Slow boot up and performance on new system?

stratman59 · 12 Jul 2012 at 18:15

Hi, Just rebuild my system with the Gigabyte Kryton Z68 & intel i5 and 4 gig ram.

My old Q6600 4 gig ddr2 and Asrock system would boot in 2 mis 40 secs. My new system on a clean Win 7 install takes 5.03 and half the software from my previous setup isn't even installed yet? It also just seems real slow at everything, any help before I phone the tech guys. I haven't touched the O/C settings just installed the drivers from the MB CD.

buzzlightweight · 12 Jul 2012 at 18:16

are you using the same hdd?

Ethermaster · 12 Jul 2012 at 18:23

Check in your bios if your booting in ide or achi mode

stratman59 · 12 Jul 2012 at 18:52

Yes, same hard drive, clean format before installing Win 7.

stratman59 · 12 Jul 2012 at 19:41

Set to IDE, when I switch the bios to AHCI it went crazy, ended with a message saying something like 'no boot info' press ctrl, alt, del. What should in be on for a normal SATA drive, IDE or AHCI?

Orcvader · 12 Jul 2012 at 21:09

For a normal harddrive, it doesn't really matter.

If there are any Gigabyte software that came with the motherboard disk, uninstall them. They could be slowing down the boot.

Admetos · 12 Jul 2012 at 21:35

Orcvader said:
For a normal harddrive, it doesn't really matter.

AHCI can make a big difference if the HDD supports NCQ.

Orcvader · 12 Jul 2012 at 21:45

JasonM said:
AHCI can make a big difference if the HDD supports NCQ.

Fair enough. Then OP, you will need to run this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

Once you run that, shut downt he system, go into BIOS, then turn it to AHCI. Windows should boot after that.

stratman59 · 13 Jul 2012 at 15:39

Thanks for all you help guys, got it sorted. I used msconfig tools and turning off all devices and then one by one switching them on again and re-booting. Found the culprit to be my anti virus installation was corrupted. UN-installed Bullguard and then re installed. Boot has gone from 5:24 down to a respectable 2:27.

Orcvader · 13 Jul 2012 at 15:48

Glad you found the culprit. On the other hand you don't need to buy an AV, MSE and Avast are brilliant and free

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