POST screen up for 30 seconds?

[Jhill]

Whenever my win 98 boots up my post screen hangs for 30 seconds before win 98 boots up. Is this normal? It seems like a long time to me. Is there anything I can do to speed this up? (I already have my K7S5A on quick boot enabled)

Thanks

 

[Insidious]

Does sound kind of long...

This might be the time your network is negotiating its' internet connection
I think I remember reading threads where people talked about boot time being reduced by
entering their IP and DNS settings (TCP/IP NIC settings) manually rather than setting them for
automatic detection.

note: Comcast just changed my connection so I HAVE to use the automatic detection (DHCP enabled)

 

[Jhill]

i think its my firewire port on my audigy soundcard causing it. I uninstalled it and now it boots up quicker.

 

[bacillus]

hmm, I don't seem to have that problem with my win98 installation.
perhaps you're short of free irqs!
could you post a list of your irqs??

 

[Jhill]

How do I do that?
It's definatelly my firewire software that is doing it. My post is 7 seconds without it and its almost 30 seconds when I install my firewire software.

How do I find out a list of my IRQ's?

Thanks for any more help

pm's are welcome as well

my sepcs are k7s5a,512megddr, 1 cd burner, 80 gig hd, floppy, gforce 3 ti 200, audigy xgamer, onboard lan

 

[bacillus]

<< How do I find out a list of my IRQ's? >>


for ease of copying & pasting your list, start>run & type msinfo32. expand hardware & click on irqs!

 

[Jhill]

Here they are. Im not sure what they mean. I hope someone can come up with something to help me out. Thanks again for your help.


0 System timer
1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2 Programmable interrupt controller
3 Communications Port (COM2)
4 Communications Port (COM1)
5 Creative SB Audigy
5 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
5 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
5 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
5 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
5 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7 Printer Port (LPT1)
8 System CMOS/real time clock
9 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
10 MPU-401 Compatible
11 PCI OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
11 SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
11 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
12 Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse
13 Numeric data processor
14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller

 

[bacillus]

whoa, those are some irqs, videocard sharing with your soundcard is not the best of arrangements.
if you're not using your serial ports(com ports), suggest you disable them both in bios & recheck your irq spread.
have you left pci slot 1 free(next to the AGP card)??

 

[Jhill]

I disabled the com ports and there is one pci slot open next to my agp port. POST still lasts 30 seconds. Any other suggestions? I noticed it takes longer than normal to shut down also after I click on shut down or restart.
or is there different firewire software i can try? I only need to transfer video from a camcorder. I don't need to network computers with it.

Thanks for all your help

 

[bacillus]

could you post your new irq list with the com ports disabled??

 

[Jhill]

Here is the new list. This is a new computer that I just built if that matters.


0 System timer
1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2 Programmable interrupt controller
3 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
3 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
4 SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
4 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
5 Creative SB Audigy
5 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
5 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
5 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7 Printer Port (LPT1)
8 System CMOS/real time clock
9 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
10 MPU-401 Compatible
11 PCI OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
11 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
12 Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse
13 Numeric data processor
14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller