"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:j9qbd3d0354a01npsscbl4af8hstl7h4au@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:18:02 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
>>news:JkiBi.104337$rX4.39427@pd7urf2no...
>>>> This may be a long shot, but try cleaning up any startup
>>>> related software/OS drivers. Especially keyboard related,
>>>> and in your case anything that might be connected to,
>>>> wake on LAN, or such.
>>>
>>> How could ANY software/OS cause the PC to freeze during POST?
>>>
>>
>> The OP was that it was "Inconsistent" and happening
>>"within 4 min. of cold power up" and "on ONE occasion
>>it locked up in the middle of entering the BIOS password".
>>
>> But to answer -your- question; in the same way a boot
>>block virus works. There is more interaction possible
>>than you appear to be aware of.
>
> There is less interaction possible than /you/ appear to be
> aware of. A boot block virus isn't running until the system
> attempts to boot from that drive.

Which occurs right after the POST, well within the 4min.
mentioned.

You are aware that there are programs that even rewrite
the BIOS from XP? If interaction at the level of totally
rewriting the BIOS are possible, why do you find it so hard
to understand that some of the data that the BIOS must
use can also be changed, is it just because I'm the one
pointing it out?

But I would also direct you to any definition of the term
"Long Shot". This is based on an actual startup problem
I had with one system of mine, and it did turn out to be
caused by a keyboard driver problem. It would lock
things up so that it wouldn't even POST. Pressing the
Power Button or shorting the pins wouldn't start the sys,
even with the little green light on the MB glowing.

I have no way of knowing if this has anything to do
with the OP's problem, but it is possible. It is a long
shot worth the trouble of plugging in a different simple
keyboard. (One not designed to work with whatever
enhanced drivers there may be on the problem sys.)

Luck;
Ken