Tyan Trinity K7 VIA KX-133

Friday, August 25, 2000


Additional features

Additional features of the Trinity K7 include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for mice & keyboards, 2 internal USB ports, 2 external USB ports, Suspend to RAM, RX/TX connectors for infrared communication, and start up from the mouse/keyboard/USB ports, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speeds, CPU temperature, and voltages is also included as a standard feature with this PC99-compliant motherboard.

Below, a photo of the Tyan Trinity K7.


Note: Click here for detailed specifications.


Installation

Installation of the Tyan Trinity K7 is fairly simple. In the majority of cases, there is no need to change the default jumper settings, as they allow the CPU & FSB settings to be determined automatically. Once it's been determined that they're set correctly, installation is simply a matter of placing the board in a casing, plugging everything in, booting up, and making a quick pass through the BIOS to finalize any adjustments.



The software bundle

The installation CD includes the Via 4-in-1 drivers, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and a digital version of the user's manual.



The hardware bundle

The Trinity K7 is also accompanied by a hardware pack that includes an 80-pin ATA66/100 cable, a 40-pin ATA33 cable, and a disk-drive cable.

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Specifications

  • Processor
    Single Slot A
    AMD Athlon™ 500 MHz to 1 GHz
    200 MHz Front Side Bus
    Auto-detect Processor Voltage
    Clock multiplier 5.0 to 10.0
     ECC Protection on system and Cache Interfaces
    Processor speeds:     CPU compatibility chart
     
  • System Memory
    Three 168-pin 3.3V DIMM Sockets
    Supports up to 768 MB
    Supports PC100 / PC133     SDRAM and VCM SDRAM (see [ Compatiblity List ] )
    ECC support via chipset
     
  • Cache Memory
    Processor Built-in 128KB L1 Cache
    Processor Built-in 512KB L2 Cache
     
  • Hardware Monitoring
    VIA hardware monitoring chip
    3-pin Fan monitoring headers
    Flexible Temperature Sensor Under CPU heatsink
    Hardware Detects +/- 5V, +/- 12V, CPU status
    System Health Status Detect
    3-pin Wake on LAN header
    3-pin Wake on Ring header
     
  • Expansion Slots
    One 1x / 2x / 4x AGP v.2.0 slot
    Six 32-bit     PCI v.2.2 compliant slots
    One 16-bit     ISA slot (shared w/ a PCI slot)
    Total seven usable slots
     
  • Integrated I/O
    One Floppy connector for up to two drives
    Two 9-pin 16550 UART Serial ports
    One 25-pin ECP / EPP Parallel port
    PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard ports
    Four USB ports (two headers via cable optional)
     
  • Integrated Audio (optional)
    VIA VT82C686A Southbridge Digital
    Link Audio
    AC'97 Audio Codec
    Line-in, Line-out, Mic ports
    4-pin CD-ROM audio header
     
  • Integrated PCI IDE
    Dual channel master mode
    Supports four Enhanced     IDE devices
    Support for PIO Mode 3/4, Ultra DMA
    33 / 66 and     ATAPI compliant devices
     
  • Power Supply
    One 20-pin ATX power connector
    Input voltage -   90V to 130V at 60 Hz
    Output Wattage -  235W
    Output Voltage -  3.3V, +/- 5V, +/- 12V
    Backup Battery
      - 3.0V to 3.6V Cr2032 lithium
      - magnesium-oxide coin cell
     
  • BIOS
    Award BIOS 2Mbit Flash RAM
    Supports APM &     ACPI
    Auto detection of memory size
    Auto configuration of IDE hard disk types
    User settings of hardware monitoring
    Multiple boot options
    DMI 2.-0 / PC99 compliant
     
  • Regulatory
    FCC Class B (Declaration of Conformity)
    European Community CE (Declaration of Conformity)
     
  • Package List
    - Trinity K7 motherboard / User's manual
    - 40-pin IDE & 34-pin floppy cable pack
    - 80-pin ATA-66 IDE cable
    - Driver CD
    - URM Retention Module
     
  • Get the manual
    Manual     DOWNLOAD  list

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