Extremely slow boot for P4 systems?

[Ovatvvon]

I have built 3 systems in the last 5 days. All P4 systems. But having a few problems. The specs on each are listed below...The first two systems do not have a problem with the startup post procedurs, however the third takes forever during the post operations. All bios settings are the same on all three computers...the only real difference I could notice was the one guy had a 1.9GHz cpu. Any thoughts? Know what may be causing the third system's slowness?

Sys 1
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Intel D850MVL motherboard
Intel P4 1.6GHz
256MB RDRAM PC800
IBM 60GXP deskstar 40GB hard drive ATA/100
ATI Rage Fury Pro/128 AGP Vid. Card 32MB ram
340watt power supply Enlight case

Sys 2
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Intel D850MVL motherboard
Intel P4 1.6GHz
512MB RDRAM PC800
IBM 60GXP deskstar 40GB hard drive ATA/100
ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 32MB AGP video card
Sony CD-RW 24x/10x/40x EIDE
340watt power supply Enlight case

Sys 3
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Intel D850MVL motherboard
Intel P4 1.9GHz
512MB RDRAM PC800
Western Digital 30GB ATA/100 hard drive
ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 32MB AGP video card
Sony CD-RW 24x/10/40x EIDE
300watt power supply Super Micro full tower case


Thanks in advance!
-Ovatvvon :-Q

 

[Ovatvvon]

I guess know one else has had this experience with the Pentium 4 computers or knows why it would happen? -Ovatvvon :-Q

 

[nightowl17]

I just bult an P4 system with a Pent1.5 /256Ram and an intel 845 chipset. 350watt ATX power supply . I also had extremly slow boot took at least 3-5 min Got me real upset ,What I did was to reformat HD and reinstall Windows 98 . Seems to have taken care of the problem . Has been Booting fast now for about 3 weeks , Hope this helps some

 

[alex0250]

I had the same slow boot with win-me, I also re-formated and re-installed the os. That seemed to clear up the slow boot.

 

[Ovatvvon]

Hmm, that's interesting. If some of the other tests we're about to run don't work, I'll try that. Thanks all! -Ovatvvon :-Q