New Build Issue Please Help!

Petey_243 · 28 Jun 2013 at 11:35

I just finished my build

XFX550w Pro
FX-6350 @ 3.90GHz
ASRock 970 Extreme4
Teamgroup Elite 4GB @ 1600MHz
NZXT Lexa S
MSI 6870HD OC edition

I have just finished installing Win 7 64bit + updates and all drivers for PC. I have fiddled with the bios settings to what i think is correct.

The problem is when I boot in to windows 7 it is very quick without an SSD until after the Windows logo then it goes to a black screen with a mouse cursor then about 10-15 seconds later windows loads. Once in windows things start to go down hill. When i click the start button it takes a while for it to open then when i click All programs it takes about 30 seconds before it catches up. then the system catches its self up and all is good for a while then when moving the mouse or opening programs it seems to stutter for a 2-10 seconds then the program opens.

I am at a lose end, I have reinstalled Win 7 2 times now and don't really want to again unless absolutely necessary. Please Help

mickyflinn · 28 Jun 2013 at 11:47

Have you got sata port for ssd set to AHCI ?

olivier renault · 28 Jun 2013 at 12:34

Make sure you have the latest motherboard BIOS.

Check your SATA cables, change cable, change port.

and look into this as well.

Otherwise, I'd suspect something weird with your storage drivers.

Petey_243 · 28 Jun 2013 at 14:20

@mickyflinn: I dont have an SSD at the moment, But my Boot mode is set to AHCI.

@olivier renault: My motherboard has been updated to the latest 2.30 version. I did however change ports and checked cables. Could it be my ODD does that need to be in a set port to the HDD?

olivier renault · 28 Jun 2013 at 17:57

Petey_243 said:
@mickyflinn: I dont have an SSD at the moment, But my Boot mode is set to AHCI.

@olivier renault: My motherboard has been updated to the latest 2.30 version. I did however change ports and checked cables. Could it be my ODD does that need to be in a set port to the HDD?

shouldn't need to. Try various bench tests, like BootRacer, crystaldiskinfo, crystaldiskmark, HD tune, ATTO...

koolpc · 28 Jun 2013 at 18:05

Could it be iffy ram?

Petey_243 · 29 Jun 2013 at 08:37

I did a complete reinstall of Win 7 and it still does the same with no updates applied. Whats the best way to test if i have iffy ram? Also how do i check whats being loaded at the start that is causing the delay?

Idleman · 29 Jun 2013 at 10:54

Petey_243 said:
I did a complete reinstall of Win 7 and it still does the same with no updates applied. Whats the best way to test if i have iffy ram? Also how do i check whats being loaded at the start that is causing the delay?

This is a good tool from MS, shows you everything that runs at start up.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx?ocid=fwlink

And for testing your ram use Memtest86+.

http://www.memtest.org/