Tyan Computers & Internet - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

Hi, hi check your power supply, hard disks, cd drive, and memory FOR LONG BEEPS, ONE SHORT BEEP IN AN ENDLESS LOOP, BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH AT STARTUP Try using Memtest 86+ http://www.memtest86.com/ to diagnose your memory problem. You can also try the following methods. Turn off power, Unplug. Remove the cover of your PC. Remove the memory from the Motherboard. Note on the locks! Clean the memory contacts with an eraser yes that's right a rubber Pencil eraser. It should be shiny gold. Reseat your memory to the motherboard and Test! DIAGNOSTICS DOWNLOAD HIREN BOOT CD, WRITE IT TO CD THEN BOOT FROM IT http://rapidshare.com/files/33987018/NYU_Hiren_s.BootCD.9.1.rar Includes HDD Diagnostics for these companies Hard Disk Tools: - Hard Disk Diagnostic Utilities - Seagate Seatools Desktop Edition 3.02 - Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools - Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f - Maxtor PowerMax 4.23 - Maxtor amset utility 4.0 - Maxtor(or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1 - Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 6.61 - Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0 - Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.02 - Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28 - IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.08 - IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.03 - Gateway GwScan 3.15 - ExcelStor's ESTest 3.80 - MHDD 4.6 - WDClear 1.30 - Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b - SeaTools for Dos 1.08 - HDD Regenerator 1.51 - to recover a bad hard drive - Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57 - Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool. - Norton Disk Doctor 2002 - a tool to repair a damaged disk, or to diagnose your hard drive. - Norton Disk Editor 2002 - a powerful disk editing, manual data recovery tool. - Active Kill Disk 3.1 - Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive. - HDAT2 4.5.2 - main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for devices - SmartUDM 2.00 - Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer. - Victoria 3.33 - a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics ====================== If you are having trouble with Newly bought items save your self from headaches by returning them and demand a replacement or a refund! You may have purchased a reconditioned\repaired\factory defect product.

turn the computer off now turn on and hold down the delete key until the bios screen appears in the boot tab select first boot as the cd disk, install the cd for win nt in that drive close down the cd and then restart and it will boot from the cd BY reformatting the hard drive win nt you have wiped the win nt operating system from the hard drive

One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect your hard drive

Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions IDE,SATA

the leads from your "((motherboard to your hard drive))" make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them there probably old and faulty

make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty even the electrical extensions or just replace them they could be faulty a computer needs its connections to continue its cycle and have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error If your computer came with a motherboard disc the drivers could be on it or you might have a dirty graphics card remove the graphics card and clean the socket hope this helps

There is a conflict in shadow ram. Check the add-on cards. It may be necessary to disable the BIOS shadow into RAM in order to make space for the other cards ROM

This error is "Initial Superio_Early_Init switch" This error occurs when The first memory module is bad or the BIOS is corrupt. Exchange RAM. If that does not work, Reset the BIOS by removing the battery for two minutes If that does not work, replace BIOS; or motherboard.

This is the cache auto size in memory for the video ROM. Try a different video card with a different ROM. There is a BIOS conflict with the Video card ROM, or another card with a ROM is has a conflict with the video card ROM.

It is safer to remove the battery for two minutes. If there is any residual charge in the system, and you use the jumper, you can damage the motherboard. If you insist on using the jumper: First unplug the power supply then push the start button to ensure the system has no charge, then change the jumper for about ten seconds. Put the jumper back in the original position, plug the power supply back in, and you can boot he system .

To reset the password. Shut off the power supply, or unplug it. Press the start button. Remove the battery for two minutes. Replace battery Re-energize power supply.boot the computer to the BIOS.

"Initialize cache before memory autosize" This is the cache in the CPU. The most common cause of this error is the CPU has been overheating. Check the airflow. Overheating can destroy the CPU.

"Initialize cache before memory autosize" This is the cache in the CPU. The most common cause of this error is the CPU has been overheating. Check the airflow. Overheating can destroy the CPU.

Make sure the hard drive is on the first IDE channel, and there is no CD or DVD on the first IDE channel. The CD-Rom or DVD should be on the second channel.

This is usually the hard drive is bad.

contact Tyan and request support, just say that the hardware was in a machine you were given. It might be that that there is a generic password built int the firmware. Such a practice is common on most electronic equipment, hope you are lucky. Otherwise look for an answer on Tyan forums or Tom's Hardware

It is on the Super I/O Configuration Sub- Menu of the BIOS which can be found on the Advanced Page. The actual setting is called Serial Port 1 Address. Information was taken from the online user manual for the motherboard. http://www.tyan.com/manuals/S7025_manual_20140508.pdf

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