Well..some issues have been resolved. Ain't nuttin fixed yet, but some resolution. I finally gave in and did the last thing possible. I called Tyan. They cleared up several issues. I now know where to connect the wires from the front panel, I know how to use the on-board GDU as well as the Radeon, and finally, I found out why the box wouldn't POST.
This one hurts. The 16 gig of OCZ memory I got is non-registered RAM. The Tyan mobo requires "ECC registred" dimms. I had to go investigate that. Other folks may know this, but it was new to me, so I'll post it here just in case.
It would have been one whole hell of a lot easier if they'd called it "buffered memory" because that's exactly what it is. The dimms have a buffer (or register) between the storage and the memory controller. I'll just post the link rather than typing it all out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_memory
Here's a short snippet:
"They place less electrical load on the memory controller and allow single systems to remain stable with more memory modules than they would have otherwise."
Just frikkin wunnerful. I just put another $500 on my Visa card. I now have another 16 gb of ram coming. I'll try to get a refund on the memory I bought initially, but it's set me back about 3 days.
I guess I could catch up on sleep or something. Besides...the 24 hours of Daytona starts tomorrow...I can't miss that.
Another thing I can do is route all the wiring harnesses all neat and tidy.
Some days are like that.
I downloaded wprime (that was new to me) and I'll run it on the current box to see where I stand. Then when I get the 2x4 box running we'll see what we get. I'll report both of 'em.
Stay tuned. I'll update the Build Diary with the new info asap...well, after a nap.