Tyan Thunder n6650W S2915 Motherboard

TYAN Updated: 2009-01-29 RSS
Tyan Thunder n6650W S2915 Motherboard

Performance-driven and fully-loaded, the Thunder n6650W (S2915) offers the very best in 2P motherboard technology. Built for high-end workstation AND high-end server applications, the S2915 supports dual AMD Opteron™ 2000 series processors, 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 AMD Opteron™ (Rev. F) 2000 series processors
- Uses the standard 3 1/2"/ 89mm socket connector
- Two onboard 5-phase digital VRMs

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

Memory
- Dual channel memory bus
- (8) 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets (four per CPU)
- Supports registered, ECC DIMMs
- 32GB maximum of DDR2 667/533/400 memory

Expansion Slots
- (4) PCI-E x16 slots: (1) x16 signal from IO55; (1) x16 from MCP55; (1) x16 from MCP55 with x8 signal; (1) x16 from IO55 with x8 signal
- (2) PCI-X 100MHz slots from NEC nPD720404 or (1) PCI-X 133MHz slot if 133MHz card is used
- (1) PCI v2.3 32-bit 33MHz slot
- (7) Expansion slots total

Integrated I/O Interfaces
- (1) 9-pin 16550 UART serial port
- (10) USB 2.0 ports (6 rear, 3 front, 1 via header): (2) Stacked USB 2.0 + (1) Firewire ports; (2) Stacked USB 2.0 + (1) GbE LAN ports; (2) Stacked USB 2.0 + (1) GbE LAN ports
- (1) Stacked PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports
- (1) Stacked Serial connector
- (6) SATA-II connectors
- (1) IDE and (1) floppy connectors

Integrated Audio
- HD Audio (High-Definition Audio) supported
- Realtek ALC262 controller (High Definition Audio)
- Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in rear ports
- SPDIF-out in rear
- Front panel audio header (2 x 5 pin)
- CD-in, Aux headers (4-pin configuration)

Integrated SAS Controller
- LSI 1068E SAS controller (8) SAS ports

Integrated Serial ATA Controller
- (6) SATA-II ports at 3.0Gb/s per direction per ch.
- Serial ATA II specification compliant
- nVIDIA MediaShield™ supports for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
- HDD LED connector

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 LAN Controllers
- (2) GbE via Marvell 88E1121
- (2) RJ-45 ports with LEDs
- Supports WOL and PXE

Integrated 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

Power
- EPS 12V / SSI (24 + 8 + 4 pin) power connectors support, onboard 4-phase VRD

Form Factor
- SSI/Extended ATX footprint (12" x 13")