Tyan Computer S2460 user manual Introduction, Congratulations

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Congratulations!

You are now the owner of the world’s first dual AMD processor platform!

- CONSUMER EDITION!

The Tyan Tiger MP™ is a direct descendent of the Thunder K7, the most critically acclaimed and deco- rated system board in the history of Tyan. Aimed directly at the power-user and enthusiast market, the Tiger MP is a high performance workstation platform designed for development and performance applica- tions that require the power of dual AMD Athlon™ MP processors. This platform utilizes the AMD-760™ MP chipset and can support CPU speeds greater than 1.0+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 sup- port:

http://www.tyan.com

This integrated performance board is supported in an ATX form factor. Features of the Tiger MP include onboard UltraDMA-100/66/33, and multiple boot options.

With both I/O and drive controller support onboard, the one 2x/4x mode AGP slot, four 64/32-bit 33MHz PCI slots, and two 32-bit 33MHz PCI slots are free for numerous types of add-on expansion cards. The four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets can support up to 3GB 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: See PAGE 28 for recommendations and details of power supply information and installa- tion.

* Indicates an optional feature, may not be available on most Tiger MP models

Tiger MP S2460

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