Do most "modeern" motherboards have a long post process?

[hifiaudio2]

I have a Gigabyte UD3P motherboard and it annoys me how long it takes for the thing to get past the post stage. Nothing is wrong with it, but it just takes time to initialize the sata controller, etc. Do most newer motherboards have to go through this longer process since more and more components are added? i would expect this behaviour if I had added in a separate controller card or especially a raid controller, but why is it necessary for onboard sata ports that are part of the Intel southbridge....?

I bought an Intel SSD for fast boots, but I wait much longer for it to finish all the initializations than I do booting into Windows.

 

[deimos3428]

It can be quite long, yes. There are a number of things you can set in the BIOS to speed up the process, but they're not really new.

1. Select the "quick" memory test option.
2. Set your HDD parameters in the BIOS so they aren't detected each time.
3. Set your HDD to be the first boot device (no seek on FDD/CD)
4. disable onboard devices you're not using (RAID controllers, serial ports, whatever)
5. some other stuff I forgot.

 

[yh125d]

It takes longer if your SATA controller is in RAID mode

 

[Shmee]

^ yes. my UD5 takes a little longer to post since I have a RAID 0 array. However, the new F9d beta bios includes an update which decreases POST time.