Start up problems!!!

nevski · 28 May 2007 at 18:51

Hi

Can someone help me please? I'm a total pc novice so please be gentle!
I'm running XP Home Edition (Service Pack 1) & everytime I start up my pc, it goes quite quickly through the initial screens, until it comes to the screen where it says Windows XP Home Edition, at this point it lingers there for ages, & the bar just highlights from side to side! Does anyone have any idea why & how I can speed this screen up? I've literally only got 5gb worth of stuff on my pc so I'm sure this isn't a problem, see spec below:

Amd Athlon XP 1500+
soltek sl-75kv mobo
384mb SDram
fujitsu 30gb HDD
philips 32x cdrw drive

Thanks

Oddw1re · 28 May 2007 at 19:46

nevski said:
384mb SDram

Thats your problem you need some more memory and possibly its the processor

Jaffa_Cake · 28 May 2007 at 20:02

Oddw1re said:
Thats your problem you need some more memory and possibly its the processor

We have a system downstairs on 256mb of RAM. It takes an age to load.

krisboats · 29 May 2007 at 02:43

I saw a 1gb stick of kingston ram in a computer shop near me the other day. pc3200 and it was only £27

Spend that much on some ram and you'll be well away. I reckon you'd see a big difference with even just a 512mb stick of ddr ram.

Check the number of pins is right first. can't remember if sd comes in both 164 and 186 or wther its ddr

Cyber-Mav · 29 May 2007 at 04:05

slow hard drive.

hp7909 · 29 May 2007 at 05:16

That mobo takes 168-pin DIMM, SDRAM, PC133 memory module(s). Something like 512MB will give the system a nice boost, but like mentioned the hard disk will still be a bottleneck (5400RPM if not 4200RPM).

For the latter, you could try defragmenting to see if helps