Asus N56-VZ - Windows 8 (UEFI boot) - OCZ Vertex 4 

I am not sure if it is strictly required to update the BIOS for Windows 8 but yes, I have updated it to 204 which was the latest at the time being.

It's cold boot. I have 2 monitors attached to the laptop, the Asus logo appeared on one of those.

Yo la tengo con Windows 7 y es muy sencillo, solo que se requieren conocimientos de computo, es de los mejores equipos que he tenido, deberías investigar mas amigo.

he is on standby, he didn't start completely!

I haven't done any comparison between BIOSes 202 and 204.

Interesting, you can check my video of the N56VZ-DH71 with the slightly faster CPU - it boots in about 6 seconds with the Windows 8 ASUS OEM install, and about the same on a fresh install. Looks a little different when booting - also uses UEFI and it has the latest 211 BIOS.

No, it's not on standby, and yes it did start completely!

I have the n56vj which has the same cpu and I also have a 7200 rpm hdd and windows 8 with all bloatware removed and it boots up just as fast as this.

hola el problema de stas laptos es q no se puede instalar win 7 yo tengo y no puedo instalar me arrepiento aver comprado esta laptop n56 v y necesito el win 8 hay un programa q no funciona en win 8 solo en win7 es el s10 costos y presupuestos no recomendaria esta laptop mala experiencia

Quick question..did you just install this from the Microsoft website straight over Windows 7 x64? I know they have the $15 deal right now. I was wondering if you had any problems with the hardware after the update (ie multi-touch, key backlighting) Or did you do a completely clean install and use the drivers disk to get everything sorted? Hope that makes sense.

mine does in 7s falt - no SSD, regular 7200 RPM WD (Windows 8 original)

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Are the dots arround the power button the speaker holes?

Have you change anything in BIOS to boot fast? Mine boots about 3 minutes after booting is fast ,only in booting is slow.

Do you update your BIOS? I have this laptop , I use Windows 7 64 bit and it boots a bit slow , I didn't update the BIOS. Is it necessary to update it?

Before you updated BIOS did it boot slow?

Did you test the SSD having Windows 7?

is this cold boot? i dont see the bios screen with asus logo.

I did. 8sec

Nope.