System wont start up Help!

[Mascarab]

I have windows 98 SE. It wont start up anymore, it gets to "Verifying DMI Pool Data" and sits there, and if it does goto the 98 screen it wont go any further. Now its not detecting the hard drive. When it checks whats on the IDE channels I hear the HD sound like it spins but then stops and it isnt detected. Whats wrong?

 

[Accipiter]

It looks like this is a not too uncommon problem. This seems to typically be a driver incompatibility issue so if you've installed any new hardware or updated your drivers that's probably the culprit. The other option is that this is a problem with your BIOS check out this link Link for some ideas. I tried the error message on Google and come up with a ton of info so...


Good Luck.

 

[Mascarab]

Well I would consider that only if i had installed anything. It sounds like the HD isnt initializing or getting power i dunno what but i cut the computer on and it sounds like its on for 2 seconds and its off. ?

 

[Mascarab]

BTW, thanks for the help, sorry I forgot to type it in the reply, I'll try these steps, thanks for searching for them!

 

[4824guy]

DMI hanging could be a system resourse or IRQ conflict. I would suggest removing all your add in cards and HD's except the video card to see if you can get past that DMI point. If so, add 1 card at a time to isolate the problem.