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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)

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October 2, 2014 10:50:56 AM

What was your graphics card before the GTX 760? Did you remove all of it's drivers before installing the current card?
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October 2, 2014 10:58:12 AM

My previous card was an AMD Radeon HD 6670, I'm not sure if I uninstalled the drivers before or after the upgrade.
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October 2, 2014 11:04:10 AM

I'm sort of thinking you probably didn't then... I'll recommend removing all graphics drivers and then reinstalling only the NVidia drivers, I'm thinking there's some driver confusion going on during start up, hopefully getting the AMD drivers out will do the trick here.
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October 2, 2014 11:16:39 AM

I can't seem to find anything under AMD when I look under devices or remove a program. Should I just re-install Nvidia drivers anyway?
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October 2, 2014 12:20:58 PM

Just a few questions,
1) Should I uninstall the Intel driver aswell?
2) What option should I choose to uninstall?
3) Should I use the disk I got with my Nvidia graphics card to re-install it?
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October 2, 2014 12:50:40 PM

I found something I want to look into before advising further
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-...


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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October 2, 2014 1:27:33 PM

Does your computer have the capability of running without a graphics card?
Is this an upgraded pre-built? and if so, what make and model.
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October 3, 2014 4:52:01 AM

I bought the computer around 2 years ago and it's an Advent DT1411, I just decided to upgrade my graphics because it was behind.
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October 3, 2014 6:22:30 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).
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October 3, 2014 10:50:09 AM

I've just done all of that but the boot up time seems to be the same.
Could it be something to do with my CPU?
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October 3, 2014 2:10:07 PM

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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October 4, 2014 5:58:42 AM

I'm using Norton. Would there be any way to check without downloading more applications?
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October 4, 2014 6:46:11 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
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October 5, 2014 2:16:03 PM

I read through that link that you added but I think it's a bit outdated because I can't check CPU usage.
It's just that before my upgrade my boot time was probably at around 30 minutes, so it's weird to see it take so long now.
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October 5, 2014 2:22:14 PM

Whats in startup?
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October 8, 2014 6:49:17 AM

Here:
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October 8, 2014 12:01:36 PM

Go into the BIOS make sure the hdd is the bootdisk.

Because if something else is the bootdisk like a DVD it can add another 15-20 secs to the boot time. And if there's a logo on the post screen disable it in the BIOS
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October 9, 2014 12:33:34 PM

That's the problem, I can't get into BIOS from the boot screen, if I do press it in the boot screen then at the end of the 90 seconds it goes to a black screen where I have to reboot.
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October 9, 2014 4:09:55 PM

Unplug the computer from the wall, take the CMOS battery out for about 10 seconds then put it back in. When you restart afterwards the computer should prompt you into BIOS to set the CMOS clock
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October 14, 2014 11:02:53 AM

What settings should I change when I'm in the BIOS? Just asking before I do anything.
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October 14, 2014 2:40:33 PM

Reset BIOS to defaults then, after setting defaults, ensure your C: drive is listed first in boot order. Save and exit.
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