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Slow startup

fustercluck

fustercluck

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Whenever i start up my computer...it just takes too long, there's a moment every time where it pauses for no reason, either before, or during the XP loading screen. Then after that it's still slow to startup. Any ideas how i could fix this or what's causing? I just upgraded my computer so it should be faster.
 
You need to describe your system in as much detail as you can.
(CPU, Motherboard, Video Card, Ram, what OS?, etc...)

There is many reasons for slow starts.
Anything from legacy hardware to USB deivces & network card settings etc..
 
Athlon 64 3000, DFI Lanparty NF3 250GB, 512 MB Corsair XMS, Powercolor 9800 Pro, XP (as mentioned). It just pauses for no reason. Didn't do this on my previous system, so it's probably the new CPU/Mobo/ or Ram.
 
You did format it right? Are you using a good enough quality power supply in your sytem(not necessarily causing a problem, just a question)
 
It's an Antec 350w PS. Not sure if i'm using raid or not, but it's not really a slowdown, it's more of a lockup :/. Using service pack 1.

Ah shucks, i ran a Bootlog and it gave a tons and tons of "Driver did not load", as you can see here.

That doesn't look good :frown:, what should i do?
 
I have the same problem. ok , here is the situation in steps.

POST
Via on board sata/raid controller detects hdds (none)
Promine on board sata/raid controller detects hdds , finds 2 disks -> 1 raid0 array
so far so good.
Logically one would expect windows to start loading but no ..
the screen goes blank , only a cursor blinking on top-left for about 20 secs or something
After that windows startup and everything goes fine from that point on.

This is not a problem that accured out from nowhere. it always existed, from the very first moment I built the pc. even before defining and formating array.
Here is how my disks are located.

PATA Primary Master : WD80BB
PATA Secondary Master : NEC ND3500+ DVD-RW Drive
PATA Secondary Slave : Lite-ON DVD-Rom Drive
Via Sata : None
Promise Sata : 2x WD169JB @ Raid0

Mobo is Asus A8V Deluxe Rev2.0, bios is 1005.27 (tried 1007 and 1008.02 beta , same s**t)
Windows XP Pro with SP2 (with SP1 was the same)

I think thats all. Anyway its not really a "problem" since no instabilities or low performance are occured from this but its REALLY annoying to wait for
such a fast pc boot.


 
jacktackle:

What size Hard Drive(s) are you using and are they formatted FAT ot NTFS?


Harbinger:

You may want to move the Lite-ON to the Primary Slave position as 2 optical drives
sharing the same channel generally leads to problems.
 
Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
jacktackle:

What size Hard Drive(s) are you using and are they formatted FAT ot NTFS?


Harbinger:

You may want to move the Lite-ON to the Primary Slave position as 2 optical drives
sharing the same channel generally leads to problems.
Click to expand...

Well, when I built the pc I didnt have the Lite-on , just the nec on sec. slave. So I am sure the problem has nothing to do with this 🙁

Thanks for the suggestion anyway 🙂

 
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