Slow boot up time in Dimension 8400

[ME]

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The machine is a Dimension 8400.
Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
Thank you for any help

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Try changing your boot sequence in BIOS. It is probably floppy, CD then
HD...change to HD first.

"Me" <me@pond.com> wrote in message
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> The machine is a Dimension 8400.
> Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
> screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
> happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
> screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
> Thank you for any help

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Have you installed any new hardware or software lately? If not, use restore
to get it back to where you want it.

"Me" <me@pond.com> wrote in message
news:8oe5q09gs0jeidccmu5q4tdmdgg8d0kept@4ax.com...
> The machine is a Dimension 8400.
> Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
> screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
> happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
> screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
> Thank you for any help

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

An unlikely cause, but a computer will pause for a long time while booting if it
has an Ethernet connection and the computer obtains its IP address from a DHCP
server. If the net connection is broken or the DHCP server is not responding,
the computer waits and waits and waits, and finally finishes booting up.

.... Ben Myers

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:26:26 GMT, Me <me@pond.com> wrote:

>The machine is a Dimension 8400.
>Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
>screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
>happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
>screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
>Thank you for any help

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Ben,
Just curious, is this still true if one is behind a router? I was under
the impression that the router held the Ip Address and then assigned them to
the various computers that were online. If so, this might be another reason
to have a router, even on a one computer system, besides the hardware
firewall there's a faster boot up.
Paul

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41a38e3e.3496044@nntp.charter.net...
> An unlikely cause, but a computer will pause for a long time while booting
> if it
> has an Ethernet connection and the computer obtains its IP address from a
> DHCP
> server. If the net connection is broken or the DHCP server is not
> responding,
> the computer waits and waits and waits, and finally finishes booting up.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:26:26 GMT, Me <me@pond.com> wrote:
>
>>The machine is a Dimension 8400.
>>Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
>>screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
>>happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
>>screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
>>Thank you for any help
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Hi,
I've exactly the same black screen with cursor blinking on a Dimension
4550... got used to it... but it goes on wether there's a cd or not.
It seems it began when I upgraded my ATI videocard (ATI catalyst) but I
dunno why
Gei
Nothing but the Geirangerfjord

"Me" <me@pond.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
8oe5q09gs0jeidccmu5q4tdmdgg8d0kept@4ax.com...
> The machine is a Dimension 8400.
> Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
> screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
> happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
> screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
> Thank you for any help

 

[ME]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

I tried changing the boot sequence but it was a no go. I have not
installed any new hardware or software. I guess I will format and
reinstall. Thank you for the suggestions.



On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:57:20 -0600, "Cathy De Viney"
<NOSPAM.cdeviney@cox-internet.com> wrote:

>Try changing your boot sequence in BIOS. It is probably floppy, CD then
>HD...change to HD first.
>
>"Me" <me@pond.com> wrote in message
>news:8oe5q09gs0jeidccmu5q4tdmdgg8d0kept@4ax.com...
>> The machine is a Dimension 8400.
>> Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
>> screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
>> happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
>> screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
>> Thank you for any help
>

 

[Guest]

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Boot-up is quicker with a router handing out IP addresses. How much faster? I
don't know. My computers have been behind a router almost since I got
broadband. Probably a couple or three seconds.

The pregnant pause in bootup I was referring to occurs when the network
connection is somehow snarled up or disconnected... Ben Myers

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:23:58 -0500, "Paul Schilter" <paulschilter@comcast dot
net> wrote:

>Ben,
> Just curious, is this still true if one is behind a router? I was under
>the impression that the router held the Ip Address and then assigned them to
>the various computers that were online. If so, this might be another reason
>to have a router, even on a one computer system, besides the hardware
>firewall there's a faster boot up.
>Paul
>
><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:41a38e3e.3496044@nntp.charter.net...
>> An unlikely cause, but a computer will pause for a long time while booting
>> if it
>> has an Ethernet connection and the computer obtains its IP address from a
>> DHCP
>> server. If the net connection is broken or the DHCP server is not
>> responding,
>> the computer waits and waits and waits, and finally finishes booting up.
>>
>> ... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:26:26 GMT, Me <me@pond.com> wrote:
>>
>>>The machine is a Dimension 8400.
>>>Would anyone know why, all of a sudden, the machine sits at a black
>>>screen, with a cursor blinking in the corner, for a few minutes. This
>>>happens just before the windows xp screen and after the dell logo
>>>screen, Once it goes into windows, the speed is normal.
>>>Thank you for any help
>>
>
>