How many motherboards are actually bootable from USB stick?

[Jason Stacy]

Recently I had a discussion about how many of the motherboards are actually bootable from
USB stick.

So I ask you.

If you look on all the motherboards which are sold in lets say the last 3 years:
What would you say: How many percent of them are capable to boot from U3 USB sticks?

I think it is less than 20%

Am I right?

J.

 

[Woger]

Recently I had a discussion about how many of the motherboards are actually bootable from
USB stick.

So I ask you.

If you look on all the motherboards which are sold in lets say the last 3 years:
What would you say: How many percent of them are capable to boot from U3 USB sticks?

I think it is less than 20%

Am I right?

J.

Mine does and its some 4-5 years old.

Plus you need the HP USB tool to format the stick, and make it bootable, very
hard to find tool.

 

[Mike Torello]

Recently I had a discussion about how many of the motherboards are actually bootable from
USB stick.

So I ask you.

If you look on all the motherboards which are sold in lets say the last 3 years:
What would you say: How many percent of them are capable to boot from U3 USB sticks?

I think it is less than 20%

Am I right?

J.

I doubt it. My board in this machine is more than 3 years old and it
has that ability - and I didn't choose the board because of that. In
fact, I didn't even know that it would do it until it had been in use
for over a year.

 

[Woger]

Mine does and its some 4-5 years old.

Plus you need the HP USB tool to format the stick, and make it bootable, very
hard to find tool.

Here is the latest version of the HP tool. V2.1.8a..??

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

Plus some info on how to make any USB bootable.

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-2201401.php

 

[Jim]

Recently I had a discussion about how many of the motherboards are actually bootable from
USB stick.

So I ask you.

If you look on all the motherboards which are sold in lets say the last 3 years:
What would you say: How many percent of them are capable to boot from U3 USB sticks?

I think it is less than 20%

Am I right?

J.

To whom are you talking ?

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Recently I had a discussion about how many of the motherboards are actually bootable from
USB stick.

So I ask you.

If you look on all the motherboards which are sold in lets say the last 3 years:
What would you say: How many percent of them are capable to boot from U3 USB sticks?

I think it is less than 20%

Am I right?

If you're talking about the last 3 years only, then I'd say it's 100%
that are USB bootable. It's not the motherboard that determines whether
you can boot from USB or not, it's the BIOS. All BIOSes in the last 3
years should be USB capable.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Recently I had a discussion about how many of the motherboards are actually bootable from
USB stick.

So I ask you.

If you look on all the motherboards which are sold in lets say the last 3 years:
What would you say: How many percent of them are capable to boot from U3 USB sticks?

I think it is less than 20%

Am I right?

J.

Probably not. My one-year-old Compaq laptop will boot from a USB stick;
my three-year-old HP desktop will not. That's 50%, but I admit that's a
pretty small sample. <g>

Bill

 

[JohnO]

Probably not. My one-year-old Compaq laptop will boot from a USB stick; my
three-year-old HP desktop will not. That's 50%, but I admit that's a
pretty small sample. <g>

Bill

My sample is a little larger...at least 12 motherboards over the last five
years, from Intel, iGoLogic, Asus, and shoot can't remember the other. The
number for me is 100%. This Dell D600 might, I don't recall and have never
needed it.

If I were to make a friendly wager, I'd say for the last three years the
number is >95%.

-John O

 

[db]

doesn't make a
difference.

the fact is that there
are that can, like
mine.

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[AJR]

You do not boot the motherboard (proper title is system board) - you cannot
determine USB boot ability by "looking" at the board - check board
specifications (or BIOS type).
An U3 device is not a "standard" USB device - it contains proprietary
software and not suitable as a boot device. USB boot capability has been
around for years and the majority of board s(BIOS) provide for USB boots.