From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Mon Jun 28 1999 - 18:28:19 EDT
FWIW: I have experienced this start to boot, beep halfway through then reboot..
there was some comment on another venue IRT this behaviour but i don't remember
the what or wherefore since, while annoying, its not sufficiently annoying.. :-)
Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> Mine works exactly the same way except for the second boot thing.
>
> Greg Langham wrote:
> >
> > I have a Selectadock III with a Selectabase 770 and a 9549-8AU 770Z. I have
> > installed a Number 9 PCI Digital video card which is part of the Silicon
> > Graphics 17.3" flat panel bundle. (Which, by the way, is the only monitor I
> > have ever seen which beats the 13.7" LCD of the 770).
> >
> > My question is this: When I connect my 770 to the dock, then boot, the
> > machine produces no display on the pci card. It waits about 10 seconds,
> > beeps, then automatically reboots. At this point, I get a display on the
> > pci adapter and everything is fine.
> >
> > Now, when I undock and turn my machine on, I get the standard power on
> > display. Again, it goes for about 10 seconds just sitting there, beeps once,
> > turns off the LCD, then comes back up and boots. If I reboot the machine
> > while still undocked, the machine doesn't go through this procedure.
> >
> > I'm guessing that the machine is noticing a change in its configuration and
> > must reconfigure something in the BIOS.
> >
> > Now the problem is this: If I boot connected to the dock after having been
> > undocked, everything works fine; however, If I boot twice in a row when
> > connected to the dock, the machine hangs and never even produces a display
> > at the second boot. The solution is to pull the machine out of the dock,
> > boot, turn it off, and plug it back into the dock. Seems a bit clumsy.
> >
> > I have noticed others using pci video (voodoo cards, etc.) and was wondering
> > if this is just a characteristic, or do I have something configured wrong?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Greg Langham
> > Priority Solutions, Inc.
> > mailto:greg_at_psnet.net
> > 501.756.5200
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