Zitat von MacGyverSG1 im Beitrag #35

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Over at the ASUS ROG website someone with a Z87 board was successful at getting the SM951 (AHCI) with PCI-E adapter working (boot Windows). He stated that he added Ahci170, NVME, Samsung_m2_dxe, and SataDriver modules to his BIOS.

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I doubt, that the addition of the NVMe and Intel SataDriver module to the mainboard BIOS has any effect on the ability to boot off a Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD.

Zitat von MacGyverSG1 im Beitrag #37

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Is there a specific way to insert the module? I've been reading all the guides and other posts, but I'm still confused on how to know where to insert or replace modules.

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The insertion of any originally not present EFI module into an AMI Aptio IV UEFI BIOS should work, if you follow this guide:

1. Open the AMI Aptio UEFI BIOS file you want to modify with the AMI Aptio IV UEFI MMTool v4.50.0.23.
2. Check the Volume number (leftmost column) of the file "CSMCORE".
3. Hit the tab "Insert".
4. Hit the button "Browse" and navigate to the UEFI module (= *.ffs file) you want to insert.
5. Enter the Volume number of the file "CSMCORE" (will be 01 or 02) into the field "Vol. Index".
6. Go to the "Insert FFS Options" section and check the option "Insert Compressed".
   Now the MMTool should look similar to this picture:
   
7. Hit the button "Insert".
   After having done that, the inserted EFI module should be listed by the MMTool as the last one with the chosen "Volume" number (leftmost column):
   
8. Save the modified BIOS file.

Good luck!

Zitat von MacGyverSG1 im Beitrag #39

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I noticed when I was using MMTool to look at a few ASUS Z97 BIOSes (Maximus VII Impact, Formula (2702)) is that I could not find Samsung_M2_DXE listed. Is it hidden within another file?

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If you don't find a module named "Samsung_M2_DXE" listed, it is probably not present.
Maybe ASUS gave the module another name?
Anyway you can find the module >here<.

Zitat

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I remember reading in a post that it's possible to flash a modded ASUS .cap BIOS normally by using a hex editor to pass checks. Am I mistaken?

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Probably not, but since we don't know the exact Bytes, which have to be altered, I do not recommend to try it that way.

Zitat von Tasate im Beitrag #41

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Is inserting compressed vital? I always chose as is, assumed that would be correct considering extractions were as is as well.

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According to my knowledge it doesn't matter, which "FFS Option" you choose, when you are going to insert an uncompressed EFI module, because it will be compressed anyway by the MMTool.
Regarding the extraction of FFS files these things are different: If you choose the "as is" option, you will get the compressed module with no chance to get the informations you want (GUID header details, version etc.) after having opened it with an Hex Editor.

@ marv:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von marv im Beitrag #46

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I would be particularly interested if it is possible to mod non-uefi bios (like my sabertooth x58). But I assume that adding efi module to it wont work, right ?

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Yes, it is impossible to get EFI modules inserted and working with mainboards like yours, because an UEFI BIOS is absolutely required.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

@ tectown:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von tectown im Beitrag #1

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I have a Problem with my new Samsung SM951 MZHPV512HDGL - 00000. Its not detected by the BIOS (EFI) or direct in Windows or Linux on the Intel HM87 (Lynx Point) mainboard. I know, that on this mainboard the harddisk should be operational.

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Questions:
1. From whom did you get this knowledge?
2. Do you want to use the Samsung SM951 as system drive?
3. Is it not even detected by Windows, when you use it as second (not bootable) drive?

Zitat

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Do you think this is a software based problem? What can I do to fix it? What options in the BIOS are recommended to get things working?

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Provided, that your ASUS notebook supports M.2 connected SSDs at all, you probably need a special Samsung M.2 module within your BIOS. Within the BIOS of my ASRock Z97 Extreme6 there is an EFI module named Samsung_M2_DXE. So you may look into the BIOS of your system and check, if there is such module. If not, you may have to insert it yourself.

Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)