How fast does you PC boot???
05-16-2006, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by GXP Venom
This is whats weird to me:........
AMD 267Mhz, 64 Meg memory/ in Bedroom - under 45 secs
Celeron 566Mhz, 256 Meg memory in Den - 90 secs or so
New Dell w/Pentium M 1.73Mhz, Gig memory - 3 minutes
Why does faster=slower?? Is it the hard drive size 5gig, 20gig, 80 gig respectively.
Or XP vs Win98?? Or the fact I give a ***^ about new one and bought Microcillin and Pest Trap?
AMD 267Mhz, 64 Meg memory/ in Bedroom - under 45 secs
Celeron 566Mhz, 256 Meg memory in Den - 90 secs or so
New Dell w/Pentium M 1.73Mhz, Gig memory - 3 minutes
Why does faster=slower?? Is it the hard drive size 5gig, 20gig, 80 gig respectively.
Or XP vs Win98?? Or the fact I give a ***^ about new one and bought Microcillin and Pest Trap?
My desktops specs blow that away and it takes about 3 minutes to boot. :?:
05-16-2006, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Custom88
right around 30 seconds or less. (although it often likes to freeze at the "windows XP professional" screen and I have to restart it repeatedly until it actually starts.)
4ghz processor, 4 GB ram, SATA II drives, etc.
4ghz processor, 4 GB ram, SATA II drives, etc.
05-16-2006, 02:50 PM
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Time to boot...dunno..it'* quick though... Fresh install
Intel 2.8Ghz
Ram 1 gig
Sata 240 gig
IDE 240 gig
External 300 gig
External 40 gig
Video dual output 128mb
Intel 2.8Ghz
Ram 1 gig
Sata 240 gig
IDE 240 gig
External 300 gig
External 40 gig
Video dual output 128mb
05-16-2006, 04:25 PM
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My Desktop: about 40 secs
HP Pavilion a345w
2.6 Pent 4 / 512 cache
1 gig ram
80gb hd
computer manufactured in Dec 2003/purchased February 2004
Total Breakdowns since purchase: 7
My Laptop: about 40 secs
Toshiba M45-S265
Intel Centrino Mobile Technoiogy
1.60 ghz / 2 mb cache
1 gig ram
100 gb hd
Computer manufactured in July 2005/purchased August 2005
Total breakdowns since purchase: 1
HP Pavilion a345w
2.6 Pent 4 / 512 cache
1 gig ram
80gb hd
computer manufactured in Dec 2003/purchased February 2004
Total Breakdowns since purchase: 7
My Laptop: about 40 secs
Toshiba M45-S265
Intel Centrino Mobile Technoiogy
1.60 ghz / 2 mb cache
1 gig ram
100 gb hd
Computer manufactured in July 2005/purchased August 2005
Total breakdowns since purchase: 1
