Windows takes two hours to boot every reboot. Goes to spinning circles

Ok guys, see below:

WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR (124)
Hdwre failure or driver problem which makes hdwre appear as failed

bucket 0x124 PCIe
What other PCIe devices are installed besides Quadro GPU?

Safe mode works fine.

Need another Disk Management screenshot. Attached

Remove all items from startup (except Defender; AVG has been uninstalled previously) Done

Update system specs as much as possible Done

In 2 of 3 crashes the USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller is returning, in the third it is the Nvidia GPU. Removed eXtensible

System never "actually" BSODs, yet we have crashes in the data. ( This was my suspicion - the system *is* crashing, but trying to recover - and eventually does, but it takes 2 hours - and Rob never sees an actual BSOD screen!) Correct

BIOS flashed with 3-8-16 update Done

MEMTEST+86 will not be needed at this point.

Kyhi's rescue disk is at the ready. Correct

Visual Design Studio is throwing errors (from an old demo?) Removed

Uninstall Daemon Tools, Visual Studio and all ASUS software (ASUS update will not uninstall-*.msi file missing) - done in Safe Mode with Revo Forced uninstall with Revo for all

Try pulling kbd out immediately after boot process No affect

Update USB drivers from ASUS website (2 of 3 crashes in 1st 10 seconds are relating to the Intel USB controller driver)Won't install in normal OS. Error: 'The Asmedia USB Host Controller was not found.'

Unable to install USB driver update in Safe Mode. / Correct

Enabled Boot logging, went into a normal boot - waiting 2 hour now for results. Attached

Check for firmware update on the SSD

Event Viewer: Collaborative processor power controls on processor 0 in group 0 are disabled due to a firmware problem. Check with the computer manufacturer for updated firmware.

Waiting for a screenshot of the settings of the virtual memory once into normal desktop OS Attached

Based on time stamps, it appears we have about 1 hour to go...assuming the boot time is consistent now.

Thanks guys for all your help! :)

Several hours ago, we considered removing the Quadro from the equation and using the integrated graphics - is that a step we want to add in here at some point?

EDIT: There is a way to install drivers using command prompt. Although, now that we are waiting for a boot to normal desktop OS, I guess that won't be needed.

Also, essenbe wanted to know if you have a spare drive, in case we need to try out something he has in mind.

Also, ran Intel Driver Update Utility and it returned nothing. Nothing to update. Nothing found.

Rob, I have the same chipset as you do and The Intel Driver Update Utility doesn't find anything on mine either. You will have to download any missing drivers from Asus.

Ok, but at this time I don't know what might be missing. Nothing is reporting anything for me to work with. I did go to ASUS a few weeks ago when I built the machine and installed every driver there.

In your BIOS boot manager, do you have just the hard drive listed as a boot device or do you have Windows Boot Manager listed? You have 2 recovery partitions and no EFI partition. If you are installed in UEFI mode, you should have as the boot option for your hard drive, Windows Boot manager. Also what are the settings for Secure Boot and CSM?

I have just my SSD drive as the boot device. None other. I have my DVD and USB above that so it hits them first if media is present. Windows Boot Manager is not listed. You exceed my knowledge base by talking about EFI and UEFI. I recognize the terms but have no working knowledge regarding them. I also don't know what I have for Secure Boot and CSM (don't know what CSM is). But, since I haven't changed them, the defaults are: Secure Boot [Disabled], CSM [Enabled].

In the Advanced Settings in BIOS, make sure all USB options are enabled. The fact that the drivers cannot find one indicates they are disabled in BIOS or possibly a Motherboard problem.

I recall surveying these settings and am fairly certain nothing is disabled. Will need to check on next boot.

Also, go to Windows Update and in Advanced Settings tell me the last updates that were installed. Is WU working?

As far as I know WU is functioning properly. I can't access the update list as I'm a bit crippled. A previous post had me turn everything off in mscofig so hardly anything is running. I just started WU in services but it must have dependencies because I still can't run it.

I hesitate to reboot yet to reenable things and check the BIOS as that will take two more hours as we know.

Also, this is my OS disk

And here is mine. Yes, so no EFI and two of the 450MB partitions. Not knowing any better, I'd assume this is not normal.


Do we need to fix this, and how?

I think I'm going to pull the trigger and reboot, check the BIOS and then post when I'm back in. I can boot overnight and will be able to work tomorrow. We can continue to diagnose as you guys see fit between tonight and next week. I don't expect any of you to help me tomorrow and that is absolutely expected and fine. Have a good night. I'll report back soon.