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    slow shutdown on my A8JM help.......

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hori, Nov 16, 2006.

  1. hori

    hori Notebook Consultant

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    My A8JM shutdown is super slow. I thought it was just normal however my friends new hp shuts down in like 20 sec compared to mine which is like 90 plus or more. My start up is quite fast as I got rid of alot of stuff but shutting down is way too long for a new comp...any suggestions..
     
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  2. gusto5

    gusto5 Notebook Deity

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    thats insane. defragment the hard drive.
     
    gusto5, Nov 16, 2006
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  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    1. Defrag
    2. Check to see if a program stops responding while shutting down.
    3. Make sure you HDD is set to Ultra DMA-6.
     
    usapatriot, Nov 16, 2006
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  4. hori

    hori Notebook Consultant

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    I did defrag no diff, how do I make sure the HDD is set to Ultra DMA-6 ?
     
    hori, Nov 16, 2006
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    Freakish Notebook Geek

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    Right click My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> IDE/ATAPI Controllers -> Primary IDE Channel -> advanced settings -> current transfer mode should say Ultra DMA 6 and all transfer modes should be DMA if available. The secondary primary IDE channel transfer modes should also say DMA if available.

    Also, try this program, User Profile Hive Cleanup Service :

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

    Also, it could be some of the programs that run on startup, only run programs on startup that you really need. Use a startup program like Startup Control Panel
     
    Freakish, Nov 17, 2006
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  6. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Use Hibernate?
     
    E.B.E., Nov 17, 2006
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