Extremely long SSD boottime

[Cru]

Hello smart people,

so I finally got me a SSD, Intel 520 128GB, but my boottime is so long lol.
Takes about 30 seconds after BIOS till I'm actually on my desktop.

Yes I've used a SATA3 port, yes I've used a SATA3 cable, yes it's a fresh Win7 installation - no data migration.

When I test the read speed of the SSD in Windows with something like crystal disk mark i get like 450MB/s, so seems to be fine.

But the boottime is just way too long for a SSD, any advice?

 

[maniac]

hmm seems strange, i have the same ssd running on sata 2 and i get into windows in 8 seconds, so something is definitely wrong

 

[dragoonk]

Strange indeed although the benched speeds are around 450MB/s so... I'd say the SSD should be fine. If a broken SSD affects boot times, it would affect read/write times as well maybe.

 

[SeekaX]

don't you have another mobo / pc around? put it in there and see if the boot time is still terrible.

 

[maniac]

just a thought, could it be that the boot manager is still installed on another one of the hdd's, try unplugging them and see if it boots, if it doesn't then the boot manager is installed on one of the hdd's, and you'll have to unplug all hdd's and re install windows to fix that, although its not supposed to affect performance that much.

 

[Cru]

well, fixed it
was in IDE mode instead of AHCI

 

[SnW]

well, fixed it
was in IDE mode instead of AHCI

How did you fix that ?
IIRC you can only do that before a OS install.......

 

[S_I_N]

nope it can be done post install if you forget

Change from IDE to AHCI Mode after Installation

Information: AHCI stand for Advance Host Controller Interface. AHCI is a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA (SATA) devices (such as host bus adapters) that are designed to offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers, such as:

• Hot-Plugging
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ) -might improve computer/system/hard disk responsiveness, especially in multi-tasking environment

You can read more about AHCI mode HERE

Instruction: There is one way to fix this, although you need to have knowledge of registry editing.
The detailed steps from Microsoft website are as follows:

• Exit all Windows-based programs.
• Press [Win] + R or take the RUN option from the start menu.
• Now type regedit there and press Enter Key to open up the Registry Editor Window.
• If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
• Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\msahci
• In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
• In the Value data box, type 0 [3 is default], and then click OK.
• On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.
• Restart your computer
• Go to BIOS and enable AHCI, Save & Reboot
• Another restart will be required to finish the driver installation.

sorry posted wrong one its still early

 

[SPS]

nope it can be done post install if you forget

Change from AHCI to IDE Mode after Installation

Instruction:

• Exit all Windows-based programs.
• Press [Win] + R or take the RUN option from the start menu.
• Now type regedit there and press Enter Key to open up the Registry Editor Window.
• If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
• Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Pciide
• In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
• In the Value data box, type 0 [3 is default], and then click OK.
• On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.
• Restart your computer
• Go to BIOS and enable IDE, Save & Reboot
• Another restart will be required to finish the driver installation.

I assume it works the other way around, as that's what fixed the issue.

 

[S_I_N]

:dammit:
corrected my post thanks for pointing it out mate

 

[SnW]

Aaa thanks guys , I didn't know that and its great to learn !

Greetings, Ray........

 

[roar349]

Start was already had a value of 0 for me, I'll have to check the bios for ahci, may have to start from scratch (silly me used a clone instead of having to reinstall stuff, but looks like I may have to do that anyway...)

 

[S_I_N]

best advice is to always do a fresh install when it comes to SSD's and for me hdds as well have had way to many issues thru the years trying to clone.

 

[jamed2017]

Hi mate,
Try your ssd on its own with the other hdds unplugged. A problem I have with my rig is that if my hdds are plugged in windows checks these hard drives at boot, thus destroying my ssd boot time.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Hi mate,
Try your ssd on its own with the other hdds unplugged. A problem I have with my rig is that if my hdds are plugged in windows checks these hard drives at boot, thus destroying my ssd boot time.

^^This. I had an issue where my Caviar Black was destroying my boot time. Lo and behold when it was unplugged, my system booted up just fine.

 

[jamed2017]

^^This. I had an issue where my Caviar Black was destroying my boot time. Lo and behold when it was unplugged, my system booted up just fine.

I'm havnet tried it with just the caviar black removed. Will do this later.

Don't know what the soloution will be though, my caviar black is my primary data drive. :headscratch:

 

[yassarikhan786]

I'm havnet tried it with just the caviar black removed. Will do this later.

Don't know what the soloution will be though, my caviar black is my primary data drive. :headscratch:

If it is an issue with the Caviar Black you'll have to transfer the data to another drive and RMA it. Use something like Hard Disk Sentinel or HD Tune to check the caviar blacks health. For me, Hard Disk Sentinel discovered bad sectors immediately.