Kevin Johnson wrote:

>Hi, I do apologize for the O/T nature and duplicate post, but quite
honestly, questions in what would appear to be more appropriate forums
produce no responses, it's as if the moderators had died and gone to
Redmond. Me thinks all the brains hang out here. BTW ECSv1.2 boots up on
this very motherboard without any problems.
> 
>Under XP sp1, boot up time was normal. Install latest issue XP with
SP2, no other software or hardware changes, but the boot up time is
excruciatingly slow.....20 mins+.
> 
>The boot proceeds normally, until the boot manager option of XP is
selected, then that white barred indicator shows on screen and everything
slows to a crawl.
> 
>Anyone have any idea of what causing this?
> 
>All responses appreciated.
> 
>Tia KevinJ.
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>ASUS offers no product servicing or collection points in CANADA.
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>Certain hardware with Hyperthreading enabled DOES NOT Like WinXP SP2 or
Win2003 Server SP1. Two choices, disable hyperthreading in the bios or,
better, chase the motherboard manufacturer for a firmware (bios) upgrade.
>  
>

Cheers/2

Ed.



 
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