This is a good suggestion.  In my (limited) experience, the quick
post has never worked and would fail every time.  An intermittent
failure might also be caused by a weak or failing power supply.

Dean Kukral

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, January 03, 2000 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] CD ROM & C:\ "Invalid Boot Device"??


>You didn't say if the hard drives were new...  Sometimes after a couple
>of years, they will not start up fast enough if the BIOS is set to "Fast
Post",
>"Quick Power ON Self Test" or a similar BIOS Features Setup setting.
>The added power drain of a high speed CD-ROM "might" have tipped the
>scales against you. (On both computers...)
>I like the added security of a full POST Self Test.     Rick Glazier
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Edwards" <[log in to unmask]>
>>. However, over the past few days, on about every 2nd boot the
>>computer issues an error message about "Invalid Boot Media" and can't
>>continue. A hard reboot and the computer starts up and everything is
>>fine. I might have thought that the Hard drive was getting flakey at
>>the same time as the install of the CD (a coincidence), but not two
>>on separate computers.
>

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