Tyan Thunder n6650W S2915-E Motherboard

TYAN Updated: 2009-01-30 RSS

Performance-driven and fully-loaded, the Thunder n6650W (S2915-E) offers the very best in 2P motherboard technology. Built for high-end workstation AND high-end server applications, the S2915-E supports dual AMD Opteron™ 2000 series processors (dual-core, quad-core, and AMD DDPM support), and includes a number of integrated features such as dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1394a FireWire, Audio, USB 2.0, and support for multiple PCI Express x16 graphics cards - up to four (4) can be installed at once! Other features include PCI-X, SATA2/3G with RAID, SAS, and much more, all in an eATX (12" x 13") form factor.

Processor
- Dual 1207-pin sockets
- Support up to (2) AMD 45nm Quad-Core Opteron 2300 series processors
- AMD Dual Dynamic Power Management (Split Power Plane) support
- Up to 1.0GHz Hyper-Transport link support
- "Dual HyperTransaport™" links between two CPUs

Chipset
- nVIDIA NFP3600 + NPF3050
- NEC nPD720404 PCI-X tunnel
- SMSC 5307 Super I/O controller

Memory
- 128-bit Dual channel memory bus
- (8x) 240-pin DDR2 DIMM slots
- Supports memory speeds of 400/533/677/800 MHz
- Supports up to 64GB of Reg/ECC DDR2 memory
- Supports Single, Dual and Quad Rank memory

Expansion Slots
- Four (4) PCI Express x16 slots: One (1) x16 signal from IO55; One (1) x16 from MCP55; One (1) x16 from MCP55 w/ x8 signal; One (1) x16 from IO55 w/ x8 signal
- Two (2) PCI-X 100MHz slots from NEC nPD720404 or (1) PCI-X 133 MHz slot if 133 MHz card is presented
- One (1) PCI 32-bit 33MHz slot
- Seven (7) expansion slots total

Integrated I/O
- One (1) 9-pin 16550 UART serial port
- Ten (10) USB 2.0 ports (six at rear, three at front, one via internal header)
- PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
- Six (6) SATA-II connectors
- Two (2) RJ-45 10/100/1000 LAN ports
- One (1) IDE and one Floppy connectors

Onboard Audio Controller
- HDA link
- RealTek ALC262 controller (High Def, Audio)
- Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in rear ports
- SPDIF-out in rear
- Front panel audio header
- CD-in, Aux headers (4-pin configuration)

Integrated Serial ATA Controller
- (6) SATA-II ports at 3.0Gb/s per direction per channel
- Serial ATA II specification compliant
- NV RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD support
- SATA activity LED connector

Onboard SAS Controller (S2915WA2NRF-E only)
- LSI 1068E SAS controller
- Eight (8) SAS Ports
- Supporting RAID 0 (Integrated Stripping), RAID 1E (Integrated Enchanced Mirroring) and RAID 1 (Integrated Mirroring)

System Management
- CPU thermal & voltage monitor support
- (6) 4-pin fan header (PWM & tachometer support)
- (1) 2-pin chassis intrusion header
- Watchdog timer support

Integrated Network Processor
- (2) GbE via Marvell PHY 88E1121
- Supports WOL and PXE
- (2) RJ-45 ports with LEDs

Onboard FireWire (1394a) Controller
- TI TSB43AB22A 1394a PCI controller
- 1394a channel for rear (connector)
- 1394a channel for front (header)

BIOS
- Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit LPC Flash ROM
- Supports ACPI (S0, S1, S3, S4, S5)
- Serial Console Redirect
- PXE via Ethernet, USB device boot
- PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0 Power Management
- User-configurable H/W monitoring
- Auto-configuration of hard disk types
- Multiple boot options
- 48-bit LBA support

Form Factor
- SSI / Extended ATX (12” x 13”)
- EPS12V/SSI (24 + 8 + 4 pin) power connectors
- Stacked PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors
- Stacked Serial (1) connector
- Stacked USB 2.0 (2) + Firewire (1) connectors
- 2 stacked USB 2.0 (2) + RJ-45 (1) connectors
- Stacked Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in audio connectors
- SPDIF-out