Bios or POST takes a while before starting?

shnabz

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Hello there,

I have recently built a pc and used the motherboard: ECS GeForce6100PM-M2.
I have noticed that the time it takes between pressing the power button on, and the bios displaying any information is longer than usual, normally its pretty much instant right? But this takes about 10 - 15 seconds. Also there is no beep? It just seems like it's doing absolutely nothing when you first press power, apart from you can hear the fans spinning.

Why is this?