New build and ages to restart

mediamatt · 1 Aug 2014 at 12:08

Hi,

Have a new build here (i3 4130, asus h81i plus, 8gb ram and a crucial m100 ssd.) What would cause it to take ages and ages to restart?

When booting from cold , it boots fine , if im in windows and I click restart it sits with a black screen on the monitor for 5 mins sometimes as though it hasn't picked up the video signal?

Total fresh install of windows, twice to rule out a dodgy install. Have tested the ram and it passed.

Using it on a U2414h monitor

Matt

mickyflinn · 1 Aug 2014 at 12:25

When you say it sits there for 5 mins with black screen , is windows actually restarting ?

mediamatt · 1 Aug 2014 at 14:25

mickyflinn said:
When you say it sits there for 5 mins with black screen , is windows actually restarting ?

Windows has restarted in seconds but just doesn't do the last bit of the restart (the boot) for ages

HalfBakedJake · 1 Aug 2014 at 14:37

Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?

mediamatt · 1 Aug 2014 at 14:51

The boot isn't the problem. If I boot from cold it boots perfect. Its just when im in windows and I click restart, it takes ages.

Resa69 · 1 Aug 2014 at 14:52

Maybe it's a driver or something?

2013 · 2 Aug 2014 at 02:32

I've had this in the past but did not find a solution so I reinstalled windows and it worked fine.

mediamatt · 2 Aug 2014 at 11:09

Ive reinstalled it again and made sure all drivers are installed properly. Still doing the same. Its connected to a Dell U2414H monitor which ive read on google that it has some issues waking up when connected to computers via displayport but im connected by hdmi. Could this be the problem?

Matt

wazza300 · 2 Aug 2014 at 11:20

are you using latest motherboard bios?

Idleman · 2 Aug 2014 at 11:24

When you are doing a restart, are you doing ti for a particular reason, as in new software or updates that require a reboot?
Also, which version of windows are you using? I have found with Win 8.1, you sometimes get a black screen when it is reconfiguring your settings and seems like ages.

wellibob · 2 Aug 2014 at 11:39

Go into the bios and turn off one by one things like onboard LAN, sound etc and see if one of them is causing a hang up on restart/shutdown.

ancientmariner · 2 Aug 2014 at 11:56

I had something like that last year, turned out to be a usb hub causing the issue.

mediamatt · 2 Aug 2014 at 12:03

Hi,

Im using the latest motherboard bios yes. Using Windows 8.1 64bit.

Most of the time I am restarting to do a software update. Will try a restart now and report back

Matt

mediamatt · 2 Aug 2014 at 12:07

Just closed all apps/windows running and clicked restart. Restarted immediately but sat with a black screen for 1 and a half mins. Monitor light just flashing slow to say no signal. Then it just saw the video and booted but it took a minute and a half to do that.

Matt

mediamatt · 2 Aug 2014 at 12:29

Ive just tried disabling onboard things one at a time. No change. Ive tried disabling hybrid restart. No change. Ive unplugged anything from the USB ports. No change. Turned off fast boot and no change.

Have no idea what it is!

wellibob · 2 Aug 2014 at 12:51

If your using on board gpu, try a dedicated gpu. See if it still happens.

mediamatt · 2 Aug 2014 at 12:58

Ive found the cause of the issue!!

I thought id unplugged everything but realised I hadn't unplugged my Asus USB-N14 wireless adaptor. Ive unplugged that and it restarts perfect. Ive tried installing an older driver for it and it still does it.

Any ideas why this would stop it restarting straight away and how to fix it?

Matt

ExRayTed · 2 Aug 2014 at 13:00

Is your BIOS set to boot from USB? If so, disable that option

mediamatt · 2 Aug 2014 at 13:09

ExRayTed said:
Is your BIOS set to boot from USB? If so, disable that option

Tried that and made no difference :mad:

mediamatt · 2 Aug 2014 at 13:21

****FIXED IT****

Ive uninstalled the drivers and installed an old Windows 8 64bit driver for it and it works perfectly and restarts perfectly. So it was driver related.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Matt