Laptop taking ages to get past UEFI/BIOS screen
Discussion
I run an Alienware laptop which dual boots WIndows 10 and Kubuntu, but lately for some reason it seems to taking forever to get past the UEFI screen before it gets to the GRUB screen where I can then choose either Windows or Linux, once I'm at that screen it boots perfectly quickly. It used to take maybe 5 seconds, but as of the last couple of days it can take a couple of minutes.
No ancillary devices connected.
Many thanks!
No ancillary devices connected.
Many thanks!
Baldchap said:
There's normally a 'quick boot' option in the BIOS that skips the memory check etc. Perhaps this has been switched off?
Also, is the CMOS battery low? It might be needing to detect what's attached every boot, rather than remembering.
Many thanks for your reply.Also, is the CMOS battery low? It might be needing to detect what's attached every boot, rather than remembering.
I believe I have turned quick boot off within Windows because that stopped me being able to boot into Linux, but it's been like that for ages. How long should a CMOS battery last? Never heard of one failing, to be fair, even my other laptop which is a good 2 years older than this is still OK.....? Any way of checking?
Quick boot in Windows is a different thing. With the battery, check if the clock is accurate on boot in the BIOS, or if there's a message about settings having been lost.
You could try resetting the BIOS to defaults, but you might need to redo any changes you've made to get everything behaving appropriately - for example I typically change disk controller mode to AHCI from RAID..
You could try resetting the BIOS to defaults, but you might need to redo any changes you've made to get everything behaving appropriately - for example I typically change disk controller mode to AHCI from RAID..
xeny said:
Quick boot in Windows is a different thing. With the battery, check if the clock is accurate on boot in the BIOS, or if there's a message about settings having been lost.
You could try resetting the BIOS to defaults, but you might need to redo any changes you've made to get everything behaving appropriately - for example I typically change disk controller mode to AHCI from RAID..
Yes, when I check the BIOS settings the time is set correctly. I'm just weary of going back to defaults because I remember I had to change something to enable me to dual boot without issues but can't remember what it was.... It may well have been switching to AHCI, that certainly rings a bell.You could try resetting the BIOS to defaults, but you might need to redo any changes you've made to get everything behaving appropriately - for example I typically change disk controller mode to AHCI from RAID..
I note if I "restart" rather than a cold boot it works fine.....?
Really appreciate the helps/thoughts chaps!
Did you turn off fast startup?
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows...
Mine decided to switch itself back on again after an update, my 2x Dell’s then just sit there on the Dell logo screen.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows...
Mine decided to switch itself back on again after an update, my 2x Dell’s then just sit there on the Dell logo screen.
Robotron70 said:
Did you turn off fast startup?
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows...
Mine decided to switch itself back on again after an update, my 2x Dell’s then just sit there on the Dell logo screen.
Interesting, I did do a Windows update the other day... I'll check when I get the chance! https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows...
Mine decided to switch itself back on again after an update, my 2x Dell’s then just sit there on the Dell logo screen.
Well....I think it was something to do with Windows, because since booting into Windows and then restarting and completely shutting down, it's behaving absolutely fine. I turned it off for about 2 hours and it started up just fine!
Weird! Thanks very much for all of your help - hopefully it was just a weird glitch and not a hardware issue.
Weird! Thanks very much for all of your help - hopefully it was just a weird glitch and not a hardware issue.
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