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Verifying DMI Pool Data....

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Akuma

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I just built a new computer for a friend and it freezes right after the post screen. It says Verifying DMI Pool Data.... but won't continue on. I can't even get far enough to install Windows. Anyone know what could be causing this?


Specs:
Athlon XP-M 2500+
Abit NF7-S
2x 512MB Corsair Value Select PC3200
Seagate 80GB hard drive
 
Akuma said:
I just built a new computer for a friend and it freezes right after the post screen. It says Verifying DMI Pool Data.... but won't continue on. I can't even get far enough to install Windows. Anyone know what could be causing this?


Specs:
Athlon XP-M 2500+
Abit NF7-S
2x 512MB Corsair Value Select PC3200
Seagate 80GB hard drive
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Disconnect your power cord, follow your mobo manual in how to reset your CMOS data. After doing so properly and the problem didn't go away, you needed a new BIOS.
 
First verify you cables are correctly connected, both power and data


Verify your properly jumpered,
If using Cable Select that both drives on the same channel (cable) are using it.

If your using Master and Slave setting
Verify your jumpers, Master at the end of the cable, no Slave without a Master
that If there is a Master with a Slave present it not jumpered to Single
and if there is a Single Master its not Jumpered to Master with Slave present


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Description
Verifying DMI Pool Data in Windows

The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is a new method of managing computers in an enterprise. The main component of DMI is the Management Information Format Database, or MIFD (the DMI Pool Data). This database contains all the information about the computing system and its components. At times, some systems may experience a hang condition after partitioning, formatting and initial boot-up of a hard drive. In Windows 95 and 98, changes to the motherboards BIOS settings, changes in hard drives or to hard drive settings alters this pool data. The message, "Verifying DMI Pool Data" appears and the system hangs. This condition may continue even after the physical drive has been removed from the system.

Solution
Method One:
- Apply power to the computer.
- Access the system BIOS.
- Set "Reset configuration data" to enable (most likely to be found in PCI/PnP section of BIOS) often as Force Update ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data)* not all BIOS have that
- Save the BIOS changes and restart PC.

Method Two:
- Apply power to the computer.
- Access the system BIOS.
- Set the drive type as None or Not Installed.
- Then Load the BIOS Defaults
- Then Load the SETUP Defaults
- Save the BIOS changes and reboot the PC to a System Boot Diskette.
- Shut down the PC after the memory count is displayed.
- Reconnect the power and interface cables to the hard drive.
- Access the System BIOS.
- Auto-Detect the hard drive. Ensure that the LBA Mode option is enabled.
- Save the BIOS changes and restart the PC with a System Diskette.
- Partition and format the hard drive via the operating system.
- Restart the system. On boot, the screen should read:
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Update Successful
- The system should continue booting normally.

Method Three:
- Apply power to the computer.
- Access the System BIOS.
- Disable both the Internal and External CPU Cache. These features are located in either the "BIOS Features" or "Advanced Settings" menu.
- Save the BIOS changes and restart the PC to a System Boot Diskette. On startup, the screen should read:
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Update Successful
- The system should continue booting normally.
- After the system successfully boots, re-start the PC and access the system BIOS.
- Enable the Internal and External CPU Cache.
- Save the BIOS changes and restart the PC to a System Boot Diskette. On startup, the screen should read:
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Update Successful
- The system should continue booting normally.

NOTE: If the above mentioned methods fail to resolve the issue, contact the system or motherboard manufacturer to either clear the CMOS or update the BIOS for your motherboard. This will entail either:

- Removing the "Clear CMOS" Jumper and resetting the system BIOS or:
- Obtaining and applying a Flash BIOS Upgrade for your motherboard.

try the cache trick, then the clear CMOS if niether of those works
you might have a corrupted BIOS
have you ever flashed a BIOS?


*while Force Update Extended System Configuration Data, technically is applicable to only PNP Peripherals, for some reason it seems to resolved this issue as well. Even though the HDDs have a dedicated UDMA memory allocation
 
i had this problem, its relativly easy to fix.

at the post screen, WITH the Windows CD in, press F11

itll bring up a little box for what to boot the system off of, select CDROM

that should fix it.
 
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