My BIOS is very slow! Help me please

[Lodocarbo]

Hello guys,
I just built a new PC, trying to future-proof it totally (specs on the bottom), I came along with a problem: when i power on my system, the BIOS (already updated to F5) takes up to 25-30 seconds to select my system drive (SSD M.2 NVMe that is very fast), then the OS loads instantly (funny eh?). The BIOS is already on Ultra-Fast boot, set to skip other drives and devices to start up the system but it doesn't seem to make it faster. Any tips? 😀

PS I contacted Gigabyte and they said that all the Boards are tested. I had some issues with my RAM because it won't work @ 2800Mhz even if is tested to do so


Specs:
MBO Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH
CPU Intel i7 6700 @ 3.40 GHz w/ stock cooler
RAM HyperX Predator DDR4 @ 2666 MHz (CL 14-14-14)
GPU Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 gaming
SSD (with Windows 10 Pro on it) Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 (2150 MB/s read 950 MB/s write)
HDD #1 Seagate Barracuda 1TB sata3 7200 rpm for Games
HDD #2 Samsung Unknown Model(?) sata 2 1TB 7200rpm for VirtualMachines
PSU Corsair RM650X 80+Gold Fully modular
CASE Corsair Obsidian 450D windowed

 

[13thmonkey]

can you show us an image of your disk management page in windows.

 

[Shaun o]

On some boards there is an option to how long the system does a post report.
It can be set to pause the system from one second to 25 seconds fo a visual check to see if all of the components have been detected.

If you have the bios masking screen or the Gigabyte logo, splash screen enabled.
You will not see the bios posting report of detection of devices.

Go into the bios and set the option to display system checks information to 1 second.
Then the 25 second wait before it boots from the M.2 sata device will be gone.
The option for a delayed start and a system, bios report check, and the amount of time it is set to display before moving on to boot from the working drive with the OS installed on it can be found in the boot options.

ect.

Amount of time to display bios post is what it is normally labelled as in your bios. Lodocarbo ok.

 

[13thmonkey]

when you installed windows how many drives were connected?

 

[Lodocarbo]

when you installed windows how many drives were connected?

I installed windows with the Samsung SSD and the Seagate, later I added the extra (old) 1TB Samsung HDD

 

[Lodocarbo]

On some boards there is an option to how long the system does a post report.
It can be set to pause the system from one second to 25 seconds fo a visual check to see if all of the components have been detected.

If you have the bios masking screen or the Gigabyte logo, splash screen enabled.
You will not see the bios posting report of detection of devices.

Go into the bios and set the option to display system checks information to 1 second.
Then the 25 second wait before it boots from the M.2 sata device will be gone.
The option for a delayed start and a system, bios report check, and the amount of time it is set to display before moving on to boot from the working drive with the OS installed on it can be found in the boot options.

ect.

Amount of time to display bios post is what it is normally labelled as in your bios. Lodocarbo ok.

Thank you very much, I will let you know later today when I'm back to my PC

 

[13thmonkey]

when you installed windows how many drives were connected?

I installed windows with the Samsung SSD and the Seagate, later I added the extra (old) 1TB Samsung HDD

Can you show me your disk management screen, I suspect that the OS has a partition on the segate that is slowing bootup, although I'm surprised it is this bad.

 

[Lodocarbo]

when you installed windows how many drives were connected?

I installed windows with the Samsung SSD and the Seagate, later I added the extra (old) 1TB Samsung HDD

Can you show me your disk management screen, I suspect that the OS has a partition on the segate that is slowing bootup, although I'm surprised it is this bad.

I can't post the pic right now but im 100% sure that the OS is not a problem since it loads in >1 sec.
My Seagate has been formatted with a single partition and is used for my Steam Games only (Steam app is on the SSD)

 

[13thmonkey]

It'll be a hidden partition.

 

[Lodocarbo]

It'll be a hidden partition.

How do I upload a PIC?

 

[13thmonkey]

It'll be a hidden partition.

How do I upload a PIC?

Use imghost or similar

 

[Lodocarbo]

It'll be a hidden partition.

How do I upload a PIC?

Use imghost or similar

https://postimg.org/image/ph26s2n53/

 

[13thmonkey]

OK, so that looks fine, I was concerned that we'd find one of those little partitions on the other drive, windows has a tendency to drop them where it feels like.

What if you remove those drives? does it still do it?

The thoughts above regarding post etc. worth looking at.

 

[Lodocarbo]

On some boards there is an option to how long the system does a post report.
It can be set to pause the system from one second to 25 seconds fo a visual check to see if all of the components have been detected.

If you have the bios masking screen or the Gigabyte logo, splash screen enabled.
You will not see the bios posting report of detection of devices.

Go into the bios and set the option to display system checks information to 1 second.
Then the 25 second wait before it boots from the M.2 sata device will be gone.
The option for a delayed start and a system, bios report check, and the amount of time it is set to display before moving on to boot from the working drive with the OS installed on it can be found in the boot options.

ect.

Amount of time to display bios post is what it is normally labelled as in your bios. Lodocarbo ok.

Hello, I tried to find this setting that you say but i could not find it, i tried to disable every peripherial that I dont use but the BIOS flashes in 25seconds always 🙁

 

[13thmonkey]

so just your SSD only and you still have a problem?

 

[Lodocarbo]

so just your SSD only and you still have a problem?

I twinkered yesterday with my settings but I couldn't manage to time the BIOS, today I came home and turned on my PC and BOOM it works! 10 seconds to flash the BIOS instead of 26!! Im super happy but still I am not sure about what happened, whatever 😀 😀 😀

 

[13thmonkey]

Keep an eye on it

 

[Lodocarbo]

Keep an eye on it

Sure!