Satellite L550-19U PSLW8E - extremly slow boot sequence

When I start my laptop it hangs on bios startup sequence.
I see lines:
"System BIOS shadowed"
"Video BIOS shadowed"
and need to wait about 3 minutes before it continues to boot.
Then I see next lines:
"Fixed disk 0: FUJITSU MJA2320BH G2"
"Mouse intialized"
And need to wait again about 1 minute before it continues.
No error messages shown. Tried to update BIOS to 1.9 - problem not gone.
Please assist.
Message was edited by: rodygin
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Are any external devices connected to the notebook?
If yes, disconnect it.
Try also to boot the notebook using one memory module in each slot.
Would be interesting to know how the notebook would act.
Furthermore try this:
Disconnect the AC adaptor and remove the battery
Press and hold the power button 30 sec long. Then connect both parts again.
Test the unit.
If nothing helps, I guess there is an hardware problem. Probably the POST (power on self-test) cannot be passed properly or it hangs. Mostly this is an result of hardware malfunction.

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