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#1726 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:11 pm (Last edited: Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:12 pm)

Hi fernando:

Thank you very much for your help.

I have tried using the Clover method, starting from USB and using NvmExpressDxe-64.efi.
Start efi mgrboot on my windows 10 startup, it starts but no drive appears to install.
Any more suggestions to install.

Which are the diference of my module of nvme and NvmExpressDxE_2.ffs
I'm thinkig in do a full backup of my bios a test and test NvmExpressDxE_2.ffs

Thanks.

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NVME GL752vw_ori.rar

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#1727 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:59 pm

@thepito:
Thanks for having attached the extracted NVMe module, which is within your original BIOS.

Zitat von thepito im Beitrag #1726
Which are the diference of my module of nvme and NvmExpressDxE_2.ffs

Meanwhile I have done a deeper look into your attached NVMe module by using the Hex Editor named HxD.
Result of my inspection: The NVMe module, which is within your currently used BIOS, seems to be rather old and only designed for the first generation of NVMe supporting SSDs, which were using the NVMe Rev. 1.0 specifications.
With this knowledge I really recommend to flash a modded BIOS, which contains the much newer NvmExpressDxE_2 module.
To avoid any problems caused by the different headers, I recommend to replace just the "body" (= pure module without header) of the original NVMe module by the "body" of the much newer NvmExpressDxE_2 module by using the UEFITool.
Before you are going to flash the modded BIOS, you may attach it to one of your next posts. Then I will do a deeper look into it and tell you, whether it looks good or not.

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#1728 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:05 pm (Last edited: Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:09 pm)

Hello Fernando:

I think it's a good idea to use the original to modify it. I have been looking for information on the internet about ffs files, and the truth is that there is little information about them.
I've extracted the original my nvme and nvmeexpress body, and I've inserted the nvmexprees body by deleting the old one, which is called pe32image section. I do not know if I have done it correctly.

I've looked at the rest of the file and found 2 more nvme entries.
Nvmerecovery (Pei module) and NVMesmm (Smm module)

I attach my original dump and the one I modified.

Thank you Fernando.

Original: https://www.dropbox.com/s/33uf6il1yr7g17...mp_Ori.rar?dl=0
New Body: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6mp2q5lho2s7up...ewbody.rar?dl=0

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#1729 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:17 pm (Last edited: Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:44 pm)

Zitat von Freedom im Beitrag #1723
I'll get Samsung 960 EVO next week and I'll post result here.

I changed my plan. I'll not do it next week, but maybe in the future. I do not have time to experiment, now.

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#1730 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:26 pm

@thepito:
Thanks for having uploaded and linked the original and the modded BIOS.
Meanwhile I have done a look into the modded BIOS and did not find any mistake from your side.
What I found is an interesting message after having opened your BIOS files (the original and the modded):

Zitat von UEFITool
parseFile: non-empty pad-file contents will be destroyed after volume modifications

Since your ASUS device is obviously a Mobile one and the flashing of any modded BIOS into a Mobile system may be very risky, I recommend to ask CodeRush for his advice.
Good luck!

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#1731 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Sun Apr 02, 2017 10:46 pm

Hi Fernando.

First of all, thanks for you awesome guide!
I have a Gigabyte ga-z77x-ud5h board and wanted to boot Windows 10 from a Samsung 960 Evo via PCIe Adapter. I followed your instructions, used the latest beta bios from the gigabyte website (F16h), added the NvmExpressDxE_2 module (bios attached), flashed the bios, set the settings mentioned by you and started the Win10 installation.

So far so good. The installation went through and the first Win10 boot was ready to go. The loading screen appeared and after a short while, i got the INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE bluescreen.
Every other drive was detached, but I couldn't get past this bluescreen.

Have i missed something? Do i need to include the 960 Evo drivers into the Win10 image?

I'm currently running Win7 from another SSD (SATA) and the 960 Evo is recognized perfectly fine. I currently haven't got another spare SATA SSD to try to install win10 on that drive an clone it to the nvme.

Greetings

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#1732 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Sun Apr 02, 2017 11:24 pm

@NullpointerException:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1731
The installation went through and the first Win10 boot was ready to go.

So the OS installation really had been completed?

Zitat
The loading screen appeared and after a short while, i got the INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE bluescreen.

Have you retried the booting several times and tried to repair the Windows Boot Manager by booting again off the USB Flash Driver with the OS Image by using the "Repair" option?

Zitat
Have i missed something?

I don't know it, because I didn't sit behind you. Did you check all the critical BIOS settings (Fast Boot/Secure Boot/Compatibility Support Module/Preference of EFI BIOS modules)?

Zitat
Do i need to include the 960 Evo drivers into the Win10 image?

No, the Win10 in-box NVMe driver works fine with the Samsung 960 EVO SSD (I am currently using it myself with Win10 v1703).

Zitat
I'm currently running Win7 from another SSD (SATA) and the 960 Evo is recognized perfectly fine.

Without additional NVMe driver?

Zitat
I currently haven't got another spare SATA SSD to try to install win10 on that drive an clone it to the nvme.

Good luck!

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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#1733 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:30 am

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1732
Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1731
The installation went through and the first Win10 boot was ready to go.
So the OS installation really had been completed?

The setup went through all steps (prepare files, copying files, installing features, etc.) until the "reboot in 10 seconds" screen appears. On that reboot, i got the bluescreen.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1732
Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1731
The loading screen appeared and after a short while, i got the INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE bluescreen.
Have you retried the booting several times and tried to repair the Windows Boot Manager by booting again off the USB Flash Driver with the OS Image by using the "Repair" option?

Already tried that. Got something like "no problems" found. I also checked the created log file and found no error. The image is installed on the usb drive via Rufus selecting GPT.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1732
Did you check all the critical BIOS settings (Fast Boot/Secure Boot/Compatibility Support Module/Preference of EFI BIOS modules)?

FastBoot: Disabled
SecureBoot: Disabled
CSM: Never
Windows 8 Features: Windows 8 (possible other values are "Other OS" and "Windows 8 WHQL". See https://www.eightforums.com/installation...mainboards.html)

I also tried setting CSM to "Always" with following settings:
- Boot Mode Selection: UEFI and Legacy
- LAN PXE Boot Option ROM: Disabled
- Storage Boot Option Control: UEFI First
- Other PCI Device ROM Priority: UEFI OpROM

Are there any special EFI BIOS module settings or are those the above?

I also found on my researches, that i need to keep the first sata port free

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1732
Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1731
I'm currently running Win7 from another SSD (SATA) and the 960 Evo is recognized perfectly fine.
Without additional NVMe driver?

I got the drivers from windows update. No samsung drivers installed.

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#1734 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:58 am

Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1733
The setup went through all steps (prepare files, copying files, installing features, etc.) until the "reboot in 10 seconds" screen appears. On that reboot, i got the bluescreen.

So you got the BSOD already after the first reboot, that means just after the required files had been copied onto the target drive. This indicates, that the connection to the NVMe SSD as bootable system drive was already broken at this early stage of the Win10 installation.
Did you really unplug all Disk Drives (except the NVMe SSD) and the Optical Drive(s), before you started with the OS installation?

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#1735 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:14 am

Thank you so much Fernando for your help. I wrote to CodeRush:
[Guide] Flashing modified AMI Aptio UEFI using AFU (5)
I loved the forum, I really appreciate helping people. I would like to be able to help, but it is not my specialty.

I'll let you know what's happening.

Greetings.

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#1736 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:15 am

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1734
Did you really unplug all Disk Drives (except the NVMe SSD) and the Optical Drive(s), before you started with the OS installation?

I'll try a fresh installation with everything disconnected again tomorrow.

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#1737 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:39 am (Last edited: Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:58 am)

I'm about to get a Samsung 960 PRO NVME drive which I'd like as a bootable drive. My motherboard is an Asus Maximus VI Extreme ( Z87 Express Chipset).

I modded the bios (v1603) and as soon as recieve the drive I will check if the mod is working.

boondockS!

Asus Maxiumus VI Extreme, Intel Core i7-4770K, 32GB DDR3 Ram, Asus Xonar Phoebus, Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB, Samsung 840 Pro 512GB, Samsung 830 256 GB, 5*WD Black 4 TB.

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#1738 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 9:21 am (Last edited: Mon Apr 03, 2017 9:21 am)

@sal-onE:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von sal-onE im Beitrag #1737
I'm about to get a Samsung 960 PRO NVME drive which I'd like as a bootable drive. My motherboard is an Asus Maximus VI Extreme ( Z87 Express Chipset).

I am pretty sure, that you will succeed.
Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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#1739 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:03 pm

Hi Guys,

first of all, thanks for your nice work.
I want to buy a Samsung 960 Evo M2/PCI-E and use it with my Asus P8Z77-V as bootdrive which has no oob NVME-support.
I tried to flash my UEFI with but first step with UEFITool (loading of NvmExpressDxE_2.ffs) fails with error message:

"Image parsing failed
UEFI volumes not found"

My system:

Windows 10 x64 / Asus BIOS-Version: 2104

I hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance.

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#1740 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:27 pm

@ITGuy:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von ITGuy im Beitrag #1739
I want to buy a Samsung 960 Evo M2/PCI-E and use it with my Asus P8Z77-V as bootdrive which has no oob NVME-support.
I tried to flash my UEFI with but first step with UEFITool (loading of NvmExpressDxE_2.ffs) fails with error message: "Image parsing failed, UEFI volumes not found"

How did you name the modded BIOS file and how did you flash it?
Since your mainboard supports the "USB Flashback" feature, you have to use it and to rename the BIOS file according to the related ASUS rules. The USB Flash drive has to be formatted by using the FAT32 file system.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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