Bud Norris
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I am using Windows XP on a MICRO-STAR motherboard with BIOS ver. 3.6 from American Megatrends Inc. I've had this setup since 2004 and it's worked just fine.
Lately It's encountered a "slight" problem. Upon booting it starts in BIOS with the Chipset flash screen but then takes up to a minute or sometimes more to start Windows looking for devices.
For years previously it took only about five seconds or so to start Windows. When I first encountered this problem I thought my Computer was kaput and locked up in BIOS since the Chipset logo was constantly shown.
After screwing around for some period of time I decided to let to machine just soak for a while and low and behold it eventually booted to Windows.
Now it boots just fine "after" a delay between BIOS Chipset logo display and Windows start of at least a minute. And sometimes during a "restart" it will boot without the long delay as it used to do. Which is why I call it a "slight" problem
Does anyone have any idea what happened that causes the long delay before Windows starts?
P.S.
I do have Windows 7 installed on another drive. However the problem is between BIOS and Windows start device identifying. I know this because only after all devices are identified is the MBR opened so I can select which version of Windows (XP or WIN7) I want to open. I've had this setup for a long time and before the "slight" problem.
Thanks for any suggestions, if any.
Lately It's encountered a "slight" problem. Upon booting it starts in BIOS with the Chipset flash screen but then takes up to a minute or sometimes more to start Windows looking for devices.
For years previously it took only about five seconds or so to start Windows. When I first encountered this problem I thought my Computer was kaput and locked up in BIOS since the Chipset logo was constantly shown.
After screwing around for some period of time I decided to let to machine just soak for a while and low and behold it eventually booted to Windows.
Now it boots just fine "after" a delay between BIOS Chipset logo display and Windows start of at least a minute. And sometimes during a "restart" it will boot without the long delay as it used to do. Which is why I call it a "slight" problem
Does anyone have any idea what happened that causes the long delay before Windows starts?
P.S.
I do have Windows 7 installed on another drive. However the problem is between BIOS and Windows start device identifying. I know this because only after all devices are identified is the MBR opened so I can select which version of Windows (XP or WIN7) I want to open. I've had this setup for a long time and before the "slight" problem.
Thanks for any suggestions, if any.