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Me and my friend just built a new computer...when we go to boot it up everything runs really slow. The Post screen stays on or 3-4 minutes. Everything in the BIOS is normal...temps are normal and it recognizes all the hardware...The mobo is an Asus a7n8x Deluxe
Any suggestions?

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Building on ’s storage angle and ’s BIOS tweaks, a 3–4 minute POST on the A7N8X Deluxe is often the firmware waiting on devices/option ROMs. A few board-specific checks that usually cut POST to seconds:

  • If you are not using SATA, stop the Silicon Image 3112A RAID option ROM from scanning. This board includes the SiI3112A and a SATA_EN1 jumper to enable/disable the SATA headers; set the jumper to disable the headers when no SATA drives are connected. (manualmachine.com)
  • Verify you are using 80‑conductor IDE cables and correct orientation (red stripe to pin 1). UltraDMA/ATA133 devices on this board require 80‑conductor cables. (manualmachine.com)
  • Tighten the boot order so the BIOS does not try PXE/network first. Put the system HDD first and remove LAN from the boot sequence; the A7N8X BIOS exposes [LAN] as a boot device and also has “Boot Other Device,” which can add delays if left enabled. (manualmachine.com)
  • No floppy installed? Set Drive A to None and turn off the boot‑time floppy seek to avoid extra probing. These fields are in the standard CMOS/Advanced menus on this board. (manualmachine.com)
  • After any hardware shuffle, clear ESCD once: PnP/PCI Configurations -> Reset Configuration Data -> Enabled, save/exit, then return it to Disabled on the next boot. This forces fresh resource assignment and can eliminate hangs during device enumeration. (manualmachine.com)
  • Use ASUS POST Reporter to clue you in on what the BIOS is waiting for; you can disable it later under Advanced BIOS Features. (manualmachine.com)

If you try the above and the delay persists, post exactly where it pauses (e.g., during the Silicon Image screen or before device summary). That will help the next steps.

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Member Avatar for Xelfinn

Check to make sure the memory is seated well. I had the same problem and switched the memory around in the slots.

Member Avatar for Tekmaven

You are using an nForce2 motherboard. Since it came out, it has been said that motherboard has lots of problems.

1.) I would suggest upgrading the BIOS to the latest revision

2.) Make sure your hard drive is set for single if you only have one drive, or master/slave if your computer has two hard drives. This could cause the slow POST (has happened to me in the past)

Member Avatar for denman

Me and my friend just built a new computer...when we go to boot it up everything runs really slow. The Post screen stays on or 3-4 minutes. Everything in the BIOS is normal...temps are normal and it recognizes all the hardware...The mobo is an Asus a7n8x Deluxe
Any suggestions?

:) :)

these have a "quick boot" option in the BIOS, also if you set the HDD to "manual user" or whatever instead of "auto", it won't need to autodetect the HDD on every boot. Where there's no drive, set it to "none", and disable the boot virus check, assuming you have a good antivirus program. Good luck with this and let us know how you made out

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I second the idea of making sure your hard drives are configured properly. I had the EXACT same problem with a new Nvidia system I just built. Once I had the hd's configured properly the boot up FLEW by..

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Use the virus scan verify ther there is no virous on your system

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