fast boot for 5150

Why isn't there a fast boot?

 

In fast boot can't you bypass the RAM diagnostics... making the boot much faster?

Then how are some i5150 owners getting boots of like 10 seconds?

shuuiuc,

Thank you for using Dell's Community Forum.

The closest thing that this system has is an option in the BIOS called “quiteboot”.

Dunno what's wroing with my 5150, it seems to take forever to boot up WinXP now...wasn't like that before. Btw i'm on BIOS A28 :-(

whats a long time.

 

do you mean boot all the way through windows?

What i meant was it's stuck at the 'Windows is now starting' screen for a long time before the 'user' login page appear.

Actually, the A26 and A28 BIOS for the 5150 do have the option to skip all diagnostics, resulting in a much quicker system boot time.

Audio Freak,

If the system is getting to the point where it is loading the operating system and starts to take a long time, then the problem is not the BIOS, so a quick boot program would not help.
The problem you are describing seems to be more OS related.

alright!.. that is what I was looking for.!

 

Question 1: is that skip in the form of "fast boot" located in bios settings?

Question 2: Right now I have A01 ( i'm a firstie, huh) anyway, can I go from A1 to A28 or is there a particular inbetween that is essential?

 

thanks for the help

awesome... I will give it all a try.

thank you, thank you... why can't you always get the answer you are looking for?

1. It's on page 3 of the BIOS Setup. Set Boot POST to "Minimal" to skip most of the POST diagnostics. (The other options are "Automatic" and "Thorough.")

2. I believe you can upgrade directly to A28. It's a cumulative update.

Good luck!