Toshiba 2150CDS Installation Hang

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Last update: 6th November, 1995

Symptoms
Install Hangs after reboot, before System Setup screen appears

Hardware
Toshiba 2150CD series laptop computers (486 DX4-75, built in IDE CDROM, etc) Toshiba 2150CDS

Problem
The computer was hanging after the install rebooted, but before the System Setup screen appeared. Reboots did not fix the problem, reinstallations did not fix the problem.

Procedure
Try Disabling the sound card in BIOS.
 * 1) Reboot the computer
 * 2) Hold down the ESC key
 * 3) Go to the Sound card setting, hit the spacebar until it says "Disabled"
 * 4) Press the END key, then "Y"
 * 5) See if the install proceeds.