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I just got a K8N-E Deluxe board for my new computer. I already installed
Windows and the new system is working great. But, it boots incredibly
slow from cd. For example, when I insert the Windows XP cd and reboot
the computer it sits like 30 seconds apparantly doing nothing between
the BIOS post and starting from cd. Meanwhile only a blinking cursor is
shown in the upper left corner of the screen. Once it starts booting
from cd all is normal.
First I thought it might have something to do with the drive (Plextor
PX-708A) but in another system with an Asus CUSL2 mainboard the system
boots from cd-rom immediatly with the very same Plextor PX-708A drive.
With no cd in the drive, the system boots very rapidly from the
harddisk.
- Asus K8N-E Deluxe
- Athlon64 3000+
- 1 GB RAM (2x 512 MB Kingston)
- Seagate 120 GB harddisk at SATA1
- Plextor PX-708A dvd recorder at PATA1 (master)
The BIOS settings are all default except I disabled the onboard sound.
I know the Plextor is very slow in initializing cd's compared to most
other drives, but with the CUSL2 mainboard it starts booting from cd
immediatly after the BIOS post.
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mahi
I just got a K8N-E Deluxe board for my new computer. I already installed
Windows and the new system is working great. But, it boots incredibly
slow from cd. For example, when I insert the Windows XP cd and reboot
the computer it sits like 30 seconds apparantly doing nothing between
the BIOS post and starting from cd. Meanwhile only a blinking cursor is
shown in the upper left corner of the screen. Once it starts booting
from cd all is normal.
First I thought it might have something to do with the drive (Plextor
PX-708A) but in another system with an Asus CUSL2 mainboard the system
boots from cd-rom immediatly with the very same Plextor PX-708A drive.
With no cd in the drive, the system boots very rapidly from the
harddisk.
- Asus K8N-E Deluxe
- Athlon64 3000+
- 1 GB RAM (2x 512 MB Kingston)
- Seagate 120 GB harddisk at SATA1
- Plextor PX-708A dvd recorder at PATA1 (master)
The BIOS settings are all default except I disabled the onboard sound.
I know the Plextor is very slow in initializing cd's compared to most
other drives, but with the CUSL2 mainboard it starts booting from cd
immediatly after the BIOS post.
--
mahi