Tyan Tiger 100 Dual Pentium III(katmai) OEM for $69? refurb

[NT4Mike]

nmcbride

Check their site again. I kept looking at mine thinking that all it said was that it had been accepted. Click on the actual order number and then see if there is a little UPS symbol on the left side with a ship date. I was starting to get pissed off on mine until I noticed the little icon. It didn't really stand out to me.

Like I said, mine is not supposed to show up until Monday the 17th so if somebody gets theirs before then, please post as to the results.

-Mike

 

[blstriker]

I just got my tiger 100 and I am sad to report that this mobo is Revision B. At least the one they sent me is. Hopefully it'll still work with dual 366@550. Maybe you guys will have better luck.

 

[blstriker]

More bad news. I examined the board more closely and notice that it didn't have the pins to connect the power switch, reset, power led, or any other mobo/case interface. It did come with a block of pins that had a common ground for certain cases (i guess this was oem). so if you have the case with a block connections instead of separate wires for the different pins, you're okay. unfortuantly, I am screwed. I guess I could return the board or I could bust out the soldering iron. Damn.

 

[da loser]

Sorry man, I guess those people don't know what they're selling.

 

[blstriker]

Well, there is no way to power on this sucker without the case jumpers, so I DID in fact bust out my handy dandy soldering iron and put some on myself! And guess what.. it works. I soldered new wires from the power switch, power led, and reset button and tested it out. Boots up just fine. The paper included with the mobo says that 600 to 800 work because the multiplier is locked on the chip. I don't know if it's worth the trouble, but... too late now..

 

[NT4Mike]

Does the bios have a setting for 133 FSB?

Mike

 

[blstriker]

All the fsb and multiplier settings are on the mobo itself using jumpers. No bios setting as far as i can tell.

 

[NT4Mike]

so only 66 and 100 jumpered on the board then?

-Mike

 

[blstriker]

Yup, that's right, only 66 and 100 mhz.

 

[Norman Smiley]

Was the soldering difficult? Has anybody had the same experience?

 

[MoneyMINTR]

hey you guys.

My Tyan Tiger rev F. has the same jumpers. You change the FSB in the BIOS. It's under Advanced subsection. Good luck. Hey, update the BIOS too see if you can get the lastest and be able to get 133FSB. BUT, I'm pretty sure that only the rev F. have the 133FSB with the 1/4 PCI.

-MM

 

[geldrop]

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