The start-up process takes a very long time.
The start-up process takes a very long time.
before addressing potential hardware problems, confirm that the motherboard BIOS and any accessible firmware are current via MSI product support sites, rather than relying on an auto-update function within the installed MSI control software.
I needed to refresh the bios to ensure everything is current. My ram is xmp, though I'm not sure if that's affecting it. The yellow light on the motherboard stays on during startup until later. It's set to 6000mhz.
the manual explains that the yellow light indicates a warning or error related to something specific on the system.
Dram. The mainboard illumination changes from red to yellow during startup, then disappears after the PC starts, though the boot process remains quite slow.
65 seconds. I have important P5 installed on the boot drive. Also, it doesn’t wake up from sleep, and when I start downloading and leave the PC, it sometimes shuts down or goes to sleep before the download finishes—shouldn’t it allow things to complete in the background?
Consider checking the bios for alternatives that aren't required. Maybe an extended RAM test could be useful.