Strange problem on bootup

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In article <MPG.1d2480a235fe22a7989b78@nntp.dsl.pipex.com>, Stoneskin
says...
> When I first put my system together it worked fine but it has suddenly
> started to hang at the PCI Device Listing screen. The system will boot
> up normally but it will sit at this screen for about 3 minutes before it
> will actually boot into Windows XP.
>
> I don't think I've changed any settings in windows or in the BIOS and
> the system operates perfectly once Windows is loaded.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Asus A8N-SLI
> 2x6800 GT
> 2GB DDR RAM
> Athlon 64 4000+
>
> Two hard drives on SATA
>
> Western Digital 200GB
> Western Digital 250GB
>
>
Usually that's caused by the computer trying to find the MBR of the
HDD.

--
Conor

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Stoneskin left a note on my windscreen which said:

> Conor left a note on my windscreen which said:
>
> > Usually that's caused by the computer trying to find the MBR of the
> > HDD.
>
> But it does find it eventually - which seems odd. I can imagine if the
> MBR is corrupted somehow it would fail to boot completely.
>
> What can I do, besides a full reformat to sort it out?

I feel like such a noob! Solved the problem by.. wait for it..


taking the cd out of my dvd drive.

Obviously the PC was looking to boot from the cd I had in the drive and
took a while to figure out it couldn't.
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Stoneskin

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