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re: ERROR message at startup in HP machine
Friday, January 4, 2002 at 9:00 am
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Posted by a friend (3 messages posted)

as per your issue have you tried putting the pci controller card into another pci slot this sounds to me like a pci resource conflict

On Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at 11:08 am, Melvin Cotterill wrote:
>I am using an ADAPTEC 2930 ULTRA SCSI Card in a new HP xe839 Pavilion Computer. It
>controls my SCSI external ZIP drive. The ZIP drive performs OK. However, when I boot
>up my computer it HALTS with an error message:"Expansion ROM not intialized-PCI Mass
>Storage Controller in slot 02
>Bus:01, Device:09, Function:00. Press F1 to Setup, F2 to continue." Pressing F2 allows
>machine to continue OK. HP claims the 2930 Expansion Card is not covered by warranty
>and refuses to help. ADAPTEC says HP has a problem with its BIOS when operating in
>a WINDOWS ME environment. MICROSOFT never answers. Can any one help?

Written in response to:: ERROR message at startup in HP machine (Melvin Cotterill: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at 11:08 am)

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re: ERROR message at startup in HP machine (David White: Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 3:11 pm)

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ERROR message at startup in HP machine (Melvin Cotterill: Tue, Aug 14, 2001, 11:08 am)

re: ERROR message at startup in HP machine (a friend: Fri, Jan 4, 2002, 9:00 am)

re: ERROR message at startup in HP machine (David White: Thu, Jan 2, 2003, 3:11 pm)

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