garmanma Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I'm setting up an old box to run Linux. It was working and running 95. I know the hard drive, floppy drive, and CD drive are working. I accidently used a Rawwrite floppy instesd of a bootdisk. I shut it off and now when I turn it on I get the BIOS beep, it starts the boot process, and then stops at verifying DMI POOL data. I've tried booting to the floppy with a bootdisk, booting to the CD drive with a Knoppix CD, and booting to the hard drive. I cleared the CMOS and still nothing. I'm just wondering if I trashed the BIOS chip. Any thoughts? I never flashed a BIOS before but I guess there's always a first timeThanks Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lefty1953 Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I'm setting up an old box to run Linux. It was working and running 95. I know the hard drive, floppy drive, and CD drive are working. I accidently used a Rawwrite floppy instesd of a bootdisk. I shut it off and now when I turn it on I get the BIOS beep, it starts the boot process, and then stops at verifying DMI POOL data. I've tried booting to the floppy with a bootdisk, booting to the CD drive with a Knoppix CD, and booting to the hard drive. I cleared the CMOS and still nothing. I'm just wondering if I trashed the BIOS chip. Any thoughts? I never flashed a BIOS before but I guess there's always a first timeThanks MarkLoose connection inside the box. Or it is something in the BIOS setup that is causeing this. try setting the Bios to Fail safe, or Default settings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 (edited) Any thoughts? I never flashed a BIOS before but I guess there's always a first timeThanks MarkYou have nothing to loose by trying to flash it. Linux deserves better hardware then that(just giving you a hard time) How much memory do you have installed? Edited December 30, 2006 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I've had a an old PC hang on me before when messing with the BIOS. Before you flash the BIOS try unplugging it from the wall and let it sit for a bit, that may re-set things. That worked for me once. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted December 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I forgot to say it but I did restore default settings. There is no failsafe option in the BIOS that I can find, it's an old Award BIOS. I found the flash update for my board so I'll give it a try. If worse comes to worse, it's a removeable EPROM and I found a site that will burn a new chip. If I feel real adventurous, I have an old EPROM burner from work if I can figure out how to get the info from the floppy to the burner. I haven't looked.ThanksMarkShanenin- 256mb I figured it was enough to learn on before I upgraded to a primo machine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 256 on a windows 95 machine. Holy that is alot. I bet that machine just came with 16 or 32mbs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted December 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 256 on a windows 95 machine. Holy that is alot. I bet that machine just came with 16 or 32mbsIt was a sweet little machine for it's time. It gives me something to play withMark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 It was a sweet little machine for it's time. It gives me something to play withMark256 MB RAM will run any Linux distro out there:-) I hope you get your BIOS issue sorted out, Mark. I love Linux; I've used it for over four years now. Good luck, man:-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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