Chapter 1: Introduction; Overview - TYAN Thunder HEsl S2567 User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Overview

The Thunder HEsl™ is designed for mission critical applications that require the power of dual Intel®
Pentium® III FC-PGA processors*. This motherboard utilizes the ServerWorks ServerSet HE-SL chipset
and can support CPU speeds of 500 MHz through 1 GHz and front side bus speeds* of 100 MHz or 133
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 ATX form factor. Some of the features included are
onboard UltraDMA-compatible** support, and hardware monitoring.
With I/O and drive controller support onboard, the one 2x mode AGP Pro slot, two 64-bit/66MHz^ 3.3V
slots, four 64-bit/32-bit 33MHz 5.0V PCI slots, and one ISA slot (shared with a PCI slot) are free for
numerous types of add-on expansion cards. The four 168-pin DIMM sockets can support up to 4GB of
PC133 Registered SDRAM, with the option of ECC support.
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.
* 66 MHz FSB is NOT SUPPORTED due to its technological limitations. For CPU compatibility updates
and information check the Tyan website: http://www.tyan.com
** UltraDMA-33/66 devices are supported although UDMA-33/66 transfer speeds are not reachable at this
time
^ if 100MHz FSB CPU and/or 33MHz PCI card is used, the PCI bus will not run at 66MHz
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