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    Titan GT80-SLI very slow POST process on cold bootup

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by etcetera, Jul 30, 2019.

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    Titan GT80-SLI: from a cold boot, takes 4.5 minutes. A reboot takes 29 seconds. What's up?

    Clearly it's something that hangs it before the operating system loads. I optimized bootup as much as possible. Fast Boot disabled in BIOS. I looked at all the obvious things. The system is all SSD, it should fly and it does - when I reboot it. But a cold boot takes forever. Why such discrepancy?
    I get no errors during POST, it's just very slow.
     
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    Just making sure, are your video drivers up to date? Have you checked the health of your RAM with a memtest?
     
    Support.1@XOTIC PC, Jul 30, 2019
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    I've done neither. I let it do automatic updates and now on the latest-greatest 1903.

    I thought that video drivers automatically updated. I've never ran memtest.
     
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    I have all 24GB of RAM active. No deallocated RAM.
     
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    How about BIOS & EC? Is your OS running off a single drive mode or RAID 0?
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Aug 6, 2019
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    I deleted RAID. I am booting off a single Samsung PM981 SSD. It's supposed to be as fast as a RAID that came with it.

    I wonder if BIOS is still in the RAID mode.
     
    etcetera, Aug 16, 2019
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    Whats your experience when booting cold? Is it a slow start to show the MSI logo? does it get stuck on the logo a while before the windows loading circle appears?
     
    ryzeki, Aug 17, 2019
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    No. The logo appears after 4-5 minutes and then goes by very fast as it should. It's the pre-logo timeframe that's extensive. Apparently before it even hits the disk. Before it even hits the operating system. It's not a Windows thing at all apparently.
     
    etcetera, Aug 19, 2019
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    That's precisely it. The MSI logo shows for 10 minutes and it boots quickly. Any idea?
     
    etcetera, Oct 28, 2019
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    You still have this issue today? And it went from 4~5 minutes to 10 minutes? :(
    What version of BIOS & EC? Did you set any option in the BIOS? Unlocked menu? What about a different boot disk?
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Oct 29, 2019
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    My version of BIOS is 2 release behind. it's .11, not .13.

    Firmware I upgraded 2 years ago. There is nothing newer since then.

    I will time the bootup time today.
     
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    Can you show the actual System Information screen under BIOS setup? Thanks.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Oct 29, 2019
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    I will take a pic and post it.
     
    etcetera, Oct 30, 2019
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