Slow Boot after added hard drives in RAID 0

Hi,
My Mac Pro used to boot very fast (from Bong to Login screen).
After installing a RAID0, it takes much longer to boot (x5).
When powering on, after the BONG, the grey screen appears and it seems frozen for a while ~30seconds. While grey screen is still on, I can hear the RAID0 hard drives finally waking up and starting to spin (I believe that they are the RAID0 hard drives because I can hear the startup disk just after the BONG). Once the MacOSX splash screen is displayed, everything goes very fast. Progress bar takes <2s to finally display login screen.
I suspect an incompatibility of the hard drives firmware with the Mac Pro even if those are very popular drives.
The Mac Pro is also sometime very slow to shutdown and when it occurs, I can hear the same sound of the drives waking up and starting to spin again.
I have disabled the hard drive sleep option in the power settings.
Here is my configuration. Disk4 has been added after the RAID0 and hasn't changed the issue. Please help.
Disk1: (Startup Disk)
Capacity: 149.05 GB
Model: ST3160812AS P
Revision: 3.BQH
Disk2: RAID0 - slice1
Capacity: 298.09 GB
Model: ST3320620AS
Revision: 3.AAJ
Disk3: RAID0 - slice2
Capacity: 298.09 GB
Model: ST3320620AS
Revision: 3.AAJ
Disk4:
Capacity: 698.64 GB
Model: ST3750640AS
Revision: 3.AAE
Regards,
Guillaume

I am still booting off of the same drive as before I added the RAID so RAID disk doesn't appear in disk control panel but I went there and reselected my initial MacOSX installation folder on Drive0. It seems to have improved things quite a bit. Was it just looking for other boot partitions on all hard drives on startup? I don't know why this setting would have changed when adding drives into the box.
Thanks.

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AMD AuthenticAMD
NSC Geode by NSC
Cyrix CyrixInstead
Centaur CentaurHauls
Transmeta GenuineTMx86
Transmeta TransmetaCPU
UMC UMC UMC UMC
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BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000002ffd0000 (usable)
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x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
Scanning 0 areas for low memory corruption
modified physical RAM map:
modified: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000010000 (reserved)
modified: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
modified: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
modified: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
modified: 0000000000100000 - 000000002ffd0000 (usable)
modified: 000000002ffd0000 - 000000002ffde000 (ACPI data)
modified: 000000002ffde000 - 0000000030000000 (ACPI NVS)
modified: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
modified: 00000000ff780000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
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RAMDISK: 2ff21000 - 2ffbf7a5
ACPI: RSDP 000f6ad0 00014 (v00 ACPIAM)
ACPI: RSDT 2ffd0000 0002C (v01 A M I OEMRSDT 09000521 MSFT 00000097)
ACPI: FACP 2ffd0200 00084 (v02 A M I OEMFACP 09000521 MSFT 00000097)
ACPI: DSDT 2ffd0390 03270 (v01 MiniV MiniV080 00000080 INTL 02002026)
ACPI: FACS 2ffde000 00040
ACPI: OEMB 2ffde040 00046 (v01 A M I AMI_OEM 09000521 MSFT 00000097)
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767MB LOWMEM available.
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low ram: 0 - 2ffd0000
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node 0 bootmap 00011000 - 00016ffc
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#1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
#2 [0000006000 - 0000007000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
#3 [0000100000 - 0000626e44] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 0000626e44]
#4 [002ff21000 - 002ffbf7a5] RAMDISK ==> [002ff21000 - 002ffbf7a5]
#5 [0000099c00 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [0000099c00 - 0000100000]
#6 [0000627000 - 0000629230] BRK ==> [0000627000 - 0000629230]
#7 [0000010000 - 0000011000] PGTABLE ==> [0000010000 - 0000011000]
#8 [0000011000 - 0000017000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000011000 - 0000017000]
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DMA 0x00000010 -> 0x00001000
Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x0002ffd0
HighMem 0x0002ffd0 -> 0x0002ffd0
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0002ffd0
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ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
No local APIC present or hardware disabled
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 40000000 (gap: 30000000:cec00000)
NR_CPUS:8 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1
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Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
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virtual kernel memory layout:
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pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xf07d0000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 240 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xeffd0000 ( 767 MB)
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.data : 0xc03d647f - 0xc04dd6a8 (1052 kB)
.text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc03d647f (2905 kB)
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SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 2654.36 BogoMIPS (lpj=4422980)
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CPU: L2 Cache: 64K (32 bytes/line)
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SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Freeing SMP alternatives: 10k freed
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weird, boot CPU (#0) not listed by the BIOS.
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pci 0000:00:10.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
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system 00:05: ioport range 0xea00-0xea0f has been reserved
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system 00:07: ioport range 0x3e0-0x3e7 has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved
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IMac taking long time to boot after new hard drive installed. Help?

I recently had a new hard drive installed on my iMac (running Snow Leopard). After the intall all was well, but I couldn't get my screensaver to work. Erroneously thinking it was missing, I reinstalled it and ended up with two screen saver folders in the system files. Now when I turn on the Mac, I get a white screen for several seconds (close to a minute) before the system shows me the Apple logo and then boots. I'm concerned about this. Did my copying the screen saver cause the problem? Should I reinstall my system software? I was planning to upgrade to Mountain Lion anyway. Will that fix the problem? Any suggestions appreciated.

Restart in Safe Boot Mode (hold the left Shift key as soon as you restart your computer and hold it until the Apple logo appears). Once it gets to the desktop you can restart normally. Safe Mode serves a number of purposes and one of them is to delete/trim temporary files that might be causing boot problems. There's no guarantee this will improve your startup time but it will do no harm and I have seen computers restart more quickly after a Safe Boot.

Slow boot after installing SSD drive + Grub problem + Kernel panicks

Hey
So i just got a Samsung 840 EVO, and was ready to see my system fly, so i installed Arch on it, the instalation was kinda weird, since im in the middle of some major developing for a startup i couldnt risk to lose time configuring my all system so what i did was this:
Install Arch on the SSD (/root on sdb1) while keeping my other Arch install (/root on sda5) and sharing the /home and /swap (on sda6 and sda7) between both systems, i installed grub on sdb also because i didnt knew what to do
So now when i boot the laptop i get the grub from sda wich only has Old Arch and windows, if i press f9 at boot and boot from the ssd i go to sdb grub that has Old Arch, New Arch and Windows, since the SSD was instaled via a caddy it doesnt get recognized in the BIOS, but strangely i get 2 Universal Hard Drives (hdd and sdd) when pressing f9
So first question is, should i reeinstall grub on sda or is there a way to put the SDD as primary?
The other problem is that systemd-analyze is giving me worst times than with the hdd, and i dont see a huge improvement with the SSD as i should. Is it because i have /home /swap on the hdd? I have read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_State_Drives and did as told.
systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 1.820s (kernel) + 1min 30.406s (userspace) = 1min 32.226s
systemd-analyze output (only top lines)
1min 1.093s ntpdate.service
4.320s systemd-modules-load.service
1.159s mysqld.service
986ms [email protected]
967ms [email protected]
609ms [email protected]
511ms [email protected]
359ms lvm2-monitor.service
systemd-analyze critical-chain
graphical.target @1min 30.156s
└─multi-user.target @1min 30.154s <------------- a lot of time
└─ntpd.service @1min 7.575s +9ms
└─network.target @6.473s
└─[email protected] @5.962s +511ms <------------- a lot of time
└─basic.target @5.948s
└─timers.target @5.948s
└─systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer @5.948s
└─sysinit.target @5.942s
└─systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video1.service @8.148s +59ms <------------- a lot of time
└─system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice @5.646s
└─system.slice @155ms
└─-.slice @154ms
laptop specs:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz
8 GB RAM
512 GB HDD
250 GB 840 EVO
Last edited by archoriano (2014-08-29 01:19:22)

You did not share what the kernel panic says, but I guess it has to do with your root file systems not mounted correctly. If it happens like 75% of the time, sounds like you are using /dev/sdax and it gets enumarated differently? Use UUID's instead.
Your "slow boot" is a seperate problem, see the thread you linked too for how to fix that.
Its a fresh install but i alredy have DE and programs, i used Helmuth script to install all the stuff, just so i didnt forget to install stuff.
No idea what this means, but if it is some third party script downloaded off the internet - use them only if you understand exactly what it does, else the chances are you will run into some problems with no idea how you got there. For simply keeping a list of packages to install, put them in a text file and pipe them into pacman (see also here.

Failure to boot after new hard drive install

trying to resurrect old graphite 466mh firewire clamshell.
It was running tiger fine, had a problem charging it so sat in basement for a year. Turns out it was powercord,replaced, and now working again. Decided to replace the 10G hard drive, using the fixit site manual. Installed a Toshiba 80G drive, am now unable to boot from tiger cd's (not dvd) while holding down c-key. Any suggestions? By the way, have access to other firewire iBook running tiger but don't know how to boot from that. Any help much appreciated!

The reason for not being able to start
via 'C' on you new drive may be because it is
assigned (jumpered) incorrectly as the 'Slave' rather
than the 'Master'.
Of course! it seems so obvious now
you've said it.
Actually it's almost
certainly best that this gets done sooner rather than
later or it is complicate any future trouble
shooting
kind regards
mrtotes
OK gentlemen (thanks for responding). So I hook up the 2 iBooks, put the tiger cd in my wife's iBook and start them up. On the screen of the ibook I'm trying to resurrect my wife's desktop appears. I go into disk utility, it scans the systems and the only icons that appear are my wife's hard drive and the new (untitled) hard drive. No sign of the tiger installation cd. I can restore my wife's hard disk onto the untitled drive and end up with a working system. I know little about slaves and masters (I don't get out much)- how do I assign the new drive?
thanks again,
marc

Fans more quiet after adding hard drive

My G5 has a 250gb hard drive. When buring DVD's the fan came on like a jet. I added a 1TB hard drive, and the fans no longer sound like a jet when burning a DVD. Would this be due to the extra working space the 1TB drive would provide the system?
Thank you for any thoughts you might have in this.
JB

If it was "added," I assume there are two hard drives in there now...
If you unplugged the Power Mac during installation of the new drive, you may have reset the power management (SMU), which made the fans work properly.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436
The procedure is basically to unplug the Power Mac for a few minutes and plug it back in. One of the symptoms mentioned is fan noise.

MacBook Pro doesn't boot after attempting hard drive install

Here is what happened:
Installed new hard drive and ram upgrade.
Hit power button. (Nothing on the display or keyboard turned on.)
Heard the optical drive turn on every few seconds.
Held down the power button until it turned back off.
Installed the old hard drive and ram so everything I did was reversed like I did nothing at all.
Pressed power button.
Heard optical drive turn on (no chime noise-just the drive.)
Still no display on (it remains black.)
Tried resetting the smc. No changes.
Tried to attempt a pram reset. Nothing.
Battery shows full charge. Charger shows green light when plugged into computer.
Idk what I could have done or not done to make this happen.
MacBook Pro 15" 3,1 early 2008 or earlier.
Running mountain lion.

I fixed the issue. I researched many many forums and found no help on any of them, and sorry-no help on this one either.
What solved the issue - and I hope this helps someone else who has the same problem:
1). Install new hard drive (with or without osx pre installed)
2). Remove all ram
3). Power on and wait 1 minute
4). Hold power button until it turns off
5). Install ram
6). Power back on
7). BOOM! It works again.

Z87-G43 Slow Boot after adding GPU - Need Help

MSI Z87-G43 bios v 1.0
i5-4670K not overclocked
stock heatsink
Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3P1K2/8G 8G total
PSU Seasonic SSR-450RM G-450W Gold 37a +12v
HD WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6 Gb/s
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD Burner
Case Antec 300 Illusion
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Just added GPU Asus GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5
I ran the system for 3 months with the onboard graphics. Never had a single problem.
Started playing my old flight sim game and had turn off/down many features to get the graphics to work and not freeze up at times, so bought a graphics card.
Had problems getting the new GPU to work. Had to preload drivers to get it to come on. Graphics would go off on some apps and had to reboot.
After a few days it has settled down and seems to work.
The problem is that the screen does not turn on until it gets to the windows welcome screen so I can't get to the bios screen.
It looks like there is a video preference setting in the bios but how can I get there.
I added all the utilities hoping to get the GOTOBIOS feature but when I go to MSI Fast Boot it just says its already running and so there is no tab to turn it on.
What can I do?
Also had to remove the Network Genie as it slow the internet to crawl and had to remove the utility that controls fans and clock speed as it used 30% of the cpu all the time but I guess that's a new topic.
Sorry this is so long but as you can probably tell this my first time on the forum.
mcbob

I tried to do this but F8 didn't work to get to safe mode. It just locked up the start. Checked on line and saw that I could change config file to make it go to safe mode but saw the horror stories of people getting in a loop and having to reload their whole computer so didn't' try that.
I went back to the onboard graphics and was able to see the bios prompt at start up. Changed the integrated graphics configuration-initiate graphic adapter in bios to PEG for primary boot device. After save and exit the monitor wouldn't come on all. Shut down and switched the monitor cable back to the new GPU card. On start up the monitor started immediately saw the bois prompt and all is working like it should. The complete boot time is now much quicker, like it used to be. Time to start on my other problems.
thanks mcbob

MacBook Pro does not boot past apple screen after replacing hard drive

After replacing hard drive on MacBook Pro 13 inch early 2011 model, the screen only boots to the apple logo. Do I need to re-install the OS?

The problem is that the OS is not in any where else of the MacBook Pro than in the HD / SSD. If you replace the Hard Drive, then you will need to Re-install OSX into that hard drive, it's pretty easy.
1) Power up your Macbook Pro, as fast as you can press and hold the Option key (ALT). You'll see that it opens the bootable-devices you have, you'll see a Recovery partition, click it.
(If the Hard Drive contains data do the following)
2) In the menu select Disk Utility.
3) In Disk Utility go ahead and select the Hard Drive that is inside the MBP.
4) Erase the content.
(If the Hard Drive contains no data continue with the following jumping the last 3 steps).
5) Select Re-install OSX.
6) Select the Hard Drive in which you want to install it.
Follow the steps of everything else (it should take approximately 1 hour to do the whole thing).
Hope this helps!
Later.

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