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    Help--Dell Inspiron 600m Start Up Problems!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by longview2313, Nov 22, 2004.

  1. longview2313

    longview2313 Newbie

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    I’ve got a question regarding a new Dell Inspiron 600m that I purchased about a month ago. Since day one, out of the box, my laptop takes about 4 - 5 minutes to completely boot to the desktop (My old Dell desktop PC took about a minute and had a slower processor, circa 1999). Also, when I try to run Internet Explorer immediately after start up it will take about 2 minutes to open. Any suggestions on how to remedy these problems? I’ve already run Norton Speed Disk to no effect.

    Unfortunately I didn’t do the wise thing and reinstall the OS on the laptop out of the box from Dell. Could all the extraneous junk that Dell places on its computers be the reason for the tortuous start up speed? Any information would be helpful. Thanks.

    Here is my computer profile:

    Dell Inspiron 600m
    Intel Pentium M
    1.5 GHz processor (GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 13 1.5 GHz Stepping 6)
    599 MHz
    256 MB RAM (66% Utilized)
    Hardrive: 30 Gigs
    Bios: 27d4081a Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A14
    ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 Video Card
    Dell Wireless WLAN 1350 Mini PCI Card
    Windows XP Home
     
    longview2313, Nov 22, 2004
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  2. Andrew Baxter

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    I have an Inspiron 600m with similar specs, although my processor is 1.6GHz and the memory is 512MB. Now, although memory will help you with bootup, a shortage of it shouldn't result in the 4 - 5 minute boot up you're seeing. There has to be something wrong with the hard drive or memory you have. Or both. It takes less than a minute for my Inspiron 600m to boot. I had problems with the graphics settings being incorrect for the particular screen I had, so Dell was sloppy in that regard.

    You really need to contact Dell and report this, it's a definite hardware problem and not to do with the amount of stuff Dell installs up front.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Nov 22, 2004
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  3. Ballin4life

    Ballin4life Notebook Evangelist

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    yea, contact dell, someone i know has a 600m 2, n as far as i know it boots fine, he never said anything.
     
    Ballin4life, Nov 22, 2004
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  4. inspiron9200

    inspiron9200 Notebook Guru

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    Have you used it online alot??? Maybe you just have so much spyware but you said that since day one so keep on plyin around till you find whats wrong and do you have alot of start ups when you turn it on??? that may cause it to slow down too.
     
    inspiron9200, Nov 22, 2004
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  5. superfire

    superfire Newbie

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    have you tried to reload the OS? i have the 1.6g with 512m ram. it boots up for less than a min. i use programs to kill spyware and firewall making sure not crap will be installed on my laptop.
     
    superfire, Nov 25, 2004
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