"Press Esc to boot..." countdown

First time post, so let me say hi to you all!
This may sound like a bit of a simple question...
As my signature says I have a MSI P45 Neo3-F motherboard. I'm really happy with it, but I have one small niggling problem (if you can call it a problem)...
Upon boot up and after the tests etc. the system halts (on the screen which displays the Disks/PCI slot information table) on a countdown timer (from 8 seconds I think) with the message, "Press <Esc> to boot...". I can either wait till 0 or press escape and the computer boots as normal.
So what I'd like to know, is how to get rid of this countdown "Press <Esc> to boot...". Or if I cannot, could anyone at least tell me the purpose of it? It's not really a problem, I'd just like to get rid of it if possible. I've already tried enabling and disabling the "Quick boot" option in the BIOS to no avail. I've included my system specification in my signature, if any more info is need just say
Any help with the "problem" would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Rich

Ok, I've been an absolute numpty!
I went to check the boot sequence in the BIOS (which is HDD first btw), and noticed "Quick boot" was disabled!
I swear I changed this yesterday... I suppose I just must not have saved the changes! My only excuse can be that I was tired :-/
Cheers for your help though guys

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