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PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

So here is what made a difference, from 18 seconds down to 6 before reaching post screen, which is normal for this mobo i suppose.... Apparently more than half (4/6 tested) of...

Hmm... More news to share

So I disconnected both my SATA drives (750Gb boot and 80Gb backup) in order to connect an old 20Gb IDE Hard drive. I hooked up the old one, loaded windows XP and then...

OK so it hwas been a few days but I finally managed to get another Hard drive in there and guess what happened... Using a 20Gb IDE hard drive I managed to cut down the pre-POST lag to about 6 second...

Ill check the video card for bad caps, and then ill try using an older IDE drive from my 'Ancient of days' PC that ill have to reload windows on for this PC.
ill post the results in a few days.

I have tried removing all but the primary boot drive, which is brand new and has been checked for errors. There was no change..

PCI wireless card disconnected - no change

As far as I can figure, the only thing left to check would be driver/resource conflicts or the motherboard itself, or the video card...

Anyone have a...

Onboard USB, 1394 and sound disabled - no change.
(I even needed to fish out my old PS-2 keyboard for this last one)

Next is to try and disconnect the wireless PCI card.

panel connectors disconnected - no change

Ill go disable the onboard connectors in bios

Ok latest updates are as follows:

In bios:
Disabled legacy USB storage detect - no change
Disabled 2nd and 3rd boot device - no change
Disabled smart fan for CPU temperature (adjusts fan speed...

I believe the brown items have been addressed or do not apply, I can find no way to adjust IDE detect time out, I have already reduced the memory to one stick and posted with each etc..
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Could the USB, Firewire, and Audio front panel connectors that attach to the motherboard have anything to do with the lag?

Checked each Memory module individually by booting with only one stick loaded and noticed no change.

As far tearing down the system I cannot get booted without the video card as I dont have...

I did previously have a PCI sound card but I took that out with no difference in load time

I do have a wireless PCI adapter, and PCI-x video card (radeon x1800xt) on the motherboard as well.

ill try that, though it might be painful as my 120mm cooling fan attached to my heatsink rests almost completely on top of the RAM, I think i can get it out w/o removing the heatsink itself...
Ill...

Looks like your original idea was not the problem Pbolduc... I disconnected all of my loose USB connectors, my printer, keyboard and mouse so that no USB devices were connected to the motherboard in...

Ill try your suggestion Pbolduc, Currently I have a USB keyboard, mouse, printer, a loose firewire 400 dongle and a loose USB dongle attached to the PC at all times.

I can use a PS-2 adapter for...

-Boot device priority is set for Hard drive first then CD then Floppy.

-No USB Devices besides Keyboard, mouse, printer, and a couple loose USB or Firewire to connect to camera/video camera.

-I...

Memcheck from Windows 7 boot menu turned up no problems with the RAM

As for the temperature issue, my PC idles at around 90-95F, or around 32-37C
Could the CPU be too cold upon start up because...

Ill run a memcheck to be sure on the RAM

I agree that it seems like a triviality however it is somewhat concerning to wait that long...

Disconnected SATA optical drive, 80Gb hard drive still disconnected... No change

Disconnected 80Gb Hard Drive, No change to pre-POST hanging time, still about 18 seconds

chkdsk ran on boot drive (750Gb) came out clean as a whistle

Western Digital supplied diagnostic check program showed nothing wrong with the 80Gb drive

Both Drives are SATA

as far as...

no quick boot option is available as per the manual... Only error stop check options...
checking the drives now

Gigabyte MA-770-UD3 motherboard is what I currently use. I will try to run Chkdsk on the boot drive and disconnect the other unnecessary items as well and report back

No mention of either of those terms in my manual CCT...
Other than the main Hard drive and a backup 80Gb drive I have an SATA DVD-R drive attached, could either of those being on its last legs cause...