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Date:	Sat, 23 Jun 2001 17:37:17 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Boot Up Hang

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In <3B34F94D.AB7C1D64@attglobal.net>, on 06/23/01
at 04:17 PM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>When the hang occurs my system responses to absolutely nothing! ALT CNTRL
>NUMLOCK NUMLOCK does not work. I have to turn off the computer at the
>power strip, because the motherboard ON/OFF switch on the case does not
>work when the sytem hangs.

Hi Harry,

Just to verify, the mouse does not move and the keyboard is total
unresponsive? No beeps? No nothing? If so, this says the system has
jumped into never-never land with interrups disabled. This is usually a
sign of memory corruption. Unfortunately, lots of things can corrupt
memory. Bad IDE controllers, bad memory, bad CPU's, bad motherboards, bad
cache RAM's, bad chipsets, bad power supplies. You name it.

>I have Warp 4, FixPak 15 (kernel 14.062) and an AZZA motherboard with
>02/2001 Award BIOS and VIA chipsets.

There's been talk of a problem with some VIA chipsets. You might ask AZZA
if they are using the problem chipset.

I would check every connection and reseat all the socketed chips. I would
also check the MB holddown screw and make sure the insulting washer is
present.

If the MB is under warranty, I would talk with the vendor.

Steven

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