Z77-D3H - Long time between Bios Screen and Windows loading

[merxthis]

Hi,

Just got a Z77-D3H and i5 3570K, upgrading from a i3 530.

Everything went fine hardware wise, and its all working. 5.96 on Cinebench. (side note: is that good? I have 4Gb Kingston DDR3)

Anyway, the only niggling problem I have is it takes a long time between the white Bios screen and starting to boot windows. Approx 10 seconds. I see a flashing underscore at the top. Then blackness for 10 seconds, then flashing underscore again and then windows boots.

It seems to be a long time...

Any ideas?

Kind regards,
Merx

 

[Xttony]

During that time the system initializes all the hardware, so the system takes more time due to new hardware or possibly due to improper bios settings.

 

[merxthis]

During that time the system initializes all the hardware, so the system takes more time due to new hardware or possibly due to improper bios settings.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Any idea what sort of BIOS setting could cause this? A ballpark guess?

Cheers
Merx

 

[Xttony]

First reset the bios settings to default.
Open bios and select optimized defaults.

 

[merxthis]

First reset the bios settings to default.
Open bios and select optimized defaults.

Ok I will try that, this wont cause any problems with my windows boot will it?

 

[Xttony]

Restart pc
During the post screen press DEL key
On the bios page there should be an option like LOAD OPTIMISED DEFAULTS
Press that and press F10 to save the settings.

 

[merxthis]

OK so here is the problem:

Windows will boot when SATA mode is set to IDE.
Windows blue screens when SATA Mode is set to AHCI.

IDE = Slow load
AHCI = fast load

Any ideas?

 

[merxthis]

Restart pc
During the post screen press DEL key
On the bios page there should be an option like LOAD OPTIMISED DEFAULTS
Press that and press F10 to save the settings.

To clarify, your suggestion of load optimised defaults worked to solve the slow loading problem, it does however crash windows.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/49405-63-ahci-crashing-windows-boot

Should I follow those instructions?

Many thanks for your help so far.

 

[Xttony]

If your system works in IDE mode but not in AHCI mode then the following procedure should solve the problem:

1) Run the Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
2) Navigate to Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
3) Set the "Start" value to 0 (zero)
4) Navigate to Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pciide
5) Set the "Start" value to 0 (zero)
6) Shut down
7) Start up again, but before Windows boots go into the BIOS configuration screens and change the disk mode to "AHCI". Save the new BIOS configuration and restart so that Windows boots.

When Windows starts, it will detect the change, load new disk drivers, and do one more reboot to start up with them.

Originally posted by sminlal

 

[merxthis]

Hi,

I recieved this just after I fixed the problem.

I used this tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976 which did it for me. I then changed back to AHCI and booted.

It has now also installed all my SATA drivers on boot to desktop. Hurrah.

Many thanks Xttony for your help with this issue, this issue is now resolved.

Merx

 

[Xttony]

Good for you.

 

[sgtjeep]

merxthis,
What ram are you using on that mobo, and was your initial setup on that board without issue ?