Recent content by Bob4K

As I thought, second boot had no delay when logging in. So, thanks to your advice, I saved 3 full minutes by avoiding booting the card BIOS. Thanks!

Yes, 3 minutes less to enter Windows. I'm not sure yet about the time to wait when logging in. I did it once so far, and the screen was blank for a full minute. But that happens often when you change something on the mobo, and then on subsequent boots, there is no more delay. Next time I...

You were 100% right. There is a setting on the ASUS UEFI that was until now meaningless for me to start PCIe devices in UEFI mode, skipping the BIOS altogether. The card is not displayed during the boot, so no more delays. Thanks!

That sounds like a very good idea, how do I do that? When I power up the PC, the card BIOS booting message is displayed immediately. Should I type Control-C to enter its settings, or do you think it's a setting on the Asus motherboard? I already asked Asus for help, but for the moment they...

Hi, My 12G External PCI-E SAS/SATA HBA Raid Controller Card card BIOS takes 3 minutes to boot on my ASUS WS X299 SAGE/10G motherboard. I read that it might be possible to flash an UEFI instead of a BIOS on this card, but could not find any details specific enough. Does anybody know if it's...