Thread: Motherboard POST time

OK here are few things I learned how to make short boot-time.

First hardware,
1) try to eliminate extra hardware you don't need.
2) for the memory chips, put the memory chip in first socket and if you have more than one put bigger memory chip first . (believe or not , for some motherboard ,it will make the computer boost faster)
3) use good hardware, I know this is basic but it's important!, good motherboard, decent hard drive (at least 7200 speed) and use ATA100 cable if your hard drive spports it.

Second the BIOS
1) update the bios latest version.
2) in your bios setting, like 'Aaron' said
a) use maual setting for the IDE drives, don't use auto setting.
b) use fast boot option (if it has it)
c) diable booting from floppy drive. make the the hard drive is the first one in booting sequence.
e) disable the memory test.


Third in Windows;
1) Install ONLY porgrams that you use , specially don't install programs that need to be run in background all the time if you can. Such as virus program , if this is for Car PC, virus program is unnecessary I think.
2) Try not to have any short-cuts in desktop
3) this is important but not many ppl know about it- do not have any extra FONTS , keep the only fonts that need. When the windows start it reads all the fonts so if you have a lot it will take long time to boot.

---if you can just format your hard drive , and install ONLY programs that you use ---

or you can go throw registry and eliminate the unnecessary programs from start up and autoexec , system but personally I don't like doing that.

And here is information from microsft about fast boot.
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platf...ot/default.asp