Slow post on self test

[redcaveman]

the single beep that happens when i turn my computer on nearly straight away , now takes about twenty seconds to happen , any ideas on whats happening thanks redcaveman

 

[apache_lives]

how olds the system

what specs

what have you done recently

 

[redcaveman]

how olds the system

what specs

what have you done recently

965p ds3p gigabyte motherboard
2 x1 gig sticks of adata 8oo ram
e4400 cpu
eah 4770 asus graphics card

 

[jsc]

Check the BIOS, probably in Advanced BIOS Features, to see if you have something like "Long POST" turned on.