windows 7 loading slow and USB port crashes

[theshnaz]

Hi everyone, I'm at my wits end trying to figure this out on my own. So ive been having this problem where when i boot up my computer, it loads all well and good until i get to the windows loading. it will take a good minute from my SSD. sometimes the windows loading screen stays up for a long time. sometimes the screen goes black and stays that way till that classic windows chime plays and im finally on my desktop. during this time all my peripherals are off and unusable. or sometimes take awhile to be recognized. Another issue i have is where sometimes my USB 3 ports will just stop working or my usb 2 ports will and i need to play musical chairs with usb ports trying to find one that works, another thing to note is when this happens. the lights on these periferals seem to flicker. and idk if this will help but also everytime i come out of a fullscreen application my taskbar moves itself to the top of my desktop even tho its locked to the bottom.

Anyone have any ideas?

My setup
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
i7-3770k
SLI GTX 670 FTW's
H100i liquid cooler
16 gig corsair platinum RAM
corsair AX850 watt PSU with corsair factory individually sleeved cables (if it makes a difference)

 

[hang-the-9]

Sounds like you should do a BIOS update and probably a clean Windows setup.