New Pc Build - Slow boot to windows log on

lmfy2k

lmfy2k

lmfy2k

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hi guys

i just did a cheapy new build for my cousin

mobo: Asus k8v-VM
CPU: Semprom 3000
Ram: Generic 3200 DDr
Case: Generic with 400W psu
DVDRW: Pioneer 112
Hard Drive: WD Protege IDE 5400rpm (taken from old system)

everything fitted in, when i turn on the pc, the bios splash screen that comes up at the start displaying Asus logo stays on that screen for 30secs, then it goes through the bios list (cpu, ram, etc etc) then a blank screen with an icon flashing on the top right of the screen, it stays here for 30secs, then windows logo shows and the blue bar loads, thern windows log on appears, all in all 1min 15secs to get from turning pc on to windows log on :eek:

now, i have made sure the jumper settings are right on the hard drive and dvdrw as they share the same ide cable (as this mobo only has one ide port)

when i take the hard drive out and just leave the dvdrw in, when the pc boots, it boots past the bios screen like normal i.e FAST!

when i put the hard drive back in, its slow again.

i dunno what to do now, i have done diagnostics on the hard drive and shows up and fine. Also all the right drtivers have been installed for the mobo (all latest aswell)

is it supposed to be like this?

any help much appreciated!
 
I reckon it might be the power supply, I had built a basic system with a old power supply and I thought it would have been fine, yea it ran and turned on but the performance was terrible, freezing, very slow booting, I had experiemented with taking out the ram and leaving 1 stick in, it then managed to boot but still very sluggish performance, I then stuck in my expensive thermaltake power supply and things were flying along compared to before, I then stuck in the other ram stick and it worked, I first thought it was faulty ram, but it wasnt, so could have only been the PSU.

Hope that could help, try a diff good quality PSU,
 
Have you tried with just the hard drive in and booting into Windows to see if that affects anything? Other than that check the cables, I'd be inclined to think that the motherboard simply doesn't like the hard drive though. Maybe also set "quick POST" to on if you have that option as it won't check through the Ram etc individually every time. :)
 
tried the hard drive on its own and set quick post to ON and still the same.

i tried another hard drive and still the same, its quite slow

it maybe the power supply as suggested above

the mobo has the new 24pin atx connector and the power supply is the 20pin one, so there is 4 pins not used, but the seperate 4pin connector is connected.

il see if my other psu works on

cheers
 
Two things possibly at work here that I suggest you try.

Go into your BIOS menu and make sure the drive is detected correctly i.e. run the detection function and quit and save. Also try changing between cable select and master / slave on the HDD as sometimes they like one method but not the other.

Not sure if your Windows is booting slow from your message but sometimes there is a network logon delay. If this is a problem try disabling the network card first of all.
 
thanks for the replies

when i log into windows, its perfectly fine with no slow down

its just the point from turning pc on to getting onto windows desktop.

boot order is fine, floppy, dvdrw then hard drive and the drives are both detected properly on bios screen.

ive even tried it with floppy and dvdrw out and just the hard drive in, and still the same.

i will check the network boot, but i don't think that is enabled

im beginning to think that its supposed to be like this?
 
have you tried setting it to harddrive as the first boot???

to see if the bios is trying to find bootable image from floppy and cd drive even if their not there???

most new bios's allow you to press a button E.G. f8 to select what device to boot fomr on a one off ocasion

also mak sure you have the harddrive on a seperate ide cable that the cdrom drive
and that the harddrive has the correct jumper setting cable select is best i believe and also make sur it is on the furthest connector from the mobo

if you arent using sata you could try disableing this in the bios but rember how to enable it again incase it cocks summing up :S
 
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