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What are your startup items? What peripheral do you have connected?
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startup: logitech wireless mouse drivers, windows sticky notes, bitdefender total security 2016.
everything else is on bitdefender's delayed startup.
I have a boot menu to go through, where I have to choose between windows and macrium reflect recovery environment.
peripherals: HP printer, logitech wireless mouse, microsoft wireless keyboard.
I tried booting after a regular shut down (not restart) and I got 11 seconds BIOS time.
I spoke this morning to ASUS about a BIOS problem -- I can't get into the BIOS menu, even after flashing to the current firmware version -- and they told me I probably have a hardware problem with the BIOS chip.
I was wondering whether that impacted my startup time. Apparently, it does.
well in my case, I guess it is a matter of damage control. I probably have a defective bios chip in my mobo, but on the other hand, the pc works for most practical purposes. So I am wondering whether it is worth the bother to take it back to the store and wait X-number of business days and then go pick it up again -- which means working on a spare laptop all the while. But if the chip is showing signs of impending failure, I might as well deal with the problem already.