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1x Thunder n3600QE motherboard

1 x Ultra-DMA-133/100/66/33 IDE cable

3 x Serial ATA power cable

6 x Serial ATA Cable

1 x USB2.0 cable

1 x COM Port Cable

1 x Thunder n3600QE user’s manual

1 x Thunder n3600QE Quick Reference guide

1 x TYAN driver CD

1 x I/O shield

4 x CPU Retention Frame and Back Plate (pre-installed)

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

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Page 1: ...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 Ele...

Page 2: ...2 8 Installing Add in Cards 28 2 9 Connecting External Devices 29 2 10 Installing the Power Supply 30 2 11 Finishing up 31 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS 33 3 2 BIOS Menu Bar 33 3 3 Setup Ba...

Page 3: ...rial ATA Cable 1 x USB2 0 cable 1 x COM Port Cable 1 x Thunder n3600QE user s manual 1 x Thunder n3600QE Quick Reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield 4 x CPU Retention Frame and Back Plate...

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Page 5: ...ations Processors Quad 1207 pin ZIF sockets Supports up to four AMD Rev F Opteron TM 8000 series CPU Up to 1 0GHz Hyper Thansport link support Chipset NVIDIA NFP3600 MCP55 Pro SMSC SCH5017 Memory Dual...

Page 6: ...0 Base T port with link activity LED Integrated I O Interfaces One IDE connector Two USB 2 0 ports via cable One COM port via cable Tyan 2x9 pin fan header for Tyan barebone Tyan 2x6 pin front panel h...

Page 7: ...board 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 rec...

Page 8: ...tp www tyan com 8 2 1 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 pictu...

Page 9: ...http www tyan com 9 2 2 Block Diagram Thunder n3600QE S4980 Block Diagram...

Page 10: ...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 11: ...M Port Pin Header J17 USB Front Panel Pin Header J14 Front Panel Pin Header J11 IPMB Pin Header J10 SMDC Connector J9 LCM Pin Header J8 SGPIO Pin Header IDE1 Hard Drive Connector JP2 SMDC Warning LED...

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Page 13: ...TACH J3 TYAN FP2 Connector for TYAN barebone use only 1 12 11 2 Pin 1 LAN1 LED Pin 2 LAN1 LED Pin 3 LAN2 LED Pin 4 LAN2 LED Pin 5 NC Pin 6 GND Pin 7 ID LED Pin 8 ID LED1 Pin 9 ID_LED S W Pin 10 ID_LED...

Page 14: ...http www tyan com 14 J14 J8 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 J11...

Page 15: ...LOCK Pin 4 SLOAD Pin 5 SDATA TX1 Pin 6 SDATA RX1 Pin 7 GND Pin 8 NC SATA0 1 2 3 4 5 Serial ATA RAID Connector 7 GND 6 RXP 5 RXN 4 GND 3 TXN 2 TXP 7 1 1 GND Connects to the Serial ATA ready drives via...

Page 16: ...http www tyan com 16 JP2 Warning LED Pin Header for M3291 1 Pin 1 WLED_CTL Pin 2 NC J4 JP1 J5 J13 J26 J25 J18 J6 J16 J10 JP2...

Page 17: ...O1 35 GND9 37 GND10 41 RSVD3 43 RSVD5 45 GND12 47 SMALERTB 49 LAD1 2 LAD3 4 LFRAME 6 PCI_CLK 8 PCIRST 10 I2C1CLK 12 GND5 14 I2C4DA 16 I2C3CLK 18 5VSB1 20 I2C2DA 22 GND7 24 PCIPME 26 SVM_IRQ 28 SVM_WOL...

Page 18: ...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 19: ...essor s Your S4980 ports the latest processor technologies from AMD Check the TYAN website for latest processor support http www tyan com Figure 1 Exploded View of Thermal Solution AMD PIB Platforms b...

Page 20: ...s surrounding the processor The back plate also serves as a stiffener plate for the LGA socket While doing the installation be careful in holding the components Follow these instructions to install yo...

Page 21: ...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 22: ...socket cam side faces you Make sure the lever hook is on your top left side 2 Use your right thumb to push the latches of PnP cap and remove the PnP cap from the load plate 3 Use your left thumb and f...

Page 23: ...ches of the package 8 Close the socket Rotate the load plate onto the package lid Engage the load lever while pressing down lightly onto the load plate Secure the lever near the hook end under the ret...

Page 24: ...ected and no jumpers or settings need changing The Thunder n3600QE S4980 supports up to 64GB of memory The following chart outlines the suggested rules for populating memory CPU Memory Population Rule...

Page 25: ...3NR 1 Press 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 mo...

Page 26: ...d the other end s into the drive s Each standard IDE cable has three connectors two of which are closer together The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to...

Page 27: ...Attaching floppy diskette drives are done in a similar manner to hard drives See the picture below for an example of a floppy cable Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the cab...

Page 28: ...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 than damaging both th...

Page 29: ...be required to complete the installation Onboard LAN LED Color Definition The onboard Ethernet ports have green and yellow LEDs to indicate LAN status The chart below illustrates the different LED st...

Page 30: ...device b For proprietary PSU with 24 8 8 pin power connectors PW3 24 pin 12V1 PW5 8 pin 12V2 12V3 PW1 8 pin 12V4 12V5 24 Pin EPS 12V Power Connector 8 Pin EPS12V Power Connector 4 Pin 12V Power Conne...

Page 31: ...operly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumpers You may have difficulty powering on your system if the motherboard jumpers are not set correctly In the rare circumstance that you have experi...

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Page 33: ...he 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 setup program lets you modify basic configu...

Page 34: ...ESC 3 5 In Case of Problems If you have trouble booting your computer after making and saving the changes with the BIOS setup program you can restart the computer by holding the power button down unt...

Page 35: ...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 02 08 07 ID 0AAAA000...

Page 36: ...ration 4APM Configuration 4Event Log Configuration 4Hardware Health Configuration 4Remote Access Configuration 4USB Configuration 4AMD PowerNow Configuration 4Onboard Devices Configuration Configure C...

Page 37: ...e Option Description Advanced Settings USB Configuration Menu Item Configure the USB support AMD PowerNow Configuration Menu Item Configure AMD PowerNow support Onboard Devices Configuration Menu Item...

Page 38: ...Maximum FSB Multiplier Able to change Freq uCode Patch Level GART Error Reporting Microcode Update SVM uCode Option Runtime Legacy PSB xxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx Yes None required Disabled E...

Page 39: ...r normal operation The driver developer may enable it for the purpose of testing Enabled Microcode Update Disabled CPU Microcode update Enabled SVM uCode Option Disabled Processor Assisted Virtualizat...

Page 40: ...n Enabled Device 0 1 2 Disabled 35 Host Device While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices Select Screen Select Item Ch...

Page 41: ...enabled disabled RAID mode for each ATA channel BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit RAID Setup nVidia RAID Function Disabled While entering setup BIOS auto detects the...

Page 42: ...device supports it and the device i s not already formatted with LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled Disabled The Data transfer from and to the devic...

Page 43: ...d with LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled Disabled The Data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time Auto The Data transfer from...

Page 44: ...t Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Configure SCH5017 Super IO Chipset 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port1 Address Disabled Allow BIOS to select Serial Po...

Page 45: ...elected item appears on the right side of the screen The settings are described on this page The screen is shown below BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit ACPI Settings...

Page 46: ...ption Description Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI v3 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI Version Features ACPI v1 0 Set this value to allow or prevent the system to be complaint with the ACPI 2 0 specification Enabled...

Page 47: ...Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit MCP55 ACPI HPET TABLE Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Chipset AC...

Page 48: ...hange Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description APM Configuration Disabled Resume On PME Enabled Disable Enable PME to generate a wake event Disabled Resume On PCIE...

Page 49: ...tings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Event Logging details View Event Log Mark All Events as Read Clear Event Log View all unr...

Page 50: ...1 FAN1 Speed TACH1 CPU2 FAN2 Speed TACH2 CPU3 FAN6 Speed TACH14 CPU4 FAN5 Speed TACH13 System FAN3 Speed TACH5 System FAN4 Speed TACH6 System FAN7 Speed TACH15 System FAN8 Speed TACH16 xx C xxx F xx C...

Page 51: ...tage report submenu is read only BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Board Voltages Event Monitoring CPU1 2 Vdimm CPU3 4 Vdimm CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore CPU3 Vcore CPU4 Vco...

Page 52: ...low Control Redirection After BIOS POST Terminal Type VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Sredir Memory Display Delay Disabled COM1 3F8h 4 115200 8 n 1 None Always ANSI Enabled No Delay Select remote access typ...

Page 53: ...active during 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 Select the target terminal type Enabled VT UTF8 C...

Page 54: ...Devices Enabled None Legacy USB Support Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled Enables USB host controllers Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save...

Page 55: ...ange the value of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit AMD PowerNow Configuration PowerNow Enabled...

Page 56: ...ots Configuration Onboard VGA Primary Graphics Adapter USB 1 1 Controller USB 2 0 Controller LAN1 LAN2 Enabled PCI Express PCI Enabled Enabled Auto Auto If NO display exist ACPI Headless Mode need Ena...

Page 57: ...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 be...

Page 58: ...ice takes 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 t...

Page 59: ...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 60: ...ows 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 Mouse Support Auto Selects support...

Page 61: ...Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corre...

Page 62: ...lity Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Hard Disk Drives 1st Drive xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 Gene...

Page 63: ...ility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Network Drives 1st Drive xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 Gener...

Page 64: ...Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Install or change the password Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F10 Save and E...

Page 65: ...ng it using the Arrow keys and pressing Enter The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced Chipset Settings WARNING Se...

Page 66: ...RAS Tras Row Precharge Time Trp RAS RAS Delay Trrd Row Cycle Trc Asynchronous Latency XXX MHz XX X CLK X CLK X CLK X CLK XX CLK X ns Select Screen Select Item Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General...

Page 67: ...performance Row Precharge Time Trp Read only This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe RAS to be allowed to precharge If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its...

Page 68: ...you use LIMIT you can set one of the standard values Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Memory Configuration Limit Auto Memc...

Page 69: ...Enable Enabled Reserve a spare memory rank in each node Enabled DQS Signal Training Control Disabled Turning off will require custom memory timing programming Enabled Memory Hole Remapping Disabled En...

Page 70: ...Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description ECC Configuration Enabled DRAM ECC Enable Disabled DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatical...

Page 71: ...0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us L2 Cache BG Scrub 655 4us Allows the L2 Data Cache RAM to be corrected while idle Disabled 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163...

Page 72: ...isable 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 Help F...

Page 73: ...se this option to exit setup utility and re boot All new selections you have made are stored into CMOS System w ill use the new settings to boot up Discard Changes and Exit Use this option to exit set...

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Page 75: ...has occurred The most common type 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...

Page 76: ...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 77: ...te 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 i...

Page 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...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 82: ...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 then also results in greater speed B...

Page 83: ...d and open jumpers jumpers and jumper pins are active when they are on or closed and inactive when they are off or open CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors chips that hold the basic startup...

Page 84: ...figuration Data a format for storing information about Plug n Play devices in the system BIOS This information helps properly configure the system each time it boots Fault tolerance a term describing...

Page 85: ...erating systems can take care of these details for you ISA Industry Standard Architecture a slower 8 or 16 bit bus data pathway Latency the amount of time that one part of a system spends waiting for...

Page 86: ...ange any part of your hardware PXE Preboot Execution Environment one of four components that together make up the Wired for Management 2 0 baseline specification PXE was designed to define a standard...

Page 87: ...iated with non synchronous RAM which must close one address bank before opening the next Serial port called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives da...

Page 88: ...pport 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 controls the vertical scanning properties of...

Page 89: ...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 ve...

Page 90: ...a circuit different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer on an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatus complies with the Class B limits for radio inte...

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