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The bios has probably been reset to defaults.  On my Asus mobo, "Load BIOS
Defaults" is intended for troubleshooting -- all high-perf options are
disabled.  "Load Setup Defaults" enables most high-perf options.  Check for
something like that.

If not, check settings to Enable Quick Power On Self Test.  Also, some older
machines do a sequential scan for fixed drives.  Set unused IDE channels to
disabled.  Memory timings can usually be set to fastest speeds.


yale@erols.com wrote in message <6i3go4$5v$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>i have a packard bell legend 401CD 75 mhz pentium.
>i just downloaded the latest BIOS version direct from the packard bell web
>site,  and installed it (following their instructions to the letter).  Lo
and
>behold, my machine now takes about 3 minutes to boot up whereas before
>it would take about 40 seconds.
>
>a call to pb tech support left me nowhere (except they had the nerve to
>charge me $34.95 for the call)!
>
>question:  is there anyway to reverse the BIOS back to the previous
>version?  if not, are there any changes i can make to get the system to
>boot faster?
>
>i want to avoid a "format\c" at all cost!
>
>please email a copy of the reply to <yale@erols.com>
>
>thank you.
>
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