Improve Boot Time to <15 secs

[tonyfreak215]

I just got an Intel SSD a X25-V. A fresh install and a few tweaks later my computer boots up in 15 seconds. Of which 7 are due to the Bios. What can I do to improve the boot time further? I'd like to try to get it down to 10, it seems like speeding up the bios would be the easiest way.

My specs;
Q9550 @3.4ghz, 1.15v
P5Q-E
8gigs (4X2) GSkill DDR2 1066@480Mhz
ATI 5830

I'm not near to running the ram to its limit. Would that help at all?

 

[Kenmitch]

Use hibernation instead of shutting the system down.

 

[somethingsketchy]

Unless your BIOS isn't up to date, I'd doubt you could do much improvement for boot-up. The traditional BIOS still has to initiate and check for each component installed on the motherboard (video, sound, processor, etc).

Last I checked, the older BIOS format, didn't allow for multi-threading during boot-up. I'm not sure if the newer format UEFI allows for multi-threading during boot-up or not.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Set the SSD as first boot device.

Turn off unused SATA/PATA ports so BIOS won't scan them.
Change the used ports from AUTO. There's usually a setting in BIOS that'll detect the drive and keep the configuration. This is faster than autodetecting every boot.

 

[Zap]

Use S3 sleep instead of shutting the system down.

Fixed. Waking from Hibernation can take a while, even with an SSD.

My rig takes at least 20 seconds to POST.

 

[mfenn]

Turning off AHCI and going down to 4GB will both reduce your boot times. Dunno if it is worth it though. Just use sleep or hibernate.