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> Recall a while back I posted that I had this wierd problem on this one 
> box where, on boot as it's cycling through the memory, it would pause 
> every so often.  There also was a delay in keyboard response when in 
> the bios.  I figured out what was causing it, but don't know why.  I 
> was using an usb mouse.  When I removed the mouse it stopped doing it.
>
> Question is why?  Anyone seen this behavior before?
>
> Same box, I installed Xandros on, when it attempted to reboot, I see:
>
> LIL
>
> I powered it down, unplug the usb mouse and it boots flawlessly...
>
I'd guess it is either flaky hardware ("bad" or ever just poorly 
designed), probably something associated to IRQ handling, or a buggy 
BIOS which isn't setting up USB correctly.

--
Found in Sydney,
  Keith


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