reset config data in BIOs

[Vagabond]

anyone think this would help my random freezes and rebooting issues....


what actually is this resetting?? have not done it yet but thinking of trying it....

i have already repaired and rebuilt Win2kpro and switch RAMs not sure what else to do

could be a heat issue??

[John Prophet]

basically, as far as I understand it..resetting the config data in bios just resets all the irq's etc..so next time you boot everything will have to "fight for" the irq's as they are re-assigned.

it comes in handy sometimes if you install a new card and the card might need a CERTAIN irq that is already being used by another card etc..in that case you can reset the config data "escd"..and it may straighten out the conflict.


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have you tried a new power supply?? when I hear "random lockups"...usually 3 things come to mind

1) need windows reinstall
2) ram
3) power supply issues

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of course heat also but usually heat has a pattern....it runs good on the first boot up of the day...or after its been off a while..but then the heat builds up etc and it starts locking up.

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also...have you looked at th emotherboard to see if it possibly has any bulged capacitors?? if so they culd obviously be the problem.

some info/pics of bulged caps
http://www.feistworks.com/ben/3comfix/
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=195



JP

[Peter M]

This is just resetting the configuration data storage. This remembers what resources were last given to the detected PCI and PnP cards, and if it finds the same cards again, they'll be given the same resources. This is a remnant technology from the EISA days. Sometimes when you shuffle cards around too enthusiastically, this gets confused and needs to be restarted from scratch. That's what this "reset configuration data" control does.