Benefits and Applications

Tyan's Thunder K7 is the world's first dual-processor platform for the AMD Athlon MP processor. This high-quality, feature-rich systemboard provides cutting-edge performance for today's most demanding workstation and server applications, and includes powerful connectivity and management features. In addition to its dual-processor design, the Thunder K7 features AMD's new 760MP chipset, DDR memory support, 64-bit PCI slots, AGP Pro slot (as well as integrated VGA), dual LAN controllers, dual-channel Ultra160 SCSI, on-board server management and more.

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Standard Features

Processor

Dual PGA462 ZIF sockets

Supports two AMD Athlon MP processors

Two onboard VRMs

System bus support for 200MHz and 266MHz

CPU compatibility chart

Chipset

AMD-760 MP chipset

AMD-762 North bridge & AMD-766 South bridge

Winbond W83627HF Super I/O ASIC

System Memory

Four 2.5v 184-pin Registered DDR DIMM sockets

25° angled sockets enable rackmount installation

Supports up to 3GB of PC2100 Registered DDR RAM

Supports ECC (72-bit) memory modules

Hardware Monitoring

Winbond W83782D hardware monitoring ASIC

3-pin fan monitoring headers

CPU temperature and voltage monitoring

Expansion Slots

One AGP Pro 50 slot

Five 64/32-bit 33MHz (5-volt) PCI slots

Total of six usable slots

Server Management (optional)

Supports the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

Q-Logic Zircon BMC

Support for IPMI, SDR, SEL, FRU

I2C and IPMB

Integrated PCI IDE

Dual-channel master mode

Up to four enhanced IDE devices

Support for DMA100/66/33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices

Integrated LAN

Two 3Com 3C920 LAN controllers

10/100Mbps data transfer rate per controller

Integrated Graphics

ATI RAGE XL graphics accelerator

4MB frame buffer (SDRAM)

Standard 15-pin analog VGA port

Integrated I/O

One floppy connector supports up to two drives

One 9-pin 16550-based serial port

One 25-pin SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port

Four USB ports (two ports via optional cable)

PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports

Integrated SCSI (optional)

Adaptec AIC-7899W controller

Dual-channel Ultra160 SCSI support

160MBps maximum data throughput

Supports up to 15 LVD SCSI devices per channel

Channel A: 68-pin connector

Channel B: 68-pin connector

BIOS

Phoenix BIOS 4Mb Flash ROM

Supports APM v1.2 and ACPI v1.0

User settings for hardware monitoring

Auto-configuration of IDE hard drive types

Multiple boot options

DMI 2.0 compliant

Form Factor

Extended ATX footprint (13" x 12")

One 24-pin and one 8-pin power connectors

Stacked keyboard and mouse ports

Stacked USB (two) ports

Stacked parallel (one), serial (one) and VGA (one) ports; side-by-side LAN (two) ports

Recommended Power Supply & Chassis

Packing List

- Thunder K7 motherboard / User's manual

- 34-pin floppy cable

- ATA100/66 IDE cable

- Driver CD

- Com port cable

Regulatory

FCC Class B (Declaration of Conformity)