Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #135

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Are you using modified ISO? Does what you mentioned here, go along with the advice on the main guide >> BIOS CSM to enabled, Boot Device control to "UEFI and Legacy OPROM", Network Device to "Ignore", Storage Devices to "UEFI driver first" and PCIe Expansion Devices to "UEFI driver first",
You may get quick help if you explain the issue in full and your attempted processes on that NVME thread, usually several users reply there to help others.

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@rickyman - no, I didn't say it in that way, modified ISO may be fine, I only mentioned that asking because he was having issues. Proceed as if you never read that, I didn't mention it as a "thing"

Hi Lost_N_BIOS,


My MB is a P9X79 LE not a PRO edition will the stock BIOS work on a LE board? If no, is there a BIOS mod for the P9X79 LE out there?

Hello Migs: I have been using the latest ASUS bios modified with the excellent help of Lost_N_BiOS and other experts on this website. I know your specific question regard the LE edition, but I just wanted to add that you'll be able to get it to work.
I suggest you have on store the bios you are now using so that if anything along the way goes wrong, you can restore your bios to what you have working now. Of course that is common sense. I had to restore my bios setting only once to the latest unmodified ASUS bios for my board and had no real problems along the way to my getting a good modified bios. I had an issue with the Intel Management Engine Interface in my case that prolonged the process a bit.
First, ignoring the Intel Management Engine Interface issue I had with my bios, I just inserted the one module into the bios that allowed the bios to detect the PCIe board with the Nvme SSD inserted into it. Our boards have the PCIe 3.0 slots and that is where I plugged in my Pcie 3.0 adaptor board and inserted the M.2 SSD. I did that part on my own and the bios recognized the M.2 SSD at boot and booted fine using the regular Windows 10 install from a usb. I was able to install windows 10 onto the M.2 SSD. You can find that on this thread above, but most of my dialogue centered on getting the Intel Mangement Engine Interface to work right. You likely won't run into that.
So, in short, you can read a bit at the top of this thread and find how to insert the module (which is available on this website for downloading) that once inserted into your board's latest bios, will allow the board to recognize an M.2 SSD inserted into a PCIe 3.0 adaptor and from there you can follow the routine Windows 10 installation procedures. Those procedures too are on this website. Once Windows 10 is installed Windows 10 has the resident M.2 SSD driver that picks up where your bios leaves off after boot.
If nothing else, I would just like to encourage you by saying you can get it to work and the result will be significant. Faster disk operation all around. Just be aware of the kind of SSD you purchase to use because there are different varieties and all cannot be used as a boot drive as I understand it. The M.2 Wester Digital Black is what I am using. Many people use the Samsung ones that require Samsung drivers. You also need to be aware of all of that too.
Good luck and I am sure Lost_N_BIOS will help you. It's now the night time over there in Europe.
Clarence

@Migs - the P9X79 and P9X79 LE use same BIOS, P9X79 PRO uses different BIOS. I can make you BIOS, what do you need, just NVME mod or full unlocked BIOS? Which BIOS version do you want me to use?
Does your model have USB Flashback, and have you used it so you know you have a compatible USB stick?

I just need my MB (P9X79 LE) to boot form my Samsung EVO 970 so the NVME mod for BIOS 4801 would be great. The MB does have a BIOS usb port that I used in the past to update it from version 4701.

@Migs - OK, you will have to use USB Flashback to flash this BIOS, due to it's mod BIOS and that's standard method. Format USB to FAT32, smaller, cheaper USB is better (128MB-2GB), do not rename the BIOS file and put on root of USB (not in folder)
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...813542342783323

After flash, follow all steps exactly in the "This is what you should do" section @ Step #4 - [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS

Success! I cannot thank you enough. I did clone my old Asus Raidr SSD so may go back and do a clean install but for now everything works great. You are the best. Thank You!

@Fernando
@Lost_N_BIOS
@sese
Hi to all. I am new here and I have been looking for a bios for my P9X79 plain bios with the support of NVME to boot from. Lost_N_BIOS I downloaded both official bios 4801 for P9X79 and P9X79LE from ASUS website and I noticed that they are different in terms of size though you have said that you have compared them and they are the same. So if it is not too much trouble for you could you help me with a modified BIOS 4801 for my P9X79 plain iteration to support NVME boot option? I have no clue what I should do to create one myself with the UBU tool and to tell the truth about it I am afraid that I could damage my mobo. I have purchased this https://www.goodram.com/en/products/irdm...e-pcie-m-2-ssd/. It is 480 Gb and the official bios doesn't boot from it. Windows 10 Pro see the drive as a secondary one and the computer can store data on it but it can't boot from it. Thank you in advance for your help.

Hello montegonexus : I think you are able to start out and probably finish getting your bios to do what you need it to do yourself. The main thing is for the bios to recognize the M.2 drive in the PCIe adapter at boot. To get that done, you read the information on this website. The means to do it too is available for downloading from this site two. What you do is put the downloaded copy of the bios you want to use is a separate file on your machine; open the program you downloaded from this site and load the bios to the program. You follow the steps to find the location inside the bios where the module (the module that once inserted inside the bios, will detect the M.2 during boot. After detecting the M.2 and windows loads, from there windows automatically loads another driver that is used) is to be inserted. You then follow the steps to insert the module into the bios and exit the program.
You then load the modified bios to your machine via the USB jack, bios recovery jack on your motherboard. That is probably marked in white color and at the top of the input jacks in the back of your machine; at least that is where it is on my Pro model.
Before you load the modified bios; be sure to have another USB drive with the latest bios for your board ready. You can always reload that bios using the same bios recovery UsB input jack. As long as you prepare by having a copy of the latest bios for your board ready to load via the Bios Recovery Jack, you'll be safe if you have to return to using it. Once your board is working with the modified bios, you always have to use the bios recovery USB input jack because, as I understand it, the ASUS bios updater function in the bios become spoiled once the modified bios is in use; something to do with the court that takes place automatically when using ASUS updater methods, and there are a few of them.
All of the information you need to insert the module that allows the boot up function to see your M.2 drive is on this site as is the program used to modify the bios and the module itself that needs to be inserted.
I too was a bit daunted when I first came to this site, but after searching and reading; I inserted that module into my Pro model bios with the same 4801 number as your board; and it worked, but I needed help to get my Intel Management to work correctly, which was not at all connected to being able to see and use an M.2 drive plugged into the PCIe 3.0 slot.
You should also know about the different M.2s and the different slots on your board, which can affect performance.
Hope what I tell you here helps to put the work ahead into a bit more concrete perspective. In a word; you can do it, but prepare for doing it.

@ClarenceE I have read a lot I think and still I hesitate to do it on my own that's why I asked for help from other people here which are more experienced than me and they have done this more than once in the past. I am afraid that I will not be able to do it and my mobo will be bricked which is not an option for my financial state right now. I can't afford to replace the computer if something will go wrong because I am not sure what I am doing. My knowledge is inadequate to understand what these procedures do or what I have to add to the BIOS in order to identify the M2 disk in the boot section. So if anybody has an already modified and tested BIOS 4801 for my mobo it would be a blessing to share it with me to flash my mobo. That's all.

Zitat von ClarenceE im Beitrag #102

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You probably flashed your bios using the one mak387 posted. I have the same board as you and was in the same situation some weeks ago. This website has very extensive information about finding what is in a bios and modifying it. Mak387's offering comes from another thread - easy to find - that gives the precise instructions on how to insert a module into a bios that enables the bios to detect an Nvme M.2 SSD installed on a PCIe inserted into same slot.
I followed those instructions and modified my ASUS 4801 bios and also downloaded mak387's modified bios. I conducted various bios installation. All worked for me - successfully detected the WD Black M.2 installed on a PCIe adaptor shown in an earlier post on this thread. However, I discover one problem and that is the Intel Management Interface got messed up on mine. That is what prompted this long thread you found. Lost N Bios is one super bios angle and guided me right through to fixing it all.
I will not speak for any of the experts who so graciously help us on this website; but the mak387 bios you flashed has the module to enable an M.2 SSD installed on a PCIe card to detect it a boot up - the OS takes over after that. I use the Windows Pro 64 bit which installed the driver.
Lost_N_Bios or Fernando, or others will chime in to give you an expert response to your question for sure. My P9X79 Pro has never purred along so smoothly and so coolly as it is doing now.

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@montegonexus - bricked motherboard only costs less than $6 to fix, order a CH341A + U type Flat IC Chip extractor now and you'll never have to worry again (For another $3 add in a SOIC8 test clip w/ cable and you'll have all other future boards and other boards with soldered BIOS covered too)
Let me know if you need links to some examples of those items on ebay.

On your questions, I believe I already made you P9X79 plain NVME Mod BIOS on another thread, correct? This one I believe - [Request] Asus P9x79 BIOS with NVMe support

Ok so I've answered my own question about M2 keys, the Samsung 970 Evo plus is an M key one (as are all NVMe drives?), so I will need an M key capable adapter.
The StarTech PEX4M2E1 seems to fit the bill.

But is the above SSD supported by the bios file in the op?
And which SSDs can't be used as a boot drive?, re what ClarenceE said. Seems odd that some can't.......
Also, prior to installing the new SSD, how can I tell if the new bios has taken? Will their be a few new drive related options in it?

(Btw, I looked at the bios modding thread, & it's anything but easy with multiple pages of reading to do! lol. And even after reading that page I still had no idea how to insert NVMe drivers, so I think I'll stick to the op's bios, if it'll work with 970 evo plus's.)

No one knows?