KT266A OWNERS, WINXP BOOT/SHUTDOWN SPEEDS SLOW?

[human2k]

my friend and my KT266a boards seem to take forever to shutdown (even on clean install), is it the via chip or somehting?
ANy ideas?

 

[CStroman]

Mine was fast when I first installed it. It's gotten pretty slow over time though. I'm overdue for a fresh install.

 

[Shooters]

I think it really depends on what kind of hardware you have. My computer used to shut down very quickly. After I added a second video card, the shutdown time increased significantly.....even after I did a clean install.

 

[jar5tyle]

XP shutdown just a tad slower than what I expected, but I think that's just XP overall. My bootups were fine.

 

[Bovinicus]

<< my friend and my KT266a boards seem to take forever to shutdown (even on clean install), is it the via chip or somehting? >>


What do you consider forever? NT based OSes sometimes take a bit longer to shutdown than 9x based OSes, if that's what you're used to.

 

[tslaughrey]

I have a KT266A board and my startup and shutdown both seem to be pretty fast with Windows XP. I doubt it's a problem with the chipset. It's usually caused by some program that Windows has trouble shutting down, so it waits forever while it tries to close it.

 

[human2k]

a friend of mines has a abit KG7-raid and it boots up super fast in winXP, he has similiar setup to mines but he has a RADEon card. Here's my specs:

t-bird 1ghz @ 1.3ghz
msi KT7PRO266 (aslo I have the same prob on my Shuttle Ak31A)
512MB crucial pc2100 ram
Visiontek Geforce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
seagate barrucda 40GB 7200RPM
on-board sound enbaled
hp 12x burner

 

[krystalogik]

Nvidia's newest drivers (23.11) address an issue with Slow Shutdown times in XP, might want to try that.



Link

Good Luck!

 

[human2k]

done that..........is there anyone here with a KT266a board running WinXP with like 3-4 sec shutdown speeds or faster?

 

[statix]

About shutdown speed you should read this tweak.

 

[yazz]

i say be happy it shutsdown at all.
:>

 

[human2k]

IT WORKS, THANX MAN, THAT TWEAK WORKS! It use to take over 30secs, now it does it in like 10!