If the machine didn't use to do this and just started, then it isn't normal.  If 
it is an older machine the two most common causes are a weak CMOS battery not holding 
the config settings in the BIOS, causing the BIOS to rediscover the hardware and 
write the pool or,

You have a piece of hardware failing.  We usually suspect hard drives, CD ROM devices, 
floppies etc first, but any other piece of hardware, including devices on the motherboard 
can trigger this (except the PSU unless it's spiking the board, scrambling the CMOS 
settings).

A weak battery may not hold the correct time as noticed when you start the machine 
but that isn't always a good indicator.

I have seen a few motherboards that will always have this announcement when starting 
but it is rare in my experience.  (and that's on thousands of machines over 20 years)







On Friday, January 25, 2008 at 5:25 pm, J wrote:

>verifying dmi data pool shows up every time i restart my pc. i dont think this is 

>normal. my pc seems to work fine, i was just wondering if this might be a sign that 

>ssomething was wrong. thanks so much for your time. 

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