I have a Pentium III with 850Mhz dual-CPUs running on WinXP PRO. Its a PC100 PC with 512MB SDRAM and 20GB HDD using a Promise Ultra100 adapter card. By the time I power-up until the user name configuration appear, it took exactly two minutes. Is there something wrong with this PC.
Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated. :huh:

Mine takes just about the same 2 minutes and 5 seconds this machine run xp pro,I also have a machine running 98SE and that also takes about 2 mins.
regards



Last edited by ernest at Jul 29 2002, 05:45 PM

You can always use msconfig or mike lin's startup cpl
from _http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
to see if there is anything loading that you can take out.

Two minutes is a long time for a computer of that speed...

As previously mentioned, check your startup to see what is loading with windows, and take anything out that you dont regularly use.

Also ensure your ata cable is not backwards :D

Try getting hold of microsoft's BootVIS tool- it knoced about 40 seconds of my dual 1400 amd board............ whilst it was still alive

Try this if (if you have ADSL)

Go to ?
Connect to
Show all connections
Local area connection
Properties
Tcp/ip properties
Use following ip address
10.0.0.10
subnet Mask
255.0.0.0


:)

is your board dual cpu enabled?
os also installed with the multiprocessor under device manager?
need to set any settings in the bios or on your board??
not sure...

THANKS ALL FOR YOUR KIND RESPONSE. I WILL MAKE AN EFFORT TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR SUGGESTIONS - WARMEST RGDS.




Last edited by mustangpc at Aug 4 2002, 12:30 AM

Do try the Bootvis tool from Microsoft. It shed several seconds off my boot up time. The MS site reads:

"Customer research shows a frequently requested feature that users want from their PCs is fast system startup, whether from cold boot or when resuming from standby or hibernation. The Windows development team at Microsoft has taken bold steps in making fast startup PCs a reality with the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system.

The design goals for Windows XP on a typical consumer PC are:

Boot to a useable state in a total of 30 seconds
Resume from Hibernate (S4) in a total of 20 seconds
Resume from Standby (S3) in a total of 5 seconds

Boot and resume times are measured from the time the power switch is pressed to being able to start a program from a desktop shortcut."

Get it at:

_http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.asp



Last edited by obi1 at Aug 4 2002, 01:00 AM

also try to see if there are newer drivers for the promise card, sometimes if you use a pci adapter i've seen it slows the bootup with certain drivers