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I need to build a PC that boots up as fast as possible. My question is, which Mainboard/BIOS to choose so I get the minimal time spent in the BIOS POST.

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This looks like it's going to automatically get migrated to superuser...but curiosity has me asking, why do you need a computer to reboot as fast as possible? – Bart Silverstrim Aug 20 '10 at 13:39
Is the OS limited to something? QNX has a mode where no POST is used at all. ("QNX fastboot technology" for Atom; 1 second from cool power-on to ready-to-use). – osgx Aug 3 '11 at 16:44
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Either use coreboot or just buy a decent SSD drive (which reduces the remaining loading time after POST).

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Yeah, POSTs (with correct BIOS settings) are usually less than 5 seconds while the OS can take 10 times that. An SSD can seriously reduce your OS boot time, and that's going to matter a lot more. Then, for step two, configure the PC to go to sleep rather than shutting down. – Joel Coehoorn Aug 20 '10 at 14:07
my linux boots in under 10 seconds, POST time so now 33 % of the overall boot time. Coreboot looks promising, unfortunately non of the i3/i5/i7 chipsets are supported yet. – ptriller Aug 20 '10 at 20:00
@JoelCoehoorn Not true, on my (modern) Asus P5VD2-VM mobo the POST takes ~10 seconds. – kinokijuf Jan 16 at 15:24
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