Okay, so here's more information on this as promised.
Fresh building of Windows 7 Enterprise edition, boot time, less than 10 seconds (average 7 seconds to the login screen, 3 seconds to load desktop). I installed a M-Audio 1814 using Beta 6.0.1, no impact on boot up.
Reverted to a previous restore point (pre-1814 install) installed Beta drivers for UX2 3.4.3.9, boot time went to 10 seconds until login and another 10-15 to load the desktop. Removing the UX2 from the system did not shorten login time. Restored back to pre-ux2, reinstalled 1814, back to fast back up times.
Comprehensive list of my PC / gear :
GIGABYTE GA-M55SLI-S4 AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail (using Windows 7 native drivers for north / southbridge).
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000IAA6CZ - Retail Box
XFX GX260XADJC GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Rosewill Low-Profile PCI to 2+1 USB2.0 Cards Model RC-100 - Retail
Windows 7 x64 Enterprise
Line 6 Toneport UX2 (Usually using Rosewill external USB card) - Driver version : BETA Version 3.4.3.9
M-Audio Firewire 1814 (using onboard Firewire, have external PCI firewire card, but it's never been needed) - Driver version : BETA 6.0.1
Line 6 Vetta II 300W Stereo Guitar Combo Amp Ver 1.0 + Line 6 FBV Foot Controller
M-Audio StudioPro 3 desktop monitors
Dell 2405FWP Monitor
Line 6 Backtrack w/ mic.
Logitech G5 (using onboard USB)
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 (using onboard USB)
Line 6 Variax Acoustic 700 Modeling Guitar
Ibanez Universe UVBK7
Gibson Epiphone Goth V
If you want me to test anything, just send me an email. I'd be happy to test any other scenerios for you guys to help. Even from fresh build I was getting white noise pops. I ran Everest PC information and verified that that UX2 was using full USB 2.0 connection as opposed to 1.1, at least by their list, which has been very solid so far. I could provide you with an Everest system dump log (hehe, dump log...) for specs, gear and free system resources.
Mark
