Hi all, I was studying this review of 7600X ( https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-5-7600x/28.html ) and I was shocked reading the "cons" in the "Value and conclusion" page: "Very long boot times" - Explained as:
"When I first booted up my Zen 4 sample I assumed it was hung and kept resetting/clearing CMOS. After first boot, the super long startup times improve, but even with everything setup you'll stare at blank screen for 30 seconds. To clarify: after a clean system shutdown, without loss of power, when you press the power button, you're still looking at a black screen for 30 seconds, before the BIOS logo appears. I find that an incredibly long time, especially when you're not watching the POST code display that tells you something is happening. AMD and the motherboard manufacturers say they are working on improving this—they must. I'm having doubts that your parents would accept such an experience as an "upgrade", considering their previous computer showed something on-screen within seconds after pressing the power button.
Update Sep 29: I just tested boot times using the newest ASUS 0703 Beta BIOS, which comes with AGESA ComboAM5PI 1.0.0.3 Patch A. No noticeable improvement in memory training times. It takes 38 seconds from pressing the power button (after a clean Windows shutdown), until there ASUS BIOS POST screen shots. After that, the usual BIOS POST stuff happens and Windows still start, which takes another 20 seconds or so."
Really?!? Should i upgrade my full rig, add a super fast SSD which should load Windows in 1-2 seconds, and wait 30 (i have read recent posts on reddit about even 45 secs seconds to get to the POST? View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/y49yhi/how_are_your_7000_series_boot_speeds/
)
Anyone knows if there's still this problem? I have read that even updating the motherboard bios doesn't help, and these are recent posts, there are many...
They also talk about the RAM "training" that should improve after sometime, but it doesn't.
I mean, with my 11 years old i7 3770K and SATA SSD, i am on the desktop in 20ish seconds
"When I first booted up my Zen 4 sample I assumed it was hung and kept resetting/clearing CMOS. After first boot, the super long startup times improve, but even with everything setup you'll stare at blank screen for 30 seconds. To clarify: after a clean system shutdown, without loss of power, when you press the power button, you're still looking at a black screen for 30 seconds, before the BIOS logo appears. I find that an incredibly long time, especially when you're not watching the POST code display that tells you something is happening. AMD and the motherboard manufacturers say they are working on improving this—they must. I'm having doubts that your parents would accept such an experience as an "upgrade", considering their previous computer showed something on-screen within seconds after pressing the power button.
Update Sep 29: I just tested boot times using the newest ASUS 0703 Beta BIOS, which comes with AGESA ComboAM5PI 1.0.0.3 Patch A. No noticeable improvement in memory training times. It takes 38 seconds from pressing the power button (after a clean Windows shutdown), until there ASUS BIOS POST screen shots. After that, the usual BIOS POST stuff happens and Windows still start, which takes another 20 seconds or so."
Really?!? Should i upgrade my full rig, add a super fast SSD which should load Windows in 1-2 seconds, and wait 30 (i have read recent posts on reddit about even 45 secs seconds to get to the POST? View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/y49yhi/how_are_your_7000_series_boot_speeds/
)
Anyone knows if there's still this problem? I have read that even updating the motherboard bios doesn't help, and these are recent posts, there are many...
They also talk about the RAM "training" that should improve after sometime, but it doesn't.
I mean, with my 11 years old i7 3770K and SATA SSD, i am on the desktop in 20ish seconds
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