Hi there. I have a desktop where startup takes around 1minute (during that time HP logo showing) and then freezes during the 'Microsoft Windows' logo (with the bar below not moving). Had to do a hard reboot (press the power button for 10secs), and just keep re-booting until it would finally boot properly. Although I did found out why my PC hangs -- and it's because BIOS doesn't recognise the DVD-drive, which causes windows to freeze. But once I reboot it, and it does detect the dvd-drive, then my PC works beautifully with no problems.
My question now would be: Why can't my PC detect the dvd-drive on BIOS the first time it boots? If I restart my PC, then it's also OK. It's only when I do a shutdown and then boot my PC that BIOS can't detect the dvd-drive. So most of the time I just end up not turning off my PC just to avoid the problem of booting my PC. But it would be good if I can turn off my PC (and save electricty) and not slowly killing it by doing hard-boots all the time.
My PC specs are:
HP Pavillion Slim s3380a
Windows Vista SP1
2Gb memory
I've seen other forums where they recommend removing upper/lower filters and I've done that too but didn't make any difference.
Any other suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Ellen
My question now would be: Why can't my PC detect the dvd-drive on BIOS the first time it boots? If I restart my PC, then it's also OK. It's only when I do a shutdown and then boot my PC that BIOS can't detect the dvd-drive. So most of the time I just end up not turning off my PC just to avoid the problem of booting my PC. But it would be good if I can turn off my PC (and save electricty) and not slowly killing it by doing hard-boots all the time.
My PC specs are:
HP Pavillion Slim s3380a
Windows Vista SP1
2Gb memory
I've seen other forums where they recommend removing upper/lower filters and I've done that too but didn't make any difference.
Any other suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Ellen
