifications

OS (Operating System) Support

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SuSE 8.0 (32-bit)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Adv. Server SuSE 9.0, 9.1 Pro (32-bit/64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (32-bit/64-bit) Turbo Linux 8.0 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Server (32-bit/64-bit) Turbo Linux 10.0 (64-bit)
Red Hat Linux 9.0, AS 3.0 (32-bit) Fedora Linux 3.0 core 3(64-bit)

Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3.0 Update 4 (64-bit)

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

Integrated LAN Controllers

Broadcom
channel 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
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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BCM5704C dual-

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Chapter 2: Board Installation

Precaution: The Thunder K8QSD Pro 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 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 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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2.01 – Block Diagram

S4882 Thunder K8QSD Pro 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

J8

J11

J12,J68

J19

J23

J24,J39

J41,J43

J42

J79

Front Panel Connector

See Section 2.03 for pinout
configuration

Close Pin-1 and Pin-2 (Default)

Clear CMOS Jumper

Normal mode
Close Pin-2 and Pin-3
Clear CMOS mode

SMBus Connector

See Section 2.05 for pinout
configuration

USB 1.1 Header Front port headers

Case Open Detect
Connector

Serial Port Internal Header

PCI-X channel B frequency
configure

PCI-X channel A frequency
configure

See Section 2.07 for pinout
configuration

See Section 2.08 for pinout
configuration

See Section 2.09 for adjusting
speed

See Section 2.10 for adjusting
speed

Open: Enable PS/2 keyboard

Keyboard Lock Connector

(Default)
Closed: Disable PS/2 keyboard

Gigabit LAN2 LED Header See Section 2.12 for pinout

J80

Gigabit LAN1 LED Header See Section 2.13 for pinout

CPU Fan Connectors See Section 2.14

Chassis Fan Connectors See Section 2.15

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

See Section 2.16

Parallel Header(LPT CONN) See Section 2.17

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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

HDD
LED+

HDD
LED-

Reset
Button -

Reset
Button +

VDD_5_R
UN

IRRX 11 12

GND 13 14 NC

IRTX 15 16

NC 17 18 SPKR

PIN # PIN

1 2 PWR LED+

3 4 PWR LED-

5 6

7 8 PWR Button-

9 10 NC

#

Function

PWR
Button+

VDD_5_RU
N

BUZZER
_SPKR

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2.04 – Clear CMOS Jumper (J8)

2.05 – SMBus Connector (J11)

Pin_3 Pin_1

Pin_3 Pin_1

Default

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

Pin_1

Pin_1:

SMBUSD_0

Pin_2:
GND

Pin_3:

SMBUSC_0

Pin_4
: NC

Use this connector to connect external
SMBUS devices

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2.06 – USB 1.1 Header (J12, J68)

2.07 – Case Open Detect Connector (J19)

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

PIN2

PIN1

Pin # Pin # Signal

Description

Pin-2

GND

Pin-1
INTRUDUER_L

For use with chassis that support
this feature

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2.08 – Serial Port Internal Header (J23)

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)

Pin # Pin # Signal

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

2.09 – PCI-X channel B (PCI-X 1 and PCI-X 2) frequency configure (J24,J39)

Open

Description

DSR2_L_S
ER (Data­Set-Ready)

RTS2_L_S
ER(Reques
t-to-Send)

CTS2_L_S
ER(Clear­to-Send)

RI2_L_SE
R(Ring­Indicator)

NC

Closed

These two jumpers (J24&J39) are used
to adjust PCI-X Bridge B PCI frequency.

Note: If 2 PCI-X cards are mounted,
we advise to choose configuration to
100MHz, and if PCI cards are
mounted, we advise to choose
configuration to PCI Mode.

J39 J24

133MHz

(default)

Open Open

100MHz Open Closed

PCI Mode Closed

＊

＊denotes open or closed

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2.10 – PCI-X channel A frequency configure (J41, J43)

These two jumpers (J41&J43) are used
to adjust PCI-X Bridge A PCI frequency.

Note: If PCI cards are mounted, we

advise to choose configuration to
PCI Mode.

100MHz Open Open

66MHz

(default)

PCI Mode Closed

＊denotes open or closed

2.11 – Keyboard Lock Jumper (J42)

Open

Closed

J41 J43

Open Closed

＊

OPEN (Default)
To enable PS/2 keyboard

CLOSED
To disable PS/2 keyboard

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2. 12– Gigabit LAN2 LED Header (J79)

2. 13– Gigabit LAN1 LED Header (J80)

PIN-1 PIN-2

Pin_1:LAN LED+

Pin_2:LAN LED-

Pin_1:LAN LED+

PIN_1 PIN_2

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

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2.14– CPU FAN Connectors (J47, J5, J3, J44)

#

J47 CPU_FAN0

J5 CPU_FAN1

J3 CPU_FAN2

J44 CPU_FAN3

FAN

Description

Function

2.15– Chassis FAN Connectors (J71, J4, J73, J70, J48, J9, J74, J75)

#

J71 FAN1 Read 2.0 A

J4 FAN2 Read 2.5 A

J73 FAN3 Read 2.5 A

J70 FAN4 Read 2.5 A

J48 FAN5 NA 1.6 A

FAN

Description

Function

RPM

Read

RPM

Read

RPM

Read

RPM

Read

Amp Rated
(Maximum)

1.6 A

1.6 A

1.2 A

1.6 A

Amp
Rated
(Maximu
m)

J9 FAN6 Read 1.6 A

J74 FAN7 Read 1.2 A

J75 FAN8 NA 1.2 A

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2.16 – 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.

2.17– 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

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