MSI boards vary a lot in terms of Fast Boot support. Some boards don’t support it at all, others let you use the standardFast Bootoption, while some provide the proprietaryMSI Fast Bootlevel that’s basically extra-fast.
On the systems that do support it, you canenable or disable MSI Fast Boot from the Boot tab in the BIOS. You can also configure it with alternative methods like theMSI Centerif the BIOS is inaccessible.
I’ve had to do this before on my ownB760board afterMSI Fast Bootmade the BIOS key useless. you may learn all the important points about MSI Fast Boot from this guide to ensure you don’t face any such hassles yourself.
Should You Enable or Disable MSI Fast Boot
On supported boards, you’ll usually find two levels of this feature. The basicFast Bootskips certainhardware checks during POSTto speed up the boot time.MSI Fast Bootadditionally disables USB, PS2, and SATA devices at boot to further improve the boot time.
I tested each config multiple times on my PRO B760M-E DDR4 board. Here are the results from my cold boot test:
MSI Fast Boot is supposed to provide the fastest boot time at the expense of certain devices at boot. In my case, this was partly true.
My system skipped the POST screen entirely and Iwasn’t able to access the BIOSusing the BIOS key. However, it took longer to boot compared to when I used standard Fast Boot, meaning I didn’t see any benefits.
I encourage you to test the boot times if you plan to enable Fast Boot on your own system. Some people reduce their boot time by a substantial amount with this feature, while others barely see any improvements.
Depending on your own results, you can decide whether MSI Fast Boot is worth enabling or you’d prefer to disable it.
Configure Fast Boot in MSI BIOS
After you decide how you’ll configure Fast Boot, the actual steps are very simple.
Use MSI Center
The MSI Center method is a bit hit-or-miss as some versions let you toggle the Fast Boot setting while others don’t. If you use this app, you can check if it’ll let you configure Fast Boot with the following steps:
Can’t Enter the BIOS Due To Fast Boot
The main problem people face after enabling MSI Fast Boot is that theUSB keyboard doesn’t work at boot, so they can’t use the BIOS key to access the BIOS. In such cases, you have three options.
