Chapter 1: Introduction Congratulations; Hardware Specifications - TYAN THUNDER K8SE Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server/work station solutions.
The Thunder K8SE (S2892) is a high-end server/work station mainboard, based
on Nvidia nForce pro2200, Winbond W83627HF Super I/O, Analog Devices,
ADT7463 Hardware Monitoring and AMD-8131
Designed to support up to two AMD Opteron™ (200 series) processors and
16GB of DDR400/333 memory, the S2892 is ideal for CPU, memory, and
network intensive applications required in the HPC and clustering applications.
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.

1.2 - Hardware Specifications

Processors
•Two uPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
•Supports one or two AMD
TM
Opteron processors
•Integrated 128-bit Dual Channel
DDR memory controller
Chipset
•Nvidia nForce pro2200
•AMD 8131™ PCI-X Tunnel
•Winbond W83627HF Super I/O
•Analog Devices ADT7463
Hardware Monitoring IC
Memory
•128-bit dual channel memory bus
•Total Eight 184-pin 2.6-volt DDR
DIMM sockets (four per CPU)
•Supports up to 16GB Registered
DDR
•Supports ECC type memory
modules
•Supports DDR400, DDR333
TM
PCI-X Tunnel chipsets.
Integrated SATAII Controllers
•Two integrated dual port SATA II
controllers
•Four SATA connectors support up
to four drives
•Support up to 3Gb/s
Integrated LAN Controllers
•One Broadcom
Port GbE controller
- Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with
LEDs
- Connected to PCI-X Bridge B
- Two front panel LED headers
•One Intel
Ethernet controller
- One RJ-45 LAN connector with
LEDs stacked on rear two-USB2.0
ports
- Connected to 32bit/33MHz PCI
2.3 bus
- One front panel LED header
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