Slows down hardware detection on BIOS

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acidd22
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Slows down hardware detection on BIOS

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I have a very weird problem. I've had a MagicJack for about 2 years and have had very few problems with it, until now. I just bought a new motherboard and when i have my MagicJack plugged in, it wrecks havoc on my computer during startup. For instance, it slows down the computers startup to a CRAWL. by startup, i actually mean during the BIOS startup, before entering windows. When i watch the hardware get detected, and it lists them by IRQ, this screen takes about a second to show all of the devices, but without magicjack, it is instantaneous. Next, when detecting my hard drives, it takes 10 or 15 seconds per hard drive, but w/o MJ, it takes a second. The Verifying DMI Pool takes a minute, then the screen freezes for 30 seconds. If Windows 7 decides to start, it takes a long time. but once its in windows, its fine. I've tried moving it to different USB ports too. Any idea what would cause this? I'm running a Gigabyte motherboard, a P4 Core 2 duo, 4 GB of memory, and Windows 7 64-bit.
bitstopjoe
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Post by bitstopjoe »

Per chance do you happen to have your CMOS set to boot from USB?? If so having your MJ plugged in will cause all kinds of weird stuff...


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acidd22
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Post by acidd22 »

bitstopjoe wrote:Per chance do you happen to have your CMOS set to boot from USB?? If so having your MJ plugged in will cause all kinds of weird stuff...


Joe Sica
No, it is only set to boot from the hard drive. It tries to boot to windows, but the problems start before the boot device is started.
bitstopjoe
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Post by bitstopjoe »

Even though it shows to boot from the hardrive there is another section in the CMOS where one can turn boot from USB on and off. Just for $hits and grins you may want to hunt around in the settings JUST to be sure it is not set to on or yes..

Just a thought...

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acidd22
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Post by acidd22 »

bitstopjoe wrote:Even though it shows to boot from the hardrive there is another section in the CMOS where one can turn boot from USB on and off. Just for $hits and grins you may want to hunt around in the settings JUST to be sure it is not set to on or yes..

Just a thought...

Joe Sica
that doesn't seem to change anything.
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