Tyan THUNDER I7525 User manual

Thunder i7525 (S2676) User’s Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................1

1.1 – Congratulations!..............................................................................................................1

1.2 – Hardware Specifications.................................................................................................1

1.3 – Board Diagram................................................................................................................3

Chapter 2: Choose Proper Parts For Your System....................................................................4

2.1 – Central Processor Unit (CPU) Considerations ................................................................4

2.2 – Memory Considerations..................................................................................................4

2.3 – Chassis/Enclosure Considerations..................................................................................5

2.4 – Power Supply Considerations.........................................................................................5

Chapter 3: Board Installation.......................................................................................................7

3.1 –Key Component View.......................................................................................................8

3.2 – Jumper Settings & Definitions.........................................................................................9

3.3 – Mounting the Motherboard............................................................................................16

3.4 – Installing the Processor and Heatsink...........................................................................16

3.5 – Installing the Memory....................................................................................................19

3.6 – Memory Installation Procedure......................................................................................19

3.7– Attaching Drive Cables...................................................................................................20

3.8 – Installing Add-In Cards..................................................................................................23

3.9 – Connecting External Devices........................................................................................24

3.10 – Installing the Power Supply.........................................................................................24

3.11 – Finishing Up ................................................................................................................25

Chapter 4: BIOS Setup................................................................................................................26

4.1 – Main BIOS Setup ..........................................................................................................27

4.2 – Main Submenu Standard / Native IDE..........................................................................30

4.3 – Advanced BIOS Features .............................................................................................32

4.4 – Security Menu...............................................................................................................44

4.5 – Power Menu..................................................................................................................46

4.6 – Boot Menu.....................................................................................................................48

4.7 – Exit Menu......................................................................................................................50

Chapter 5: Diagnostics...............................................................................................................51

5.1 Beep Codes.....................................................................................................................51

5.2 Flash Utility ......................................................................................................................51

Appendix I: Glossary..................................................................................................................54

Appendix II: Post Error Code for BIOS......................................................................................60

Technical Support..................................................................................................................65

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Before you begin…

Check the box contents!

The retail motherboard package should contain the following:

1x Thunder i7525 (S2676) motherboard

1x 34-pin floppy drive cable

1x 80-pin Ultra-DMA -133/100/66/33 IDE cable

1x 68-pin Ultra 320 SCSI cable (Optional)

1x Thunder i7525 (S2676) User’s Manual

1x Thunder i7525 (S2676) Quick Reference

1x TYAN driver CD

1x I/O shield

1 x Serial ATA driver diskette

SCSI Driver Disk (Optional)

1 x Serial ATA power cable

2 x Serial ATA cables

If any of these items are missing, please contact your vendor/dealer for replacement before

continuing with the installation process.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 – Congratulations!

You have purchased one of the most powerful Intel Xeon



-based workstation solutions in a

standard SSI EEB v3.5 form factor. Based on the Intel E7210 chipset, the Thunder i7525 (S2676)

features some state-of -the-art technologies such as dual/single 800 MHz FSB Xeon



processor

support, multiple PCI-Express buses, dual channel DDR2 memory design, onboard PCI-Express

Gigabit Ethernet port, Serial-ATA IDE ports, and multiple USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports. By

doubling the capability of existing AGP8x designs with transfer rates of 4.0 Gigabytes per second

over a x16 PCI Express lane for graphics controllers, the onboard x16 PCI-Express slot supports

a high performance graphics infrastructure for high-end gaming or multimedia.

Visit Tyan’s website at http://www.tyan.com. There, you can find information on all of Tyan’s

products with up-to-date FAQs, a list of worldwide distributors, Tyan software utilities, the latest

drivers, memory compatibility listings, and BIOS setting explanations.

1.2 – Hardware Specifications

Processors

- Dual mPGA604 ZIF sockets

- Supports s ingle or dual Intel Xeon



processors (Nocona)

- 800MHz Front-Side Bus

- Dual onboard 4-phase VRM10.1 complaint

voltage regulation design

Chipset

- Intel E7525 chipset

§ E7525 MCH (North Bridge)

§ ICH5R (South Bridge)

§ PXH (PCI-X hub)

- SMSC LPC47B397 Super I/O chip

Expansion Slots

- One x16 PCI-Express high-performance

Graphics slot

- One PCI-X 64-bit 133/100/66MHz (3.3-

Volt) slot

- Two PCI-X 64-bit 100/66MHz (3.3-volt)

slots

- One PCI 32-bit 33MHz (5-Volt) slots

- Total of six usable slots

Memory

- Eight 240-pin 1.8-Volt DDR2 400 DIMM

sockets

- Dual channel memory bus

- Supports Registered/ECC or registered

/non-ECC memory

- Supports up to 32GB* of Registered

DDR2-400 DIMM modules

Integrated LAN

- Broadcom BCM5751 PCI Express Gigabit

Ethernet Controller

System Hardware Health Monitor

- Total four 3-pin fan headers with

tachometer monitoring and five of them

with PWM control

- Chassis intrusion header

- Temperature and voltage monitoring

- Watchdog timer

BIOS

- Phoenix BIOS 4Mbit flash ROM

- Supports ACPI 1.0b, PnP, DMI 2.0

- Auto configuration of IDE devices

- Multiple boot options

- Power Management: ACPI S1, S3, S4 and

S5 modes

Other Integrated I/O Interfaces

- One floppy connector for up to two drives

- One UART serial port connector

- One ECP/EPP/SPP parallel connector

- One OPTION USB header with 2-4 USB

ports (2 front USB ports via an optional

cable)

- PS/2 mouse & keyboard ports

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*Not validated at time of print. (16GB

validated at time of release)

Integrated Audio

- Intel ICH5R AC’97 compliant audio link

- Analog Device AD1981B CODEC

- Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in rear vertical jacks

and a front panel audio header

- One 4-pin CD-ROM audio input header

- One 4-pin Auxiliary header

Integrated Mass Storage Port

- Two ICH5-S integrated SATA ports up to

1.5 Gbit/s with SATA RAID 0,1 (Microsoft

OS support only)

- Two bus-master UDMA ATA100/66/33

Parallel IDE channels support up to 4

ATA/ATAPI complaint devices

Form Factor

- SSI EEB 3.5 footprint (12”x13”,

305x330mm)

- EPS12V V3.51 power connectors

- Rear I/O

§ Stacked PS/2 mouse and keyboard

connectors

§ One parallel connector

§ One GbE RJ45 connector

§ One stack of four USB ports

§ Stacked audio connector for MIC,

Line_out and Line_in.

Regulatory

- FCC Class B (Declaration of Conformity)

- European Community CE (Declaration of

Conformity)

Note: TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with or without

notice.

Software Specifications

OS (Operating System) Support

Win2k Pro Advanced Server

WinXP Pro

RedHat (x32) 9.0

SuSE (x32) 9.0, 9.1

SuSE (x64) 9.0

Other distributions of Linux pending validation

TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with or without

notice.

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1.3 – Board Diagram

The above picture is purely representative. Due to engineering updates and new board

revisions, certain components may change and or be repositioned. The picture above may

or may not look exactly like the board you received.

The following page includes details on the vital components of this motherboard.

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Chapter 2: Choose Proper Parts For Your System

Before you install a system with this motherboard, make sure your major system parts meet the

following basic guidelines and requirements:

2.1 – Central Processor Unit (CPU) Considerations

§ Process Type and Package

Thunder i7525 (S2676) board supports Intel Xeon



processors in 604-pin Pin Grid

Array package.

§ Front Side Bus (FSB)

The processor host bus, or called Front Side Bus (FSB), always operates at 800 MHz.

Choose Intel Xeon



800 MHz FSB processors for Thunder i7525 (S2676) board.

The system will not operate with 400MHz FSB or 533MHz FSB Intel Xeon



CPUs.

§ Single/Dual Processor System

The S2676 will only support a dual CPU configuration where BOTH CPUs have the

same FSB, Core Frequency and internal cache sizes. Using CPUs that do not follow

these guidelines can/would result in damage to the CPUs or the motherboard.

Single Processor System:

When installing only a single CPU, that CPU must be installed on CPU1 socket to

operate correctly.

Dual Processor System:

Thunder i7525 (S2676) board supports dual processor configurations only in which both

processors operate with the same FSB frequency, core frequency, and have the same

internal cache sizes. Mixing processors operating at different FSB frequency, core

frequency, or cache sizes may cause system non-operation or damages on processors

and/or the motherboard.

2.2 – Memory Considerations

§ Memory Type

The S2676 motherboard supports up to eight 240-pin, 1.8 volt DDR2-400 Reg/ECC

modules. The 8 slots support 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4*GB memory sticks up

to 32*GB the maximum in total. (*Not validated at the time of release)

DDR-I or Unbuffered DDR memory modules are not supported by Thunder i7525

(S2676) design.

Visit Tyan’s web site for the memory recommendation list.

§ Memory Installation

The Thunder i7525 is based on Intel’s e7525 Tumwater chipset which supports a 144-

bit wide dual memory channel in an interleaved scheme. The motherboard requires a

minimum of 2 memory modules installed in order to boot/POST. You must install these

2 memory modules starting in DIMM slots 1 and 2. Do not mix and match different sizes,

brands or speeds for the best performance and stability possible.

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2.3 – Chassis/Enclosure Considerations

§ Motherboard size

Thunder i7525 (S2676) board is in the board size of 12” (W) x13” (L).

§ Motherboard and CPU Heat-sink Mounting Holes

There are six motherboard-mounting holes and eight CPU heat-sink mounting holes on

Thunder i7525 (S2676) board design. The motherboard and CPU mounting hole

locations follow SSI EEB v3.51 (A Server System Infrastructure specification for Entry

Pedestal Servers and Workstations) specifications. Ensure that the SSI-EEB chassis

you purchase is designed to accommodate the new Nacona heat sink mounting

process.

NOTE: There are many SSI-EEB chassis, but not all will accommodate the Nacona

design for the direct heat sink attachment to the chassis. Check with your vendor to

make sure the chassis supports the design.

Thunder i7525 (S2676) supports Intel’s CEK (Common Enabling Kit) for securing Intel’s

Xeon



800 MHz FSB processors in the chassis. Two CEK springs for the dual

processors are pre-assembled with the motherboard or enclosed in the motherboard

accessory package. The CPU heat-sinks must be mounted down to the chassis base

pan with stand-offs. Any additional chassis standoffs, besides the 6 motherboard-

mounting holes and 8 CPU heat-sink mounting holes, should be removed to preventing

from short-circuit or motherboard damage.

§ Others

As a system integrator, the air-flow/thermal, EMI/EMC, shock/vibration, and system

packing should be also considered for choosing a proper enclosure.

2.4 – Power Supply Considerations

§ Power connectors

Thunder i7525 (S2676) board supports EPS/12V power supply unit (PSU) with three

power connectors listed below.

EPS/12V Power Connectors

+

24-pin system power connector 8-pin CPU power connector

(split CPU power planes)

§ Split processor power planes

Thunder i7525 (S2676) board supports dual Intel’s 800 MHz FSB Xeon



processors,

which could reach up to 140 Watts per processor. (Check Intel’s web for the processor

specifications.) By following SSI EEB v3.51 specifications, the Thunder i7525 (S2676)

is designed with two separate voltage regulator circuits to provide the power for both

onboard processors in separate power rails. Using a power supply with a combined

CPU power plane from the CPU power connector is not allowed and may cause the

system to fail to power up or damage to the power supply.

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§ Power requirements

Check your power supply specifications to ensure sufficient power currents for each

power rail based on your system configuration.

The major system components/parts power sources are listed below as reference:

Components/Parts Main Power Source Power Connectors

CPU1 +12V_CPU1 8-pin CPU power connector

CPU2 +12V_CPU2 8-pin CPU power connector

Memory (Normal) +12V 24-pin and 6-pin power connectors

Memory

(Suspend to RAM)

+5Vstandby 24-pin power connector

System logic +3.3V 24-pin and 6-pin power connectors

x16 PCI-Express

Graphic card

+12V and +3.3V 24-pin and 6-pin power connectors

x8 PCI-Express +12V and +3.3V 24-pin and 6-pin power connectors

32-bit PCI +12V, +5V and +3.3V 24-pin and 6-pin power connectors

Cooling fans +12V 24-pin and 6-pin power connectors

IDE/SATA hard drives +12V and +5V From PSU

CDROM/DVD drives +12V and +5V From PSU

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Chapter 3: Board Installation

How to install our products right…. the first time!

The first thing you should do read this user’s manual. It contains important information that will

make configuration and setup much easier. Here are some precautions you should take when

installing your motherboard:

(1) Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard 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 recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap.

(2) Inspect the mounting holes pattern of the Thunder i7525 (S2676) to match your chassis

standoff locations and remove the additional standoffs.

(3) Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board, or flex the

board in any way.

(4) Avoid touching the motherboard components, IC chips, connectors, memory modules

and leads.

(5) Place the motherboard on a grounded antistatic surface or on the antistatic bag that the

board was shipped in.

(6) Inspect the board for damage.

(7) Check the jumper settings and connector locations as described in next sections.

In last sections of this chapter, we will cover the details on how to install your motherboard into

your chassis, as well as installing the processor, memory, disk drives and cables.

NOTE: Do not apply power to the board if it has been damaged.

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3.1 –Key Component View

Fig. 3-1 Thunder i7525 (S2676) Key Component View

This jumper diagram 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 diagram.

The board parts are not to scale.

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3.2 – Jumper Settings & Definitions

Jumper /

Connector

Function

P1 24-pin system power connector

P3 8-pin CPU power connector

P7 CD-ROM audio input connector

P10 Keyboard/mouse connector

P11 Auxiliary audio input connector

P20 Primary IDE connector

P21 Secondary IDE connector

P23 Front audio header

P29 SCSI LED connector

P24 Front USB header

J3 TPM disable jumper

J9 External LAN connector

J10 Rear USB connector

J11 Rear IEEE1394 connector

J12 Front IEEE1394 connector

J32 Floppy drive connector

J86 Front panel connector

J102 PS/2 wake up jumper

J104 BIOS write protect jumper

J105 Chassis intrusion header

J106 LCD connector

J107 Remote thermal sensor header (Reserved)

J108 Clear CMOS jumper

J109 PSU PC98 connector

J110 FAN 1connector

J111 FAN 2 connector

J112 FAN 4 connector

J113 FAN 3 connector

J114 SPDIF connector

J137 LAN disable jumper

**All fans may be monitored from BIOS.

**J58 & Card Reader are reserved for OEM design only.

Jumper Example

OPEN - Jumper OFF Without jumper cover

CLOSED - Jumper ON With jumper cover

To indicate the location of pin-1

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3.2.1 - Clear CMOS Switch

J108

You can reset the CMOS settings by Closing

header J108, if you have forgotten your

system/setup password or need to clear

system BIOS settings.

- Power off system and disconnect

both power connectors from the

motherboard.

- Close J108 for sev

eral seconds to

Clear CMOS.

- Remove Jumper

Reconnect power & power on system

3.2.2 - Fan Connector

Pin1: GND

Pin2: +12V

Pin3: Tachometer

This 3-pin fan connector supports tachometer monitoring.

There are three 3-pin fan connectors on Thunder i7525 (S2676) board. Use these connectors

to connect chassis and processor cooling fans to your motherboard. Cooling fans can keep

the system stable and reliable for its product’s life.

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3.2.3 - Front Panel Header

Normally, a chassis has some control or signal wires can be connected onto a motherboard for

hard drive LED, Power LED, power button, and reset button,

The front panel header (marked as “j86”) has been implemented on Thunder i7525 (S2676) board

for such purposes.

Front Panel Header

(J86)

Function PIN # PIN # Function

HDD LED+ 1 2 PWR LED

HDD LED# 3 4 PWR LED

RST SW 5 6 PWR SW

RST SW 7 8 PWR SW

+5V 9 10 FP_SLP#

IRRX 11 12 GND3

GND4 13 14 Key

IRTX 15 16 IR_PWR

RSVD1 17 18 RSVD2

J86

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3.2.4 - Front USB Connector (USB2)

Front USB Header (P24)

Functio

n

#

Functio

n

Power 1 2 Power

USB6- 3 4 USB7-

USB6+ 5 6 USB7+

GND 7 8 GND

Key 9 10 Reserve

d

3.2.5 – External HDD LED Input Header (P29)

P29

Pin# Function

1 NC

2 LED2-

3 LED2-

4 NC

P24

P29

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3.2.6– Front Audio Header (P23)

10 2

9 1

(P23)

*Jumper 5, 6 and 9, 10 must be on

the header to provide audio. If

jumpers are removed no audio will

be heard.

Function Pin# Pin# Function

Micro

input

1 2

Analog

GND

Micro

bias

3 4

Analog

VCC

Right line

output

5 6

Right line

return

NC

7 8

Key

Left line

output

9 10

Left line

return

3.2.7 – Chassis Intrusion Header (J105)

1

3

J105

Pin# Function

1 Chassis_CBL_L

2 Intruder_L

3 HDR3

P2

3

J105

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3.2.8 – PSU PC98 Connector (J109)

8

1

(J109)

Pin# Function

1 GND

2 Fan speed control

3 GND

4 Fan speed reader

5 SMB clock

6 SMB DATA

7 3.3 volt

8 Ground

P24

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3.2.9 - Serial ATA Connectors (SATA0 & SATA1)SATA0/SATA1 (from Intel’s

FW82801ER/ICH5R South Bridge chip):

User can connect up to two serial ATA hard disks to run IDE mode or configure both drives to a

RAID under Windows. The RAID level 0 or level 1 function is supported for Microsoft’s Windows

XP and Windows 2000 operating systems.

Serial ATA connectors

For information regarding the setup of SATA/RAID, you may search the contents of the

driver CD that shipped with your motherboard or visit our website at:

HTTP://WWW.TYAN.COM/

SATA1

&

SATA2

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3.3 – Mounting the Motherboard

Before installing your motherboard, make sure your chassis has the necessary motherboard

support studs installed. These studs are usually metal and are in gold or silver color. Usually, the

chassis manufacturer will pre-install the support studs. Remove the unused or additional studs,

which may scratch the motherboard or cause short-circuit with the components on the bottom

side. If you’re unsure of stud placement, simply 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 not be able to be securely installed. Some

chassis’ include plastic studs instead of metal. Although the plastic studs are usable, TYAN

recommends using metal studs with screws that will fasten the motherboard more securely in

place.

3.4 – Installing the Processor and Heatsink

Your Thunder i7525 (S2676) supports the latest processor technologies from Intel. Check the

following page on TYAN’s website for latest processor support:

http://www.tyan.com

The following diagrams will detail how to install your processor:

The diagram is provided as a visual guide to help you install socket processors and may not be an

exact representation of the processors you have.

1. Lift the lever on the socket until it is approximately 90

o

or as far back as possible to the

socket.

2. Align the processor with the socket. There are keyed pins underneath the processor to

ensure that the processor’s installed correctly.

3. Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until the processor

sits flush with the socket.

4. Place the socket lever back down until it locks into place.

5. Your processor is installed.

Take care when installing the processor as it has very fragile connector pins below the

processor that can bend and break if inserted improperly.

Heatsink Installation

After you are done installing the processor, you should proceed to installing the heatsink.

Heatsink will ensure that the processor not overheat and continue to operate at maximum

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performance for as long as you own them. An overheated processor is dangerous to the health of

the motherboard.

DCA (Direct Chassis Attach) is required to install the Intel Xeon processor on the S2676

motherboard. The processor heat sinks need to be Intel’s CEK (Common Enabling Kit) compliant

to attach properly. Each processor heat sink needs to be mounted directly to the chassis via the 4

mounting studs. If your chassis does not have the holes to attach these heat sinks directly, then it

is not the correct version of the SSI-EEB v3.5 chassis that supports Intel’s latest design.

- Memory Type :

The S2676 motherboard supports Reg/ECC DDR2-400 memory modules and requires a

minimum of 2 DIMMs to boot/POST the system. Unbuffered or DDR memory is NOT

supported with this motherboard.

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