A mobo with fast boot.

[Vbgf]

I was wondering if there is a mobo that passes POST faster than other mobos. My PC passes the windows boot fast, but the pre winodws stuff are quite a bit slower compared to the win boot. I am running a 840 pro as my drive in AHCI mode from a SATA 3 interface (6Gb/s) on my M4A87TD (vanillia) board.  Don't get me wrong i have a boot time of about 25~30 secs but still. Is this the mobo's fault, and can the POST be passed faster? I am interested in AMD side of things atm, but i also want to hear if the i3-5-7s make the boot time even faster.

[wng_kingsley7]

If you use any SSD I'm pretty sure boot times are pretty darn quick. Asus's raidr express is pretty darn quick but expensive.

[Ryan Leech]

It's not the cpu that matters, it's all about the BIOS/UEFI

[Butterfish]

I was wondering if there is a mobo that passes POST faster than other mobos. My PC passes the windows boot fast, but the pre winodws stuff are quite a bit slower compared to the win boot. I am running a 840 pro as my drive in AHCI mode from a SATA 3 interface (6Gb/s) on my M4A87TD (vanillia) board.  Don't get me wrong i have a boot time of about 25~30 secs but still. Is this the mobo's fault, and can the POST be passed faster? I am interested in AMD side of things atm, but i also want to hear if the i3-5-7s make the boot time even faster.

You can set the post screen to almost nothing in the BIOS

[Joshyy]

I know on my Crosshair, if I set POST delay to 0 and enable the fast boot switch the windows loading screen is up within 2 seconds of me pressing the power button and into windows within 15-20. 

[Vbgf]

You can set the post screen to almost nothing in the BIOS

 

I know on my Crosshair, if I set POST delay to 0 and enable the fast boot switch the windows loading screen is up within 2 seconds of me pressing the power button and into windows within 15-20. 

I don't think my bios has that feature, where can i check it?

[WoodenMarker]

I don't think my bios has that feature, where can i check it?

Go into the BIOS. It should be in the boot category as 'splash screen time', 'screen logos display' or something of the sort.

[Vbgf]

Go into the BIOS. It should be in the boot category as 'splash screen time', 'screen logos display' or something of the sort.

Thanks, going to do that now.

[HK_Rage]

Most MSI Motherboards have an option called "fastboot" I'm using a plain old HDD with an MSI mobo and I usually boot in within 10 seconds.

[xAlphaStick]

Most MSI Motherboards have an option called "fastboot" I'm using a plain old HDD with an MSI mobo and I usually boot in within 10 seconds.

that's what I use

[Faa]

Well with full fastboot settings the boot time between post & windows is like 1-2secs. There are a few requirements to use this, the drives have to be GPT formatted and if you complety disable legacy mode your gpu needs to have an uefi gop bios to fully support fastboot.

[Vbgf]

I am with an asus mobo so i don't have the MSI features. And i've read some stuff on fast boot, isn't it intel only? Also the option in my BIOS is just quick boot (like any mobo ever) and it's enabled by default. My pc boots fast but the 1-2 secs post time  is unheard of

[deathjester]

Most MSI Motherboards have an option called "fastboot" I'm using a plain old HDD with an MSI mobo and I usually boot in within 10 seconds.

 

Yeah mine boots fast. To boot any faster would need to re install win 8.1 (trial ran out but I deleted it in days due to work stuff not working well) and get a SSD.

 

Win 8 boots pretty damn fast with a SSD. That and the new Direct X were all I liked about it. Will prob upgrade to it when Witcher 3 comes out if the performance gains are big.

[mgsstar]

I have an Asus Z87 board and theres a option in the bios (I think its in "Boot") and I can enable fast boot and select which devices to initialize when going through POST. My POST is around 1-2 seconds which is pretty quick imo.