kda
December 9th 03, 11:50 AM
I found the following information on the Intel Web site. I think it
may have application beyond Intel Mother Boards. Disabling unused
ports seems only to address slow boot time issues (not an issue for
me). Interesting all the same. See the LAST item in the material
from Intel, below.
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Intel® Desktop Board
Resolving Slow Boot Times
Extended boot time can be the result of IDE drive jumper
configuration. Check the jumper setting on your IDE drives attached to
the same channel/cable and verify the drives are properly configured
according to manufacturer's recommendations. If it is the only drive
on the cable, configurations can vary depending on manufacturer. Some
should be configured for Master or Single; other drives may need the
jumper removed.
With two IDE devices on a channel, one needs to have the jumpers
configured for Master and the other to Slave. For best performance
with a single IDE device on a channel, the drive should be connected
to the end of the cable and configured for Single. Another option is
to jumper for Cable-Select and connect the drive to the Master (black)
connector on the cable.
Other things to check:
Ensure that Intel® Rapid BIOS boot is selected in the system BIOS
setup.
Ensure that your hard drive is the first device in boot order in the
system BIOS setup.
If you are not using certain functions, you may consider disabling
them. Some examples include:
Legacy USB
This is needed if you use a USB keyboard or USB mouse. If not, then
you may disable this in the system BIOS setup.
UNUSED I/O PORTS; such as serial and parallel ports
If you are not using these ports, they can be disabled in the system
BIOS setup.
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:20:33 -0700, kda > wrote:
>I have arrived at the point where I am no longer using any LPT
>(parallel) or Serial Port devices on my computer. Everything now
>seems to connect through USB or Firewire now days.
>
>My question: Is there any advantage to going into BIOS and
>"DISABLING" the LPT and Serial Ports, i.e., will it free IRQs for
>other devices ... make boot up faster because the computer doesn't
>waste time looking for devices on these ports, etc.
>
>WinXP SP1 on an ASUS P4PE MB.
>
>
>Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this issue.
>
>kda
may have application beyond Intel Mother Boards. Disabling unused
ports seems only to address slow boot time issues (not an issue for
me). Interesting all the same. See the LAST item in the material
from Intel, below.
-------------------
Intel® Desktop Board
Resolving Slow Boot Times
Extended boot time can be the result of IDE drive jumper
configuration. Check the jumper setting on your IDE drives attached to
the same channel/cable and verify the drives are properly configured
according to manufacturer's recommendations. If it is the only drive
on the cable, configurations can vary depending on manufacturer. Some
should be configured for Master or Single; other drives may need the
jumper removed.
With two IDE devices on a channel, one needs to have the jumpers
configured for Master and the other to Slave. For best performance
with a single IDE device on a channel, the drive should be connected
to the end of the cable and configured for Single. Another option is
to jumper for Cable-Select and connect the drive to the Master (black)
connector on the cable.
Other things to check:
Ensure that Intel® Rapid BIOS boot is selected in the system BIOS
setup.
Ensure that your hard drive is the first device in boot order in the
system BIOS setup.
If you are not using certain functions, you may consider disabling
them. Some examples include:
Legacy USB
This is needed if you use a USB keyboard or USB mouse. If not, then
you may disable this in the system BIOS setup.
UNUSED I/O PORTS; such as serial and parallel ports
If you are not using these ports, they can be disabled in the system
BIOS setup.
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:20:33 -0700, kda > wrote:
>I have arrived at the point where I am no longer using any LPT
>(parallel) or Serial Port devices on my computer. Everything now
>seems to connect through USB or Firewire now days.
>
>My question: Is there any advantage to going into BIOS and
>"DISABLING" the LPT and Serial Ports, i.e., will it free IRQs for
>other devices ... make boot up faster because the computer doesn't
>waste time looking for devices on these ports, etc.
>
>WinXP SP1 on an ASUS P4PE MB.
>
>
>Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this issue.
>
>kda