Slow boot times

[Xire]

Hey guys,

I have recently installed the Crucial M4 in my sig, and for the first couple weeks boot times were great, no problems what so ever. But now for some reason, the boot times are taking as long as 40 seconds and when it boots in the icons on my taskbar take 10-12 seconds to become usable - they just appear as white unknown icons for 10 seconds or so. I have ran scans and everything with no problems.

Here is a benchmark.

Any ideas what may be causing this?

 

[mp260767]

have you checked the latest firmware update to see if it lists anything ?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18392363

 

[Xire]

Running the latest firmware. Weird thing is, if i change the drive to ATA it boots up quicker and its fine, getting quite annoying now :/

 

[Bane]

You could trying switching to Intel RST driver instead of generic Microsoft one to see if makes any difference. Assuming you have an Intel chipset.

 

[tribz]

I would say this probably isnt a HD issue but something holding up the startup sequence. Check MSconfig and see whats in the startup. You could also try system restoring back to a date when it was working faster. If it speeds up, its software.

 

[Xire]

I would say this probably isnt a HD issue but something holding up the startup sequence. Check MSconfig and see whats in the startup. You could also try system restoring back to a date when it was working faster. If it speeds up, its software.

Bingo.

Was some office generic monitor **** booting at startup.