Post by thread:[OT] Slow PC boot-up...

My Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard with Pent III 500MHz and Win 98SE takes over 2 minutes to boot-up. It is a new build with only a couple programs loaded. It has a new Seagate 7200rpm drive with 8meg buffer. Could the new drive with buffer be taking the time? Maybe something in BIOS needs tweeking? Any ideas? Thanks John

Delete some unused fonts. --- James. {Quote hidden}> -----Original Message----- > From: spam_OUTpiclist-bouncesTakeThisOuTmit.edu > [.....piclist-bouncesKILLspam@spam@mit.edu] On Behalf Of John Pearson > Sent: 2005 Oct 21, Fri 08:05 > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: [OT] Slow PC boot-up... > > My Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard with Pent III 500MHz and Win > 98SE takes over 2 minutes to boot-up. It is a new build with > only a couple programs loaded. > > It has a new Seagate 7200rpm drive with 8meg buffer. Could > the new drive with buffer be taking the time? Maybe something > in BIOS needs tweeking? Any ideas? > > Thanks > John > -

> My Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard with Pent III 500MHz > and Win 98SE takes over 2 minutes to boot-up. It is a > new build with only a couple programs loaded. Is it on a network? Does it have a NIC installed, but not connected to a network? Sometimes Windows doesn't like to NOT be connected to a network, especially if it thinks it is. It'll spend a lot of time looking for network resources that just ain't there. > It has a new Seagate 7200rpm drive with 8meg buffer. > Could the new drive with buffer be taking the time? > Maybe something in BIOS needs tweeking? Any ideas? I doubt it's the drive. Several years ago, I was running Win98SE on a 600 MHz Athlon, and I managed to get my boot time down to almost exactly 30 seconds. That was by running MSCONFIG and removing basically everything from the startup processes list. Mike H.

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 08:05 -0700, John Pearson wrote: > My Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard with Pent III 500MHz and Win 98SE takes over 2 minutes to boot-up. A little long, but not too far out of the question. > It is a new build with only a couple programs loaded. How fast was it before the couple programs were loaded? > It has a new Seagate 7200rpm drive with 8meg buffer. Could the new drive with buffer be taking the time? No, if anything it would speed up booting, not slow it down. > Maybe something in BIOS needs tweeking? Any ideas? I doubt it, 2min sounds a little long, but not unheard of. Most of Window's time during boot is spent doing plug and pray stuff, how many peripherals do you have? Aside from that you don't mention probably the most important thing, after CPU speed: memory size. TTYL ----------------------------- Herbert's PIC Stuff: http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/

Since it is a new build I would start by verifying the cpu cooling is working. Also, verify the speed settings for the cpu are correct and the bios has caching turned on. There is probably a support disk for the motherboard. If it is not installed thins will run, but very slowly. John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US {Original Message removed}

>My Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard with Pent III 500MHz and Win 98SE takes over >2 minutes to boot-up. It is a new build with only a couple programs loaded. >It has a new Seagate 7200rpm drive with 8meg buffer. Could the new drive >with buffer be taking the time? Maybe something in BIOS needs tweeking? Any >ideas? Latest BIOS? http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=208&OSFullName=Windows*+98+SE&lang=eng&strOSs=18&submit=Go%21 There's a note about slow boots with USB speakers.. Maybe it also spplied to other USB devices? Release Note ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/3519/ENG/RNOTE171.pdf Jay

- this can happen if you have anything connected to the usb. - make sure that you have no unpowered hardware connected to the board! - remove the network cable - make sure that you do not allow to boot from usb, network, or any other device but the harddisk - remove the virus scanner ************************************************************************ ****************************** >{Original Message removed}