Disable Intel boot Agent
Disable Intel boot Agent
In short, Dell came today to address a video card issue but didn’t bring the replacement card. He brought a new motherboard for further troubleshooting if the new card didn’t work. He swapped out the motherboard and kept the existing NVidia card, but the problem persisted.
Now my current issue is: when the computer starts up, I see an Intel Boot Agent checking for DHCP. It’s really bothersome. I tried using the search function but got no results. I checked the BIOS settings and made sure "IBA..." wasn’t selected anywhere. The first bootable options are 1: removable drive, 2: hard drive, and 3: CD-ROM. I see IBA listed but haven’t chosen it.
How can I turn off this Intel Boot Agent that’s scanning for DHCP?
Let me know if you need more details. Please keep it simple—I’m not super tech-savvy.
Thanks, Tom.
It seems you might be able to turn off the onboard chip. Intel's online help provides some details about it. I attempted this on one of my cards, but even after following the steps, it kept looking for a network boot command. It’s quite frustrating, right? This adds around 20 seconds to boot time. I’m annoyed that Intel allows this feature on retail cards, since most users probably won’t need to remotely boot their systems.
I just purchased an old Compaq E500 and discovered I needed to update the network adaptor firmware before disabling it.
For the Compaq, the information was available on their support site:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/Tec...6587-39155...
It seems the same details might be accessible from Intel as well.
I hope this assists someone. I fully agree with dsb's feedback!
This might be a bit too late for everyone, but starting from the network seems to require a BIOS configuration. On my new HP Elitebook, I've turned off the "System Config / Boot Options / PXE Internal NIC boot" and "System Config / Boot Options / Wake on LAN" settings. Perhaps I didn't have to do both, but as a former boss of mine said, "Belts and braces!"
After many attempts and browsing online resources, the solution became quite clear. I was using a gateway PC running Windows XP. To start the computer repeatedly, press F2 until you reach the BIOS SETUP utility. Move the right arrow in the BOOT menu, then select PXE BOOT to LAN. Turn it off. This will stop your system from booting via that problematic Intel agent. The boot sequence order isn't important according to Intel's instructions.
If needed, I achieved the stop by adjusting the setting for "integrated nic" to active, instead of "enabled w/PXE". Boots are now responding quickly.
I had the same issue until I realized it was listed as IBA GE SLOT in the boot options. I turned it off and it stopped trying to boot from a network. Case fixed.
Just starting here, almost four years after this post. Experienced the same Intel Boot Agent problem. The PC is new or refurbished, a Fujitsu office machine with warranty, which I've had for about a month. Trying to access the "intel Boot Agent" at first required a password that I don’t possess and can’t obtain.
I searched online for a possible solution, thinking I wasn’t an expert, but VOILA! jraspins’ post helped!
I rebooted then opened the Boot menu and saw "IBA GE SLOT" listed first. Instead of removing it (which I was afraid to do), I moved it down to fifth place and saved it. Great! The Intel Boot Agent no longer appeared! I’m very happy and grateful.