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Why my Windows XP Pro had to pause for about 5 sec doing nothing after loading the Windows Logo, after which then it starts to load.
Originally Posted by Xavier1421 sp1 and I can only imagine sp2 greatly increase loading time. Try a defrag to straighten up your file system. SOMETIMES drivers can cause long loading times...have you done any XP tweaks? |
Originally Posted by elrilmatheren No, I did not do any XP tweaks. The loading of Windows XP actually takes only about 5 sec. But it's the pause before the hard drive actually starts to work which is taking another 5 sec. I've already defrag both my hard drive. Both are sata drives btw. |
Originally Posted by Xavier1421 Do you have a HD delay set in your bios? |
Originally Posted by Xavier1421 Most boards have the option of setting a delay for the HD in your bios. Most of the time the default setting is 0 (for no delay) but its worth looking into. How long does it take to boot into windows (from "off" to the desktop showing up?) |
Originally Posted by elrilmatheren The timing is from (after post + detection ide / sata devices) to (desktop showing up). By the way, its faster now, don't know why, the pause seemed to have disappeared. And, I can't find the option for HD delay in my BIOS. I'm using MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum with BIOS v1.20. |
Originally Posted by GoVeGeTa that version of the bios you have for your board actually doesnt allow for much, and it does have delay preset to [1] (on). Irecommend bios upgrade (flash) to newer version of bios it will give you greater control over your setting and will greatly enhance your overclock-ability (is that even a word????????????) |
Originally Posted by FoRmEd If you are talkinga bout the words that apear to be gray and you cant scroll to them... you cant get to them unless you unlock something that has key involement with that component.... |
Originally Posted by GoVeGeTa That particular setting is not a hidden setting as you put it. It should be visible in your normal bios serttings. As for the hang that could be due to the bios not supporting the sata drives. Try looking for your sata drivers and updating if possible, if you get the same problem, uninstall the drivers remove the sata connections, reboot, makesure all sata related strings removed from registry. Then shutdown, reconnect sata cables and power to drives, boot up and let windows search for drives and use your drivers disk and that should take care of that. When you flash your bios, it actually overwrites all previous settings, in the bios but not the cmos, but because you said you reset the cmos by changing jumper settings you cleared all saved settings so the new bios is at default settings with no hardware profiles stored. Doing the above should rectify that problem. |
Originally Posted by GoVeGeTa Sounds like your o'c-ing and raising the vcore is the main problem and nothing else! Have you added some thing to keep temps down? more fans perhaps, or water-cooled your sys? I think you should atleast be able to reach that vcore setting with no probs but dont quote me on that! Drop your vcore down a notch or two, just until you get system to start. Keep a record of your bios settings (the usual, FSB, Multiplier (if applicable),Vcore), then restart your o'c-ing. I'm sure you know this already, but i'm gonna say it anyway, do your o'c-ing in small steps, then test your sys for stability. If you just do what someone else has done it will not always work the same way, as i'm sure you are aware of. One systems settings are another systems DEATH! |
Originally Posted by GoVeGeTa the only thing i can advise you to do is to reset cmos and start again! nothing about what youve just stated looks wrong but you can never be sure! Windows/Computer instability is due to memory(RAM)o'c-ing and not liking it very much. I'mno o'c-ing expert but reset and start again is what i have had to do a lot of! It works and you can always try something different next time anyway (hence the need to jot down bios settings or just what you changed! |
Originally Posted by GoVeGeTa Nah, no probs like that for me! It could be to that your cpu is 64 bit, but it might not be aswell! Not entirely sure! Reset it all, leave it at stock settings, and see if you still have the same problems m8! If you are still getting the same probs it is more than likely a Hardware issue eg; RAM or CPU There are a million and one variables m8, so you gotta keep trying until it works right and runs stable! Just an extra thought, it might just be the sata m8! are you running a raid configuration? |
Originally Posted by elrilmatheren I'm not using raid, the pause happens on both stock settings and overclocked. |