Question Slow Boot Time ?

Jan 26, 2023
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Hello my forum!
I am facing a very slow boot time on my desktop PC. Specs are as follows (created in 2015):
Cpu: i7-5930k
Gpu: MSI GTX 980 Ti
Motherboard: MSI X99A Godlike Gaming (old-socket)
Ssd: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
Ssd: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100i
Ram: 32GB (4 slots of 8GB) Model: hyperx savage ddr4
Psu: Corsair AX860i

Approximate Boot Time: 1’10”
I have already tried to do some things in order to troubleshoot:
  • The reason why I have 2 ssds is because I thought that my first ssd (850 pro) was faulty and that is the reason why I bought an nvme m2.
  • Fast boot in MSI bios was enabled but still have the same issues.
  • Recently I performed a Windows Diagnostic Test in case of RAM issues but there was no memory issue. But there are other issues that are provided in pictures below.
View: https://imgur.com/9RZ1lm7

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If you can provide some help that would be very useful. I can provide more information (such as bios setting or other if you want).
Kind Regards.
 

Ralston18

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Start here:

Management Engine Interface:

https://www.itechtics.com/intel-management-engine-components/

Install a new CMOS battery as suggested by the link.

"This engine is powered by the CMOS battery on the motherboard, therefore it is always powered on, even when many of the other system components are asleep, including the Power Supply Unit (PSU). This allows the engine to respond to Out Of Box (OOB) commands from the IT management console without having to wake up the rest of the system. "

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Could be other problems as well....

Is the PSU the original PSU? What wattage? History of heavy use for gaming, video editing, even bit mining?

Are there any delays booting into Safe Mode?

What errors or error patterns do you see in Reliability History?

Could be corrupted or buggy Windows files.

Try "sfc /scannow" and "dism".

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-use-sfc-scannow-to-repair-windows-system-files-2626161

How to use DISM command tool to repair Windows 10 image | Windows Central
 
Jan 26, 2023
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Before doing everything else, I am trying to remove the cmos battery but the way that x99a godlike is designed it doesn’t let me pull it out. (It is under the circle that I draw).
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Jan 26, 2023
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To answer the following questions:
  • The PSU is the original one and the model of it is the following, AX860i (860watt). No heavy usage at all throughout the years (a bit of gaming only nothing else).
  • Yes, I am facing delays in safe mode as well.
  • I tried the “sfc /scannow” and “dism” commands and below are the results with regards to the log files.
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The battery holds bios settings when the pc is powered off and unplugged.
Plugged in(even powered off) should still retain bios settings.
Your motherboard should have a clr cmos jumper or button as an alternative way to reset the bios.

If you go to task manager and select the startup tab, you should see how much time was spent in the bios on startup.

As an alternative, why not use sleep to ram(no hibernate) instead.
That puts the pc and monitor into a very low power state that is essentially power off.
Sleep/wake becomes a handful of seconds.
 
Jan 26, 2023
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The battery holds bios settings when the pc is powered off and unplugged.
Plugged in(even powered off) should still retain bios settings.
Your motherboard should have a clr cmos jumper or button as an alternative way to reset the bios.

If you go to task manager and select the startup tab, you should see how much time was spent in the bios on startup.

As an alternative, why not use sleep to ram(no hibernate) instead.
That puts the pc and monitor into a very low power state that is essentially power off.
Sleep/wake becomes a handful of seconds.

I just performed a reset cmos via jbat1 pins.
Last bios time in task manager is 17.2 seconds