Laptop boot problem

[ScottH]

Hello, 

 

I primarily use my laptop for graphic and Web design so run photoshop, illustrator and dreamweaver. I decided to update my laptop which is a lenovo ideapad z500 touch with Intel i5 3230M 2.6 GHZ processor 4gbs 1600mhz ram and 1tb hard drive.

 

Before any upgrades the laptop took about 35s to boot, I then installed 16gb (2x8gb) corsair vengeance ram (1866mhz). Once the laptop was booted it would run faster but it now takes 55s to boot and sometimes takes 2 attempts to boot up.

 

I then installed a Samsung 850 500gb ssd in place of the 1tb hard drive and it is considerably faster when I'm working but still takes 30s to boot and still takes 2 attempts most times to start up.

 

I feel like it will probably be the ram that is the issue with it being 1866mhz and had different timings (?) Than the ram that was in before. 

 

Anyone any idea on how I can fix it?

 

Sorry if I haven't explained it very well I'm not that well clued up on computer components.

 

Thanks for any help in advance.

 

Scott

[gtx1060=value]

i think either the cpu or the mobo doesn't accept ram that fast and you didn't make it so that the ram is clocked down in bios

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Have you checked if restoring the old RAM makes boot times lower again?

 

13 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

i think either the cpu or the mobo doesn't accept ram that fast and you didn't make it so that the ram is clocked down in bios

It could be. Or, more generally, enter your laptop's BIOS and check boot and RAM related settings.

[ScottH]

I haven't tried putting the old ram back in yet but will give that a go tomorrow. 

 

The laptop specs say it can take a max of 16gb ram so that's why I opted for that, only issue is I think the bios is locked because when I go on it it doesn't give me many options..

 

Maybe I should just purchase ram that is 1600mhz rather than the 1866mhz I have? I have no idea what timings mean but cpuzid says my ram is running 10,10,10,32 I don't think the timings were that high with the old ram so could that be the issue?

 

Thanks for the fast reply

 

Scott