I experienced this problem about
 three months ago, and after
exhaustively checking everything,
it came down to  the motherboard .
After it was replaced the problem
disappeared.

Robert Richardson



> Now it won't get past the line in the
> Award BIOS boot process "Verifying DMI
> Pool Data..." when trying to reboot.  It
> doesn't even get as far as looking for
> an OS, so I can't try to boot to a
> floppy and re-flash the BIOS (if that is
> what needs done, I am just guessing).

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