Benefits and Applications

Tyan's Thunder K7X is our next generation dual-processor platform for the AMD Athlon MP processor. Like its predecessor (the Thunder K7), this system board provides cutting-edge performance for today's most demanding workstation and server applications, and includes powerful connectivity and storage support features. Based on the AMD-760 MPX chipset, the Thunder K7X utilizes a 66MHz 64-bit PCI bus for blistering I/O performance. It also supports DDR RAM, AGP Pro (as well as integrated VGA), dual LAN controllers, dual-channel Ultra 160 SCSI and more.

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Thunder K7X Models

Processor

Dual PGA462 ZIF sockets

Supports up to two AMD Athlon MP processors

Two onboard VRMs

System bus support for 200MHz and 266MHz

Processor speeds: CPU chart

Chipset

AMD-760 MPX chipset

AMD-762 north bridge & AMD-768 south bridge

Winbond W83627HF Super I/O ASIC

System Memory

Four 2.5v 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

25° angled sockets enable rackmount installation

Supports up to 4GB of Registered PC2100 DDR memory

Supports ECC (72-bit) memory modules

* Note: The AMD-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 configurations will see 3.5GB to 3.8GB of available memory.

Hardware Monitoring

Winbond W83782D hardware monitoring ASIC

3-pin fan monitoring headers

CPU temperature and voltage monitoring

Expansion Slots

One AGP Pro slot; also supports 4x AGP

One 64-bit 66MHz (3.3-volt) PCI slot

One 64-bit 66MHz (5-volt) PCI slot

Three 32-bit 33MHz (5-volt) PCI slots

Total of six usable slots

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 via optional cable)

PS/2 keyboard and mouse port

Integrated PCI IDE

Dual-channel master mode

Supports up to four enhanced IDE devices

Support for ATA-100/66/33 IDE and ATAPI compliant devices

Integrated LAN

Two 3Com 3C920 LAN controllers

10/100Mbps data transfer rate per controller

Integrated 2D/3D Graphics

ATI RAGE XL graphics controller

4MB frame buffer (SDRAM)

Standard 15-pin analog VGA port

Integrated SCSI (optional)

Adaptec AIC-7899W controller

Dual-channel Ultra 160 SCSI support

160MB/sec maximum data throughput per channel

Support up to 15 LVD SCSI devices per channel

Channel A and Channel B - 68-pin connectors

Server Management (optional)

Tyan-defined 50-pin header connects to Server Management Daughtercard (SMDC), which supports the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

Q-Logic Zircon Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

Support for IPMI, SDR, SEL, FRU

I2C and IPMB

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", 330.2mm x 304.8mm)

One 24-pin and one 8-pin ATX-GES power connectors

Stacked parallel (one), serial (one) and VGA (one) ports

Side-by-side LAN (two) port

Stacked keyboard and mouse ports

Regulatory

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) certified

European CE (Declaration of Conformity)