Mac Pro 12 Core slow boot?

[Bmproductions]

I already thought the MBP would boot faster, but thanks.
I was able to pick the MacPro up today, on my way to work. Now I'm at my job, with my MacPro next to me, so I haven't been able to check it! haha! Tonight when I get back I'll check it and let you guys know.

 

[63dot]

Hi guys,
I have my Mac pro for 2 weeks now and at first I didn't really care but I'm a bit worried, this is because it takes 1 minute and 32 seconds to boot the 12core. I'm using a vertex2 ocz ssd. Once the MP is on, it's on fire but it sure is a slow start. Do I need to be worried?
Things I've tried:
Reset smc
Reset pram
Taking 8gigs ram out so I left 2 x 2 gb inside, and I tried some different combinations. (resetting the pram every time)
When I turn it on, the fans are running on full speed for exactly 6 seconds, than the Mac chime sounds and the apple logo appears. Within 2 seconds you see the spinning wheel. When I listen closely, I can hear when the computer starts to read from the other hard drives. From then on it takes 5 seconds to boot. I think I've tried everything, but I hope you guys can help me out.
Before I forget, the graphics card is an 8800. That's all there is inside.
Thank you for replying.

I am a Mac and PC technician (over 10 years) and the slow boot up time can be normal for Intel Xeon based computers. But when doing large graphic intensive tasks, the Xeons show their muscle.

If you want fast bootup, then we are talking about Core "i"s and Core 2 Duo machines. They seem to "talk" quite well to OS X and Windows for boot up and shut down.

For some reason, Xeons are not quick on those two tasks a lot of the time. I would not be concerned. If you have a great bootup time, all the more power, but bootup time is not why you buy an Intel Xeon. The 4-core and 8-cores I know of are quite slow at bootup, too and are not that loaded with stuff.

 

[Bmproductions]

Ok guys, I think this solved it! It still waits like 15 seconds before the chime, but it takes 40 seconds in total, so thats more or less the same as my MacBook Pro, only that one plays the chime after 3 seconds.
At first it took over a 100 seconds, so it's less than 50% of that, so I'm happy or shouldn't I be?

For people with similar problems, the testresults stated:
The heatsink sensor wasn't assembled right.
They also replaced my upper superdrive, but that didn't had anything to do with the slow boots.

I'm now reinstalling all the software. It might be weird, but i kinda like doin' that

 

[jenzjen]

I am a Mac and PC technician (over 10 years) and the slow boot up time can be normal for Intel Xeon based computers. But when doing large graphic intensive tasks, the Xeons show their muscle.

If you want fast bootup, then we are talking about Core "i"s and Core 2 Duo machines. They seem to "talk" quite well to OS X and Windows for boot up and shut down.

For some reason, Xeons are not quick on those two tasks a lot of the time. I would not be concerned. If you have a great bootup time, all the more power, but bootup time is not why you buy an Intel Xeon. The 4-core and 8-cores I know of are quite slow at bootup, too and are not that loaded with stuff.

Please know what you're writing about before you offer advice.

 

[jenzjen]

I was a PhD student at university of california in this, so you are a troll, my friend.

Get a freakin' life if you can't listen to real experience.

-63dot

Thanks for the PM, let me break it down for you. Do you have this machine? Are you writing from experience?

... the slow boot up time can be normal for Intel Xeon based computers ... if you want fast bootup, then we are talking about Core "i"s and Core 2 Duo machines ... for some reason, Xeons are not quick on those two tasks a lot of the time. I would not be concerned.

As I posted above, I have a similar MP and constantly get 30-35s boots. You'll see another post above where someone else is getting <30s boots.

Your advice about slow boots being normal, needing Core i & C2D and - this takes the cake - "I would not be concerned" is simply wrong.

Hopefully you don't need the PhD to see where your advice is baseless.