How much of a delay in seconds should I set up ? Also , what the Hell is a POST Hotkey Delay ??

[Richee]

What the Heck does POST Hotkey Delay mean ?
And , how many seconds should I put on it ?
0 , 5 , 10 or 15

[A4Apollo]

Hey there! @Richee, Thanks for stopping by the HP Support Forums!

I understand you would like to know what is post hotkey delay mean.

Don't worry I'll try to help you out.

Did you make any software or hardware changes on your PC?
 

A post hot key delay is a delay in your BIOS system after you have typed in or posted the hot key. In order to avoid the delay, type in " #, o" before pressing the hot key.

During the time of POST. You could probably enable POST messages in BIOS to see what's going on during that time.

Startup on a Windows 8 machine could be considered normal up to about 30 seconds.

Let me know if this helps! 
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[NotAGeek8]

My HP -  

HP Notebook - 17-y030ca

OS Name        Microsoft Windows 10 Home

Version           10.0.16299 Build 16299

Processor        AMD A10-9600P RADEON R5, 10 COMPUTE CORES 4C+6G, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date    Insyde F.38, 2017-03-13

SMBIOS Version       2.8

Boot Device    \Device\HarddiskVolume1

hangs on the HP Splash Screen whenever I boot up, and boots up normally ONLY after I press the power key off once and on again. (I searched this forum and found only this POST Hotkey topic that mentions something similar.)

Is this because my hard drive is not initialized soon enough for a cold start? How do I fix it?