Question : Problem: Computer Booting Very Slowly. Suspect Motherboad.

My computer running Vista with 2GB of ram, 2.66 core 2 Duo, Asus PK5 motherboard, nVidean8800GTS and 140GB raptor is not booting normally since I blew the power while vacuuming. It takes like 10 minutes now when it used to take 2. It was on a surge supressor and once I boot up everything is ok it's just the booting. I'm thinking it's the motherboard b/c everything at boot is slow and unresponsive, even going through the BIOS. Once the machine is running it's ok. Can even run games. Am I right in thinking it's the board? How should I troubleshoot this?

Answer : Problem: Computer Booting Very Slowly. Suspect Motherboad.

what model is the motherboard?  you might first unplug your cdrom or other attached devises a bad cdrom or drive can cause the motherboard to run very slow.  also you might run memtest86 on the motherboard to check for bad ram.  There are also tools to diag motherboards but I need to know what model the motherboard is so I can check the chipset on it.  

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Motherboard-Monitor.shtml

http://www.memtest86.com/  (its free to download just cost if you want a cd mailed to you,


Hope this gives you a start.  But if you can give let me know what you find when you get the motherboard to the bare bone and still have the problem we can work a little more on the specific cause of your slowdown.  

Thanks,