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I saw something on the web (a user - cannot seem to find a reference) that said to be sure you put your sata drive on sata0 (first port) for the fastest boot times. The logic behind this statement was that the bios searches that port first.
AFAIK, the native ports are initialized first and then any third party controllers. So it makes sense the native ports can boot faster (negligibly), but isnt the boot order determined by what the user has set in the bios? Meaning I can put a drive in sata4 (so long as it is native controller) and the boot time remains the same than if I put it on sata0, right? In other words, the bios doesnt 'look'for boot drives...you TELL IT where to look.
Thoughts and links, please!
AFAIK, the native ports are initialized first and then any third party controllers. So it makes sense the native ports can boot faster (negligibly), but isnt the boot order determined by what the user has set in the bios? Meaning I can put a drive in sata4 (so long as it is native controller) and the boot time remains the same than if I put it on sata0, right? In other words, the bios doesnt 'look'for boot drives...you TELL IT where to look.
Thoughts and links, please!