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award bios v6.00pg

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Rescently installed xp on a pionex pc shipped with win98 ..."amd 756 chipset" "award bios vers v6.00pg" ... XP is up and running ... hardware is configured 100% ... but the system hangs after restarting windows with never-ending beeps.

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by thechas

I've got one that sounds just like yours.

On mine, when I do a re-start, I usually get the PC health error beeps.

Even if I shut down, I may still get the PC health warning if I don't wait long enough.

I suspect that it is a bug in the BIOS code that is not waiting for the CPU fan and voltage monitors to stabilize before checking them on a restart.

I thought that Pionex went out of business, so you may be out of luck for a BIOS update to correct the problem.

If the system works fine from a cold boot, I suggest that you live with the problem.
Just remember to shut down and wait rather than re-starting.

If the PC will not boot, you can try entering BIOS settings, and disabling the PC health warnings.

CAUTION: If you disable PC Health you will not be warned if the CPU fan fails.

Chas

by pazz9

hmmmm......interesting point....how bout switching to standard pc from acpi in the system device settings to see if that helps too....just a thought as it seems to be an older pc. the amd 756 were the chipset with the older slot a athlons to begin with.....i still think thse athlons were very fast for their MHz....;(=)

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