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Thunder K7X Pro 

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S2469 

Revision 1.50

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for S2469

Page 1: ...Microsoft Corporation IBM PC AT PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer Co...

Page 2: ...ry 2 18 Installing Processors and Heatsinks 2 19 Attaching Drive Cables 2 20 Installing Add In Cards 2 21 Connecting External Devices 2 22 Installing the Power Supply 2 23 Finishing Up Chapter 3 BIOS...

Page 3: ...e if optional SCSI included 1x Ultra DMA 100 66 IDE cable 1x Cable set 9 pin Serial 1x Thunder K7X Pro user s manual 1x Thunder K7X Pro Quick Reference guide 1x TYAN driver CD 1x Adaptec SCSI driver d...

Page 4: ...AMD 762 system controller north bridge and AMD 768 peripheral bus controller south bridge Winbond W83627HF Super I O ASIC Winbond W83782D hardware monitoring IC Memory Four 184 pin 2 5V DDR DIMM socke...

Page 5: ...UCR support Power on after AC failure control Regulatory FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity European CE Declaration of Conformity Form Factor Extended ATX footprint 13 x 12 ATX12V EPS12V dual use power...

Page 6: ...guration and setup much easier Here are some precautions you should take when installing your motherboard 1 Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard from the antistatic bag Unplug the...

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

Page 8: ...umper schematic diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of this manual s publishing The board you have received may or may not be like the above schematic Jumper L...

Page 9: ...Page 11 J92 Primary PCI speed Page 11 J102 GbE Front Panel LED Page 12 J103 RESERVED N A J104 RESERVED N A J105 RESERVED N A 2 3 Front Panel Connector J12 Your chassis will usually come with connecto...

Page 10: ...he on board Ethernet port are active Simply connect up to two 2 pin LEDs to the LAN LED header for active monitoring of the on board Ethernet port 2 7 USB Header J36 Standard USB connector wire colors...

Page 11: ...oller Note Boards with ZCR Zero Channel RAID Support must have onboard SCSI enabled in order to use a ZCR card 2 11 Onboard ATI Rage XL J85 Enabled Disabled OPEN default the jumper to enable the onboa...

Page 12: ...icates 100Mb connection activity When both LEDs are on this indicates Gigabit connection activity 2 15 FAN connectors Use these headers to connect cooling fans both chassis and processor fans to your...

Page 13: ...holes of the motherboard to the studs inside the case If there are any studs missing you will know right away since the motherboard will not be able to be securely installed Some chassis include plast...

Page 14: ...ram 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 Thunder K7X Pro Always install memory in order startin...

Page 15: ...ollowing diagrams Once the memory modules are firmly seated in the slot two latches on either side will close and secure the module into the slot Sometimes you may need to close the latches yourself T...

Page 16: ...or with the socket There are keyed pins underneath the processor to ensure that the processor s installed correctly 3 Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until the proces...

Page 17: ...t is raised and usually has SOCKET imprinted into it heatsinks have an indent on one side to secure flush with the raised side of the socket Then clip one side of the heatsink onto the socket and then...

Page 18: ...IDE channels each supporting two drives The black connector designates the Primary channel while the white connector designates the Secondary channel Attaching IDE cables to the IDE connectors is illu...

Page 19: ...ives connected at any given time Below are some symptoms of incorrectly installed floppy drives While they are minor and installing them incorrectly doesn t cause severe problems it may cause your sys...

Page 20: ...ace It is better to try another slot or return the faulty card rather than damaging both the motherboard and the add in card TIP It s good practice to install add in cards in a staggered manner rather...

Page 21: ...nnectors on your Thunder K7X Pro The Thunder K7X Pro requires an ATX12V 20 pin 4 pin or an EPS12V 24 pin 8 pin power supply Please be aware that ATX 2 x and ATXGES power supplies are incompatible with...

Page 22: ...operly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumpers You may have difficulty powering on your system if the motherboard jumpers are not set correctly In the rare circumstance that you have experi...

Page 23: ...puters It supports the AMD Athlon MP family of processors and other compatible processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for the system central processing component memory and I O subsys...

Page 24: ...S 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 defaults w...

Page 25: ...tup Options such as I O device interfaces 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...

Page 26: ...Single bit Multiple bits Both Toggles the ERR signal in the listed conditions Leave at default setting ECC Config Disabled EC Single bit ECC multiple bits ECC Scrub Toggles memory correction EC Error...

Page 27: ...Parallel port will operate in Leave on default setting for most compatibility Base I O These options appear when the Parallel Port is enabled and allows you to set the Base I O address Interrupt IRQ5...

Page 28: ...les the request for Supervisor password if the floppy drive is accessed 3 7 Power Setup Options related to system power saving features can be altered in this section ACPI Enabled Yes No Toggles the u...

Page 29: ...a removable device will be listed in this section As the key is pressed the item highlighted will move up in priority and down with the key The item at the top will take first boot priority and the se...

Page 30: ...t and Beep Codes go to www Phoenix com and search for BIOS Post Code Before calling your vendor or calling TYAN Tech Support be sure that you know how many beeps your board made and how long the beeps...

Page 31: ...ogram 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 s...

Page 32: ...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 33: ...t 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 P...

Page 34: ...four 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 al...

Page 35: ...ur system cannot take advantage of higher data transfer rates of the new UltraDMA UltraATA hard drives USB Universal Serial Bus a versatile port This one port type can function as a serial parallel mo...

Page 36: ...ur dealer for help BEFORE calling TYAN 4 Check the TYAN user group alt comp periphs mainboard TYAN Returning Merchandise for Service During the warranty period contact your distributor or system vendo...

Page 37: ...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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