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December 3rd, 2001 12:00

System hangs at boot

I recently installed memory (was 128MB, now 384MB) in my Dimension 500r. Now when I boot the machine, it hangs in the statup screen (with the dell web address in front of the blue globe) until I hit the escape key. At this point everything continues as it should. Before the memory upgrade, no interaction was necessary for the system to boot into Windows ME. Any one have any ideas?

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    Posted December 3rd, 2001 12:00

    I'm guessing that it is taking 3 times as long to check all the memory at boot. There should be a quick boot option in BIOS Setup.

    Jerry


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    Posted December 3rd, 2001 12:00

    Thanks. Works like a charm. Turns out what I was missing was patience. I suppose the delay in boot time combined with the fear that I had just screwed the system up made it seem like the boot screen stayed up for an eternity.

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    Posted December 5th, 2001 10:00

    I have the same problem since I upgrade my Bios to XP2 from A02. What did you do to correct this slow boot (about 4 minutes vs. seconds wwith the previous Bios).
    Please advise. Thank you. Al

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