Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!berger From: berger@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: slow starter Message-ID: <17100020@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 10 Feb 90 01:40:00 GMT References: <906@tuewsd.lso.win.tue.nl> Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #R:tuewsd.lso.win.tue.nl:906:ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:17100020:000:254 Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!berger Feb 9 17:13:00 1990 The memory check on the IBM PC took a while, and left a blank screen meanwhile. Some clone bios chips don't handle the ctrl-alt-del reboot properly and start from the beginning. Mike Berger, Univ. of Il. Dept. of Statistics berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu