Older K6-2 333 POSTS Sloooooooowly, then boots fine. Why?
This older HP is absolutely painfully slow on bootup, but only while posting. The BIOS portion takes FOREVER and then when it FINALLY gets to the loading Windows portion it loads rather quickly. What's the deal?
I've reset the BIOS, disconnected the cards, and even unhooked the hard drive at one point. No matter what I do the BIOS takes forever.
I've reset the BIOS, disconnected the cards, and even unhooked the hard drive at one point. No matter what I do the BIOS takes forever.
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It does it even when the hard drive is disconnected, so it has nothing to do with the OS. Besides, the OS boots great once it FINALLY gets done posting.
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I don't know about the amount of time it's been doing it, I only just got the machine from the client and she hadn't told me.
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Actually, it takes the same amount of time either way. I've tried it both ways in the hopes that the more comprehensive test would tell me what it's hanging up on.
I think that its something partially burnt out. They had one of the floppy power connectors hooked up to their modem! There's some black on that area of the modem, although it still diags fine.
Odd, eh?
It appears to be just hosed.
I think that its something partially burnt out. They had one of the floppy power connectors hooked up to their modem! There's some black on that area of the modem, although it still diags fine.
Odd, eh?
It appears to be just hosed.
Thank you much. : )
>> It appears to be just hosed << It is getting into the "high mileage" level. : )
>> It appears to be just hosed << It is getting into the "high mileage" level. : )
how long has this pc been posting so slowly? is this a new install?
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