bootup time goes from 30secs to 2min ???

[Taylorm]

Heyo. I formatted winxp recently and did a clean install and now when i boot up after bios detects the harddrives there is a black screen that stays idle for 1minute+ doing nothing. then after that finally the winxp logo comes on and it boots normaly.

any ideas? I tryed both connected to my network and not connected to network. i tryed diff power supply cables and ribbon cables.

help !

 

[NotoriousJTC]

hmmm, have you tried updating the bios?

 

[Taylorm]

i have the latest bios. it was working fine before i reformated

whatis goin on

 

[Taylorm]

help

 

[Dufusyte]

In general, Windows can take a long time to boot up if the network settings are set for dhcp, and the comp spends about a minute trying to receive an IP from a dhcp server unsuccessfully.

If your comp has a network card but is not actually on a network, then you can go into the comp's network card settings and assign it a fixed bogus IP address. This way at least it will not attempt to grab a dhcp IP address at boot-up.

There are many variables, so it is hard to give you all the answers for every case. I suspect it has to do with the network settings. Could you provide some more details about the network? Is your comp actually on a network? Does it have a network card installed? More than one card? Are the network adapters assigned a fixed IP address or do they receive a random dhcp address?

This will help narrow down the problem.

 

[Taylorm]

heya. i dont use dhcp on my router or on windows. in fact i disabled the dhcp service. Im on a linksys router sharing internet cable connection. I set the ip manually 192.168.1.101 (ip) 192.168.1.1 (gateway)
linksys router and network card with latest firmware and drivers.

i dunno what to do