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Before you begin…

Check the box conte nts!

The retail motherboard package should contain the following:

1x Tiger MPX motherboard

1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable

1x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable

1x Tiger MPX user’s manual

1x TYAN driver CD

1x I/O shield with 1 LAN ports (optional)

If any of these items are missing, please contact your vendor/dealer for replacement before
continuing with the installation process.

Summary of Contents for TIGER MPX

Page 1: ...2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation Portable Document Format PDF is a trademark of Adobe Corporation Information contained in this document i...

Page 2: ...ing the Motherboard 2 14 Installing Memory 2 15 Installing the CPU and Cooling Fan 2 16 Attaching Drive Cables 2 17 Installing Add in Cards 2 18 Connecting PS 2 USB Serial 2 19 Connecting the Power Su...

Page 3: ...following 1x Tiger MPX motherboard 1x 34 Pin floppy drive cable 1x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable 1x Tiger MPX user s manual 1x TYAN driver CD 1x I O shield with 1 LAN ports optional If any of these items...

Page 4: ...D 760 MPX requires a portion of memory to be reserved for PCI devices Allocation for these devices is dependent on the number of PCI devices installed and option ROM for each device Common configurati...

Page 5: ...Flash ROM Auto configure IDE drive types Multiple boot options DMI 2 0 compliant Regulatory FCC DoC declaration of Conformity European Community of CE declaration of Conformity 1 3 Software Specifica...

Page 6: ...touch the power supply For the safest conditions TYAN recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap 2 Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board 3 Avoid touching the m...

Page 7: ...s only a representation of the actual board Because boards tend to be updated and go through different revisions certain components may change and or be repositioned The picture above may or may not l...

Page 8: ...poses 2 3 CMOS Reset J21 1 2 3 1 2 Default 2 3 Connect pins 2 and 3 together to reset the CMOS settings in case an incorrect setting causes system instability or you have forgotten your system setup p...

Page 9: ...ether the processor s installed operate at 200MHz or 266MHz 2 5 Force 33MHz PCI Bus J93 1 2 On Force PCI to operate at 33MHz Off default PCI operates at 66MHz 2 6 Disable Enable LAN J86 Optional Featu...

Page 10: ...connector for J98 It is recommended that you use this connector if you do not have an ATX12V power supply which uses a square 4 pin 12V connector NOTE The S2466 Tiger MPX auxiliary drive power connect...

Page 11: ...y lay the motherboard inside the chassis aligning the screw holes of the motherboard to the studs inside the case If there are any studs missing you ll know right away since the motherboard will not b...

Page 12: ...t www tyan com The following diagram shows the types of RAM modules you may encounter depending on your board Here are a few key points to note before installing memory into your Tiger MPX At least ON...

Page 13: ...istered in all 4 sockets Once the memory modules are firmly seated in the socket two clamps on either side will close and secure the module into the socket Sometimes you may need to close the clamps y...

Page 14: ...ssors 1 Lift the lever on the socket until it is perpendicular to the socket 2 Align the processor with the socket There are keys underneath the processor just like on memory modules to ensure that th...

Page 15: ...ide of the heatsink onto the socket and then lay the heatsink flat onto the processor Then clip the other end of the heatsink down either with your finger or by using a flathead screw driver Some heat...

Page 16: ...TYAN motherboards have two on board IDE channels for you to use each supporting two drives There is a white and a black IDE connector on your motherboard The black connector is the Primary IDE channe...

Page 17: ...y slots if they refuse to go in It s better to try another slot or return the faulty card rather than damaging both the motherboard and the card TIP It s good practice to spread out cards as far apart...

Page 18: ...or download the latest drivers from www 3com com At times the PS 2 ports for keyboard and mice may be mixed up Simply remember that the port that is closest to the motherboard belongs to the keyboard...

Page 19: ...power connector must be independent of any other devices A device such as a DVD CD ROM drive hard drive or any other devices cannot be attached onto the same power line If connected system stability...

Page 20: ...mputers It supports the AMD Athlon family of processors and other compatible processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for the system central processing component memory and I O subsyste...

Page 21: ...e p 8 The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand In particular do not change settings in the Chipset section unless you are absolutely sure you need to The Chipset defaul...

Page 22: ...erfaces can be altered through this screen Large Disk Access Mode DOS Other This option denotes that a hard drive with more than 1024 cylinders more than 16 heads and or more than 64 tracks per sector...

Page 23: ...reen that appears during bootup Summary Screen This option toggles the boot summary screen before OS load CPU SDRAM Frequency This option allows you to set the operating frequency of system memory Lea...

Page 24: ...em resources Floppy disk controller Toggles the onboard floppy disk controller Leave as Enabled or set to Auto if you plan to use a floppy disk drive 3 6 PCI Configuration Options related to PCI slot...

Page 25: ...by accident or by a computer virus Diskette Access Disabled Enabled Toggles the request for Supervisor password if the floppy drive is accessed 3 10 Power Setup Options related to system power saving...

Page 26: ...t if it finds that certain devices are not bootable Each item detected as a removable device will be listed in this section As the key is pressed the item highlighted will move up in priority and down...

Page 27: ...our memory configuration order type and check for faulty modules Please check our website for memory compatibility Before calling your vendor or calling TYAN Tech Support be sure that you know how man...

Page 28: ...rogram Load IPL devices and then stores that list in NVRAM IPL devices have the ability to load and execute an OS as well as provide the ability to return to the BIOS if the OS load process fails for...

Page 29: ...etimes called DIMM sockets because the physical slot and the logical unit are the same That is one DIMM module fits into one DIMM socket which is capable of acting as a memory bank DMA Direct Memory A...

Page 30: ...into BBS compliant devices describing those devices as capable of loading and executing an OS as well as being able to provide control back to the BIOS if the loading attempt fails IPL see Initial Pr...

Page 31: ...our components that together make up the Wired for Management 2 0 baseline specification PXE was designed to define a standard set of preboot protocol services within a client towards the goal of allo...

Page 32: ...e normally Striping see RAID UltraDMA 33 66 100 a fast version of the old DMA channel UltraDMA is also called UltraATA Without proper UltraDMA controller your system cannot take advantage of higher da...

Page 33: ...on http www TYAN com 3 Contact your dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN 4 Check the TYANuser group alt comp periphs mainboard TYAN Returning Merchandise for Service During the warranty period contact...

Page 34: ...n a circuit different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer on an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatus complies with the Class B limits for radio in...

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