Tiger i7525 (S2672)
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 – Congratulations!
You have purchased one of the most powerful Intel Xeon
®
-based workstation solutions in a
standard ATX form factor.
Based on the Intel E7525 chipset, the Tiger i7525 (S2672) features some state-of-the-art
technologies such as dual/single 800 MHz FSB Xeon
®
processor support, multiple PCI-Express
buses, dual channel DDR2 memory design, onboard x1 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet port,
Serial-ATA IDE ports, and multiple USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports.
By doubling the capability of existing AGP8x designs with transfer rates of 4.0 Gigabytes per
second over a x16 PCI Express lane for graphics controllers, the onboard x16 PCI-Express slot
supports a high performance graphics infrastructure for high-end gaming or multimedia
.
Visit Tyan’s website at
http://www.tyan.com
. There, you can find information on all of Tyan’s
products with up-to-date FAQs, a list of worldwide distributors, Tyan software utilities, the latest
drivers, memory compatibility listings, and BIOS setting explanations.
1.2 – Hardware Specifications
Processors
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Dual mPGA604 ZIF sockets
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Supports single or dual Intel Xeon
®
processors
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800MHz Front-Side Bus
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Dual onboard 4-phase EVRD10.1
complaint voltage regulation design
Chipset
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Intel’s Tumwater (E7525) chipsets
E7525 MCH (North Bridge)
ICH5R (South Bridge)
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SMSC LPC47B397 Super I/O chip
Expansion Slots
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One X16 PCI-Express high-performance
Graphics slot
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One x8 PCI-Express slot with x4 PCI-
Express signals
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Four PCI 32-bit 33MHz (5-Volt) slots
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Total of six usable slots
Memory
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Four 240-pin 1.8-Volt DDR2 400 DIMM
sockets
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Dual channel memory bus
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Supports ECC or non-ECC memory
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Up to 8GB of Registered DDR2 DDR
modules
System Hardware Health Monitor
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Total seven 3-pin fan headers with
tachometer monitoring and five of
them with PWM control
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Chassis intrusion header
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Temperature and voltage monitoring
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Watchdog timer
BIOS
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Phoenix BIOS 4Mbit flash ROM
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Supports ACPI 1.0b, PnP, DMI 2.0
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Auto configuration of IDE devices
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User-define hardware monitoring
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Multiple boot options
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Power Management: ACPI S1, S3,
S4 and S5 modes
Other Integrated I/O Interfaces
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One floppy connector for up to two
drives
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One UART serial port connector
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One ECP/EPP/SPP parallel
connector
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Eight USB2.0 ports (2 front USB
ports via an optional cable)
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PS/2 mouse & keyboard ports