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#168875 - 03/07/2003 08:31 EMPEG is taking a LONG time to start (> 5 minutes)
thedon
journeyman

Registered: 18/08/2002
Posts: 65
I noticed in the car yesturday that my EMPEG got horribly slow. To the point where pressing "play" didn't do anything until approximatly 2 minutes later... Today, when I powered it up at home, it took approximatly 5-6 minutes to fully turn on... Each part of the boot-up process (loading visuals, etc) took 1-2 minutes each...

Any idea what might be happening?

I'm scared!

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#168876 - 03/07/2003 09:54 Re: EMPEG is taking a LONG time to start (> 5 minutes) [Re: thedon]
Roger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
Any idea what might be happening?

Could be a hard disk on its way out. It'll get progressively slower as it tries multiple times to read each failing sector.

With the empeg plugged into AC power, listen to the drives -- if it's going whir, whir, click, click, click, click, whir, then it's probably failing.
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#168877 - 03/07/2003 09:59 Re: EMPEG is taking a LONG time to start (> 5 minutes) [Re: Roger]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Would you also see errors in the boot log? That might be a good thing to capture anyway, if possible.
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200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs

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#168878 - 03/07/2003 11:00 Re: EMPEG is taking a LONG time to start (> 5 minutes) [Re: pgrzelak]
thedon
journeyman

Registered: 18/08/2002
Posts: 65
I'm not framiliar with how to do that, is it easy

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#168879 - 03/07/2003 11:05 Re: EMPEG is taking a LONG time to start (> 5 minutes) [Re: thedon]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Paul Grzelak
200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs

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