DL360 G3 server boots after 30 minutes

I have performed various boot scenarios to locate the slow boot time. I have
found out that if I have USB enabled in the BIOS, then i must have a USB
device plugged in to my server for it to boot normally. If I unplug the
device and reboot(multiple times) it hangs after the splash screen with the
animated progress bar. If I leave USB enabled, boot into safe mode, it hangs
at acpitabl.dat....

Now get this.. If I disable USB in the BIOS, then it boots up fine. NO
hangs at all. Only problem is, I can't use any USB devices.

Also, while windows is running, if I unplug the USB device, I get an unknown
USB device error, which leads me to believe my USB system drivers are flaky.

So your'e going to tell me to leave a USB device plugged in at all times.
Well, that's sounds like a feasable solution, but it shouldn't be that way.
USB ports shouldn't be searching for devices during startup.

How can I get a normal boot with USB enabled in the BIOS and no USB devices
connected to my server?

Tony
Sat Aug 18 04:34:38 CDT 2007

If you didn't try it, I think you should go look for a possible BIOS
update - first, you might try finding the 'USB Legacy Support' setting in
BIOS Setup and switch it to whatever it is NOT set to at the moment.

Tony. . .


"Tony Davis" <Tony Davis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32E7591B-2812-4459-93A2-6777B46B5274@microsoft.com...
> I have performed various boot scenarios to locate the slow boot time. I
have
> found out that if I have USB enabled in the BIOS, then i must have a USB
> device plugged in to my server for it to boot normally. If I unplug the
> device and reboot(multiple times) it hangs after the splash screen with
the
> animated progress bar. If I leave USB enabled, boot into safe mode, it
hangs
> at acpitabl.dat....
>
> Now get this.. If I disable USB in the BIOS, then it boots up fine. NO
> hangs at all. Only problem is, I can't use any USB devices.
>
> Also, while windows is running, if I unplug the USB device, I get an
unknown
> USB device error, which leads me to believe my USB system drivers are
flaky.
>
> So your'e going to tell me to leave a USB device plugged in at all times.
> Well, that's sounds like a feasable solution, but it shouldn't be that
way.
> USB ports shouldn't be searching for devices during startup.
>
> How can I get a normal boot with USB enabled in the BIOS and no USB
devices
> connected to my server?

Charlie
Sat Aug 18 00:13:04 CDT 2007

Talk to HP. There have been numerous updates for this BIOS, hopefully one of
them will resolve it. I have the G5 version of this box and have no such
issues.

--
Charlie.
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"Tony Davis" <Tony Davis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32E7591B-2812-4459-93A2-6777B46B5274@microsoft.com...
>I have performed various boot scenarios to locate the slow boot time. I
>have
> found out that if I have USB enabled in the BIOS, then i must have a USB
> device plugged in to my server for it to boot normally. If I unplug the
> device and reboot(multiple times) it hangs after the splash screen with
> the
> animated progress bar. If I leave USB enabled, boot into safe mode, it
> hangs
> at acpitabl.dat....
>
> Now get this.. If I disable USB in the BIOS, then it boots up fine. NO
> hangs at all. Only problem is, I can't use any USB devices.
>
> Also, while windows is running, if I unplug the USB device, I get an
> unknown
> USB device error, which leads me to believe my USB system drivers are
> flaky.
>
> So your'e going to tell me to leave a USB device plugged in at all times.
> Well, that's sounds like a feasable solution, but it shouldn't be that
> way.
> USB ports shouldn't be searching for devices during startup.
>
> How can I get a normal boot with USB enabled in the BIOS and no USB
> devices
> connected to my server?