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10-09-2006, 10:28 AM
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Come in Ray...
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How good are Tyan boards?
I've got a Tyan S1846 MB and a P2/350 processor I am planning to use for a Devil-Linux hardware firewall and public FTP server. I have two 3-Com network cards (both 3C905B-TX) I will be using, so this will take a lot of the burden off the processor for networking.
My question is the reliablity of the board, it has Intel everything and I will be putting a 128 MB stick in each of the three RAM slots. MB: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=219 CPU: http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sspec=sl38m I would appreciate any opinions. Thanks. |
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10-09-2006, 10:30 AM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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It's at least 6 or 7 years old isn't it?
Has it ever been used?
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10-09-2006, 10:52 AM
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Come in Ray...
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It is a P2 Slot-1 board, so it is old... I'm not sure of the manufactured date though (the linked review was 1998).
Yes it has been used, it was running Windows 98 before it was "donated" to me. From what I can tell everything is still working on it. |
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10-09-2006, 10:54 AM
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Solid board. 440BX chipset. Just make sure those ram modules are not high density or it will only see half the ram. It *will* accept low density 256mb modules too.
It supports P3's too - Katmais up to 600 with stock bios and Coppermines up to 850 with bios 2.00, but it does NOT support 133 FSB. Tyan has primarily been a server board manufacturer, but those old BX workstation boards were very high quality. |
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10-09-2006, 07:33 PM
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They are great boards...
I have quite a few just layin around collecting dust and when in use they are just awesome...Havent had a problem with any of them.... 
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10-09-2006, 10:39 PM
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Long time ago, during a PC Fair there, a computer shop was selling computers with AMD K6-2 processors, and they fitted them with Tyan S1590 motherboards. Heard that the board is rock-solid, and I'm not sure whether they are still selling this in the auction sites/2nd-hand-shops...
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10-10-2006, 01:22 PM
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The S1590 is not an Intel slot 1 board with a BX chipset though.
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