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    New to SSDs? Read this first before asking questions! (UPDATED 07/17/2011)

    "Why doesn't SSD's speed up boot time? They are faster than HDD's so why shouldn't they speed up boot time? I don't understand that one." Boot time consists of two parts--POST and OS Loading. Part 1: POST (Power-On, Self-Test) is where the computer powers up and tests its parts to make sure...
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    New to SSDs? Read this first before asking questions! (UPDATED 07/17/2011)

    Perhaps this is the delay to allow the HDDs to spin up to speed? If you are just using an SSD, set this to 1 sec. If you are using HDDs also, and you have problems booting properly, trying increasing the value to 5 sec, then 10 sec, 15 sec, etc. until you can boot without problems. This...