Long time to boot
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Dugmoore
October 2, 2014 10:19:34 AM
Last year I upgraded my PSU to XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX and my graphics card to Asus Nvidia Geforce GTX 760, since then my computer has taken around 90 seconds to get past the boot screen, which did not happen before the upgrade (the one that shows my CPU and manufacturer" and has now started to take some time getting past the Windows loading screen.
I have gotten a bit worried about the time it takes to load as I cannot access the BIOS either, if I do press the button nothing happens. Today I have opened my computer again and tried to reset CMOS by moving the switch from 1-2 to 2-3 for 5-10 seconds but when I rebooted the same problem still occurred. My graphics card driver is installed and up-to-date.
8GB of RAM
1TB hard drive space
Intel core i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00 GHz (4 CPUs)
I have gotten a bit worried about the time it takes to load as I cannot access the BIOS either, if I do press the button nothing happens. Today I have opened my computer again and tried to reset CMOS by moving the switch from 1-2 to 2-3 for 5-10 seconds but when I rebooted the same problem still occurred. My graphics card driver is installed and up-to-date.
8GB of RAM
1TB hard drive space
Intel core i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00 GHz (4 CPUs)
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Dugmoore
October 2, 2014 10:58:12 AM
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Dugmoore
October 2, 2014 11:16:39 AM
They'll be hard to find which is why it's best to remove all graphics drivers. Driver sweeper http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/driver-sweeper-down... should help with that
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Dugmoore
October 2, 2014 12:20:58 PM
I found something I want to look into before advising further
Since I am unaware of that I want to check it's validity (in as much as possible) before committing your hardware
Spoiler
"...use of "cleaning" programs should NOT be used now, due to the ongoing changes in the Nvidia driver components and registry entries
Use of such programs (if not completely updated for the current changes) is MUCH more likely to cause more serious issues" found here http://forums.evga.com/Do-I-need-to-use-Driver-Sweeper-...
Use of such programs (if not completely updated for the current changes) is MUCH more likely to cause more serious issues" found here http://forums.evga.com/Do-I-need-to-use-Driver-Sweeper-...
Since I am unaware of that I want to check it's validity (in as much as possible) before committing your hardware
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Dugmoore
October 3, 2014 4:52:01 AM
Okay, I think this is good. I found nothing to confirm what I had up as a spoiler, not even from NVidia so I'm ignoring it (I think there would be a few more threads about that running around).
I'll suggest removing the graphics card from the PC, then use DriverSweeper to remove all graphics drivers (Intel also) and then restart. Once restarted, the Intel driver should reinstall itself from on-line. If it doesn't automatically do it's thing, you can go here http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect/graphics and it should work to put in the latest driver. Then install your graphics card and go here http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx?lang=en-us which will automatically scan your system (Java must be installed for that to work) and find and install the latest drivers
Pretty much completely automated, shouldn't be too difficult
One thing to be aware of, once the graphics drivers are removed, the screen will be in low resolution (until the new drivers are installed).
I'll suggest removing the graphics card from the PC, then use DriverSweeper to remove all graphics drivers (Intel also) and then restart. Once restarted, the Intel driver should reinstall itself from on-line. If it doesn't automatically do it's thing, you can go here http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect/graphics and it should work to put in the latest driver. Then install your graphics card and go here http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx?lang=en-us which will automatically scan your system (Java must be installed for that to work) and find and install the latest drivers
Pretty much completely automated, shouldn't be too difficult
One thing to be aware of, once the graphics drivers are removed, the screen will be in low resolution (until the new drivers are installed).
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Dugmoore
October 3, 2014 10:50:09 AM
I think the HDD is where to look next, how full is it percentage-wise? What AV program are you using... (I'm guessing Norton)? Try SeaTools for windows http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-..., run all tests (need do those one at a time). Each time, you'll need to select the HDD, then the test you want to run. See if any errors or issues show up.
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Dugmoore
October 4, 2014 5:58:42 AM
I could probably declare Norton to be the issue but would prefer to ensure that's what's going here. There are some strange settings in Norton that can cause it to hog resources (why I guessed Norton earlier) you might see if anything here helps http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/article...
I didn't want to go there yet since it's in my nature to ensure hardware is stable first but... see if something there helps
I didn't want to go there yet since it's in my nature to ensure hardware is stable first but... see if something there helps
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