Slow boot

[mc86]

For some reason, my computer seems to take longer than usual to boot up. Whenever I turn it on, I get the ASUS screen, but it stays like that for a whole minute before finally loading. When I try to access the BIOS, I have to keep mashing F2 the entire time, otherwise it boots straight into Windows. Do I need to update/flash my BIOS?

[Allshevski]

13 minutes ago, mc86 said:

For some reason, my computer seems to take longer than usual to boot up. Whenever I turn it on, I get the ASUS screen, but it stays like that for a whole minute before finally loading. When I try to access the BIOS, I have to keep mashing F2 the entire time, otherwise it boots straight into Windows. Do I need to update/flash my BIOS?

probably. have you installed a new device recently? such as GPU upgrade or something

[Naeaes]

BIOS doesn't work like that. Like degrade and start working slower. Upgrading the BIOS is a bit of a risk to do so it should be your last resort. It's more likely that one of your devices is acting up. If you hit TAB during the full screen logo, you should be able to see what's going on. A bit brute but usually worth while trick is to unplug all the devices one by one to see which of them is causing it. 

[Snadzies]

Have you plugged in any extra USB devices or moved any existing ones to a different port?

 

I've had times where plugging in a game controller or moving what ports my mouse and keyboard are in have changed how a system boots.

[LukaH]

if there is a update available for the bios I'd suggest updating it.. with the EZflsah utility its a breeze and there is almost no risk involved at least i havent had a bad bios flash, utility or not.

second you could disable the "full screen logo" option in bios to not see the annoying asus logo at the start, set the post screen to appear for 3sec so you have time to mash DEL to get to the bios if needed, and maybe set usb devices to partial initialization during boot.

[mc86]

It's working fine now. Thanks for the advice!