New motherboard installed, new startup coundown?

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One of our laptops had a bad motherboard, and I sent it out to be replaced.
The laptop now works but at startup goes through a long dos based process
that appears to be something related to the network card - its got the MAC
address of something listed, and then the acro DHCP and then a DOS hourglass
(you know - a | that is spinning). This takes several minutes to clear.

We arent' using DHCP, and the network setting don't include it, so I don't
know what the | is spinning for.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

 

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"Child" <dawg@alaskaSPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
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| One of our laptops had a bad motherboard, and I sent it out to be
replaced.
| The laptop now works but at startup goes through a long dos based process
| that appears to be something related to the network card - its got the MAC
| address of something listed, and then the acro DHCP and then a DOS
hourglass
| (you know - a | that is spinning). This takes several minutes to clear.
|
| We arent' using DHCP, and the network setting don't include it, so I don't
| know what the | is spinning for.
|
| Does this sound familiar to anyone?
|
|

The exact words of the dos text are "Client MAC Address", the MAC address
and then "DHCP": and the spinnie.

 

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Go to your BIOS mode and under booting sequence use HDD as your primary
booting option and make the NETWORK CARD as your last option, this will
help.

"Child" <dawg@alaskaSPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Child" <dawg@alaskaSPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
> news:10tj3kis9g4vf07@corp.supernews.com...
> | One of our laptops had a bad motherboard, and I sent it out to be
> replaced.
> | The laptop now works but at startup goes through a long dos based
> process
> | that appears to be something related to the network card - its got the
> MAC
> | address of something listed, and then the acro DHCP and then a DOS
> hourglass
> | (you know - a | that is spinning). This takes several minutes to
> clear.
> |
> | We arent' using DHCP, and the network setting don't include it, so I
> don't
> | know what the | is spinning for.
> |
> | Does this sound familiar to anyone?
> |
> |
>
> The exact words of the dos text are "Client MAC Address", the MAC address
> and then "DHCP": and the spinnie.
>
>