Did you try it with no drives connected?

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:03:00 -0500, Greg <Not @this.address.com> wrote:

>Every single time I boot or reboot, the computer displays the "Intel
>Pentium 4" logo for 14 minutes and 43 seconds,
>then proceeds to the usual Windows XP welcome screen. This consistently
>happens whether the computer has been off all
>night, or if it's being rebooted after running for several hours. It's
>been a problem for about 6 months now, so I
>cannot swear, but I think it began about the time I installed Linus
>Fedora and Grub to create a duel boot option.
>About that time, I added a second internal IDE hard drive set as slave,
>but the problem persists whether the second
>hard drive is connected to power and data cable or not. The Fedora
>partition and Grub boot loader are no longer on the
>drive.
>
>I've tried:
>
>--windows recovery console's fixmbr command and fixboot C:.
>--changing hard drive data cable
>--disconnecting all DVD and slave drives (setting the boot drive to
>Single)
>--booting from DVD (still displays logo for 14 minutes, 43 seconds
>before booting)
>--Checking cmos settings
>--Replacing cmos battery
>--Pushing all chips and cables to insure that they are seated correctly
>--Calling Manufacturer tech support twice
>
>First tech support guy suggested that the motherboard was failing - but
>since the problem occurs for the exact same
>amount of time each time, then boots normally and runs for days with no
>system halts or other unusual behavior, it
>doesn't seem like a failing board. The second tech support guy agreed
>that it does not seem like a failing part since
>the "Intel Pentium 4" logo lingers for the exact same time, followed by
>a perfectly functioning system for as many
>hours or days as I keep it running. He asked me to call back tomorrow
>when "level 2" techs are in house. He agreed that it seems to be some
>type of hardware issue since the computer hangs before getting past the
>bios loading and memory checks ect.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>OS is Windows XP SP2 Home edition.
>Processor is Intel Pentium 4 Prescott 3 GHz
>Motherboard is Micro-Star International model: MS-7060 Chipset: SIS
>661Fx
>Bios: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG