Long boot-up time

Slider · 09-28-2003, 01:39 PM

Hi,
Im looking for some advice, I just put in a Gainward GeforceFX 5900 golden sample.

When I boot up, it seems to take forever, I mean like 5-10 min to go into Windows. Once there everything seems to run very slowly, Opening webpages, opening any programs it seems to take forever.

Each time I start the computer it says "Update ESCD Successfully"
and sits there for around 10 min, as I said.

It has only started doing this since I have put in the new card, Do I need to make any changes in the BIOS? or jumper settings?
the only thing I have done is take out the old Geforce 3 and put in the new card.

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Naffer · 09-28-2003, 04:52 PM

Do you have any other problems? Image corruption, random lockups?

I'm just asking because my Gainward 5900 ultra GS just bit the dust hard... and I get all of the above. Waiting on an RMA. I can't think of any reason your card (if it's the cards fault) should be acting like that.

opaper · 09-28-2003, 05:01 PM

Did you do a complete uninstall of your old adaptor drivers? And plug/play is still enabled in bios? Everything looks ok in device manager?

opaper · 09-28-2003, 05:34 PM

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Originally posted by opaper
Did you do a complete uninstall of your old adaptor drivers? And plug/play is still enabled in bios? Everything looks ok in device manager?

Try the above and try another driver off the Nvidia site.
Here are some helpful utilities.

http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

http://www.webmasterfree.com/regcleaner.html

Good luck.

Edit: May want to start out by resetting the bios to default to make it easy. But don't forget to enable/disable any peripherals you added or deleted to the original configuration.

Iridium77 · 09-28-2003, 07:32 PM

defrag your hd, reinstall windows, or even do the dreaded reformat.

Sometimes my Xp installations get really slow & messed up & I end up having to reinstall.

FightingChance · 09-29-2003, 12:49 AM

"Update ESCD Successfully"

That's bad. . . that's only supposed to show up once after a hardware change, not every time. It's like Windows is continually re-finding your card. . . I recommend going to the control panel, uninstalling the drivers, saying yes to reboot, reboot into safe mode, decline automatic driver install if presented, using Driver Cleaner 2.0 from Driverheaven.net to remove all traces of the Detonator, rebooting, then installing clean.

Slider · 09-29-2003, 01:45 AM

Thanks everyone for the advice, I will try out what you have suggested and post the results.

In 2D I get no image corruption, but in BF1942 I get loads of graphic errors lines flashing everywhere.

I will remove the drivers from Windows and then do a new install of them, to be honest I didnt do that, just swapped out the old card and put in the new one, seeing it's still the family of cards I didnt think I needed to. Anyway if that doesnt help, I will then do a format and re-install everything.

opaper · 09-29-2003, 08:13 AM

After cleaning the driver out with the driver utility>

http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

And checking the registry for anything that looks related to the Nvidia card and deleting it>

http://www.webmasterfree.com/regcleaner.html

Before you go for a reformat, change your battery and boot a couple of times.

And thanks for stopping back and letting us know how it's going

opaper · 09-29-2003, 08:21 AM

Drivercleaner link I gave you suckesd so I put the link that fightingchance suggested

http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

Slider · 09-30-2003, 05:51 AM

Thanks for the links,
I deleted any trace of Nvidia drivers and dropped to Safe mode and ran the reg tool, and then deleted anything that was needed there.

I went back into XP and I got a default res of 640x 480 I think it was, but then it never picked up I had a new device installed.
All of a sudden the monitor went click, then Black and came back with some really weird things happening, It was like a TV set that was not turned in, rolling lines and such. Then when I moved the mouse the screen where the mouse was turned white.

Anyway I though stuff this, backed up all my important stuff ( which was a take in it's self) the way the screen was.

Did a total format and re-installed and all the problems went away, Fast boot-up, no slow down in WinXp.

Just wanted to say thanks for all your help and advice.

/Slider

FightingChance · 10-01-2003, 12:34 PM

Keep an eye on that card, don't let the RMA period run out on you. . . still sounds like it might be a hardware gremlin. :\

09-28-2003, 01:39 PM	#1
Slider Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 92	Long boot-up time Hi, Im looking for some advice, I just put in a Gainward GeforceFX 5900 golden sample. When I boot up, it seems to take forever, I mean like 5-10 min to go into Windows. Once there everything seems to run very slowly, Opening webpages, opening any programs it seems to take forever. Each time I start the computer it says "Update ESCD Successfully" and sits there for around 10 min, as I said. It has only started doing this since I have put in the new card, Do I need to make any changes in the BIOS? or jumper settings? the only thing I have done is take out the old Geforce 3 and put in the new card. __________________ My New Computer =============================== ??Need a Mboard.?? Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Chieftec Big Tower Mesh Silver 2 x BFG 8800GTX CoolFX version Alphacool Water cooling Corsair Dominator 6400 DDR2, 4096MB 1 x WD Raptor 150Gig Gamer Edition HDD. 2 x 400 Gig SATA HDD's
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09-28-2003, 04:52 PM	#2
Naffer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 279	Do you have any other problems? Image corruption, random lockups? I'm just asking because my Gainward 5900 ultra GS just bit the dust hard... and I get all of the above. Waiting on an RMA. I can't think of any reason your card (if it's the cards fault) should be acting like that. __________________ Pentium 4 3.00C Asus P4P800 Deluxe 2x512 Corsair DDR400 2.5-3-3-7 (Won't do CAS2, will never buy Corsair again) Nvidia 5900 Ultra @ stock (ask me how I feel about video card overclocking sometime)
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09-28-2003, 05:01 PM	#3
opaper Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: S.E FLorida Posts: 1,047	Did you do a complete uninstall of your old adaptor drivers? And plug/play is still enabled in bios? Everything looks ok in device manager?
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09-28-2003, 07:32 PM	#5
Iridium77 Dr. 1337 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 359	defrag your hd, reinstall windows, or even do the dreaded reformat. Sometimes my Xp installations get really slow & messed up & I end up having to reinstall.
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09-29-2003, 12:49 AM	#6
FightingChance Yes, I am better than you Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 4,068	"Update ESCD Successfully" That's bad. . . that's only supposed to show up once after a hardware change, not every time. It's like Windows is continually re-finding your card. . . I recommend going to the control panel, uninstalling the drivers, saying yes to reboot, reboot into safe mode, decline automatic driver install if presented, using Driver Cleaner 2.0 from Driverheaven.net to remove all traces of the Detonator, rebooting, then installing clean.
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09-29-2003, 01:45 AM	#7
Slider Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 92	Thanks everyone for the advice, I will try out what you have suggested and post the results. In 2D I get no image corruption, but in BF1942 I get loads of graphic errors lines flashing everywhere. I will remove the drivers from Windows and then do a new install of them, to be honest I didnt do that, just swapped out the old card and put in the new one, seeing it's still the family of cards I didnt think I needed to. Anyway if that doesnt help, I will then do a format and re-install everything. __________________ My New Computer =============================== ??Need a Mboard.?? Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Chieftec Big Tower Mesh Silver 2 x BFG 8800GTX CoolFX version Alphacool Water cooling Corsair Dominator 6400 DDR2, 4096MB 1 x WD Raptor 150Gig Gamer Edition HDD. 2 x 400 Gig SATA HDD's
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09-29-2003, 08:13 AM	#8
opaper Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: S.E FLorida Posts: 1,047	After cleaning the driver out with the driver utility> http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/ And checking the registry for anything that looks related to the Nvidia card and deleting it> http://www.webmasterfree.com/regcleaner.html Before you go for a reformat, change your battery and boot a couple of times. And thanks for stopping back and letting us know how it's going Last edited by opaper; 09-29-2003 at 08:20 AM..
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09-29-2003, 08:21 AM	#9
opaper Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: S.E FLorida Posts: 1,047	Drivercleaner link I gave you suckesd so I put the link that fightingchance suggested http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/
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09-30-2003, 05:51 AM	#10
Slider Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 92	Thanks for the links, I deleted any trace of Nvidia drivers and dropped to Safe mode and ran the reg tool, and then deleted anything that was needed there. I went back into XP and I got a default res of 640x 480 I think it was, but then it never picked up I had a new device installed. All of a sudden the monitor went click, then Black and came back with some really weird things happening, It was like a TV set that was not turned in, rolling lines and such. Then when I moved the mouse the screen where the mouse was turned white. Anyway I though stuff this, backed up all my important stuff ( which was a take in it's self) the way the screen was. Did a total format and re-installed and all the problems went away, Fast boot-up, no slow down in WinXp. Just wanted to say thanks for all your help and advice. /Slider __________________ My New Computer =============================== ??Need a Mboard.?? Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Chieftec Big Tower Mesh Silver 2 x BFG 8800GTX CoolFX version Alphacool Water cooling Corsair Dominator 6400 DDR2, 4096MB 1 x WD Raptor 150Gig Gamer Edition HDD. 2 x 400 Gig SATA HDD's
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10-01-2003, 12:34 PM	#11
FightingChance Yes, I am better than you Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 4,068	Keep an eye on that card, don't let the RMA period run out on you. . . still sounds like it might be a hardware gremlin. :\
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