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Hi guys my new computer (built it yesterday) works great when it eventually comes on boot time is litterally 7 mins from power button press why doyou think this is i dual boot windows and Ubuntu
 
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All I can suggest is that you attempt to isolate the culprit.

I did some research and a RAM issue is a possibility(but just a possibility) which you could test for by trying to boot with different brand/model and/or try booting with one stick only. If it is still slow try the other stick.

Also on general principles you should clear CMOS which is very easy to do, just unplug the PC and then remove the battery on the motherboard for about 10 minutes and then put it back and reboot.

If none of the above work you could try a BIOS upgrade.
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Can you see what is on the screen during the hanging phase? If not go into BIOS and turn off splash screen. Often these hangs are due to slow detection of a possible bad drive, to rule that out unhook ALL drives and devices, just have keyboard and monitor connected and see if it is still slow.
 
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No joy in the sense that you couldn't turn off splash or that you learned nothing from doing so? I'd love to know what is being displayed on the screen during the slowdown.

What happens when you remove all drives from the system? If you can just unplug the drives and see if the machine becomes more responsive. If it does then try booting something else, burn a live Linux CD or USB and boot from it. If that runs normally then we will know the issue is with your particular hard drive and\or your dual boot configuration. As it is we don't know where to start digging.

If it is really slow even with no drives connected then try resetting CMOS and then maybe a BIOS update.
 
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All I can suggest is that you attempt to isolate the culprit.

I did some research and a RAM issue is a possibility(but just a possibility) which you could test for by trying to boot with different brand/model and/or try booting with one stick only. If it is still slow try the other stick.

Also on general principles you should clear CMOS which is very easy to do, just unplug the PC and then remove the battery on the motherboard for about 10 minutes and then put it back and reboot.

If none of the above work you could try a BIOS upgrade.
 
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