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[Solved] Tyan s2912 cpu support question

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bryce1337   03-16-2009 at 11:00:15 PM

my question is will my s2912 mobo support quad core cpus?
-the reason i ask this is that i rma'ed my board and when i got it back i noticed that the bios says its running v4.0 s2912-e.
-the only difference i can tell from the s2912 and s2912-e is that the "E" version has a built in hardware sas controller.
-both mobos use the exact same chipset and look identical besides the missing sas control on the s2912

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You could contact Tyan and ask them why they don't support Quads on the S2912.
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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   03-16-2009 at 11:12:22 PM

http://www.tyan.com/support_downlo [...] ocketid=16

According to that list, the answer is yes for the S2912-E and no for the S2912.

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bryce1337   03-16-2009 at 11:14:58 PM

GhislainG wrote :

http://www.tyan.com/support_downlo [...] ocketid=16

According to that list, the answer is yes for the S2912-E and no for the S2912.


ya ive visited the cpu support page but i dont see why the S2912 doesnt.

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   03-17-2009 at 01:20:46 AM
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You could contact Tyan and ask them why they don't support Quads on the S2912.

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David_I   04-10-2009 at 04:27:17 PM

The S2912 (not "-E" ) will support the AMD Quad Core Barcelonas with the v4.00 BIOS.

Why? - On a binary file compare, both the downloaded Tyan s2912 and s2912-E v4.00 BIOSes are IDENTICAL (actually only the zip file package names are different, the files inside are not).

Also - I have a S2912 (not "-E" ) with v4.00 BIOS that I have recently built with (2) Quad Core AMD 2347 CPUs running without a hitch!

So, go for it.

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