Computer boots slow = bad battery?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Betty

It's slow before the splash screen.

It shows a Dell logo then goes black for 3-5 minutes... shows a blinking cursor for about 30 seconds on a blue screen.

It used to boot up lickety-split in less then a minute- and now takes 5+ minutes. Nothing has been installed or done. This is a computer that runs a cnc in the factory and that's all it does. ever. nothing ever changes on it.

Best guess:

It's a CMOS issue. The boot process is looking for something that is no longer present (like a CD-ROM drive or floppy). It's waiting for it to timeout.

How comfortable are you in poking around the boot (CMOS) menu?

[Betty]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Best guess:

It's a CMOS issue. The boot process is looking for something that is no longer present (like a CD-ROM drive or floppy). It's waiting for it to timeout.

How comfortable are you in poking around the boot (CMOS) menu?

Meh... sounds scary!

It's going to go like this - see this guy from a disney-ish message board I visit online told me your guy is wrong and that I should do this to your big expensive machine that runs the factory.

I can probably do it with support - but is this something I want on my head if something goes horribly wrong?

I appreicate the advice - but I think I'll let them take care of it unless they decide they want my help - which could happen any time now - but then again - perhaps not.

And let's face it -I'm in a comfy air conditioned office and the weather outside the factory is over 100 degrees - which means inside it's probably 110 or more.

Thanks though.