[PLUG] Hardware recommendations

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, Jim Garrison wrote:

> This might just be the one time you NEED a CMOS reset jumper. Before
> giving up I'd try that.

Jim,

   Yep. This was the catch of the day. The motherboard manual showed me where
the CMOS jumper is located and provided explicit directions: move jumper
from pins 1 and 2 to pins 2 and 3. Wait 5-10 seconds (I waited 10). Put
jumper back on pins 1 and 2. Boot system into the BIOS setup and reset
system date/time.

   Sure enough, after doing that the system _paused_ at the screen where it
had stalled then went on to boot. Replacing a dead CMOS battery was a new
experience for me so clearing the CMOS real-time clock was required. Nothing
other than the date and time were changed in the BIOS settings.

   Another new experience where I could not use prior knowledge to fix the
problem.

Thanks very much,

Rich