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Question : Problem: POST stops at AMI BIOS Code 94 (Set memory size)
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Here is the software/hardware config: - Win ME - 1.10 GHz AMD Athlon CPU - MicroStar MS-6330 2.1 Main Circuit Board - Gateway 4000711 System Model - AMI BIOS 09/12/2000 - 128 MB RAM - Master HDD (Drive 0): ST320413A 20 GB C: Drive 20.01 GB (18.60 GB free) - Slave HDD Drive 1): Western Digital WD84AA 120 GB (only first 8.4 used) D: Drive 5.98 GB (4.60 GB free) E: Drive 2.41 GB (2.41 GB free)
I'm using a PCI POST Card to read BIOS codes. System will not get past POST Code 94. This system was working earlier today, thanks to an answer to my previous post.
I have made the following changes to this system, since the last successful session: - installed a Powmax 120mm 2500 RPM fan - installed 128 MB MICRON RAM (bringing total RAM to 256 MB)
The system started freezing at AMI POST 94 and will not get past it. I did the following to try to correct it: - removed the Linksys Etherfast 10/100 PCI card - removed the Gateway V.90 Combo modem PCI card - swapped out both RAM sticks, one at a time - removed the video card (it gave lots of beeps, but still POST code of 94)
For reference, check out my previous question regarding this system: "Computer freezes; rebooting gets it further along the POST; then when system finally comes up, freezes again.", posted on 7/30/2004.
I don't know what else to test. Please assist. Thanks.
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Answer : Problem: POST stops at AMI BIOS Code 94 (Set memory size)
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This is beginning to sound more and more like a motherboard problem. When a power supply goes bad, there is a chance that everything it is connected to can be zapped. This sounds like what happened in this case. The only thing I can ask is if the hard drives and the cables were physically disconnected, not just undetected in the BIOS. A bad drive (it was connected to the bad power supply also, right?) can mess up the boot process just by being connected.
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