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    Slow Boot time due to omnipass

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by IRF, Jul 22, 2006.

  1. IRF

    IRF Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok so I got my Compel HEL80 in the other day from powernotebooks.com great service. loaded all the drivers and Windows XP pro.

    My problem was i had a boot time of 2:52.7 seconds hanging for almost 2 min with the windows is starting screen. this for me is a really slow boot time. So I started clearing out msconfig, turned off all unnecessary services etc. droped my boot time to 2:21.9 seconds. Still to slow for me. Then I started uninstalling all the drivers and software no big change until I uninstalled Omnipass. Once Omnipass was uninstalled my boot time droped to 55.3 seconds including me typing in my password and windows loading. I like having the finger scanner but if i have almost 2 min more boot time it isn't worth the cost.

    has anybody been able to fix this problem.
     
    IRF, Jul 22, 2006
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 22, 2006
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  3. chrisyano

    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    Yes, I agree that it's not normal. Even with everything I have installed (have not cleared anything from msconfig or run the tune-up yet) my HEL80 boots in more like 40-50 seconds.
     
    chrisyano, Jul 22, 2006
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  4. hyperionxl

    hyperionxl Notebook Guru

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    I do have a bit of a long boot up tiime as well. Im running the T2600 as well, with the 7200 rpm hd and 2 gb ram
     
    hyperionxl, Jul 23, 2006
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    aznron911 Notebook Consultant

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    IRF I pretty much the same config as you. It takes me about less than minute I would guess to boot up everything. This might help but did you optimize your cpus? Make sure you installed all the drivers. Here is the guide to optizmize your cpu: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=60416
    I proved this to very useful when I gamed. I got an increase about 10 frames doing this. Hope this helps. I guess the last case scenerio maybe is to reformat again. But before you do that I would suggest calling up tech support. I heard they were great. Well hope this helps ya! GL!
     
    aznron911, Jul 23, 2006
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  6. iamfrontosa

    iamfrontosa Notebook Enthusiast

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    mine also takes a long time to boot, I went through the tune up guide. It use to be 2 mins or so now its 1.30-45. Still kinda slow.
     
    iamfrontosa, Jul 23, 2006
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    have you tried opitimizing your cpus?
     
    aznron911, Jul 24, 2006
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  8. troll

    troll Notebook Guru

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    one thing that i have done was to remove McAfee and installed AVG free.
    also done the optimizations mentioned by Chaz and aznron911 and my bootup time went from 2minutes:12seconds to 1minute:4seconds.... and i have a T2300, 1G RAM anda HD at 5400rpm...
     
    troll, Jul 24, 2006
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  9. IRF

    IRF Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks guys for all your help. this is my first laptop computer so I am working out some of what might be problems and some of what is just different on a laptop. I optimized, cleaned, and tweaked my computer down to a 45.3 second boot time 30 sec boot to log in screen where I enter my password. From what it sounds like I must of had a bad install on omnipass. I will try and reinstall down the road. Thanks alot guys for all the help.

    One last question is there anygood software for controling screen brightness? I am on the lowest setting that my keyboard will put the screen at and I can still go darker and use the laptop.

    IRF
     
    IRF, Jul 24, 2006
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  10. iamfrontosa

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    I also un-installed omni pass and it cut my boot time down to 50-60 seconds.
     
    iamfrontosa, Jul 25, 2006
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    If you're at the lowest setting the screen will go at, it won't really save any power going any lower. No reason to do so.
     
    Pitabred, Jul 25, 2006
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