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    T400s Boots Windows 7 in Less Than 10 Seconds (with new BIOS)!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BinkNR, Sep 25, 2009.

  1. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Looks like Phoenix finally woke up. They finally have a BIOS that hands control of the hardware over to the OS in less than a second. The video shows a T400s, with SSD, booting Windows 7 in under 10 seconds.

    Here’s to hoping Lenovo makes this BIOS available on all current models! Then again, I mostly just put my system to sleep and rarely need to boot it!

    http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/645/2.033/
     
    BinkNR, Sep 25, 2009
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  2. hbrocks

    hbrocks Notebook Geek

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    That's actually very exciting!
    When I started using Win7 on my desktop about 5 months ago the quick boot-up was very noticeable and welcomed.
     
    hbrocks, Sep 25, 2009
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    I would definitely like that. It takes my x200 Tablet with Win7 and SSD less time to cold boot Windows than it does to clear the BIOS screens.
     
    jonlumpkin, Sep 25, 2009
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    Would be really nice to see laptops booting in under 10 seconds..
     
    stylinexpat, Sep 25, 2009
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  5. jaredy

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    You can with linux for sure.
     
    jaredy, Sep 25, 2009
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    You can boot linux in 10 s. Is that into KDE or Gnome or to the logon screen? Which version?
     
    aadadams, Sep 25, 2009
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  7. Anubis32

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    I hope Lenovo will realse updated BIOS for us :p
     
    Anubis32, Sep 25, 2009
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    That would be nice but I think it is something that they just released on a new chipset.. New Bios and USB3 should be nice. I just wonder when USB3 will be available on Thinkpads?
     
    stylinexpat, Sep 25, 2009
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    It does take a lot off time to load up bios to the vista loading screen... I believe its software thing.
     
    Anubis32, Sep 25, 2009
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  10. StealthTH

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    That is certainly impressive. I wonder though, if you need to access the bios, how would one go about that?
     
    StealthTH, Sep 25, 2009
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    omg my pants are now sticky.

    That's incredible. Hopefully those BIOS updates will come out soon
     
    ronnieb, Sep 25, 2009
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  12. fs005

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    Hit F1 really quick! :)

    Nice.
     
    fs005, Sep 25, 2009
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  13. jaakobi

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    Press power and F1 at the same time. Something like that would be ideal.
     
    jaakobi, Sep 25, 2009
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  14. jaakobi

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    by the way, the title is wrong. this is UEFI, not BIOS. It's the next generation of BIOS.
     
    jaakobi, Sep 25, 2009
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    The reason I doubt that is it takes my x200 Tablet about 15 seconds just to clear the BIOS and start loading an OS. So no matter how light your Linux distro is you won't be able to break 10 seconds unless you have a modified BIOS.
     
    jonlumpkin, Sep 25, 2009
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  16. BinkNR

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    While you’re technically correct, most people don’t know what a UEFI is. Then again, Phoenix officially calls this their “Instant Boot BIOS” (which is UEFI based).
     
    BinkNR, Sep 25, 2009
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    I have a few questions about UEFI actually. Will it support Bluetooth devices? (so I can use my BT keyboard and mouse if I ever need to change settings or operating systems in UEFI? Also, can it support waking the computer with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse? With a USB keyboard I can wake the computer just by pressing a button on the keyboard, but I can't do that with a Bluetooth one. Right now Apple's Bluetooth keyboard can do that, and Intel Macs are EFI based, so I was wondering if that was the case with UEFI based PCs.
     
    jaakobi, Sep 26, 2009
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    Very Good Points !

    I see no reason why they couldn't and I hope they go in that direction !
     
    .nox, Sep 26, 2009
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    7 secs? wow damn...

    but for me, it's a nice to have, not necessary. I don't mind longer boot up times, but have to be less the 2 min. Gives me time to do other stuff like sit down, get comfy, and look out the window and perhaps think deep thoughts LOL.
     
    BriS2k, Sep 26, 2009
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  20. sgogeta4

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    UEFI is like another OS (though I thought UEFI was dead and something lese replaced it). If it's going to be Linux based, we should be able get instant on OSes (like Latitude ON in theory...)
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 26, 2009
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