Bios Load Order

SteveS · Post by **SteveS** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:05 am

As some may remember I have made several post about the slow load, on a cold start, of the OS on my D975XBX2. I have solved the first part of the problem where the Intel Boot screen would load and the Post codes in the lower right side of the screen took a long time to cyce through. However I am still haveing a long wait from the time after the screen goes black and the paot code cycle continues.

Can anyone tell me what happens in the bios load cycle after the Intel screen goes black and before the post code box appears? This may give me a place to look. BTW the bios load goes very quickly if I restart the machine after it is already running.

BlueMagic · Post by **BlueMagic** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:14 pm

In BIOS I would recommend:

Advanced, Drive Configuration
Use Automatic Mode [Disable]
Use Serial ATA [Enable]
ATA/IDE Mode [Native]
Configure Sata as [IDE]
Smart [Disable] - this choice I leave to you
Primary Channel [Disable if your LG DVD Burner is Sata]
[Enable if your LG DVD Burner is EIDE]

Boot Order
Hardrive first (your Seagate 500mb SATA HD will be shown).

SteveS · Post by **SteveS** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:17 am

This is how I have the bios set. I also have the serial port anf paralell ports, and the floppy disabled.