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    Boot Up Time?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by jgino472, Apr 1, 2012.

  1. jgino472

    jgino472 Newbie

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    Hi All, I just received my M14X and I love it, my only problem is the boot up time takes extremely long, is this normal? Any help will be appreciated, Thanks.
     
    jgino472, Apr 1, 2012
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    How long? Mine takes about 45-50 seconds (Login included) on the stock HDD.
     
    unitardinventor, Apr 1, 2012
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  3. CGSDR

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    Mine take about 30 sec excl login and varies if incl login, my previous stock HDD (Seagate) was fail so Dell replace a new one for me and for some reason the new one (WD Scorpio Black) seem to run/file transferring faster than the Seagate thus booting up is much much better.
     
    CGSDR, Apr 1, 2012
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  4. magnataur

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    It depends on how many programmes are starting up during boot up time. Factory default AW 14x shouldn't take more than 20 sec excluding login
     
    magnataur, Apr 1, 2012
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  5. Thornox

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    20 seconds? my factory defualt m14x was taking more than 20 seconds with an ssd.
     
    Thornox, Apr 2, 2012
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    Mine takes about 40 seconds, but it all depends on your start-up items.

    This is with the 750GB 7200rpm HD it came with.

    I always put it in hibernate when I sleep since I'm always in the middle of something.
     
    Voodooi, Apr 2, 2012
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  7. CGSDR

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    This is what I usually do when I need to leave the computer for a period of time, then when I'm back I dont have to wait 30-40 sec for the startup sequence. Since what the Hibernation do is to save whatever you doing to the HDD then shut down, then after you power up, Windows will access that copy of Hibernation file back for operating, that would save you up to 2 mins for slower computer.

    While I only completely shut down before I go to sleep.
     
    CGSDR, Apr 2, 2012
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  8. jwolf7722

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    40-55 minutes running the stock 750GB HDD it came with.
     
    jwolf7722, Apr 2, 2012
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  9. BaboonbOY

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    Seconds? :D
     
    BaboonbOY, Apr 2, 2012
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  10. smokeydogsmokey

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    whats that program that records ur boot times?
     
    smokeydogsmokey, Apr 2, 2012
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    A watch or clock with a seconds hand.... :)
     
    DjId10t, Apr 2, 2012
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  12. smokeydogsmokey

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    lol dammit were do i get me one of those :( but seriosuly there is a program just cnt remember what its called :(
     
    smokeydogsmokey, Apr 2, 2012
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    almost every phone available in the market today since the last 12-14 years or so have stop watch.. why not use it? error of few milliseconds sure can be ruled out ;)
     
    nuaron, Apr 2, 2012
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  14. Rilez

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    I have an M14x with a regular HDD, not a SSD, and my boot time is 24 seconds. :D
     
    Rilez, Apr 2, 2012
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  15. CGSDR

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    Perhaps yours is still new, and doesnt has many startup programs to run, because for me if I dont untick those unused program that trying to start during startup, then mine would have take at least 1 min.
     
    CGSDR, Apr 2, 2012
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  16. Thornox

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    Anyway I cant believe his HDD M14x is booting faster than my factory SSD M14x or atleast I dont want to believe... (I even optimized it by limiting start up programs to only few essential ones and other small tricks in the optimizing guides.)
     
    Thornox, Apr 2, 2012
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    tetsussaiga, Apr 2, 2012
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    CGSDR, Apr 2, 2012
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    27-28 seconds cold boot. 25 seconds minimum time. (SSD sata 3)
     
    owatch15, Apr 3, 2012
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    I believe you're talking about Soluto?
     
    Silverio, Apr 4, 2012
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    Does the 'no gui on boot up' increase boot up times in msconfig?
     
    BaboonbOY, Apr 4, 2012
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  22. darbsllim

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    Mine takes about 2-3 minutes to boot up ...

    I just timed it.

    2:07 to boot to the windows login screen
    6:06 to load windows to the point where I can open a program.

    This is horrid boot times ... how can I fix this bs.
     
    darbsllim, Apr 4, 2012
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  23. pokemon123

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    Don't let some unnecessary programs to run at start. That might be the problem of why you have such a long boot.
     
    pokemon123, Apr 4, 2012
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    I just went through that guide and did most of that stuff to optimize boot up time.

    Now it took 1:36 to get to the windows login screen, and 3:24 to load windows to the point where I can start Chrome.

    This is still ridiculously long for the m14x right?

    I just got this beast about 2 weeks ago, its top of the line ... why does it take less time to book up my wife's latitude!
     
    darbsllim, Apr 4, 2012
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  26. Thornox

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    There is certainly someting wrong with your system. I would do a fresh windows install by using these 2 great guide:
    If something is wrong even after this than I would contact dell because it can be a hardware issue maybe.

    Clean Windows 7 Install to Alienware

    Installing Alienware "Look and Feel" After a Fresh W7 Install
     
    Thornox, Apr 4, 2012
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  27. unitardinventor

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    yea it should not take over a minute even if u run like 75-80 processes from the get go
     
    unitardinventor, Apr 5, 2012
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  28. darbsllim

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    ... I just got this thing and finally got all my programs on it, is that REALLY the answer? It took me countless hours to get this stuff installed ... I was hoping it was a hardware problem that dell could fix...

    I don't know if this is related but I just ran 3dMark 6 and this is my result:

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor,Alienware M14xR1 score: 5820 3DMarks

    [​IMG]

    its' saying that my system performance is LOW compared to others with my configuration ... what do you guys get?

    Restart Time - Windows 7 Forums

    Not sure if anyone's used this, cool program that measures your bootup time
     
    darbsllim, Apr 5, 2012
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  29. homank76

    homank76 Alienware/Dell Enthusiast

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    @darbsllim, your scores sure are low as my M11x scores over 10000. Also, if you look at the numbers for your GPU everything is about zero. Do you even have it turned one?
     
    homank76, Apr 5, 2012
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  30. darbsllim

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    I don't know man, I thought it was all turned on, I have it turned on in the nvidia 3D settings to always use the GPU and then even in programs I have it set to use the GPU.

    Anyone else have this problem?
     
    darbsllim, Apr 5, 2012
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  31. BaboonbOY

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    Mine is the same low score as your 3dMark 6 scores dude...


    NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor,Alienware M14xR1 score: 5820 3DMarks


    edit: That can't be right as I've got the i7 2760qm? I'll do a retest and see...
     
    BaboonbOY, Apr 5, 2012
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    I still can't figure it out what happened , i tested with c300 , vertex 4 , both boot with 15sec , but on my m18x it only takes 9sec , I think there is some SSD performance issue with m14x r1 , r2

    Tested : disable not unnecessary programs in msconfig , clean install , high performance power plan , etc... not working at all..

    Did i missed something?
     
    iPhantomhives, May 27, 2012
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