boot up time using external sound card

**blk02si** · 07-28-2009, 09:19 AM

which areas of the bios did you adjust? I tried out a few settings but nothing seems to help.

LoL I was thinking about putting a switch across the 5v+ line of the USB cord. After windows is booted it would shut a relay to enable the soundcard.

**soundman98** · 07-28-2009, 09:26 AM

i will have to go over it again and double check, (it got to a point that i knew it was the usb devices, and just started adjusting anything that read like it related to the usb controllers-i know, not the best method) if i remember right, there was one option to 'force usb boot first', or 'boot all usb first'. something like that, that was the ultimate time saver, but there was also some other options. i'll go over it tonight, and let you know.

**customaudioman** · 07-28-2009, 04:46 PM

Mine it just the usb soundcard. If I unhook the usb souncard, it goes right into start up even when I still have all the other six usb devices hooked up. Its just the sound card not all the usb devices. could this be a device problem? Or driver issues? I use the dg965ss micro atx board.

**blk02si** · 07-28-2009, 05:23 PM

Mine is the same way, I have all 6 USB ports populated and only the USB sound card causes the boot lag.

**soundman98** · 07-28-2009, 06:12 PM

it could be just the usb sound card-- during my brief experiments w/ theh x-fi, it seemed like it always took forever to boot.

for anyone interested, i had some time to go over my bios settings-- this is for my intel 945gc... under the BOOT menu, i have disabled:
boot to optical drive
boot to network
boot to usb device

and 'boot usb devices first'

at the moment, i am using a different usb soundcard, so that could also come into play.

**blk02si** · 07-28-2009, 06:17 PM

Must be the different card because I have all that disabled also.

**nisarg86** · 07-29-2009, 01:09 AM

This is not the issue related to X-Fi. coz same card works perfectly with my Old D201GLY mobo. 15-20 seconds to XP screen.
It is definitely mobo's USB controller issue. same issue in D945GCLF2 too.

**blk02si** · 07-29-2009, 10:55 AM

yeah, It;s definitely related to the intel d945xxx, as the hang happens before the bios splash even pops up.

**soundman98** · 07-29-2009, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by blk02si

yeah, It;s definitely related to the intel d945xxx, as the hang happens before the bios splash even pops up.

this was why i originally thought it was a issue with the x-fi-- as soon as most of my usb devices are unplugged/disabled in bios, it gets to the windows loading screen within 5 seconds.

maybe i missed it, but could anyone with a x-fi on a different board chime in on their boot/post times?

**nisarg86** · 07-29-2009, 02:35 PM

@ Soundman

Originally Posted by nisarg86

Yes. Facing same problem with My X-Fi. I have D945GCLF Atom Board. and Mobo hangs before POST. I think there are problems with few Intel Mobos.
coz When I Tested it on D201GLY. Mobo Post up just fine. under 30 seconds i am on the XP screen.