One Second Bios boot, fast into os tech

Kal-EL · #1 09-24-2009

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Originally Posted by techpowerup

New Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS Starts Loading the OS in Under a Second
System BIOS vendor Phoenix Technology, the company behind the popular Award BIOS software found on several PC motherboards, has come up with a new highly-optimized implementation of UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), that can boot the OS in under one second. This cuts time of the arbitrary 5~15 second (typical) POST process. With this time saved, system startup times are significantly reduced. Startup times are further reduced by the optimized startup procedure on Windows 7.

To put this to test, a Dell Adamo notebook with the technology, was able to reach the Windows Desktop in 20 seconds from the push of the power button, while Lenovo T400 notebooks with faster SSDs reached the Desktop in under 10 seconds. The technology should be out pretty soon.

Source: Engadget

Get to os sooner

rickss69 · #2 09-24-2009

You mean I get to BSOD instantly now?

Kal-EL · #3 09-24-2009

Hehe, yah, you'd better be stable as a mock for this quick post. Bright side is less cooling wasted on reboots.

RomDominance · #4 09-24-2009

I suppose gettin into bios will be a feat onto itself?

punx223 · #5 09-24-2009

+1 spam del fast for bios

Neuromancer · #6 09-25-2009

I have only had a 20 second boot time on one PC (socket 939 baby!) dunno how, POST was quick (VIA chipset, and no raid), windows XP loading bar flashed on screen starting at 50%, before it hit the end of the bar it was off 2 second black screen then desktop loading.

Now its like a full minute. :(

Buckeye · #7 09-25-2009

I bet they are using some form of hibernation.

I have often wanted to look into that, but not sure if its stable enough to use for a 24/7 system. I don't know tho as I have never used it.