Startup Lag

[rmjryost]

I've stumbled across a really bizarre occurrance with my Dell Inspiron 8200.

Just installed a clean copy of Windows XP Pro. Was working fine. While installing device drivers for my TrueMobile 1300 mpci, I was having trouble finding the upgraded version allowing WPA. Attempted to install a bunch of different drivers, non of which completed install because compatible hardware wasn't found.

Next time I rebooted, Windows frooze w/ splash screen and blue rabbit light bar.

Rebooted again and system would only take keyboard input for about 1-2 seconds before freezing again for about 10 seconds.

I'm at the point where I finally coerced it into a safe boot, and attempting to do a system restore.

Has anyone ever seen this happen before? What's the cause?

 

[rmjryost]

problem still exists

Well, it took about an hour for the system restore to take effect. During reboot system still only works 1 second for every 10-20. For example, the windows startup sound came across about 8 sequential segments.

This can't be a driver problem. I'm thinking it's the processor or motherboard.