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    GT 72S Q6E: 20 second boot time in BIOS

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Luto, Jan 1, 2016.

  1. Luto

    Luto Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Everyone,

    I got a problem with boot time. Task manager (Win 10 Home) reports a 23 second BIOS boot time. This is of course too slow. As a comparison my GT60 as a 3.4 Bios time.

    I noticed a couple of things strange in the BIOS settings.

    1) No matter what I cannot set Fast Boot to be enabled. It keeps getting disabled.

    2) The storage configuration shows no PCIE storage, which is strange since a Samsung 950 256 Pro PCIE is installed.

    Any suggestions? I notice the Microsoft driver is installed. Is there some Samsung driver for the 950Pro? I found the Samsung magic drive software but there was not a update driver option. It also claims the firmware is up to date.

    Thanks in Advance
     
    Luto, Jan 1, 2016
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    What BIOS revision do you have?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 4, 2016
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  3. Luto

    Luto Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Meaker:
    BIOS E1782IMS.10D 10/15/15
    EC 1782EMS1/107 9/25/15

    I was able to reduce the BIOS boot time to 10.9 seconds but still too long.

    Also I can confirm
    UEFI only mode (no CSM)
    EFI system partition on the drive.

    This was after I rebuilt Windows 10 2x times.
     
    Luto, Jan 4, 2016
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  4. Kevin@GenTechPC

    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Latest BIOS is E1782IMS.111.
    EC is 1782EMS1.109.
    If you need those, please email me directly and I will send you the files.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Jan 5, 2016
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    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    cocomonk22 is correct, please use the Samsung driver.
     
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    Kevin@GenTechPC, Jan 5, 2016
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    cocomonk22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    You need to run the Samsung NVMe Driver Installer on this page:
    http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

    If the installer shows the message "Samsung NVM Express Device is not connected. Connect the Device and try again." then you may be in RAID mode ("Storage Controllers > Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller is present in Device Manager").

    If so, you would instead need to download and install SetupRST.zip from the latest Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver here:
    https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/55005/Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Intel-RST-
     
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    cocomonk22, Jan 5, 2016
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