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"chetahelup" wrote in message
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Guido;552082 Wrote:
I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor
with a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are
having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device
is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a
motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the
SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.


I am having this exact same problem with my gateway gt56363, which has
the same motherboard. I have tried installing a fresh version of vista
and i have the same effect. Can you please let me know if anyone ever
resolved this problem?


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chetahelup

Thanks, but i figured it out, I have a western digital external hard
drive, and when i unplugged it the problem went away, so i just switched
from usb to firewire and problem solved, thanks anyway


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chetahelup

Thanks, but i figured it out, I have a western digital external hard
drive, and when i unplugged it the problem went away, so i just switched
from usb to firewire and problem solved, thanks anyway

Thanks for getting back to us - it might help someone else with the problem.

SteveT

I forget to mention hat i tried turning off all the boot from usb
features in the bios and it still did not work. So replacing the usb for
firewire was my only option.


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chetahelup