Win2k long pause at start-up

[whooosh]

Anyone have this problem? It ran fine before, but recently when i start the computer, the color load screen would be at 50%. Stays there for 5mins at least, then it starts. Ones in windows its would be slow to load all the tray icons.

Config:
Dual 550 p3
512MB
Geforce
SB Live
3Com NIC

 

[Tol]

SBLive! drivers for Win2k are horrible. They slow my startup down alot, but nowhere near 5 minutes.

 

[GAZZA]

it does sound like you have too many programs running at start up, do you have win98 as a dual boot setup ? if so then go and find msconfigand use it the same way you would with win98 , it'll give you 3 or 4 errors to start with but you'll be left with a general and a startup tab , just unceck those proggies you dont require at boot up

 

[whooosh]

no dual boot up, just win2k. i have been using the drives for awhile now. Don't have much loaded at start up.
PCanywhere/Soundcard stuff thats it.
Probably only three things being loaded. I could be doing work for about 15 mins before any of the tray icons show up.

thanksfor help

 

[pulse8]

I have the same exact problem. Computer takes about 5-7 minutes to restart.

David

 

[rbV5]

My sblive drivers work good in win2k, no boot hang. It may be that nic trying to find network connections on startup.

 

[The Wildcard]

I get a small boot hang, but it's only like 20 seconds.

 

[SiliconVandal]

I have a platinum 5.1 and I don't get any boot hang, wish I could help ya.

SV

 

[Moganga]

Are you running server or professional? Especially if you are running the server as a DC boot/restart can take quite a while.

 

[whooosh]

Professional.
clearing all the event logs don't help either..but it might help you guys. My event log was HUGE.
Maybe its about time to reformat after 1 year and 2 months.

 

[BOFH]

waiting on a timeout from a non existant dhcp server perhaps? try asinging a static ip

 

[whooosh]

i have a static IP. :/

 

[whooosh]

I found the problem!
It was the on board SCSI on this AsusP2b-DS. I disabled it and windows boot up fast.
Odd thing is this never happened before. Somehow the onboard SCSI just timesout now. Still works fine when its in windows.

Anyone have a clue?

 

[pulse8]

Maybe that's the problem with me. I don't have SCSI, but I have a Promise Ultra100 that Win2k thinks is SCSI. Maybe it acts the same way?

David

 

[T4NNER]

I had the same problem with certain versions of the promise ultra ata100 controller on my A7V. I switched to a previous version, and everything was fine.

 

[pulse8]

Could you tell me the version?

David

 

[Fattz]

Hows 2k for gaming compared to ME..

I run ME now..but new sytem is going to be here next week..was wondering what drawback 2k pro will have compared to ME..I have no probs with ME at all besides the BSD at shutdown... but would like some info on how 2k is with games and such and thoughts to if its worth going to 2k or staying with ME.

thanks

Fattz

 

[whooosh]

Its slower with games Frame-rate wise. But its really stable.
If just games you play, you should stay with ME or 98se. If you're doing anykind of work Win2k is very good. Only crashed 2 or 3 times (mostly because of drivers) during the year that i have used it.

 

[blurredvision]

I'm having the same problem, but it's only about a 20 second hang. Win2K is seeing my Highpoint 370 controller as SCSI. Where can I get some updated drivers for a Highpoint controller?

 

[SemperFi]

I think it was promise build 25 for my a7v that works the fastest. I know build 19 was sslloooooww. I am currently using build 33 and its not too bad but I think build 25 was faster.

 

[Feisal]

If you have a SB live card, move the file devldr32.exe from your winnt\system32 to the all users\startup folder. It absolutely eliminated the ~15 sec hang on bootup on my machine.