Re: Karmic Koala takes long time to load

2009-12-26 Thread bryn mitchell
G'day David. The holdup is either after the BIOS has loaded or is during the BIOS load up period. It is difficult to tell as it simply shows a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the top left hand corner. Ironically, when starting the machine today it started with minimal hesitation. Yesterda

Re: Karmic Koala takes long time to load

2009-12-26 Thread David Fawcett
Hey Bryn, The flash cursor gives me a little more information so thanks for that. :) Sounds like the hard drive isn't being detected during startup. To be more specific it sounds like it isn't mounting the drive correctly. This could be a motherboard issue or it could be an issue with the bios