https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:24:58 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:33:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=104532 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=200821&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#200821 Author: Sanchi
Subject: 104532
Posted: 20 Jan 2026 at 10:33pm

Hey all, adding my experience to this thread.
I'm running Linux (CachyOS) on my X870E Nova WiFi with a 9950X3D and RTX 4090. Been pulling my hair out over slow boot times - systemd-analyze was showing over a minute just in initrd, with total boot around 1 min 40 sec.
After a lot of troubleshooting I narrowed it down to my two SATA SSDs (Seagate BarraCuda 120s - 1TB and 2TB). Both are healthy according to SMART, only about 6% wear after a few years of use.

Updated BIOS from 3.40 to 4.04 - issue persisted and toggling fast boot to off just increased the time.

The drives just sit there for ~70 seconds before becoming available.
Finally just unplugged them and boom - initrd dropped to 13 seconds, total boot down to 43 seconds. The drives work perfectly fine in a USB enclosure with zero delay, so it's definitely something with the board's SATA implementation.
Bit frustrating since I was planning to use these as data drives, but I'll just run them over USB for now. Figured I'd add another data point here in case ASRock is tracking this.]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:33:02 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=200821&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#200821 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=198965&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#198965 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 104532
Posted: 13 Sep 2025 at 4:21pm

Remove USB devices as well as any drives not needed to boot into the OS and see if
it changes. If it speeds up then replace the disconnected devices one at a time
and test which one is causing the slowdown.]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:21:24 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=198965&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#198965 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=198957&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#198957 Author: Archipelago
Subject: 104532
Posted: 12 Sep 2025 at 6:00pm

Same here.. boot to windows11 takes 3 minutes. Boot to linux takes 20 seconds.. what gives?]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:00:47 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=198957&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#198957 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=192181&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#192181 Author: KLund1
Subject: 104532
Posted: 29 Apr 2025 at 9:49am

Thanks for the screen shots they are helpful.
I have sent a ASRock "Service Request form"
We'll see what they say.
]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:49:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=192181&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#192181 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=191516&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#191516 Author: M440
Subject: 104532
Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 3:32am

i use g.skill XMP memory with b650. I need to set the memory training options to auto for my kit to work (its not on compatibility list). Below are the settings I set after i apply the stock memory profile





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full thread:
https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=30954&PN=1&title=solved-b650m-hdv-m2-bios-memory-stability-issues]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2025 03:32:29 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=191516&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#191516 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=190908&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#190908 Author: KLund1
Subject: 104532
Posted: 13 Apr 2025 at 9:23am

Are there are anybody else that has some suggestions or the same problems ??]]> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:23:58 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=190908&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#190908 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=190075&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#190075 Author: KLund1
Subject: 104532
Posted: 09 Apr 2025 at 6:22am

So we have three that have reported this issue.
I get RND4k IOPs read write is 73.86k / 253.43k (crystaldiskmark 1gb peak performance)
This must be affecting others that are not reporting this issue here. But probably elsewhere.
Any way to get the ASRock reps to reply to this thread?]]> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 06:22:25 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=190075&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#190075 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=189891&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#189891 Author: Xeoh
Subject: 104532
Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 9:37am

I'm getting a similar issue, but on the m2_2 port (gen4)

Using a crucial T500 2tb nvme ssd drive
sequential read write is 6500/6400 MB/s (crystaldiskmark 1gb default)
RND4k IOPs read write is 223k / 175k (crystaldiskmark 1gb peak performance)]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:37:03 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=189891&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#189891 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=189442&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#189442 Author: Katar1975
Subject: 104532
Posted: 03 Apr 2025 at 10:07pm

I am facing the same issue with the 870E Nova with the exact same Ram. I am looking for a resolution as well.]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:07:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=189442&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#189442 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=189160&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#189160 Author: KLund1
Subject: 104532
Posted: 02 Apr 2025 at 1:55am

Thanks for the reply.
I have replaced the ram, and there was no improvement.
It is expensive to replace all these parts.
Any suggestions for diagnostics to find the issue(s)??]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 01:55:31 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=104532&PID=189160&title=asrock-x870e-nova-disk-interaction-extremely-slow#189160