Windows 8.1 Pro x64 UEFI very slow boot and shutdown

Anonymous
2013-10-19T09:35:27+00:00

Ever since I upgraded to Windows 8.1 via the in-store update my PC takes a good 3-4 minutes to boot!!! I am on a GA-X79-UD3 + i7-3820 + Samsung SSD 840 for system drive. I have updated all my drivers to Windows 8.1 compatible ones and still. I have checked via Samsung Magician and the drive is using AHCI mode on (Intel PCH) Sata 3 6Gb/s.  I have tried restoring my UEFI to default settings and enabling Fast Boot but still?? On Windows 8 it would boot in 5 seconds....

EDIT: Have tried Safe Boot and Clean Boot, still same

EDIT2: Will any Microsoft guy chime in?

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T16:06:31+00:00

    I'm having the same problem. I've sony vaio i5 6gb Ram and 750 HD. before win 8.1 it takes 30 sec max but now on 8.1 it takes approx 2 min. Is there any solution or it's 8.1's bug ?

    If you have Bluetooth installed did you try to disable the drivers per the other posts in this thread?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-14T11:37:18+00:00

    Okay, I think I finally found the cause of this problem and I'm here to share it with you guys.

    Problem:

         Long delay in shutting down / restarting the system

    Identified Root Cause:

         Intel ME ( Management Engine ) Driver

    1. Look for Intel(R) Management Engine Interface drive in the Device manager page.
    2. Take note of the version of the driver
    3. The Intel ME driver should be version 9.5.15.1730 ( latest driver from INTEL ). If not, update it.

    Now here's how I came up with this solution.

    1. Run the system restore to revert back all the changes and drivers installed
    2. Validated that the issue has been resolved.
    3. Turned off windows automatic update
    4. Installed the drivers one at a time
    5. Restart / Shutdown the system for every driver installed to narrow down the root cause
    6. After I confirmed that the culprit was the Intel ME driver which was provided by the Manufacturer of my newly bought laptop, I did some research and confirmed that its current version is not compatible with Windows 8.1.
    7. Updated the driver to its latest version.
    8. Problem solved.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-14T12:14:18+00:00

    This looks promising for me. other people had issues with Bluetooth drivers which solved their problems, but that wasn't the case for me.

    I'm currently running v8.1.0.1263 of Intel management engine interface. I asked windows to look for an update but of it didn't find one. Went the Intel site to get it manually, but there's 6 to choose from, the first 3 of which are v9.5.15.1730 https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&keyword=%22Intel+Management+Engine+Components%22#&OSVersion=Windows%208.1%2C%2064-bit*&DownloadType=Drivers&OSVersion=Windows%208.1%2C%2064-bit*&DownloadType=Drivers

    The difference between the first two is the first is for NCU boards, the second is for desktop boards. As far as I can tell, there's no difference between the 2nd and 3rd except the 3rd is vv9.5.15.1730M.

    Any ideas how to work out which one? How did you come about you one?

    Thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-14T17:04:49+00:00

    Okay, I think I finally found the cause of this problem and I'm here to share it with you guys.

    Problem:

         Long delay in shutting down / restarting the system

    Identified Root Cause:

         Intel ME ( Management Engine ) Driver

    1. Look for Intel(R) Management Engine Interface drive in the Device manager page.
    2. Take note of the version of the driver
    3. The Intel ME driver should be version 9.5.15.1730 ( latest driver from INTEL ). If not, update it.

    Now here's how I came up with this solution.

    1. Run the system restore to revert back all the changes and drivers installed
    2. Validated that the issue has been resolved.
    3. Turned off windows automatic update
    4. Installed the drivers one at a time
    5. Restart / Shutdown the system for every driver installed to narrow down the root cause
    6. After I confirmed that the culprit was the Intel ME driver which was provided by the Manufacturer of my newly bought laptop, I did some research and confirmed that its current version is not compatible with Windows 8.1.
    7. Updated the driver to its latest version.
    8. Problem solved.

    Good investigative work. Happy it is now resolved for you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-01-14T22:15:04+00:00

    Okay, I think I finally found the cause of this problem and I'm here to share it with you guys.

    Problem:

         Long delay in shutting down / restarting the system

    Identified Root Cause:

         Intel ME ( Management Engine ) Driver

    1. Look for Intel(R) Management Engine Interface drive in the Device manager page.
    2. Take note of the version of the driver
    3. The Intel ME driver should be version 9.5.15.1730 ( latest driver from INTEL ). If not, update it.

    Now here's how I came up with this solution.

    1. Run the system restore to revert back all the changes and drivers installed
    2. Validated that the issue has been resolved.
    3. Turned off windows automatic update
    4. Installed the drivers one at a time
    5. Restart / Shutdown the system for every driver installed to narrow down the root cause
    6. After I confirmed that the culprit was the Intel ME driver which was provided by the Manufacturer of my newly bought laptop, I did some research and confirmed that its current version is not compatible with Windows 8.1.
    7. Updated the driver to its latest version.
    8. Problem solved.

    I checked the laptop I "fixed" by disabling the Atheros Bluetooth driver and it has the Intel Management Engine Interface version 9.0.0.1287 installed. In the Management window I did the update to get the latest driver and it said the latest was installed.

    My feeling is that there may be multiple drivers that are not compatible with Win 8.1 and that depends upon what hardware is installed in a given machine. Your process of investigation is close to what took me two days to accomplish and may be the quickest way for others to solve the slow boot/shutdown situation. Waiting for MS to solve the problem may be a very long wait.

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