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    M6SNE + WINXP PRO + SP2 = slow boot

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by zippolater, Dec 19, 2004.

  1. zippolater

    zippolater Newbie

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    hi all,

    I'm having troubles with winxp + service pack 2 on my m6sne. It takes bloody ages (about 1 to 2 mins) for my winxp to boot up now since i've installed service pack 2.

    Does anybody know what to do to get my boot back to its normal speed?

    cheers
     
    zippolater, Dec 19, 2004
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  2. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    you could try defragging the hard drive...
    check the startup services and see if there are unnecessary programs running.

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, Tohiba Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
    AuroraS, Dec 19, 2004
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  3. zippolater

    zippolater Newbie

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    Thx OptikMist

    that's what i wanted to know. I just needed confirmation that the M6 default applications can work properly with XP SP2. Guess it is time to do some investigation on the culprit and uninstall...

    I'll prob format the HD and start from clean

    cheers
     
    zippolater, Dec 20, 2004
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  4. OptikMist

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    Just to let you know zippolater,

    I just setup my new M6N this weekend with XP pro SP2 and everything is fine here. Doesn't really help you other than to let you know that it seems to work okay in normal circumstances.

    Cheers.
     
    OptikMist, Dec 20, 2004
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  5. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    You should try "slipstreaming" a CD of Service Pack 2, so that when you install XP, SP2 will be loaded with it.
    That's what I did.. and Windows loads just fine

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, Tohiba Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
    AuroraS, Dec 20, 2004
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    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    MobilePC(Dec 2004 issue) has a small article on SP2=slow performance on notebooks. They were looking at sysmark performance with a range of 3-22% drop in scores seen (average=10%). I also noticed a increase in boot times when I installed SP2 ontop of SP1. I have since clean installed and regularly defrag my Hdd, which seems to help. But like the article I still think its still abit slower on boot up and office stuff. But I don't think its an ASUS problem I think most notebooks are suffering...guess this is the price of more security

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    ASUS M6Ne 15.4" WSXGA 1.7 PM ATI9700 80Gb HDD 1Gb RAM
     
    Underpantman, Dec 20, 2004
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