Howdy,

I've got an old machine with a Soyo mobo, model SY-7VBA133U, w/ a PIII chip, that seems to get hung up alot. It used to freeze up when in Windows (98SE), but I've put in a new HD and attempted to load several OSes (98, XP, x86 Solaris, JDS), and they either hang during set-up or my board hangs during the "Verifying DMI Pool Data" message. Any ideas?

I've pulled, and/or, swapped the RAM, and pulled all cards except the video (GeForce 2 MX 32mb), but nothing seems to help.

Is it the mobo, RAM, power supply? What am I missing? I've run out of ideas.

Thanks for any help y'all can give.