Motherboard slow to POST after power failure

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   The power went out briefly last night.  When I turned the computer on the motherboard would not boot. It stayed on the ASROCK screen for minutes.  After cycling power a few times, the motherboard finally entered an "automatic repair mode" where eventually the computer restarted and I was able to finally boot my machine.
Now when I restart my machine, the motherboard takes about 3 times as long to POST. After a few minutes it finally boots into Windows.  Once in windows everything works as expected, but the long boot times is not acceptable.

One thing I noticed after initial power up is that my USB keyboard had no power. After I unplugged the keyboard and plugged it back in, that finally worked.  Another thing to note is once I got into the bios setup screen,  there is considerable lag trying to select items.

Any ideas what I can do to fix this? Or where I need to start troubleshooting?

motherboard: Z170 OC Formula

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ctilley79 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Feb 2016 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote ctilley79 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Motherboard slow to POST after power failure Posted: 17 Feb 2016 at 2:17am
	The power went out briefly last night. When I turned the computer on the motherboard would not boot. It stayed on the ASROCK screen for minutes. After cycling power a few times, the motherboard finally entered an "automatic repair mode" where eventually the computer restarted and I was able to finally boot my machine. Now when I restart my machine, the motherboard takes about 3 times as long to POST. After a few minutes it finally boots into Windows. Once in windows everything works as expected, but the long boot times is not acceptable. One thing I noticed after initial power up is that my USB keyboard had no power. After I unplugged the keyboard and plugged it back in, that finally worked. Another thing to note is once I got into the bios setup screen, there is considerable lag trying to select items. Any ideas what I can do to fix this? Or where I need to start troubleshooting? motherboard: Z170 OC Formula

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 22793	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Feb 2016 at 2:27am
	First off clear CMOS, preferably via the battery removal method to clear erroneous data completely. If you still have issues after that then post back.