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Windows 7 Startup Sound hangs/glitches after installing Samsung SSD
Hi Guys,
I have a new Dell Latitude E6540 that I bought a few months ago and after upgrading the hard drive I have noticed that the windows 7 startup sound now hangs/glitches when I boot my machine.
Here are the specs:
4th Gen 2.7Ghz Intel Core i7 4800MQ
12gb PC3-12800 DDR3 Ram
120gb Samsung EVO 840 mSATA SSD
2tb Samsung Spin Point (Seagate Momentus) SATA HDD
AMD Radeon HD 8790M Dedicated Graphics
Intel 4600 Integrated Graphics
RealTek High Definition Audio
Windows 7 PRO x64 Bit
Using the original 500gb Seagate HDD and the operating system/drivers that came preinstalled with my machine when I purchased it back in june, everything worked fine.
In fact, I left the original HDD completely intact when I installed the SSD and have tested my hardware by putting the original drive back in to see if the startup chime was now hanging/glitching on it, but it still works just fine.
But as soon as I put my SSD and 2tb HDD back into the machine I get the glitch again.
I used the OEM reinstallation CD to install my copy of Windows 7 PRO x64 Bit, but I don't have the original driver disk and downloaded all drivers directly from the Dell support website in order to get it all up and running.
I did grab both the Intel and AMD graphics drivers directly from their websites to get the most recent copy, but other than that I would assume I used the same drivers that came pre-installed on my machine. (Although I noticed that the newer graphics drivers dropped my gaming and windows aero points down by .2 on the Windows Experience Index.)
Would the decreased startup time from the SSD cause this?
Can I pull the driver out from my old drive and move it over to the SSD?
I searched around and the best alternative I've seen is to disable the startup chime....
Which I guess isn't the worst thing I could do, but I'd rather just figure out how to resolve the issue instead.
My bets would be that it is a driver issue, but I have tried re-installing a few different realtek drivers and no luck so far.
Anyone else had this problem with the Dell Latitude E6540 or any other Windows 7 machine for that matter?
Any help, comments or signs pointing me in the right direction is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
-Kevin