Bad SSD causing slow load times?

[ropd7126]

Still having problems with slow BIOS and Windows 10 load times. We're talking 3-4 minutes. I have a Samsung 960 Pro 512 Gig. I have reinstalled Windows 6 times, pulled all memory sticks to check each individually, Pulled the GPU, reset the CMOS, updated the BIOS, and actually RMA'ed and replaced the motherboard (Asus TUF Z270 Mark 1). Right now the system is running with RAM, CPU, integrated graphics and the SSD. Still have the same problem. Loading Windows is one thing but why the same delay on the BIOS? Could the CPU or the SSD be the hangup? Don't have a spare CPU but I guess I could try an old SSD. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Rich

 

[ropd7126]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from ropd7126 : "Bad SSD causing slow load times?"

Still having problems with slow BIOS and Windows 10 load times. We're talking 3-4 minutes. I have a Samsung 960 Pro 512 Gig. I have reinstalled Windows 6 times, pulled all memory sticks to check each individually, Pulled the GPU, reset the CMOS, updated the BIOS, and actually RMA'ed and replaced the motherboard (Asus TUF Z270 Mark 1). Right now the system is running with RAM, CPU, integrated graphics and the SSD. Still have the same problem. Loading Windows is one thing but why the same delay on the BIOS? Could the CPU or the SSD be the hangup? Don't have a spare CPU but I guess I could try an old SSD. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Rich

I apologize if I posted this twice.

 

[geofelt]

In the bios is there some sort of a quick boot option?
Often the default is to do a check of ram which will take some time.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from ropd7126 : "Very long load time for Windows 10"

Please excuse the length but I want to include as much info as possible. I finished my new build and on the advice of the members at this forum put windows 10 on my new Samsung 960 Pro. Everything seemed fine until I hooked up my old primary drive, a Samsung 830 256 gig, in order to format it. The boot sequence was set to my new drive first but when I booted up it actually booted from my Samsung 830 and loaded Windows 10 from it, along with all the old files. I disconnected the old drive and tried to go into the bios. It took nearly 3 minutes. I checked and the boot sequence was set to my new drive. When I exited the bios it took nearly 3 minutes for windows to load. I restarted the computer but still had the same problem. After trying a reset on the CMOS (battery and jumper) it had no effect. Since I didn't have much to lose I did a fresh install of windows and it seemed to remedy the problem. At least for that night. This morning when I booted up the long delay was back.

Could something had transferred to my new C drive from the old causing this problem?

I did another fresh install of Windows but the problem persists. Any ideas?

I'm not sure how to amend my original post so I'll put the additional info here.

When the system first booted up correctly it would show the splash screen, then turn black with a cursor jumping from upper left to the middle, then the splash screen again before finally booting to desktop. All that took about 10-12 seconds. Now it just shows the splash screen and sits there for just under 3 minutes before going to desktop.

 

[ropd7126]

In the bios is there some sort of a quick boot option?
Often the default is to do a check of ram which will take some time.

I'll check. Asus UEFI bios is pretty complex and I've been concentrating on the BOOT tab. Even so, would that help the long load to Windows?

Rich

 

[geofelt]

Time to windows logon is in two parts:
1. Bios setup time.
This may be affected by the options in the bios such as ram checking.
If your boot order has some device such as a dvd before the ssd, there will be a timeout while the bios looks for a boot device that is not there. That delay may be an option you can change.
Put your ssd first.

2. Windows startup.
Windows 10 may be checking or finishing updates first.

 

[ropd7126]

Time to windows logon is in two parts:
1. Bios setup time.
This may be affected by the options in the bios such as ram checking.
If your boot order has some device such as a dvd before the ssd, there will be a timeout while the bios looks for a boot device that is not there. That delay may be an option you can change.
Put your ssd first.

2. Windows startup.
Windows 10 may be checking or finishing updates first.

My boot sequence shows: 1. Samsung 960 MBR 2. Samsung 960 Pro 3. Plextor optical drive

I've never seen the MBR listed in the boot process before (that I can remember) but it definitely shows up on this board. Another thing, when you go into the advanced BIOS then press F8 for boot process it will show the 3 boot options. If I click on the first boot option, it immediately boots to the desktop. If I just F10 (save and exit) it goes through the same long boot period to get to the desktop.

As far as Windows checking/finishing updates I can see that happening initially but not every time I boot up. We're talking a minimum of 20 starts.

Rich

 

[geofelt]

One of the other causes for strange delays is when the bios needs to reconfigure ram or the cpu to avoid a problematic setting.
Perhaps the cpu overclock settings, or the ram settings.

 

[ropd7126]

One of the other causes for strange delays is when the bios needs to reconfigure ram or the cpu to avoid a problematic setting.
Perhaps the cpu overclock settings, or the ram settings.

At this point all settings are at default. No overclocking on cpu or ram. But I definitely appreciate your input. Thanks

Rich