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Start Up Time Latitude D600
Hi!
My problem:
After logon (w2k) the Latitude D600 needs up to 30s to start.
If I disconnect the LAN-Cabel the notebook needs 5s to start Windows.
Do you have any explanations for me?
For your information:
The latest patches, upgrades and firmware are installed.
Thanks for help
DELL-BobT
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June 17th, 2004 17:00
JanDanowski,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
The startup time for a system depends upon many things:
JanDanowski
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June 18th, 2004 04:00
Hello Bob T.!
Thanks for your answer.
There are no programmes installed on the computer and
any drivers are of the latest version for the hardware.
After installing the video driver (ATI Radeon 9000) the start up time
needs 30s longer than before. If I disconnect the LAN-Cable the start
up time is normal. What does the Ethernet -Interface have to deal with
the video driver? I think the Notebook has a problem to get an IP from
the DHCP if the video driver is installed! Our network isnt the problem,
and after the long start up time it gets an IP!
Thanks
DELL-BobT
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June 18th, 2004 12:00
Jan,
This sounds like an issue for your network admin. It sounds to me like the computer is having difficulty negotiating with your DHCP server. If the issue started after you updated the video driver, then you may consider rolling it back to the previous driver. You can do this in the Device Manager in the Control Panel of your system.
JanDanowski
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June 18th, 2004 12:00
Thanks, thats not the problem.
Is it correct that Broadcom NICs generall needs up to 30s to get an IP from a DHCP?
jneeds
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June 23rd, 2004 14:00
Sorry I can't offer a fix, but would say I have the same issue with my D600s running Windows XP prof sp1. We have 4 of these laptops and all suffer a slow login after the login name and password has been sent. I've tried either wireless or cabled and it is the same result. As far as I know it is not DHCP related as I've tried static addressing and there is no errors for DHCP in the event viewer. I wish Dell would come forward about this issue which is clearly affecting this model.
jneeds
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June 24th, 2004 14:00
I think I may have found the problem. It seems to be the ATI Radeon 9000 graphics adapter that causes it. I rebuilt the laptop with just XP and added the basic requirements to get it logged on to the network. Everything logged in fine, but soon as I added the graphics driver from the Dell CD I then get a slow login!
Now all I need to find is a fix for the graphics adapter
JanDanowski
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June 29th, 2004 12:00
Yeah, you are right.
Please contact me, if you have found a fix.
Thx.
jneeds
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June 29th, 2004 12:00
Sorry no fix yet. I even contacted ATI, but they have no fix for it either and essentially referred me back to Dell as it is their laptop. ATI did suggest it may be to do with the fact that the IRQs are being shared for the network adapter and graphics adapter, but as you can't change them and there is no actual conflict being reported I can't see this helping us.
It is up to Dell to admit this as a problem and look into this further.
kopsdad
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August 26th, 2004 09:00
I too have this problem.
Has anyone found any work arounds?