Weird Bios freezing

Hey guys i'm havin a rly weird problem with my bios... its not a big deal but its a pain in the ass. Neways whenever i restart the computer the bios seems to freeze at "Checking NVRAM" it freezes for a few minutes then says "1024 Ok" Never used to have this problem but it kinda just appeared outta nowhere. When i upgraded the bios to 1015 the freezing seemed to get longer... when i flashed the bios back to 1014 the problem shortened. Ne ideas??? Right now i'm using bios version 1014... I've tried moving the ram around, switching slots, only using one... pretty much everything i could think of but nothing seemed to work... Also, i've tried clearing the CMOS many times but that didn't do nething either... feelin rly frustrated hate when i can't figure somethin out. Any ideas would definatly help!!! Thanks

P4 2.4C @ 3.2 (1.6Vcore) - OCZ Gold EL PC3500 2.5,3,3,6 5:4 - ATI Radeon 9600XT - Maxtor SATA 160g Diamond Max Plus - Audigy2 ZS - 4 case fans + Stock Cpu Fan = 30c Idle, 47 Full Load