the computer did not start in aprox. 3 seconds.. it takes 25 seconds. is there somethig wrong? my new computer takes more time booting than the description said. the descriptions said is takes aprox. 3 seconds booting the windows 7 home premium. i have...
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Were you turning it on or resuming from sleep mode? Resuming from sleep mode takes three seconds.
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If you are running it as an internal hard drive it will run a lot faster for sure, the computer will boot up and be running in about 30 sec. at least that's what my windows 7 computer does.
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Dear customer,1. The amount of installing RAM have to be min. 4 GB if the OS is Windows 7 or 8. Better is 6 or 8 GB RAM, but it depend from the Mother Board.2. If the PC is old there is dust inside. You have to clean the contact points before adding the new RAM. Practically, the handy way is to plug in and remove several times the RAM in the socket places. I hope then the PC will start normaly! Success!
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this a great computer. you might try er-installing and starting again. that means starting from start
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I can't speak for the others but mine is. We've had two of these since Christmas with no problems. If I had any complsint ut would a slow.start up process.
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I would think you should be able to install Windows 7 Home Premium, especially if you wipe out Win 8 first. You may have to change it so the computer looks to the CD/DVD drive on boot up.
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I purchasd two of these. They come with Windows 7 Home Premium already installed. As with all new PCs you have to configure a few things such as time zone, time, and network to connect to. But Windows 7 is already fully installed.
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Mine did not either, but if you're fairly knowledgeable about computers it's pretty self explanatory! Also, I feel that I should put this caution out there for you & others who may be interested in this PC even though I've been pretty happy with it up to this point: a couple times I've noticed a message in the lower right-hand corner that states this is NOT an authentic copy of Windows 7 running on the computer?!? Not sure why this message would pop-up occasionally as it does if it's not the case, but since I get free software from school I'm going to try and re-install Windows 7 from them so for me it's not a big deal, though others may want to be careful and ask about this the seller... Mine did not either, but if you're fairly knowledgeable about computers it's pretty self explanatory! Also, I feel that I should put this caution out there for you & others who may be interested in this PC even though I've been pretty happy with it up to this point: a couple times I've noticed a message in the lower right-hand corner that states this is NOT an authentic copy of Windows 7 running on the computer?!? Not sure why this message would pop-up occasionally as it does if it's not the case, but since I get free software from school I'm going to try and re-install Windows 7 from them... » Read More Mine did not either, but if you're fairly knowledgeable about computers it's pretty self explanatory! Also, I feel that I should put this caution out there for you & others who may be interested in this PC even though I've been pretty happy with it up to this point: a couple times I've noticed a message in the lower right-hand corner that states this is NOT an authentic copy of Windows 7 running on the computer?!? Not sure why this message would pop-up occasionally as it does if it's not the case, but since I get free software from school I'm going to try and re-install Windows 7 from them so for me it's not a big deal, though others may want to be careful and ask about this the seller... « Show Less
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Very quick startup - the only drive mine has is a 128 gig solid state drive. You can get different configurations of this computer either from Lenovo or Newegg
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I had the same problem. Their customer service department says - and this iritates - that we likely don't have a fast enough computer. I've been looking on the Amazon webpage for where they might have listed computer requirements but I couldn't find any. Our laptop is just two years old and is reasonably built but in my opinion, speed requirements should have been front and center to any advertisement...
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Pretty damn fast. It has a ssd cache drive, not sure if that helps at all, but it boots up quick regularly. Less than 30 seconds from power off.
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I used this CPU to replace my Pentium D 2.8GHz CPU. My desktop boots faster roughly by about 15 seconds. Also overall its is more responsive. Though its not earth shattering but that was a welcome change to this older desktop. Is it fast? Not very fast but I am happy with this cheap upgrade. Also it depends on which processor you are comparing to.
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Boot is slow, mostly because of the kind of memory the OS is stored on. Components (memory & cpu) cannot be upgraded (case is very difficult to open) but straight out of the box it isn't bad on speed. Where are you having speed problems?
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Regarding the previous answers to your question..this I believe, is the reason there is a backlog on this computer. Windows 8 has a bad reputation.
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"and Have EXTRA patience when first turning them on outta the BOX, it takes several resets and trys, took about 20 minutes ! IT WILL COME ON..."What are you talking about?!?! Maybe you had issues, but I never did at all, I took it out and charged the battery like you are supposed to, and then it worked perfectly afterwards and has ever since (just over a year now). I never heard of anyone else having this initial start-up issue, I was a regular on the Archos Fans forums and never saw multiple discussions on this (meaning it was *not* a big problem that lots of people were having). Don't try and tell people that *everyone* will have this issue happen to them, that is so not cool... "and Have EXTRA patience when first turning them on outta the BOX, it takes several resets and trys, took about 20 minutes ! IT WILL COME ON..."What are you talking about?!?! Maybe you had issues, but I never did at all, I took it out and charged the battery like you are supposed to, and then it worked perfectly afterwards and has ever since (just over a year now). I never heard of anyone else having this initial start-up issue, I was a regular on the Archos Fans forums and never saw multiple discussions on this (meaning it was *not* a big problem that lots of people... » Read More "and Have EXTRA patience when first turning them on outta the BOX, it takes several resets and trys, took about 20 minutes ! IT WILL COME ON..."What are you talking about?!?! Maybe you had issues, but I never did at all, I took it out and charged the battery like you are supposed to, and then it worked perfectly afterwards and has ever since (just over a year now). I never heard of anyone else having this initial start-up issue, I was a regular on the Archos Fans forums and never saw multiple discussions on this (meaning it was *not* a big problem that lots of people were having). Don't try and tell people that *everyone* will have this issue happen to them, that is so not cool... « Show Less
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I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, no problems whatsoever. Had a lot of runtime errors with an Asus itx motherboard. Would only work with Windows XP. I think it has do with the BIOS being UEFI. After the initial boot sequence, the computer would run for 2-5 minutes and suddenly lock up and display all sorts of runtime errors. Finally gave up and used Windows XP. Otherwise, this is a much better motherboard. Highly recommended.
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Have you used Windows 8, always, on your HP's? I am FAR from being computer-savvy and I called Dell Tech Support and they had me up and running in NO TIME at all, and I was very pleased! It was very new to me, as well. I'm an older woman, so again, not a techno-person at all and I was running this computer like a pro in no time. So it's definitely easy to use. I LOVE MINE! :)