Slow Startup (Now I Found The Problem)

Nuke209 · May 11, 2005, 04:18 AM

A few months ago, I posted about my xp start up problem
Well, figured out it was the Belkin's USB Network Adapter 11mbps Wireless-B blah blah

If i removed it from the usb and boot, clean
If I leave it in, it'll take 5-15 minutes to start up
rarely at times it'll boot clean

How to fix this problem?

Tipstaff · May 11, 2005, 04:57 AM

3 different things for you to try out:

Double check your bios settings, in particular the startup boot devices. Make sure that there is no listing for booting to a USB device. See if that helps. There have been a few posts in this forum (last one was about an IBM mouse) where due to the way the device was made, in particular their controller chip, whenever the bios/pc quesitons USB devices for they will react as a bootable device.. even though they aren't. When it fails to boot the PC/bios will go onto the next device in the list.

As a note, you can also try turning off USB legacy support as I've come across some early USB NICs that a couple customers had issues with. Simply turning off USB Legacy support solved all their problems. The only drawback is that if you use a USB keyboard you won't be able to access your bios, or use the keyboard in DOS (either true DOS or a boot disc). Just be forewarned on this.

Lastly, if the USB Wireless NIC is using DHCP (whereby it's getting an IP address from the router) then it could be that the device hasn't been activated yet within Windows, and since it hasn't it can't receive an IP address. This can actually stall Windows starting up. One thing you can try is to assign a static address to see if this helps. An address such as 192.168.2.1, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 should do the trick. You can assign this address by clicking the properties of the network card, and accessing the properties of the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) options. Unfortuantly, other than assigning an address there isn't much you can do about the bootup delay short of trying non-usb device (such as a PCI wireless network card).

Hope that helps you out.

-Tip

pr0digal jenius · May 11, 2005, 09:18 AM

Be sure LAN Wakeup is disabled in the BIOS too....that will cause windows to not boot at all on some machines, I've found

Nuke209 · May 11, 2005, 09:56 AM

will try those later

usually it'll load up the windows logo perfectly, then when logging in, is when the slowness kicks in =\

Nuke209 · May 11, 2005, 10:13 AM

tried all, same problem still

May 11, 2005, 04:18 AM	#1
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	Slow Startup (Now I Found The Problem) A few months ago, I posted about my xp start up problem Well, figured out it was the Belkin's USB Network Adapter 11mbps Wireless-B blah blah If i removed it from the usb and boot, clean If I leave it in, it'll take 5-15 minutes to start up rarely at times it'll boot clean How to fix this problem? __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

May 11, 2005, 04:57 AM	#2
Tipstaff DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,530 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	3 different things for you to try out: Double check your bios settings, in particular the startup boot devices. Make sure that there is no listing for booting to a USB device. See if that helps. There have been a few posts in this forum (last one was about an IBM mouse) where due to the way the device was made, in particular their controller chip, whenever the bios/pc quesitons USB devices for they will react as a bootable device.. even though they aren't. When it fails to boot the PC/bios will go onto the next device in the list. As a note, you can also try turning off USB legacy support as I've come across some early USB NICs that a couple customers had issues with. Simply turning off USB Legacy support solved all their problems. The only drawback is that if you use a USB keyboard you won't be able to access your bios, or use the keyboard in DOS (either true DOS or a boot disc). Just be forewarned on this. Lastly, if the USB Wireless NIC is using DHCP (whereby it's getting an IP address from the router) then it could be that the device hasn't been activated yet within Windows, and since it hasn't it can't receive an IP address. This can actually stall Windows starting up. One thing you can try is to assign a static address to see if this helps. An address such as 192.168.2.1, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 should do the trick. You can assign this address by clicking the properties of the network card, and accessing the properties of the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) options. Unfortuantly, other than assigning an address there isn't much you can do about the bootup delay short of trying non-usb device (such as a PCI wireless network card). Hope that helps you out. -Tip __________________ >><<

May 11, 2005, 09:56 AM	#4
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	will try those later usually it'll load up the windows logo perfectly, then when logging in, is when the slowness kicks in =\ __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

May 11, 2005, 10:13 AM	#5
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	tried all, same problem still __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

May 11, 2005, 09:18 AM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,672 Rep Power: 0	Be sure LAN Wakeup is disabled in the BIOS too....that will cause windows to not boot at all on some machines, I've found