TYAN THUNDER LE-T, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Congratulations!
You are now the owner of the Tyan Thunder LE-T motherboard, the most reliable, high
performance motherboard for dual Pentium III processing. Designed to be portable as well as
flexible, the Thunder LE-T can fit into standard ATX chassis and 1U and 2U rackmount chassis.
This platform utilizes ServerWorks’ high-performance ServerSet III LE3 chipset, enabling next
generation application and platform support. Intel Pentium III processors between 500MHz and
1.7GHz* are supported in single and dual configuration. *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. Features of the Thunder
LE-T include onboard UltraDMA -33 (UltraDMA -100/66 with Promise controller and Ultra160SCSI
with onboard Adaptec controller) and multiple boot options.
With both I/O and drive controller support onboard, dual 64-bit PCI slots provide upgrade solutions
for future add-in cards. Integrated 2D/3D graphics provided by the onboard ATI RAGE XL
controller enables ease of use into 1U and 2U chassis. Dual onboard LAN ports provide
connectivity without add-in overhead.
The Thunder LE-T supports up to 4GB of Registered ECC 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 setting explainations.
1.2 Hardware Specifications
Processor
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Dual PGA370 ZIF sockets
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Supports up to two Intel Pentium

III
processors
•
Supports Intel

’s Pentium

III Processor DP
•
One onboard VRM (VRM 8.5) supports 2
CPUs
•
Front-side bus support for 100/133MHz
Chipset
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ServerWorks

LE chipset
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Integrated I/O APIC
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OSB4 south bridge
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SMSC FDC37B787 Super I/O ASIC
Memory
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Four 3.3v 168-pin DIMM sockets
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25-degrees angled sockets enable
rackmount installation
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Supports up to 4GB of Registered
PC133/100 SDRAM
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Supports ECC (72-bit) memory
Integrated LAN
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Dual Intel

82559 LAN controllers
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10/100Mbps max data rate per controller
Integrated 2D/3D Graphics
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ATI

RAGE XL graphics controller
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4MB frame buffer (SDRAM)
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Standard 15-pin analog VGA port
Integrated ATA-100/IDE RAID
(manufacturing option)
•
Promise

FastTrak 100 RAID controller or
Promise

ATA -100 controller
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Dual-channel busmaster mode
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Supports up to four E-IDE drives
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Supports UltraDMA -100/66/33 drives
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Supports ATA -100 IDE RAID levels 0, 1
and 0+1