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Slow Windows XP Boot Up Since Overclocking

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morpheus9394

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I have noticed that my Windows XP Pro takes alot time to boot since overclocking my PC.
It has been freshly rebuilt with new kit and Windows had been reloaded from scratch.
Every was running fine and nice and quick and I recent ran Bootvis to speed up boot up even more.

I am currently overclocking my P4 2.8ghz to 3.4ghz and since doing that I have noticed that XP will boot up normally, then before loading the profile the screen will go blank and sit here for 30sec to 1 min.
It seems like that is taking it time loading the USB devices before actually going into Windows.
Once windows has loaded everything rans very quickly, benchmarks are as fast if not faster than I would expect.

I was wondering if the O/C is causing the problems.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
 
try setting it back to stock speeds, then u'll know for sure that its something with the OC
try upping Vcore, in some cases this helps
 
It seems like driver problems to me. But do that setting it back to stock, I'd like to know too.
 
After setting stock speeds, go to the tweak guide in the general hardware section and tweak your boot files. That has helped my boot times tremendously. Overall, it doesn't sound like a problem, more like an annoyance since you said everything runs great when windows is loaded.
 
I know it's probably not related but I have been using the bootvis.exe which Microsoft created to increase bootup and shutdown time.

You might want to give it a try.
 
Have you checked to see if your overclock is stable by running Prime95, memtest86 and a couple other programs?

I've had problems similar to yours when I had an overclock that was a bit too high and the stress tests picked it up. Lowered the overclock a bit and everything ran fine.
 
I have a simlar problem to u..however if I went back to 2.8 it was still the same, I guess were just sensitive in wuts going on after we oc...even something that is not too significance we think we destroyed it by ocing


yeah take that guys advice and try going back to stock speeds...and see is ur repboot faster or not
 
I ran prime95 for 6 hours without crashing, I guess thats a good thing that my speeds are fine...however I still get pretty slow boot time....I think it's just like that!
 
I can bootvis again last night and this time did a trace on drivers and that solved the problem for me.
Boot time is now alot faster.
Thanks for the all the replies.
Btw the way my power supply is a 350watt Enermax.

Thanks again.
 
wait a sec where do you find this bootvis thing?

edit: running a quick search on the M$ site i quote the following:

"Please note that Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve boot/resume performance for end users. Contrary to some published reports, Bootvis.exe cannot reduce or alter a system's boot or resume performance. The boot optimization routines invoked by Bootvis.exe are built into Windows XP. These routines run automatically at pre-determined times as part of the normal operation of the operating system."

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flip
 
Running bootvis manually is uneeded. XP automatically runs at various times.
 
how would you go about modifying what's running when XP runs bootvis? did that make sense? i want faster boot times =(

flip
 
No, didn't really make sense :) . Go to your Start Menu/Run, type in msconfig and see what is under the Startup tab.
 
<HAIKU>

if you want to increase your boot time.

then read the guide posted at.

correction, stickied ontop of.

a forum where you cannot miss it.

also known as, the General [H]ardware Forum.

it's Thread Title is.

The Unofficial Official Tweak Guide.

</HAIKU>
 
I don't claim to be an expert in the workings of Bootvis but from reading other posts on the forums and from personal experience I find that running it manually does wonders.
I suspect my problem was being caused by a driver taking its time to load during boot up so I ran Bootvis and did a trace on driver delays.
Once bootvis had finished doing its thing, my load times reduced greatly.
The first time I ran bootvis when I very first built the PC, I used the optmise option and that also reduced my boot times.

But I suspect it will only improve your boot times if there is a problem there that needs fixing, like in my case. If there is nothing wrong with your system then bootvis will not fix what does not need fixing.
 
Glad to see you got it worked out. Sorry if I drove you in the wrong direction but from what I have read it is really uneeded. Guess in some cases that isn't true.
 
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