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lotuseclat79 · 02-18-2005, 12:54 PM

My PC has an Award BIOS v6.00PG [ROM In socket, size 256KB]. VIA motherboard model 694X-686B, SuperI/O VIA 686 rev64 with chipset VIA 82C605 rev 196. Pentium III, 1GHz, 512MB RAM w/40GB harddisk. Device boot order: floppy, CDROM, HDD-0 (currently). Running Win98SE. [I have a Linux Grub MBR on disk #1 with Win98SE as default, and Linux RH partitions on disk #2 which needs manual selection at boot time to boot up]. Both disks are 40GB.

The symptom is that when booting up from DPMS Power Off Mode state: During POST, the BIOS LOOPS BACK to the DPMS Power Off Mode state from the point in the boot process where the message "Verifying DMI Data Pool ..." appears, ... UNTIL the floppy drive is detected [i.e. light comes on], and then the bootup process continues as normal.

Usually, after 3-4 loops, I get into the BIOS to look at the health status temperatures, and just exit without saving. Mostly, the PC boots up within a tolerable time, i.e. yes, the floppy drive is detected and the device does work as I have, since this problem first appeared, formatted several floppies after a complete boot up.

I have procured a new flash BIOS from esupport.com, but I would like to find out what troubleshooting advice this forum can provide and try to understand what might be causing this problem before attempting to flash the BIOS - I am not even sure that would cure the problem, as well as create new ones. I have seen writeups on the Web in other forums that deal with bootup processes that STOP at "Verifying DMI Data Pool ...", but that is not the same as this issue as far as I can tell because the BIOS is not halting.

If anyone knows what's going on and can explain what to do to correct this problem - please let me know.

Otherwise, what can I do to troubleshoot and diagnose this problem? Can you suggest a procedure to follow that would gather some data to shed some light on solving this problem?

Tia,

-- Tom

02-18-2005, 12:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
lotuseclat79 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5 OS: Win98SE	BIOS Looping until floppy detected My PC has an Award BIOS v6.00PG [ROM In socket, size 256KB]. VIA motherboard model 694X-686B, SuperI/O VIA 686 rev64 with chipset VIA 82C605 rev 196. Pentium III, 1GHz, 512MB RAM w/40GB harddisk. Device boot order: floppy, CDROM, HDD-0 (currently). Running Win98SE. [I have a Linux Grub MBR on disk #1 with Win98SE as default, and Linux RH partitions on disk #2 which needs manual selection at boot time to boot up]. Both disks are 40GB. The symptom is that when booting up from DPMS Power Off Mode state: During POST, the BIOS LOOPS BACK to the DPMS Power Off Mode state from the point in the boot process where the message "Verifying DMI Data Pool ..." appears, ... UNTIL the floppy drive is detected [i.e. light comes on], and then the bootup process continues as normal. Usually, after 3-4 loops, I get into the BIOS to look at the health status temperatures, and just exit without saving. Mostly, the PC boots up within a tolerable time, i.e. yes, the floppy drive is detected and the device does work as I have, since this problem first appeared, formatted several floppies after a complete boot up. I have procured a new flash BIOS from esupport.com, but I would like to find out what troubleshooting advice this forum can provide and try to understand what might be causing this problem before attempting to flash the BIOS - I am not even sure that would cure the problem, as well as create new ones. I have seen writeups on the Web in other forums that deal with bootup processes that STOP at "Verifying DMI Data Pool ...", but that is not the same as this issue as far as I can tell because the BIOS is not halting. If anyone knows what's going on and can explain what to do to correct this problem - please let me know. Otherwise, what can I do to troubleshoot and diagnose this problem? Can you suggest a procedure to follow that would gather some data to shed some light on solving this problem? Tia, -- Tom