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- Feb 9, 2019
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- Motherboard
- Intel Q87
- CPU
- i7-4790
- Graphics
- HD 4600
Thank you for your observation Dean 2013.
The plot thickens.
I had not yet removed the computer itself as the source of the problem, so I installed 10.15.5 onto an SSD in a Optiplex 9010 I had. Boot time: 17 seconds, no stalls.
Put that SSD into the original 7010: still over a minute.
One last question in my mind: could there possibly be a difference between a 7010 and 9010? I had a venerable 7010, one I bought back in 2012. I pulled it out of the retirement home, put in some RAM and the SSD, booted it: 17 seconds.
There is clearly some kind of marginal hardware problem in the original 7010. My question now is: Is there any way to determine if this is a motherboard or a CPU issue?
Thanks for any assistance.
The plot thickens.
I had not yet removed the computer itself as the source of the problem, so I installed 10.15.5 onto an SSD in a Optiplex 9010 I had. Boot time: 17 seconds, no stalls.
Put that SSD into the original 7010: still over a minute.
One last question in my mind: could there possibly be a difference between a 7010 and 9010? I had a venerable 7010, one I bought back in 2012. I pulled it out of the retirement home, put in some RAM and the SSD, booted it: 17 seconds.
There is clearly some kind of marginal hardware problem in the original 7010. My question now is: Is there any way to determine if this is a motherboard or a CPU issue?
Thanks for any assistance.