[SOLVED] ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) takes over 3 minutes to boot to Windows 10

[conticreative]

I just finished building a new desktop using principally the following:

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core
ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi)
Seagate FIRECUDA 510 1TB
64GB - Corsair 2x32GB 3200MHz Vengeance LPX

There are a couple of things that leave me a bit baffled. This is going to be about the interminable amount of time it takes for the computer to arrive at the point where it loads windows 10 and allows me to login. After that, it's a speed demon, but upon a cold start this is what I see:

1. Press start - Black screen stays black for 22 seconds (22ss total)
2. After that The first BIOS screen becomes visible for 115 seconds (1:38ss total)

(The above is where it shows the logo and the "press F2 or Alt)
3. Next it loads a black screen with a larger graphic and no text for another 1:30ss (3:02 total)

Essentially, before I can see the windows login screen I have to watch either a black screen or the BIOS screen for about 3 minutes.
Even my 10 years old workstation didn't take that long. In fact, when I upped the RAM and switched to SSD the Windows login appeared in a matter of seconds. Less than 10 for sure.

This doesn't seem normal to me. It's not that I can't wait 3 minutes, but I am afraid it's a symptom of either something else being wrong or the BIOS is not set correctly.

My other issue is the RAM running at 2/3 their nominal speed. I know I can overclock it, but I'd rather not. I'll post a separate question in that regard but just in case someone has a very short answer, here it is

 

[sc2lines]

Most of the time I've had problems with slow boot like you're describing is because a hard drive is having a problem.....Not connected well, the cables are loose, etc...

 

[Calvin7]

That is probably caused by doing a legacy Windows 10 installation instead of using a bootable UEFI Windows 10 installation flash drive with the (CSM) Compatibility Support Module option in BIOS changed to [Disabled].

To make a bootable UEFI Windows 10 installation flash drive, you can download the latest Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft and having a USB flash drive available. Go to Rufus and use the ISO, USB flash drive, and Rufus program to make the Windows 10 installation media.
Rufus

Note: Only the NVMe Drive is to be connected as storage to the motherboard until Windows 10 is installed.

If you have files on the M.2 drive already, you have an opportunity to delete all partitions on the drive at the beginning of the installation. That way you'll be starting out with an empty drive.

 

[conticreative]

Thank you for the reply. Indeed I used RUFUS to create a bootable installation media. Before I installed win 10 I tried to search for all types of problems folks had with my MOBO and I followed instructions very similar to yours.
The only thing I can think of is that I had to install Win 10 twice. The first time the installation crashed and it turned out I had the fans set up to turn at too low a speed and I got a "press F1" error.
After that, again win 10 crashed (but later) and I discovered my MOBO had an incompatibility with the Intel WiFi driver. ASUS had buried that notice deep into their website. Once I turned that off the installation proceeded normally and I made sure to do a complete reformat of my C drive.

At this point, installing Windows 10 from scratch would be a real pain. Especially since I am not sure I did anything wrong (always possible though).

As far as my installation drives, I used a new USB stick I just got from Amazon and I only had my NVMe drive (1TB Firecuda) mounted on the board.

What else could I have done wrong? And do I have only a fresh install to look forward to? Is there a way to reduce the amount of time the BIOS is in stasis? If I could reduce restart time to a minute, I'd be OK with it. 3 minutes is an eternity, but that too beats doing a fresh installation at the moment. I'd be tossing 3 days of configurations down the drain.

Thank you for the helpful answer.

 

[GarrettL]

I’m following the thread and sorry I can’t help.

I have the Asus TUF and the build and OS install went without issue. Boot time is fast, from power button to desktop is 10 -15 seconds.

The only difference is a 3800x and 16GB 3200 Vengence.

And like you said, very fast pc. It’s impressive.

 

[conticreative]

It's OK, it's good to know mine is an anomaly. 10 to 15 is about what it should be. I am also not convinced that my Windows installation is at fault. The boot doesn't even get to windows for almost 3 minutes. I am almost tempted to buy another hard drive, put Linux on it and see how fast that loads.

As annoying as it is to stare at that BIOS screen, once windows is loaded, and with 64GB of RAM, that thing not only hums, but I can open app after app and nothing slows down. I feel like I was pulling a trailer with a bicycle and now I have a Ford 350 with a crew cab.

 

[GarrettL]

I know what your saying. There is almost no delay when opening a program even with all sorts of other stuff open and runnig, it's crazy!