New build takes ages to boot into XP Home

[dk]

Hi,

I have built many pcs over the last number of years and always find my way
around problems but this time I am stumped.

Built a Pentium 4 3.2ghz system for my sister which takes almost 2 minutes
after the POST and before the XP progress bar appears. During this time
there is no disk activity, just a black screen with the cursor flashing in
the corner. It is extremly frustrating as I promised her a fast system and
it now takes almost 4 minutes to boot.

This happens with a clean install and minimum hardware, PS2 Keyboard/Mouse,
Hard drive, DVD, Graphics card. Can anyone shed any light on this?

I always use XP Pro but this is the first time I have used XP Home, could
this be the cause?

Any sugestions much appreciated.

Des.

System :
Asus P4P800-MX Socket-478 I865G
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz(Prescott) 800mhz FSB
512mb DDR RAM
Western Digital WD2000BB 200GB 7200RPM ATA/100
NEC ND3540A 16x DVD RW
Windows XP Home

 

[Juan Hanglow]

Hi,

I have built many pcs over the last number of years and always find my way
around problems but this time I am stumped.

Built a Pentium 4 3.2ghz system for my sister which takes almost 2 minutes
after the POST and before the XP progress bar appears. During this time
there is no disk activity, just a black screen with the cursor flashing in
the corner. It is extremly frustrating as I promised her a fast system
and it now takes almost 4 minutes to boot.

This happens with a clean install and minimum hardware, PS2
Keyboard/Mouse, Hard drive, DVD, Graphics card. Can anyone shed any light
on this?

I always use XP Pro but this is the first time I have used XP Home, could
this be the cause?

Any sugestions much appreciated.

Des.

System :
Asus P4P800-MX Socket-478 I865G
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz(Prescott) 800mhz FSB
512mb DDR RAM
Western Digital WD2000BB 200GB 7200RPM ATA/100
NEC ND3540A 16x DVD RW
Windows XP Home

is this with XP SP2

also try setting the BIOS to its default settings

 

[John Doe]

I have built many pcs... Built a Pentium

Intel, that's the problem [just kidding].

4 3.2ghz system for my sister which takes almost 2 minutes
after the POST and before the XP progress bar appears.

After upgrading my CPU (FSB speed) and adding a 10,000 rpm drive
(defragmented), the Windows XP Home progress bar doesn't even have
time to start the animation.

During this time
there is no disk activity, just a black screen with the cursor
flashing in the corner...
This happens with a clean install and minimum hardware, PS2
Keyboard/Mouse, Hard drive, DVD, Graphics card.

Minimum hardware is something like this:
.... mainboard, one stick of memory, CPU/fan
.... video card and keyboard

With minimum hardware, how long does it take to get into the BIOS?

Maybe play around with boot device order? Is it searching for a
floppy disk drive? Have you tried disabling all to do with floppy
disks?

Then again, my experience with AMD systems might not apply very well
to yours.

... this is the first time I have used XP Home, could this be the
cause?

Singularly? From lack of experience? I don't think so.

 

[John Doe]

....

is this with XP SP2

If you don't mind me butting in... that sounds like a good idea, maybe
Des should try upgrading to service pack 2 (if not already).

 

[Bob M]

Hi,

I have built many pcs over the last number of years and always find my way
around problems but this time I am stumped.

Built a Pentium 4 3.2ghz system for my sister which takes almost 2 minutes
after the POST and before the XP progress bar appears. During this time
there is no disk activity, just a black screen with the cursor flashing in
the corner. It is extremly frustrating as I promised her a fast system and
it now takes almost 4 minutes to boot.

This happens with a clean install and minimum hardware, PS2 Keyboard/Mouse,
Hard drive, DVD, Graphics card. Can anyone shed any light on this?

I always use XP Pro but this is the first time I have used XP Home, could
this be the cause?

Any sugestions much appreciated.

Des.

System :
Asus P4P800-MX Socket-478 I865G
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz(Prescott) 800mhz FSB
512mb DDR RAM
Western Digital WD2000BB 200GB 7200RPM ATA/100
NEC ND3540A 16x DVD RW
Windows XP Home

Are you using an onboard LAN and if so have the drivers been
installed? I could be wrong but I think the long load time is due to the
network.

Bob

 

[dk]

...

If you don't mind me butting in... that sounds like a good idea, maybe
Des should try upgrading to service pack 2 (if not already).

Sorry should have said, SP 2 is installed.

 

[JAD]

Hi,

I have built many pcs over the last number of years and always find my way
around problems but this time I am stumped.

Built a Pentium 4 3.2ghz system for my sister which takes almost 2 minutes
after the POST and before the XP progress bar appears. During this time
there is no disk activity, just a black screen with the cursor flashing in
the corner. It is extremly frustrating as I promised her a fast system and
it now takes almost 4 minutes to boot.

This happens with a clean install and minimum hardware, PS2 Keyboard/Mouse,
Hard drive, DVD, Graphics card. Can anyone shed any light on this?

I always use XP Pro but this is the first time I have used XP Home, could
this be the cause?

Any sugestions much appreciated.

Des.

System :
Asus P4P800-MX Socket-478 I865G
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz(Prescott) 800mhz FSB
512mb DDR RAM
Western Digital WD2000BB 200GB 7200RPM ATA/100
NEC ND3540A 16x DVD RW
Windows XP Home

fast boot is enabled or is the machine going through a 3x memory test and
such?
boot sequence is set to?

 

[sbb78247]

Hi,

I have built many pcs over the last number of years and always find
my way around problems but this time I am stumped.

Built a Pentium 4 3.2ghz system for my sister which takes almost 2
minutes after the POST and before the XP progress bar appears. During this
time there is no disk activity, just a black screen with
the cursor flashing in the corner. It is extremly frustrating as I
promised her a fast system and it now takes almost 4 minutes to boot.

This happens with a clean install and minimum hardware, PS2
Keyboard/Mouse, Hard drive, DVD, Graphics card. Can anyone shed any
light on this?
I always use XP Pro but this is the first time I have used XP Home,
could this be the cause?

Any sugestions much appreciated.

Des.

System :
Asus P4P800-MX Socket-478 I865G
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz(Prescott) 800mhz FSB
512mb DDR RAM
Western Digital WD2000BB 200GB 7200RPM ATA/100
NEC ND3540A 16x DVD RW
Windows XP Home

Believe it or not, the WD is probably the culprit. If it is a single on the
chain, be sure to set the jumpers for a stand alone application. Back in
the day I had one do the same thing. I changed the jumper to the stand
alone single drive and viola!

Good luck, HTH, HAND, or GFIA which either the case may be.

S

 

[sbb78247]

Sorry should have said, SP 2 is installed.

it isn't SP2 it would do the same under linux or what ever. this is a
hardware issue.

John Doe is a moron - you will wish you hadn't listened to him if you do.
Kind of like pcbutts1 over in alt.os.windows-xp.

 

[John Doe]

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it isn't SP2 it would do the same under linux or what ever. this is a
hardware issue.

John Doe is a moron - you will wish you hadn't listened to him if you do.
Kind of like pcbutts1 over in alt.os.windows-xp.

 

[John Doe]

....

it isn't SP2...

How did sbb78247 figure out that?

 

[sbb78247]

How did sbb78247 figure out that?

because unlike you, you technoretard, i have seen this before.

now go pout in the corner.....

 

[David Maynard]

Hi,

I have built many pcs over the last number of years and always find my way
around problems but this time I am stumped.

Built a Pentium 4 3.2ghz system for my sister which takes almost 2 minutes
after the POST and before the XP progress bar appears. During this time
there is no disk activity, just a black screen with the cursor flashing in
the corner. It is extremly frustrating as I promised her a fast system and
it now takes almost 4 minutes to boot.

This happens with a clean install and minimum hardware, PS2 Keyboard/Mouse,
Hard drive, DVD, Graphics card. Can anyone shed any light on this?

I always use XP Pro but this is the first time I have used XP Home, could
this be the cause?

Any sugestions much appreciated.

Des.

System :
Asus P4P800-MX Socket-478 I865G
Pentium 4 3.2Ghz(Prescott) 800mhz FSB
512mb DDR RAM
Western Digital WD2000BB 200GB 7200RPM ATA/100
NEC ND3540A 16x DVD RW
Windows XP Home

I doubt it's because it's Home vs Pro but there were issues with Prescotts
on certain motherboards that caused XP with SP2 to hang at boot up. It's a
BIOS issue and there should be a BIOS upgrade for it if that board had the
problem.

Other slow boot issues can be having the WD set to master with slave when
it's a single. WD have two 'master' settings and it should be 'single'
master when it's the only hard drive on the IDE channel.

Installed and enabled NICs, but not plugged into a network, slow the boot
as Windows will attempt DHCP requests to set its IP and time-out waiting
for an answer that never comes.

Bad driver/problem hardware that XP times out on trying to initialize
during the boot process.

 

[John Doe]

because unlike you, you technoretard, i have seen this before.

I think it was because you had seen "SP 2 is installed" before.

 

[sbb78247]

I think it was because you had seen "SP 2 is installed" before.

try again you technotard

both David Maynard and I are right about the WD drive - so you can ****
right off to the corner and pout like the little bitch you are.

HTH, HAND, GFIA, and **** YOU