H97M-PLUS Splash screen showing for 30 seconds

[bigonroad]

Hey guys,

Have a PC built on an H97M Plus. Been working fine, upgraded to Windows 10 a few days ago, though I think this problem happened a couple of days before that.

On start, the splash screen for ASUS appears for about 30 seconds. Used to be about 1-2 seconds. Nothing has changed hardware wise.

Means that the PC takes around 38 seconds to boot now, rather than the 10 it used to take.

I've updated to latest bios, changed settings under boot in bios, but can't seem to find the solution. Any ideas?

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  ■ CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
  ■CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 37.8 CFM CPU Cooler
  ■Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
  ■Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
  ■Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive for Windows and Documents. ■Plus a Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive for Games and Media.
  ■Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card
  ■Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case
  ■Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
  ■Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
  ■Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
  ■Case Fans: Antec TrueQuiet 120 35.8 CFM 120mm Fan

 

[R_1]

go into the BIOS and enable fast boot under the boot menu. with fast boot disabled the motherboard is checking the ram and performing other steps in the boot not necessarily needed.
I think when you updated the BIOS it reset this setting.

 

[bigonroad]

Nope, defintely already enabled.

The delay predates the update - I updated the BIOS to try to fix the delay in fact!

 

[R_1]

go in to the BIOS and turn off the splash screen, make the computer show you what it is doing at post. this may help tell where in the boot process the delay is happening.

anything plugged into the usb? thumb drives, externals,memory card reader?

 

[bigonroad]

go in to the BIOS and turn off the splash screen, make the computer show you what it is doing at post. this may help tell where in the boot process the delay is happening.

anything plugged into the usb? thumb drives, externals,memory card reader?

Nothing new plugged in, only really a USB Audio DAC - been using for years - plus mouse and keyboard. No other externals.

Turning off splash screen doesn't show me a post blow by blow, I just get 30 seconds of black screen instead.

 

[bigonroad]

Ha, in the end it turned out it was just because there was a DVD in the drive. Not a bootable disc, and the DVD drive wasn't on the boot order list before the booting SSD, but for some reason POST was trying to read it, and wasting 30 seconds on it. Have completely removed the DVD drive from the boot list, and Windows is booting from off in 7 seconds now.

Thanks for the help!