Ok... I've modded a few bios in the past for various reasons. worked through it and have gotten them to work (Intel ME, Video Card mods, Processor code), but I can't seem to get this one going. Ultimately, I am not getting the "Windows Boot Manager" Option in BIOS.

SYSTEM:
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-M Pro (link: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68M_PRO/)
BIOS: Version 4003 (link: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68M_PRO/HelpDesk_BIOS/ )
NVMe SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB (link: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners...eries-250gb-1tb )
NVMe adapter: Addonics ADM2NVMPX4 (PCIe 3.0 4x) (link: http://www.addonics.com/products/adm2nvmpx4.php )
Installed in PCIe 4x slot (lower)
PCIe 16x slot: EVGA NVidia 980 Ti
PSU: EVGA 850 B2
Windows 10 Pro x64 (fully updated)

THE DRIVE WORKS GREAT:
The new 960 EVO works perfectly on Windows 10. Speeds cap at 1.5GB/s due to the PCIe 2.0 4x slot speed and lane limitations (as expected), but still works perfect. I was even able to use Macrium Reflect Pre-Boot Windows PE environment to transfer the image from my current SSD RAID 0 config over to the new 960 EVO.

WHAT I HAVE TRIED SO FAR:

1. I've used the UEFI Tool to insert the DXE files into the ASUS 4003 version BIOS.
--------- I've tried version 2 (compressed and uncompressed), & version 3 (uncompressed only, see below for reason)
--------- I noticed in your example on page one, the last DXE entry is "PcieLaneDXE", which also shows up in the Z97 BIOS... should I need to add that as well, maybe extracted from the P8Z68-V Pro BIOS? The last one on my M-Pro BIOS is the "ProjectDXE" entry.

2. I have also tried the method you described in post #117, where you modded the BIOS for an ASUS P8Z68-V, and added the 3 NVMe files you extracted from the Z97 BIOS.
--------- I've also tried adding the DXE module along with these extracted files... versions 2 and 3.

So that's 6 different modded BIOS that I have attempted, each of them allowed me to insert the modules with out any issues, but none of them show the "Windows Boot Manager" option.

CLARIFICATION:
1. DXE Module Insertion: I could not really tell if I should be using the "compressed", or "Uncompressed" version. I've tried both... the compressed v3 showed Asian characters at the end of the DXE name, so I never tried flashing that one... But I did try to uncompressed v2 and v3, and the compressed v2... didn't seem to matter though.
2. File Extraction and Insertion from Z97: I was not really clear on "As-Is" vs "Uncompressed" options on extraction and insertion...
----- Does it matter?
----- If you extract Uncompressed... do you insert "As-Is" when adding them to your new file? Or does you need to insert them "compressed"??

At this point... any help would be great.

Thank in advance!

Done
Thanks everybody!

Windows Install worked perfect...

Also of note... My old image had an MBR partition and EFI modules require GPT... So I was forced to re-install Windows. After that it worked prefect.

The Method I am using, was to edit the latest BIOS version with the UEFI Tool in order to insert the Nvme DXE (v3, uncompressed) modules into a new BIOS file (insert using "as-is"), then applying that new BIOS via the UEFI BIOS Interface built in to the ASUS BIOS GUI.

Just to recap:
SYSTEM:
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-M Pro (link: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68M_PRO/)
BIOS: Version 4003 (link: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68M_PRO/HelpDesk_BIOS/ )
NVMe SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB (link: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners...eries-250gb-1tb )
NVMe adapter: Addonics ADM2NVMPX4 (PCIe 2.0/3.0 4x) (link: http://www.addonics.com/products/adm2nvmpx4.php )
Installed in PCIe 2.0 4x slot (lower) - Caps at 1.5GB/s speeds, still way better than SSD.
Windows 10 Pro x64 (fully updated) on GPT-based Partition

Zitat von ManoMan im Beitrag #2168

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I have an Asus Sabertooth Z87 motherboard that I'd like to have full NVMe support. If I were to use this BIOS mod, buy an M.2 to PCI-E X4 adapter card (i.e. Asus Hyper M.2 X4 Mini Card) and put a Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVRe SSD that's rated for "Read Speeds up to 3200MB/s and Sequential Write Speeds up to 1900MB/s" in it, what speeds can I realistically expect on the Z87 using one of the PCIe 3.0 16X slots? I'm thinking considerably less than 3200 MB/s, correct? Before I invest in a lot of time and money, I just want to know if it will be worth it. Any others here have z87 chipsets and received dramatic results using this intriguing procedure?

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I have the same UEFITool problem as Singularity. I have tried all uncompressed and pre-compressed versions of NvmExpressDxE, same error "invalid UEFI volume" reconstructVolume: root volume can´t be grown.

I have Asus P8P67 rev 3.1 motherboard with 3602 bios. I really like to get this working with Samsung EVO 960 and PCIe-adapter. Can you @Fernando help me?

I wish to thank Fernando and other active members of win-raid forum, who helped me and many other members,
and to inform interested, that I managed to install a MyDigitalSSD BPX M.2 PCIE NVMe MLC SSD, 240GB, as a
bootable drive (Win 7 x64 Pro) on a Gigabyte H97-D3H motherboard, with a latest BIOS.

I used a simple, $12, Chinese PCIe M.2 adapter (with a fan!), because M.2 SSDs are know for high working
temperatures. I ordered it by Ali-express, from Hong Kong.

I did not do any BIOS modding. This is what I did :
I installed Win 7 x64 Pro by using UEFI USB OS installation (made with Rufus - with GPT partitioning) on my regular
SATA SSD. Then I cloned it to a M.2 SSD (with Aomei Bacuper), disconnected my standard SSD, rebooted PC, adjusted
my bios to boot from a new Microsoft boot manager, and rebooted. Wola...

It sounds very easy, but it took days in reading, learning, trying.... all because MS does not respect us, consumers,
and implement necessary drivers in Windows.

PS: A working temperature of BPX SSD is about 20C higher then standard (950Evo) SSD. In my good ventilating
case, on a PCIe adapter with a fan, it is around 40-50C.
I saved a lot of time by implementing a Win 7 ISO (from internet), with integrated NVME, USB3,... drivers und updates.
If you do not find one, you have to do a full system update (to get MS hot fixes for NVME, etc.), before cloning.
For the UEFI OS instalation and activation, I strongly recomend useing a Pro or Enterprise OS versions, and skip Ultimate OS version.

Yes Fernando.
Gigabyte claims that H97-D3H supports M.2 NVME SSDs, but does not list MyDigitalSSD BPX M.2 PCIE NVMe MLC SSD
as a compatible drive. Not to mention all disadvantages of Widows 7 installations for booting on M.2 NVMe SSDs.

MyDigitalSSD list H97-D3H as M.2 NVME compatible motherboard.

I did not find anyone who reported successful booting of Widows 7 on a H97-D3H and a MyDigitalSSD BPX M.2 PCIE NVMe MLC SSD.
I think that in this kind of experiments, cloning a fresh SSD installation has a certain advantages over fresh install. At least for me.

Just added the NvmeExpressDxE v3 to my gigabyte x79-ud5 bios and it works perfectly. SAMSUNG nvme ssd sm961 could boot in to windows 10.

Another success story!
I have an ASRock Z68 Pro3-M motherboard and inserted the pre-compressed NvmExpressDxE_3 module into the BIOS (other existing dxe modules in the BIOS were compressed so I added the pre-compressed NVMe version to keep things the same).
The NVMe I'm testing with is a Samsung NVMe 960 EVO 500GB and I'm using one of the cheap black $5 PCIe M.2 NVMe cards from ebay China.

Windows 7 installed without any issue and it boots just fine from the BIOS.
The only pre-requisite change I made to Windows 7 source was to add the Samsung NVMe driver into the BOOT.WIM file. It is not necessary to add the NVMe drivers to the INSTALL.WIM because the Windows installation automatically copies it from the BOOT.WIM source.
Below is the installation SetupAct.log where the driver was copied to the image from the X: drive where BOOT.WIM is extracted:

2017-09-20 16:20:27, Info IBS LookupDeviceIDsInInjectedDriverPackage:Found the device ID in the injected driver list.
2017-09-20 16:20:27, Info IBS LookupDeviceIDsInInjectedDriverPackagesList:Successfully marked the driver package [X:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\secnvme.inf_amd64_neutral_aa42271d822862f0\secnvme.inf] to be injected into the image.

In the past I tried injecting the MS Windows 7 NVMe patch into the BOOT.WIM / INSTALL.WIM but found it would detect the Samsung NVMe during setup, but did not recognise the capacity (just said the drive was 0GB).
The Samsung NVMe driver alone worked and is all that's needed.

The only side effect I noticed of adding the NVMe dxe module to the BIOS is I also get a "PATA:" device listed in the BIOS boot order (there's no PATA on this mobo).

[Edit, I just installed Windows 10 build 1703 and all works fine too]

Many thanks Fernando!