Slow start - Satellite A200-1KZ PSAE3

Hi,
I have a Satellite A200-1KZ PSAE3 running Windows Vista Home Premium.
I have a clean install, so I have no third-apps running in my energy system.
I have the SKAA140a.rom (v 1.40).
I have installed the Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (GM965) v1.5.6
I have installed the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver vVista_R172a.zip
The system take more than 2 minutes to start, any ideas?
Any idea why?
Thanks in advance!

I want to add that the start process is like this:
BIOS screen (where the Intel logo appears)
Progress bar, pass 7,5 times.
Windows Vista Logo, the whole song
"Starting", is less than a second
Then my desktop, where the "Live Messenger" appears first
Then Power, Network and Sound control
But, the Network appears as "Not connected" (red cross) until the NOD32 is on.
I've tried uninstalling the NOD32 and is the same thing.
NOD32 doesn't seems to be the problem.
Could be something about the network card?
My computer uses a Realtek card with the standard Windows Vista drivers. The name of the card is "NIC de Fast Ethernet PCI-E de la familia Realtek RTL8101 (NDIS 6.0)".
Oh, I can add that if for example I install something that need a restart and have to do something before the Desktop appears and takes 20 seconds for example, the system start just right away. No delay.
Ideas?
TIA!

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