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Date:	Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:33:50 PDT
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Bootup hang

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Steven,

Thanks for your reply. I guess I am not familar with using
ALT-CTRL-NUMLOCK for anything. I will give it a try.

I do not think it is a heating problem, unless it is because of cold
components inside the box. Usually, my hang occurs the first time I turn
on the computer in the morning after a night of rest.

I will look for a BIOS upgrade for my MB. I don't know though. I almost
rather pop it a new MB than fool around with a BIOS upgrade. I'll see
though how easy or hard it is.

Harry

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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <3B2CD248.28C929ED@attglobal.net>, on 06/17/01
> at 12:36 PM, Harry Chris Motin said:
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> >Is there any way of tracing a system hang during bootup (which my system
> >occasionally does)? I get the blue-green desktop with nothing there but
> >the mouse pointer as a clock. Everything is locked up (no response to
> >anything). I cannot even turn off the computer at the ON/OFF switch on
> >the CPU tower. Instead, I have to cycle the power at the power strip.
> >When I cycle the power, the system does not go through CHKDSK.EXE on any
> >partitions. Apparently, the hang stops short of OS/2 openning up the hard
> >drives for use.
>
> This indicates the hang is occuring very early in the start phase of
> Presentation Manager and no open file has yet been modified. I would
> suspect a video hardware or driver problem. You seem to have ruled out
> the driver as a candidate. A motherboard problem is also a candidate.
>
> When the hang occurs, does Ctrl-Alt-Numlock-Numlock bring up the kernel
> dump prompts?
>
> >IDE busmastering enabled. I simply pressed the SHIFT and CONTROL keys
>
> This changes the timing of events within the code and my or may change the
> conditions that are inducing the hang, as you have found.
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> >Does anyone have any ideas how to trace this problem? I really would like
> >to get it fixed.
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> Are there any BIOS upgrades available for your MB? Is there any
> possibility of a heat or power problem in the box?
>
> HTH,
>
> Steven
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