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 K8S Pro are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation.
AMD, Opteron, and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation.
AMI, AMIBIOS8 are trademarks of American Megatrends Inc.
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
ATI and Rage XL are trademarks of ATI Corporation
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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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2.34 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 29
2.35 Installing the Memory Page 30
2.36 Attaching Drive Cables Page 32
2.37 Installing Add-In Cards Page 34
2.38 PCI Riser Cards Supported on S2882 K8S Page 35
2.39 Connecting External Devices Page 35
2.40 Installing the Power Supply Page 36
2.41 Finishing Up Page 36
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Chapter 3: BIOS
3.00 BIOS Setup Utility Page 37
3.01 BIOS Menu Bar Page 38
3.02 BIOS Legend Bar Page 38
3.03 BIOS Main Menu Page 39
3.04 BIOS Advanced Menu Page 40
3.05 BIOS PCI/PnP Menu Page 54
3.06 BIOS Boot Settings Menu Page 56
3.07 BIOS Security Menu Page 62
3.08 BIOS Chipset Setting Menu Page 63
3.09 BIOS Power Menu Page 69
3.10 BIOS Exit Menu Page 70
Chapter 4: Diagnostics Page 71
Appendix I: Glossary
Appendix II: SMDC Information
Technical Support
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Before you begin…
Check the box contents!
The retail motherboard package should contain the following:
1x Thunder K8S Pro motherboard
1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable
1x LVD SCSI cable (if optional SCSI included)
4 x SATA cable
2 x SATA Drive Power Adapter
2 x Ultra-DMA-133/100/66 IDE cable
1 x Cable set: 9-pin Serial and 25-pin Parallel
1 x Thunder K8S Pro user’s manual
1 x Thunder K8S Pro Quick Reference guide
1 x TYAN driver CD
1 x SCSI driver diskette (if optional SCSI included)
1x Silicon Image SiI3114 SATA RAID driver diskette
1x Silicon Image SiI3114 SATA Link driver diskette
1 x I/O shield
2 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 K8S Pro features support for Dual
AMD Opteron processor(s), two channel Gigabit Ethernet, one 10/100 Ethernet and Serial
ATA (SATA).
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
● Dual µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
● Supports up to two AMD Opteron
processors
● Onboard VRM, 4-phase PWM
● 128-bit DDR dual-channel memory
controller integrated in CPU
Chipset
● AMD-8131
Tunnel
● AMD-8111
● Winbond W83627HF Super I/O chip
● Analog Devices ADM1027 Hardware
Monitoring IC
Memory
● 128-bit DDR dual-channel memory bus
● Total eight 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM
sockets (4 on CPU1 and 4 on CPU2)
● Supports up to 16 Gigabyte Registered
DDR
● Supports ECC type memory modules
● Supports PC3200*, PC2700, PC2100
and PC1600 DDR
* NOTE:
Expansion Slots
● 2 Independent PCI-X buses from AMD8131
−
PCI-X bridge A supports 64-bit
100 / 66 / 33 MHz with two 3.3-Volt
PCI-X slots
−
PCI-X bridge B supports 64-bit 133 /
100 / 66 / 33 MHz with two 3.3-Volt
PCI-X slots
● One legacy 32-bit 33MHz PCI slot (5v)
from AMD-8111
● Total of five usable slots
™
HyperTransport™ PCI-X
™
HyperTransport™ I/O Hub
With Opteron 246 C-stepping
CPU and above.
™
Integrated Enhanced IDE
Controller
● Provides two IDE dual-drive ports
for up to four IDE devices
● Supports up to ATA-133 IDE
devices
Integrated I/O
● One floppy, Two serial (one
header and one connector), and
one parallel header
● PS/2 KB/Mouse connectors
● Total four USB connections (2 I/O
panel, rear connectors and 2 USB
headers)
System Management
● Total six 3-pin fan headers with
tachometer monitoring
● Three fan headers with PWM
control
● 2-pin Chassis Intrusion header
● Temperature, voltage and fan
monitoring
Integrated SATA Controller
● Silicon Image SiI3114 SATA RAID
● Supports SATA 1.0 Specification
● Supports 4 channel SATA port for
up to four SATA devices
● Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1
● Connected to legacy 32-bit 33MHz
PCI bus
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Integrated PCI Graphics
● ATI
● 8MB Frame Buffer of video memory
RageTM XL PCI graphics controller
Integrated LAN Controllers
● Two Broadcom
®
BCM5704C dual-
channel Gigabit Ethernet controller
● Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with LEDs
● Connected to PCI-X Bridge A
● Three Front Panel LED headers
● One Intel
®
82551QM 10/100 Ethernet
controller (Optional)
● Stacked USB 1.1 (two) ports and RJ45
LAN port on top
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
● Extended ATX footprint
(13” x 12” 330.2 x 304.8 mm)
● EPS12V (24pin + 8pin) power
connectors
● 4-pin auxiliary power connector
● Serial (one) and VGA (one)
connectors
● Stacked USB 1.1 (two) ports and
RJ45 LAN port on top
● 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
(Declaration of Conformity)
OS (Operating System) Support
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 + Service Pack 6A
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
SuSE Server 8.0 for AMD-64
Turbo Linux 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 K8S Pro supports EPS12V power supplies (24-pin/8-pin) and
will not operate with any other types.
DO NOT USE
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
(2) Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board, or
(3) Avoid touching the motherboard components, IC chips, connectors, memory
(4) Place the motherboard on a grounded antistatic surface or on the antistatic bag
(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
ATX 2.x, ATX12V or ATXGES power supplies as they will damage the
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.
flex the board in any way.
modules, and leads.
that the board was shipped in.
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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.
The following page includes details on the vital components of this motherboard.
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2.01
Block Diagram
–
Thunder K8S Pro S2882 Block Diagram
Processor
200-333MHz
184 pin
184 pin
DIMM2
DIMM3
AMD
Opteron
TM
144Bit
184 pin
DIMM1
Intel-82551
10/100
(Optional)
LINK 0B
16x16 Hyper Transport@1600MT/s
OUT
IN
16x16 Hyper Transport@1600MT/s
PCI-X Slots
64-Bit/133/100MHz
184 pin
DIMM0
8x8 ncHyper Transport@400MT/s
AMD
Opteron
Processor
IN
LINK 0A
AMD
AMD-8131
INOUT
LINK 1
TM
OUT
AMD Chipset
200-333MT/s
144-Bit
Adapte c
AIC-7902 SCSI
BCM5704C
Gigabit LAN
184 pin
184 pin
DIMM0
DIMM1
64-Bit/100/66MHz
PCI-X Slot
*ZCR support with Adaptec
PCI or SO-DIMM ZCR card
(Optional)
184 pin
184 pin
DIMM2
DIMM3
SO-DIMM144
(ZCR)
PCI-X Slot
(PCI4 / ZCR)
PCI
Slot
ATI RAGE XL
8MB
Silicon Image
SiI3114
4 X Serial ATA
RAID Ports
150MB/s
32-Bit/33MHz
LPC
ROM
ADM1027
Hardware
monitor
AMD
AMD-8111
Winbond
W83627F/HF
LPC Super I/O
LPC
EIDE(ATA/133) x2
USB 1.1 x 2
USB Ports: 2 to backplane
USB 1.1 x2
2 to header
Floppy Disk Drive
PS/2 Keyboard &
Mouse
Parallel Port x 1
Serial Port x 2
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2.02 – Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors
SATA1
SATA2
SATA3
SATA4
J23
1
LAN1/2
ATI
RAGE XL
1
FDD
J46
LPT1
PCI5
COM2
1
J61
SCSI-ASCSI-B
1
KEYLOCK
W83627HF
Winbond
BIOS
CH-A
J43
1
J41
ZCR J22
1
J60
Bz1
LAN3
PCIX-A
PCI4PCI3PCI2PCI1
(Optional)
PCIX-A
1
J52
J39
1
PCIX-B
PCIX-B
J24
CH-B
LAN1
J58
J50
LAN2
J56 (VGA)
J48
1
FAN 2
CPU2
J57 (COM1)
USB1 (Bottom)
LAN3 (Top)Optional
J54
USB1
1
J47
CPU2_FAN
KB(Bottom)
Mouse(Top)
KB-MS
J44
J25
J55
1
FAN 1
J29
J19
J17
FAN5
J3
1
1
CMOS
1
INTRUDER
LAN3_LED
1
J8
1
USB2
J12
AMD-8111
SMDC
PRI-IDE
SEC-IDE
SCSI
7902
AMD
J11
1
1
J6
J45
J4
FAN3
1
1
J1
AMD-8131
BT1
1
LAN1_LED
AMD
J9
FAN4
1
1
J2
LAN2_LED
1
J5
CPU1_FAN
CPU1
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 Function Settings
J1 / J2
J6
Gigabit Ethernet LAN_1 &
LAN_2 Front Panel LED Header
Front Panel Connector
J8 Clear CMOS Jumper
J11 SMBus_0 Connector
J12
J17
J19
J22
J23
J24 / J39
J41
J42
KEYLOCK
USB Connector header
10/100 Ethernet LAN3
Front Panel LED Header
Chassis Intrusion Connector
SO-DIMM Socket See Section 2.10
COM2 Header See Section 2.11 for pinout