Slow boot after installing M.2 SSD

Apr 29, 2018
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I have a Samsung Evo 850 120gb SSD, as well as a 500gb HDD for storage.

Today, I've acquired a Patriot Scorch M.2 256gb SSD and plugged it in. The OS remained in my old SSD, and that's where I'm booting. I'm still not sure if I'll move the OS to the new SDD or use it only for gaming.

In any case, for some unjustifiable reason, that made the boot time jump from less than 10 seconds to over 1 minute. I'm not even booting on that SSD, why does its presence make a difference for booting time? Wtf.

I've checked the new SSD on HDDScan and it's working incredibly fast. I've tried turning off CSM on BIOS, but it changed nothing. The boot priority remains the same, starting with Windows Boot Manager on the old SSD. I've updated the BIOS a few months ago.

I can't begin to imagine what's going on.

Some info:
OS: Windows 10
Motherboard: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
CPU: I5 6600
 
Update: I'm getting the occasional BSOD that reads:

Stop code: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
What failed: NETIO.SYS

I'm guessing it's got something to do with the NVMe drivers?
Patriot's website doesn't have any drivers for download, so what exactly can I do about it?
 

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