Long loading times on new system.

Boleyn

Boleyn

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Hello.

I've just updated every component in my PC.

The SSD is now a WD Black SN850X an upgrade over my very old Crucial CT256MX 2.5", the Ram is now 64GB 6000MHz CL30, the motherboard is the Asus ROG Strix B650E-F, the CPU is faster, the GPU is faster and the operating system is the same Windows 11 Pro yet it takes an age to load up Windows, at least 6 times slower than my old system.

My old system would boot to the Windows log in screen in 10 seconds, now it takes at the minimum a minute if not longer, I know this isn't massively long but it's quite dissapointing after spending all that money on the upgrades.

Can anyone think what I might have done wrong? Is there something in the bios I haven't turned on? I have enabled EXPO but that's about it.

Should I reinstall Windows?

Thank you.
 
Boleyn said:
Hello.

I've just updated every component in my PC.

The SSD is now a WD Black SN850X an upgrade over my very old Crucial CT256MX 2.5", the Ram is now 64GB 6000MHz CL30, the motherboard is the Asus ROG Strix B650E-F, the CPU is faster, the GPU is faster and the operating system is the same Windows 11 Pro yet it takes an age to load up Windows, at least 6 times slower than my old system.

My old system would boot to the Windows log in screen in 10 seconds, now it takes at the minimum a minute if not longer, I know this isn't massively long but it's quite dissapointing after spending all that money on the upgrades.

Can anyone think what I might have done wrong? Is there something in the bios I haven't turned on? I have enabled EXPO but that's about it.

Should I reinstall Windows?

Thank you.
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Did you clone windows from your old drive? Or have you done a fresh install already.
 
AMD 7000 series processor with 64GB DDR5 will take around 100 seconds to boot to Windows unless you mess around with memory context restore and related settings (and no guarantee you'll get a faster boot without other issues).
 
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Rroff said:
AMD 7000 series processor with 64GB DDR5 will take around 100 seconds to boot to Windows unless you mess around with memory context restore and related settings (and no guarantee you'll get a faster boot without other issues).
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That certainly fits, just timed it and it took 108 seconds to boot, longer than I previously thought.

Not a big deal but after getting used to 10 second boot times and buying faster components it feels a bit of a let down to be honest but as long as programs and games are faster that's all that matters.
 
Boleyn said:
I will, Thank you.
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AMD seems to have left the details up to the motherboard manufacturers and they don't seem to have done a great job - you can get varying experiences with it depending on motherboard brand, BIOS version and specific RAM, EXPO settings can also have an impact. It might be trivial to get <20 second boot times back or you might have to mess about with related settings and/or in some cases even change RAM.
 
Rroff said:
AMD seems to have left the details up to the motherboard manufacturers and they don't seem to have done a great job - you can get varying experiences with it depending on motherboard brand, BIOS version and specific RAM, EXPO settings can also have an impact. It might be trivial to get <20 second boot times back or you might have to mess about with related settings and/or in some cases even change RAM.
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Well that didn't work.

I turned on memory context restore - there were two of them in bios and yes, it improved boot times but before I could get into Windows it would crash to a blue screen with a sad face on it stating my device ran into a problem with a stop code of Memory management in big scary capital letters.

Finally manged to turn off memory context restore and I'm back in to Windows.

Looks like I'll have to get used to the long boot times.

Thank you all for your help.
 
Boleyn said:
Well that didn't work.

I turned on memory context restore - there were two of them in bios and yes, it improved boot times but before I could get into Windows it would crash to a blue screen with a sad face on it stating my device ran into a problem with a stop code of Memory management in big scary capital letters.

Finally manged to turn off memory context restore and I'm back in to Windows.

Looks like I'll have to get used to the long boot times.

Thank you all for your help.
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There are other settings which may need to be tweaked along with it (I believe DRAM/Memory Power Down is one) - I've had to go to the efforts of manually entering all RAM settings before or even swapping RAM to make it problem free though. You may find a BIOS update has better handling of it as well.

I've only messed about with it a little and had mixed results, surprised AMD has left it like this.

EDIT: Not something I've a lot of experience of so hopefully someone can jump in with more information.
 
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Rroff said:
There are other settings which may need to be tweaked along with it (I believe DRAM/Memory Power Down is one) - I've had to go to the efforts of manually entering all RAM settings before or even swapping RAM to make it problem free though. You may find a BIOS update has better handling of it as well.

I've only messed about with it a little and had mixed results, surprised AMD has left it like this.
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Thank you.

I think I'll leave it.

As long as there are no issues with gaming, programs or general PC usage like browsing the internet, if all that is fast then I can handle a slow boot time.

Thank you again.
 
Boleyn said:
Hello.

I've just updated every component in my PC.

The SSD is now a WD Black SN850X an upgrade over my very old Crucial CT256MX 2.5", the Ram is now 64GB 6000MHz CL30, the motherboard is the Asus ROG Strix B650E-F, the CPU is faster, the GPU is faster and the operating system is the same Windows 11 Pro yet it takes an age to load up Windows, at least 6 times slower than my old system.

My old system would boot to the Windows log in screen in 10 seconds, now it takes at the minimum a minute if not longer, I know this isn't massively long but it's quite dissapointing after spending all that money on the upgrades.

Can anyone think what I might have done wrong? Is there something in the bios I haven't turned on? I have enabled EXPO but that's about it.

Should I reinstall Windows?

Thank you.
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I didn't read the rest of the thread.

I usually find, when Windows is really slow, that the BIOS has created a boot-up manager on one of the discs. The best way to install windows is to remove the other drives when you install, to ensure the BIOS doesn't do that. Just add them once you have the system working.
 
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