Dell Inspiron Boot Issue

ei9go

I have a Dell Inspirion dating from 2014.
For a while now, it's taking ages to get to the Dell Circle when you switch it on.

Time to Dell Circle. 1 min 35 sec
So this is before Windows runs.
Motherboard is a Dell Inc. 088DT1 (CPU 1)
16gb Ram

All drivers and bios updated and showing on Dell Diagnostic website.
Passes all hardware tests on Dell website.
Replaced CMOS battery
Reseated RAM
Removed the second HDD that I use as a backup.
Nothing makes a difference.
Enters and comes back from sleep mode immediately.

Appreciate any thoughts of things I could try.

Zith

Might be a silly question but is fastboot enabled in the BIOS? And memory tests disabled if that is a separate option? Could also be something around legacy USB where it is checking for older stuff and waiting for a timeout before not finding them.

ei9go

F!2 on startup says

Boot Mode is set to UEFI Secure Boot On Windows Boot mode

options are Secure Boot off or Legacy Boot Mode Secure Boot Off

Does that mean anything>

riclad

Go to bios set Secure boot to Off .
does bios say fastboot =on or off ,
if its set to fastboot on set fastboot to =off.

you could try booting from a livecd .
eg boot from cd/dvd rom drive.
https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=67
you need to burn iso to CDR writeable CD disk
you could also try bios -select reset to factory settings.
DEALZ shops Sell 4cdr pack 1.50 euro.
select bios boot order cd/dvd =first device
hdd =device no 2

all the cmos battery does is allows the pc to remember the settings
and changes to bios settings menu

https://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Ubuntu-Live-Cd

Maybe go to an internet cafe, download 32bit iso file,.
burn to cdr disk.
imgburn is ab easy program to use.
set burn speed to 2x or 4x
put cdr disk in a plastic case or an envelope to keep it clean.
eg old cd album music case.or console game case.
it take s maybe 4 minutes to burn 1 cdr 700meg

ED E

More drivel from the gremlin.....



Its most likely fast startup, it fecks with ACPI states and old mobos hate it.

Search for and open “Power options” in the Start Menu.
Click “Choose what the power buttons do” on the left side of the window.
Click “Change settings that are currently unavailable.”
Under “Shutdown settings” make sure “Turn on fast startup” is DISABLED.

Every time you get a Windows Feature Update (the big updates) itll probably turn itself back on because Redmond are like that.

riclad

No harm in turning off fastboot in bios menu anyway

ei9go

ED E wrote: »

More drivel from the gremlin.....



Its most likely fast startup, it fecks with ACPI states and old mobos hate it.



Every time you get a Windows Feature Update (the big updates) itll probably turn itself back on because Redmond are like that.

Ok. Ran powercfg.cpl to get there and switched it off.
No difference in boot time

Then switched secure boot off in the bios. Didn't like that just sat at the Dell Circle.

There doesn't appear to be a fastboot option in the bios to enable.

From a restart, boots as it should.

Only when starting from switched off does this happen.

ED E

Turning secure boot off was always going to prevent windows booting, its by design. But real advice and what the gremlin tells you to do....


Fast startup not changing anything means its most probably not a power state issue. That says its taking ages to run a POST check. Unless its memory theres little chance you can do anything about it.