I have a question about Things that slow down system bootup:

I have just upgraded to a P4 2.6 with 1gb ram but system takes about 1min 45 secs to get to start up screen. Nothing is loaded, new xp install, this is the reason I upgraded. only a floppy and CDR installed. Can a faulty floppy or power supply cause this problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated, I didn't mention that I kept the same case thats why ?? power supply. Thanks, Dan

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could be any of number of things.. What speed is your hard drive? You need at least 
a 7200 to run fast.. Also you could have a ton of things starting up. I seriously 
doubt its the power supply.. Would cause a ton of crashes.. as long as its 300w or 
better you should be fine. 






On Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 8:03 am, Dan Faux wrote:
>I have a question about Things 
>that slow down system bootup:
I have just upgraded to a P4 2.6 with 1gb ram 
>but system takes about 1min 45 secs to get to start up screen. Nothing is loaded, 
>new xp install, this is the reason I upgraded. only a floppy and CDR installed. 
Can 
>a faulty floppy or power supply cause this problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated, 
>I didn't mention that I kept the same case thats why ?? power supply. Thanks,  Dan
>
>

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RAM usually won't speed up the boot process, but you might want to read tour mobo info carefully - once the mobo has all the hardware identified, you can usually tell it to stop doing the search/identify and to use what it currently has stored - this can shave a decent amount off the time to boot. Personally, I let mine do all the stuff it wants and just walk away for a few minutes after I turn it on - I don't know or care how fast mine boots - just so long as it runs right once it gets into Windows, I'm happy....


On Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 8:03 am, Dan Faux wrote:
>I have a question about Things
>that slow down system bootup:

I have just upgraded to a P4 2.6 with 1gb ram
>but system takes about 1min 45 secs to get to start up screen. Nothing is loaded,
>new xp install, this is the reason I upgraded. only a floppy and CDR installed. Can
>a faulty floppy or power supply cause this problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated,
>I didn't mention that I kept the same case thats why ?? power supply. Thanks, Dan
>
>

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Thanks Guys, I have no software other than XP loaded and it is a new HD and it is 7200,new MB (Intel D865gbf) new ram 4x256 the reason for all this was that the unit was taking so long to start up and I cannot understand why it is still so, as stated the only original parts are the floppy/cdr/case.???


On Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 8:03 am, Dan Faux wrote:
>I have a question about Things
>that slow down system bootup:

I have just upgraded to a P4 2.6 with 1gb ram
>but system takes about 1min 45 secs to get to start up screen. Nothing is loaded,
>new xp install, this is the reason I upgraded. only a floppy and CDR installed. Can
>a faulty floppy or power supply cause this problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated,
>I didn't mention that I kept the same case thats why ?? power supply. Thanks, Dan
>
>

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To answer your original question, yes. I believe the power supply can cause the slow boot. I have been dealing with a slow boot for ages, even reinstalled windows with a clean boot. Then the computer stopped working at all. I replaced my 300w off brand for a 350w Antec and I could not believe my eyes. I stood there in awe as my computer that use to take three minutes to boot now booted in 20 seconds!


On Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 10:30 am, Dan Faux wrote:
>Thanks Guys, I have no software other than XP loaded and it is a new HD and it is
>7200,new MB (Intel D865gbf) new ram 4x256 the reason for all this was that the unit
>was taking so long to start up and I cannot understand why it is still so, as stated
>the only original parts are the floppy/cdr/case.???
>
>
>On Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 8:03 am, Dan Faux wrote:
>>I have a question about Things
>>that slow down system bootup:

I have just upgraded to a P4 2.6 with 1gb ram
>>but system takes about 1min 45 secs to get to start up screen. Nothing is loaded,
>>new xp install, this is the reason I upgraded. only a floppy and CDR installed.
>Can
>>a faulty floppy or power supply cause this problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated,
>>I didn't mention that I kept the same case thats why ?? power supply. Thanks, Dan
>>
>>

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