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re: All the answers: ''Error, can't write ESCD''
Sunday, October 9, 2005 at 4:16 am
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Posted by Esteve (1 messages posted)

It worked for me, thanks Kevin

On Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 3:03 pm, Kevin Irving wrote:
>Hi, In most cases this is really quit simple,
>
>(not totally related to updating your BIOS, though doing so can knock your settings)
>
>The problem comes when the ESCD will not refresh itself after hardware has been changed.
>Since your computer allocates memory access and checks bootable resources, it cannot
>write to/read from certain parts of your motherboard ROM that are "LOCKED". Its a
>simple case of getting your ESCD to refresh itself. To do this you must 'FORCE UPDATE'
>the ESCD, which makes it re-detect your hardware. follow the steps below and it'll
>sort the problem for good.
>
>1) go into BIOs setup and find PnP/PCI Configuration
>2) find " Reset configuration data" and set it to "YES" or "ENABLED"
>3) "SAVE & EXIT" and the system will reboot.
>
>You will notice that the first time it loads afterwards will take a few seconds longer,
>but that is just down to the computer scanning all hardware.
>
>Once this has completed it will save itself and reset the BIOS values to default,
>as they have done their job and scanning the hardware isn't necessary for every boot.
>
>Happy Computing
>
>
>

Written in response to:: re: All the answers: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Kevin Irving: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 3:03 pm)

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Question: Re: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Bruce Pellowe: Mon, Nov 26, 2001, 10:04 am)

re: Question: Re: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Larry: Mon, Nov 26, 2001, 12:55 pm)

re: Question: Re: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Bruce Pellowe: Tue, Nov 27, 2001, 1:39 am)

re: Question: Re: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Larry: Tue, Nov 27, 2001, 4:10 pm)

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re: Question: Re: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Bruce Pellowe: Wed, Nov 28, 2001, 9:45 am)

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re: Question: Re: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Bruce Pellowe: Wed, Nov 28, 2001, 4:15 pm)

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re: Question: Re: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Boe Brown: Fri, Jan 25, 2002, 6:49 pm)

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All the answers: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (iceman: Sat, Mar 27, 2004, 5:33 pm)

re: All the answers: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Kevin Irving: Tue, May 24, 2005, 3:03 pm)

re: All the answers: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Soulcommander: Wed, Aug 31, 2005, 10:45 am)

re: All the answers: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (Esteve: Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 4:16 am)

re: All the answers: ''Error, can't write ESCD'' (PinoyAko: Thu, Jan 26, 2006, 7:27 pm)

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