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Slow boot on the tester
I have an idea I have asked before but cannot find the query but the machine is getting slower.
I have an old prebuilt that I picked up for nothing that I run as a tester for various things.
It has an Intel quad core Q9650 @3.0GHz 4GB G-Skill DDR2 RAM @ 800MHz an Intel D43NB (LGA 775) board (chipset G45/43) Rev 3 running 7 64bit from a Crucial M4 120GB SSD.
Now this machine has always been a bit slow from power on to Windows actually starting up (flag forming) then it goes quickly to login.
The BIOS is set to boot from the SSD.
Now I have tried all the tweaks in the optimise tut including that one that shortens the Menu show delay time.
I have also kept the start up items to a minimum and stopped service that I don't or very rarely use.
I ran a memtest last night with no problems showing up and have kept it clean with CC regularly.
Have done regular scans with Kaspersky (security app) and MBAM.
Now this afternoon it is running slower than ever and doesn't even show the flag forming - it jumps to the login screen.
After power on it shows the Intel screen with a box that has numbers and letters that change during this process plus some very loud beeps at various times.
Other than this the machine runs perfectly well and flips from app tp app in no time at all which is strange given the boot up time - 35 secs to the Windows sound and then 45 secs to login.
Am just wondering if there are any other tests I can run on this machine to find out why the long Intel delay is this a BIOS thing or the SSD being slow?