Information processing apparatus, and control method

A control method of an information processing apparatus including:

• a reference POST time storage which stores module identification information for identifying a module indicative of a partial function of a BIOS (Basic Input Output System), and a reference value of a POST time indicative of processing time required in POST (Power-On Self-Test) processing for the module in association with each other;
• and a BIOS processor which executes processing based on the BIOS, the control method comprising:
• a step of causing the BIOS processor to execute POST processing for the module as each of modules according to a setup configuration of the BIOS to measure the POST time for each executed module;
• and
• a step of causing the BIOS processor to determine whether or not the POST time is increasing based on the POST time measured for the module and the reference value corresponding to the module identification information of the module stored in the reference POST time storage in order to identify an abnormal module as the module having an abnormality.