[SOLVED] Snow Leopard boot times?

[PCtoMac]

How long does it take to load to your desktop?
It seems to take longer than i would think.
Is their something to speed this up any?

Ga-z68x-ud3h
i5 2500k
8gb
WD Black 7200 1tb

 

[beelzebozo]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

Is their something to speed this up any?

Yeah, use an SSD instead.

 

[PCtoMac]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

Not the obvious. Windows doesnt take as long on a normal HD. It's about 2 mins at apple logo.

 

[Glueeater]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

Even with an SSD 10.6.8 takes a very long time to boot for me.

I'm waiting for Mountain Lion to upgrade though ;__;

 

[PCtoMac]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

Any other ideas why its taking me so long to boot? Besides hardware? Seems most people start about 30-40 secs or some claim a lot less.

 

[ReallyFantastic]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

Any other ideas why its taking me so long to boot? Besides hardware? Seems most people start about 30-40 secs or some claim a lot less.

30 seconds or less? I'm guessing that exaggeration is the culprit there. On my old 7200 RPM hard drive, Snow Leopard never booted in faster than 1 and a half minutes. Of course, my new SSD speeds things up, but as you said, that's obvious.

 

[beelzebozo]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

You can also upgrade to OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion when it's released. Boot time is significantly faster in Lion.

 

[PCtoMac]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

Thanks for the info. I'm going to do that and try a couple ideas from the forum.

 

[whiskeynipple0088]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

do you have vid on the mobo?
if so turn off or set to only use if no 'PEG' present
cut my boot times in half

I get about 35 sec after bios

 

[PCtoMac]

Re: Snow Leopard boot times?

Thanks whiskeynipple!

That solved my problem.