Nehalem Mac Pro - long time to boot up?

Question... unlike the 2008 and earlier models, why does the grey apple take a little longer to get to on the nehalem mac pro? If you put the 2008 and 2009 side by side, you will see that the time the grey screen shows the apple in the middle is really much faster on the 2008 compared to the 2009 - why is this?
I thought it was a problem with my 2009 mac pro.. it seems this problem is on all of the 2009 series.. Has anyone noticed that the apple logo takes a little longer to get to on a Nehalem than on the 2008?

Btw.. this is on all the models of 2009's.. and also most likely 2010 since they use the same logic board and processor tray for the most part..(details 4th coming..)..
But, does anyone have a solution to this?? My start up drive is already selected, but yet it still takes a bit longer to boot up.. would changing the memory to non-ecc solve this problem? I heard xeon takes both non and ecc. I really don't need ecc for what i use my mac pro for..
Is there a way to disable the tests?

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Hi there,
I have a late 2008 Mac Pro, running OSX 10.6.8 and it is connected to a 23" Apple Cinema Display.
A couple of days ago I noticed that when I switched the Mac on, the display would not turn on.
I forced it to shut down by holding the power button, and tried again, but nothing.
Today I switched it on, and again the display did not turn on, but I left it like that, and after about 25 minutes it turned on.
I shut it down from finder, and switched it back on and it worked instantly.
I used Disk Utility to clean up my disk, but I can't run a Disk Utility or Hardware Test from the CD, as the optical drive has not been working well for a few years.
I am guessing that it may be the display needing a while to "warm up" so it is dying, or that it might be a RAM issue that after the first long boot resolves itself.
Any thoughts as to how I should look into this more?
Thanks!!

I used Disk Utility to clean up my disk, but I can't run a Disk Utility or Hardware Test from the CD, as the optical drive has not been working well for a few years.
Never use DVDs myself, definitely not for repairs.
Install OS X or clone the drive and have a 2nd bootable backup.
CCC can check files with checkum for integrity during copy (have to go into advanced options for copy operation).
Always have even a small boot drive handy. Even a flash drive can serve your purposes.
DU checks the directory. You don't clean up, not with DU and not with 3rd party "cleaner" apps.
You can do a Safe Boot, or try, and even run fsck -fy in Single User Mode in a pinch - the Safe Boot though you should try.
I would suspect the GPU. Beyond that, just 2008-itis that affects these 3,1 models more than any other. And yes SMC and NVRAM reset and remove all devices. Even slide out the disk drives and anything else. And press the power on button for 10 seconds while unplugged, to fully reset. NRAM is done from cold boot and the old 4-finger salute of P+R+CMD+OPT keys.

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