SSD shutdown takes around 7 minutes to turn off. Help

[BrianEspino]

I do not know why this has happens but i have tried everything; defragged drives, optimized them, scan for errors, switched the sata ports... Nothing has helped. any suggestions. SETUP IS: Processor: I7-4770k Mobo: Asus sabertooth Z87 Graphics: R7 260x? Case: Cooler
Master HAF X RAM: Viper 16gb SSD: PNY 240GB

 

[corroded]

Win 7, 8.1 or 10?

I am having shutdown issues in 10

 

[Geekwad]

For AMD GPUs, completely uninstall all AMD software using this method:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/GPU57RemoveOldGraphicsDrivers.aspx

And then reinstall the new Crimson software:

http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/enhanced-media/radeon-software?ipromo=RSCE-page

There were some wonky work-arounds for Win 10 slow restarts and shut-downs, but many of these appear to be solved with the new driver release today.

 

[BrianEspino]

Win 7, 8.1 or 10?

I am having shutdown issues in 10

Its on windows 10

 

[terry4536]

You need to be more specific on your problem. Are there error messages? Does the system have any other symptoms? Does it work with another drive?

 

[Joe Porter]

Side note: There is no need to defrag Solid state drives, All it does is cause more writes on the drive, thus decreasing life span. Perhaps there is a program/service that is not shutting down correctly.

You could try a registry edit:

Click start > run > type regedit> navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

In the right pane, right click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and click on Modify. Type in 1000 (or b/w 1-20 seconds, default time is 12000) and click on OK.
Close regedit.

Be very careful if you do this. You shouldn't really touch the registry unless you are 100% sure on what you are doing. It may not even solve your problem. There is more than likely another issue but if you are confident then this is worth ago. Although admittedly it won't necessarily solve your issue and even if it does it won't solve the underlying issue of a program/service not terminating properly by its self.

 

[terry4536]

If you don't know what you are doing stay away from the registry. If it comes down to that do a reinstall of the OS.

 

[BrianEspino]

You need to be more specific on your problem. Are there error messages? Does the system have any other symptoms? Does it work with another drive?

No errors. I just press shutdown and it takes a long time.

 

[BrianEspino]

If you don't know what you are doing stay away from the registry. If it comes down to that do a reinstall of the OS.

Ive tried reinstalling and regedit>. EVERYTHING! I'll just send my ssd back.

 

[terry4536]

It is unlikely the performance of the SSD. The first thing I would try is to use the Windows installation wizard and reinstall the SSD. Make sure that the AHCI is enabled.

If things do not improve immediately, try reinstalling the OS after the AHCI is enabled. The installation will take that setting into consideration during the installation. Without the AHCI enabled, the system is basically treating the SSD as a normal hard drive.

The final step is to use the SSD's utility to optimize performance.