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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Overview
The Thunder i840™ is designed for high-end server applications requiring the power of dual Socket370
Pentium
III processors. This motherboard utilizes the Intel
i840™ chipset and can support CPU
speeds of 500 MHz through 1 GHz and host bus speeds of 100 MHz to 133 MHz. Please see Tyan’s
website for updates and information concerning CPU information and support:
http://www.tyan.com
This integrated high-performance system board is supported in an extended ATX form factor. Some of the
features included are onboard UltraDMA support, onboard Adaptec
Ultra160 LVD SCSI technology, and
onboard dual 10/100 Mbps LAN controllers.
With I/O and drive controller support onboard, four 64-bit PCI slots are free for numerous types of add-on
expansion cards. The (4) RIMM sockets can support up to 1GB* PC800 ECC Registered RDRAM.
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.
* not verified at time of print, check the Tyan website for updates:
http://www.tyan.com
