Re: SP2 cause 30min+ bootup time

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Luke Bellamy wrote:

Hi - I rebuild a packard bell imedia p806 with windows XP pro.
As soon as I install sp2 it takes longer than 30 mins to boot up.
It gets past the BIOS checks and gets to the black screen with
the white progress bar (not to any windows blue screens) and sits
there for a damn long time slowly incrementing the progress bar.
I have tried installing sp2 straight after the windows XP install and
then I tried it again when I installed windows XP and then updated
all the chipset drivers etc.

This seems very weird to me and I have done heaps of windows XP
installations with no problems like this.
Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Luke



I have seen some (although few) hardware that will just not accept an SP2 update at all or be problematic with it. I would contact the manufacturer for possible solutions. Perhaps a BIOS update is necessary.

Steve N.

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