PC Hangs: Verifying DMI Pool Data

At times, some systems may experience a hang condition after partitioning, formatting and initial boot-up of a hard drive. In Windows 95 and 98, changes to the motherboards BIOS settings, changes in hard drives or to hard drive settings alters this pool data. The message, "Verifying DMI Pool Data" appears and the system hangs. This condition may continue even after the physical drive has been removed from the system.
Apply power to the computer.
Access the system BIOS.
Set "Reset configuration data" to enable (most likely to be found in PCI/PnP section of BIOS)
Save the BIOS changes and restart PC.
Method Two:
Apply power to the computer.
Access the system BIOS.
Set the drive type as None or Not Installed.
Then Load the BIOS Defaults
Then Load the SETUP Defaults
Save the BIOS changes and reboot the PC to a System Boot Diskette.
Shut down the PC after the memory count is displayed.
Reconnect the power and interface cables to the hard drive.
Access the System BIOS.
Auto-Detect the hard drive. Ensure that the LBA Mode option is enabled.
Save the BIOS changes and restart the PC with a ystem Diskette.
Partition and format the hard drive via the operating system.
Restart the system. On boot, the screen should read:
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Update Successful
The system should continue booting normally.
Method Three:
Apply power to the computer.
Access the System BIOS.
Disable both the Internal and External CPU Cache. These features are located in either the "BIOS Features" or "Advanced Settings" menu.
Save the BIOS changes and restart the PC to a System Boot Diskette. On startup, the screen should read:
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Update Successful

Did you overclock? Sometimes when you overclock, it will hang on DMI verification. Check the bios for improper frequency multiplier/FSB speed settings, as well as default ram timing settings.

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