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    From Mayayana@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 3 08:22:28 2020
    I've got one machine that's intermittently pausing
    after recognizing the two SSDs. It goes by so fast
    that I can't see what the next item is once the BIOS
    display resumes. Is there any way to figure out the
    order in which the BIOS sorts out the hardware?

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  • From Mayayana@21:1/5 to jj4public@gmail.com on Thu Dec 3 10:54:46 2020
    "JJ" <jj4public@gmail.com> wrote

    | It's basically ordered by PCI bus and device indexes.
    |
    | Motherboard internal (on-board) devices came first, then for any on-board
    | device controllers such as PCI, IDE, USB, SATA, SCSI, Floppy, etc., each
    | device connected to that controller are enumerated based on the connection
    | number. e.g. PCI1, PCI2, USB1, USB2, SATA1, SATA2, etc. Note: a plugged
    PCI
    | card device or USB device may also be another controller device.

    Thanks. So the next thing after the disks is probably
    the DVD writer. If it keeps acting up maybe I'll try
    taking a photo of the screen.

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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Thu Dec 3 22:35:39 2020
    On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 08:22:28 -0500, Mayayana wrote:
    I've got one machine that's intermittently pausing
    after recognizing the two SSDs. It goes by so fast
    that I can't see what the next item is once the BIOS
    display resumes. Is there any way to figure out the
    order in which the BIOS sorts out the hardware?

    It's basically ordered by PCI bus and device indexes.

    Motherboard internal (on-board) devices came first, then for any on-board device controllers such as PCI, IDE, USB, SATA, SCSI, Floppy, etc., each
    device connected to that controller are enumerated based on the connection number. e.g. PCI1, PCI2, USB1, USB2, SATA1, SATA2, etc. Note: a plugged PCI card device or USB device may also be another controller device.

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  • From VanguardLH@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Thu Dec 3 14:56:01 2020
    Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:

    I've got one machine that's intermittently pausing
    after recognizing the two SSDs. It goes by so fast
    that I can't see what the next item is once the BIOS
    display resumes. Is there any way to figure out the
    order in which the BIOS sorts out the hardware?


    The Pause key doesn't work to stick on the POST screen? You might have
    to disable any quick startup or quick post option, like the BIOS not
    testing memory. By having the BIOS count through the memory addresses,
    that counting could slow the POST screen to let you hit Pause. Once
    paused, use the Esc or Enter key to continue booting. With some BIOSes,
    the Esc key pause the boot process, and any other key continues it.

    Since XP doesn't have a Fast Boot option (which I disable because I want
    to see the POST screen), do you have other hardware that has its own
    BIOS? For example, I've seen where RAID setups clear the POST screen
    and then present their own options screen. Do you even see the POST
    screen? Some BIOSes are adware by showing the manufacturer's name or
    logo while hiding or shortening the POST screen. There should be a BIOS
    option to disable their boot-time splash screen.

    You could go into the BIOS to disable the controller for the drive from
    where the OS gets loaded. The result is you'll see a message that no OS
    was found. Maybe the POST screen would stay up a bit longer, unless the "missig OS" message wipes the POST screen.

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  • From Mayayana@21:1/5 to VanguardLH on Thu Dec 3 16:28:29 2020
    "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote


    | The Pause key doesn't work to stick on the POST screen?

    I'll try that. I've never heard of such a thing. I do
    see the BIOS report, but with the modern computers it's
    usually little more than a flash. But JJ made a good point.
    I have 3 SATA drives in that machine. BIOS reports the
    2 data drives and then that's where the pause sometimes
    happens. So I'm guessing it might have been a lose connection
    with the DVD writer on SATA 3. I'll see if that fixes it.

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  • From Charlie+@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 4 07:20:31 2020
    On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 10:54:46 -0500, "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
    wrote as underneath :


    Thanks. So the next thing after the disks is probably
    the DVD writer. If it keeps acting up maybe I'll try
    taking a photo of the screen.

    I've done similar with video previously, then you can step through frame
    by frame. C+

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