Can't see the BIOS screen when GPUs are installed.

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AssassinNation

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Hey guys!

My PC specs:
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero
CPU: Intel i7 6700k
CPU Cooler: Corsair Liquid Cooler H110i 2800m Extreme
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x8 GB 2133 MHz DDR4
PSU: Corsair HX850i
GPU: 2x GIGABYTE GTX 980Ti in SLi mode
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512 GB
HDD: WD 2 TB Blue
Case: CoolerMaster Storm Stryker
Blu-ray Drive ASUS
Case Coolers: 1x140mm Back-side fan, 2x120mm Front-side fans
Monitors: 28" Samsung UE850 UHD

Whenever I launch my PC with my GPUs installed, I don't see the BIOS screen, meaning it boots straight to Windows.
After some testing I figured out that the bios screen while not being displayed, is active while my Monitor is black. Basically what I mean is if I press Del or F2 keys, my MOBO goes to A9 debug code which means, according to my manual, that I'm in my BIOS setup, BUT! I can't see anything.
So if I don't press any keys, I will bot normally and directly to my Windows logo screen.

But when I want to access bios I have to remove my gpus and then bios screen appears, allowing me to go to it's setup.

Sorry for any grammar mistakes, I'm writing in a hurry and on my iPad...

Thank you in advance!

 
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cherry blossoms
You will need to read your manual to see what Asus calls their fastboot setting. Fastboot ENABLED causes all the hardware to initialize essentially at the same time while booting...polling can still take time (esp displays) as devices talk to each other. DISABLING fastboot causes the computer to initialize and assign resources in a more methodical "one at a time" fashion. POST will take longer with fastboot DISABLED, but will allow more time for your display to handshake and should allow you to get the screen you need.

Please note if you have multiple displays connected, you may need to have them all on to see where your video cards are defaulting to. I have both display port and hdmi plugged in, and if the device getting HDMI is...
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AssassinNation

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If you mean the fast boot setting in bios, it's enabled. However even when enabled without gpu, the bios screen shows up. The problem is that with gpu in, it doesn't...
If you mean some other settings, then please could you specifically which settings you mean, I don't want to touch sth I don't know about, I'm generally not bios-friendly :D
 
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You will need to read your manual to see what Asus calls their fastboot setting. Fastboot ENABLED causes all the hardware to initialize essentially at the same time while booting...polling can still take time (esp displays) as devices talk to each other. DISABLING fastboot causes the computer to initialize and assign resources in a more methodical "one at a time" fashion. POST will take longer with fastboot DISABLED, but will allow more time for your display to handshake and should allow you to get the screen you need.

Please note if you have multiple displays connected, you may need to have them all on to see where your video cards are defaulting to. I have both display port and hdmi plugged in, and if the device getting HDMI is powered on, the display port does not show an image on the primary display until I hit windows desktop. Without the HDMI device enabled, POST information appears on the primary monitor properly.
 
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