HELP: Slow boot-up after power supply replacement

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Peter - 30 Nov 2005 10:41 GMT

The power supply recently burned out on my PC and ever since boot-up hangs
for 2 - 3 minutes at the Intel motherboard splash then another 1 -2 minutes
black screen before Windows loads. If I unplug everything except KB/mouse
it boots normally. The hang seems to be either/or my USB external HD or
bluetooth KB/mouse combo.
Should I take the PC nack to the shop for diagnostics or try reinstalling
Windows? Is it possible something fried?

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360GB HDD

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John7 - 30 Nov 2005 10:52 GMT

> The power supply recently burned out on my PC and ever since boot-up hangs
> for 2 - 3 minutes at the Intel motherboard splash then another 1 -2
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> Should I take the PC nack to the shop for diagnostics or try reinstalling
> Windows? Is it possible something fried?

Hi Peter,

It sounds like the system tries to access a not responding device, times-out
and continues.
Try booting with the above mentioned devices attached one by one.

John7

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Peter - 30 Nov 2005 10:58 GMT

Thanks, done that and it seems to be OK with everything attached/reboot one
by one, but when I reboor again with all attached it goes back to the slow
behaviour.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360GB HDD

>
>> The power supply recently burned out on my PC and ever since boot-up
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> John7

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Bob Willard - 30 Nov 2005 11:34 GMT

>Thanks, done that and it seems to be OK with everything attached/reboot one
>by one, but when I reboor again with all attached it goes back to the slow
>behaviour.
>
>

Maybe the replacement PS doesn't supply enough juice on some rail for
your load.
Try a bigger, known good, PS as a loaner. {Just looking at the
advertised Watts
on the PS label is not always adequate; Amps on each rail matters, as do
ripple, noise, etc.}

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Cheers, Bob

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Peter - 30 Nov 2005 12:05 GMT

It's still under warranty, so will call the place I bought it from when they
open.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360GB HDD

>
>>Thanks, done that and it seems to be OK with everything attached/reboot
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> on the PS label is not always adequate; Amps on each rail matters, as do
> ripple, noise, etc.}

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Peter - 30 Nov 2005 16:01 GMT

I unplugged everything again and then plugged in things one by one,
rebooting each time. Turned out that my Bluetooth dongle was causing the
delay. Uninstalled everything Bluetooth, then reinstalled and so far, touch
wood, everything is back to normal. I was afraid for a moment that the
dongle was fried, but it appears to be OK.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360GB HDD

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