What does "Verifying DMI pool data" mean?

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Doesn't matter what caused the original loss of video while accessing the XP
CD for installation as your PC can't get there anymore. One problem at
time.
 
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 18:32:58 -0400, "R. McCarty"
Go to your Motherboard vendor site and locate the BIOS firmware
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Unless I had very good grounds to do so, I would not pick a fight with
BIOS or BIOS version. As it is, it's more than likely that the
problem has nothing to do with BIOS, DMI NVRAM contents etc. and lies
further down the line at attempts to boot disk.

That's easily tested; disconnect all drives, clear any HD definitions
in CMOS Setup, and expect to see a BIOS error message such as "Please
insert boot disk" soon after the DMI message.

If instead you get the same "black death" effect, then I'd clear CMOS
settings and/or PnP DMI data (there will be CMOS Setup menu items to
do both). If no joy, I'd unplug from mains, remove CMOS battery, and
short out the empty battery socket's contacts for 10 seconds, then
retry. If still no joy, I'd expect bad hardware, which possibly
includes corrupted BIOS that R McCarty is after, so his advice kicks
in at this point - but consider the likely results of trying to update
BIOS through the lens of hardware that is bad in some other way...
 
Bobby rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
I was installing a new hard disk in a family PC when my daughter
accidentally knocked over the PC and it crashed on its side.

Now when I try to boot I get to "Verifying DMI pool data..." and the PC
freezes.

I've tried messing about with the BIOS settings (including resetting to
standard settings) but the PC still hangs.

BTW prior to this problem the PC booted from CD OK but then died in the
middle of reading from the CD-ROM (screen goes blank and monitor light
goes amber). What causes the monitor to go blank and the light on the
monitor to go amber?

Cheers.

Bobby
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1. Corrupt boot files on the computer.
2. Settings for hard disk drive are not correct.
3. Floppy diskette or CD in computer causing issue.
4. Boot devices not set properly.
5. BIOS corrupt or misc. setting not set properly.
6. Connections loose or disconnected.
7. Bad Hard disk drive or other bad hardware.
 
Black Baptist said:
Bobby rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
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I'd get the family out of the house very fast. Seriously. That's a bad
message.
 
Bobby rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
So, the first thing to do in this case would be: put back the old
harddisk. Because that one is known to be working and did not hit
the floor.
And it was not overloading your PSU. (As probably the new one
wouldn't either, because newer drives usually use less power.)

Usually: because the monitor no longer receives video signal.

Things to try:
- Boot the PC with a diskette. Just leave it on for an hour or
so. That way you can detect if the PC knocks out after a few
minutes anyway.
- Run a ram test. www.memtest86.com

(Yes, it is smart to combine those two :-)
 
I would suggest two additional things here:

1) wipe the CMOS data, if that's possible w/ your laptop. desktops have a
jumper on the motherboard that will wipe the cmos data. sometimes the bios
re-flasher for a system will offer to wipe the cmos too, you could try to
reflash the bios.

2) most bios have an option somewhere to "reset configuration data". this
wipes out the dmi pool info, and causes the bios to rebuild it on next
reboot.
 
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