Tyan Thunder K8QS Pro S4882 Motherboard

TYAN Updated: 2009-01-29 RSS

Power and performance are combined in Tyan's Thunder K8QS Pro (S4882) 4-way AMD Opteron™ platform. With a low latency memory architecture, HyperTransport™ -based I/O implementation, the Thunder K8QS Pro delivers nothing less than a complete platform for high-processing needs. Main features include support for up to four (4) AMD Opteron 800 series processors, up to 32GB of DDR400 Registered memory with ECC, dual U320 SCSI channels, built-in video and dual Gigabit LAN ports, PCI-X 133MHz and legacy PCI support, plus multiple power management options including AMD PowerNow!™ , all of which enable the Thunder K8QS Pro (S4882) to match a wide variety of customer requirements.

Processor
- Quad µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
- Supports up to four AMD Opteron™ 800 series processors
- Four onboard 3-phase VRMs
- Integrated 128-bit DDR memory controller

Chipset
- AMD-8131™ HyperTransport™ PCI-X Tunnel
- AMD-8111™ HyperTransport™ I/O Hub
- Winbond™ W83627HF Super I/O ASIC
- Total five Hardware Monitoring IC:
- One ADM1027 and four LM63

Memory
- 128-bit dual channel memory bus
- Total of sixteen DDR DIMM sockets
- Supports up to 32GB of Registered DDR mem.
- Supports ECC type memory modules
- Supports DDR 266/333/400 memory
- Supports Single and Dual Rank mem. modules

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
- Total of five usable slots

Integrated I/O
- One floppy connector supports one device
- Two 9-pin serial ports (1 connector & 1 header) and one 25-pin parallel port pin-header
- PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
- Four USB v1.1 front panel headers
- Two USB v2.0 connectors through VT6212

System Management
- Total of 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 Enhanced IDE Controller
- Provides two IDE dual-drive ports for up to four EIDE devices
- Supports for UDMA 33/66/100/133 IDE drives
- and ATAPI compliant devices

Integrated LAN Controllers
- Broadcom BCM5704C dual-channel GbE LAN: Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with LEDs; Connected to PCI-X Bridge A
- Two Front Panel LED headers

Integrated PCI Graphics
- ATI® RAGE™ XL PCI graphics controller
- 8MB Frame Buffer of video memory

Integrated SATA Controller (option)
- Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATA controller
- Supports four-ch, SATA RAID (RAID 0, 1, 0+1)
- Total of four 7-pin SATA 1.0 connectors
- Supports up to four Serial ATA150 drives

Integrated Dual Channel SCSI (option)
- LSI® 53C1030 U320 SCSI controlelr
- Dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI
- Connects to PCI-X Bridge A
- Supports LSI® ZCR (Zero Channel RAID)

Intelligent Platform Management Interface Header
- TYAN Server Management Daughter card (optional) supports features listed below via IPMI header (SMDC/TSO Support)
- QLogic™ Zircon Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) based on powerful ARM7 technology
- Tailored for IPMI highest 1.5 Spec.
- Supports KCS and BT styles
- Flexible Windows & Linux Management Solution
- Supports RMCP and SNMP protocols
- Supports ASF standard and EMP
- I2C serial multi-master controllers and UARTs
- Build-in IPMB connector
- Remote power on/off and reset support (IPMI-over-LAN)

BIOS
- Phoenix BIOS; 4Mbit LPC Flash ROM
- Watchdog timer
- USB boot support
- 48-bit LBA Support
- Supports PXE via Ethernet
- ACPI 2.0 & 1.0B support

Form Factor
- SSI MEB footprint (13"x16"; 330.2x406.4mm)
- EPS12V power connectors
- Serial (one) and VGA (one) connectors
- Stacked USB 2.0 (two) connectors
- Stacked PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors
- Two RJ-45 side-by-side LAN connectors with LEDs