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CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:01 am
by toughasnails
I have two 52's, MK1 and a MK2. Your press the start button and the "F2 to BIOS" is there in about 2 seconds but the MK2 it takes about 10 seconds to show it. I checked pannasonic's downloads and no update for it. Once it gets past the bios screen it boots to windows in 26 seconds thanks to the new intel 320 SSD 120GB G3 drive. Any idea's guys why its so slow to the bios screen
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:34 am
by R-T-B
toughasnails wrote:I have two 52's, MK1 and a MK2. Your press the start button and the "F2 to BIOS" is there in about 2 seconds but the MK2 it takes about 10 seconds to show it. I checked pannasonic's downloads and no update for it. Once it gets past the bios screen it boots to windows in 26 seconds thanks to the new intel 320 SSD 120GB G3 drive. Any idea's guys why its so slow to the bios screen
Sounds to me like it's trying to boot from LAN first or something. Otherwise no idea.
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:55 pm
by SHEEPMAN!
R-T-B wrote:toughasnails wrote:I have two 52's, MK1 and a MK2. Your press the start button and the "F2 to BIOS" is there in about 2 seconds but the MK2 it takes about 10 seconds to show it. I checked pannasonic's downloads and no update for it. Once it gets past the bios screen it boots to windows in 26 seconds thanks to the new intel 320 SSD 120GB G3 drive. Any idea's guys why its so slow to the bios screen
Sounds to me like it's trying to boot from LAN first or something. Otherwise no idea.
Pull the dvd and try it just for edification and amusement.
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:17 pm
by toughasnails
Done it and also tried the ram out of the mk1.
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:02 am
by R-T-B
Have you tried restoring default BIOS settings?
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:09 am
by toughasnails
I just tried that about 10 minutes ago and no luck. I even disabled what I could in the bios to see if that would help...nope. It did cut my boot time down from 26 down to 21
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:40 pm
by R-T-B
toughasnails wrote:I just tried that about 10 minutes ago and no luck. I even disabled what I could in the bios to see if that would help...nope. It did cut my boot time down from 26 down to 21
I ran into a issue similar to this on the Mk3. If you flip a certain bit in the CMOS (I was doing this while searching for the VT-X bit), it takes a very long time to pass the BIOS. It's probably the bit that forces it to check ram. In your case however, I see no way it could ever have been flipped short of a freak focused gamma ray strike or something.
It still might not hurt to pull the CMOS battery, but that means dissecting the notebook a bit.
Also, it might have something to do with the IDE controller not liking the jumper settings on your HD. Make sure it is set to "master" and not cable select or something.
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:28 pm
by toughasnails
When I got it a month I put a OEM 160GB in and then 2 weeks ago I put a Intel 320 SSD 160GB. Both drives do the same. I wish I could reflash the bios but can not seem to find one. On the bright side this is the only problem with this 52 so that is a good thing. Wonder if all the CF-52 MK2 starts like this.
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:50 pm
by R-T-B
Yeah, I've never had a Mk2 so can't say. Though I'm thinking all in all, it's a minor issue and you got a pretty good notebook there.
Re: CF-52G MK2 Slow boot
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:24 am
by toughasnails
Not bad for $224.00 + $50.00 for the 160gb/caddy but really the MK1 is faster over all but the price was right.