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JP
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 Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:59 am
Post subject: Please tell me if this is a BIOS problem... |
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Situation:
MB: Sapphire Axion A3-A275
Chipset: ATI A3-M275
BIOS: Award, vers. unknkown, explained below
OS: Win XP OEM pre-install
Symptoms:
After I bought the PC I installed a CD-RW from my older computer (CyberDrive CW058D), but it causes WinXP to freeze on startup. It works fine in Safe Mode: I can burn CDs and play them, and Device Manager doesn't report any problems. The older computer was Win95. When I disable the CD-RW it boots fine.
NOTE: the CD-RW is on WinXP's HCL.
To complicate things:
1. My MB manual doesn't tell me how to flash the BIOS.
2. The system boots so fast I can't catch the BIOS s/n!
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Rainbow
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NickS
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| Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:39 am
Post subject: Re: Please tell me if this is a BIOS problem... |
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| JP wrote: |
2. The system boots so fast I can't catch the BIOS s/n! |
Change the memory test option to stop fast memory test.
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JP
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| Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 3:22 pm
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Hi,
I already made sure I had the latest firmware, but thanks for the tip.
Anyone else have an idea?
JP
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