Memory pulled and reseated, and replaced the CMOS battery. New HD, USB
TV card, rarely used USB HD all disconnected. With just a known good HD
installed, the CD boot is still very slow....
Luther KB5QHU Oak Park, IL
'87 300SDL (312,xxx mi)
'91 Dodge Ram 150 (290,xxx mi)
On 10/5/2011 11:21 PM, Tim C wrote:
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Benz Hogs<benz-n-h...@gulseth.net> wrote:
So the last two boots (maybe 2 of 3) on my desktop have been excruciatingly
slow, somewhere around 10 minutes. POST is normal, yet XP Pro (installed on
the hd) AND live Linux CDs take forever to load. There is minimal cd/hd
access, maybe one flicker every 5-7seconds or so. I just installed a new
750GB drive with a fresh install of XP last week, and every boot until today
has been 15-20s at tops.
What could cause this sudden change and how do I debug? Thoughts?
If I were guessing I'd guess something went kaput. :)
I had a USB card reader that died, with a similar outcome. It wasn't
an obvious problem nor was there an obvious cause, I only figured it
out by unplugging everything and systematically plugging things back
in.
Actually the HDD is a strong contender, pull it and see if you boot
from the CD faster.
Best,
-Tim
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