I just built a new computer with an Asus B-650 A motherboard, an AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d CPU, a Gigabyte 5070ti Aero OC (16 GB), a Corsair RM1000x PSU, and 32GB of Teamgroup T-Force Delta DDR5 6000Mhz RAM. But now I'm facing a boot time of over 40 seconds, with frequent black screens during startup. This is surprising because my old setup, which included a 12400F CPU, a 4070 Super, 32 GBs of DDR4 RAM, and a 750-watt PSU, used to boot in approximately 13 seconds. Is there anything I can do to speed up the boot process?
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For my setup with the same CPU and motherboard, enabling 'memory context restore' and 'power down enable' in the BIOS sorted out my long boot times. Might work for you too!
It sounds like the long boot time is due to memory training issues. You might want to check your BIOS settings for something called "Memory Context Restore." Enabling that could help reduce your boot times by saving the memory training results.
You're right about memory training. It usually happens every time you boot up. If you enable Memory Context Restore in the BIOS, it can speed things up, but watch out for possible instability like blue screens. But hey, boot times often get better after a while, so it might not be a huge issue.
Does that mean it’ll get faster on its own?
Long boot times are kind of a "feature" of DDR5, especially with AMD systems. You can take the risk and enable Memory Context Restore to speed things up, or just chill with the boot time. If it's really slow, just grab a snack while you wait!
First off, make sure your BIOS is updated! My usual cold boot times are around 15-20 seconds. But system updates can mess things up, too. I’ve seen old BIOS versions take over 5 minutes at times, especially with certain RAM setups.
Wait, what exactly does that setting do?