Bios freezes in middle of System Summary Information.
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:17 am
My machine has a ASUS mobo and the BIOS info is as follows -
Award Modular Bios v4.51PG on enegy star ally(c) 1984-98
ASUS P2-99 ACPI Bios Revision 1012
03/03/00 - i440zx - P2-99
I have transfered two working wd800JB drives from another machine to this machine. They are set as master and slave from the previous installation and are plugged into the primary ide.
The machine goes through the post routine and appears to detect and recognise the two drives as master and slave as well as the two DVD drives which are plugged into the secondary ide also as master and slave.
The System configuration commences to print on the screen. CPU is identified, Co-Processor is installed, Base and Extended memory are both left blank, Diskette Drive A and B are identified and Pri.Master Disk gets as far as LBA, Mode4, and the the activity ceases with the cursor flashing under the last commar.
No key action has any effect only a reboot.
I have detached the two new drives and attached one of the original (40GB Seagate) and it boots up perfectly. I have tried the two new drives one at a time set as Only Master and get the same freezing result. I have flashed the bios with the same Ver 1012 in case the bios was corrupt with no effect. I have been unable to flash with the latest from ASUS because the latest is a Beta Version 1013 but when I try to flash it I get a message "Bios Model doesn't match with the current one used. Do you wish to continue", I am not experienced enough to say yes so have said No and the old bios was left untouched. The current bios file is 1012D9.BIN and the new one is 1013.005.
To flash the bios I disconnected the two HDs and the machine boots up normally.
Could anyone assist me with this problem - I can find no reference to an occurance of the Summary not completing any where.
Crispynet.
Award Modular Bios v4.51PG on enegy star ally(c) 1984-98
ASUS P2-99 ACPI Bios Revision 1012
03/03/00 - i440zx - P2-99
I have transfered two working wd800JB drives from another machine to this machine. They are set as master and slave from the previous installation and are plugged into the primary ide.
The machine goes through the post routine and appears to detect and recognise the two drives as master and slave as well as the two DVD drives which are plugged into the secondary ide also as master and slave.
The System configuration commences to print on the screen. CPU is identified, Co-Processor is installed, Base and Extended memory are both left blank, Diskette Drive A and B are identified and Pri.Master Disk gets as far as LBA, Mode4, and the the activity ceases with the cursor flashing under the last commar.
No key action has any effect only a reboot.
I have detached the two new drives and attached one of the original (40GB Seagate) and it boots up perfectly. I have tried the two new drives one at a time set as Only Master and get the same freezing result. I have flashed the bios with the same Ver 1012 in case the bios was corrupt with no effect. I have been unable to flash with the latest from ASUS because the latest is a Beta Version 1013 but when I try to flash it I get a message "Bios Model doesn't match with the current one used. Do you wish to continue", I am not experienced enough to say yes so have said No and the old bios was left untouched. The current bios file is 1012D9.BIN and the new one is 1013.005.
To flash the bios I disconnected the two HDs and the machine boots up normally.
Could anyone assist me with this problem - I can find no reference to an occurance of the Summary not completing any where.
Crispynet.