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Check the box contents!

The retail motherboard package should contain the following:

1x Tiger K8SSA motherboard

1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable

4 x SATA cable

2 x SATA Drive Power Adapter

1 x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable

1 x USB2.0 cable

1 x COM Port cable

1 x Tiger K8SSA User’s Manual

1 x Tiger K8SSA Quick Reference Guide

1 x TYAN driver CD

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.

Summary of Contents for S3870

Page 1: ...ark 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 Notice Information contained in thi...

Page 2: ...ching Drive Cables Page 32 2 11 Installing Add In Cards Page 34 2 12 Installing Optional SO DIMM Modules Page 36 2 12 Connecting External Devices Page 37 2 13 Installing the Power Supply Page 38 2 15...

Page 3: ...ATA cable 2 x SATA Drive Power Adapter 1 x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable 1 x USB2 0 cable 1 x COM Port cable 1 x Tiger K8SSA User s Manual 1 x Tiger K8SSA Quick Reference Guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O...

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Page 5: ...anuals and BIOS upgrades 1 2 Hardware Specifications Processors Two uPGA 940 pin ZIF sockets Supports up to two AMD Opteron TM 200 Series processors including dual core processors Integrated 128 bit D...

Page 6: ...d PS 2 Mouse Keyboard ports Stacked 2 USB ports One 9 pin COM port One 15 pin VGA connector Two side by side RJ 45 ports Form Factor ATX footprint 12 x 10 2 304 8mm x 259 1mm Optional Modules M3291 IP...

Page 7: ...0 Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit Microsoft Windows XP 64 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64 bit SUSE Professional 9 x and SLES 9 RHEL3 Update 4 and 5 RHEL4 Update 1...

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Page 9: ...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...

Page 10: ...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 11: ...http www tyan com 11 2 2 Block Diagram Tiger K8SSA S3870 Block Diagram...

Page 12: ...ctors 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 wi...

Page 13: ...n Connector with Speed Control Page 17 J24 Front Panel Header Page 17 JP1 VGA Enable Disable Jumper Close 1 2 Default Enabled Close 2 3 Disabled Page 17 J18 SO DIMM Socket Page 19 JP2 JP3 SMDC ASF2 0...

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Page 15: ...8 GND KEY 9 10 GND J6 COM2 Header 1 9 2 10 Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2 Signal Pin Pin Signal DCD 1 2 DSR RXD 3 4 RTS TXD 5 6 CTS DTR 7 8 RI GND 9 10 KEY JP6 PCI X Frequency Se...

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Page 17: ...iable This connector supports the tachometer monitoring and auto fan speed control J4 FAN2 J19 FAN4 J20 FAN3 J32 FAN1 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 GND 12V Tachometer Speed J24 Front Panel Header NC 18 17 S...

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Page 19: ...ard J26 IPMB Pin Header 1 Pin 1 IPMB DATA Pin 2 GND Pin 3 IPMB CLK Pin 4 NC 3 1 Clear 3 1 Default You can reset CMOS settings by using this jumper if you have lost your system setup password or need t...

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Page 21: ...4 I2C1DA I2C4CLK GND6 I2C3DA I2C2CLK 5VSB2 PWRBTN RSTBTN OEMBTN EXTSMI CPUNMI SIO_RXD SIO_TXD SIO_RTS SIO_CTS SERIRQ GND12 SMALERTB LAD1 LAD3 LFRAME PCI_CLK PCIRST I2C1CLK GND5 I2C4DA I2C3CLK 5VSB1 I2...

Page 22: ...ll socket processors and may not be an exact representation of the processors you have Step 1 Lift the lever on the socket until it is approximately 90 o or as far back as possible to the socket Step...

Page 23: ...e 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 metho...

Page 24: ...care not to touch this material Simply remove the protective cover and place the heatsink on the processor The second type of interface material is usually packaged separately It is commonly referred...

Page 25: ...gn plastic retention bracket screw holes with CPU back plate standoffs Tighten screws to secure plastic retention bracket Repeat for the other side DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN 2 After tightening screws secure...

Page 26: ...op of motherboard Align heatsink retention frame screw hole with backplate assembly standoffs Place heatsink inside plastic retention bracket Place metal clip over retention frame tab Repeat for other...

Page 27: ...essor and socket attach the end wire of the fan which should already be attached to the heatsink to the motherboard The following diagram illustrates how to connect fans onto the motherboard Once you...

Page 28: ...e 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 not be able to be securely installed Pay attention when...

Page 29: ...g memory into your Tiger K8SSA Installing memory beginning with P1_ DIMM1 In order to access memory on P2_ DIMM1 or 2 both processors must be installed Memory in P2_ DIMM1 or 2 is not required when ru...

Page 30: ...r populating memory Note X indicates a populated DIMM Slot DIMM Slot 128 Bit support P1_DIMM1 X X X X P1_DIMM2 X X X X P1_DIMM3 X X X X P1_DIMM4 X X X X P2_DIMM1 X X X X P2_DIMM2 X X X X DIMM Slot 64...

Page 31: ...g diagrams Once the memory modules are firmly seated in the slot two latches on either side will close and secure the module into the slot Sometimes you may need to close the latches yourself To remov...

Page 32: ...re 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 t...

Page 33: ...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 34: ...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 than damaging both the motherboard and the add in card PCI Routine Table S38...

Page 35: ...OT J15 3 1 G0_A_AD19 PCIIRQ_L0 PCIIRQ_L1 PCIIRQ_L2 PCIIRQ_L3 SODIMM J18 4 1 G0_A_AD22 PCIIRQ_L2 PCIIRQ_L3 PCIIRQ_L4 PCIIRQ_L5 NOTE YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector from the motherboard befor...

Page 36: ...e SO DIMM card as shown making sure that the card is the right way up The card will fit in only one way and the screw holes in the card should line up exactly with the mounting posts on the motherboar...

Page 37: ...into any of these ports but software may be required to complete the installation Onboard LAN LED Color Definition The two onboard Ethernet ports have green and yellow LEDs to indicate LAN status The...

Page 38: ...therboard and or CPU s EPS12V Main Power 24 Pin Chipsets Components 24 12 1 13 1 5 8 4 EPS 12V 8 pin CPU Power 4 GND 8 12V3 3 GND 7 12V3 2 GND 6 12V3 1 GND 5 12V3 Applying power to the board 1 Connect...

Page 39: ...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...

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Page 41: ...ess Del during POST F4 on remote console to start BIOS setup utility BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System Overview AMIBIOS Version 08 00 xx Build Date 08 31 05 ID...

Page 42: ...represent the BIOS setup default 3 3 BIOS Legend Bar The chart describes the legend keys and their alternates Key Function F1 General help window ESC Exit current menu arrow keys Select a different m...

Page 43: ...it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System Overview AMIBIOS Version 08 00 xx Build Date 08 31 05 ID 0...

Page 44: ...ration Hardware Health Configuration Hyper Transport Configuration MPS Configuration AMD PowerNow Configuration Remote Access Configuration USB Configuration Device PCI Slots Configuration Options for...

Page 45: ...the Multi Processor Table AMD PowerNow Configuration Menu Item Configure AMD PowerNow support Remote Access Configuration Menu Item Configure Remote Access USB Configuration Menu Item Configure the US...

Page 46: ...L1 XXXKB Cache L2 XXXXKB Speed XXXXMHz Current FSB Multiplier XXX Maximum FSB Multiplier XXX Able to change Freq Yes uCode Patch Level XXXX GART Error Reporting Disabled MTRR Mapping Continuous This o...

Page 47: ...r normal operation The driver developer may enable it for the purpose of testing Continuous MTRR Mapping Discrete This option determines the method used for programming CPU MTRRs when 4GB or more of m...

Page 48: ...ary IDE Slave IDE Detect Time Out Sec xxxx xxxx xx Disabled disables the integrated IDE controller Primary enables only the primary IDE controller Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General He...

Page 49: ...ed LBA Mode if the device supports it and the device is not already formatted with LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled Disabled The Data transfer fro...

Page 50: ...on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Floppy Configuration Floppy A 1 44 MB 31 2 Floppy B Disabled Select the type of floppy drive connected to the...

Page 51: ...Serial Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Allows BIOS to enable or disable Floppy Controller Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Ex...

Page 52: ...n Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Configure ServerWorks HT1000 S ATA S ATA Mode INT13 Support Enabled P ATA Enabled Enable HT1000 S ATA Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General H...

Page 53: ...Tables Di ACPI version has some Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI v3 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI Versi...

Page 54: ...Security Chipset Exit Event Logging details View Event Log Mark All Events as Read Clear Event Log Event Log Statistics View all unread events on the Event Log Select Screen Select Item Change Option...

Page 55: ...Pin FAN Disabled 50 Duty Cycle Disabled 50 Duty Cycle Disabled Mainboard Voltages Report CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature Mainboard Ambient Temperature FAN1 Speed FAN2 Speed FAN3 Speed FAN4 Speed xx...

Page 56: ...30 30 C 100 43 C see mainboard temp 50 Duty Cycle 40 Duty Cycle 30 Duty Cycle PWM Minimal Duty Cycle 0 Duty Cycle Duty Cycle control range 50 100 40 100 30 100 0 100 Enabled FAN Fail LED Indicator Di...

Page 57: ...Security Chipset Exit Board Voltages Report CPU1 Vdimm CPU2 Vdimm CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore 3 3 Vin 3 3Vin 5 Vin 5 Vin 12 Vin 12 Vin x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx V x xxx...

Page 58: ...d the board is capable Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Hyper Transport Configuration Auto 200MHz 400MHz 600MHz 800MHz CPU1...

Page 59: ...settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit MPS Configuration MPS Revision 1 4 Select MPS Revision Select Screen Select Item Chan...

Page 60: ...ettings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit AMD PowerNow Configuration PowerNow Disabled Enabled Disabled PowerNow Select Screen Se...

Page 61: ...BIOS POST Terminal Type VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Sredir Memory Display Delay Disabled COM1 3F8h 4 115200 8 n 1 None Always ANSI Disabled No Delay Select remote access type Select Screen Select Item...

Page 62: ...POST and during Boot Loader Always Redirection is always active Some OSs may not work if set to Always ANSI VT100 Terminal Type VT UTF8 Selects the target terminal type Disabled VT UTF8 Combo Key Sup...

Page 63: ...Boot Security Chipset Exit USB Configuration Module Version X XX X XX X USB Devices Enabled None Legacy USB Support Enabled BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled Enables USB host controllers Select Screen Select...

Page 64: ...y Chipset Exit Onboard Device and PCI Slots Configuration Onboard LAN1 Device Onboard LAN1 OP ROM Onboard LAN2 Device Onboard LAN2 OP ROM Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Select Scre...

Page 65: ...ue of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced PCI PnP Settings WARING Setting wrong values in...

Page 66: ...akes over When set to higher values every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth Values in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer...

Page 67: ...n Sub Menu Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option...

Page 68: ...OM Display Mode Keep Current Allows user to force BIOS Option ROM of add on cards to be displayed during quiet boot On Boot up Num Lock Off Selects Power on state for Numlock Enabled Disabled PS 2 Mou...

Page 69: ...Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled...

Page 70: ...Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Removable Drives 1st Drive 1st FLOPPY DRIVE Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Select Screen Select Item Change Opti...

Page 71: ...ord Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Install or change the password Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save...

Page 72: ...guration for the AMD8131 PCI X Tunnel is available in the PCI X Configuration Menu Select a menu by highlighting it using the Arrow keys and pressing Enter The settings are described on the following...

Page 73: ...rd X CLK Row Cycle Trc X CLK Row Refresh Cycle Trfc X CLK Read Write Delay Trwt X CLK Read Preamble X ns Asynchronous Latency X ns Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10...

Page 74: ...ts 7 4 RAS active to RAS active or auto refresh of the same bank Row Refresh Cycle Trfc Read only Bits 11 8 Auto refresh active to RAS active or RAS auto refresh Read Write Delay Trwt Read only Bits 6...

Page 75: ...standard values Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Memory Configuration Limit Memclock Mode Auto MEMCLK can be set by the co...

Page 76: ...up Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit ECC Configuration DRAM ECC Enable MCA DRAM ECC Logging ECC Chip Kill DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT DRAM BG Scrub L2 Cache BG Scrub Data Cache BG Scrub...

Page 77: ...orrect DRAM ECC errors immediately when they occur even if background scrubbing is on Disabled 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us DRAM BG Scru...

Page 78: ...re Option Description ECC Configuration Disabled 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us Data Cache BG Scrub 655 4us Allows the L1 Data Cache RAM t...

Page 79: ...P or disable altogether Some OSes require valid GART for proper operation If AGP is present select appropriate option to ensure proper AGP operation Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General...

Page 80: ...ed Enabled South Bridge Chipset Configuration Hide XIOAPIC PCI Functions Power Button Install Off Enabled Enabled Enabled Former State Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save...

Page 81: ...t Use this option to exit setup utility and re boot All new selections you have made are stored into CMOS System will use the new settings to boot up Discard Changes and Exit Use this option to exit s...

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Page 83: ...ype of error is a memory error Before contacting your vendor or TYAN Technical Support be sure that you note as much as you can about the beep code length and order that you experience Also be ready w...

Page 84: ...em timer interrupt Traps INT1Ch vector to POSTINT1ChHandlerBlock 08 Initializes the CPU The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detectio...

Page 85: ...s 7A Initializes remaining option ROMs 7C Generate and write contents of ESCD in NVRam 84 Log errors encountered during POST 85 Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error 87 Execu...

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Page 87: ...GP card Network card or SCSI card SMDC does not require any hardware specific driver As long as a standby power comes into the system SMDC will begin looking after the system Tyan SMDC provides divers...

Page 88: ...C will continue to function even if the system is not powered on How SMDC and TSO Work The brief descriptions below will help explain how these items function Agent a system with SMDC installed The SM...

Page 89: ...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 90: ...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 91: ...he 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 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...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 96: ...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 97: ...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 custom...

Page 98: ...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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