I have an OS/2 warp 3 Pc which is about 4 years old (PII MMX 233Mhz) which started doing this yesterday.

I've updated the system BIOS but still get the error - any ideas?

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(Due to what?)
Try resetting all your BIOS settings to SETUP DEFAULT.
Sounds more like a hardware or firmware problem, rather than a software problem.

i have one answer to all dmi problems.i am not an educated or real knowable computer person.i replaced the bios chip on a tyan mother board only to have it get scrambled again.that tells anyone with a brain at all,the mother board is defective,something is going bad or has quit doing what it is supposed to do.save time money get a new board.get the c:drive off or you will end up with a system unknown message from fdisk instead of the fat16 or fat32 message.that is really a much bigger problem,everything maybe lost,i know from experience.junk that mother board and get a new one,saves time and grief.if you insist and wish to try and fix the bios problems created by a bad board at least use a c: drive with just the operating system on it until you solve the bad component problem.i have a tyan dual processor 233 board ,two in fact,and i won't go that route again.twice for a tyan board is enough,i will keep both mother boards to remind me of a bad experience.{sorry to be so blunt but i am also mad about loosing my information on the hard drive,but i did save and so the hurt is only loosing the mother boards.}i just hate starting over. i don't recomend tyan boards unless they improve over this situation.al gregg
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being a die hard type i have now replaced the dallas real time chip and went back to being able to boot again.so before trashing the board you may have a c-mos problem .i haven't went any further yet but if someone was a die hard also try this before anything more drastic.if all this experimenting get us no where go get a new board.al

I have an Abit BE6-II that has experienced this problem. The DMI Pool hang happened when I made changes to a hard drive or controller setting. The solution was to reset the CMOS. Check your board manual or call the manufacturer first.

This can also happen if a lead is not plugged in correctly, or is defective, if resetting the default settings doesn't work, it might be worth checking that all your cables and devices work.

I just ran into the same problem today, but I believe mine was software related.

My "fix" (when I was about to put a fist thru my screen) was to try all the boot images and rescue disks I had. I finally installed a restore image that had a dual boot from last October when Linux was also on the disk.

It booted perfectly and I immediately did the
'fdisk \mbr' to install a proper boot record. It is now booting fine every time.

I hope this makes enough sense to help someone, this took me all day to figure out!

I just built a system and everything was going good but then i decided to change the cases. I never did have an OS on the harddrive. Now it hangs at 'verifying DMI Pool Data' I have reseted my CMOS settings and tried everything i can think of but it won't work. PLEASE HELP!

I just got a bargain pc and I am experiencing similar problem,i am not really in a hurry yet to junk the motherboard until exercising all my options.i have the following error messages

Veryfing DMI Pool Data..........
Start Windows 95 ..........

Not a geek yet but also trying to catch up on very good knowledge here.

And here is another troubled user...

After getting an overclocked AMD K6-2 450 on a Via VT82C598 chipset back to it's real frequency I thought the occured starting problem is solved, but unfortunately it wasn't.

Last printed message was the cute "Verifying DMI Pool Data ...." line. Already knowing this problem, I tried to plug everything (and I mean really everything) from the board (coz the additional cards may have been damaged).
Furthermore, I disabled all BIOS-Options and so it was a complete clear system, only RAM, CPU (and sometimes the graficcard) and keyboard are connected currently *GG*.
But it doesn't help!!! Therefore, I tried to flash the AWARD-BIOS on an _elderly_ mainboard but I don't find one, yet...

Now, and if it is soooo curious you should try to get a new board or try (if you're a _die hard_ user) to get an _elderly_ BIOS an try to flash your needed BIOS to it.

So this is my last chance!

SCHAPPY :)

I have a problem which comes after the verifying DMI Pool Data message after that my system asks me for systemfloppy, i do not know which he means when i insert a win 98se startup floppy it responds with wrong floppy insert correct floppy i am pretty sure that the FDD works and that the cables r connected the right way. the FDD is on in bios and it is powered it just seems like my comp doesnt read the disk at all. the Hd is formatted this problem occured after i builded the comp i never had it runnun really it always stops there.

It's your hard drive. 99% of the time it is the hard disk. Use a KNOWN good one, and change it.

I had the same thing happen to me today and I did the fdisk /mbr and it fixed it... whew. Have a good day

I placed a old bootable DOS diskette in the A-drive and upon boot, typed fdisk /mbr and now everything works great.

refer tothis web siteit may help you it helped me http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win98/verify_dmi_data.htm

refer to this web site it may help you it helped me http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win98/verify_dmi_data.htm

i had this problem when i had a defective flopy drive, the boot would hang trying to access the broken floppy, i replaced it and its sorted the freeze on, on v dmi pool data

When preparing to blow out my HD this happened to me after I changed the drive order the computer checks before loading the OS, e.g., hung at CD/A/C, cleared at CD/C/A. Maybe this may help someone.

I bought new Pc Amd XP 1700, 512 MB ddr, Soyo motherboard Dragon +, NVida gforce2 Ti,and ran it for about 1 month when it started showing an error at the startup soon after bios screen. It said
"Verifying dmi pool data.......

My pc hanged at verifying dmi pool data but i did few things that i will describe below and the problem was solved. While this problem was still occuring, I was still able to boot from the Atapi CD drive, format my harddisk and reinstall windows XP again, I was able to boot into windows and work normally for about two days. I restarted first time, No Problem, second time, everything was smooth and third time the same dmi hanging problem appeared and I had to do following things.

Check out the jumper settings for the hardisk.

Check out if the internal cables to the motherboard are connected properly, also check that no pin inside the hardisk cable connectors on the motherboard are bent or turned.

If possible, and u know how to, then disassemble every thing out of ur motherboard and connect it again properly.

Check if the motherboard is not improperly screwed with the casing metal.

Check if there is no movement of motherboard or chips while you connect peripherals to it.

Check if the memory is pushed properly into its slot. Check by pressing it slight hard but not too hard. BE CAREFUL!!!!

Check that cd rom and floppy cables are also connected properly and the pins in their connectors on motherboard are not bent or turned. If possible remove the cables from its connectors on the motherboard and put them back again.

At the end when my computer was fully reassembled, I formatted my hardisk, reinstalled windows XP.