Odd boot problem

[Evc]

I installed a BIOS I found here for my 8K3A, the 2912, and it went fine, but now when I boot, it says "Verifying DMI Pool......." and sits there for about 30sec to a min, then it continues on.

Any idea what is causing this problem?

[Harryc]

I didn't have that problem after flashing to 2912. Did you try a CMOS reset, and did you load Optimal defaults after flashing?. Try reflashing 2912 or flashing to an older BIOS. I've also had some success with BootVis in these situations.

[Evc]

Originally posted by Harryc
I didn't have that problem after flashing to 2912. Did you try a CMOS reset, and did you load Optimal defaults after flashing?. Try reflashing 2912 or flashing to an older BIOS. I've also had some success with BootVis in these situations.

I cleared CMOS 2 times, still does that.

 

I got minimal memory increases, and everythign else stayed the same.

 

I just flashed back to the one I was using before I flashed it.

[Daniel ~]

I'd reflash, just to see....

[Uncle Bob]

Helpful info

The problem is most likely to be found in PCI/PnP section of BIOS.

[Evc]

Reflashed, same thing happened.

The HD isnt bad, could have been the image file posted here, who knows.

[Ikester7579]

Sounds like like your bios is holding on to some info from the old bios and is conflicting with something. Try disconnecting all hardware except your video card and your floppy(Being that your bios is on floppy I hope). Then reflash your bios and hook your hardware back up. This should fix it. If not you may have got a bug or error in the bios program you downloaded. It very rarely happens so I don't think that's your problem. Also after flashing disconnect your bios battery and unplug your power cord for 24 to 48 hours. This can clear out glitches sometimes.

[MiGGinZ]

I had this problem and it all came back to a corrupt HDD not being recognised had to re partition and format the bugger.

My own fault for taking the FSB upto 186, my old WD HDD didnt like it above 36mhz