Re: P5E MB slow POST


"Paul" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:g47bfp$v12$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Core2Duo wrote:
I have a P5E Motherboard that only *begins* to boot after 45 seconds.

It's fully booted in Vista64 in ~1.5 mins.

Any suggestions on how to eliminate the 45 secs delay?.

To start, enter the BIOS, and set "Full Screen Logo" to [Disabled].
That will allow you to see the BIOS progress messages. Save and
exit. Then tell us what you see. You should see text messages,
first for disk detection on the Southbridge, and then additional
messages for any auxiliary controllers.

I presume, when you push the front power button, that the video output
is enabled pretty well instantly.

You can go into the BIOS, and disable unneeded hardware. And
sometimes that gives the desired speedup at POST. It might even
be something like the BIOS RAM test, that is eating a few seconds.
But when you look at the text on the screen, it might become
more apparent what is going on.

Paul


I disable "Full Screen Logo".

The system still sits there for 45 secs without any activity.
Contrary to your presumption Paul, the video output is *not* "enabled pretty
well instantly".
It's blank until the 45 secs is up. The monitor even states No Signal
during this period.

After this time, some messages are displayed but they are hard to read
because they appear and disappear so quickly.
The actual boot phase, once it's begun, only takes 45 secs.

Any ideas?.

Btw, I'm using BIOS v605


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