MBP slow to turn on and "chime"

[dereklai.]

hi,

my MBP circa oct '10 (i7; SSD; 8GB ram) is somewhat slow to simply turn on and chime. it takes roughly six-seven seconds to get to that point. afterward, though, it's very fast to boot to desktop. it's a new machine and if anyone could solve this discrepancy for me, that'd be greatly appreciated. thanks!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Do you have Windows installed via Boot Camp? It may look for a bootable device first and that takes some time. I have the same "problem" with my MBP, but I only use its sleep feature, therefore I only turn it on every month or so.

 

[dereklai.]

no, i don't have boot camp installed.

 

[dereklai.]

i've timed it and it's six seconds every time. is that abnormal?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

i've timed it and it's six seconds every time. is that abnormal?

That sounds quite fine, mine takes a bit longer sometimes.
Btw, why do you restart that often?

 

[dereklai.]

really now. my old macbook pro was almost instantaneous.

and i'm just shutting down and turning on normally.

 

[al2o3cr]

hi,

my MBP circa oct '10 (i7; SSD; 8GB ram) is somewhat slow to simply turn on and chime. it takes roughly six-seven seconds to get to that point. afterward, though, it's very fast to boot to desktop. it's a new machine and if anyone could solve this discrepancy for me, that'd be greatly appreciated. thanks!

Mine did this right after the SSD upgrade; I had to go back into the Startup Disk control panel and re-select the drive, as it was hunting for the old one before falling back to the new.

 

[dereklai.]

hurm, i actually got the SSD from apple, so would it still be looking for the "old" one?