Again, sorry for the delay. You appear to be suffering some level of component failure. With the system unplugged, disconnect the hard drive ( power & data cables ). re-plug the machine & power it. Then see if you get more than fan noise i.e. beeps or screen display. If you do, then the infe...

Thanks again for replying. "Once the motherboard is checked the answer becomes clear. It doesn’t support and was never supposed to work with 5400's" I just checked back with Tyan & it looks like your right. I have been mistakenly looking at the Tyan Tempest i5000x. This board is a Tyan...

Thanks for a reply Sabrex, Bios is Ver 1.09.1808 03/18/2008. The system will start, displaying the various configuration settings with the F2 / F12 message at the bottom of the screen, it will then proceed to the LSI sas configuration which completes successfully. It then returns to the first screen...

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Hi, Sorry for delay.
Does the machine make any sound when you try to switch it on. Fan noise ? anything ?

I'm new here but I'll try to help. Can you clarify - you had a virus. Has it been removed & if so, how. You mention a continuos tone, When does this happen ?? do you get any messages on the screen ? does the screen actually come on ( light goes green ? ). Need a lot more ( clearer ) info to help...

I have an R640 with dual E5160's which works fine. I have aquired two E5450's that I wish to install. The system posts but will not boot with these chips in. I have determined that the problem may be solved by a microcode update patch. I dutifully downloaded the patch from Fujitsu & ran it, only...