12-30-2016 07:23 AM - last edited on 03-06-2024 07:24 PM by ROGBot
12-30-2016 07:38 AM
12-30-2016 09:31 PM
Brighttail wrote:
NVMe will take longer than normal SSDs.
So after first boot you didn't have things like GPU drivers, mouse/keyboard drivers, monitor drivers, USB 3.1 drivers, ect ect. Each of these things increase boot load times, not to mention any programs that are part of your startup routine.
So naturally you can do things like go into the MSCONFIG and disable anything you don't need to run at start up.
From BIOS you can turn OFF items you don't need loading. For me I don't use Bluetooth/Wifi for example and I turn those things off. You can change the boot device to UEFI only and not to load other USB/Sata items until after it boots into windows. The more you can turn off the quicker the boot will be.
12-31-2016 04:41 PM
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01-01-2017 11:10 AM
Qwinn wrote:
tistou77: The latest 3501 BIOS appears to have resolved whatever issue caused that. It might even be booting faster than 2101 did.
Oddly, the boot time as reported by Windows event viewer doesn't seem to accurately reflect the improvement in boot time. I suspect it's only reporting the boot time of the OS itself - that hasn't really changed. Most of the speed increase of 3501 appears to be before that, prior to the option to enter the BIOS. It's cycling through the Q-Codes much faster (and I'm not seeing the extra reset to 00 that I noticed during all the previous 3xxx BIOS's - or rather, there's still a reset to 00, but it happens much much earlier in the cycle). That seems to come up much quicker now, several seconds at least (and mine didn't take all that long before, either).
EDIT: Just tested with a stopwatch. Confirmed that the extra 00 reset during post that I noticed on all previous 3xxx BIOS's is either gone or happening within the first couple seconds. From pressing the power button to the Windows login screen took 38.83 seconds. The vast majority of that is spinning Windows dots - it goes through almost 3 full revolutions before the login screen. Event Viewer claims the boot took 23.5 seconds, and I'm assuming for the moment that that counter starts about when the Q Code hits AA and the dots starts spinning (which is simultaneous for me). That's on an Intel 750 SSD which is known to have long boot times, and with Fast Boot disabled in the BIOS (it never made a difference before). So, the full post is taking approximately 15 seconds for me, including the pause allowing us to get into the BIOS. Still seems a lot quicker than 3101-3402 to me.