Slow W7 boot after installing nVidia GTX470

Everlong · 10 May 2010

I just went on to their website and had a look at the type of file it is.

It seems you just burn all 3 files to a disk, boot from disk and it should go through from there as the .BAT file that's in it just runs the .exe program then then .ROM, and then it loads the new BIOS and restarts.

I read the instructions on the Foxconn website as well, and it goes on about typing all this crap. You shouldn't need to do that as all of them are in the .BAT file, which will run when you boot from the disk.

Also flash the CMOS as well with the jumper pin on the motherboard, for good measure.

apollodominion · 11 May 2010

unaligned said:

Everlong said:

Does the BIOS update program you used flash the CMOS when it updates, or have you flashed it yourself?

I don't think that the update program flashes itself, and I've tried to figure out how to flash it myself, but Foxconn's support (and instructions, for that matter) are notoriously bad. On a side note, it is one reason why I'll never by anything from them again.

Regardless, none of the BIOS updates they have on their website seem to have anything to do with the problems I am experiencing...

I have attempted to flash the newest update that Foxconn has for the Intel chipset driver, but again, I cannot understand Foxconn's flash process. The files that are given with the driver do not match the intructions Foxconn gives for flashing.

Im guessing its floppy/USB boot flashing XD dang i hate them.
But still its not as bad as my old DFI mobo flashing. I told it to flash it and auto select the best one for it and the damn thing put a DDR3 edition of the award bios on and the mobo was DDR2 and now i cant flash it anymore and can not get warrenty on it

i did pick it up for a cheap deal so im not fussed (DFI P55 DDR2 3x PCIe 16x) looks good to get but it has too many features to play with and void stuff.

so ill just stick with gigabyte and Asus

But its safer from viruses and bos from tampering with when u flash so thats a +

unaligned · 11 May 2010

Everlong said:

It seems you just burn all 3 files to a disk, boot from disk and it should go through from there as the .BAT file that's in it just runs the .exe program then then .ROM, and then it loads the new BIOS and restarts.

I've tried to do this but I can't quite seem to make a CD or thumb drive that is bootable... I've used PowerISO and burned onto it the extraced boot info from the W7 install DVD, but it keeps telling me that bootmgr is missing. What's a simple way to create a bootable thumb drive that I can put the BIOS files onto?

Everlong · 11 May 2010

I wrote a guide over on the Vista forums, which will still work DOS USB boot drive - Vista Forums.

Once you've followed the instructions, just put the 3 files (the .rom file, .bat file, .exe file) and boot from the USB pen.

unaligned · 11 May 2010

Awesome thanks... I've been looking for a simple bootable USB technique.

And I seem to have found the culprit behind the slow boot; it was AVG Free... since I've deleted it, the boot is faster but the computer is still taking up most of my system resources, creating a choppy experience and making it impossible to play games. When I go into task manager, there is nothing that would indicate which program is accessing all of the CPU's power..

Everlong · 11 May 2010

Well that's one problem solved then, but now a whole new problem lol.

The only time I've had something like that was because of Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service, disabling this service (all it's needed for is sharing media through WMP to your Xbox 360) and that solved it as when I was playing games, 90% of my RAM would be used with 100% CPU power.

Though that's funny that it was AVG causing your slow boots. I used to use AVG just before I got my GTX470, but switched to Microsoft Security Essentials, otherwise I could have had the same problem, lol.

unaligned · 11 May 2010

Everlong said:

Though that's funny that it was AVG causing your slow boots. I used to use AVG just before I got my GTX470, but switched to Microsoft Security Essentials, otherwise I could have had the same problem, lol.

Yeah, kind of annoying... I guess I'll switch to MSE. I've got everyone online telling me I should.

Why does this thing have to be so damn hard?