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#1741 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:51 pm (Last edited: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:03 pm)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1740
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.

Hi,

thanks for your quick reply.
My mistake, I tried to open NvmExpressDxE_2.ffs in first step and not my original Asus-Bios-CAP-File.
I didn't flash anything yet because I'm about to create modded bios-file.

Now I have a new problem..
I opened UEFITool, selected P8Z77-V-ASUS-2104.CAP and searched for DXE in BIOS region but there is no DXE driver shown unter Type in the list, just "File" and "Section".

Best regards

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded part of the fully quoted post removed (to save space)

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#1742 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:04 pm (Last edited: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:10 pm)

Sorry, not my day.. :-D In fullscreen view I see the column "Subtype" and "DXE driver".
I'll try to inserte the nvme-mod now and to flash my bios.

Best regards

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#1743 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:11 pm (Last edited: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:19 pm)

Zitat von ITGuy im Beitrag #1742
Sorry, not my day.. :-D In fullscreen view I see the column "Subtype" and "DXE driver".

Yes, I have just prepared this screenshot for you:

EDIT: To prevent such problem in the future, I just have updated the start post and inserted the following additional step into my guide:

Zitat von Fernando
Use the full size option to see the complete content of the UEFITool GUI.

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#1744 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:58 pm (Last edited: Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:11 pm)

I've successfully flashed my UEFI now with the modded one via Asus FlashBack.
How is your experience with this procedure and the successrate (especially ASUS P8Z77 <> Samsung 960 EVO)?

I'm about to get in my car and buy the 960 EVO...

Regards (from Germany, too ;-) ).
Jan

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded fully quoted post removed (to save space within this already very voluminous thread)

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#1745 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:11 pm

Zitat von ITGuy im Beitrag #1744
I've successfully flashed my UEFI now with the modded one via Asus FlashBack.

That is fine.

Zitat
How is your experience with this procedure and the successrate (especially ASUS P8Z77 <> Samsung 960 EVO)?

100%

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#1746 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:43 pm (Last edited: Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:05 am)

Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1736
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.

I currently have all devices and extension cards unplugged (except the pcie to nvme adapter) and downgraded the bios to F14 (modded, including nvme drivers, Windows 8 Section and Fast-Boot aswell as SecureBoot arent't available anymore). SATA mode is on AHCI for every SATA controller (got 2 of them: intel z77 and marvell 88SE9172 chip)
Still no luck.
Trying different settings in the bios, and different usb drivers as well as different windows 10 images, i always get the INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE bluescreen. Windows Boot Manager is listed as first boot device.

Do you have any further tips how to solve this bluescreen or how i can debug the installation process?
I already checked the installed win10 drivers (driverquery) and found stornvme. So the driver should be present.
The troubleshooting diagnostics returned "cannot repair the PC" and the logfile (windows/system32/logfiles/srt/srtTrail.txt) contained "Error during setup".

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#1747 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:11 am

Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1746
Do you have any further tips how to solve this bluescreen or how i can debug the installation process?

Are you 100% sure, that "Secure Boot" is disabled?

Zitat
I already checked the installed win10 drivers (driverquery) and found stornvme. So the driver should be present.

Without NVMe driver the Win10 Setup wouldn't have been able to detect the SSD and to copy the OS data onto it.

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#1748 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:16 am (Last edited: Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:31 am)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1747
Are you 100% sure, that "Secure Boot" is disabled?

In the F14 Bios there was no SecureBoot option.
I'm currently flashing the modded F16 bios from this thread: [Guide] How to boot from an Intel 750 series SSD with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 on a GA-Z77X-UD5H and will restart the setup.

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#1749 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:58 am

Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1748
I'm currently flashing the modded F16 bios from this thread: [Guide] How to boot from an Intel 750 series SSD with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 on a GA-Z77X-UD5H and will restart the setup.

Same problem. FastBoot disabled, SafeMode disabled, CSM disabled (or not available, depends on the os-mode i'm selecting). Tried multiple installations.

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#1750 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:03 pm (Last edited: Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:14 pm)

Next thing i tried was cloning my win7 drive to the 960 evo, setting up the EFI partition and booting from it (every other storage device disconnected). win7 booted without a problem. Then i tried to do a windows upgrade (to 10) and again, i got the mentioned bluescreen.
I noticed that if i install win10, I can't access my bios anymore (fast boot disabled, can windows enable it on it's installation? :O), because the keyboard loads after the 960 evo (keyboard backlight turned on after the loading circle appears).

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#1751 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:16 pm

@NullpointerException:
Maybe it will help, if you ENABLE CSM (with preference to load EFI storage modules) until the OS installation has been completed.

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#1752 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:42 pm

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1751
Maybe it will help, if you ENABLE CSM (with preference to load EFI storage modules) until the OS installation has been completed.

I currently have my working win7 cloned to the nvme ssd and try to install win10 on my SATA ssd (Samsung 840 Evo).
Weird thing is: I get the exact same bluescreen!
Tried enabling CSM (Storage OptionROM set to UEFI First), disabled FastBoot, disabled SecureBoot.skip Also tried setting SATA mode to IDE^^

This has to be an issue with win10. Do they skip any drivers on startup so the disc initialization fails?

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#1753 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 4:29 pm

Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1752
This has to be an issue with win10. Do they skip any drivers on startup so the disc initialization fails?

I got it working. The 1607 Windows 10 version was the problem. I downloaded the latest 1703 version and the installation went through. Currently win10 is now installed on my SATA 840 Evo SSD. Do i get a real performance boost if I use the NVME 960 Evo as boot drive? Or should i use the NVME as Storage/Games/VirtualMachine drive?

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#1754 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:52 pm

Zitat von NullpointerException im Beitrag #1753
I got it working. The 1607 Windows 10 version was the problem. I downloaded the latest 1703 version and the installation went through.

Congratulations! It is fine, that you got Win10 working on your NVMe SSD and even found out the reason for your problems (to be honest, that is the first time I got a similar report about the installation of Win10 v1607 running in non-RAID mode).

Zitat
Do i get a real performance boost if I use the NVME 960 Evo as boot drive?

Yes, you benefit from the performance best, if you use the fastest Disk Drive as bootable system drive.

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#1755 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:31 pm

Hello Fernando:

Last weekend, I did a full backup of my bios. And test the file that we create nvme with the body of nvmexprees. The notebook boots and still does not detect the nvme disk.
Can you think of anything else about modifying something in bios?

Thank you.

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