Major Delays in POST -- HELP PLEASE

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yossarian

I am experiencing enormous delays in getting my computer to POST.

Now, the initial POST screen lasts for several minutes. Eventually
after 5-6 minutes, the OS starts up. If I want to get into the BIO
that also takes a good 5-6 minutes before I can even edit any BIO
settings.

According to the diagnostic LEDs I am hanging at "Boo
Attempt" -- "This will set low stack and boot via IN
19h

This is what my screen reads when it hangs:

Checking NVRAM . . .
1048576KB OK
DRAM Clock = 400 Mhz SDRAM CAS Latency = 3
Del: Setup F11: Boot Menu F12: Network Boot

Auto Detecting PRI MASTER . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting SEC MASTER . . . ATAPI CDROM
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . ATAPI CDROM

PRI MASTER 15.05R15 WDC WD 1200JB-32EVA0
ULTRA DMA MODE - 5, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

PRI SLAVE 3.17 ST 330630A
ULTRA DMA MODE - 4, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

SEC MASTER DVD-ROM NEC-1300A (I can't remember exact language)

SEC SLAVE DVD-ROM NEC 5700A (I can't remember exact language)

My hardware is as follows:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor
MSI KT6 Delta motherboard
Western Digital 120GB IDE Hard Drive (boot drive)
Seagate 30 GB IDE Hard Drive
Maxtor 120GB SATA Hard Drive
Western Digital 320GB SATA Hard Drive
2 512MB PC 3200 RAM cards
NEC 1300A DVD Burner
NEC 5700A DVD Player

I have tried disconnecting the SATA drives, but that does not help.
tried booting with just one of the RAM cards (each one). That als
did not help.

I should also add that I have the most recent version of the BIO
(5.70).

I don't think it is an OS problem, but I did defrag all 4 hard drives
I have cleaned up the registry as well. In fact, once I get to th
Windows start up screen, it boots pretty well. It is just that it i
hanging so long in POST
 
yossarian said:
I am experiencing enormous delays in getting my computer to POST.

Now, the initial POST screen lasts for several minutes. Eventually,
after 5-6 minutes, the OS starts up. If I want to get into the BIOS
that also takes a good 5-6 minutes before I can even edit any BIOS
settings.

According to the diagnostic LEDs I am hanging at "Boot
Attempt" -- "This will set low stack and boot via INT
19h"

This is what my screen reads when it hangs:

Checking NVRAM . . .
1048576KB OK
DRAM Clock = 400 Mhz SDRAM CAS Latency = 3
Del: Setup F11: Boot Menu F12: Network Boot

Auto Detecting PRI MASTER . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting SEC MASTER . . . ATAPI CDROM
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . ATAPI CDROM

PRI MASTER 15.05R15 WDC WD 1200JB-32EVA0
ULTRA DMA MODE - 5, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

PRI SLAVE 3.17 ST 330630A
ULTRA DMA MODE - 4, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

SEC MASTER DVD-ROM NEC-1300A (I can't remember exact language)

SEC SLAVE DVD-ROM NEC 5700A (I can't remember exact language)

My hardware is as follows:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor
MSI KT6 Delta motherboard
Western Digital 120GB IDE Hard Drive (boot drive)
Seagate 30 GB IDE Hard Drive
Maxtor 120GB SATA Hard Drive
Western Digital 320GB SATA Hard Drive
2 512MB PC 3200 RAM cards
NEC 1300A DVD Burner
NEC 5700A DVD Player

I have tried disconnecting the SATA drives, but that does not help. I
tried booting with just one of the RAM cards (each one). That also
did not help.

I should also add that I have the most recent version of the BIOS
(5.70).
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<snip>
if the problem occurred after you performed the bios upgrade...
reflash it with the previous bios.

otherwise...juts try setting the bios to the original defaults
 
philowrote
if the problem occurred after you performed the bios upgrade..
reflash it with the previous bios

otherwise...juts try setting the bios to the original default
Click to expand...

I've tried that. I also reset the CMOS jumper, which defaults th
BIOS back to original settings.

The prior BIOS was the same version. I tried a flash from DOS on th
off chance that something was awry with the BIOS, but there did no
seem to be

The problem seemed to come out of nowhere, and did not follow a BIO
change
 
yossarian said:
I am experiencing enormous delays in getting my computer to POST.

Now, the initial POST screen lasts for several minutes. Eventually,
after 5-6 minutes, the OS starts up. If I want to get into the BIOS
that also takes a good 5-6 minutes before I can even edit any BIOS
settings.

According to the diagnostic LEDs I am hanging at "Boot
Attempt" -- "This will set low stack and boot via INT
19h"

This is what my screen reads when it hangs:

Checking NVRAM . . .
1048576KB OK
DRAM Clock = 400 Mhz SDRAM CAS Latency = 3
Del: Setup F11: Boot Menu F12: Network Boot

Auto Detecting PRI MASTER . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting SEC MASTER . . . ATAPI CDROM
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . ATAPI CDROM

PRI MASTER 15.05R15 WDC WD 1200JB-32EVA0
ULTRA DMA MODE - 5, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

PRI SLAVE 3.17 ST 330630A
ULTRA DMA MODE - 4, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

SEC MASTER DVD-ROM NEC-1300A (I can't remember exact language)

SEC SLAVE DVD-ROM NEC 5700A (I can't remember exact language)

My hardware is as follows:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor
MSI KT6 Delta motherboard
Western Digital 120GB IDE Hard Drive (boot drive)
Seagate 30 GB IDE Hard Drive
Maxtor 120GB SATA Hard Drive
Western Digital 320GB SATA Hard Drive
2 512MB PC 3200 RAM cards
NEC 1300A DVD Burner
NEC 5700A DVD Player

I have tried disconnecting the SATA drives, but that does not help. I
tried booting with just one of the RAM cards (each one). That also
did not help.

I should also add that I have the most recent version of the BIOS
(5.70).

I don't think it is an OS problem, but I did defrag all 4 hard drives.
I have cleaned up the registry as well. In fact, once I get to the
Windows start up screen, it boots pretty well. It is just that it is
hanging so long in POST.
Click to expand...

Did you try to boot with the minimum hardware installed? One stick of
RAM, one hard drive, one video card. Hell, you could even leave out
the hard drive.
 
I am experiencing enormous delays in getting my computer to POST.

Now, the initial POST screen lasts for several minutes. Eventually,
after 5-6 minutes, the OS starts up. If I want to get into the BIOS
that also takes a good 5-6 minutes before I can even edit any BIOS
settings.

According to the diagnostic LEDs I am hanging at "Boot
Attempt" -- "This will set low stack and boot via INT
19h"

This is what my screen reads when it hangs:

Checking NVRAM . . .
1048576KB OK
DRAM Clock = 400 Mhz SDRAM CAS Latency = 3
Del: Setup F11: Boot Menu F12: Network Boot

Auto Detecting PRI MASTER . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . IDE HARD DISK
Auto Detecting SEC MASTER . . . ATAPI CDROM
Auto Detecting PRI SLAVE . . . ATAPI CDROM

PRI MASTER 15.05R15 WDC WD 1200JB-32EVA0
ULTRA DMA MODE - 5, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

PRI SLAVE 3.17 ST 330630A
ULTRA DMA MODE - 4, SMART CAPABLE AND STATUS OK

SEC MASTER DVD-ROM NEC-1300A (I can't remember exact language)

SEC SLAVE DVD-ROM NEC 5700A (I can't remember exact language)

My hardware is as follows:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor
MSI KT6 Delta motherboard
Western Digital 120GB IDE Hard Drive (boot drive)
Seagate 30 GB IDE Hard Drive
Maxtor 120GB SATA Hard Drive
Western Digital 320GB SATA Hard Drive
2 512MB PC 3200 RAM cards
NEC 1300A DVD Burner
NEC 5700A DVD Player

I have tried disconnecting the SATA drives, but that does not help. I
tried booting with just one of the RAM cards (each one). That also
did not help.

I should also add that I have the most recent version of the BIOS
(5.70).

I don't think it is an OS problem, but I did defrag all 4 hard drives.
I have cleaned up the registry as well. In fact, once I get to the
Windows start up screen, it boots pretty well. It is just that it is
hanging so long in POST.
Click to expand...

Disconnect ALL drives, from the data cables at least, then
turn on the system and see if it still hesitates.

If it does not, add back some drives and check their jumpers
as you add them. Check your bios boot menu settings to
confirm it is set appropriately to the drive, not defaulting
to it after searching for network or other boot devices and
finally timing out from those failures.

If all else fails, clear the CMOS, and if that doesn't help,
try another bios version.
 
I tried startup with just the minimum -- 1 stick of RAM and m
monitor. It still hangs for several minutes

I again reset the CMOS jumper and even tried removing and replacin
the battery. Now, on top of everything else, I get a CMOS gpn
checksum error. But the board still hangs and I cannot get to a BIO
setup screen
 
The Int 19H is the interupt used in the bios to access the hard drives,
since you disconnected all the drives (and I am assuming you emoved the
cables from the MB) and still have the same problem the I suspect the IDE
control on the MB. No easy solutions to that problem other than to buy a new
one.
 
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