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Jumpers & Connectors

Jumper/Connector

Function

Infiniband SMB Header

Front Panel Header

J10

Reset Button

J11

Power Button

J14

BMC SMB Header

J17

COM Port Header (share with COM1)

FAN1/FAN2/FAN3

8-pin 4056 Fan Header (for Barebone)

PSMI1

PSMI Connector

USB2

USB Front Panel Header

JP3

Clear CMOS Jumper

LED1

ID LED

LED2

Infiniband LED

LED3

Standby Power LED

Jumper Legend

OPEN - Jumper OFF

Without jumper cover

CLOSED - Jumper ON

With jumper cover

Summary of Contents for S8238

Page 1: ...ks of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation Notice Information contained in this document is furnished by MiTAC International Corporation and has been reviewe...

Page 2: ...face Material 23 2 6 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis 24 2 7 Installing the Memory 26 2 8 Attaching Drive Cables 32 2 9 Installing Add In Cards 33 2 10 Connecting External Devices 34 2 11 Ins...

Page 3: ...tyan com 3 Before you begin Check the box contents The retail motherboard package should contain the following 1x S8238 Motherboard 1 x S8238 User s manual 1 x S8238 Quick reference guide 1 x TYAN Dr...

Page 4: ...o meet demanding requirements for today s IT environments Remember to visit the TYAN website at http www tyan com There you can find all the information on all TYAN products as well as all the support...

Page 5: ...1 2x12 pin SSI front panel header SATA 1 Mini SAS connector for 4 SATA II System Monitoring Chipset Winbond W83795G Voltage Monitors voltage for CPU memory chipset power supply Fan Total 3 8 pin head...

Page 6: ...d CPU Series AMD 45nm 8 Core 12 Core Opteron 6100 Series Processors Magny Cours 2 HT3 12MB L3 per socket Features HyperTransportTM 3 technology HT3 links provide up to 102 4 GB s peak bandwidth per pr...

Page 7: ...W83795G Voltage Monitors voltage for CPU memory chipset power supply Fan Total 3 8 pin headers Temperature Monitors temperature for CPU system environment LED Fan fail LED indicator Over temperature w...

Page 8: ...sing at 35 C RoHS RoHS 6 6 Complaint Yes Package Contains Motherboard 1 S8238 Motherboard Manual 1 User s manual 1 Quick Ref Guide Installation CD 1 TYAN installation CD in bulk packing carton 1 3 Sof...

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Page 10: ...ouch a safely grounded object to release static charge i e power supply case For the safest conditions MiTAC recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap 2 Hold the motherboard by its edges and do n...

Page 11: ...n com 11 2 1 Board Image S8238GM2NR LE S8238GM2NRI This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may not look exactly like the a...

Page 12: ...http www tyan com 12 2 2 Block Diagram S8238GM2NR LE Block Diagram...

Page 13: ...http www tyan com 13 S8238GM2NRI Block Diagram...

Page 14: ...of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may not look exactly like the above diagram But for the DIMM number please refer to the above placement for memor...

Page 15: ...1 Power Button J14 BMC SMB Header J17 COM Port Header share with COM1 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 8 pin 4056 Fan Header for Barebone PSMI1 PSMI Connector USB2 USB Front Panel Header JP3 Clear CMOS Jumper LED1 ID L...

Page 16: ...http www tyan com 16 J17 FAN1 FAN2 J9 USB2 FAN3 PSMI1...

Page 17: ...an headers will cause problems to the system J9 Front Panel Connector Signal Pin Pin Signal PW_LED 1 2 FP_PWR KEY PIN 3 4 ID_LED PWR_LED 5 6 ID_LED HDD_LED 7 8 FAULT_LED1 HDD_LED 9 10 FAULT_LED2 PWR_S...

Page 18: ...system setup password or need to clear BIOS setting 1 Power off system and disconnect both power connectors from the motherboard 2 Use jumper cap to close Pin_2 and Pin_3 for seconds to Clear CMOS 3 P...

Page 19: ...LED2 Infiniband LED 1 4 2 3 Pin Signal 4 VCC3 2 Infiniband Link 3 VCC3 1 Infiniband Active State Color Description Link Green Infiniband Link Active Orange Infiniband Active Off Off Infiniband no lin...

Page 20: ...uration Processor Installation G34 1944 pin Socket for AMD CPU Follow the steps below to install the processors and heat sinks Please note that the illustrations are based on a G34 1944 pin Socket whi...

Page 21: ...3 Lift the socket cover to a fully open position 4 Take off the CPU protection cap 5 Place the CPU in the CPU socket and make sure that the gold arrow is located in the right direction with two notch...

Page 22: ...rocessor do not overheat and continue to operate at maximum performance for as long as you own them The overheated processor is dangerous to the motherboard For the safest method of installation and i...

Page 23: ...touch this material Simply remove the protective cover and place the heat sink on the processor The second type of interface material is usually packaged separately It is commonly referred to as ther...

Page 24: ...uds are usually metal and are gold in color Usually the chassis manufacturer will pre install the support studs If you are unsure of stud placement simply lay the motherboard inside the chassis and al...

Page 25: ...ad of metal Although the plastic studs are usable MiTAC recommends using metal studs with screws that will fasten the motherboard more securely in place Below is a chart detailing what the most common...

Page 26: ...ite at http www tyan com for details of the type of memory recommended for your motherboard The following diagram shows common types of DDR3 memory modules Supports R DIMM U DIMM and Low Voltage LV DD...

Page 27: ...DIMM 11 C0 CPU1_DIMM 10 B0 CPU1_DIMM 9 A0 NOTE 1 indicates a populated DIMM slot 2 Paired memory installation for Max performance 3 Populate the same DIMM type in each channel specifically Use the sam...

Page 28: ...1066MHz 1066MHz SR and DR SR and DR 1066MHz 1066MHz SR and DR SR and DR SR and DR n a 1333MHz SR and DR SR and DR n a 1333MHz SR and DR SR and DR SR and DR NOTE UDIMM can support up to 4GB sized DIMM...

Page 29: ...nd QR n a 1066MHz SR DR and QR QR QR n a 1333MHz n a SR and DR SR and DR n a 1333MHz n a QR QR n a 1333MHz SR and DR SR and DR SR and DR NOTE RDIMM can support up to 16GB sized DIMM s SR and DR Memory...

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Page 31: ...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 32: ...are very simple There is no need to set Master Slave jumpers on SATA drives If you are in need of SATA SAS cables or power adapters please contact your place of purchase The following pictures illustr...

Page 33: ...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 TIP It s a good practi...

Page 34: ...ght 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...

Page 35: ...r Proprietary Design Signal Pin Pin Signal GND 1 2 GND GND 3 4 GND GND 5 6 NC GND 7 8 12V GND 9 10 12V PSON 11 12 5VSB GND 13 14 GND GND 15 16 NC 12V 17 18 12V 12V 19 20 12V TYAN recommends the use of...

Page 36: ...ing up the hardware aspect of your computer Before closing up your chassis make sure that all cables and wires are connected properly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumpers You may have di...

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Page 38: ...igurations of the BIOS are current at the time of print and are subject to change and therefore may not match exactly what is displayed on screen This section describes the BIOS setup program The setu...

Page 39: ...best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable 3 1 4 Setup Variations Not all systems have the same BI...

Page 40: ...to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit AMIBIOS Version vx xx Build Date DD MM YY ID xxxx_xxx Processor AMD Opteron tm Processor xxxx Speed xxxx MHz Count x System Memory Size xxxx M...

Page 41: ...on ACPI Configuration Hardware Health Configuration IPMI 2 0 Configuration Remote Access Configuration USB Configuration Onboard Devices Configuration CPU Configuration Configure CPU IDE Configuration...

Page 42: ...L2 xxxxKB Cache L3 xxxxKB Speed xxxx NB Clk xxxx Able to change Freq Yes uCode Patch Level xxxx GART Error Reporting Secure Virtual Machine Mode PowerNow PowerCap ACPI SRAT Table C1E Support CPU Socke...

Page 43: ...http www tyan com 43 ACPI SRAT Table Enable or disable the building of ACPI SRAT Table Disabled Enabled C1E Support Enable or disable the C1 Enhanced mode Disabled Enabled...

Page 44: ...otection This will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS Disabled Enabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec Select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI device s 0 35 at 5 interval BIOS Setu...

Page 45: ...if the device supports it and the device is not already formatted with LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Disabled Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled The Data transfer from and to th...

Page 46: ...http www tyan com 46 32 Bit Data Transfer Enable 32 bit to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate Enabled Disabled...

Page 47: ...Security Chipset Exit Advanced ACPI Configuration Enable RSDP pointers to 64 bit Fixed System Description Tables Di ACPI version has some Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General He...

Page 48: ...http www tyan com 48 Enabled Disabled...

Page 49: ...S to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description Table RSDT table Enabled Disabled NOTE OEMB table is used to pass POST data to the AMI code during ACPI O S operations Headless Mode...

Page 50: ...ation Auto Fan Control Switch Disabled fan full speed Enabled fan speed according max temperature Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Auto FAN C...

Page 51: ...10 11 12 CPU Temp 0 CPU Temp 1 SR5670 Case SB Area Temp IB Area Temp System Ambient CPU0 MOS Area CPU1 MOS Area VCCP_P0 VCCP_P1 VDDNB_P0 VDDNB_P1 VDDIO_P0 VDDIO_P1 VCC3 V3AUX VBAT xx xx xx xx xx xx xx...

Page 52: ...uration BMC Watch Dog Timer Action BMC Alert LED and Beep FW Key Working Disabled Off 0000000 Status of BMC Read only Clear BMC System Event Log Clear all events in BMC System Event Log Set LAN Config...

Page 53: ...r Event Dir Type Event Data 1 xxxx xxxx System Event MM DD YYYY HH MM SS xxxx xx IPMI Ver 2 0 xx Voltage xx xx xx xx xx Read only It can not be modified in user mode 3 3 5 2 Set LAN Configuration BIOS...

Page 54: ...Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit IP Address Configuration Save LAN Configuration DHCP IP Address Source Select IPMI IP Address Source STATIC DHCP NOTE IP Address and Subnet Mask...

Page 55: ...Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Current VLAN ID Status VLAN Tagging VLAN ID Save VLAN ID Configuration Enabled Enabled 033 Current VLAN ID Status Read onl...

Page 56: ...lert Startup Delay Startup Delay Event Message for PEF Action Enabled Alert Disabled Disabled Disabled PEF Support Enable or disable PEF support Enabled Disabled PEF Action Global Control Select actio...

Page 57: ...Remote Access Enables remote access to system through serial port Disabled Enabled NOTE The following BIOS items are available only when Remove Access is set to Enabled Serial Port Number Select Seri...

Page 58: ...Combo Key Support Enable VT UFT8 Combination Key Support for ANSI VT100 terminals Enabled Disabled Sredir Memory Display Delay Gives the delay in seconds to display memory information No Delay Delay 1...

Page 59: ...USB 1 1 HC Support USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Enabled Hi Speed Enabled Enabled Legacy USB Support Enables support for legacy USB AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are c...

Page 60: ...ass Storage Reset Delay Device 1 Emulation Type Device 2 Emulation Type 20 Sec xxxxxxxxxx Auto xxxxxxxxxx Auto USB Mass Storage Reset Delay Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device...

Page 61: ...or disable the onboard VGA controller Enabled Disabled Serial Port1 Enable or disable the serial port 1 Enabled Disabled BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Onboard Dev...

Page 62: ...imer register 64 32 96 128 160 192 224 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ Yes No Palette Snooping This is the default setting and should not be changed un...

Page 63: ...http www tyan com 63 Disabled Enabled PCI IDE Bus Master Enabled BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading writing to IDE drives Enabled Disabled...

Page 64: ...s Configuration Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit...

Page 65: ...er on state for Numlock On Off Wait for F1 If Error Waits for F1 key to be present if error occurs Enabled Disabled Hit DEL Message Display Displays Press DEL to run Setup in POST Enabled Disabled Int...

Page 66: ...n F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx Set your boot device priority These can be customized depending on your preference 3 5 3...

Page 67: ...ves Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General...

Page 68: ...stalled User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Supervisor Password User Password Read only Change Supervisor Password Install...

Page 69: ...igure CPU Bridge features Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Nor...

Page 70: ...Exit Memory Configuration ECC Configuration DRAM Timing Configuration Memory Timing Parameters CPU Node 0 Memory CLK CAS Latency Tcl RAS CAS Delay Trcd Row Precharge Time Trp Min Active RAS Tras RAS...

Page 71: ...sabled Enabled Bank Interleaving Bank Interleave setting has to do with the actual RAM chip properties most good quality RAM chips have 4 bank interleaving and work best at this setting Inter leaving...

Page 72: ...all of memory is scrubbed in 8 hours Basic Super Disabled Good Max User DRAM ECC Enable DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically maintaining system integrity Enabled...

Page 73: ...28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 82 9us 163 8us 327 7us 655 4us L2 L3 Cache BG Scrub Allow the L2 L3 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle Disabled 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us...

Page 74: ...Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit DRAM Timing Config Auto DRAM Timing Config Select the DRAM Frequency programming method If Auto the DRAM sp...

Page 75: ...hip SATA Channel OnChip SATA Type SATA IDE Combined Mode Restore on AC Power Loss NMI Button Chassis Intrusion detection SGPIO function Watchdog Mode Watchdog Timer Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Ena...

Page 76: ...t is detected the BIOS will report the event Disabled Enabled SGPIO Function Enable or disable the SP5100 SGPIO function Enabled Disabled Watchdog Mode POST Watchdog timer counting start at Power on s...

Page 77: ...ub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit PCI Express Configuration Hyper Transport Configuration IOMMU Primary Video Controller Disabled PCIE GPP1 PCI IOMMU Disable or Enable IOMMU functio...

Page 78: ...y Chipset Exit PCI Express Configuration Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Port 02 Features Port 03 Features Port 09 Features Port 10 Features...

Page 79: ...isabled Force PCIE link speed to GEN1 Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Gen2 High Speed Mode Disabled force PCIE link speed to GEN1 Auto Disab...

Page 80: ...and Exit ESC Exit Link ASPM Active State Power Management Disabled L0s L1 L0s L1 L0s Downstream L0s Downstream L1 L1 Immediate ACK When Enabled L1 will be ACK d immediately Disabled Enabled 3 7 3 1 3...

Page 81: ...lp F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Turn Off PLL During L1 L23 Enabled Disabled TXCLK Clock Gating in L1 Enabled Disabled LCLK Clock Gating in L1 Enabled Disabled 3 7 3 1 4 SB Core Setting BIOS Setup Utilit...

Page 82: ...Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit HT Extended Address HT3 Link Power State HT Link Tristate Disabled Auto Auto HT Extended Address Enabled HT suppor...

Page 83: ...ut not saved into CMOS Load Optimal Defaults Use this option to load default performance setup values Use this option when system CMOS values have been corrupted or modified incorrectly Load Failsafe...

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Page 85: ...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 ple...

Page 86: ...T1ChHandlerBlock 08 Initializes the CPU The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB MS using AMI KB 5 0A Initializes the 804...

Page 87: ...e 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 Execute BIOS setup if needed requested 8C Late POST in...

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Page 89: ...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 electrical path can carry Greater bandwidth results in...

Page 90: ...ight 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 another Parallel ports transmit the bits of a byte on e...

Page 91: ...are 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...

Page 92: ...ster than the ISA bus Local buses are those which operate within a single system as opposed to a network bus which connects multiple systems PCI PIO PCI Programmable Input Output modes the data transf...

Page 93: ...it can keep two sets of memory addresses open simultaneously By transferring data alternately from one set of addresses and then the other SDRAM cuts down on the delays associated with non synchronous...

Page 94: ...ard or joystick port It is fast enough to support video transfer and is capable of supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral devices VGA Video Graphics Array the PC video display standard V SYNC c...

Page 95: ...rs 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 syste...

Page 96: ...d by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and t...

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