@marsch:
Have you tried using the primary pci-e slot your video card was plugged into? On my X58 the system crashes or shuts down upon the first boot but upon subsequent reboots operates as it should.

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded fully quoted post replaced by direct addressing to the author

@davidm71 1 I actually thought about it, but was in a hurry and ignored the possibility.. due to some other concerns about my video card cooling being compromised when installed on the secondary 16x slot in a small case. But now that you've done it on your X58, I think its worth a try here as well.

@Fernando Yeah I felt completely lucky when found it, was already thinking about using other methods (Clover, etc). Tho it's kind of a buggy BIOS, but did the trick to squee few months more of life out of this old P45 system...

Thank you all!

@marsch,

It's totally worth it. Doubles your ssd speed.

Hello everyone,

First of all, thank you very much for this guide. I've gotten my Toshiba XG3 to boot on my cheapo Gigabyte G1.Sniper B6, which is fantastic.

One problem, though: before this upgrade, I ran W10 off my Crucial MX100 (SATA). Apparently, at the time, I installed the OS with 'MBR for BIOS' selected in Rufus instead of 'GPT for UEFI'. This is my guess because when I clone the contents of the SATA SSD to the M.2 SSD, I cannot select it as a boot device.

However, after performing a fresh W10 install from a 'GPT for UEFI' USB stick, the M.2 drive will boot without issue.

Is there a way to mod this old W10 install to get it to work after cloning? I really prefer not having start from a clean install.

Thanks,

Mark

EDIT: Found this. Will try within the next 24H: https://youtu.be/hfJep4hmg9o

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #2035

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It is not a big problem to convert the partition scheme from MBR to GPT from within a running Windows 10. Just do a Google search for "convert mbr to gpt windows 10" and you will find a lot of hints.
Contrary to you I recommend a fresh OS install in UEFI mode, because this way you will get a better performance by losing a lot of garbage.

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@davidm71 I guess my video card will have to run a little hotter in order to free the Gen 2 slot for the NVMe LOL
PCIe 4x Gen 1:


PCIe 4x Gen 2:


(few specs to back the benchmarks/post data: Core 2 Quad Q6600 @3.0GHz, DDR2 1066MHz, Samsung 960EVO NVMe 500GB, Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 @ BIOS UEFI beta 0221 with nvme module mods)

Thats how to do it!

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #2039

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@MarkusMarkus:
The longer you work with a Windows Operating System, the more performance gets lost. You can easily verify it by doing a benchmark test shortly after a fresh OS install and some months thereafter.
Reasons:
1. The registry blows up and cannot be shrinked.
2. A lot of old and unusual garbage is automaticly stored by the OS.

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Hello!

One Question.

Can I Install windows in M.2 sm951 pci-e(achi )?

My motherboard is Z87 Extreme9 ac.

Not working for me. I have Z87-PLUS mobo and samsung 960 pro 1tb m.2 with the latest firmware 2B6QCXP7, according to magician and am trying to install windows 10 x64 on it. Im on my wits end with this. Everything is nice and all except SSD will not show up in BIOS and therefore cant be utilized as a bootable drive. Neither does it show up in Onboard Devices Configuration (I see only asmedia & intel controllers there, nothing besides that) nor does it appear as an UEFI device at all.

I got the latest BIOS, inserted NvmExpressDxE_2 EFI module into the BIOS file as is described in the OP, and flashed it like always, according to this guide https://www.asus.com/microsite/2014/MB/N...compatibility/#, renamed the BIOS file with asus' BIOS renamer and opened BIOS updater utility to update the mainboard BIOS. Update failed. Here is what I got:



I will try AMI Aptio MMTool but I suspect it will be to no avail, too. Anyways its almost the same thing http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/...os_updater.html. Could anybody tell me if there are any other techniques to modify AMI BIOS or tools by third parties that can be used as a replacement to UEFITool v0.21.5. I will be taking my SSD back to shop and getting a refund eventually, but first I need a definitive confirmation that Z87 will not work with nvme. Interestingly, this bullshit primer by intel http://download.intel.com/support/ssdc/h...332098001us.pdf says that Z87 does not require any additional configuration to work with bootable nvme drives. How doesnt it require any configuration when the board simply fails to detect the SSD.

Anybody has any suggestions?

@rvuuz,

Suggest you read this thread in more detail. The answers are there. Just don't bust a cap trying to get it going!

That's was a hint..