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...I'm a little confused. My computer still flashes the motherboard manufacturer until the fans are all assessed and then the windows logo. And while my connec
by IggleSniggle 7y ago
...I'm a little confused. My computer still flashes the motherboard manufacturer until the fans are all assessed and then the windows logo.
And while my connection is fast, it's a lot less reliable than the one I had 20 years ago, with about three 15-minute disconnects per day on average (although that has more to do with the general shit-quality of the Comcast monopoly than anything else).
- wazanator 7y agoCheck bios settings a lot of them let you configure that time. Worth keeping for a few seconds so you can hit the appropriate key to access bios again but can certainly turn it down.
- jedberg 7y agoBut why do you turn the computer off? Thirty years ago the computer didn't have sleep. So it took a ton of power to have it sit on for no reason. I only reboot my machine for security updates now.
- IggleSniggle 7y agoNow I find that I often come to my computer and it has been turned off for me, due to frequent updates. 20 years ago, I would turn off the monitor to avoid burn-in, but typically just kept the computer on.
- nineteen999 7y agoDesktop machines may POST at a reasonable speed, but enterprise servers are still damn slow to start. Whether its the HP servers we deployed a few years back, or the more recent UCS servers we are building our new platform on, it takes ages for them to get to booting the OS (ESXi).