Core-i5 3570K video slow to post on GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H WiFi

[idata]

Hi all, I just completed my first real system upgrade in

about 11 years. All went well, except that for some reason it takes a LONG timefor my video to post.

Setup:

• Core-i5 3570K (HD4000 driver build 8.15.10.2712)
• GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H Wi-Fi (BIOS F8)(cloning HDMIto TV and DVI to Monitor)
• Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Sp1
• No flags in Device Manager & all Gigabytedrivers updated from manufacturer website

After login screen, where I enter my password, the screen

will go black and all I can see is my pointer... this lasts for about a minuteor sometimes more. During this time the start-up sound will sometimes play, andsometimes it won't. But nothing is loaded on my desktop till it finally posts. Onlythen do all my programs start running like they are supposed to.

When I first completed my build and installed all the

drivers, I thought it was a system hang! So I would do a CTRL+ALT+DELETE to getto the Task Manager Screen, and it would comes up instantly! Then I would logback in and depending on how fast or slow I did this, I could see my desktop.

The lag happens to both monitors and it does not matter if

both or just one is plugged in to the motherboard.

After the computer is up and running I have not noticed any

artifacts or lags or distortions in the video in either the TV or the Monitor.

[ROBERT_U_Intel]

Hi Ryan

Try updating your Intel HD Graphics driver to the latest version available http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21430&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%20(64-bit)*&DownloadType=Drivers here.

[idata]

Having more time to throw at this issue I have been fortunate enough to find a solution!

In my case that was to uninstall all the motherboard branded software that was bundled with my Mobo.

Troubleshoot

• Installed driver mention by Robert_U – still slow
• Uninstall video driver & software – still slow
• Forced safemode to test - fast
• Used "msconfig" to kill ALL "services" and "startup" items - still slow
• Uninstalled all motherboard branded software – faster
• Reinstalled graphic software and driver – still faster
• Reloaded "services" and "startup" programs – almost instant desktop

Uninstalled:

• Wi-Fi Share
• Easy Tune6
• @BIOS
• 3D Power
• On/Off Charge

From what I can tell those are all the programs I removed... but I might have missed one or two.

I just removed any software that was "Gigabyte" branded in "uninstall or change programs". All other

Mobo software seems to cause no issues with load time.

If someone with this config wants to take the time to find out which of these programs is the offending one, please comment on results.