I’ve been plugging in my eGPU at boot for my 2019 13” MacBook Pro, but I’ve noticed that it adds an additional 30 seconds of boot time in Windows. Is there a way to solve this?
Are you using any boot loader? I've noticed this long boot up into Windows as well when there's an eGPU connected. My guess is Windows trying to initiate/allocate resource for the eGPU during this process which causes a delay compared to normal boot.
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2020 14" MSI Prestige 14 EVO [11th,4C,G] + RTX 3080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (AORUS Gaming Box) + Win10 2004 [build link]
I remember on my Mac Pro 2008 it takes 30 seconds to boot an EFI boat loader on a FAT partition than it does on an HFS+ partition. I don't think this is related but it's interesting.
Mac mini (2018), Mac Pro (Early 2008), MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), GA-Z170X-Gaming 7, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Sonnet Echo Express III-D, Trebleet Thunderbolt 3 to NVMe M.2 case
Are you using any boot loader? I've noticed this long boot up into Windows as well when there's an eGPU connected. My guess is Windows trying to initiate/allocate resource for the eGPU during this process which causes a delay compared to normal boot.
No boot loader.