Boot Up Problem

isaak · Jun 20, 2009, 06:45 AM

Haven't posted here for a while

A few weeks ago a few friends came round for a LAN and we shared games and music etc. Now, my external harddrive has all my music on it (itunes) and is the save location for my downloads from firefox. I unplugged the harddrive to share the files, and itunes lost the location of music and i couldn't download anything blah blah plugged it back in, reopened the music and reset download location and everything was fine.

EXCEPT now it takes my computer 10minutes to get past the bios page and boot up - i suspect the computer is looking for the harddrive but i actually have no idea

thanks in advance guys

Mac Daddy · Jun 20, 2009, 09:04 AM

That's odd you could always check your BIOS and make sure drives that aren't in the system are disabled.

Tyrsonswood · Jun 20, 2009, 10:29 AM

Check to see if there is a "boot from USB" option in bios, in this situation you may want that disabled.

charm_quark · Jun 20, 2009, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrsonswood

Check to see if there is a "boot from USB" option in bios, in this situation you may want that disabled.

that's definately a possiblity, but i've seen this happen in the most silly of cases where it is doing a mem check (looped) to your board is dieing...,, a question: when you switch on the pc, do you get to see it doing the POST , it would help to know where it starts stalling ????

isaak · Jun 20, 2009, 09:12 PM

I have checked that the computer is not trying to boot non-existing drives, and I could not find a "Boot from USB" option.

Its the first screen I see - says something about Asus Lifestyle and has an orange picture on it

I will get back with a picture if I can/if you need

Tyrsonswood · Jun 20, 2009, 10:11 PM

And that's where it hangs for awhile before continuing?

isaak · Jun 20, 2009, 11:08 PM

Yes. I'll add a picture in about 15minutes (already factoring in boot time etc

)

isaak · Jun 20, 2009, 11:55 PM

http://s403.photobucket.com/albums/p...t=IMG_3356.jpg

Tipstaff · Jun 21, 2009, 12:41 AM

A few quick suggestions: if connected, try disconnecting any Ethernet cable. If it still does this, disconnect all USB and Firewire devices. If, however, you are using a USB keyboard, and can't find a PS2 one, hookup the USB keyboard to one of the top most USB ports closest to the PS2 ports. Lastly, make sure you don't have any memory cards, or CD/DVDs in the system at boot up. In fact, if you have a memory card reader connected to one of the USB ports on the motherboard, disconnect it.

Try each one in sequence, and let us know what happens.

isaak · Jun 21, 2009, 02:05 AM

Hmm..the problem seems to have fixed itself. I had been fiddling with dualbooting vista/ubuntu (to no avail) and now the computer is booting fine.

Now I have to figure out why the ubuntu installer isn't showing my partition..

Thanks for the help everyone.

charm_quark · Jun 21, 2009, 05:33 AM

good for you.... but try getting rid of that boot picture, (its in the bios setting), you will know better in-case the problem crops up again,

Tyrsonswood · Jun 21, 2009, 06:31 AM

Glad it "sorted itself out".................... I never liked problems that fix themselves.

Many times when a system hangs at that first screen and doesn't produce any beep codes, the computer is looking for drives......

Hope the problem has left for good

Mac Daddy · Jun 21, 2009, 07:54 AM

Glad it sorted itself Isaak but it would be nice to know what caused it. On the nag screen I have it disabled on the ASUS board I have here.

isaak · Jun 21, 2009, 10:21 PM

Does it increase boot times by removing it or is it just an annoyance to you guys?

Tyrsonswood · Jun 21, 2009, 11:03 PM

Most nag screens don't increase boot time, but do hide some boot text that may be handy to see when troubleshooting. Not sure about your specific board though.

charm_quark · Jun 22, 2009, 02:29 AM

It does hide the boot text, but I've never heard to them affecting boot time!

Mac Daddy · Jun 22, 2009, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by isaak

Does it increase boot times by removing it or is it just an annoyance to you guys?

It doesn't really affect the boot times I don't think just contains text for extra boot options as mentioned.

isaak · Jun 22, 2009, 09:49 AM

Oh really! i've never known that.

i will have a look in bios tomorrow maybe..going to bed for now. thanks for the help everyone

Jun 20, 2009, 06:45 AM	#1
isaak should be working :( Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 792 Rep Power: 19 System Specs	Boot Up Problem Haven't posted here for a while A few weeks ago a few friends came round for a LAN and we shared games and music etc. Now, my external harddrive has all my music on it (itunes) and is the save location for my downloads from firefox. I unplugged the harddrive to share the files, and itunes lost the location of music and i couldn't download anything blah blah plugged it back in, reopened the music and reset download location and everything was fine. EXCEPT now it takes my computer 10minutes to get past the bios page and boot up - i suspect the computer is looking for the harddrive but i actually have no idea thanks in advance guys __________________

Jun 20, 2009, 09:04 AM	#2
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem That's odd you could always check your BIOS and make sure drives that aren't in the system are disabled. __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Jun 20, 2009, 10:29 AM	#3
Tyrsonswood DH's curmudgeon Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rustbelt, Ohio Posts: 4,618 Rep Power: 111 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Check to see if there is a "boot from USB" option in bios, in this situation you may want that disabled. __________________ "Band" sites.... not really bands because it's just me...... http://www.myspace.com/chromecrow http://www.myspace.com/zoneblues

Jun 20, 2009, 09:12 PM	#5
isaak should be working :( Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 792 Rep Power: 19 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem I have checked that the computer is not trying to boot non-existing drives, and I could not find a "Boot from USB" option. Its the first screen I see - says something about Asus Lifestyle and has an orange picture on it I will get back with a picture if I can/if you need __________________

Jun 20, 2009, 10:11 PM	#6
Tyrsonswood DH's curmudgeon Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rustbelt, Ohio Posts: 4,618 Rep Power: 111 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem And that's where it hangs for awhile before continuing? __________________ "Band" sites.... not really bands because it's just me...... http://www.myspace.com/chromecrow http://www.myspace.com/zoneblues

Jun 20, 2009, 11:08 PM	#7
isaak should be working :( Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 792 Rep Power: 19 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Yes. I'll add a picture in about 15minutes (already factoring in boot time etc ) __________________

Jun 20, 2009, 11:55 PM	#8
isaak should be working :( Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 792 Rep Power: 19 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem http://s403.photobucket.com/albums/p...t=IMG_3356.jpg __________________

Jun 21, 2009, 12:41 AM	#9
Tipstaff DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,515 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem A few quick suggestions: if connected, try disconnecting any Ethernet cable. If it still does this, disconnect all USB and Firewire devices. If, however, you are using a USB keyboard, and can't find a PS2 one, hookup the USB keyboard to one of the top most USB ports closest to the PS2 ports. Lastly, make sure you don't have any memory cards, or CD/DVDs in the system at boot up. In fact, if you have a memory card reader connected to one of the USB ports on the motherboard, disconnect it. Try each one in sequence, and let us know what happens. __________________ >><<

Jun 21, 2009, 02:05 AM	#10
isaak should be working :( Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 792 Rep Power: 19 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Hmm..the problem seems to have fixed itself. I had been fiddling with dualbooting vista/ubuntu (to no avail) and now the computer is booting fine. Now I have to figure out why the ubuntu installer isn't showing my partition.. Thanks for the help everyone. __________________

Jun 21, 2009, 05:33 AM	#11
charm_quark incognito Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: BoTsWaNa Posts: 1,474 Rep Power: 54	Re: Boot Up Problem good for you.... but try getting rid of that boot picture, (its in the bios setting), you will know better in-case the problem crops up again, __________________ Three quarks for Muster Mark! Sure he has not got much of a bark And sure any he has it's all beside the mark. —James Joyce, Finnegans Wake Last edited by charm_quark; Jun 21, 2009 at 06:24 AM.

Jun 21, 2009, 06:31 AM	#12
Tyrsonswood DH's curmudgeon Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rustbelt, Ohio Posts: 4,618 Rep Power: 111 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Glad it "sorted itself out".................... I never liked problems that fix themselves. Many times when a system hangs at that first screen and doesn't produce any beep codes, the computer is looking for drives...... Hope the problem has left for good __________________ "Band" sites.... not really bands because it's just me...... http://www.myspace.com/chromecrow http://www.myspace.com/zoneblues

Jun 21, 2009, 07:54 AM	#13
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Glad it sorted itself Isaak but it would be nice to know what caused it. On the nag screen I have it disabled on the ASUS board I have here. __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Jun 21, 2009, 10:21 PM	#14
isaak should be working :( Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 792 Rep Power: 19 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Does it increase boot times by removing it or is it just an annoyance to you guys? __________________

Jun 21, 2009, 11:03 PM	#15
Tyrsonswood DH's curmudgeon Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rustbelt, Ohio Posts: 4,618 Rep Power: 111 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Most nag screens don't increase boot time, but do hide some boot text that may be handy to see when troubleshooting. Not sure about your specific board though. __________________ "Band" sites.... not really bands because it's just me...... http://www.myspace.com/chromecrow http://www.myspace.com/zoneblues

Jun 22, 2009, 02:29 AM	#16
charm_quark incognito Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: BoTsWaNa Posts: 1,474 Rep Power: 54	Re: Boot Up Problem It does hide the boot text, but I've never heard to them affecting boot time! __________________ Three quarks for Muster Mark! Sure he has not got much of a bark And sure any he has it's all beside the mark. —James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

Jun 22, 2009, 09:49 AM	#18
isaak should be working :( Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 792 Rep Power: 19 System Specs	Re: Boot Up Problem Oh really! i've never known that. i will have a look in bios tomorrow maybe..going to bed for now. thanks for the help everyone __________________