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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 K8QS features support for Quad
AMD Opteron processors, dual channel Gigabit Ethernet, Serial ATA (SATA) RAID,
and dual channel U320 SCSI.
Remember to visit TYAN's Website at http://www.TYAN.com. There you can find
information on all of TYAN's products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS upgrades.
Hardware Specifications
Processor
Quad µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
Supports up to four AMD Opteron
series processors
Four onboard 3-phase VRMs
Integrated 128-bit DDR Memory
Controller
Chipset
TM
AMD-8131
HyperTransport PCI-X
Tunnel
TM
AMD-8111
HyperTransport I/O Hub
Winbond W83627HF Super I/O chip
Total five Hardware Monitoring IC:
One ADM1027 and four LM63
Memory
128-bit dual channel memory bus
Total ten 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM
sockets (4 on CPU 0 and 2 each on
CPU1, CPU2,CPU3 respectively)
Supports up to 20 GB Registered DDR
Supports ECC and ECC with Chipkill
type memory modules
Supports PC1600, PC2100, PC2700 &
PC3200 DDR
Expansion Slots
Two independent PCI-X buses
Two 64-bit 66/33 MHz (3.3-Volt) PCI-X
slots from PCI-X bridge A
Two 64-bit 133/100/66/33 MHz (3.3-Volt)
PCI-X slots from PCI-X bridge B
One legacy 32-bit 33MHz (5-Volt) PCI
slot
Integrated Enhanced IDE
Controller
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Provides two IDE dual-drive ports
800
for up to four EIDE devices
Supports for UDMA 33/66/100/133
IDE drives and ATAPI compliant
devices
Integrated I/O
One floppy connector supports one
device
Two 9-pin serial ports (one
connector and one header) and One
25-pin parallel port pin-header
PS/2 mouse and keyboard
connectors
Two USB v1.1 front panel headers
Two USB v2.0 connectors
System Management
Total nine 3-pin fan headers with
tachometer monitoring
Four fan headers with (PWM) speed
control
One 2-pin Chassis Intrusion header
Temperature, voltage and fan
monitoring
Integrated PCI Graphics
ATI
Rage
controller
8MB Frame Buffer of video
memory
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