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BIOS Features
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6.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel
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Rapid BIOS Boot
These factors affect system boot speed:
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Selecting and configuring peripherals properly
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Using an optimized BIOS, such as the Intel Rapid BIOS
6.8.1
Intel Rapid BIOS Boot
Using the following BIOS Setup program settings reduces the POST execution time. In the Boot
Menu:
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Set the hard disk drive as the first boot device. As a result, the POST does not first seek
a diskette drive, which saves about one second from the POST execution time.
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Disable Quiet Boot, which eliminates display of the logo splash screen. This could save
several seconds of painting complex graphic images and changing video modes.
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Enabled Intel Rapid BIOS Boot. This feature bypasses memory count and the search for
a diskette drive.
NOTES
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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.
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This boot time may be so fast that some drives might be not be initialized at all. If this
condition should occur, it is possible to introduce a programmable delay ranging from
three to 30 seconds (using the Hard Disk Pre-Delay feature of the Advanced Menu in the
Drive Configuration Submenu of the BIOS Setup program).
For information about
Refer to
Drive Configuration Submenu in the BIOS Setup program
Section 7.1.3.4
6.9 BIOS Security Features
The BIOS includes security features that restrict access to the BIOS Setup program and who
can boot the computer. A supervisor password and a user password can be set for the BIOS
Setup program and for booting the computer, with the following restrictions:
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The supervisor password gives unrestricted access to view and change all the Setup
options in the BIOS Setup program. This is the supervisor mode.
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The user password gives restricted access to view and change Setup options in the
BIOS Setup program. This is the user mode.