Boot Hangs on Verifying DMI....

Appreciate some assistance

Building a pc with a Gigabyte 6BA v 2.5 Mainboard, Pentium II 350MHz/100MHZ FSB, 4 DiMMs with a total of 512MB SDRAM and BIOS 01/28/99-i440BX-W977-2A69KG0AC-00. Trying to boot with W98SE boot disk to install OS, and the boot will not go past "Verifying DMI Pool Data ".

Any ideas of what could cause this hang up?

Checked the BIOS and thought things look OK, but maybe not.

 

MS says it's a hardware problem and offers no solution that is of value. Try going to this Thread and see if you get some inspiration.

I'm thinking you'll end up with a BIOS setting that will work. Don't be afraid to try any settings you like. Also disconnect any drives and try booting to the startup disk only, just in case it's a hard drive problem of some sort. Also check all connectors and cables for damage or improper seating, etc. Let's face it, if you can't boot to a known good boot disk in a known good floppy drive, you've got a MOBO problem, either BIOS setting or hardware failure.

Good luck

 

I had this happen to me once when building a computer. If you have the cpu overclocked, try slowing it down a bit. I found this to solve my problem. Hope it helps.

 

Thank you for your replies.

Tried all sorts of suggestions, and it is still no-go. Manufacturer suggests a BIOS Flash.

Will not do dat!

In addition, the CPU fan quit, so, got rid of the mainboard.