Windows Vista Boot Up Problem

[nv6s]

I know there on serveral topics on this however I have tried a few methods already...
sorry if i am indeed repeating a issue already addressed just slap the link on me please but anyway back to my problem..

Apparently one day after i installed a Windows Update, my computer went haywire. It just wouldnt start up and made a couple beeping sounds. I took my ram out and put it back in and my cpu started up however the boot time took 5-10mintues to start up, i didnt exactly time it but it took much longer then my usual 30secs - 1min startup when my cpu was fine. I tried to fix it by changing the number of processors running and changing my startup programs but nothing worked. Now i leave my cpu on hibernate where it would be much quicker to logon rather then shutting my cpu down and going through that whole process. I decided to factory restore it and it still took 5 - 10mins... is it my hardware? whats the problem? any help much appreciated.... THanks guys!

SYSTEM
GATE WAY | Intel Quad 2 Core 2.4ghz | 3GBRAM PC2 | VISTA Home x64 everything is stock
sorry i cant give a more indepth system spec i will when i reach home!

 

[JimJoe]

One way to check your ram is to have just one ram stick in the computer when you boot. If that works quickly, then try booting with just one of the other ram sticks.

Keep going until you find the one that slows it down and replace that one.

 

[nv6s]

if im not mistaken doesn't vista require at least 2GB to run if im just plugging in 1 stick at a time wouldnt that slow it down considerably

PS i tried but with no luck... each ram stick was tested and yet my boot up still takes 5 - 10 mintues give or take a few mintues

 

[JimJoe]

Yes, Vista needs ram, but it is one way to test the ram sticks.

Have you checked your task manager to see if any one item is taking up lots of cpu time ?

 

[roy69]

It may be taking time because the update went wrong.
Do a system restore to before you did the update, this should fix the problem.