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The Boot Race

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by SubKamran, Dec 25, 2003.

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  1. davids Newcomer, in training Posts: 177

    my boot time

    57 seconds from power on to login screen.
    My system is
    P4 3ghz
    512mb ram
    40gig sata
    and 80gig pata
    onboard graphics bla bla bla

    This post has got me interested in boot time though, so I might try and speed that up a bit.

    Any tips??
    davids, Mar 31, 2006
    #41

  2. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    bump

    15 seconds from pushing the power button to the boot menu, 15 more seconds from boot menu to desktop.

    AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.8 GHz
    3 GB DDR400 RAM
    Linux from Scratch installed to Gigabyte i-Ram 3 GB.

    [IMG]
    Mictlantecuhtli, Dec 16, 2006
    #42

  3. Boogityboo04 Newcomer, in training Posts: 351

    Mictlantecuhtli what distro are you using? Gentoo? When I installed it from scratch I was able to pull off 10 second boots into x-server, not counting POST, but with post it took something like 49 seconds :(.
    Boogityboo04, Dec 16, 2006
    #43

  4. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Self-made, using Linux from Scratch instructions.

    I could probably boot (from boot menu, that is) to desktop in ten seconds if I wouldn't have to wait for an IP address.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Dec 16, 2006
    #44

  5. Rik Banned Posts: 4,987

    I used to have a windows 95 pc with wide scsi2 in it and that moster took just 15 seconds to fully boot. Mind you, i did have some serious cooling and noise problems with it.:D
    Rik, Dec 30, 2006
    #45

  6. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,950   +120

    I'm guessing the majority of that 15 seconds was SCSI startup sequence.
    LNCPapa, Dec 30, 2006
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  7. Rik Banned Posts: 4,987

    That only accounted for about 5 seconds, the other 10 was the mobo thinking " where the **** is the ide" lol.:D
    Rik, Dec 30, 2006
    #47

  8. Boogityboo04 Newcomer, in training Posts: 351

    Ok, I finally got around to rebooting and the results are in! 28 seconds from power to a fully usable desktop.

    This is on my lowly:
    P4 3.0 Ghz
    1 Gig DDR2
    160 Gig SATA II drive
    Boogityboo04, Jan 1, 2007
    #48

  9. davids Newcomer, in training Posts: 177

    Boogityboo04 thats pretty quick boot time!
    Have you done much tweeking on that system?

    I know Dells are fast. I have a similar machine same spec, but on 512mb memory, mine boots in about 58 seconds:(
    davids, Jan 1, 2007
    #49

  10. Boogityboo04 Newcomer, in training Posts: 351

    I'm kind of OCD about services and things running at boot time :)

    So, yeah, I spend a lot of time tweaking

    Dells come preloaded with a lot of crap but mine came with a XP Pro disk for free for some reason, so I just reinstalled that when I first got it and it's been running like a charm.
    Boogityboo04, Jan 1, 2007
    #50

  11. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Nvidia's drivers really slow down Vista's startup.

    It takes about 27 seconds from boot menu to desktop, with the default Microsoft VGA drivers it took about half of that.

    Vista Ultimate installed on Gigabyte i-Ram, 3 GB.

    Yes, that's for an OS said to "require" 15 GB of free space :p

    I still have almost a gigabyte left - well, I just installed this, just some drivers and Firefox added.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Feb 12, 2007
    #51

  12. HSC Newcomer, in training Posts: 31

    I have a second machine 1.8 Ghz P4 with 512MB ram (setup to autologon to Win XP home ) I have just timed it boot to a desktop connected to my wireless network doing an AVG update in just under 45 seconds

    Cheers HSC
    HSC, Feb 12, 2007
    #52

  13. agi_shi Newcomer, in training Posts: 507

    31 seconds from millisecond I press the button to millisecond I can use my desktop (cold boot).
    agi_shi, Feb 12, 2007
    #53

  14. ambivolent Newcomer, in training Posts: 80

    34 seconds...im happy with it
    ambivolent, Feb 12, 2007
    #54

  15. Sjbrand99 Banned Posts: 267

    Fot me, I recently reformatted and my boot-up time, MEASURED BY A STAPWATCH (my phone) is 10.56 seconds. Beat that!
    Sjbrand99, Feb 13, 2007
    #55

  16. agi_shi Newcomer, in training Posts: 507

    [random]HOLY **** you have 32 gigs of ram?[/random]
    agi_shi, Feb 13, 2007
    #56

  17. Sjbrand99 Banned Posts: 267

    All in all, cost me £30, 000.

    However i got a few g's off that because I know a bloke in the exec. chain off Dell.

    As far as I know they are the only ones who do these sort of computer specs. Go build 1 yourself for fun on the site and see how much it is.
    Sjbrand99, Feb 13, 2007
    #57

  18. Boogityboo04 Newcomer, in training Posts: 351

    Wait, so what do you even need that kind of power for? :blackeye:
    Boogityboo04, Feb 13, 2007
    #58

  19. Sjbrand99 Banned Posts: 267

    Hard core gaming, editing, rippin' and burning. Just stuff. Hey, if youv'e got the money then you may as well....
    Sjbrand99, Feb 13, 2007
    #59

  20. agi_shi Newcomer, in training Posts: 507

    Wow.... isn't the Quadro card more of a workstation card though? Either way, though, 32 gigs of ram... And I thought the people with 4 gigs were way overboard...
    agi_shi, Feb 14, 2007
    #60
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