PC takes ages to boot

renners · May 17, 2014

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

notherdude · May 17, 2014

The same for both Windows and Ubuntu? What part of the process seems to be hanging, the OS or the pre-OS stage?

renners · May 17, 2014

Takes ages to get to BIOS menu and after that takes ages to boot to os both of them take within 10 seconds of each other to boot

notherdude · May 17, 2014

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.

renners · May 17, 2014

how do i do that in asus's poxy bios

notherdude · May 17, 2014

Not sure, probably in the first main menu, google your board and 'turn off splash screen'

renners · May 17, 2014

ill do it now

renners · May 20, 2014

No no joy with that I'm afraid sorry for wait in response

Pondering · May 20, 2014

I have heard of start up being slow from improper dual boot setup however I have no personal experience with it. You probably did everything correct though. Googling 'windows ubuntu dual boot' brought up results like this: http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony

notherdude · May 20, 2014

renners :

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.

renners · May 20, 2014

With everything removed spalsh off and the boot time is still really long I mean it shouldn't take that long on a new system

renners · May 20, 2014

Also before and aftet post nothing cones up then BIOS menu then nothing then windows

notherdude · May 20, 2014

What is your make and model motherboard?

renners · May 20, 2014

Asus a55bm-a

notherdude · May 20, 2014

renners :

Thanks, and I also should have asked for the rest of your specs - exact model CPU, make and model RAM, video card, what drives are attached, and what USB devices if any.

notherdude · May 20, 2014

Have you tried a CMOS reset?

Also, try booting with just one stick of RAM.

renners · May 20, 2014

Okay sorry didn't see that it's got an AMD Athlon x4 760k 3.8ghz
4gb corsair ram 1600 MHz
Msi Radeon r7 240 graphics card

notherdude · May 20, 2014

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.

renners · May 20, 2014

I'll try a bios update

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