TYAN TIGER 100 Manual page 36

Chapter 2
Board Installation
Second of all, slowing down the memory timing in the BIOS's chipset setup
section will help the situation, as well. Many memory modules are not suitable
for high performance systems and are probably the main source of your
problem.
Q: Can I use EDO DIMMs on this motherboard?
A: No. The Intel 440BX AGPset does not support EDO memory. The 440BX
AGPset supports bus speeds of 100MHz, and EDO memory does not. You
must use SDRAM (which does support 100MHz bus speeds) on this board.
Q: What is AGP?
A: AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is a new bus architecture for 3D graphics.
The AGP slot eliminates the PCI bandwidth bottleneck by bypassing the PCI
interface and accessing the system memory directly. Currently, the AGP
supports 1X and 2X modes, which yield bandwidths of 264MB/s (at 33MHz
bus speed) and 533MB/s (at 66MHz bus speed), respectively. Compare this
with the mere 132MB/s (at 33MHz bus speed) that you get with the PCI bus.
Q: Does my operating system support AGP?
A: Currently, only Windows 98 and Windows NT 5.0 will have built-in support
for AGP. Some AGP cards require Windows 95 OSR2.1 or a special driver from
Intel. Please check with your graphics vendor for more details.
Q: Will my motherboard run a PII/Celeron/Mendicino CPU?
A:Yes, the BIOS version 1.07 supports Celeron 266-300MHz and the BIOS
version 1.12 supports the Celeron-A (Mendocino) 300-333MHz.
Q: Can I run dual Celeron/Mendocino CPU´s on this motherboard?
A: No, both Celeron and Mendocino CPU's are not designed to function in
dual CPU mode even on a dual slot motherboard.
Q: My system will not turn off - why?
A: The power button is designed to turn off the system ONLY when you
press/hold the power button for more than 5 seconds. BIOS version 1.12 will
provide an option for instant power-off .
Q: When I clear the BIOS with the jumper, it does not clear - why?
A: In most cases, BIOS can be cleared by inserting jumper JP3 to the 2-3
position. In some cases, certain brands of power supply need to be UN-
PLUGGED from a power source in order to clear the BIOS using jumper JP3.
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