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January 3rd 05, 06:26 PM
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New motherboard installed, new startup coundown?
One of our laptops had a bad motherboard, and I sent it out to be replaced.
The laptop now works but at startup goes through a long dos based process that appears to be something related to the network card - its got the MAC address of something listed, and then the acro DHCP and then a DOS hourglass (you know - a | that is spinning). This takes several minutes to clear. We arent' using DHCP, and the network setting don't include it, so I don't know what the | is spinning for. Does this sound familiar to anyone? 
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January 3rd 05, 06:28 PM
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New motherboard installed, new startup coundown?
"Child" wrote in message ... | One of our laptops had a bad motherboard, and I sent it out to be replaced. | The laptop now works but at startup goes through a long dos based process | that appears to be something related to the network card - its got the MAC | address of something listed, and then the acro DHCP and then a DOS hourglass | (you know - a | that is spinning). This takes several minutes to clear. | | We arent' using DHCP, and the network setting don't include it, so I don't | know what the | is spinning for. | | Does this sound familiar to anyone? | | The exact words of the dos text are "Client MAC Address", the MAC address and then "DHCP": and the spinnie.
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January 3rd 05, 06:40 PM
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New motherboard installed, new startup coundown?
Go to your BIOS mode and under booting sequence use HDD as your primary
booting option and make the NETWORK CARD as your last option, this will help. "Child" wrote in message ... "Child" wrote in message ... | One of our laptops had a bad motherboard, and I sent it out to be replaced. | The laptop now works but at startup goes through a long dos based process | that appears to be something related to the network card - its got the MAC | address of something listed, and then the acro DHCP and then a DOS hourglass | (you know - a | that is spinning). This takes several minutes to clear. | | We arent' using DHCP, and the network setting don't include it, so I don't | know what the | is spinning for. | | Does this sound familiar to anyone? | | The exact words of the dos text are "Client MAC Address", the MAC address and then "DHCP": and the spinnie.
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