Satellite a215-24757 Slow Booting time

procupine14 · Nov 2, 2009, 05:06 PM

Alright, I've about had it with this Toshiba laptop that I am attempting to repair. Essentially here is the issue. Before, the laptop was running on Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. Customer was experiencing terribly slow boots to the OS (about 3 minutes give or take) and when I received it I was also getting lock-ups at the desktop. Memory checks out fine as well as the HDD. Temps are good on the processor so I kind of ran out of things to try hardware wise. Next, I booted in safe mode backed up all of their files and asked them if they just wanted me to try a new OS install. So I threw in a nice new copy of Windows 7 64-bit (since once I actually get this problem solved they want 4GB of RAM pending that the laptop is not a total wreck). Now we have a brand new OS and after the painful process of installing the drivers for the vid card (DriverHeaven's mobility modder doesn't include support for the X1200) this lap top is zooming everywhere. However, we still have the problem a few days later that the laptop is booting painfully slow.

any thoughts?
I don't work with enough Toshiba's to know if this is a known issue or not and researching the problem has yielded nothing.

all the specs for the laptop can be found at the link below:

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3886

ArmoR331 · Nov 25, 2009, 07:40 PM

I have had slow startup times when installing Win7 on my desktop after leaving it a while it would just "work" I don't really think there is anything that can done about bootup except startup repairs or defrag and antispyware checks.

comp_ali · Nov 25, 2009, 11:10 PM

Is everything slow after booting or it is just the boot process ?

procupine14 · Dec 2, 2009, 05:42 PM

See that's the odd thing about this whole issue. Everything else is just as fast as it always has been save for the booting time which is basically what confuses me.

iPlayer · Dec 3, 2009, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by procupine14

See that's the odd thing about this whole issue. Everything else is just as fast as it always has been save for the booting time which is basically what confuses me.

Especially considering you did a fresh OS install, so it couldn't be an update bug.
Suppose you could check if there's any useless garbage being loaded on start up, or if there's any issues with hardware components installed, if you haven't done these already.

Nov 2, 2009, 05:06 PM	#1
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Satellite a215-24757 Slow Booting time Alright, I've about had it with this Toshiba laptop that I am attempting to repair. Essentially here is the issue. Before, the laptop was running on Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. Customer was experiencing terribly slow boots to the OS (about 3 minutes give or take) and when I received it I was also getting lock-ups at the desktop. Memory checks out fine as well as the HDD. Temps are good on the processor so I kind of ran out of things to try hardware wise. Next, I booted in safe mode backed up all of their files and asked them if they just wanted me to try a new OS install. So I threw in a nice new copy of Windows 7 64-bit (since once I actually get this problem solved they want 4GB of RAM pending that the laptop is not a total wreck). Now we have a brand new OS and after the painful process of installing the drivers for the vid card (DriverHeaven's mobility modder doesn't include support for the X1200) this lap top is zooming everywhere. However, we still have the problem a few days later that the laptop is booting painfully slow. any thoughts? I don't work with enough Toshiba's to know if this is a known issue or not and researching the problem has yielded nothing. all the specs for the laptop can be found at the link below: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3886 __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Nov 25, 2009, 07:40 PM	#2
ArmoR331 Guest Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Malaysia Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Satellite a215-24757 Slow Booting time I have had slow startup times when installing Win7 on my desktop after leaving it a while it would just "work" I don't really think there is anything that can done about bootup except startup repairs or defrag and antispyware checks.

Nov 25, 2009, 11:10 PM	#3
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Satellite a215-24757 Slow Booting time Is everything slow after booting or it is just the boot process ? __________________

Dec 2, 2009, 05:42 PM	Thread Starter #4
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Re: Satellite a215-24757 Slow Booting time See that's the odd thing about this whole issue. Everything else is just as fast as it always has been save for the booting time which is basically what confuses me. __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU