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From: cquirke
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:00

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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:07:24 -0000, "Jon"
<news@localSPAMTRAP.clara.co.uk> wrote:

>Andy K wrote in message <730sfb$h45$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...
>>I have a computer which starts up to the point of Verifying DMI pool data
>>and then hangs. How can I fix the problem?

Almost certainly nothing to do with DMI Pool Data (aka NVRAM), though
resetting BIOS PnP would prolly fix it if it was.  This is typically
the very last message displayed by the BIOS, so anything that causes a
lockup in the earliest phase of disk boot would do this, including:

1)  Bad boot sector or disk
2)  Misconfigured or really bad RAM
3)  Overly-aggressive CMOS chipset settings

Classic case is where a UMC chipset 486DXn mobo is using EDO RAM, and
loses the CMOS contents (possible giveaway; autodetects all IDE
devices on startup) including the setting to enable EDO support.  

Without EDO support enabled, such systems do exactly this.

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From: cquirke@iafrica.com
Subject: Re: Win95 startup
Date: 1998/11/20
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