sixate

I ordered some new stuff the other week. Well, I got it all and hooked everything up yesterday. I was just installing a bunch of programs, had to reboot, and all of a sudden it hangs. It had been running great for a day now, but all of a sudden this shit happened. It'll boot, but it takes a few minutes. It takes a minute to detect all the hardware. Then it goes to the Windows boot screen, and after that it hangs for another minute or so before loading.

Specs:
Win XP SP1
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2
AMD 3200+
ATI 9800 Pro
Kingston Hyper X PC3200(2x512)
4 Western Digital 80gig SE's
Santa Cruz (sound card)
Vantec 470watt PSU

I've tried everything I can think of. If someone has any suggestions I'm all ears.... Thanks.

On a totally different topic. I wouldn't suggest that anyone ever buy an Enermax PSU. I bought one of their 470 watt PSU's and it wouldn't even power up my PC. And it only had 6 molex connectors, which isn't even enough for all of my stuff. That hunk of shit is going back to NewEgg.

Time for a nap.

Lasereth

Well, I can say with great confidence that SP1 makes your computer start up way slower and shut down MUCH, much slower. It's usually a bigger increase in shutting down time, not necessarily booting time though. That still wouldn't make the hardware detection hang.

PS: I've always heard good things about Enermax PSU's...that's weird. 6 molex connectors is a small amount, though.

-Lasereth

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Redjake

I would totally suggest an Enermax. Mine is a 410 watt Enermax. It came with 9 molex connectors. It perfectly powers the following:
Abit NF7-S V2
Athlon XP Barton 2500+
GeForce 4 Ti4200 128 MB
Corsair PC2700 512 MB
2 X 160 GB Maxtor
1 X 120 GB Seagate
1 X 80 GB IBM
1 X 20 GB Western Digital
IDE Controller Card
Zip Drive
Floppy Drive
CyberDrive 48X CD-RW
5 80mm Quad LED fans

I've tried RAIDMAX, POWMAX, ANTEC, and Sparkle PSUs, and Enermax is by far the best I've tried.

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RelaX

Does the problem only occur during boot? Meaning, does everything function normally (normal speed)?
Try running something that demands a lot of your computer like a test or a heavy game or something and see what the performance is then...
Or make an ISO or just copy the content of a disc on to one drive and try to copy it to the others, see how they handle the stress.
Maybe you should check your connectors, I have had something that resembles your problem because my cable wasn't 100% any more.
If that's all allright then it can only be your OS. You might want to try a new clean install and see how that works out.
Then again, I am just thinking out loud here. Maybe someone else will be able to help you better. Good luck and let us know what was the solution once you find it.

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sixate

I'm beginning to think one of my new HD's, which my OS is installed on, is bad. After it hangs before it detects all the hardware I just noticed my HD clicking twice right after it detects the hardware.... Do you think a bad HD would make the boot process hang?

I'll probably install an OS on another HD just to check, but I won't do that until tomorrow because I feel like shit today.

Relax, some things just don't work correctly.. Right now I can't load all my games. Some say the play disc isn't in the drive, when it is. Norton was all fucked up, and I had to reinstall that. Other than that everything works fine. I burned some stuff, and ripped other shit no problem.