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MorrowLess
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February 6th, 2006 14:00
long boot times on new D810 w/2GB RAM
I've deployed several D810s to users throughtout my company and have generally had good results. I usually notice that the first time I bootup a D810 in a new location on a dockingstation/port replicator it takes a bit longer for things to initialize/etc before windows loads.
Things are usually fine after the first boot. I recently deployed a D810 that acts as if it is reinitializing everything each time it boots up. I timed it and it took right around 5 minutes of sitting at the light blue screen prior to the windows login screen appearing.
Any ideas as to why this might be?
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Posted February 7th, 2006 12:00
1. The laptop was formatted and installed with a fresh copy of WinXP and only the softwareneeded by the user.2. BIOS is up to date3. Haven't had a chance to run the diagnostics yet, but I will give that a try this week sometime.- Following a reinstall of OS, you do need some of the Dell Software for
things to work a lot better (like your ALPS Touchpad, which will work
on Windows Driver, but a whole lot better with the Dell Driver installed).
The very first Dell Drivers to be installed are your Chipsets (all three of them),
this allows the rest to install properly.
I would follow Chipsets with Notebook System Software, but the latest is short 43MB from the
November 2006 version?? (said a disc was missing, when I tried to install it).
"...Important Information
Notebook System Software is critical for the correct operation of USB devices,
including the Dell D/Bay, D/Dock, D/Port, and D/View." (just go to "other versions")
You might consider QuickSet to be 'bloat' but all your [Fn} functions and hotkey buttons
won't work without it.
All of the "Display Devices" are for External Monitors, Video (choose one) is for notebook
screen.
Click {here} for your Latitude D810 / Microsoft Windows XP / English "Choose a Device for Download" Message subject:
Re: long boot times on new D810 w/2GB RAM
"Art wrote:
Following a reinstall of OS, you do need some of the Dell Software for
things to work a lot better (like your ALPS Touchpad, which will work
on Windows Driver, but a whole lot better with the Dell Driver installed).-
I would follow Chipsets with Notebook System Software, -"Neither of which will have the slightest bit of impact on boot time.
Message Edited by Flooby on 02-08-2006 01:38 PM
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Posted February 6th, 2006 18:00
Yup. All the junk they load on them at the factory. Assuming the system passes all the hardware diagnostics tests, the first thing you should do is to wipe the drive and do a fresh install of Window, minus all the preloaded hooey. Look for BIOS updates, apply them and install only the necessary software. They usually work fine after that.