Updating ESCD.... and then it stops
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Posted by Sonnich Jensen on November 22, 2006, 4:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have got a 586IEM0.1 (or568IEM2.4) motherborad, with Award BIOS 4.50pg. It starts until the overview of CPU, memory, ports etc., then it shows "Updating ESCD...." and stops forever there. There is 2 special things about the board: the CPU has been replaces with a 2.8 version pentium MMX, currently running at 166 Mhz. It is supposed to be 3.3-3.5V, but is fixed with a 100Kohm resistor. The board seems ok, but stops at this. According to what I know, this should last up to a few minutes, then it should go on. But it stops there. Any idea why? Or what I can do to go on? There is nothing connected to the board at all, except and old graphics adapter. BR Sonnich | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rod Speed on November 22, 2006, 5:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Hi all!
All killed himself, got too much email!!! > I have got a 586IEM0.1 (or568IEM2.4) motherborad, with Award BIOS 4.50pg.
> It starts until the overview of CPU, memory, ports etc.,
> then it shows "Updating ESCD...." and stops forever there. Thats not that unusual, the Updating ESCD is the last thing it does before loading the OS, so when the OS doesnt load for whatever reason, you dont get the screen clean that usually stops you seeing that Updating ESCD message for very long. > There is 2 special things about the board: the CPU has been replaces
> with a 2.8 version pentium MMX, currently running at 166 Mhz. Nothing like living 'life' in the fast lane. > It is supposed to be 3.3-3.5V, but is fixed with a 100Kohm resistor.
Sounds rather dubious. Have you checked that you are getting the correct voltage ? > The board seems ok, but stops at this. According to what I know, this
> should last up to a few minutes, then it should go on. But it stops there. > Any idea why?
Normally because the OS isnt loading for whatever reason. > Or what I can do to go on?
Try booting from a known good boot floppy. Might be something as basic as a stuffed floppy controller or cable. > There is nothing connected to the board at all, except and old graphics
adapter.
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Posted by Gerard Bok on November 22, 2006, 7:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:14:49 +0200, "Sonnich Jensen"
>I have got a 586IEM0.1 (or568IEM2.4) motherborad, with Award BIOS 4.50pg.
> >It starts until the overview of CPU, memory, ports etc., then it shows >"Updating ESCD...." and stops forever there. > >There is 2 special things about the board: the CPU has been replaces with a >2.8 version pentium MMX, currently running at 166 Mhz. It is supposed to be >3.3-3.5V, but is fixed with a 100Kohm resistor. Not a clue as to wether this is 'safe to do' :-) But it is obvious, that your CPU is running. So that is not the cause of your problem. >The board seems ok, but stops at this. According to what I know, this should
>last up to a few minutes, then it should go on. But it stops there. > >Any idea why? Or what I can do to go on? Get into the BIOS setup screen. You'll find something like a 'reset DPMI-pool' option, somewhere in the interfaces or PCI section. Mark that option. (It will automatically get switched off again.) 9 out of 10, this clears a stall at 'Updating ESCD'. -- Kind regards, Gerard Bok | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by jodleren on November 23, 2006, 3:56 pm
Please log in for more thread options > >I have got a 586IEM0.1 (or568IEM2.4) motherborad, with Award BIOS 4.50pg.
> > > >It starts until the overview of CPU, memory, ports etc., then it shows > >"Updating ESCD...." and stops forever there. > > > >There is 2 special things about the board: the CPU has been replaces with a > >2.8 version pentium MMX, currently running at 166 Mhz. It is supposed to be > >3.3-3.5V, but is fixed with a 100Kohm resistor. > Not a clue as to wether this is 'safe to do' :-)
> But it is obvious, that your CPU is running. So that is not the > cause of your problem. As you can read in another message, it is probably electrically safe, but - could this replacement of CPU and power cause the BIOS to do this? > >The board seems ok, but stops at this. According to what I know, this should
> >last up to a few minutes, then it should go on. But it stops there. > >Any idea why? Or what I can do to go on? >
> Get into the BIOS setup screen. You'll find something like a > 'reset DPMI-pool' option, somewhere in the interfaces or PCI > section. > Mark that option. (It will automatically get switched off again.) > 9 out of 10, this clears a stall at 'Updating ESCD'. I read all my way through the Award BIOS 4.50pg, but I could not find a thing like that. Br Sonnich | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by GlowingBlueMist on November 23, 2006, 12:33 am
Please log in for more thread options > Hi all!
Not uncommon to need a motherboard BIOS reset (jumper or battery) after
> > I have got a 586IEM0.1 (or568IEM2.4) motherborad, with Award BIOS 4.50pg. > > It starts until the overview of CPU, memory, ports etc., then it shows > "Updating ESCD...." and stops forever there. > > There is 2 special things about the board: the CPU has been replaces with > a > 2.8 version pentium MMX, currently running at 166 Mhz. It is supposed to > be > 3.3-3.5V, but is fixed with a 100Kohm resistor. > > The board seems ok, but stops at this. According to what I know, this > should > last up to a few minutes, then it should go on. But it stops there. > > Any idea why? Or what I can do to go on? > > There is nothing connected to the board at all, except and old graphics > adapter. > > BR > Sonnich > upgrading to a different CPU chip. | ||||||||||||||||
