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Technical Support 

 
If a problem arises with your system, you should turn to your dealer for help 
first. Your system has most likely been configured by them, and they should 
have the best idea of what hardware and software your system contains.  
Furthermore, if you purchased your system from a dealer near you, you can 
bring your system to them to have it serviced instead of attempting to do so 
yourself (which can have expensive consequences). 
 
If these options are not available for you then Tyan Computer Corporation can 
help.  Bes ides designing innovative and quality products for over a decade, 
Tyan has continuously offered customers service beyond their expectations.  
Tyan's website (

www.tyan.com

) provides easy-to-access resources such as in-

depth Linux Online Support sections with downloadable Linux drivers and 
comprehensive compatibility reports for chassis, memory and much more.  With 
all these convenient resources just a few keystrokes away, users can easily find 
the latest software and operating system components to keep their systems 
running as powerful and productive as possible.  Tyan also ranks high for its 
commitment to fast and friendly customer support through email.  By offering 
plenty of options for users, Tyan serves multiple market segments with the 
industry's most competitive services to support them. 
 

"Tyan's tech support is some of the most impressive we've seen, with 
great response time and exceptional organization in general" - 
Anandtech.com

 

 
Please feel free to contact us directly for this service at 

[email protected] 

 
Help Resources: 

1. See the beep codes section of this manual. 
2. See the TYAN website for FAQ’s, bulletins, driver updates, 
and other information: http://www.tyan.com 
3. Contact your dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN. 
4. Check the TYAN user group: 
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.TYAN 

 

Returning Merchandise for Service 

 

During the warranty period, contact your distributor or system vendor FIRST for 
any product problems. This warranty only covers normal customer use and 
does not cover damages incurred during shipping or failure due to the 
alteration, misuse, abuse, or improper maintenance of products. 
 

Summary of Contents for S2912

Page 1: ...ks of Microsoft Corporation SuSE is a trademark of Novell Inc 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...

Page 2: ...e 25 2 7 Attaching Drive Cables Page 28 2 8 Installing Add In Cards Page 30 2 9 Connecting External Devices Page 31 2 10 Installing the Power Supply Page 32 2 11 Finishing Up Page 33 Chapter 3 BIOS 3...

Page 3: ...cable 6 x SATA cable 3 x SATA Drive Power Adapter 1 x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable 2 x SAS cable for S2912WG2NR only 1 x Thunder n3600R User s Manual 1 x Thunder n3600R Quick Reference Guide 1 x TYAN d...

Page 4: ...http www tyan com 4 NOTE...

Page 5: ...TYAN s products with FAQs online manuals and BIOS upgrades 1 2 Hardware Specifications Processors Dual 1207 pin ZIF sockets Supports up to two AMD Opteron RevF 2000 Series processors Two onboard 4 pha...

Page 6: ...supports Pathscale InfiniPath HTX Adapter One OPMA connector for KVM Form Factor SSI Extended ATX 12 x 13 EPS 12V SSI 24 8 4 pin power connectors Stacked PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors Stacked Se...

Page 7: ...ly 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...

Page 8: ...icture 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 o...

Page 9: ...http www tyan com 9 2 2 Block Diagram Thunder n3600R S2912WG2NR Block Diagram...

Page 10: ...http www tyan com 10 Thunder n3600R S2912G2NR Block Diagram...

Page 11: ...ors 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 Jumper Legend OPEN Jumper OFF with...

Page 12: ...6 7 FAN Connector IPMB J14 IPMB Connector COM2 J95 COM2 Header FRNTUSB0_1 J2 FRNTUSB2_3 J3 FRNTUSB4_5 J4 USB Pin Header J26 TYFP Front Panel Header J113 LCD Model Pin Header JP1 SAS Disable Jumper fo...

Page 13: ...http www tyan com 13 SYSFAN3 SYSFAN2 SYSFAN6 SYSFAN5 SYSFAN7 CPU_FAN1 SYSFAN4 CPU_FAN2 SYSFAN1...

Page 14: ...an speed control Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 GND 12V Tachometer PWM SYSFAN5 6 3 pin Fan Connector 12V GND T achometer 1 Use these headers to connect the cooling fans to the motherboard to keep the system...

Page 15: ...http www tyan com 15 FRNTUSB4_5 J4 FRNTUSB2_3 J3 IPMB J14 J26 TYFP FRNTUSB0_1 J2...

Page 16: ...in Signal VCC 1 2 VCC DATA 3 4 DATA DATA 5 6 DATA GND 7 8 GND KEY 9 10 NA J26 TYFP Front Panel Header The motherboard provides one front panel header for electrical connection to the front panel switc...

Page 17: ...http www tyan com 17 J113 J15 COM2 J95...

Page 18: ...GND 5 5Vsb 6 SOUT J15 TYAN Front Panel 2 for Barebone reserved 1 12 11 2 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VDD_3P3_DUAL 2 P0_LED 3 VDD_3P3_DUAL 4 P1_LED 5 VDD_3P3_DUAL 6 M_LAN_ACT_L 7 FP_ID_LED_PW 8 GND 9 IDLE...

Page 19: ...http www tyan com 19 JP3 JP1 JP2 J111...

Page 20: ...Disable SAS Controller JP2 OPMA Card Supporting Select Jumper 1 Open Use other OPMA card 1 Closed Use TYAN OPMA card Default JP3 Clear CMOS Jumper 3 1 Normal Default 3 1 Clear Use this jumper when yo...

Page 21: ...ply lay the motherboard inside the chassis and align the screw holes of the motherboard to the studs inside the case If there are any studs missing you will know right away since the motherboard will...

Page 22: ...ocessor s Your S2912 supports the latest processor technologies from AMD Check the TYAN website for latest processor support http www tyan com Figure 1 Detailed View of the Thermal Solution AMD PIB Pl...

Page 23: ...electrical connections of the processor socket and integrated circuit packages surrounding the processor The back plate also serves as a reinforcement plate for the LGA socket While doing the installa...

Page 24: ...on socket and screw the socket to the PCB board NOTE Do not assemble CPU before securing socket with screws 5 Inspect Socket F assembly to PCB The Socket F must be tightly attached onto the PCB There...

Page 25: ...are required Check the TYAN Web site at www tyan com for details of the type of memory recommended for your motherboard The following diagram shows common types of DDR2 memory modules Key points to n...

Page 26: ...s the locking levers in the direction shown in the following illustration 2 Align the memory module with the socket The memory module is keyed to fit only one way in the socket 3 Seat the module firml...

Page 27: ...the same type and density are required for dual channel DDR2 operation Mismatched memorymay cause system instability Refer to the following table for supported DDR2 populations Note X indicates a pop...

Page 28: ...closer together The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to the motherboard The other two connectors are used to connect to drives Note Always remember to...

Page 29: ...See the picture below for an example of a floppy cable Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the cable be installed with the colored stripe positioned next to the power connect...

Page 30: ...opriate slot for your add in card and insert the card firmly Do not force any add in cards into any slots if they do not seat in place It is better to try another slot or return the faulty card rather...

Page 31: ...required to complete the installation LAN LED Color Definition The onboard Ethernet port has green and yellow LEDs to indicate LAN status The chart below illustrates the different LED states Descripti...

Page 32: ...V 24 GND 11 12V1 23 5V 10 12V1 22 5V 9 5VSB 21 5V 8 PWR OK 20 RESVD 7 GND 19 GND 6 5V 18 GND 5 GND 17 GND 4 5V 16 PSON 3 GND 15 GND 2 3 3V 14 12V 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 1 5 8 4 EPS 12V 8 pin CPU Power 4 GND 8...

Page 33: ...erly especially IDE cables and jumpers You may have difficulty powering on your system if the motherboard jumpers are not set correctly In the rare circumstance that you have experienced difficulty yo...

Page 34: ...ng unit CPU memory and I O subsystems This BIOS has been customized by adding important features such as virus and password protection power management and chipset tuning features that control the sys...

Page 35: ...n the Chipset section unless you are sure of the outcome TYAN or your system manufacturer has carefully chosen the chipset defaults for best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change t...

Page 36: ...s Main Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Security Use this menu to configure security settings for your system B...

Page 37: ...keys to select the value you want in each item BIOS Date This shows the date that BIOS is created BIOS Version This shows the BIOS version QuickBoot Mode This allows the system to skip certain tests w...

Page 38: ...nded memory present on the system Cache Ram This displays the amount of cache memory present on the system System Time System Date System Time Adjusts the system clock HHHours 24hr format MMMinutes SS...

Page 39: ...Win95 Win98 WinMe WinXP64 Reset Configuration Data If you install a new piece of hardware or modify your computer s hardware configuration the BIOS will automatically detect the changes and reconfigur...

Page 40: ...Bank Interleave Interleave memory blocks across the DRM chip selects Auto will set this enabled when possible Options Disabled Auto Set FID to MaxFID Enable this option to set the FID to MaxFID on fu...

Page 41: ...ions Sub Menu ECC Mode Set the level of ECC protection If User is selected individual ECC options may be changed Other options besides Disabled serve as presets For super mode all of memory is scrubbe...

Page 42: ...E outcome Options Disabled Enabled DRAM ECC Scrub Control Sets the rate of background scrubbing for DRAM Options Disabled Enabled ECC Scrub Redirection Enable the northbridge to force a write to DRAM...

Page 43: ...ctual Hole size may be larger than selected depending on Dram bank population IOMMU IOMMU is supported on Linux based systems to convert 32bit PCI IO addresses to 64bits Options Disabled Enabled IOMMU...

Page 44: ...bles support for USB keyboards or mice Enable for use with a non USB aware Operating System such as DOS or UNIX Options Disabled Enabled Self Healing Enable disable USB Self Healing feature Options Di...

Page 45: ...e Azalia audio interface Options Enabled Disabled SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Controller Enable disable First Serial ATA Device NOTE Mobile platform enable SATA SAVE and EXIT BIOS SETUP Then must do a power cyc...

Page 46: ...ol SATA controller must be enabled for RAID feature to function Enabling Master SATA0 Secondary requires enabling Secondary SATA Channel Both options are listed in Integrated Devices Options Disabled...

Page 47: ...ets the current FirstWare language to the selected language Options English Spanish French German Italian Japanese Chinese S Korean Chinese T FirstWare authentication Level Selects FirstWare authentic...

Page 48: ...ration Available OPROM Space This shows the available OPROM space Press Enter to enter each sub menu for configuration 3 4 4 1 Integrated SAS Controller Sub Menu Integrated SAS Enable the integrated S...

Page 49: ...D3FF D400 D7FF D800 DBFF DC00 DFFF Reserves the specified block of upper memory for use by legacy ISA devices Options Reserved Available 3 4 4 3 PCI PNP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion Sub Menu IRQ 3 4 5 7...

Page 50: ...ell Netware or other operating systems select Other If you are installing new software and the drive fails change this selection and try again Different operating systems require different representat...

Page 51: ...tors LBA Mode Control Enables or disables LBA Mode In LBA Mode instead of referring to a cylinder head and sector number each sector is instead assigned a unique sector number In essence the sectors a...

Page 52: ...processor or memory This results in a small performance increase Options Enabled Disabled Transfer Mode These modes determine the speed at which data is transferred to and from the drive The Auto opti...

Page 53: ...om 3 4 6 Floppy Configuration This section allows you to select the Floppy Configuration Legacy Diskette A Selects floppy type Options NONE 360 KB 5 25 in 1 2 MB 5 25 in 720 KB 3 5 in 1 44 1 25 MB 3 5...

Page 54: ...ration Auto BIOS or OS chooses configuration OS Controlled displayed when controlled by OS Options Enabled Disabled Auto OS Controlled Base I O Address Set the base I O address for Serial Port A Optio...

Page 55: ...r the parallel port Options 378 278 3BC Disabled Interrupt Set the interrupt for the parallel port Options IRQ7 IRQ5 Mode Set the mode for the parallel port using options Output Only Bi directional EP...

Page 56: ...300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K Console Type Enables the specified console type Options VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 ASCII Flow Control Enables flow control Options Disabled XON...

Page 57: ...ts read only Event Log Validity It reports the validity of the DMI event log read only View DMI Event Log It allows you to view the contents of the DMI event log read only Clear All DMI Event Logs Set...

Page 58: ...tting allows you to view the onboard hardware monitor device AutoFan Mode Quiet Fans are working with the lowest possible speed Auto Mode Optimum temperature Control at Maximum CPU performance Full Sp...

Page 59: ...ystem will continue booting only if the correct password is entered If the wrong password is entered three times the system will automatically shut down Options Disabled Enabled Fixed Disk Boot Sector...

Page 60: ...tyan com 3 6 Boot Use this screen to configure the boot priority order Boot Priority Order It shows the boot priority for installed devices Excluded from boot order It lists devices to be excluded fro...

Page 61: ...he save to ram power mode Options Enabled Disabled Power Button Off Enabled will let power button possible to shutdown the system in legacy OS without holding for 4 seconds Disabled will force 4 secon...

Page 62: ...tions Power On Stay Off Last State High Precision Event timer Enable Disable Multimedia Timer support Options Disabled Enabled ACPIMCFG Table Some version of Linux Kernel has problem ofscan build in m...

Page 63: ...setup after saving the changes made Exit Discarding Changes This exits BIOS setup after discarding the changes made Load Setup Defaults This loads the factory default values Discard Changes This disca...

Page 64: ...64 http www tyan com NOTE...

Page 65: ...4 1 Flash Utility Every BIOS file is unique for the motherboard it was designed for For Flash Utilities BIOS downloads and information on how to properly use the Flash Utility with your motherboard p...

Page 66: ...tialize all video adapters in system 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 14h Initialize keyboa...

Page 67: ...optional 81h Late POST device initialization B6h Check password optional 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports B9h Prepare Boot 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers BAh Initialize DMI paramete...

Page 68: ...9Dh Initialize security engine optional E5h Check force recovery boot 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts E6h Checksum BIOS ROM 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives E7h Go to BIOS A0h Set time of da...

Page 69: ...tem to TYAN diskette maker If you would like to boot from hard disk press 0 and Enter or just wait for 10 seconds to boot automatically from hard disk Boot from CD ISOLINUX 2 00 2002 10 25 Copyright C...

Page 70: ...r nVidia NVRAID SATA and RAID Driver Diskette 01 Microsoft Windows 2000 32 bit Diskette 02 Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit Diskette 03 Microsoft Windows XP 64bit Diskette 04 Microsoft Windows 2003 64 bit...

Page 71: ...the power supply and cooling fan The keyboard mouse USB serial and parallel ports are built in Bandwidth refers to carrying capacity The greater the bandwidth the more data the bus phone line or other...

Page 72: ...ort which is called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives data on another single wire that is the data is transmitted in serial form one bit after a...

Page 73: ...re that controls the system hardware Form factor an industry term for the size shape power supply type and external connector type of the Personal Computer Board PCB or motherboard The standard form f...

Page 74: ...nsmits the bits of a byte on eight different wires at the same time PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a 32 or 64 bit local bus data pathway which is faster than the ISA bus Local buses are those w...

Page 75: ...IOS RAID I O Steering Intel RAM Random Access Memory technically refers to a type of memory where any byte can be accessed without touching the adjacent data and is often referred to the system s main...

Page 76: ...le port This one port type can function as a serial parallel mouse keyboard or joystick port It is fast enough to support video transfer and is capable of supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral...

Page 77: ...easily find the latest software and operating system components to keep their systems running as powerful and productive as possible Tyan also ranks high for its commitment to fast and friendly custo...

Page 78: ...is encouraged to try one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet...

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