Slow Boot After Installing New PSU

Thanks for the update, hope you find the problem.

JS
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"Chris" wrote in message
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JS wrote:
Well after the power supply failure, it could be a motherboard problem,
including the BIOS. Check your current BIOS settings for the hard drive,
which is usually set to "Auto Detect". Then check other bios settings and
look for something out of the norm.

You could always download the latest BIOS update from the PC
manufacture's web site and flash the BIOS. Once flashed you will need to
review each BIOS setting.

Let me know what you find.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com




"Chris" wrote in message
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JS wrote:
Power down the PC, disconnect the cable to the second drive and then
see if the boot time changes.
At the very least this should tell you if it really is the second drive
or something else.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"Chris" wrote in message
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Gerry wrote:
Chris

JS has made a sensible suggestion. Another way to investigate your
hard drive is to use HD Tune.

Try HD Tune only gives information and does not fix any
problems.

Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune
(freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy
to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.

You might find something in this link to help:
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?e...Disk&pha se=1


Gerry,

Thanks for the reply, the information you requested is below also
downloaded the Seatools diagnostic from Seagate which showed no
abnormalities

HD Tune: ST3320620AS Information

Firmware version : 3.AAC
Serial number : 9QF1J2LR
Capacity : 298.1 GB (~320.1 GB)
Buffer size : 16384 KB
Standard : ATA/ATAPI-7 - SATA II
Supported mode : UDMA Mode 6 (Ultra ATA/133)
Current mode : UDMA Mode 6 (Ultra ATA/133)

S.M.A.R.T : yes
48-bit Address : yes
Read Look-Ahead : yes
Write Cache : yes
Host Protected Area : yes
Device Configuration Overlay : yes
Automatic Acoustic Management: no
Power Management : yes
Advanced Power Management : no
Power-up in Standby : no
Security Mode : yes
Firmware Upgradable : yes

Partition : 1
Drive letter : E:\ HD Tune: ST3320620AS Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData
Status (01) Raw Read Error Rate 119 90 6 211134996
Ok (03) Spin Up Time 95 95 0 0 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 20 970 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 36 0 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 81 60 30 133819859 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 98 98 0 2369 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 975 Ok
(BB) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BD) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BE) Airflow Temperature 65 59 45 639041571 Ok
(C2) Temperature 35 41 0 35 Ok
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 64 57 0 53343869 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 0 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 100 253 0 0 Ok
(CA) TA Counter Increased 100 253 0 0 Ok
Power On Time : 2369
Health Status : Ok
Label : Local Disk
Capacity : 305234 MB
Usage : 4.79%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : No


JS

I probably should have done what you suggested earlier, disconnected the
suspect drive with no improvement in load-up time. I am now turning my
attention to the bios, is it possible that this may have been affected
?.I have taken a look at the POST during start-up and it does seem to
"hang" for a long period after it has completed the memory test.
Any further thoughts would be appreciated


JS

Sorry for the delay in replying, I`ve had no luck in trying to get an
upgrade to my bios. The abit utility is referring me to the website and
there appears to be none available. The current bios version is 12\11\2006
but I purchased and installed the board in February 2008 so I am sure
there must be one more current. BTW, I have no floppy disk installed so
may prove more difficult to install if one is available.
Thanks
Chris

On Nov 9, 10:24 am, Chris wrote:
Sorry for the delay in replying, I`ve had no luck in trying to get an
upgrade to my bios. The abit utility is referring me to the website and
there appears to be none available.

Why would a perfectly good BIOS change? Either the BIOS is
completely defective or it is intact and needs no upgrade. Power
supply does not make a BIOS defective. Loading a new BIOS with other
defective hardware is a sure way to permanently trash a computer.

You changed a power supply. What did you do to confirm that new
supply is working? A defective supply can still boot a computer.

Meanwhile, what part of the BIOS execution takes longer? Computer
does a long list of things long before booting from any peripheral.
For example, just setting up the PCI buss involves software as complex
as old DOS.

OK. So is the slow down during setup or with booting? Nothing
posted says that. Some BIOS can be changed to be verbose.

What is the difference in booting from harddrive verses CD-Rom
verses from a USB memory stick? All are (should be) bootable
according to your BIOS.

The system log reported a page problem? What are the details and
numbers? Obviously, this is only a problem after a system boots.
Currently I do not see anything that says where the BIOS slowdown even
exists - before or during booting - a critically important fact.