Broadcom NetXtreme causes boot delay

Question

I have a new 8300 with a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet card running XP Pro. I have it connected to a DSL line. There is a delay of approximately two (2) minutes in the boot process and I have traced it through the events log. I think the problem is caused by the NIC. The messages and times in the log are as follows:

Event Source: b57w2k Event ID: 15 Broadcom NteXtreme Gigabit Ethernet: Dirve initialized successfully. 9:51:33 PM

Event Source: b57w2k Event ID: 6 Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet: Network controller configured for 10Mb half-duplex link. 9:51:33 PM

Event Source: Service Control Manager: Event ID: 7035 The Terminal Services service was successfully sent a start control. 9:54:05 PM

I tried changing the NIC from automatic to 10Mb half-duplex thinking it would not have to reconfigure to 10Mb, but it made no difference.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Mike

osprey4 · Answer

A Google search reveals the program causing this delay is svchost.exe.

Here is a description of this program:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

You can read about it here and decide for yourself what's the best course of action (probably setting to manual will fix this):

http://www.theeldergeek.com/terminal_services.htm

mruseless · Answer

I've got a Latitude D600 running WinXP Pro that has the same problem. Broadcom Gigabit ethernet controller causes a full 2-minute boot delay. After timeout, the Dell TM1300 wireless connection kicks in, as well as any other processes that are waiting in queue.

Event Viewer shows the following on bootup:

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Event Type: Information
Event Source: b57w2k
Event Category: None
Event ID: 15
Date: 10/22/2003
Time: 1:20:19 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D7Q4BM31
Description:
Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller: Driver initialized successfully.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: b57w2k
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4
Date: 10/22/2003
Time: 1:20:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D7Q4BM31
Description:
Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller: The network link is down. Check to make sure the network cable is properly connected.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4201
Date: 10/22/2003
Time: 1:22:50 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D7Q4BM31
Description:
The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{10B0EC72-D82F-475A-97E2-DA774D99E916} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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Is there a way to shift the boot order around to make TCPIP boot first? Or another solution? I could not get the svchost solution listed above to work.

Eric

mruseless · Answer

Microsoft just released a patch that fixes the problem, along with some other problems. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826942 One more annoyance solved!

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