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ok, thanks for the feedback. Which DVD burner was it? Maybe other users have such an issue, too. you're welcome Its a Lite-on LH-20A1H Model Number: LH-20A1H186C Manufactured date: Jan 2007 I ended up putting in a Plextor slot loading dvd burner that I bought a long time ago.... Again, thanks for the help Andre! Let me know if you need any more info!

hey, i just wanted to update you guys with what was causing my windows to load in 3.5 mins... my sata 3 works now, it ended up being a dvd burner drive that i was using... i swapped it out with one from my other computer and everything works fine... thanks for the help

i just disabled gsata and usb 3.0 in the bios, and windows loaded in like 10 seconds.... way shorter... i can try to turn one on and see if its one, or both of them now... **Edit** I just tested, and usb 3.0 works, but whenever i have sata 6g enabled, it does the long boot. i disabled usb3.0 and enabled sata 6g and it took 3.5 mins to load windows, the same as with usb3.0 and sata 6g enabled. it only loads in 10 secs when i have sata 6g disabled.

I walked away the last time that it booted and when I got back, it was scrolling some text. (black screen with white text) im assuming it was a disk check, but im not sure... i rebooted then and it started up how it usually does, 3.5 mins.

I just updated all of my drivers from Gigabytes website, and it is still taking the 3.5 minutes to load. Any other ideas?

I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit onto an OCZ Revodrive SSD and it takes about 3.5 minutes to load windows. (Fresh install) Once Windows loads, everything runs really fast and works great. Shutting down only takes about 3 seconds. System Specs: Mobo: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev2 CPU: Intel Core i7 950 RAM: 6GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 2000Mhz Vid: EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI PSU: PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W HDD: OCZ Revodrive 120GB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit here is my rapidshare link... http://rapidshare.com/files/424235492/boot_BASE_CSWITCH_DRIVERS_POWER_1.zip thanks for the help!