Poll: Boot up time?

[inqztive]

How long does your computer take to boot up after switching on?
Which CPU do you use (make, speed, o/c or not)?
Which mobo do you use (make , chipset)?
Which hard drive do you use? (make, ATA 66/100/133 etc, rpm)?
Which OS do you use?

Mine takes about 40 sec
Athlon 1.33 Ghz, not overclocked
I will KK266R+, VIA KT 133A
IBM 60 GXP, ATA 100, 7200 RPM
Windows XP

 

[Budman]

Does it really matter?

If you're so worried about boot up times just leave your pc running 24/7.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Boot up time I'm with Budman ...up and online (this go around...lol ) since 2/5/2002 3:12 pm EST

 

[inqztive]

I am not worried!!!! It was poll to to collect some real data about analysis of Variance. I also design systems. This will give me a good set of information for the best suitable combination of components. Is there any better place than Anandtech for this?

 

[AA0]

win98, specs below...
about 20 secs. Used to be 40 but I disabled the RAID search.

 

[amdwolfman]

I would like to know if there is a way to improve boot-ups,,,mine is 90 secs. winxp/pro,,,amd k6-500,,,generic ram, probally geniric mobo too,,but there is my times,,,

 

[KingofBladez]

You really wanna know how? Upgrade!

 

[amdwolfman]

You really wanna know how? Upgrade!

I agree,,I have a Athlon t-bird collecting dust now till i decide on a mobo for it,,,which is still up in the air,,kid in a candy store with only enuff change for a lil bit o' candy,lol ( decisions-decisions )

 

[bacillus]

where's the Poll??

 

[HouRman]

26 seconds from when I first see video card bios to "Windows Sound"
The Windows 98 logo appears for approx 4-5 seconds during loading.

Windows 98SE
P3 600E @ 840
Asus P3V4X Bios optimized for fastest bootup
8.4gig WD @5400rpm ATA66
256meg Mushkin PC133

This is after I formated my hard drive and have virtually nothing on the computer.

I just did it now, and it took 34 seconds when my startup is not optimized for speed.

 

[Elledan]

<< where's the Poll?? >>


^
What he said.

BTW, why reboot? Real men leave their PC running 24/7, crunching for F&H or something

 

[Blain]

43 seconds for my desktop to pop up.

T-bird 1.2 @ 1.3
Iwill KK266R Plus
IBM 40GB GXP's (RAID 0)
512mb PC-133
Win98 SE

 

[jlee]

Approx 45 seconds - Iwill KA266-R, 1Ghz 266fsb Tbird, 256mb Crucial PC2100, WinXP Pro.

 

[CdnMade]

almost 2 min to boot. dam# scsi harddrive.

 

[acidvoodoo]

mines old system i'm on now takes about 2 mins+, i think it needs formating, but i'm getting a new PC soon so it's not so urgent

k6-2 450
128mb 100mhz SDRAM
voodoo 3
windows cough 95
one slow ass 1.7gb 5 year old hard drive (OS is on it, dunno why) master
western digital 13.6 gb 5400rpm ata 66, but motherboard only accepts 33 lol slave

as u can see i've got it set up the idiots way but i'm gonna sort that out when i get my new one

 

[IQJUMPuw]

My bootup time (Desktop to pop up and finishes LOADING) is 26 seconds. I didn't disable any IDE searches or floppy seek. Everything default and nothing overclocked.

AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz
Crucial 256MB PC2100 DDR RAM
Epox 8HKA+ Motherboard
Western Digital 40GB ATA100/7200RPM HD
Seagate 40GB ATA100/7200RPM HD
Gainward GeForce3
Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM

Oh yeah, I have Windows 98 SE

 

[KenAF]

Between 20 and 25 seconds.

Obviously, hard drive performance has the most significant impact here.

 

[pillage2001]

I remember there's a site on how to make win98se boot up faster by disabling a load crap of things. Anybody knows where it is??

 

[IQJUMPuw]

You can try and disable floppy boot seek from the bios which will cut like 0.5 seconds. On the desktop, try disabling some programs startups or gamma loader.
And the main thing is getting rid of any hard wares you don't need. Unnecessary hardwares take a while to search when booting.

I went and did all that and it cut my boot up time by 2 seconds. From the moment I press the button to desktop to pop up and stops loading (after that win98se intro music) it takes 24 seconds now.

 

[andrey]

On my laptop it takes 35 second from pressing power button to Windows XP desktop to come up and an hourglass disappear.

My desktop takes a little longer, mainly because of the SCSI and Network Card initialization routine. The total time is still around 1 min 30 seconds.

 

[GoSharks]

hehe... i dont even keep track. boot once a day, and the scsi card, scsi raid, and ide stuff adds up. my boottime is very long

 

[inqztive]

thanks everyone.