Delaying at "Loading Operating System..." (P67A-UD3 with Windows 7 64bit)

[clouser]

I am having a similar problem.  With CDROM boot enabled, but nothing in the drive, it sits at the loading operating system screen for 30+ seconds before the 'Starting Windows' logo appears.   My boot time on this P67 board + 2500k is actually slower than my core 2 duo on a crap 650i nForce board.

Oh, and this is with my portable USB drive unplugged.  If it's plugged in, the boot times are even worse.  The initial post screen where it just reports the MB model sits for 20+ seconds before the memory count is reported.... Then the 30+ delay for 'loading operating system', then another 30+ delay when 'Starting Windows' appears, before it actually shows the animated graphic and starts to load the OS.  If I unplug the drive for boot and plug it back in, I only have the first delay.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I would suggest that you make the primary boot drive  the HDD rather than the CDROM as it is no point waiting for that to check each time you want to boot. If you need to boot from the optical drive you can just press F12 on boot and you will get a one time boot menu.

Have you disablerd the floppy drive in the BIOS too?

Have you selected quick boot in the BIOS?

There are many things which can speed up the boot time.

[helloworld]

its a shame to hear your having the same problem too, clouser.

when i first saw the Loading Operating SYstem... for like 30 seconds, my first thought was to put hd to first priority.. but on mine it just went into that strange rebooting loop. When i changed to IDE my computer can get to the windows desktop in like 20-30 seconds.

My computer is still being repaired.. they are taking ages. When i get back i'll try AHCI mode again.. hopefully it won't take forever to boot.

[clouser]

Dark Mantis:

With every boot option but HDD disabled, boot time is fast, it just seems odd that it would hang up on the CDROM in the boot order without a CDROM in the drive.

I am still running F3, do you see any reason to upgrade to F5 or F6a?  I couldn't find any articles explaining improvements or current bugs in the new versions.


Helloworld:

I am using AHCI mode with an OCZ SSD drive.  What kid of drive are you using, and have you checked to see if it is compatible with AHCI?  What mode was the BIOS set to when you installed Windows?

[Dark Mantis]

The thing is that the BIOS will try and access the optical drive to see if there is anything to boot from in it if it finds nothing it then decides to move on to the next device in the list.

Updating the BIOS might well cut down on the amount of time allocated for this check but that is anyones guess as they won't actually explain much in  the details.

As for the OCZ SSD drive make sure that you have the latest firmware installed for it as there was a problem with these drives and Gigabyte motherboards.

[clouser]

The thing is that the BIOS will try and access the optical drive to see if there is anything to boot from in it if it finds nothing it then decides to move on to the next device in the list.

Updating the BIOS might well cut down on the amount of time allocated for this check but that is anyones guess as they won't actually explain much in  the details.

As for the OCZ SSD drive make sure that you have the latest firmware installed for it as there was a problem with these drives and Gigabyte motherboards.

Thanks for the heads up on the SSD, I'll see what I can find.  any links that talk about it? (i.e. good vs bad firmware levels, things to look out for, etc)

[Dark Mantis]

To be honest I can't remember now but it was a couple or so months ago and it was on OCZ forum and ours although most was on theirs.

[clouser]

I bought the drive 2 weeks ago, so it's probably already patched then.  I can't tell because OCZ doesn't list bck versions of their firmware updates, and they released a new one last week to add 25nm support.

[Dalamar]

Something is seriously fubar'd with the UD3 BIOS.

I broke windows and went to reinstall, this time the boot doesn't hang... for the couple required reboots during installation.

After installation I installed SP1, rebooted... and then nothing. Stuck at that retarded loading operating system message.
Rebooted twice, still stuck at loading. Toggled it to IDE mode, then Windows crashes automatically since it was set for AHCI.
Toggled back to the original AHCI mode, and it mysteriously works again?

At least my system no longer delays at boot up, but something is seriously wrong here and it's not my drives. Using F6a. Does F5 not have this issue?

[helloworld]

Well I just got my computer back, asked them how they fixed it and they said they haven't changed anything, its working right now, and its still on IDE atm. Problem is they said they haven't changed anything, but i just checked the clock speed and its now 3.3GHz rather than 4.3GHz... um.. -.-

[Dark Mantis]

Sounds like a stability problem to me and they are just hoping that you wouldn't notice that they had dropped the multiplier.

Did the seriel numbers tally with your old board?

[davo22]

hi hello world,

what memory is installed? I am using Kingston kvr1333d3n9k2 memory and have had similar issues as you.

Had the reboot every three seconds issue but seemed to resolve once I set Sata back to ide mode.

Still seems to get stuck at the gigabyte screen at a cold reboot. a warren reboot seems to resolve.

Something is not right

davo

[Dark Mantis]

I have noticed this seems to be coming up at regular intervals recently.I think it is probably a BIOS issue but would like to have the chance to test it myself. At the moment will just have to settle for keeping an eye on it.

[helloworld]

Today i have another problem.. its only at 3.3GHz now, yet this morning i turned it on, it worked fine, then i installed some software and needed to restart my comp. I restarted windows and my computer just turned off and then turned back on and said

"MAIN BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR" and then comthing like.. loading saved bios as default (didn't have time to write all down)

now my computer is making really funny noises, like whistling all the time constantly, sounds like its gonna blow up, though seems to be working fine.. can hardly hear my music over it. -.-

@davo22

my RAM is

Mushkin 4GB(2x2) 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3

[Dark Mantis]

I would make a note of all your BIOS settings at present (or take photos) and then clear your CMOS and load the Optimised BIOS Defaults plus any other changes that suit you and then see if it is any better. There is no point overclocking if it isn't running stably first.