Tyan Thunderk7 S2462

[Dualtyan]

Hi all, can anyone tell me if this mobo is compatible with 4PIN AUX +12V? The old supply I was using just crapped out and it was 8PIN. I'm looking at replacing it with the Enermax 460W, which is the 4PIN +12V

Thanks

DT

 

[Dualtyan]

Okay, I purchased an 8pin supply and the computer isn't powering up still. Is this indicative of the motherboard being crapped out? If the motherboard shorted out, are the chips okay? other components?

DT

 

[Dualtyan]

Well I figured it was the mobo, but I guess wishfull thinking had me believing it was simply the supply. Mobos dont make whining sounds from what I know, but I'm no expert. So I'm almost certain it was the supply, then the board, and I'm praying that fault protection did it's job.

I'm afraid that ThunderK7 S2462 was the only dual socket A I had. Man this sucks, those Tyan boards are top notch and even after almost five years of constant long term use, she was hauling ass. I ran at least 5 programs at once regularly and almost never saw any drop in performance. I even gamed while running virus scans, which notoriously lag out machines. I think I'm going to replace this board with a more cost effective version, the Tiger MPX. I have an all aluminum Lian Li PC80 that should mount it easily. Was looking up the MPX for the price (I just graduated college so funds are almost non-existant), I think I'm going to be happy with that board. It's already compatible with eveything I have previously installed, and I'm picking up a new supply for it this week. She should be fast again once I get those dual 2800+'s powered up.
And I'm never buying that brand of supply ever again. I think I'll fork over the extra 50-75 bucks for a more prominent name brand.
I shouldn't be complaining though, four and a half years use out of any computer component is decent imho. Heck when I built this machine, I couldn't even get tech support for it because it was so new. Had to have the chips sent in and must have flashed the bios at least four times with updates.

I'm glad to hear that there is protection for components, I know its a stupid question, but you never know.

I'll never go back to Intel after experiencing the parallel QuantiSpeed architecture. I could probably go another 5 years and have spent less than $4,000 on this machine. Not bad for a near ten year budget on a personal use workstation that is my first build.

Thank you for your input, and hopefully next time we can converse about good news =)

DT