Slow boot between 3 to 5 minutes to start PC - ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI

[keyvision]

I have a PC with the following specs:

• Intel Core i7 14700K

• 64GB RAM Acer Predator Vesta II RGB DDR5 6000MHz 32GB 2x16GB CL30

• Drive: Samsung 980 Pro 2TB

• Gigabyte 4060 Ti 16GB

• Windows 11

The computer works perfectly, but it takes over 3 minutes to boot and gets stuck at the ASUS logo. From what I've read, I think it might be due to the RAM (not entirely sure), and I have XMP I enabled at 6000MHz.

Thanks a lot for the help!

[Silent_Scone]

Hi @keyvision 

Does the same behaviour occur if you disable XMP?

If so, do you recall when it started happening? 

Remove all USB devices and see if the same behaviour persists.

[keyvision]

Hi,
I have removed the usb and deactivated XMP and it takes the same time, I have just calculated it, it takes 4 minutes with the TUF Gaming logo and below the circle going around.


I used this SDD before on a laptop and it took 10 seconds to boot and mount this computer 6 months ago and it started taking more than 3 minutes and I thought it was doing a windows 11 cleanup but even reinstalling everything didn't fix it

Thanks You!

[Silent_Scone]

Have you considered reinstalling the OS if the installation came straight from another system?

[keyvision]

Was the first thing I did when this started happening, reinstall everything from scratch and the problem persists.

[keyvision · Accepted solution]

Problem solved! The computer now turns on between 10 to 15 seconds, the problem was doing an old mechanical HDD hard drive that I have saving old photos and videos, I disconnected it from the motherboard and now the pc starts in less than 15 seconds!