SSD too quick

Scougar · 23 Mar 2012 at 07:14

Well I have just got an SSD from a friend (An OCZ Vertex Sata II), and it all seems good, 100% health etc.

However, has anyone else noticed an issue where the PC is booting into windows so quick, that DHCP doesn't have time to assign an IP address quickly enough, so things like MSN Messenger/Origin etc can't sign in.

Scougar · 23 Mar 2012 at 17:39

lol, I'd actually expected the static IP answer. If that's the only real answer, then I'll do that, still think it's it's a little nuts though.

It's very annoying because all these clients are a pain in the ass when they can't login as they typically forget the password deliberately on a failed login. (Well.. I'll rephrase that.. origin and steam typically).

I will assign either 1000 or 100 in a sec and see how it goes before resorting to a fixed IP (not that that's really an issue btw... I just like having full DHCP)

Scougar · 23 Mar 2012 at 21:24

I think you misunderstand seanyc5. They are not talking about they internet connection with a static IP, they are talking about my internal (home) network, where my router acts as a DHCP server, assigning IP Address automatically (and variably) to devices that register on the network. As I boot into windows, there is a little negotiation going on to 'get' an address from the DHCP server (the router), and once it has an IP address it's all good.

So in this instance, I boot into windows, origin/steam tries to connect to the network, but as I don't have an IP address assigned to my PC yet it can't get access, so they bail out. A few seconds later... the PC has got it's address, but it's too late. I now have to type in the password for origin/steam.

This likely wouldn't be a problem if I had another user account on the PC, so it sat at the login menu first.

Scougar · 23 Mar 2012 at 22:00

seanyc5 said:
I see, you boot straight to desktop without a password. Is it not possible to just set origin/steam tonot login automatically as dont launch them to open your game anyway? I dont use either so wouldnt no.

Yes, I can set it to not auto start. This time it was MSN that didn't quite work.

I checked for a static IP, and it's already set to static on the BT Homehub ("Always user this IP Address"). I have changed to always be 1Gbps as well. (And yes, it was a fresh install of win7 64 bit ultimate).

Scougar · 24 Mar 2012 at 21:28

Still got it even with a static IP and 1Gbps set manually in driver config. Have now put another user account on, so it boots up with the login screen. Not ideal, but not sure what else I can do.

Motherboard is SB, router is BT Homehub 2.

Connection from Home Hub is:

Home Hub 2 > Powerline ethernet plug > Powerline ethernet plug > 1Gbps switch > Motherboard.

The home hub is 100Mbps itself so perhaps there is a delay between the powerline adaptors, the switch and the home hub?