Diagram detailing pc's functions in order?

[mikehende]

Can anyone either point me to or post a diagram of a pc's operation from the time you touch the power button to when it loads to windows? An animated graphic showing this would be perfect.

The reason I'm asking for this is if I can see a diagram of what the pc does from startup to windows in the exact order of sequence then this will be much easier for me to both understand and remember, any ideas please or maybe we all could develop one here for all newcomers to see?

[mikehende]

Found a great one here, came off a link from the other forum,

http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/unknownreference/articles/12284.aspx

wish we could animate this though, c'mon guys, there are more than enough of you here with the expertise to do this, how about it?:D

[tonyd]

Nice find
-td