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From: mark.freedman@canremote.uucp (MARK FREEDMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: slow starter
Message-ID: <90021021121220@masnet.uucp>
Date: 10 Feb 90 14:38:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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wl>After power on the machine starts to do its thing until the hard-disk
wl>bios message is displayed. After that all is silent for 30-40 seconds
wl>in which nothing seems to happen (no disk access that for sure). When
wl>that time has passed the system continues to boot (reading stuff from
wl>disk and bringing itself up).

wl>This sequence happens also when re-booting with ctrl-alt-del, so it's
wl>not a power-on problem, ergo :  even if the disk is up to speed the
wl>problem occurrs. I suspect it's something in the bios-extension of the
wl>hard disk, but I'm not sure.  What the hell can take 30-40 seconds??

   The IBM PC runs a memory check when powered up and, if the "warm
boot" flag isn't set, when rebooted.

   Is it possible that your system is doing its POST ?
                                       (Power On Self Test)

  btw  The Seagate ST238 has fairly high current draw when starting.
      Some PC's with small power supplies COULD have problems.

mark.freedman@canremote.uucp
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