Flash and clear BIOS would be my first suggestion as well. I've not seen my P9X79 WS exhibit the same behavior.
I need to stop being lazy and install the X99-E WS. -----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 4:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Craig >ASUS P9X79 WS On 14/01/2016 5:06 PM, Winterlight wrote: > I have a problem that has something to do with my ASUS P9X79 WS which > I believe you are running. > > No overclock. All RAM slots are filled with Crucial RAM. There is a > video card and a couple of inexpensive SATA controllers... one 2 port > external and one two port internal. One Micron SSD, one Samsung EVO, > one Raptor and four WD Reds. > > The board takes forever to get through POST and then is very slow > boot. Right now dual boots Win 8.1 and 10. But once it boots it runs > perfectly > > When I am in the BIOS it feels slow and sticky. When it posts it slows > down a lot when loading the controllers, sometimes it restarts itself > to try again. It doesn't matter if I remove the controller it hangs up > on, or remove the drives that are plugged into that controller, or > disconnect USB devices... so it doesn't give me any indications of > what is causing this. > > This workstation is mission critical to my business interest so I > would hate to have to tear it down and rebuild it testing one piece at > a time. Any thoughts on what could be causing this? Thanks I assume you've updated the BIOS? I'd install the most recent BIOS, and I'd also reset the CMOS to defaults with jumper. T
