Okay, progress. I got the board to POST.
I had a non-Ivy Bridge Xeon (Sandy Bridge E3-1220) overnighted and my assertion was correct, the shipping BIOS of V103 is incompatible with Ivy Bridge Xeons and the board POST'd fine with the Sandy Bridge Xeon installed. With the Sandy Bridge Xeon installed, I attempted to upgrade to V201 (the version that adds Ivy Bridge support) with afudos.exe from Tyan's website but got an error from afudos.exe that said, "ERROR: Rom file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID".
I checked the md5sum of the file S5510_v201/5510V201.ROM which is 5e8999fa3b68580e3ff3d2693ff1bad7 and got the same checksum on multiple downloads. I double checked my model number, and the url but I was definitely on the right page. At this point, I made the assumption that the error was a false positive and used the /X option to afudos.exe which overrides the ROMID check and forces the flash. Unfortunately, when I rebooted, the board emits a constant beep. I'm confident at this point the EEPROM is bricked.
I'll need to either get a replacement V201 EEPROM from Tyan or hotswap the EEPROM on another board with this socket to reflash it with V103.
Yesterday, the Tyan tech asked about a green sticker on the motherboard which I am assuming is an indicator of the PCB revision. My board doesn't have a green sticker, so it may be the case that what I have is a release board and the BIOS files on Tyan's site are only compatible with newer revisions of this model. This is only speculation but would explain why flashing a manufacturer provided BIOS file bricked my board.
All in all, I wish I had just bought a Super Micro board. Huge nightmare.
I had a non-Ivy Bridge Xeon (Sandy Bridge E3-1220) overnighted and my assertion was correct, the shipping BIOS of V103 is incompatible with Ivy Bridge Xeons and the board POST'd fine with the Sandy Bridge Xeon installed. With the Sandy Bridge Xeon installed, I attempted to upgrade to V201 (the version that adds Ivy Bridge support) with afudos.exe from Tyan's website but got an error from afudos.exe that said, "ERROR: Rom file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID".
I checked the md5sum of the file S5510_v201/5510V201.ROM which is 5e8999fa3b68580e3ff3d2693ff1bad7 and got the same checksum on multiple downloads. I double checked my model number, and the url but I was definitely on the right page. At this point, I made the assumption that the error was a false positive and used the /X option to afudos.exe which overrides the ROMID check and forces the flash. Unfortunately, when I rebooted, the board emits a constant beep. I'm confident at this point the EEPROM is bricked.
I'll need to either get a replacement V201 EEPROM from Tyan or hotswap the EEPROM on another board with this socket to reflash it with V103.
Yesterday, the Tyan tech asked about a green sticker on the motherboard which I am assuming is an indicator of the PCB revision. My board doesn't have a green sticker, so it may be the case that what I have is a release board and the BIOS files on Tyan's site are only compatible with newer revisions of this model. This is only speculation but would explain why flashing a manufacturer provided BIOS file bricked my board.
All in all, I wish I had just bought a Super Micro board. Huge nightmare.
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