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Install process takes unusually long time
I have just assembled a new machine, installed W7 on it and noticed that a part of installation process took unusually long time. The time in question is between when "Windows is loading files . . ." is displayed and when "Please read the license terms" is displayed, which was about 10 minutes. With my 6 years old machine it is 70 seconds. From "Please read the license terms" to completion of installation took 15 minutes which appears normal. W7 so installed on the new machine seems operating normal.
The hardware details are:
Mobo: GA-790XTA-UD4 with BIOS F2
CPU: Phenom II 720 x3
RAM: Corsair 4GB Kit DDR3 1600 (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
Video Card: Diamond HD 5770
HDD: Hitachi 1TB SATA HD31000 IDK/7K
Opt Drive: DVD-RW Toshiba Samsung SH-S223C (SATA interface)
PSU: BFG Tech 550W ATX 12V 2.2
All the above components are new.
I wonder if there is something wrong with the mobo or any other parts used as above. I tried two different DVD drives, one with SATA and another with ATAPI but to no avail.