Excessive load/boot time

[Guido]

I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor with a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

 

[Guido]

I geuss I forgot to add some information. I did suspect the start-up
programs. I have all but three services in the msconfig start-up turned off.
Even when running I only have 32 programs running. I also get the excessive
load time in "safe mode".

 

[Ian D]

I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor with
a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

The initial 30 second delay isn't too far out of line. It looks like you
have the
CD/DVD drive selected as the first boot drive. That is usually needed
only for installing or repairing an OS. In BIOS, change the order of
booting so that the first boot device is your boot hard drive. This should
shave a few seconds off the initial boot time.

Re the longer delay, where does it occur in the Vista boot process?
When I boot Vista and the OS starts loading, the green bar indicator
appears for a few seconds, followed by blank screen for a few more
seconds. Then the orb appears followed immediately by the login window.
This whole process takes 20-25 seconds on a 2.4 GHz P4. The total
time from power on to login screen is 35-40 seconds. The long delay
could be due to a hardware driver problem, or a network problem.
Are the systems connected to a network? If not, you should give each
computer an arbitrary IP address, otherwise there will be a delay in
loading while searching for a DHCP assigned address.

 

[Guido]

The system is on a network. The longer boot happens in between the bois
splash screen and the green bar indicator. There is a second pause of 10-12
sec between the bar indicator and the vista logo, that I understand. During
the long pause I do not see or hear any activity coming form the computer,
ie. system busy light flashing, hard drive speeding up, hard drive needle
moving. I have attempted four differnet reinstalls thinking that it could be
a problem. The extra drivers I have installed are: Nvidia Driver for 7
series card, Angel II tuner card, Creative Xfi sound card. I know thats
vague but someone may have heard of some conflict I have yet to read about.

 

[Ian D]

The system is on a network. The longer boot happens in between the bois
splash screen and the green bar indicator. There is a second pause of
10-12
sec between the bar indicator and the vista logo, that I understand.
During
the long pause I do not see or hear any activity coming form the computer,
ie. system busy light flashing, hard drive speeding up, hard drive needle
moving. I have attempted four differnet reinstalls thinking that it could
be
a problem. The extra drivers I have installed are: Nvidia Driver for 7
series card, Angel II tuner card, Creative Xfi sound card. I know thats
vague but someone may have heard of some conflict I have yet to read
about.

:

It looks like the system is having difficulty in finding the your hard
drive.
As I indicated previously, in BIOS change the first boot device to the
hard drive. From what you say, this is now set to the CD/DVD drive,
and that could be the cause of your delay.

 

[ltippett]

I have been experiencing this same issue and I have a very similiar setup to
yours (CPU, BIOS, and sound board are the same). I believe that the problem
is with the sound board driver.

Under my Windows Vista Problem Reports and Solutions section, I have a
persistent message to download and install the latest driver for my Creative
SB X-fi device. Of course, I have done that and the conflict problem
persists. Anyway, other than the long boot times, I have been unable to
detect any other problems after I boot up and log in.

Lew

 

[Steve Thackery]

There is then a 4 to 5 min
This sounds like a driver problem, actually.

Somewhere deep in the bowels of Vista you can find out how long each driver
takes to load. Trouble is, I've forgotten where!

So, I can't help directly, but maybe this will set you off on another track.

If I remember, I'll report back.

SteveT

 

[C.Skaggs]

check out microsoft's debugging tools. most are offered with a 30 day trial.
It may tell you what you want to know
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx

 

[Steve Thackery]

Thanks, but i figured it out, I have a western digital external hard

drive, and when i unplugged it the problem went away, so i just switched
from usb to firewire and problem solved, thanks anyway

Thanks for getting back to us - it might help someone else with the problem.

SteveT