Long delay during POST

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Long delay during POST

 

First screen, second screen... The terms are meaningless. POST can consist

of dozens of screens or only one. POST is what the computer does to check

things out before it starts looking for an operating system. On some

computers, one screen covers that all up, on my machine it goes through at

least eight screens (JMICRON & RAID controllers and other crap).

 

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"ms" <ms@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in news:u4nNd84cIHA.4696

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>> The OP misspoke. Nobody (including you) bothered to make the technical

>> corrections decently. End of discussion, seems to me.

>>

>

> Yes, my error. For clarification, if the first screen stays for a long

> time, the correct statement is that POST did occur, is finished, and the

> delay afterword is after POST?

>

> ms

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Long delay during POST

 

That you did. Got lost in the forest.

 

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"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

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> It was me:

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> <quote>

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> My guess is that the delay is after POST, during startup of Windows, and

> that "ms"

> mistakenly referred to the delay as being during POST.

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> "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>> | The OP misspoke. Nobody (including you) bothered to make the technical

>> | corrections decently. End of discussion, seems to me.

>>

>> That is true, as ms admits. I can't find who, but someone in here did

>> figure he overestimated the duration of post besides you. I can't blame

>> dadiOH for not figuring it too. Me 'n Blanton WOULD have-- but you beat

>> us to it!

>>

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>> | Gary S. Terhune

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>> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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>> |> dadiOH wrote:

>> |> | PCR wrote:

>> |> |

>> |> |>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>> |> |>>> Just because 40 seconds is not normal for "other computers" does

>> |> |>>> not make it not normal for the machine in front of you. Put in

>> |> |>>> another drive, install Windows, test.

>> |> |>>>

>> |> |>>> Then again, those sound drivers may be taking a few seconds to

>> |> |>>> load things up. Try disabling Autoexec.bat and Config.sys using

>> |> |>>> MSCONFIG. Any change?

>> |> |>>

>> |> |>> I'm glad that fixed it for him but why?? POST is before Windows

>> |> |>> even starts to load and it is Windows that loads drivers, checks

>> |> |>> config.sys and executes autoexe.bat, no?

>> |> |>

>> |> |> IO.sys processes MSDOS.sys (or Winboot.ini), Config.sys &

>> |> |> Autoexec.bat before it loads Windows...

>> |> |

>> |> | Yeah, I mis-spoke saying "Windows", should have said "OS" or

>> |> | "system". Thanks for the reply.

>> |>

>> |> You are welcome. That cquirke always was a knowledgeable one, as was

>> |> Terhune in this thread as usual. And it's good to see Blanton back!

>> |>

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>> |> Thanks or Good Luck,

>> |> There may be humor in this post, and,

>> |> Naturally, you will not sue,

>> |> Should things get worse after this,

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>> Thanks or Good Luck,

>> There may be humor in this post, and,

>> Naturally, you will not sue,

>> Should things get worse after this,

>> PCR

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