kertrumpet88 Posted February 15, 2007 Posted February 15, 2007 Hello, I was wondering if anybody could help me out. My computer has recently started acting up. Whenever I boot, it takes about 3-5 minutes to get past the POST beep. It seems as if it's checking for something in the DVD-drives, so I unplugged them and it still took forever to pass the POST beep! It's beginning to become frusterating and it's hard to find solutions anywhere! Any ideas??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertrumpet88 Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Does anybody have any ideas at all?!?!? I was thinking it could be the ram timings or something, buti'm not sure what i should have them set at! Anyone????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Where exactly does it pause? Does it stop on a certain step? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertrumpet88 Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 I boot it up, the VGA fan spins full speed like most computers do when they boot, but then it keeps spinning on full for like 2-3 minutes, finally the post decides to beep and then everything is normal after that. The Post Code for when it pauses looks like "8." after about two minutes the post code goes to "C1" and then finishes off the post. Before it gets to "8." the LED displays a series of strange symbols or something I can't make out. Then it displays "8." and pauses. Any ideas? Please help if you can! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertrumpet88 Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 Can anybody helpe me please??!!?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertrumpet88 Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Anybody?... Feeling a bit lonely here... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Why don't you boot your system with only Cpu, Ram (Both sticks in DC), Video card, Dvd burner (Just one), and a harddrive with your operating systems installed. Make sure you reset the CMOS before hand and sett it up with default settings and see where it takes you. If you don't see the problem, start putting parts back on it one by one by booting up and shutting down, get it? Good Luck! You might want to do a search in the forum for those POST CODES you're receiving on your board. I know there is a thread specifically for that board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil_grissom Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Have you recently deleted a folder within the windows32 folder, or installed new anti-virus or firewall software? I know that shouldn't change anything but something similar recently happened to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertrumpet88 Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Hey thanks for the ideas, i'll test them out and hopefully they work. I'll post on the progress... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LookBackX2 Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Mine gets into a habit of dragging its feet on bootup like that if I have an OC fail. The only surefire way I've found to make it stop is a long CMOS clear. I end up doing that about once a week if I am tweaking memory timings. So your intuition telling you that it is memory timings is probably leading you in the right direction. Post what you find out. I'll keep an eye on this thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertrumpet88 Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 Mine gets into a habit of dragging its feet on bootup like that if I have an OC fail. The only surefire way I've found to make it stop is a long CMOS clear. I end up doing that about once a week if I am tweaking memory timings. So your intuition telling you that it is memory timings is probably leading you in the right direction. Post what you find out. I'll keep an eye on this thread. I tried the long CMOS clear, it had now effect whatsoever... i'm starting to think i might just need a new board or something. Wish i had an external hard drive so i could back everything up and try cleaning my whole system. I'm home on spring break, I founf ym windows xp cd and i'll try a fresh install of it, and i also found my dfi cd. I found the copy of my original ram timings that worked well before when i first built my system so i'll give that a try. I was doing some research... Newegg along with alot of places don't even sell my grpahics card any more... wondering if maybe they recalled it or something. Whoops wondering off topic. Yeah I appreciate everybody's advice thanks alot, but so far it's not looking too promising. I might end up getting a new mobo. Any other comments feel free to let me know, thanks! Also remember The Post Code for when it pauses looks like "8." after about two minutes the post code goes to "C1" and then finishes off the post. Before it gets to "8." the LED displays a series of strange symbols or something I can't make out. Then it displays "8." and pauses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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