In message <98d2fcb24e.habett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Stephane Habett Roux <habett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hello, > >I'm ready to pay someone to troubleshoot my Iyonix's boot sequence >(fix it so that there is no need for someone to press Esc in order to >boot) [snip] I had a similar problem recently and in my case it was down to corrupt CMOS. IF you keep the Iyonix support postings then it is under the thread name; "Iyonix will not get to system beep without hitting Escape" Below is the fix that sorted out my problem (posted by jwb). HTH Stan Start of quote. >>>> If Escape is hit it will boot up but with Iconbar module unplugged >>>> (there is now an RMreinit obey file in the boot sequence). >>> That shouldn't be necessary, either something is unplugging it each time, or >>> the CMOS memory is corrupt. >> How do I 'uncorrupt' the CMOS memory? Delete power on? in theory yes.. but --- the quickest way is *fx 162,239,0 (at the F12 command line) which corrupts the cmos checksum, then a reboot, which loads the default cmos settings John End of quote -- Stan Williams & Damae Jannette Jongkind --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support