TARGA 3000 Configuration Cookbook
11/25/2002
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Table of Contents
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General Information ................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Related Documents.............................................................................................................................. 4
2 Certified Workstations and Motherboards.................................................................................................. 5
2.1 What Does Certified Mean? ................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 System Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Choosing the Right Ingredients............................................................................................................ 5
2.4 Currently certified workstations ............................................................................................................ 6
2.5 Currently certified motherboards.......................................................................................................... 6
2.6 Incompatible hardware list ................................................................................................................... 7
3 System Considerations .............................................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Which PCI Chipset is Best? ................................................................................................................. 8
3.2 What BIOS Will Work? ......................................................................................................................... 8
3.3 TARGA 3000, IRQs & DMA ................................................................................................................ 8
3.4 How Much RAM is Necessary?............................................................................................................ 9
3.5 Overclocking......................................................................................................................................... 9
3.6 Operating System................................................................................................................................. 9
3.7 Processors ........................................................................................................................................... 9
3.8 Virtual Memory ................................................................................................................................... 10
3.9 TSRs................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.10 Bus Mastering ................................................................................................................................ 10
3.11 Slot Assignments ........................................................................................................................... 11
Certified Workstations ..................................................................................................................................... 12
3.12 IBM Intellistation Zpro model 6866-xxU......................................................................................... 12
3.13 IBM Intellistation Mpro model 6868-xxU ........................................................................................ 13
3.14 IBM Intellistation Mpro model 6889-xxU ........................................................................................ 14
3.15 Required BIOS Changes for IBM Intellistation:.............................................................................. 15
3.16 Compaq SP750 Professional Workstation..................................................................................... 16
3.17 Dell Precision Workstation 620...................................................................................................... 17
3.18 HP Kayak XU800 Workstation....................................................................................................... 18
3.19 Silicon Graphics 550 Workstation.................................................................................................. 19
3.20 HP Workstation X4000................................................................................................................... 20
3.21 Compaq Evo Workstation W8000 UPDATED, 11/25/02 .............................................................. 21
3.22 Dell Precision 530 .......................................................................................................................... 22
3.23 IBM Intellistation MPro 6850-10U .................................................................................................. 23
3.24 IBM Intellistation MPro 6850-67U .................................................................................................. 24
4.14 IBM Intellistation MPro 6229-20U .................................................................................................. 25
4.14 IBM Intellistation MPro 6229-37U .................................................................................................. 26
4 Certified Motherboards............................................................................................................................. 27
4.1 Intel SE440BX-2 "Seattle" Motherboard ............................................................................................ 27
4.2 Supermicro P6DBE 440BX motherboard........................................................................................... 28
4.3 Supermicro S370DL3......................................................................................................................... 29
4.4 Tyan S1867 Thunder 2500 ................................................................................................................ 30
4.5 IWILL DCA200N................................................................................................................................. 31
4.6 SUPERMICRO 370SSR..................................................................................................................... 32
4.7 INTEL 815DEEA(L) ............................................................................................................................ 33
4.8 INTEL D850GB .................................................................................................................................. 34
4.9 SUPERMICRO PIIIDR3 ..................................................................................................................... 35
4.10 TYAN THUNDER i840 (S2520) ..................................................................................................... 36
4.11 TYAN THUNDER K7 (S2462)........................................................................................................ 37
4.12 Supermicro Super SSA370 FCPGA motherboard......................................................................... 38
4.13 IWILL DX400-SN ........................................................................................................................... 39
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