Is this normal behavior for a Z97 mobo?

[JimKiler]

I recently upgrade from socket AM3 to 1150 with the following specs:

• Asus Z97-AR - new
• intel 4790K - new
• 4x4GB of G Skill sniper 1866 DDR3 - from AMD system
• Radeon R9 270 - from AMD system
• Logitech K310 keyboard - from AMD system
• MS intellimouse - from AMD system

When i boot it is 50/50 if it displays the BIOS on my HP ZR2740w monitor via display port. If it does not display it is using the Dell 1080p monitor via DVI. I do not see any BIOS settings that could cause this behavior. Any ideas? The HP is my main monitor and i only use the second monitor 20% of the time so i want it to use the main monitor all the time.

Second after getting into windows from a restart or cold boot it takes 20-30 seconds to get the mouse and keyboard to work after getting to the log in screen. I see settings in my mobo for USB like

• Legacy USB support
• INtel xHCI Mode
• EHCI Hand-off

none of these seem to make a difference. The only good thing is a wake from sleep mode is instant.

Why would these things happen on an intel board but were never an issue on my previous AMD AM3 board? Am i wrong to expect things to be smoother with Intel? This is my first Intel platform since a Pentium 2.

 

[Puffnstuff]

You have to keep in mind the output signal order on the graphics which is why you aren't seeing it on your dp connection as it is the last in the order. I had to disconnect everything from my gpu except for the dp cable for it to output to my monitor. As for usb support you have to enable legacy usb and if that doesn't do it disable xhci handoff.

 

[vailr]

Probably unrelated, but Z97 boards prefer memory installed in pairs. So, consider adding one more memory stick of "4GB of G Skill sniper 1866 DDR3".
Also: if you were to add an inexpensive 2nd video card, you could then specify in bios setup which PCIe slot would be for the primary video display.

 

[JimKiler]

You have to keep in mind the output signal order on the graphics which is why you aren't seeing it on your dp connection as it is the last in the order. I had to disconnect everything from my gpu except for the dp cable for it to output to my monitor. As for usb support you have to enable legacy usb and if that doesn't do it disable xhci handoff.

I saw a post where someone said they talked to an Intel engineer and the advice was to enable the xhci handoff, but i did not notice a difference so i will turn it off.

So you are saying i am stuck with the DP being last unless i disconnect the DVI cable.

Probably unrelated, but Z97 boards prefer memory installed in pairs. So, consider adding one more memory stick of "4GB of G Skill sniper 1866 DDR3".
Also: if you were to add an inexpensive 2nd video card, you could then specify in bios setup which PCIe slot would be for the primary video display.

Sorry, that was a typo, i have 4 sticks. But maybe you are on to something for the display order. Can i get the same results if I add the second monitor to the CPU graphics port?

 

[Puffnstuff]

I had a similar issue when I moved my monitor from hdmi to dp and couldn't see my monitor during bootup. The output shifted to my tv which was on hdmi so when I contacted asus I was informed that dp was the last in line for signal.

 

[know of fence]

Just an idea, since you rarely use the second monitor you should hook it up to a separate switchable electrical power strip (or unplug it), and keep it powered off until you need it. Without power it will be skipped during detection.

 

[JimKiler]

I had a similar issue when I moved my monitor from hdmi to dp and couldn't see my monitor during bootup. The output shifted to my tv which was on hdmi so when I contacted asus I was informed that dp was the last in line for signal.

Just an idea, since you rarely use the second monitor you should hook it up to a separate switchable electrical power strip (or unplug it), and keep it powered off until you need it. Without power it will be skipped during detection.

I think i may have fixed the second monitor issue. I think my original RAM 2x4GB were faulty and since i bought 2 more i now took the first two out because sometimes using XMP i would hang at the BIOS screen. Now i am seeing the main monitor on DP right away. So far 3 boots and everything is good and the boot time is faster as well. Now to isolate which stick is bad and get it RMA'ed thanks to G.skill's lifetime warranty.

Funny since i have had these sticks since 2012 and never had an issue in my AM3 system but maybe the order of the sticks was the reason i never saw issues, perhaps the lane it is in now is causing more issues? I need to move the new sticks into the channels the "bad" sticks were in and keep validating it is not the motherboard.