Instant Boot on ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboards

**MIG-31** · Dec 26, 2008, 01:28 PM

One thing that has always bothered many people is how long it takes to actually get to a computer to a working state after you power up the system. We live in such an instant society that it is hard for us to wait for the minute or so. We forget that not too long ago, it took several minutes to get a system up and running, and sometimes you even had to change out a floppy disk to continue! Man, times have changed! ASRock has decided to help us cope with those changes by introducing a technology called Instant Boot on their nForce 740i SLI motherboard based motherboard - N7AD-SLI. ASRock says that your system can be up and running in as little as four seconds. Though we did not experience that kind of speed, it was a nice feature to work with. We put together a short little video review to show you how it works.
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Lowfat · Dec 26, 2008, 05:56 PM

Its just a state of suspend. I don't like how they call it instant boot when it isn't turned off.

Customgamer1 · Dec 26, 2008, 06:33 PM

True, but any time anyone can increase the boot time I am all for it!

I hate waiting all year for it to boot up.

Zardon · Dec 26, 2008, 06:38 PM

then just leave it on.

first time ive heard the term "instant" translating to 12-13 seconds. 140 seconds to shut down is hardly impressive either.

Customgamer1 · Dec 26, 2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

then just leave it on.

first time ive heard the term "instant" translating to 12-13 seconds. 140 seconds to shut down is hardly impressive either.

I guess it would not make restarting any faster with the super long shutdown lol

Judas · Dec 26, 2008, 09:25 PM

just another ploy imo..

i've seen better results from vista's own hibernation and sleep states

Customgamer1 · Dec 26, 2008, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

just another ploy imo..

i've seen better results from vista's own hibernation and sleep states

Well sleep is just about instant for me, but this is a boot up from being off. i think its impressive even in the "normal" mode!

Knight_Breed · Dec 27, 2008, 01:52 AM

I agree with the above comments as far as I am concerned with an ASRock mobo O/Cing you shouldn't worry about a 4 second reboot .... just about rebooting at all

On Vista sleep that Judas mentioned it is very similar to this and a ploy like he said I think ...

Dec 26, 2008, 01:28 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 45,237 Rep Power: 252 System Specs	Instant Boot on ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboards One thing that has always bothered many people is how long it takes to actually get to a computer to a working state after you power up the system. We live in such an instant society that it is hard for us to wait for the minute or so. We forget that not too long ago, it took several minutes to get a system up and running, and sometimes you even had to change out a floppy disk to continue! Man, times have changed! ASRock has decided to help us cope with those changes by introducing a technology called Instant Boot on their nForce 740i SLI motherboard based motherboard - N7AD-SLI. ASRock says that your system can be up and running in as little as four seconds. Though we did not experience that kind of speed, it was a nice feature to work with. We put together a short little video review to show you how it works. _____________ Source: Legit-Reviews __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help HardwareHeaven by using Digg! HH Hardware Diggs / GH Gaming Diggs

Dec 26, 2008, 05:56 PM	#2
Lowfat HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,081 Rep Power: 72	Re: Instant Boot on ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboards Its just a state of suspend. I don't like how they call it instant boot when it isn't turned off. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Workstation: i7 920 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB Vertex * 9GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec * CM Stacker 832 * 2BDROM + 2HDDVD

Dec 26, 2008, 06:33 PM	#3
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,270 Rep Power: 61 System Specs	Re: Instant Boot on ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboards True, but any time anyone can increase the boot time I am all for it! I hate waiting all year for it to boot up. __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Dec 26, 2008, 06:38 PM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,481 Rep Power: 162	Re: Instant Boot on ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboards then just leave it on. first time ive heard the term "instant" translating to 12-13 seconds. 140 seconds to shut down is hardly impressive either. Last edited by Zardon; Dec 26, 2008 at 06:45 PM.

Dec 27, 2008, 01:52 AM	#8
Knight_Breed DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canader EH !! Posts: 281 Rep Power: 15 System Specs	Re: Instant Boot on ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboards I agree with the above comments as far as I am concerned with an ASRock mobo O/Cing you shouldn't worry about a 4 second reboot .... just about rebooting at all On Vista sleep that Judas mentioned it is very similar to this and a ploy like he said I think ... __________________

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