Help! Slow Bios Boot on NVME

Posted by Abzrrr@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments

Hi all,

lately im adding 1x SSD and 1xHDD to my PC, total in my rig i have,

1x NVME for OS
1x Samsung SSD for work file
2x HDD for storage family photos (3TB + 1TB)

then i realized every time i boot the pc, it took 5-7 minute in ROG logo (bios boot), currently my setting is CSM UEFI only, Fast Boot disable, ROG Ai Overclocking on, if i disconnect and only use the NVME it boot very fast, i assume when booting up, the pc do a self test to each drive that make the boot getting longer. So my question, is there any way to make my bios boot fast like just using only NVME? because the reason im using NVME is for that fast bootup.

Additional info: i7-11700K, GTX1070, 32Gb DDR4

TIA!

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cursedpanther@reddit

Add the drives one by one till the PC starts to take a long time to boot like you've described. A failing drive can also cause long boot time.

mdins1980@reddit

Check that the NVMe Windows Boot Manager is set as the first boot device in the BIOS, because a bad boot order can definitely slow startup if the motherboard is probing HDDs, USB devices, or network boot before the NVMe. That said, a 5–7 minute hang at the ROG logo is excessive and sounds more like one of the SATA drives is timing out or responding very slowly during POST. I would disconnect the drives one at a time to see which one causes the delay and also check the SMART health of all the drives with something like CrystalDiskInfo, since failing drives often still “work” in Windows while causing huge BIOS boot delays.