Chapter 1: Introduction; Congratulations - TYAN Tiger 230T S2507T User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Congratulations!

Thank you for purchasing the Tyan Tiger 230T!
The Tiger 230T is a high performance motherboard designed for server and performance applications
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that require the power of dual Intel Pentium™ III FC-PGA processors (universal) or a single Celeron™
FC-PGA processor. This motherboard utilizes a part of the VIA Apollo Pro chipset family and can support
CPU speeds of 500 MHz through 1.13+ 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
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onboard UltraDMA-33/66/100 support, (optional) Promise IDE RAID, and (optional) sound bridge with
integrated hardware monitoring.
With I/O and drive controller support onboard, the one 2x/4x mode AGP slot and five 32-bit PCI v2.2 slots
are free for numerous types of add-on expansion cards. The four 168-pin unbuffered DIMM sockets can
support up to 1.5GB* of unbuffered PC133 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.
* check the Tyan website for updated details on memory compatibility: http://www.tyan.com
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