Posts by Simon

MSI mobo ditches Bios for EFI

Quicker initial boot is all I want.......

I'm lucky to have a new core i7 on an Asus P6T Deluxe mobo.

First it displays Expressgate (default 30 seconds)

Then it displays the AMI BIOS screen

Then it displays drive info (So my 2nd optical is PATA, who cares?)

Then it displays the SAS controller

Then the PXE boot screen

And eventually I get the O/S boot loader.

I've turned off or reduced the display time for as many options as I can. Thanks Asus.

I thought modern PCs were meant to boot faster than a 286 doing a 640K memory check on POST?

Flippy

Last major VHS supplier ejects from tape biz

VHS wins......

Buy a VCR, plug in, stick in tape, watch film.

Got a blu-ray with my new PC, buy a BD film to try it out and immedietly get prompted to do a firmware update on the drive and download the latest version of the playback software. 45 minutes later I can finally watch the film. When a new film comes out supporting new Blu-ray features then I can repeat the process all over again.

When did you ever have to update the firmware in a VCR?

Is the average consumer ready (capable) to do firmware updates?

Flippy