Lets get the keywords out of the way first:

Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Motherboard
Toshiba THNSF5256GPUK 256gb NVME
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So, created an account just to send thanks for this thread. Got NVME booting and working 100% on my Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 with my NVME that I pulled out of my laptop (THNSF5256GPUK).

First, I tried this method: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/succe...xup5-th.201508/ - It didnt work for me. The bios would not list the drive. I thought this would have worked since the motherboard this person is using is just about the same as mine (UP4 vs UP5). No dice.

At this point I kind of gave up and went the clover route. Boot times were not THAT bad so I kind of left it alone. Today I decided to try the method outlined here.
Worked right away :D
I used the v2 compressed ffs file.

Time to remove the USB stick with clover from the back off my PC :)

Thanks!

Once again, so the SEs can find it:
Running a Z77X-UP4 TH motherboard with NVME support added thanks to Fernandos method :)

Thanks!

(Bonus : BTW, this NVME drive is quite slow... Was in the laptop as well, thats why I replaced it in my laptop... 1500 seq read (not bad), but about 350mb/s seq writes (eeek....)... Could be because I'm running Windows 7. Still better then the raid 0 SSD setup I had in my desktop previously... Plus the door is open to throw a proper NVME in here now!)

Hello Fernando,
I am having trouble with my MSI Z87 G45 to see the NVMe drive after I had to do a clear CMOS.
Main problem is, that the pictures in your guide are not showing in my browsers.. Like the links died.
Could you check em? Would like my NVMe up and running again :D

Actually it might be, that I formatted the drive, and maybe thats the problem..

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #2395

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Zitat von kathampy im Beitrag #2394

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Does the new Intel Optane 900P boot on X79 with this?

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Although I haven't tried it myself (I don't have such SSD), I am pretty sure, that you will be able to boot off the Intel Optane 900p SSD after having inserted the required NVMe BIOS module according to my guide (= start post).

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I carefully read everything, understood (I hope) and committed action.

After I modified and flashed BIOS 4801 with my Asus P9X79, I tried to install Win10 on my SM951, but in the process of selecting the disk I need to install, Win gives me a message that it can not create or find the partition to which it needs to install.
Tried NvmExpressDxe_2 and NvmExpressDxe_3. The result is the same.
I would like to understand what I'm doing wrong and whether it is possible to run the boot disk SM951 on P9X79?
Can I make a mistake at some stage?

@Fernando
You'll forgive my English. I'm writing through google translate. I understand what is written in English, but with grammar I have a hard time. :)
I'll start on the points:
1) Yes, without a doubt this NVMe SSD. Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVPV256; Capacity: 500118192 LBAs.
2) Sir, that's for sure! Sir! :) PATA SM:
3) Of course not. I'm the smartest and most attentive ... idiot ... (I certainly tried to install without additional SATA device, but it's point 4).
4) None. That's probably the case. Now I will make a bootable USB flash drive Win10 with GPT using Rufus.

7) This paragraph is based on paragraph 4, since error, issued by Win, indicates the impossibility of creating partitions.

I will deal with the issue.

@Fernando
Everything worked out. Thank you for your guidance!
In the BIOS, the SSD is visible as it should. No PATA SM. Full title. All is correct.
Thanks again!

My main mistake was that I did the wrong boot flash.
I did it for a normal disk, without taking into account UEFI and GPT.
After minor changes in the BIOS (boot) and correctly created boot flash everything went as it should.
As for the BIOS modification, everything was done right from the very beginning.

Zitat von SOSKI_KROTA im Beitrag #2406

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Hi! In may 2017 i was able to succesfully install 960 evo on p85-d3 motherboard and everything is working great except that from time to time my pc just freezes when it's on idle. I can still move my mouse, but nothing responses at all, so i'm forced to hard reboot my pc. That happens like 3-5 times in a month.
Does anyone here expirience that kind of problem too? Thank you!

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Hello Everyone!

Wow. Found this site yesterday, and today, I'm ALMOST there. I just installed a new 2TB 960 PRO NVMe SSD in an aging Asus Maximus VI Formula (Z87-based) motherboard using a PCIe adapter board. And yes, of course, I ran into the lack of UEFI BIOS NVMe support. Oh dear. But then I found you good people! And it's working (with the v2 mod option, NOT the v3)! Well, sorta. The problem I'm getting is terrible freezes, making my system almost unusable.

BUT this could be because as soon as I unpacked and installed the 960 PRO, I flashed the latest firmware onto it - the version (3B6QCXP7) I just today found out has been causing some serious issues.

Agh!

So.. I wait until Samsung do.. something.. or other.

Thanks,

- Loady