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PrivatePublic · 07-01-2009, 08:51 AM

Hi,

I am using Windows XP SP3 with 1.5 GB of ram and 3 GHZ processor. Before I bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 4550, my computer was working beautifully and started-up and shutdown very quickly.

After installing the card (and the latest drivers), the time my computer takes to start-up is just over 7 minutes. When it starts, it stalls after the Windows XP loading screen with the blue progress bar. All that will be visible is a cursor and a black screen. It then hangs on the screens before the Taskbar and whatnot shows up (the one that says Welcome and similar screens). I haven't timed the shutdown time, but it also takes a long time, similarly sticking on the Logging Off and Windows is Shutting Down screens. Once it starts, everything works very well. Is there anything I can do?

Is it possible that I would be better off with a different service pack? If this is the case, could someone tell me how to rollback to service pack 1 or 2?

Thanks!

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PrivatePublic Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP, SP3	[SOLVED] Super slow boot-up and shutdown with new Graphics card Hi, I am using Windows XP SP3 with 1.5 GB of ram and 3 GHZ processor. Before I bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 4550, my computer was working beautifully and started-up and shutdown very quickly. After installing the card (and the latest drivers), the time my computer takes to start-up is just over 7 minutes. When it starts, it stalls after the Windows XP loading screen with the blue progress bar. All that will be visible is a cursor and a black screen. It then hangs on the screens before the Taskbar and whatnot shows up (the one that says Welcome and similar screens). I haven't timed the shutdown time, but it also takes a long time, similarly sticking on the Logging Off and Windows is Shutting Down screens. Once it starts, everything works very well. Is there anything I can do? Is it possible that I would be better off with a different service pack? If this is the case, could someone tell me how to rollback to service pack 1 or 2? Thanks!