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TheProf · 11-04-2007, 07:27 AM

Hello,

I hope everyone is well.

Normally I am able to resolve most issues that come my way in I.T. -- heck my job relates directly to it!

But I've got an 8 month old Asus laptop that is stumping me. Essentially it takes a HECK of a long time to boot. How long? It seems to just freeze and wait for minutes.

What is weird is that the hard drive light is CLEARLY not lit, so it's not grinding or accessing software or anything. It's just dead.

Here's the situation:
Power up machine.
BIOS POST successful.
Right after that we get the first freeze. There is a point in a laptop boot-up sequence after POST where the screen is entirely blank and the LCD is not active. It's before the Windows logo shows up or the white windows booting bar across the bottom is seen. It just sits there quietly doing who know what.

After a minute or so you will see the LCD get dark (it's hard to explain -- watch your machine boot and you'll know what I mean) and then the Windows logo shows up with the little blue progress bar. After that screen goes away it then goes blank for another minute or two with no hard drive activity, then the User login screen kicks in where you select your user and enter your password.

This occurs whether I am booting normally or safe mode. This does not occur if I am coming out of hibernation.

Machine is a Core 2 Duo, 1.6 Ghz, 1 GB RAM.
AVG anti-virus reports a clean bill of health.
Ewido reports a clean bill of health.
I have removed almost everything from the startup list (only maybe 6 components are listed).

The delay is unreal...maybe 6 minutes waiting.

Any thoughts?

Thank you.

11-04-2007, 07:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheProf Crazy	Such a WEIRD computer problem Hello, I hope everyone is well. Normally I am able to resolve most issues that come my way in I.T. -- heck my job relates directly to it! But I've got an 8 month old Asus laptop that is stumping me. Essentially it takes a HECK of a long time to boot. How long? It seems to just freeze and wait for minutes. What is weird is that the hard drive light is CLEARLY not lit, so it's not grinding or accessing software or anything. It's just dead. Here's the situation: Power up machine. BIOS POST successful. Right after that we get the first freeze. There is a point in a laptop boot-up sequence after POST where the screen is entirely blank and the LCD is not active. It's before the Windows logo shows up or the white windows booting bar across the bottom is seen. It just sits there quietly doing who know what. After a minute or so you will see the LCD get dark (it's hard to explain -- watch your machine boot and you'll know what I mean) and then the Windows logo shows up with the little blue progress bar. After that screen goes away it then goes blank for another minute or two with no hard drive activity, then the User login screen kicks in where you select your user and enter your password. This occurs whether I am booting normally or safe mode. This does not occur if I am coming out of hibernation. Machine is a Core 2 Duo, 1.6 Ghz, 1 GB RAM. AVG anti-virus reports a clean bill of health. Ewido reports a clean bill of health. I have removed almost everything from the startup list (only maybe 6 components are listed). The delay is unreal...maybe 6 minutes waiting. Any thoughts? Thank you.