Dell Dim 8300 - System Slow to Boot-Up
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From: charliech on 23 Dec 2009 13:51 >On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:22:15 -0600, Charles <cwmickey(a)xoc.net> wrote: >WSZsr wrote: >> Run msconfig and disable the startup items to see if it boots faster >> >> <charliech(a)email.com> wrote in message >> news:ff82j5deijpa4tlngqegkt8kct0qmqk06t(a)4ax.com... >>> My system now takes 5-6 minutes to boot-up. The only thing I can >>> think of is I'm running NAV 2010. What setting(s) in Nav2010 might be >>> causing the system to be so slow at boot-up - I checked the Settings, >>> looking for something that might say "scan at startup" but did not see >>> anything. >>> >>> Are there other things I can look at to determine why the boot-up is >>> so slow? >>> >>> I have a Dell Dim 8300, 4GB memory, WinXP SP3 and plenty of disk >>> space. >>> >>> Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. >>> >>> Charliec >> >Any chance it is running in PIO mode and not DMA if it pertains to this >system? My son was having similar problems earlier this year until I >had him check it. >Charles What are these modes (PIO & DMA) and how do you check them? Charliec
From: Ben Myers on 23 Dec 2009 16:02 charliech(a)email.com wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:22:15 -0600, Charles <cwmickey(a)xoc.net> wrote: > >> WSZsr wrote: >>> Run msconfig and disable the startup items to see if it boots faster >>> >>> <charliech(a)email.com> wrote in message >>> news:ff82j5deijpa4tlngqegkt8kct0qmqk06t(a)4ax.com... >>>> My system now takes 5-6 minutes to boot-up. The only thing I can >>>> think of is I'm running NAV 2010. What setting(s) in Nav2010 might be >>>> causing the system to be so slow at boot-up - I checked the Settings, >>>> looking for something that might say "scan at startup" but did not see >>>> anything. >>>> >>>> Are there other things I can look at to determine why the boot-up is >>>> so slow? >>>> >>>> I have a Dell Dim 8300, 4GB memory, WinXP SP3 and plenty of disk >>>> space. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. >>>> >>>> Charliec >> Any chance it is running in PIO mode and not DMA if it pertains to this >> system? My son was having similar problems earlier this year until I >> had him check it. >> Charles > > What are these modes (PIO & DMA) and how do you check them? > Charliec PIO and DMA modes are the original slow and the newer fast way of reading and writing hard disks. I can't recall if the 8300 BIOS has discrete settings for PIO or DMA access on a per disk or system-wide basis. The other place to check is Device Manager under the System icon in Control Panel... Ben Myers
From: charliech on 23 Dec 2009 19:50 >On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:02:05 -0500, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: >>> Any chance it is running in PIO mode and not DMA if it pertains to this >>> system? My son was having similar problems earlier this year until I >>> had him check it. >>> Charles >> >> What are these modes (PIO & DMA) and how do you check them? >> Charliec > >PIO and DMA modes are the original slow and the newer fast way of >reading and writing hard disks. I can't recall if the 8300 BIOS has >discrete settings for PIO or DMA access on a per disk or system-wide >basis. The other place to check is Device Manager under the System icon >in Control Panel... Ben Myers I checked in Device Manager for the harddrive and did not see any reference to PIO or DMA on any of the tabs under properties? What am I amissing? charliec
From: Ben Myers on 23 Dec 2009 20:32 charliech(a)email.com wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:02:05 -0500, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: >>>> Any chance it is running in PIO mode and not DMA if it pertains to this >>>> system? My son was having similar problems earlier this year until I >>>> had him check it. >>>> Charles >>> What are these modes (PIO & DMA) and how do you check them? >>> Charliec >> PIO and DMA modes are the original slow and the newer fast way of >> reading and writing hard disks. I can't recall if the 8300 BIOS has >> discrete settings for PIO or DMA access on a per disk or system-wide >> basis. The other place to check is Device Manager under the System icon >> in Control Panel... Ben Myers > > I checked in Device Manager for the harddrive and did not see any > reference to PIO or DMA on any of the tabs under properties? What am > I amissing? > charliec Some controllers and drives have this setting, some do not. The Dimension 8300 is new enough that all of its disk I/O would be DMA. If you have a SATA drive, they are all DMA. Now look in the Dell BIOS, for completeness... Ben Myers
From: Daddy on 23 Dec 2009 20:33
charliech(a)email.com wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:02:05 -0500, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: >>>> Any chance it is running in PIO mode and not DMA if it pertains to this >>>> system? My son was having similar problems earlier this year until I >>>> had him check it. >>>> Charles >>> What are these modes (PIO & DMA) and how do you check them? >>> Charliec >> PIO and DMA modes are the original slow and the newer fast way of >> reading and writing hard disks. I can't recall if the 8300 BIOS has >> discrete settings for PIO or DMA access on a per disk or system-wide >> basis. The other place to check is Device Manager under the System icon >> in Control Panel... Ben Myers > > I checked in Device Manager for the harddrive and did not see any > reference to PIO or DMA on any of the tabs under properties? What am > I amissing? > charliec Do you now or did you at any time have the Intel Application Accelerator installed? IIA performs many HDD configuration tasks, and it will hide the Advanced Settings tab. Daddy Daddy |