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updates of what I'v tried:

Originally Posted by nando4

(i) remove battery+AC power, press and hold power button for 1min to clear CMOS settings

This did not make any change about hanging long if ssd is set to master

Originally Posted by nando4

1. Disable all unnecessary devices in CMOS setup , boot Win7 and see if makes a difference.

No difference

Originally Posted by nando4

Could even disable Vpro/TPM which allows NIC to then be disabled in setup.

I did not see any new options to disable the NIC in bios after this. Win7 now goes blue screen almost instantly if booted from the ssd.