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POST delay
My POST has always taken just a few seconds. Suddenly it now pauses after
the initial screen and before the memory count occurs. The delay is right at 2 minutes. Several days ago I was loading a utility from a trusted site when my machine got a major hiccup. The hard drive started running in a loop, making the same sounds repeatedly. I finally got it stopped and when I rebooted, the delay happened for the first time. Everything runs normally after POST and bootup are complete. I have run a couple AV/malware programs from the net and nothing was found. I use MS Onecare. I have a P4, 2.30Ghz. A Gig of memory. The mobo and bios are about 3 years old. Running Vista Ultimate. I read here where someone had a similar problem and removing the MOBO battery to allow the machine to reset solve their problem. It did nothing for mine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's not a big problem, but mostly an aggravation. Terry |
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POST delay
TerryS wrote:
My POST has always taken just a few seconds. Suddenly it now pauses after the initial screen and before the memory count occurs. The delay is right at 2 minutes. Several days ago I was loading a utility from a trusted site when my machine got a major hiccup. The hard drive started running in a loop, making the same sounds repeatedly. I finally got it stopped and when I rebooted, the delay happened for the first time. Everything runs normally after POST and bootup are complete. I have run a couple AV/malware programs from the net and nothing was found. I use MS Onecare. I have a P4, 2.30Ghz. A Gig of memory. The mobo and bios are about 3 years old. Running Vista Ultimate. I read here where someone had a similar problem and removing the MOBO battery to allow the machine to reset solve their problem. It did nothing for mine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's not a big problem, but mostly an aggravation. Run the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic and post the Everest SMART report here. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 |
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