[lug] computer hangs at boot: Checking NVRAM

[D. Stimits]

Michael Hirsch wrote:
> When I boot my computer it hangs for about 5 minutes during the POST 
> test displaying "Checking NVRAM".  I've got an ATI bios, Tyan S2885 
> motherboard with dual opterons.  It started doing this within the last week.
> 
> If I leave it long enough it seems to boot okay, but I'd like to get 
> past it a little quicker.
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome.

I'd also suggest cmos has lost a setting...I fixed a similar problem for 
someone a couple of weeks back, but it was caused by a power outage with 
no UPS...I was surprised to find it had juggled some cmos settings. 
Normally I'd suggest the battery too, and until then did not think a 
cmos with a good battery would ever change its own settings. You could 
just go into your cmos setting and verify all your settings for sanity, 
looking for anything that might be unusual.

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net