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Windows loads slower after hardware upgrade

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Atwooooood

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I wasn't entirely sure where this should go, so I figured this would be the safest spot for it. I am having just a minor problem after upgrading my system from an Asus P5Q Pro and E8400 to an Asus Sabertooth 990fx rev 2 and FX-8350.

The problem is that before on my older Intel setup, windows loaded super fast on my Crucial M4 solid state drive (I enable "OS boot info" in msconfig) and after the upgrade with a fresh install of windows and all drivers installed, the part of the boot where it shows the windows files being loaded is about 3x slower than it was on my old hardware. It's still fast compared to a mechanical drive, but I was expecting atleast the same boot time if not faster on the new hardware.

Could this just be a difference in the AMD and Intel sata chipset, or is there something else at play here? This is my first AMD build, so if I am missing something, let me know.
 
Have you updated the M4 to the latest firmware? While the main problem with the M4 isn't the problem you are facing, it's still a good idea to make sure it's up-to-date.

Additionally, I would try a different SATA cable.
 
Yes, I also checked for the latest firmware for the SSD and it is up to date. I will try using one of the new sata cables that came with the motherboard here soon once windows update finishes. I will post back.
 
I plugged in one of the new sata cables and the results were the same. I would like to point out that the load time isn't slow by any means, it just happens to be a little bit slower than it was before which surprised me considering this motherboard has 6 gb/s ports instead of 3 gb/s ports on my old board.

I would say the the time it takes to load the windows files is about 3-4 seconds longer, and I was hoping there was something I could do to get it the way it was, but I am not too sure what could be causing it or if the new hardware just doesn't load it as fast.
 
The SSD is the same?

Windows Vista and new also pre-cache disk blocks that they know they will use, a feature that to my understanding is used at boot time. So it would get faster after a certain number of boots. Not a heavy windows user so I can't be more specific.

Did you run general disk benchmarks?
 
Yes, same SSD that I used in my last build. Also, I generally don't run any benchmarks as I don't really know what I am looking at, although I do still have AS SSD Benchmark on my computer. I can run it and post results if that would help any.
 
Atwooooood said:
http://imgur.com/JDyTsBv

Ran AS SSD if anyone was interested in seeing it.

Also I did notice I don't have the newest firmware but that's because it won't update it because of UEFI.
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those numbers look ok. you can update the SSD with a CD using the alternate method. assuming your using windows 7, The os does cache boot files, it will improve performance over time.
 
I was in the same situation with a new Windows 7 install recently. I loaded all the available updates from Windows Update, but it still was booting slower than I expected on a new SSD, until I found this hotfix for windows 7:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/en-us

Now it boots faster into Windows 7, but I had a 2TB hard drive with my SSD like the hotfix states. Not sure why this is not included in any Windows Updates yet.

I also installed this hotfix as well:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2617858/en-us

There was a rollup package here that I installed too, but it looks like it is gone now:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2775511/en-us
 
Thanks for the responses. I tried those hotfixes xpavement and there wasn't really any noticeable difference, but I will just give Windows some time to cache the the boot files and see if that makes any difference. This isn't really that huge of a deal, but I thought I would mention it as I tend to get paranoid when I get new hardware and just want to see if everything is acting as it should.

I had somebody tell me that the older 775 socket boards just had less to load on them and that their newer board and their SSD actually take a little longer too than on the old 775 board. I would have thought the SSD or maybe even memory had more to do with it than the motherboard considering it's the windows files and not the POST that is loading slower, but then again, I wouldn't really know.

So if those SSD benchmarks are looking good, Windows is stable, and I can cold boot into Windows in ~20 seconds, I shouldn't really be worrying that much.
 
The bigger they are, the slower they boot... you should see how long it takes one of my old quads just to post. I'm not sure if I'd even have video by the time your new rig is at the desktop. My past dual CPU + SCSI systems always booted slow too. Basically having more hardware means a longer boot time. That 990FX board looks like it's pretty well loaded with features, so it wouldn't surprise me if it spent longer loading drivers and initializing hardware than your previous board.
 
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