crucial c300 64gb slow boot

Beans on toast Dave

Beans on toast Dave

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hi,

have a crucial c300 64gb ssd drive
on a fresh W7 install with achi enabled in bios it take 30-45 secs to boot to a useable desktop, running through sata 2 shuttle sg33g5
as ssd bench mark reports decent speeds but it just seems slow

anything that i can look at?

maybe its because i was expecting amazing results like 10-15 secs boot time
im a bit dissapointed
 
Depends how long your motherboard takes to post after doing its boot checks. Once you see the windows loading part it should be fast and as soon as you see your desktop you should be able to use it.
 
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With my C300 when ACHI is enabled my system takes a long time to boot.

The reason is when using ACHI on my Gigabyte board it starts up by loading bios screen then listing every individual HDD and opticals drive etc,this screen is what slows the whole boot process down.

When i disable ACHI my system does not hang by listing and finding all the HDD and Opticals on my system.

Im still getting the Crucial 6GB speeds with ACHI disabled so im not using ACHI anymore,not sure if you are having the same issues as me?

Here is a thread on the issue:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18185319
 
challengedavid said:
hi, tried it without achi and its about the same
as ssd benchmark reports slightly slower results
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Keep AHCI enabled, it gives massive performance increases at Queue Depths > 1, which happen all the time in normal use. A few extra seconds at boot is well worth it.
If boot times really matter to you, consider using sleep mode instead of shutdown - My pc shuts off all fans and drives and runs on almost no power, but by moving the mouse or pressing a key I can wake it up and be back to a usable desktop in under 2 seconds.

Now, are you talking about 30-45 seconds boot time from power on, or from the start of the windows logo? If it's from power on, that's normal. Windows should take around 15 seconds from the start of the logo animation to a usable desktop on most SSD's.

If you are talking about 30-45 seconds from the windows logo, the only thing I can suggest is enabling the Windows Driver Test Mode. I had an issue with my first install of Win7 on an SSD where it would hang at the blue screen during the logon process for around 20 seconds. For some reason enabling the Windows Driver Test Mode fixed this.

you can try it by pressing F8 during system startup to display Advanced Boot Options, and select Disable Driver Signature Enforcement. If it works and you want it permanently selected, you can install ReadyDriver plus

On my most recent clean install of Win7 the problem went away, I've still no idea what caused it as it was happening from first boot before i'd tried putting any drivers or apps on.
 
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