Old faithfull booting super slow.

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netbanshee

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I have an old Dell Latitude D610 with ati x300 video. It's been getting slower at loading from bios on. I've already tested/replaced memory, removed all removable hardware and tried to boot to bios with no improvement. I did get it going for a while but it didn't last. I also did a quick cleaning. Any ideas? Should I tear it down? I'd really like to save it.

Thanx in advance. :hello:
 

netbanshee

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Wow, talk about continuing to track off course. Do you know the difference between boot and post? :pt1cable: Anyway I identified the issue tracing it to an intermittent connection on the motherboard. Old school temp fix will due until I find the tools I need to make a permanent repair. Thanx for all the suggestions. :hello:
 

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when i cloned my hard drive it went from taking 1:30 min to get to the desktop consistently then defragging and using the registry cleaner brought it down to 35 secs so it does help.

but i dont want to argue.
 

netbanshee

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Um no, Your way off base. Please read my original post again. I removed all removable hardware which includes all drives. I've identified the issue and your not even close.
 
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