Question Slow boot on NVMe m.2 SSD

[onni82]

I've got an m.2 SSD with Windows 11 Pro installed with secure boot and fast boot enabled.
BIOS boot times are around 1.5-2 minutes long and I've run chkdsk on all drives and disconnected all other SSDs and HDDs so be sure that no old files or partitions interfere with my m.2 disk booting.
I reinstalled Windows two days ago, before disconnecting all the other drives today. Boot times are still as slow, if not even 10 seconds slower than usual.

What do I need to do to fix this?
Will reinstalling Windows be of any help?
Will resetting all BIOS settings help?

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
MB: ROG Strix B550-F Gaming
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
NVMe SSD: Kingston SKC3000S1024G
OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

I reinstalled Windows two days ago, before disconnecting all the other drives

you should have all disks but the intended OS install location disconnected when installing Windows.

system partitions will be created on other accessible disks and can hamper boot times and lead to other issues into the future.

 

[Zerk2012]

Sounds like it's doing memory training each boot.

 

[onni82]

you should have all disks but the intended OS install location disconnected when installing Windows.

system partitions will be created on other accessible disks and can hamper boot times and lead to other issues into the future.

I'll reinstall Windows with all other disks disconnected.
Thanks for the tip and I'll let this thread know if the problem persists.

 

[onni82]

Sounds like it's doing memory training each boot.

How do I disable memory training?
Is that something I change in BIOS?

Is memory training related to RAM or storage memory?
The on-board LED doesn't indicate that there's anything wrong with RAM (memory) but it does indicate that there something with BOOT (maybe storage memory?) while booting.

 

[onni82]

you should have all disks but the intended OS install location disconnected when installing Windows.

system partitions will be created on other accessible disks and can hamper boot times and lead to other issues into the future.

I reinstalled the OS and and boot time is still 89 seconds.

Got any ideas on what else it could be?

 

[DataMeister]

I reinstalled the OS and and boot time is still 89 seconds.

Got any ideas on what else it could be?

What sort of USB peripherals are plugged in? Anything other than mouse and keyboard? Sometimes the USB polling of hubs and extra devices can take a good bit of time.

 

[onni82]

What sort of USB peripherals are plugged in? Anything other than mouse and keyboard? Sometimes the USB polling of hubs and extra devices can take a good bit of time.

I've only got a keyboard and a mouse connected to USB while booting.

 

[Bob.B]

I've got an m.2 SSD with Windows 11 Pro installed with secure boot and fast boot enabled.
BIOS boot times are around 1.5-2 minutes long and I've run chkdsk on all drives and disconnected all other SSDs and HDDs so be sure that no old files or partitions interfere with my m.2 disk booting.
I reinstalled Windows two days ago, before disconnecting all the other drives today. Boot times are still as slow, if not even 10 seconds slower than usual.

What do I need to do to fix this?
Will reinstalling Windows be of any help?
Will resetting all BIOS settings help?

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
MB: ROG Strix B550-F Gaming
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
NVMe SSD: Kingston SKC3000S1024G
OS: Windows 11 Pro

Task manager/perf/startup.......what does bios time show?

 

[onni82]

Task manager/perf/startup.......what does bios time show?

This time it's 89 seconds

 

[USAFRet]

This time it's 89 seconds

THAT is the problem. Not the M.2 drive.

 

[Bob.B]

This time it's 89 seconds

If using ethernet unplug it.....test.

Swap keyboard and mouse....test.

Look through the bios for stuff that is enabled but not being used disable that stuff....test.

 

[onni82]

The problem was fixed by disconnecting the interal Blu-ray reader. BIOS boot time went down to 7.9 seconds.

 

[onni82]

The Blu-ray/DVD burner wasn't even in the boot order and it still caused a slow boot time.

Long story short for anyone reading this thread in the future:
Unplug all USB and all internal devices (like SATA for example), even disk readers/burners and see if your boot time is back to normal.