My splash screen stays up for a long time - longer than booting the system. I have been looking all over the BIOS but did not find any screw to turn. My BIOS is Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.20 10/03/2007. Does anybody have a hint where to look.
The splash screen the BIOS posts that comes up when you power-on the system. In my case it says HP...bla, bla, bla and specifies the F-keys to call the Boot menu, the BIOS setup and the Repair.
Right, the Power On Self Test. That happens to me when I add certain H/W. Try removing all devices from your MB, and plugging them back in 1 at a time, and see what the slow piece of HW is.
Hmm, I never knew it was referred to as POST. Thank you, I will try that. I have a lot of stuff hanging off my USBs - looks like a porcupine.
Hmm, that turns out to be a job - LOL
WHS:
On earlier PCs I owned, there was a BIOS choice to turn that off--it saved a few seconds. I just looked in my current PC and no such control. The only choice I have is to omit the text "press F2 to run setup", but the splash screen itself still displays.
So, you may be out of luck.
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