The BIOS post suddenly started going 4x fast

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This is really weird! One day i turned on the computer and the BIOS post displayed like 4x faster, and it has stayed like this since. Before i could read most of the stuff buy now i almost cannot read anything. This is really annoying and i have no idea why it happened. I haven't heard of this before and i have searched all over google and could not find anything about it. Does anyone have a clue as to why this happened or some information about this?
 

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That's a secret :P
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Hi hoakman,

There is a setting in your BIOS called Quick Power on Self Test (or similar). If this setting is enabled, it considerably reduces the time it takes for your system to boot up. The amount of time is dependant on your system configuration, in particular the amount of memory installed. Without your motherboard information, I cannot help you any further.
 

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Removable Devices

the detection of removable devices by the bios at post can have a bearing here if you removed an external hard drive or memory card reader or you have been booting the computer with an internal memory card reader in which you have left the memory card in until recently could explain this
 

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DVD RW and CD RW both and Memory card reader
It happened about 2 days after overclocking my 2,6ghz dual core AMD 5000+ to 2,74ghz. The processor was superlocked so i could only overclocking it by increasing FSB. My RAM also got overclocked from 667mhz to 700mhz because of the FSB increase. But i find it strange that it didn't happen imidiately after overclocking. And a 140mhz increase shouldt have that much effect. I havent enabled or disabled any setting other than the FSB setting.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.60 GHz
Motherboard
That's a secret :P
Memory
4GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT
Sound Card
Integerated
Monitor(s) Displays
Benq G2410HD
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Don't care
Hard Drives
Samsung HD403LJ SCSI Disk Device 400GB
PSU
Don't remember
Case
Don't care
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Don't rememeber
Keyboard
Saitek Eclipse 2
Mouse
A4 Tech X7 from swedish and norwegian store Clas Ohlson :P
New Build

is this a new build?
 

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Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Overclocked to 3.0Ghz
Motherboard
Biostar TF560 A2+
Memory
2 Gigs of G.Skill DDR2 800
Graphics Card(s)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro With IceQ cooler
Sound Card
6.1 Channel Sound Blaster Live 24 Bit
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual 20.5 " LG Flatrons W2052TO
Screen Resolution
1152x864
Hard Drives
Dual 36 Gig 10,000 RPM Raptors
PSU
430 watt Seasonic 80%+ Dual 12v Rails 2x80mm fans
Case
CHIEFMAX YA-5X
Cooling
4-80mm case fans 1-140mm case fan freezer 64 Pro CPU cooler
Keyboard
Saitek Eclipse II
Mouse
A4Tech wireless battery free optical scroll mouse
Internet Speed
1.5 meg down 384 up
Other Info
Logisys LED fan/light controller and dual 16" LED sticks mounted inside top of case all fans are LED all lighting is blue
DVD RW and CD RW both and Memory card reader
No, it's not a new build. I've had the computer for 2 years now but i have changed the CPU and RAM. I just turned it on today, and now its not as fast as it was yesterday. Pretty weird. It's still faster than it usually was though.
 

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Windows 7 Home PremiumAMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.60 GHz4GB DDR2NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.60 GHz
Motherboard
That's a secret :P
Memory
4GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT
Sound Card
Integerated
Monitor(s) Displays
Benq G2410HD
Screen Resolution
Don't care
Hard Drives
Samsung HD403LJ SCSI Disk Device 400GB
PSU
Don't remember
Case
Don't care
Cooling
Don't rememeber
Keyboard
Saitek Eclipse 2
Mouse
A4 Tech X7 from swedish and norwegian store Clas Ohlson :P
Very Odd

that's pretty odd you may have a power supply that's having trouble regulating the voltages
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bitAMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Overclocked to 3.0Ghz2 Gigs of G.Skill DDR2 800HIS ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro With IceQ cooler
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Overclocked to 3.0Ghz
Motherboard
Biostar TF560 A2+
Memory
2 Gigs of G.Skill DDR2 800
Graphics Card(s)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro With IceQ cooler
Sound Card
6.1 Channel Sound Blaster Live 24 Bit
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual 20.5 " LG Flatrons W2052TO
Screen Resolution
1152x864
Hard Drives
Dual 36 Gig 10,000 RPM Raptors
PSU
430 watt Seasonic 80%+ Dual 12v Rails 2x80mm fans
Case
CHIEFMAX YA-5X
Cooling
4-80mm case fans 1-140mm case fan freezer 64 Pro CPU cooler
Keyboard
Saitek Eclipse II
Mouse
A4Tech wireless battery free optical scroll mouse
Internet Speed
1.5 meg down 384 up
Other Info
Logisys LED fan/light controller and dual 16" LED sticks mounted inside top of case all fans are LED all lighting is blue
DVD RW and CD RW both and Memory card reader
The right answer is given at #2, quit looking under stones for different reasons... :p
 

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