I think what you  mean is that the PC will POST but it stops at the
beginning of the boot.
..usually that message appears right  before the boot..
If this is the case then I have had this problem....it's the mother board
...you can replace the BIOS chip for a quick fix but the board will corrupt
it again. You can check by stripping it down to  clean CPU Ram Video and
floppy and see if it will boot off a floppy.
If it won't boot ....you stop after the post.and get the message...then the
board is bad.

m

>I have a customer with a problem that I don't even know how to approach.
>
>The machine boots and runs the post properly.  Memory tests okay.  The
>machine goes out and detects and finds the CD-rom, then the message
>"Verifying DMI Pool Data..." comes up.  This is as far as the machine goes.
>It hangs at this point.  This machine has had a recent upgrade [the
>motheroard got fried during an owner installation of a new modem]. It has
>been working fine for a couple of weeks and now suddenly decides not to
>boot.
>
>Here is the pertinent information:  This is a new A-trend ATC-5050
>motherboard with the 430TX chipset.  The processer is a Pentium 166mhz w/o
>mmx [also new].  The memory is of unknown type, other than 16 meg is in the
>form of 72 pin SIMMs and one 16mb stick of 66 mhz DIMM.  I also installed
>the Win98 upgrade to the original Windows 3.1 software.  The original
>manufacturer of the machine was a company called "Touch".
>
>Has anyone any ideas on how to approach this problem?
>Mike Buraczewski
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