Repost: Tyan 1832 OEM Dual BX Board @ Overstock.com $69 Shipped for new customers.

[dman]

This dual slot1 BX board is back in stock at overstock.com:
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=4738&DPT_ID=27&refer_url=COOL&fp=T

It's $89 w/ free shipping.

AND

:Q The $20 off $50 Coupon is still officially available to all new customers:
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=3025

Original Thread from Anand:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?start=1&catid=29&threadid=194569

N-Joy.

 

[nmcbride]

Here is the scoop on the boards....

It is an OEM board made for Gateway. It has a Gateway part number (4000456).

The model is S1833D rev. B and there is no support or info on this board from Tyan.

The Case jumpers are in a block and the normal row of pins is not present, though someone handy with a soldering iron could put them back.

I got all the jumpers working on mine using the block, except the HD LED.

This is not the S1832D rev. F that seems to be the best of the Tiger boards.

The 1833 uses the same BIOS as the 1832 and in BIOS, there is support for PIII's up to 800 (maybe 850?).

My board came with partial SECC holders, so SECC2 CPU's kind of sit there unrestrained. The fit in pretty well, so I don't think they'd fall out.

 

[dman]

Quick question: You mention it uses the same bios, did you try flashing with the Tyan Bios? Or did it already have the latest revision? (I believe it was Jan 00 on the website).

Thanks!

 

[crystal]

ha! Got one. I had the retail verions of this and loving it. Going to replace the cheap mb the came with the shops.com deals with this. Now all I need is another piii... and dual baby.

[edit] before I buy something that causes me grief later. there should not be anything wrong running two different cpu on this thing right? i.e. speed & piii/piii cu. Thanks. [/edit]

 

[NT4Mike]

dman,

The board comes from overstock with Tyan BIOS version 2.00.02 dated 4/13/00 on tyan's site.

For $69 or $89 it's a great deal. Just one less PCI slot than the retail.

-Mike

 

[WiKKed]

If your going to run 2 cpu's on it, I would make sure they match. Not only speed, and not only coppermine/non coppermine, but stepping as well. I've run duals which were different steppings before, and it seemed to work fine, but win2000 could tell and would add a comment to the event log everytime I started up the machine. Now I'm running 2 coppermine 700's completely matched steppings and everything both cb0, and it works great. Dual is a really nice thing to have.