Intel Desktop Board D815EEA2/D815EPEA2 Technical Product Specification
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3.9.1 Peripheral Selection and Configuration
The following techniques will help speed system boot:
• Choose a hard drive with parameters such as “power-up to data ready” less than eight seconds
to minimize hard drive startup delays. The Western Digital Caviar
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AA or BA series are
examples of drives that meet this parameter.
• Select a CD-ROM drive with a fast initialization rate; variations can influence POST times.
• Eliminate unnecessary features such as video-company-logo displaying, screen repaints, or
mode changes. These all add time in the boot process. The Plug and Play communication
between the video BIOS and the monitor shows time variances.
• Try different monitors. Some monitors initialize more quickly, thereby enabling the system to
boot more quickly.
3.9.2 Intel Rapid BIOS Boot
There are several BIOS settings that, if adjusted, can reduce the execution time of the POST:
• Set the hard disk drive as the first boot device. As a result, the POST will not seek a diskette
drive (saving about one second from the POST time) or a CD-ROM drive (saving about two
seconds).
• Make sure that Quiet Boot is disabled, to eliminate the logo splash screen. This could save
several seconds of painting complex graphic images and changing video modes.
• Make sure the Intel Rapid BIOS Boot option (in the Boot menu of the BIOS Setup Program) is
enabled (this is typically the default setting). This feature bypasses memory count and floppy
seek.
• Disable the LAN feature PXE (Preboot eXecutable Environment) if it will not be used. Doing
so can reduce up to four seconds of option ROM boot time.
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NOTE
It is possible to optimize the boot process to the point where the system boots so quickly that the
Intel Logo Screen (or a custom logo splash screen) will not be seen. Monitors and hard disk drives
with minimum initialization times can also contribute to a boot time that might be so fast that
necessary logo screens and POST messages cannot be seen. If this should occur, it is possible to
introduce a programmable delay ranging from 3 to 30 seconds using the Hard Disk Pre-Delay
feature in the IDE Configuration Submenu of the BIOS Setup Program.
For information about Refer to
IDE Configuration Submenu in the BIOS Setup Program Table 70, page 120
3.9.3 Operating System Selection
The Microsoft Windows Me operating system has built-in capabilities for making PCs boot more
quickly. To speed operating system availability at boot time, limit the number of applications that
load into the system tray or the task bar.
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