Chapter 1: Introduction; Congratulations - TYAN THUNDER K7 User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Congratulations!

You are now the owner of the world's first dual AMD ® * platform!
The Tyan Thunder K7™ is a high performance server platform designed for server and performance
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applications that require the power of dual AMD * processors. This platform utilizes the AMD 760MP™
chipset and can support CPU speeds through 1+GHz and front side bus speeds of 200 MHz or 266 MHz.
Please see Tyan's website for updates and information concerning CPU information and support:
http://www.tyan.com
This integrated performance board is supported in an Extended ATX form factor. Some of the features
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included are onboard UltraDMA-100/66/33, onboard Adaptec dual channel Ultra160 SCSI, dual 3Com
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3C920 10/100 LAN controllers, and onboard ATI Rage XL™ 4MB graphics.
With both I/O and drive controller support onboard, the one 2x/4x mode AGP slot and five 64/32-bit
33MHz PCI slots are free for numerous types of add-on expansion cards. The four 25-degree angled
184-pin DDR DIMM sockets can support up to 3.5GB of PC1600/2100 registered DDR SDRAM.
Remember to visit Tyan's website at http://www.tyan.com. There you can find information on all of
Tyan's products with FAQs, distributors list, and BIOS settings explanations.
NOTE: Due to the extremely powerful dual processing capabilities of this motherboard, the
Thunder K7 requires an APPROVED power supply. See PAGE 30 for recommendations and details
of the APPROVED power supplies and power supply installation.
* At time of printing, CPU name was not confirmed. Check http://www.tyan.com for updates
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Thunder K7 S2462