First build, problems already

[M3M3G0D]

So, in mid-December, I have built my rig. It's pretty usual, Ryzen 5 2600, GTX 1070 etc. I was really happy when I put it together, but recently I have ran into an issue. During boot, one of three things happen. Either a) my PC boots as usual, b) it takes a long time to sign in or c) it sings in but Windows takes ages to load and I have to wait for all the icons to pop up, if I click the taskbar, it asks me if I want to close Windows, and just windows, not the PC (u wot 8?). I have suspicions that this may be because technically, the 16gb Corsair Vengeance kit isn't supported by my Mobo, which I only discovered after I couldn't clock its speeds up to the rated 2666 from the default 2133 (it fits, it sits and it works, just not officially). However, I want to know if any one else has ran into similar issues in the past, and if they'd have the solution.

 

Cheers in advance.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, M3M3G0D said:

I have suspicions that this may be because technically, the 16gb Corsair Vengeance kit isn't supported by my Mobo, which I only discovered after I couldn't clock its speeds up to the rated 2666 from the default 2133 (it fits, it sits and it works, just not officially)

I have a feeling you haven't enabled DOCP/XMP. What BIOS settings have you manipulated?

[hconverse02]

Update the bios and make sure drivers are also updated

[Wufflez]

I think you may have the boot sequence messed up. Check that your drive with the windows install has the boot sequence as first.

[Acid Panda]

well as you found out Ryzen is very dependent on speeds of RAM and if your MOBO does not support said RAM even if it works you would either have to enable XMP as @fasauceome said.

 

or you will have to unfortunately get a new MOBO that supports that RAM and maybe even faster.

 

one other thing is to just run a virus scan. and run something like CCleaner as there could be some clutter in you pc.

also how many apps do you have to set to open when you first switch on your pc.  

[M3M3G0D]

Here's what I've been able to gather from my BIOS. I'm running version P1.30 on an ASrock B450 Pro. I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to this, but as far as I can tell, XMP is enabled. As far as boot sequence, it's all Chinese to me, don't understand a bit of it.

 

I did, however notice an option for 'fast boot', maybe that could help? I don't want to mess anything up though, so I'm going to withhold on that.

[M3M3G0D]

also, it seems my RAM is now running at 2666mhz, according to my task manager. I could've sworn that it ran at 2133 previously though..... maybe there was an update, or might have been an oversight. Either way, that's one problem, or rather one possibility out the window, I guess.....

[anon_user231231]

so on your Boot Option, your 1st option is to boot into the EFI shell. This is a shell used to interact with the BIOS and that may be the cause of your slow boots. 

When it boots into the shell, you get a command line interface that might take X amount of time to go away and boot into boot option #2. 

 

 

Usually people will have Boot Option #1 as USB (so you can boot from USB, to re-install Windows, etc)

Boot Option #2 is your main drive with Windows. The WDC WDS240G looks like a 240GB WD SSD and if its got Windows, set that to #2. 

 

What Fast Boot does is enables some secure boot functions and disables some USB boot devices etc that you usually won't need. Usually its safe to turn that on. You only want to turn that off when you're having boot issues. 

 

also I'm not sure what you mean by when you click the taskbar it asks you to close Windows? Do you mean it only lets you sign out of Windows?

 

and if your icons are taking a long time to load, make sure there isn't something wrong with your SSD. Download HD Tune and run a benchmark to check the speeds, make sure those are good and also do a quick error check and health check. 

 

finally, if you had an SSD + HDD plugged in during your Windows install, make sure Windows didn't install your boot partition onto the HDD and your main file system on the SSD. 

open "Disk Management" and find which disk is your Windows install. Make sure it goes like [System Reserved 500MB] then [C:] if the System Reserved is on any other drive, that is probably the cause. This means on bootup its reading from the slower HDD.