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Weird bootup problem
I put in a GFX card to test it yesterday......it booted, put the PC hung at after identifying the CPU. Now whenever I boot up, with whatever GFX card, the PC identifies the CPU on screen, then waits about 45 seconds before doing anything, then boots up perfectly.
Basically I have aa 45 second wait that I didn't have before - even getting into the bios muct wait for this.
I have tried resetting the BIOS, and updating it, but no joy...any ideas?
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What card did you put in? Did you have an ATI in then put an Nvidia in to test? Or the other way around? Or are the chips the same?
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Had a 9800 AIW...tested a 9000 pro - both ATI
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Sounds like you need to flush the non-volatile ram. I had a problem like this once, Dell walked me through the solution (involved some hex editing in some horribly hidden low level bios shell or something) but it was a long time ago and almost certainly system specific. Try the m/board manufacturer for info on how to do this.
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Have you tried to re-format?