Tyan Thunder K8SRE problem

Hi all! THis is my first post here so if this topic is already covere
i appogize in advance. But anyways i purchased the tyan thunder K8SR
board with 1 AMD 246 opteron this is the model # OSA246CEP5AU and
gig of kingston ecc memory model # kvr400d4r3a/1G and powersuppy i
antec True power 2.0 550 watt Im just tring to do a simple post but
get no display or anything. On the motherboard is there is little LE
box that reads "FF" can anyone help a newb out. Thanks fo
any advice Also almost for got i have looked in the manual to try t
find out where i can plug in the case speaker and i cant fin
anywhere to put itl, Thats another reason why i cant find out th
proble

 

I had some similar troubles last year (with Tyan S2875).
The thread can still be found:

http://www.hardwareforumz.com/Tyan-BIOS-POST-Code-quot-FF-quot-Tiger-K8W-ftopict50823.html

"FF" is not documented in the manual. But due to Tyan's support,
"FF" means that nothing is getting past the CPU's themselves during
the POST process.

I had to return my mainboard twice and the second replacement
board finally worked. You should contact Tyan's support. They
usually respond quite fast (at least here in Germany).

My guess is that they will tell you to return your mainboard
to Tyan for either repair or replacement.


Tony

 

Also, please keep in mind the stage you are at, sometimes posting can take a
long time. Once with a Tyan board (S2460) I thought the board was bad but
then I waited an extra long time and it finally posted and I got to the next
stage which was probably installing the OS or flashing the BIOS or
something, and then it never took a long time to post again.

Scotter