First of all, the board - P9X79 Pro has a dedicated ASUS Flashback USB port. It has always worked well for me, unless somehow when I used it to flash the bios offered at the outset of this thread, which is modified to detect an Nvme SSD mounted in a PCIe slot, the flash messed up the ME. You fixed that in this thread.
So now, I aim to have on hand a replication of the current bios running on this board put on a USB drive in case I must flash the bios using the USB Flashback port.

With regard to using the CH314A, I certainly appreciate the information you provided; but it will take me some days to digest it all. I need to determine what driver to install in order to use the version 1.29 app you cite above.

Will come back later.

For CH341A, in the package I post with all the different versions, you only need to install the main driver that's in it's own "Driver-Install-First-Always" folder, that's it for all the versions
https://www.sendspace.com/file/gtcmvd

Run this command and upload the file, I'll send back .cap BIOS that should work with USB Flashback.
FPTw.exe -d backupBIOSname.bin

You can test that by running through USB Flashback and see if your USB LED's and the Flashback button flashes same way it does for stock BIOS, if yes then you know it's OK.
I think it's OK with mod BIOS, it's usually the suggested first method to use for mod BIOS if you have USB Flashback so it should be fine!

Please put this bios, which is now the backup bios for the one currently running very fine on my machine, into the .CAP format so I can use it in the USB Flasback Port for an unforeseen emergency to restore the bios in my P9X79 Pro board.[[File:backupBIOSname.rar]]

I installed the correct driver for using the CH341A Programmer - software v1.29. The software recognizes the bios as per your previous comments and instructions. The CH314A programmer itself when plugged in and recognized in the v1.29 software has a continuous red LED. I wonder if that is the way it is supposed to be?

@ClarenceE - Yes, RED LED Indicates it's on/receiving power. Here is your backup BIOS, now in capsule and renamed to recovery BIOS name for USB Flashback detection
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...813564482277210

Hi all,

I have p9x79 pro with the latest stock bios.
I want to buy WD ex920 1TB NVME and an adapter pci e to m.2.
Will I be able to boot to windows from this drive if I will install this version of BIOS?
Does it metter which brand will I use for the adapter?

Thanks,
Tal.

Thanks!

It's a little funny.
I'm using p9x79 pro with intel third gen i7 6 cores cpu,
48GB ddr 3 1600,
GTX 1080TI

but I install my games on a fu***** Hard Drive :D
It's time to move forward :)

Hi all,

Will this one work?

https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Exp...ess+to+m2&psc=1

Thanks.

The one I purchased from the same place is this link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075ZN...0?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It seems to work all right for me; however, the LED flashing for the drive that is installed on that PCIe does not flash to show the read/write going on. The PCIe device itself flashes brightly at the back of my case indicating read/write activies. I am investigating with Western Digital, why the Nvme SSD that I have installed on the PCIe does not flash my case's HD LED. After that, I'll inquire to the maker of the PCIe if that may be the reason.
Many users of the Nvme seem to indicate a high level of heat from their Nvme's, especially Samsung ones. There is no heat issue with my WD 500gb. Anyway, I purchased the PCIe adaptor on the link above because of the heat dissipater the product claims to have.

Hi again,

So I flashed the Bios version that is in the first post.
How can I tell if it was successful pre to installing the gear?
I was on version 4801 and the bios still shows the same version ( I guess this version is based on 4801 also)
Is there an extra feature in the bios setting that wasn't there before or there isn't a way to check it before installing the gear?
I flashed using the white USB on the back of the board and the light blinked for a few minutes so It did look like was doing something.

Thanks.

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.

I'm happy to hear it. It's nice that you can have a 4 years old PC which is still strong for every game there is in the market and can modify old hardware to detect a new one :)
I'll probably visit here again when the new I'll get the new hardware from amazon.
Thanks.

Hi ClarenceE,
Is this mean that I will have the same problem that you had?
can you give me a shortcut on how to fix it if it will happen?
I don't have much knowledge about ME and this stuff but i'm a fast learner.
the long boot that you mentioned also happens when the m.2 drive is not installed or only when it is plugged?
Thanks.

First off, if you have not read through all of this thread, I recommend you read through it. For now, you can check device management in windows. Look under System Devices. If you see Intel Management Engine Interface is all right, I don't think you have the problem I had.

Another important thing to get thing working right is the setting the boot drive in bios, but that should be UEFI. Then there is the variety of M.2 keys, which I have only a dangerous knowledge of, meaning just enough to cause trouble. The disk I use is Western Digital Black 500gb Nvme SSD, which is an M key. These Nvme drives come in M, B, and M & B keys. If you read up on that information, have the right PCIe interface card, put the right Nvme SSD key disk in the right slot, set the boot in the UEFI (found in UEFI set up), have the Nvme recognizer module in your bios (I think you do from earlier post you made); your machine should boot right to that new disk and you can do the OS install.

Getting all of the good information about what you want to do is the key to success and you can find that information on this website. I am not an expert on this; just have experience. So after reading all of this thread and the information found in other threads, especially the thread on how to modify a bios (there is one on X79 chipset, I believe the board is an ASUS P9X79 Deluxe, but mak387 posted a modified one for the board we have - P9X79 Pro), all should go well for you. Have you installed the disk on your PCIe card that is inserted into your system board? If Device Manager shows the Intel Management Engine Interface is properly there, then you don't have the problem I had.