invalid hibernation partition/file????

On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:39:53 +1000, Franc Zabkar
put finger to keyboard and composed:

FWIW, I found the following text strings in the Notebook module in the
BIOS code.

================================================= ====================
AMIBIOS Power Management Ver. 1.10 (C) Copyright 1998, American
Megatrends Inc. Power Management, (C) American Megatrends Inc. Saving
to Disk Restoring from Disk % Error during RESUME from
HIBERNATION...RUN HDPREPEZ... Invalid HIBERNATION partition/file...RUN
HDPREPEZ... Error during SMRAM initialization...Non-SMI CPU...Power
Management functionality DISABLED... Power Management DISABLED in
SETUP... Disk does not contain suspend information... Following
system component(s) changed since last suspend... * System Memory *
Video Memory * System Disk Critical Battery Do you want to (R)esume,
(B)oot, (P)ower down ? Do you want to (B)oot or (P)ower down ? Do
you want to (B)oot or (P)ower down, or connect AC power and select
(R)esume ?
================================================= ====================

Curiously, I found a Notebook code module with the same text strings
in the AMI BIOS for my socket A *desktop* motherboard:

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/L7S...S/NOTEBOOK.BIN


- Franc Zabkar
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On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:26:33 -0500, "L.S." put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart system it locks
up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win install but
no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?

You might like to try posting your problem to this forum:

Notebook BIOS and other problems:
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/noteb...lems-vf38.html

- Franc Zabkar
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Update 6/4.

Just got the laptop back and it's working.
Gave it to a friend that works for a large City.
He took it in to a couple of IT guys and it's back and working.
Only problem is is I don't know what they did.
Will try and find out.


"L.S." wrote in message
...
Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart system it
locks up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win install
but no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?

It *would* be nice to know what they did. Does BIOS look any different?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
...
Update 6/4.

Just got the laptop back and it's working.
Gave it to a friend that works for a large City.
He took it in to a couple of IT guys and it's back and working.
Only problem is is I don't know what they did.
Will try and find out.


"L.S." wrote in message
...
Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart system it
locks up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win install
but no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?

Bios looks the same.

Since I don't have the disks, I'm trying to load drivers which on this
machine is a nightmare trying to find them.
Would like to connect to net but having problems setting this thing up.

Will let you know how I proceed.

L.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
It *would* be nice to know what they did. Does BIOS look any different?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
...
Update 6/4.

Just got the laptop back and it's working.
Gave it to a friend that works for a large City.
He took it in to a couple of IT guys and it's back and working.
Only problem is is I don't know what they did.
Will try and find out.


"L.S." wrote in message
...
Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart system it
locks up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win install
but no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?

Bios looks the same.

Since I don't have the disks, I'm trying to load drivers which on this
machine is a nightmare trying to find them.
Would like to connect to net but having problems setting this thing up.

Will let you know how I proceed.

L.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
It *would* be nice to know what they did. Does BIOS look any different?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
...
Update 6/4.

Just got the laptop back and it's working.
Gave it to a friend that works for a large City.
He took it in to a couple of IT guys and it's back and working.
Only problem is is I don't know what they did.
Will try and find out.


"L.S." wrote in message
...
Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart system it
locks up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win install
but no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?

I feel your pain. Good luck.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
...
Bios looks the same.

Since I don't have the disks, I'm trying to load drivers which on this
machine is a nightmare trying to find them.
Would like to connect to net but having problems setting this thing up.

Will let you know how I proceed.

L.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
It *would* be nice to know what they did. Does BIOS look any different?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
...
Update 6/4.

Just got the laptop back and it's working.
Gave it to a friend that works for a large City.
He took it in to a couple of IT guys and it's back and working.
Only problem is is I don't know what they did.
Will try and find out.


"L.S." wrote in message
...
Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart system it
locks up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win
install but no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?

I feel your pain. Good luck.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
...
Bios looks the same.

Since I don't have the disks, I'm trying to load drivers which on this
machine is a nightmare trying to find them.
Would like to connect to net but having problems setting this thing up.

Will let you know how I proceed.

L.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
It *would* be nice to know what they did. Does BIOS look any different?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
...
Update 6/4.

Just got the laptop back and it's working.
Gave it to a friend that works for a large City.
He took it in to a couple of IT guys and it's back and working.
Only problem is is I don't know what they did.
Will try and find out.


"L.S." wrote in message
...
Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart system it
locks up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win
install but no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:18:27 -0500, "L.S." put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Since I don't have the disks, I'm trying to load drivers which on this
machine is a nightmare trying to find them.

download.gericom.com - /NOTEBOOK/Win98-Win2k-WinXP/Webgine
Series/Webgine-340S8/DRIVER/
http://web.archive.org/web/200703212...-340S8/DRIVER/
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3u75sr

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:18:27 -0500, "L.S." put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Since I don't have the disks, I'm trying to load drivers which on this
machine is a nightmare trying to find them.

download.gericom.com - /NOTEBOOK/Win98-Win2k-WinXP/Webgine
Series/Webgine-340S8/DRIVER/
http://web.archive.org/web/200703212...-340S8/DRIVER/
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3u75sr

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.