Whats wrong with my XP and AMD 64 ???

manu

HI all,

I just dd a fresh installion of my windows xp integrated with sp2 and it takes a me a 55 secs to boot into XP...........

I tried bootvis ........... and i noted for the first 44 secs everything is idle.

MY rig is as this ------------->>>

I also hv a Samsung CDRW & DVD combo also in my rig .

Looking for ur advices.

manu · 01-17-2005, 06:54 | posts: 205 | Location: Miami, USA

I just unpluged my DVD drive and now it boots in absolutely no time.......

Any clues abt why such thing is happening .......... my auto setting shows my drv is only hvin DMA2 ...........

IS there anyway i can decrease my boot up speed when using DVD drv.......

aldo123 · 01-18-2005, 01:13 | posts: 38 | Location: New Zealand

sounds basic.......but have u tried changing the boot settings in the BIOS?
If not.....make the first boot device ur hard disk
only a suggestion.

King Lui · 01-18-2005, 05:34 | posts: 269 | Location: Oakville

make sure you have enough power.

manu · 01-18-2005, 18:06 | posts: 205 | Location: Miami, USA

My first boot device is HDD and more over i hv 98 as well as XP.........

after selecting XP from boot menu..............

When CROM connected :
my HDD led remains idle for 40-45 secs and start blinkn then after 5 secs XP gets loaded

When CROM not connected :
my HDD led starts blinkn then after 5 secs XP gets loaded

Breathtaker · 01-18-2005, 18:24 | posts: 17 | Location: Germany

The DMA-Settings of your drive are wrong, if U mean the HDD.
Do the settings manualy, containing the sectors and cylinders of your drive
and set the DMA-Mode to 4
It should have DMA 4. Try to disable settings like 2. and 3. Bootdevice.
And disable the feature "try other boot-devices", too.
So that only one Boot-Device is set and your rig is not allowed to look up for other devices to boot from. Hope that works!

Dr. Vodka · 01-19-2005, 02:40 | posts: 3,801 | Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

bootvis helped me alot it went from 1 minute to 40 secs and after choosing udma6 for the hdd (it was at udma5) it went to 35 secs. just use bootvis then set the dma settings and make the hdd the only 1 boot device.

manu · 01-20-2005, 15:10 | posts: 205 | Location: Miami, USA

I tried ur suggestions for boot device ........ but it wasnt any helpful.

I also tried to manual settings but i cant push higher than UDMA 2 level.

Marley · 01-20-2005, 15:32 | posts: 3,080 | Location: The Great State of Texas

manu, is there a disk in the DVD drive?
Everytime I have a disk in the DVD drive windows always takes awhile to startup, this corrects it for me. Only hangs when windows is loading no other time, remove the disk and boots in 30sec.

manu · 01-20-2005, 17:02 | posts: 205 | Location: Miami, USA

there is no disc in my dvd drv .....

01-22-2005, 10:37 | posts: n/a

Manu,

How are the jumper settings on that DVD drive? My experience suggests your BIOS might be having a difficult time recognizing the DVD. Try making the DVD a master on one of the IDE channels (even on the primary channel should work OK).