Help with startup/boot for G1s

I have spent the past 30 minutes or so trying to find any information I could about boot-up times regarding the G1s. I did find the G1S reference thread, however it only mentioned the ASUS bloatware programs that came pre-installed. Anyway, I have been reading around other forums with people claiming to have around 30 - 50 second startup times with their notebooks and was wondering why mine is currently taking around 2 - 3 minutes per restart. I was hoping that one of you (who owns a G1s) could inform me of the services/startup items that you have selected/unselected in msconfig.

Any help in these regards would be greatly appreciated, or if you could point me to a thread specifically on this subject that I may have missed.

 

Whats your hardware specs?

 

My Specs (stock G1S-A1):

G1S-A1 / Santa Rosa / 15.4" WSXGA+ / Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz 800FSB / NVIDIA 8600M GT 256MB with DirectX 10 & HDCP / 2GB DDR2-667 / LightScribe DVDRW / 160GB 5400RPM SATA / Wireless-N / Gigabit / Windows Vista Home Premium

 

defrag your harddrive?

 

You mentioned bloatware which came pre-installed. Have you cleaned your machine? Not sure specifically about Asus, but machines I've had from other builders have been extremely slow because of all the bloatware. An eMachines I bought recently was impossible to use as it arrived from the store. If nothing else, run CCleaner. Also, disabling unneeded startup programs and processes running in the background, can really speed up your new laptop.

A good guide, in case you're interested: BlackViper.

 

Well, I went through all my bloatware and services when I bought the laptop, but thought there might be something I had missed, as I am still having an unsatisfying boot time. I noticed that the G1S is known to have some core clock issues that I am trying to sort out now, but I suppose I should defrag and see if that does the trick. Thanks for the help thus far and if there are any other suggestions, please let me know!

 

You need a newer Video card driver, go to laptopvideo2go.com to download the latest version of the driver for your video card. And what security software did you install on your lappy?? Check the startup folder to see anything in there?? Try to update your wireless card driver as well because it takes time to connect to the default wireless.
But first, you need to defrag your hard drive, then remove all unessessary startup programs. Some of the security softwares takes a lot of resource, especially Norton, which is noctorious for draining system resource.

 

Yeah, when I purchased my AV, I did heavy research on which software had the lowest system resources with the highest security. I ended up getting Kaspersky. I will update my videocard and wireless drivers, defrag my computer, and let you guys know how it turns out! Thanks for the advice ghettocowboy