Hello everyone. I recently put together a new build. Here are the current specs:
-Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor (OC to 4.3Ghz)
-GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
-OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
-Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB HDD
-(x2) GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
-CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
-Thermaltake Frio
-COUGAR CMX 1000 COUGAR-1000CMX 1000W
-COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64
I installed the OS, Adobe Suite and Firefox to SSD, everything else is on the Western Digital 1TB HDD. I left the Windows temp files on SSD and did some normal tweaks, for example:
http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f128/ssd-tweak-guide-236563/ .
My SSD is on the current firmware (2.15) and I made sure of that before OS install. I used the Gigabyte drivers disk that came w/ the mobo after OS install, then proceeded to update bios and drivers to most current through gigabytes support/downloads. I also made sure my SSD was set to AHCI before OS install.
So now the problem, about 99% of the time I start from a cold boot, startup will hang at "Loading Operating System...". It will always boot, but usually takes MUCH longer than it should. What I don't understand, is every now and then it boots extremely quick, around 10-15 seconds to log in screen.
I'm sure there is more information I can provide, I just don't know exactly what you need or exactly how to get it.
Here is a video I took of the problem occurring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0Jdhp_gBYAny help is greatly appreciated!! Thank you!
(I was going to post this in the OC section, but it seems to be more of a motherboard problem. Using this setup without an SSD worked normally, ruling out the OC'd CPU)
EDIT - Also, I'm using a regular sata 3 port for the SSD, not a gsata port. If anything else comes to mind I'll be sure to update.