Tyan S3992 MOBO with scsi drives and tape drive

Basically you have two choices for installation of video card:
1. To purchase small form factor PCIe card suitable for installation on 1U server chasis or
2. Purchase PCI express riser card and to install most full-sized PCI Express cards (Check this link for PCI Riser )

on ebay you can get

go to ebay have what you need

Hi when you start the pc and goes to the scsi utilities and scans for device its not finding the device attached to it sioit gives you this message you can see if the terminator connect to the device is properly connected and its in its place ,also press CTRL+A to get into the adapter setting and in the scsi utilities section scan the devices if it finds it then check the id of the device how much its set to it should not be the same of the scsi card id .by default scsi card id is 7 but be sure.

You dont mention what you wish to use this motherboard for.
Most if not all tyan motherboard are for servers. This is of little use to the average computer user.
Try looking on google "tyan riser card m2041"
http://www.sander-europe.eu/files/products/docs/matrix_riser.pdf

This may due to HDD ID is conflict with external tape drive. Check and change the tape drive ID will solve your problem.

In your bios change the boot order so that your SCSI drive is listed in the #1 slot. Save and exit. This will tell your system to always look at this drive first when booting up. Hope this helps.

tyan i5400xt.. to test for ground.. pull the board from the chassis and test with a different known good power supply

if the boot works... then you have a power supply issue...

does the board have a post code lighted signal ???

if so.. a bad power supply should goto FF error code

verify you have enough power on the cpu rail with your power supply specifications also

be sure you have all cables 4 pin 8 pin and 20/24 pin connections done correctly.. lastestly check if the board is touching the chassis edge anywhere... could cause a ground

also take and loosen all the MB screws from the chassis.. just let it hang there this will test the grounds needs the screw connections

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That thing required a SCSI terminator pack doesn't it.

If so, is it working properly.

I've had those things go out on me before leaving me to pull my hair out many times.

I think this sounds like the drive is having a issue loading and moving the tape in slot 1.
AIT units are known for having this kind of problem.
Try a cleaning tape and then a new tape fresh out the wrapper for a test backup.

if it fails with a known good tape then its time to send it out for repair

www.tape-drive-repair.com

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