Windows 7 slow at Windows animation during boot

Jon20 · 8 Jul 2012 at 21:43

Hi, just wondering if anyone can help with a small issue that I have. I've just upgraded my motherboard to a Asus Maximus V Gene and have reinstalled Windows 7. During the part where you get the Windows animation, during boot, I seem to be getting a bit of a delay of around 10-15 seconds before going to desktop. Previously, before the upgrade, the windows animation didn't get a chance to complete before going to desktop. I'm using a Samsung 830 SSD. Everything seems fine once I'm on the desktop, just as snappy as before. All unnecessary start-up programs and services have been disabled. Any ideas, other than reinstalling Windows again?

One · 8 Jul 2012 at 21:45

Just ignore it?

Jon20 · 8 Jul 2012 at 21:47

Well yeah could do, it's just annoying that it's slower to boot than before.

IronWarrior · 8 Jul 2012 at 22:05

I have the same problem, sometimes it just freezes and I have to reset, then it boots up fine.

Also, if you have an USB hub connected, that can cause it to hang.

FallshirmjAEger · 8 Jul 2012 at 22:19

It may be that it is a device driver causing it to hang, or it's loading more etc.

Never too sure with the bootup process tbh.

SoundsGood · 8 Jul 2012 at 22:23

Could try 'No GUI boot' using msconfig

Jon20 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:55

Manage to find what was causing the delay, it was the IRST driver. Seems odd as it never caused a problem before the upgrade.

metalmackey · 9 Jul 2012 at 13:50

So did you update or uninstall the driver to fix it?

Jon20 · 9 Jul 2012 at 14:11

I just uninstalled it. I've tried a few versions and they all seem to cause a delay. The Windows 7 driver is fine though. It's strange as, they never caused an issue with the MSI motherboard.

metalmackey · 9 Jul 2012 at 20:16

If you connect your optical drive to another controller, such as a marvel one (if you have one), the boot will be faster again with the IRST installed.