Asus zenbook ux32v long boot times, and when coming out of sleep etc.

[gtza]

Hi

I have the above brand new computer which I have used for a few months. After the windows icon loads there is about 5 min of inactivity, before the HDD light shows activity, from which it boots normally.

It also takes very long when coming out sleep and hibernation, and often fails to go into ones of these modes at all.

I've read that it's "hybrid SSD" drive sometimes has driver compatibility issues, or that a DRIVER POWER FAILURE STATE error is sometimes responsible, but I haven't seen such an error myself (nor a solution online). I have updated to the latest drivers on the ASUS page but the problem persists

Any ideas?

Thank you.

 

[windude99]

Hi

I have the above brand new computer which I have used for a few months. After the windows icon loads there is about 5 min of inactivity, before the HDD light shows activity, from which it boots normally.

It also takes very long when coming out sleep and hibernation, and often fails to go into ones of these modes at all.

I've read that it's "hybrid SSD" drive sometimes has driver compatibility issues, or that a DRIVER POWER FAILURE STATE error is sometimes responsible, but I haven't seen such an error myself (nor a solution online). I have updated to the latest drivers on the ASUS page but the problem persists

Any ideas?

Thank you.

Try these tutorials: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11728-optimize-windows-7-a.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html
After that, run a full scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware download

 

[gtza]

Thanks Windude. I went through each step and the problem still persists

Any other ideas?

I have googled the problem and found people with a similar issue (but no solutions..)

e.g. very slow boot up/start up windows 7 asus zenbook UX32VD - CNET Windows 7 Forums

Hang on Restart/Shut Down, Slow Boot Times !!

 

[windude99]

Thanks Windude. I went through each step and the problem still persists

Any other ideas?

I have googled the problem and found people with a similar issue (but no solutions..)

e.g. very slow boot up/start up windows 7 asus zenbook UX32VD - CNET Windows 7 Forums

Hang on Restart/Shut Down, Slow Boot Times !!

Did you do the things I suggested after the Optimize Windows 7 tutorial?

 

[gtza]

Thanks Windude. I went through each step and the problem still persists

Any other ideas?

I have googled the problem and found people with a similar issue (but no solutions..)

e.g. very slow boot up/start up windows 7 asus zenbook UX32VD - CNET Windows 7 Forums

Hang on Restart/Shut Down, Slow Boot Times !!

Did you do the things I suggested after the Optimize Windows 7 tutorial?

Yes, almost all of them (excluding things like install more RAM - the laptop is high spec)...

 

[windude99]

Thanks Windude. I went through each step and the problem still persists

Any other ideas?

I have googled the problem and found people with a similar issue (but no solutions..)

e.g. very slow boot up/start up windows 7 asus zenbook UX32VD - CNET Windows 7 Forums

Hang on Restart/Shut Down, Slow Boot Times !!

Did you do the things I suggested after the Optimize Windows 7 tutorial?

Yes, almost all of them (excluding things like install more RAM - the laptop is high spec)...

I was talking about the things in my post, not the tutorial. )The sfc /scannow scan and the full scan with Malwarebytes)

 

[sverne]

What AV are you using, since Avast can cause this.

 

[gtza]

Did you do the things I suggested after the Optimize Windows 7 tutorial?

Yes, almost all of them (excluding things like install more RAM - the laptop is high spec)...

I was talking about the things in my post, not the tutorial. )The sfc /scannow scan and the full scan with Malwarebytes)

Hi Windude

I did the sfc scan, and I got a message saying there are errors, but they could not be fixed. I have uploaded the log file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/17h6yyarkw5d3tp/CBS.log Does this perhaps help? I restarted after doing this and there are still very long delays. The Malware bytes scan was clean.

What AV are you using, since Avast can cause this.

I use AVG.

Thanks!

 

[gregrocker]

Try changing to Microsoft Security Essentials.

Then go over these Sleep Mode Problems - Vista Forums

Make sure you have the latest Display driver from optional WIndows Updates or the device's Support Downloads webpage.

If nothing helps then you can see what's happening by Gathering a Startup, Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate, or Reboot Trace - Windows 7 Forums

 

[ghswbn]

i have same issue , problem is it takes a while to boot up....between 3min and 8min with an blank black screen before the showing asus LOGO
and i can`t find 24GB SSD in UEFI and bios setup
urgently need a help

 

[theveterans]

IMO since it takes a lot of time for the BIOS logo to show up, the BIOS is having problem with your devices. Maybe your SSD is not configured for Intel SRT. You can follow this link and check if your SSD is being used properly: How to Set Up Intel Smart Response SSD Caching Technology | PCWorld

 

[theveterans]

Hmm... After doing a little research, it seems that your Asus does not use Intel SRT for SSD caching. Instead, it uses "ExpressCache" developed by Condusiv Technologies in which some OEM manufacturer uses as an alternative. I don't have any background with ExpressCache but you can follow this article blog to check if your Asus is seeing the SSD fine: Spoke Software LLC: Asus UX32VD: how to configure the SSD cache after a fresh operating system installation

Hope this resolves your issue.

 

[zanakinsky]

Same Issue

Hi, I face exactly the same issue with my UX32VD :
- 5 minutes to boot
- Standby Errors

Is it a UEFI issue? I remember the bios did show a long UEFI boot path before.

Did someone solved the issue?

Thx!

 

[gregrocker]

Please follow the steps I gave for Gathering a Startup, Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate, or Reboot Trace - Windows 7 Forums including how to upload it to a file server like Skydrive, then link to it for the tutorial's author to read in the Comments section. Let us know here also that it is linked so others finding this thread can see how it resolves.

 

[zanakinsky]

Thanks Greg!

I made a Boot Trace (fantastic tool) and I see clearly a boot freeze after the call of:

ntoskrnl.exe
ACPI.sys
pci.sys
excsd.sys
iaStorA.sys --> the last in the list before the freeze
... after 240s, the "real start" begins with the call of the "ndis.sys" resource.

So iaStorA.sys is waiting something during 4 minutes, then quit and the boot starts.

How to deal with this kind of issue?

Thx!

 

[gregrocker]

Try turning off iastor.sys as shown in http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-hel...or-sys-related-error-code-d1.html#post2196268

Turn off RAID in BIOS. Get rid of intel rapid storage.

1. Right click on "my computer" icon and click "manage" on the context menu.
2. It will open the "computer management" window.
3. Select "Device Manager" in the left pane, It will list all the existing devices up.
4. Expand "Disc Drives" by clicking on the triangle in front of it.
5. Select one item under it, right click, uninstall.
6. Continue the process for all items under "Disc Drives"
7. Now restart the computer. At restart, windows will auto configure the appropriate system driver, msahci.sys.

Let us know the results.

 

[zanakinsky]

Ok Greg,

I made the uninstall procedure for the Disc Drive (+restart) and also for the Intel controlers (+restart).
It's still the same: long boot and no hibernate or stanby possibility.
The drivers look okay and the issue seems to be related to the bios, but where?

I also face a strange start behavior: no more Windows logo at startup (now the Asus one). If I remember well, the BIOS UEFI start was configured with a complicated path. Is it possible to re-configure this bios boot entry?

Thx

 

[gregrocker]

If this is the still the Asus preinstalled Win7 then that is a grossly inferior install which smothers Win7 with bloatware and poorly-written duplicate utilities that conflict with better versions in Win7.

You'll be much better off doing what all tech enthusiasts do which is to get a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. Make your Recovery Media first so you can delete all partitions during the install.

Until then you can regain some performance and reduce these kinds of conflicts by Cleaning Up Factory Bloatware. Just turning off all the freeloaders in msconfig as shown should relieve the situation greatly, but it's still the worst possible install of Win7 one can have.