Takes 5 minutes to load NVRAM?
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I have a buddie of mine with a P4C800-Deluxe, he just recently acquired the problem stated below, i've told him to flash, but he would like a second opinion first.
"Ok well, EVERYTIME I turn on my computer I get the POST, and when the POST gets to "Checking NVRAM" It stays at that for 3-6 minutes. I can't even get my BBS menu or Bios up. I would have to hold down the button for 3-6 minutes to get it up. And when it does boot into Windows XP Pro, It shows only a 132GB HDD and I have a 232GB HDD. This problem first accured yestarday when I tried to install Win XP Pro (From Win XP Home). Well while I was installing the Pro It wasn't reading my HDD write, so I just partitioned it the way it read it. (I thought it would get fixed when I booted into windows) Well then it got to Windows Installation window. And it said there was an error reading a .dll file. So I restarted my computer. AND BOOM my POST takes 3-6 minutes to do anything. I had my 3.0GHz P4 Prescott to 3.6GHz and my Memory was running at 400MHz and 3-4-4-8. I tried setting my Bios to default, but it does not work. Also today I got Win XP Pro to work and have SP2. And HDD and POST problems still exsist. Any suggestions would be appreciated, but for now I am going to leave my computer running. (Don't want to wait 6 minutes for it to reboot)"
Asus A8V Deluxe(rev. 2.00) / A64 3200 (winchester) / 1024mb OCZ DDR500 (2.5-3-3-8) / BFG 6800GT@stock / Baracuda 120GB / Lian-Li PC-65 / Syncmaster 700NF / OCZ Power Stream 520
"Ok well, EVERYTIME I turn on my computer I get the POST, and when the POST gets to "Checking NVRAM" It stays at that for 3-6 minutes. I can't even get my BBS menu or Bios up. I would have to hold down the button for 3-6 minutes to get it up. And when it does boot into Windows XP Pro, It shows only a 132GB HDD and I have a 232GB HDD. This problem first accured yestarday when I tried to install Win XP Pro (From Win XP Home). Well while I was installing the Pro It wasn't reading my HDD write, so I just partitioned it the way it read it. (I thought it would get fixed when I booted into windows) Well then it got to Windows Installation window. And it said there was an error reading a .dll file. So I restarted my computer. AND BOOM my POST takes 3-6 minutes to do anything. I had my 3.0GHz P4 Prescott to 3.6GHz and my Memory was running at 400MHz and 3-4-4-8. I tried setting my Bios to default, but it does not work. Also today I got Win XP Pro to work and have SP2. And HDD and POST problems still exsist. Any suggestions would be appreciated, but for now I am going to leave my computer running. (Don't want to wait 6 minutes for it to reboot)"
Asus A8V Deluxe(rev. 2.00) / A64 3200 (winchester) / 1024mb OCZ DDR500 (2.5-3-3-8) / BFG 6800GT@stock / Baracuda 120GB / Lian-Li PC-65 / Syncmaster 700NF / OCZ Power Stream 520
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The potential quick fix is the full format with the /u switch. However, if it is the boot block - he'd save a lot of heartache and cursing if he just rma'd it now. Once a bad block, always a bad block - it's just a matter of time.
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