i recently assembled on pc.. i am facing one problem slow booting: Hit <F2> if you want to run SETUP Hit <F12> if you want to boot from network and system waits about 5 minutes before starting windows xp can you please help....... wahab riyadh

Some of the things to consider in SLOW BOOT time soon after a new assemby of a Windows PC are: What motherboard (EXACT Make and Model)you are using along with the P4 2.8 GHz processor? What Type and Speed RAM module (s) you have on that borad? What Make and Model)HDD have you installed? Are there any drivers of devices you don't use loaded by default? Do you have an Antivirus Program configured to scan BIOS and Boot Files? M

Your bios may be set wrong. For example, you may have set a HDD pre-delay so it waits for a certain time to make sure all HDD are detected.

Go into the BIOS setup and see if there is a fast boot or fast POST setting that you can set. You may have long boot because the POST is checking all your memory??? Rule #1 Good computers don't go down. Rule #2 There is no such thing as a good computer.

here is the complete details of the system configuration...... Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.80 GHz 512kb L2-Cache, 533 MHz FSB Motherboard Intel Desktop Board D865GVHZ (VGA & Sound Built-in) 256 MB 333MHz Spectic DDRAM Hard Disk 80 GB Western Digital 800BB Floppy Drive 3.5” SONY CD.RW/DVD LG Compo Fax Modem Creative Modem Blaster PCI 56K Case ATX 220/110 V Monitor LG, LCD Flatron L1510M Multimedia Keyboard USB Scroll mouse PS2 Waiting for your valuble feed backs... wahab riyadh

Check your BIOS version #. Intel has a new BIOS to flash Iflash BIOS Update P2[BF86510A.86A.0075.P24.IB.EXE] (827KB); ver#->P24 3/17/2005 It also has updated drivers. Intel® Desktop Board D865GVHZ  Downloads Hope this helps:-) M

I had forwarded the above problem to Intel Technical Support, please find their reply for the same. QUOTE The situation could be caused by an error logged in the BIOS. To correct it, refresh the BIOS settings. Enter the BIOS Setup Utility by pressing the [F2] key when the system is booting. Restore the system defaults. This is done by pressing the [F9] key in the BIOS setup program. Set "Reset Config Data" to "Yes." This is found under "Advanced" then "Boot Configuration." Clear "Event Log," which can be found under "Advanced" and "Event Log Configuration." Save the changes and Exit the BIOS Setup Utility by pressing the [F10] key. If this does not resolve the issue, then try stripping system down to just processor and one stick of memory, if slow boot problem s disappears then try adding devices one at a time until problem reappears, to identify which device is causing the slow boot. UNQUOTE As they instructed I stripped the system except Processor and One RAM then started the system by connecting the devices one-by-one and found the problems starts when the Hard Disk is connected. I tried by changing the IDE cable, changing the position to middle connector… but no difference. At last I changed the Jumper settings to Cable Select instead of Master……… Owoo…………… there was the problem. Now, my doubt is…….. why so? Anyway thank you all for your great support. wahab riyadh