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    Does HP BIOS have Quick Boot Feature?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by McGrady, Apr 2, 2008.

  1. McGrady

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    Just as the title says. I couldn't find it in the BIOS. ;[
     
    McGrady, Apr 2, 2008
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    You mean a boot to a media-playing OS, or an actual quick boot that skips some POST steps?

    I think the default for most/all BIOS is to quickboot unless there was a problem the last time the PC was booted.
     
    Greg, Apr 2, 2008
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    To skip memory checking and etc.
    Do you know how to get into there from BIOS?
    F10 for HP to get into BIOS, but can't find it
     
    McGrady, Apr 2, 2008
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    Anyone? Is this set as default for HP?
     
    McGrady, Apr 2, 2008
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    I haven't seen my dv9500 do any sort of memory checking at startup. It usually shows the HP splash screen, but it goes fast enough that I'm sure it's not doing a memory check. I never set up anything in the BIOS for that. Is your system spending a lot of time before the Microsoft screens come up?
     
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    Microsoft screen as in the green bar passing? It's not that slow, but I remember it used to be faster, so I'm guessing I did something by accident and I just wanted to see if I had quick boot enabled or memory check disabled. ah well, its probably fine
     
    McGrady, Apr 3, 2008
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    The default should be quickboot as memory checking is only turned on in diagnostic mode.
     
    chrixx, Apr 3, 2008
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    i think that too, but is there a place in the bios where i can verify that?
     
    McGrady, Apr 3, 2008
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