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3/27/2016

Troubleshooting:15+ minute delay before boot up

15+ minute delay before boot up

Hey folks,

My info: I'm running Vista Ultimate 32-bit on a Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet machine.

My problem: It's pretty much summed up by the title to my thread: upon restarting or turning on my computer, the power light comes on, but waits at least 15 minutes before booting up; once it starts booting, everything works smoothly.

It started when I used the blue ThinkVantage button on my ThinkPad (Lenovo users will know what I mean, it's basically Lenovo's system maintenance tool) to download some updates for my machine, including some BIOS stuff. I'm suspicious that it has to do with
my BIOS, but I wanted to hear what you guys had to say before I started fooling around with my BIOS.

I could really use some help here, I'm beyond frustrated.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide me, and I apologize if this isn't the right place to put this. I tried Lenovo's support forums and got no help, and I really don't want to shell out the money it will take for Geek Squad or the like to fix
it.

Thanks,

Chris

Anwsers to the Problem 15+ minute delay before boot up

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Finally, I solved the problem.
As it turned out, what I thought was an unrelated problem ended up being the root cause for this one.
Upon booting up, I would get the warning: "There was a problem connecting to the TPM (security device) on this computer. It is possible that anti-virus or firewall software is blocking the connection. A missing or disabled device driver could also cause
this problem. Please refer to the online documentation for more information."
As it turned out, when I updated my BIOS, one of the security programs that initialize during boot up didn't update correctly.
The fix: go to Lenovo's website and update Client Security Solution. This one worked for me:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-69959.

Open Action Center by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, and then, under System and Security, clicking Review your computer's status.

Make sure your computer has at least the minimum amount of random access memory (RAM) required to run the program that is displaying the error. Look for the program requirements online or in the packaging information.

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3/27/2016