ph315-54 Acer Predator Slow boot from shutdown when 2 M2s installed

Xyver

i noticed that when i have a 2nd m2 on the 2nd slot.

booting time take more the 2mins to show post or logo

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brummyfan2

Hi,
If you haven't tried, go to Power Options and disable Fast startup, it should be where I have marked with red circle in your system.

Xyver

i dont have the option in my power settings i use Windows 11

restart is fast and normal

from shutdown its 2 mins or longer

Xyver

forget what i said on top i should go to control panel..

Xyver

anyway. i cant disable fast startup (greyed out)

billsey

You need to click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable to try that change:

Xyver

i did that already.. nothing change same long boot time like 2+ mins

billsey

OK, so we are going to need to try and see what's actually causing the delay. In msconfig, enable the option Boot log under the Boot options group. Once that is done shut down, wait a minute or so then start back up. It should create the logfile as C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt. Copy that to a different location and reboot into safe mode. Compare the two logs. If the boot is fast in safe mode than one of the missing drivers listed in one but not the other will be the problem. If the boot is as slow in safe mode as a normal boot then the problem will be in one that's included in both logs.

Xyver

im not sure if i follow you correctly but heres the log

left is the first boot log, second is safe mode

Xyver

i did it on the restart which seems doesn't affect the boot time as of it will come from shutdown.

Commodore_1995#

Try disabling fastboot:
Is the bios version still 1.02? This version is very old. If the problem persists, report it here!

Xyver

1.02  i disabled the fast boot.. nothing seems change.

I notice it when after installing a fresh windows 11 and doing all the updates. it happen after (initially i thought it just the 2 m2's installed)

Xyver

Heres the screenshot of my bios ver.


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Xyver

let me update that heres the current bios. That last post is from march 6. 

This is today

Xyver

and the boot time before POST LOGO 

billsey

OK, you have a couple of items showing in that boot log that aren't starting. There's a timeout for each one and for instance NDProxy.sys tried and fails several times. Go to Microsoft's SysInternals Suite site and download the suite, then use AutoRuns.EXE with elevated privileges to verify ALL the items that exist during boot. You can untick and tick checkboxes to debug what the problem is. We can potentially then try to get them working after we are sure we know which are causing the hangs.

Xyver

how do i know which one should i check and uncheck? 

is it safe to uncheck items im not sure what it is

Xyver

whats the yellow highlight means? some of them i cant uncheck.

Commodore_1995#

I think it would be interesting to first try to disable these services, hiding microsoft services:

Then restart windows and check if the problem persists.

Xyver

egydiocoelho said:

I think it would be interesting to first try to disable these services, hiding microsoft services:

Then restart windows and check if the problem persists.

nothing change, still 4+ mins of boot time (from shutdown)

Restart is working normal.

billsey

The yellow highlights show attempts to load files that don't exist. Uncheck each yellow, the reboot using those parameters as the test.