Any Ideas?

format.

lunix

disable all start up items

Reformat, Reinstall, Dont install pr0n or programs you dont need..

maybe update Comp

Format.

or upgrade from the Pentium II.

Have you tried turning it off and on?

scandisk + defrag?

insert penis into drive.

unplug USB drives and try again (srsly)

insert penis into drive.

I don't know why, but this made me lol

It is a fresh install

is machine ibm xt 12mhz?

What do you define as 'start-up' Are we talking the time from POST to when you get a log-in screen, or are we factoring in the actual log-in process until everything's loaded and the system becomes actually usable?

XT's weren't 12mhz
they didn't go past double 4.77mhz until the AT (286)

did you try unplugging all usb devices

i was rly serious, sometimes my machine will just hang on post/boot while trying to probe some usb device which is too stupid to realise it was left plugged in while rebooting

did you try unplugging all usb devices

i was rly serious, sometimes my machine will just hang on post/boot while trying to probe some usb device which is too stupid to realise it was left plugged in while rebooting

Actually, he is being serious. It's caused by legacy support being enabled in BIOS. Best example of this is if you have say, a printer that has a card reader in it. If enabled, your mainboard will poll each and every USB port in the hopes that it will find an alternative boot device on it and when it can't, it waits for a timeout signal on the port before polling the next one. The mainboards built in USB ports seem to have very short timeout period so you don't notice it as much if nothing is attached to them.

Easiest way to fix this is to disable legacy USB support in BIOS. Only need it if your trying to boot from a thumb drive or an external HDD with a cutdown OS on it.

Dont install pr0n or programs you dont need..

This sentence doesn't make sense.

it sounds like a tumor

it's not a tumor!

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Posts: 3526 Location: Melbourne, Victoria What do you define as 'start-up' Are we talking the time from POST to when you get a log-in screen, or are we factoring in the actual log-in process until everything's loaded and the system becomes actually usable?

the windows loading screen with the dashes flashing from left to right.

I'll check bios settings tomorrow...

thats exactly where mine hangs when its a usb related problem

i will generously accept any beer donations upon solving your problem

good luck !

Yep. As said then, disconnect USB devices if that's where it's hanging.

definitely sounds like a 12mhz ibm xt

12mhz is all anyone needs Jim, you of all people on this forum (second only to mantra) should know this

It might be a x5

hit the turbo button already, remember?

It was a Seagate sv35.2 750gb hdd that i bought for a security dvr which i tested and left in my media PC that was the problem. Tried to get this drive working which I bought of ebay probably a year ago. I recently removed it to put some stuff on mate's HDD and the boot up was instant. This 750gb drive which i have never been able to use was the culprit and I'd be lucky to get it exchanged or refunded now.

So no USB dramas tequila.

and fyi AMD 6000+X2
i couldn't find a turbo button

I recently had two PC's start to do this oddly. One was after I upgraded speakers of all things, the only way I could get it back to speed (After messing with it for days) was a re-install.

The other PC was even odder, it started doing it out of the blue (10 minute + bootup to desktop). In the end I upgraded (ran test software etc but couldn't find any issues) and it's all good now.

I had a friend around the same time bring his PC to me with the same issue, his was fixed with a re-install. Seems to be going around atm :)

Easiest way to fix this is to disable legacy USB support in BIOS.

Don't you need legacy support if you're using a usb keyboard?

Your documents folder is probably 20gig or something. i still don't understand why games install all their crap there.