Am So, den 13.06.2004 schrieb T. 'Nifty New Hat' Mitchell um 12:05: > > Update your motherboard BIOS to the latest version. Seems your system is > > not proper initialized. From your description I assume you mean a cold > > start will end in freeze but a warm start will succeed. > > BIOS updates have risks so read all the instructions and double check > models and revisions. > > For what it is worth in addition to a BIOS update make sure that all > the BIOS flags are initialized and stable. > > This might best be accomplished by setting in turn the optimized BIOS > values then the safe BIOS values. This can ensure that all the values > are 'set' and not some random bits left over when the RAM was > initialized. Some motherboards have a reset procedure that applies. > This procedure is often documented in the installation notes. > > Also check the small battery that is used to maintain the PROM data > structures and realtime clock between boot cycles. If you change one > setting from default a NVRAM volatility problem can be discovered if > after a hard power cycle it is not obvious. > > If the realtime clock or the BIOS/PROM settings change, the battery > could be ill. Look for a coin size battery on the motherboard. The > life of these batteries varies from 4 years to ten years. The life is > MUCH, Much, much shorter if someone placed the motherboard on a home > made anti-static guard made of aluminum foil or on a metal work bench. > If you cannot find the battery with a bright light inspection check > the user guide for the location. > > If you understand what the problem is you might elect to live with > the problem once you learn how to work with it. > > This smells like a battery thing to me. > T o m M i t c h e l l Indeed, that are very good hints regarding a BIOS update. Something one might to print out and pin on the wall :) Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.6-1.427 Serendipity 13:47:42 up 1 day, 9:30, load average: 0.83, 0.49, 0.29
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