Question I'm lost - - - why is my boot time so incredibly slow ?

[Beans_93]

Hello

I have had this issue for months now and its driving me crazy. I can't find a solution.

My Bios time varies between 40 to 80 seconds.

My OS is on a m.2 drive, Specs below

7800 X3D
TUF X670E-PLUS
2x 16GB Ram
5090
Windows 10 (I have reinstalled windows and no luck)
Several HHD's and SSD some SATA and some m.2 (not selected as boot options)

 

[Lutfij]

What BIOS version are you on for your motherboard? Enable Fast Boot, enable E.X.P.O/D.O.C.P.

My OS is on a m.2 drive, Specs below
Make and model of the M.2 drive that the OS was installed onto?

Several HHD's and SSD some SATA and some m.2 (not selected as boot options)
Might want to mention the makes and models of all your storage devices.

 

[Beans_93]

What BIOS version are you on for your motherboard? Enable Fast Boot, enable E.X.P.O/D.O.C.P.

My OS is on a m.2 drive, Specs below
Make and model of the M.2 drive that the OS was installed onto?

Several HHD's and SSD some SATA and some m.2 (not selected as boot options)
Might want to mention the makes and models of all your storage devices.

Hello

Thanks for the reply

EXPO is enabled as is resize bar

OS drive is WD Black 2TB SNM850X

Bios version is 3208 x64

 

[Zerk2012]

Hello

Thanks for the reply

EXPO is enabled as is resize bar

OS drive is WD Black 2TB SNM850X

Bios version is 3208 x64

Look in BIOS in AI Tweaker scroll down to Memory Context Restore, what is it set at? Change it to Enabled then turn off fast boot. That should also change Power Down Enable to Enable also'(just above the Memory Context Restore)

Save exit.
Boot again it will be slow again then boot a 2nd time it should be faster.
Most of the time this is due to memory training on every boot.

EDIT Windows was installed with ONLY 1 drive connected Correct?

 

[Beans_93]

Look in BIOS in AI Tweaker scroll down to Memory Context Restore, what is it set at? Change it to Enabled then turn off fast boot. That should also change Power Down Enable to Enable also'(just above the Memory Context Restore)

Save exit.
Boot again it will be slow again then boot a 2nd time it should be faster.
Most of the time this is due to memory training on every boot.

EDIT Windows was installed with ONLY 1 drive connected Correct?

Thanks

I saw this on Reddit, and I set memory restore to enabled.

It hasn't helped yet. Ive restarted twice since.

Not sure I understand. I installed windows to my drive, no other drives have an OS on them

 

[geofelt]

When you install windows with any OTHER drive present, windows will also need that drive to boot.

I also note that you have a 3 second post delay in the bios.

I would expect your bios startup time to be half of what you are getting.

Possibly your cr2032 battery has lost it's ability to hold a charge and can not save your successful settings.

Lastly, why boot at all?
Consider using sleep to ram (no hibernate)
The pc and monitor will enter a very low power state akin to full power off.
sleep/wake becomes a handful of seconds.

 

[TerryLaze]

Several HHD's and SSD some SATA and some m.2 (not selected as boot options)

Run crystal disk info or whatever app you can to check the condition of your disks.
If a drive is failing windows will do several checks on it during bootup which could account for your long boot times.

You could also try to just disconnect them from power, it's a very low chance but maybe your PSU doesn't have enough power on the cable you use for all/some of the drives.

 

[Beans_93]

Run crystal disk info or whatever app you can to check the condition of your disks.
If a drive is failing windows will do several checks on it during bootup which could account for your long boot times.

You could also try to just disconnect them from power, it's a very low chance but maybe your PSU doesn't have enough power on the cable you use for all/some of the drives.

All drives are reporting as good

 

[Beans_93]

When you install windows with any OTHER drive present, windows will also need that drive to boot.

I also note that you have a 3 second post delay in the bios.

I would expect your bios startup time to be half of what you are getting.

Possibly your cr2032 battery has lost it's ability to hold a charge and can not save your successful settings.

Lastly, why boot at all?
Consider using sleep to ram (no hibernate)
The pc and monitor will enter a very low power state akin to full power off.
sleep/wake becomes a handful of seconds.

Well windows boots just fine, so I dont think thats it.

I don't think its the battery, as it remembers my BIOS settings.

As for why. I dont like the flashing LED's in the pc when its in sleep, I also tend to get weird issues when waking from sleep with some programs needing the PC to restart before they work. In addition with the release of steam OS, I want to dual boot.

 

[Bob.B]

Hello

I have had this issue for months now and its driving me crazy. I can't find a solution.

My Bios time varies between 40 to 80 seconds.

My OS is on a m.2 drive, Specs below

7800 X3D
TUF X670E-PLUS
2x 16GB Ram
5090
Windows 10 (I have reinstalled windows and no luck)
Several HHD's and SSD some SATA and some m.2 (not selected as boot options)

Unplug all disk except for the OS disk.....test bios time.

If no help use just one stick of ram in slot A2......test bios time.

 

[geofelt]

In the bios, do you have any adapters to which nothing is connected?
A adapter is initialized when it sends a signal to the bios.
It takes 5-10 seconds for the bios to decide that there is nothing there if nothing comes back.
Network adapters that you don't use, legacy usb devices that are not used and such.

Have you selected memory check at startup?

 

[Beans_93]

Unplug all disk except for the OS disk.....test bios time.

If no help use just one stick of ram in slot A2......test bios time.

Late now, I will try tomorrow . Thanks

 

[Beans_93]

In the bios, do you have any adapters to which nothing is connected?
A adapter is initialized when it sends a signal to the bios.
It takes 5-10 seconds for the bios to decide that there is nothing there if nothing comes back.
Network adapters that you don't use, legacy usb devices that are not used and such.

Have you selected memory check at startup?

I will check tomorrow, ty for reply