I’ve narrowed down an issue where my boot times significantly increase when SATA devices are connected.
Through my troubleshooting, I confirmed that the system boots normally with only an M.2 SSD installed. However, as soon as I connect both a SATA HDD and a SATA SSD, the startup process becomes very slow.
In the BIOS, I have the boot priority set specifically to the M.2 SSD only, but this hasn’t improved the situation. My current BIOS version is F6.
If anyone is familiar with the X870E AORUS MASTER X3D ICE or Gigabyte motherboards in general, I would greatly appreciate any advice or settings I should check.