High system startup durations caused by VGA LED on the MSI motherboard
High system startup durations caused by VGA LED on the MSI motherboard
Recently, my computer began taking a long time to start up—about two minutes instead of the usual ten seconds. During the check, I noticed the VGA LED on the motherboard stayed lit for over a minute before turning off, after which the system booted normally. The manual says this means the GPU isn’t detected or failed. I haven’t changed any BIOS settings except enabling resizable BAR support. I tried turning it off again, but it didn’t resolve the problem. It seems the issue didn’t happen right away either, so it might just be a coincidence. My machine has been running with this setup for over a year; the motherboard and GPU are two years old, while the CPU and SSD are six months old. The board is an MSI X570-A Pro. I’ve confirmed the latest BIOS version 7C37vHI is installed. The graphics card is a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC, which I’ve used for nearly two years without any problems in games or ML tasks. Boot sequence: 1. Press power button → 2. System powers on and begins POST (about one second) 3. GPU LED lights up, signaling “GPU not detected or fail” 4. The LED stays on for over a minute; system waits more than a minute before proceeding 5. LED turns off, POST completes in one second, then boots to Windows login screen normally (around five seconds) 6. Login screen confirms I can access it without GPU errors. Hardware: MSI X570-A Pro, BIOS 7C37vHI, Gigabyte RTX 3070, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, NZXT C850 PSU, 1TB SSD, Secure boot disabled, Resizable BAR off. Have others faced similar issues? Any advice to fix this delay? The PC works fine otherwise, but waiting over a minute each day is frustrating.
RAM performance? Secure boot status? Edit: Test disabling PSU, remove RAM for 2 minutes, reattach GPU and memory. If issues persist, reset CMOS, verify no overclocking applied. Boot without DOCP/XMP enabled. @n0stalghia
Boot process is turned off by default. Memory voltage is set to 3600. Uses standard XMP preset with no extra speed tweaks. Will test CMOS settings and remove GPU/ram.
I'm sorry about the old thread, but it had to be addressed because of xkcd 979. I wasn't sure what the issue was, but changing the CMOS battery and putting it back fixed it. I also updated the BIOS to a newer version just in case, and the problem didn't come back. RAM speed and Secure Boot weren't involved. After clearing the CMOS, I tried different settings and the issue disappeared.