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GA-EX58-UD5P Stuck on Verifying DMI Pool Data
paul881:
Specification:
* MoBo:GA-EX58-UD5P
Intel i7 CPU 2.66GHz
Unclocked
Bios Rev 7
8 Gig Ram
Win 10 H2 upgrade
*
Very stable machine but started to flag Disk Errors in the past week on boot up. Then wouldn't boot into windows at all. Bought a new 2Tb HDD, successfully cloned it using Seagate Disk utility. Sticks on Verifying DMI Pool Data.
Created a win10 MBR on a USB stick, ensured Bios was set to USB-HDD - still sticks on V. DMI PD. Unplugged all unnecessary hardware - no joy. BIOS sees the new HDD and correctly identifies it but it wont boot past post.
Any suggestion gratefully received.
shadowsports:
Greetings,
12+ years going strong.
Many older boards used to have a BIOS feature called "Clear DMI pool Data". This doesn't seem to be available on yours.
Have you tried resetting the BIOS or performing a CLR_CMOS? "Loading set up defaults" might also do the trick.
Unrelated to that, cloning a failing disk is not always a good idea, sometime you get lucky. Other times, you simply clone your problem or issues from one drive to another. If you don't have a back up solution in place but have managed to capture your data, I would consider a "fresh start" and perform a clean install of your OS to the new 2TB drive.
For reference:
https://download1.gigabyte.com/Files/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-ex58-ud5(p)_e.pdf
paul881:
Thanks Shadowsports. It was a pc I built myself for audio work and has served me very well all that time. I have a new one on order but this will still have its use in the studio.
I followed you advice and reset the CMOS and I can now boot to windows but I get stuck in a circle of repairing and restarting.
I think my windows 10 is corrupted in both my original hdd as well as its clone. Tomorrow I have a new wired keyboard coming so I can reboot from a usb boot device (for some reason my wireless keyboard doesn’t interact with the f12 boot window so I can’t select boot from USB). If that fails then it very much sounds like a new install.
The good news is that I have very little data on that disk, and what I have got can be copied once I have a working system again or can copy to another pc. Thanks again for your advice, much appreciated.
shadowsports:
Greetings,
I'm happy to hear my suggestion helped.
At this point, I'd perform a fresh install of your OS. You have already discovered the problems that can come with cloning a failing disk.
F12 should get you a one time boot menu. If you can get into BIOS, you should be able to select a boot device (F12). If you have problems, a wired keyboard should work. In some cases older BIOS's might not allow a wireless keyboard to work effectively in a pre-boot environment.
paul881:
Hi Shadowsports, seems this is going to fight me all the way. :(
I can get into the BIOS on startup okay and select USB-HDD as the boot device but as soon as the POST screen comes up and I select F12 or any of the POST screen options, my wireless or USB wired keyboard fails to move the cursor.
But another issue is that I have created a win 10 boot USB but my PC, having successfully completed POST with a single beep and an FF code in the display, does not boot from the USB.
So I am stuck in a perpetual circle, can't load a new WIN 10 system, can't load or fix the old WIN one, can't update BIOS, can't select any option including from the POST F12 Boot screen. >:(
Any suggestions? :)
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