Hi,
I have just finishing building up a 2.4GHz (533MHz FSB) PC based on the Gigabyte GA-8PE800 motherboard + Gigabyte Radeon 9000 Pro II video card + 512MB 333MHz DDR memory. On booting, I find that the detection of IDE devices and everything from then on is extremely slow. I have to wait at least 15-20 seconds on bootup just for the 3 IDE drives to be detected.
I am currently in the process of installing the OS, and it has taken over half an hour thus far to do less than half of the 60GB Western Digital drive. The processor, RAM, bus speeds, memory speeds and so forth all seem to be detected correctly.
I just find it difficult to believe that such a system would take almost a full 2 minutes to be booting up just to the point of doing a CD-ROM boot for installing the OS.
I would appreciate any advice on what could be causing the problem/s.
Thanks,
Katarn
I have just finishing building up a 2.4GHz (533MHz FSB) PC based on the Gigabyte GA-8PE800 motherboard + Gigabyte Radeon 9000 Pro II video card + 512MB 333MHz DDR memory. On booting, I find that the detection of IDE devices and everything from then on is extremely slow. I have to wait at least 15-20 seconds on bootup just for the 3 IDE drives to be detected.
I am currently in the process of installing the OS, and it has taken over half an hour thus far to do less than half of the 60GB Western Digital drive. The processor, RAM, bus speeds, memory speeds and so forth all seem to be detected correctly.
I just find it difficult to believe that such a system would take almost a full 2 minutes to be booting up just to the point of doing a CD-ROM boot for installing the OS.
I would appreciate any advice on what could be causing the problem/s.
Thanks,
Katarn