Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 20, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 20, 2014 I know I asked this before, but this problem comes up again, even after I fixed it... On a cold startup, it starts up, stays at my ASRock page for like 10-15 seconds, then goes on its merry way. I was told that this problem was that fast boot wasn't enabled. So I enable it. It is still doing it. So, when I was reinstalling my OS, I only had the SSD on. It went fast as a pancake. Then when I added on my 3 other drives, again, booting slowed to a crawl. So, I thought this might be the system trying to boot off the others, but my SSD was first in priority. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 It's probably just searching for them all. Maybe waiting for them to all spin up. Typically, if you have a bad drive, for example, it could stay on that screen for a LONG time searching for it. 10-15 seconds seems a little long, but if it's spinning them up one at a time, then it could add up. I would assume they all start together, but maybe not. Have you tried BIOS update? w10 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 20, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted October 20, 2014 I have the latest BIOS for my board. Hm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w10 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 It's probably just searching for them all. Maybe waiting for them to all spin up. Typically, if you have a bad drive, for example, it could stay on that screen for a LONG time searching for it. 10-15 seconds seems a little long, but if it's spinning them up one at a time, then it could add up. I would assume they all start together, but maybe not. Have you tried BIOS update? +1 to frameunit for his recommendation here! I had the exact same issue a while ago. Turns out one of my hard drives was slow in being recognized by the bios. Try unplugging one at a time to see which one is causing your issue. You could also use a 3rd-party utility to check the overall health of those drives if they support a SMART readout. I use Crystal Disk Info: w10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 21, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted October 21, 2014 So, if I figure out what is the culprit, is there a way I can fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w10 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 So, if I figure out what is the culprit, is there a way I can fix it? If you find the suspect drive, I doubt there is anything you can do but consider replacing it... or just live with it until it fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 21, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'll look at it tomorrow. Hopefully, it is my spare 640GB drives. I'm not using them atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w10 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Good luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 21, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted October 21, 2014 OK, I took them off, one by one. Only when I ever took all the HDDs off, did it work. I tried adding other hard drives on at first, it became slow again. I just think it's something with my board that is having this issue... So I have to wait a few more seconds, meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKAngel Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 you sure its notr just detecteing them through all of the different controlers? i have to wait for my ssd on 1 controler, 2 hdds on my jmicro then another 2 drives on another controler before my system boots which also takes about 20seconds, nothign you can do about it exept get all the discs on the 1 controler and turn the others off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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