System experiences delays upon power-on from shutdown but functions normally after restarting.
System experiences delays upon power-on from shutdown but functions normally after restarting.
Hello there! I see you're experiencing some performance hiccups when your PC starts up from a cold state. Everything feels sluggish, the Task Manager has trouble loading, and the SSD IOPS drop significantly. After a restart, things improve. You mentioned seeing high CPU usage in Task Manager during these cold boots—anyone have ideas? You've tried updating BIOS, disabling Fast Boot, swapping RAM, running diagnostics, and even reinstalling Windows. Your hardware specs look solid, but the issue persists. What could be causing this intermittent slowdown?
It's not possible to determine the age of the PC or its components without specific details. Regarding storage, you mentioned the Evo drive—could you clarify if there are additional drives? As for power management, I don't have real-time access to system settings.
Motherboard is approximately one and a half years old. All remaining parts date from 2017 to 2018. An extra Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD was added, but it has been fully removed from the setup until the problem arose (only the Evo remains connected). The system typically powers off through Windows without being unplugged completely.