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    My girlfriend's PC crapped out and I can't figure it out. It hangs during boot when it says:
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    AMD Data Change...Update New Data to DMI! Update success


    Don't worry, it's just a Dell monitor...


    And ideas? I've cleared CMOS, and defaulted everything in the BIOS. I pulled the HDD to back up stuff just in case, HDD seems to work fine though.

    I'm going to try memory later today, hopefully I have some for this comp. I'll get specs later.


    TIA

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    Out of curiosity, try disabling all the drive controllers in the BIOS. IIRC, the next thing that it should be doing at that point is scanning for drives, and if there's a problem with one of the controllers it might be causing it to hang. ...or I could be full of crap, idk.
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    i have this happen when i have a bad oc or i make a huge change in the bios. try doing what x88x said if that docent work unplug all the drives but the master boot drive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Collinstheclown View Post
    My girlfriend's PC crapped out and I can't figure it out. It hangs during boot when it says:
    Code:
    AMD Data Change...Update New Data to DMI! Update success


    Don't worry, it's just a Dell monitor...


    And ideas? I've cleared CMOS, and defaulted everything in the BIOS. I pulled the HDD to back up stuff just in case, HDD seems to work fine though.

    I'm going to try memory later today, hopefully I have some for this comp. I'll get specs later.


    TIA
    lol, first, i love the "Don't worry, it's just a Dell monitor..." but second, run a memory check, like memtest. i had a similar issue, bad memory. out of curiosity, is it a biostar mobo? i have had soo many issues with them on my one amd board i bought from them.

    EDIT: including a bios update that makes your ethernet controller useless. everyone that updated with that board got screwed.
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    Default Re: Won't load Windows

    Tried all these suggestions, but it's still being dumb. She ended up buying a laptop.


    Thanks all for the help. +Rep to all!

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    Q:When switching on the PC there is always a message at BIOS POST "*** Data change... Update New Data to DMI", what does this message mean?

    A:It means that data of the memory registry of *** processor has been updated to DMI when the system is turned on. Those data are aimed to be written back to processor when PC wakes up from sleep mode of S3(STR).
    Google says to play around with the power management settings and/or change the battery on the mobo. Could be a bad BIOS flash as well. If you can flash to a newer BIOS, that may fix it.
    I'll procrastinate tomorrow.

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    I already replaced the battery, and I've messed with every setting possible. I didn't try a BIOS update, maybe I will soon. Like I said she bought a lappy so it doesn't matter all the much any more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Collinstheclown View Post
    ...so it doesn't matter all the much any more.
    Outrageous! We never leave a machine behind!


    GF: Honey, I have an incurable disease and am dying.
    You: I got a new GF, so it doesn't matter all that much any more...
    GF: ...

    Sound familiar?
    I'll procrastinate tomorrow.

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    lol I'm going to sell her organs then based on your point of view!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mDust View Post
    Outrageous! We never leave a machine behind!


    GF: Honey, I have an incurable disease and am dying.
    You: I got a new GF, so it doesn't matter all that much any more...
    GF: ...

    Sound familiar?
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    lol I'm going to sell her organs then based on your point of view!
    LOL
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