I looked through similar threads, but none really address my problem. So here's my issue.
At boot, it shows the Setup splash screen for the set 30 seconds, sometimes it even cycles it twice, which I'm guessing is loading the BIOS overclock settings, then when it goes to the Windows OS breathing window splash screen it stops there for like 5 minutes. I have two fairly similar towers that boot up in 8 to 14 seconds and this is a much better system so I'm imagining the boot time should be noticeably faster, not take longer to boot than even my website server.
Besides the fact that I know it can't be an infection, since it's brand new and I have latest versions of Norton Full Security Suit, Hitman Pro, Hitman Pro Alert and MalewareBytes, it was acting like this from the very begging before I even plugged into the net or started installing apps & warez and I initially thought that it may be caused by needing all the drivers and OS updates, but it's long passed that and it STILL takes forever to boot, but once booted it runs like a dream: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/10887403
Here's my system, just a week old:
ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME 3.1
i7 5960x @ 4.62GHz
32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 3000 @ 2,748 MHz
980Ti Asus Strix w/core @ 1,210 MHz and bus @ 1,810 MHz
OS Drive an Intel 400GB 750 PCI-E SSD w/NVMe
OS Windows 7 Professional
There's literally no logical reason I can think of that it should take 5 minutes for this thing to boot up and then run fantastic. Also it boots up the same way whether it's set to Fast Boot or Normal Boot in BIOS settings.
Another weird glitch is if it's a software reboot it's fine, but if it's a manual reboot, the 2 6TB Seagate HDD's spit out a SMART error and I have to go into set up, pull them out, start it without them (same long boot time), put them back in and reboot again to start it normal (I tried swapping them around in the 8 different hot swap slots and it acts the same. The boot takes just as long if I remove all the drives and just leave the OS drive. I tested the drives, SMART, Short and Long tests and they say the drives are 100% healthy.
I posted it in this forum, because I'm fairly certain it's somehow related to the OS since it sits on the Windows splash screen forever.
I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions on why this thing takes 5 minutes to boot up.
At boot, it shows the Setup splash screen for the set 30 seconds, sometimes it even cycles it twice, which I'm guessing is loading the BIOS overclock settings, then when it goes to the Windows OS breathing window splash screen it stops there for like 5 minutes. I have two fairly similar towers that boot up in 8 to 14 seconds and this is a much better system so I'm imagining the boot time should be noticeably faster, not take longer to boot than even my website server.
Besides the fact that I know it can't be an infection, since it's brand new and I have latest versions of Norton Full Security Suit, Hitman Pro, Hitman Pro Alert and MalewareBytes, it was acting like this from the very begging before I even plugged into the net or started installing apps & warez and I initially thought that it may be caused by needing all the drivers and OS updates, but it's long passed that and it STILL takes forever to boot, but once booted it runs like a dream: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/10887403
Here's my system, just a week old:
ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME 3.1
i7 5960x @ 4.62GHz
32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 3000 @ 2,748 MHz
980Ti Asus Strix w/core @ 1,210 MHz and bus @ 1,810 MHz
OS Drive an Intel 400GB 750 PCI-E SSD w/NVMe
OS Windows 7 Professional
There's literally no logical reason I can think of that it should take 5 minutes for this thing to boot up and then run fantastic. Also it boots up the same way whether it's set to Fast Boot or Normal Boot in BIOS settings.
Another weird glitch is if it's a software reboot it's fine, but if it's a manual reboot, the 2 6TB Seagate HDD's spit out a SMART error and I have to go into set up, pull them out, start it without them (same long boot time), put them back in and reboot again to start it normal (I tried swapping them around in the 8 different hot swap slots and it acts the same. The boot takes just as long if I remove all the drives and just leave the OS drive. I tested the drives, SMART, Short and Long tests and they say the drives are 100% healthy.
I posted it in this forum, because I'm fairly certain it's somehow related to the OS since it sits on the Windows splash screen forever.
I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions on why this thing takes 5 minutes to boot up.