10 Aug
2015
10 Aug
'15
4:21 p.m.
Just a follow-up on the problem of a Supermicro P6DGE taking forever to
boot up.
I tried several versions of the BIOS with pretty much the same result.
Since each reset the configuration (CMOS) memory, there was little issue
of an overlooked setting contributing to the slow boot.
I tested the "fast boot" in both enabled and disabled settings and found
that the POST took almost exactly the same time--the only difference was
that the memory check "odometer" didn't display in the "fast boot"
setting.
Could it be that the presence of ECC registered SDRAM requires that
every memory location get written before boot-up can proceed? There's
2GB of the stuff, so that could be the difference.
--Chuck