Question HP Laptop takes 15+ minutes on HP splash screen, then loads

Jul 29, 2019
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
Win 7, 3Gb Ram, Amd turion 2 n530 processor

Hi there. An old laptop from 2011 I have is taking 15 minutes to get through the HP splash logo.

It doesn't matter if it tries to boot up the system from the HD, boot from a pendrive or just load the BIOS config. It takes 10-15 minutes to get past the splash screen.

I even removed the HD and it still takes 10-15 to display the dialog saying there's no primary boot drive. So IT IS NOT THE HDD.

Also I already tried to manually remove the WiFi, the CD/DVD and memory clips. I could not isolate the problem.

After the 15 minutes (if the HD is connected) the system just boot up and works fine. Any clues? Can someone help?