Asus P8Z68-V LX takes ~30 seconds at ASUS logo screen when External US

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Title says it all basically. I have two USB 3.0 ports and when I plug an external HD or my phone charger into them I get the usual 2-3 seconds at Asus logo. If I plug them into any other port, takes ~30 seconds.
Asus P8Z68-V LX: Bios Version 0703 [2011.11.15 update]
i5-2500k
8GB Skill X-Series Ram (2x4GB)
120GB Intel 320 Series
Corsair 650W
 

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Thank you for your response. I'm a noob at this stuff, but I did find the boot options and disabled every boot option but my SSD and my CD/DVD Drive (currently it had a printer?? and 3 externals listed in the boot options).

My boot order is SSD > CD/DVD Drive.

Disabling all other boot options shaved the time down form 30s to about 20s, but still is a much larger value than when I don't have my 3 external HDDs plugged in.
 

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What do I do for that? Edit: are you referring to plugging them in through eSATA ports? They don't have that connection :p'

ACtually, I'm not even sure how to tell if my externals are IDE or SATA, I just plug them into USB port on back of case..
 

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This is sort of off on another tangent but I just realized I have my SSD plugged into a Sata3g and my CD/DVD into a Sata 6g, should I switch those?
 

I meant eSATA instead of USB for the connection to the PC. Unles they're quite old, the drives should be SATA.

Edit: I checked your motherboard specs and it doesn't support eSATA.