There is no problem, I understand clearly. Just, if you find the solution, please help me out. I will try myself then.
Regards,

Hello, to answer your questions:

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1. Are you sure, that the modded BIOS has been properly flashed into the BIOS chip of your mainboard?

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I have tried to flash the modified BIN directly from BIOS -> FLASH SYSTEM ROM. It told me immediately an error: "ERROR FLASHING SYSTEM ROM". I could reboot the system without any harm afterwards. So, I think my system wasn't flashed.

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When you enter the BIOS, do you see any Didk Drive named PATA_SS?

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No

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3. Did you unplug all other HDDs/SSDs, before you started with the Win10 installation? / 4. Please explain how you installed the OS onto the NVMe SSD.

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I prepared an USB Stick using Media Creation Tool. Then, I closed my PC and unplugged all the other HDDs. Afterwards, I started my pc and UEFI-Booted the USBstick. The Windows 10 installation began and It immediately recognized my NVME. I'm currently using Windows 10 thanks to the bootloader.

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My advice: Only if all other actions should fail, I recommend to redo the BIOS modding by choosing the just mentioned other location of the inserted NVMe module.

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Is the risk of bricking my mobo high if I do this? I know my system has a way to restore BIOS.

Thanks for your support!

Hello all,

I'm new to this forum, so advise me if I make any mistakes. I'm hoping for someone in here to mod the 3.40B version of BIOS to support NVMe (there was an update for this, but didnt work with my toshiba xg3), update microcode, intel ME and all other modules that can be updated with performance improvements. Thanks in advance, reply if you need more info/links to BIOS.

I didn't mention I've already managed to add the nvme module because despite the bios having nvme support, windows boot manager didn't show up in bios. what I was hoping for was help with microcode update. I'm not an advanced user and I don't fully understand the guide I found here. if you don't modify bioses on request, maybe you could help me by detailing the steps a little more? this is the guide: [GUIDE] AMI INTEL CPU Microcode Update Guide

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to this forum, but very old to computers, have been a user since the early 80x, and in 1993, built my own CAD/CAM & A/V workstation, while studying engineering, and have continued upgrading building my own computers since then.

Yesterday & today, I read Fernando's first post & a few follow-ups in this forum thread, as well as the Hotfix link Fernando provided (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help...ndows-7-and-wi?), and am following-up with questions before I make my purchase.

My current system:
My motherboard is ASUSTeK Computer, Inc., P9X79 WS (American Megatrends, Inc., BIOS version 3209 from 10/8/2012), my processor is Xeon E5-2630, I have 64 GB of ECC DDR3 Ram, will be adding two PNY Quadro P4000 graphics cards with an SLI bridge to the two PCIe 3.0 16x slots, and would like to two DCP1000 1.6TB cards to the two PCIe 8x slots (to produce a 3.2 TB Raid 0 data array of 8x 400GB NVMe SSDs).
My system is booting Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 from a Samsung 850 Pro 2TB SSD, so I don't plan to use the DCP1000 cards to boot from.

I've carefully researched major upgrades to my custom video editing workstation & to my laptop, and part of the upgrade includes two Kingston DCP1000 1.6TB SSD drives/cards (SEDC1000H/1600G), to be raided together, based on the following 3 reviews:
https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-d...ew-7gb-s-beast/
http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/...mil-iops-14gbs/
https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/kin...d-card.2542328/

The reviews explain that explains that 2 DCP1000 1.6TB SSD cards (each of which contains 4 Kingston NVMe 400GB M.2 drives) in PCIe x8 slots in the same system will, approximately double the throughput to 14 GB/s.

My computer & software are all configured under Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I cannot upgrade to Windows 10 Professional (because of lack of drivers for my motherboard), nor would it be an easy task to upgrade to Windows 8.1 Professional, because some of the software I have installed might no longer work.

In page 13 of the www.kitguru.net review, it is mentioned that this drive "supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (via updates or Hotfix driver download)", which is what is mentioned in the manufacturer's site (https://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/enterprise/DCP1000) when I click on "Specifications". However, in the manufacturers Support Page (https://www.kingston.com/us/support/tech...s?model=DCP1000), they mentioned "We do not support using this drive with Windows 7 or below."

All the new video editing software & hardware upgrades I'm installing work & are certified with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, so hopefully I can also use this amazing drive in the configuration, Kingston’s SSD Storage Manager Software does support Windows 7 SP1.

Question 1:
I'd like to know if the Hotfix you mentioned in Post 1, Fernando, will work for my particular configuration, and it if is the "via updates or Hotfix driver download" mentioned by the manufacturer and the reviews.
Additionally, I'd like to make sure I understand how to properly set up this Raid 0 array, and what additional software I might need to accomplish this.

Question 2:
The Kingston FAQ, https://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/resources/dcp1000-faq mentions:
Any recent chipset supporting PCIe Gen. 3 is sufficient. For example, i5/i7 chipsets have been tested and validated. Intel E3-1xxx and E5-2xxx chipsets have been tested and validated. The E5s can be v2, v3, or beyond. (FAQ: DCP1000-02)
=> My processor, is Intel Xeon E5-2630. I can purchase v2, if needed, because it fits into my motherboards' LGA2011 socket, but that's an additional $650 and more installation work, so if I don't need to upgrade my processor, that would be great.

Question 3:
The Kingston FAQ, https://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/resources/dcp1000-faq also mentions:
Yes. Intel RST will work with the DCP1000. Intel RST NVMe driver is only supported on some Intel chipsets. Please refer to Intel for more details: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloa...VMe-RAID-Driver (FAQ: DCP1000-15)
=> Asus' support site (https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Serve...pDesk_Download/), lists Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver Software V12.8.0.1016 for Windows 7/8 32/64bit.(WHQL) for download, but I saw from Intel's site, https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloa...face-and-Driver, that V15.9.0.1015 should work on Windows 7 64-bit, and is the newest version available for Windows 7, which includes NVMe support. (I also found this informative Intel site for Windows 7: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/...nd-storage.html)

Question 4:
Any other advice you may have to help me accomplish this Kingston DCP1000 1.6TB SSD drives/cards Raid 0 installation.

I've contacted both the kitguru team & the Kingston team, but am waiting for answers, and from what I read in your forum, you are extremely knowledgeable on this subject. I hope to make the purchase today or very, but it is not refundable, so I want to complete my research first.

=> Your advice is much appreciated, prior to my purchase, and thank again for everyone's thorough research to date!

Best Regards,

Dan.

Fernando,

Over the years I have learned more about my motherboards, BIOS's, BIOS modding...and how to design and get everything to play well with each other (component wise) from your forum than any other place. So a BIG "Thank You" for maintaining this forum and making yourself available to answer our questions! (even some of our stupid ones)

I was reading this topic and was wondering if this is something that I need to delve into or not to get the most out of my Samsung 950 Pro that I have been using as my C: drive for Windows 10? I have had it installed on my Asus Rampage V Extreme for quite a while now and have never ran into any issues with an OS install. Windows has always seen my 950 Pro during install. I have been using either BIOS's I modded with UBU or one of Sylar76's so far.

Am I getting the most out of my system, performance wise? In your opinion, do I need to do this (as far as injecting NvmExpressDxe_4.ffs or NvmExpressDxe_Small.ffs into a BIOS)? The reason I ask is that when I ran Anvil's Storage Utilities....my write speeds were about HALF of what you have for your benchmark in the "This is hopefully what you should get" photos?

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!

Dear Fernando,
thanks for your help.
I modified as suggested the BIOS. Simply, the BIOS won't let me flash the modified BIN. It simply says "error flashing system ROM". I'm afraid it's a matter of protection of some sort.

Hello Fernando:

Thank you so much for your warm welcome, and for responding so quickly & informatively to my inquiry!!!

Your response is extremely timely, because thanks to you, I was able to make the correct purchase, together with the other equipment upgrades, and because it prevented me from purchasing incorrect equipment that is not easily refundable!

Your clarification about the performance boosts of raid being mostly applicable very large files (like Videos) is very helpful -- Although my main need for this drive is for high end video & audio editing, even in high end applications, I often work with small video portions, so I would want the performance gains to be as consistent as possible across the board. -- I know that this is not the case for in general, and that smaller files take longer to process, but it is good to know that the difference is likely to be dramatic between very large and small files, and that I can still get similar performance of RAID arrays with a single high speed drive.

Since it definitely does not pay for me (both monetarily and time-wise) to upgrade my motherboard to support an Intel RAID 0 NVMe array, and fortunately, because you confirmed that your BIOS update & Hotfix solution will work for Windows 7 SP1, I pursued the option you suggested, and identified & purchased this combination:

Samsung 2TB 960 PRO M.2 Internal SSD (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1...60_pro_m_2.html)
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Angelbird Wings PX1 PCIe x4 M.2 Adapter (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1...x1_pcie_x4.html ; https://www.angelbird.com/prod/wings-px1...#specifications)

The benefits of this combination are great all around:
1. I can get a working 2TB drive inside my current computer, achieving speeds of 3,500 MB/s for Read & 2,100 MB/s for Write, using a PCIe 3.0 x4 slot, and for a total cost of $1,320, and a life/endurance of 1200 TB!!
The RAID alternative would have been a 1.6TB drive for $1,703, with an approximate life of 1,580 TB (4 x 395 TB, the life of each of the Kingston 400 GB drives), and using a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot.
2. Moreover, I have 4 available slots in my motherboard (2 x4 & 2 x8), so I can, if needed, add 4 x 2TB drives, whereas with the Raid solutions, I would have had maxed out at 6.4 TB using the 2 x8 slots, if I would have purchased the 3.2 TB versions of the drive.
Note: The largest NVMe drive available is 2TB, but conceivable in the future, I could get a larger one, if needed, when such capacities become available, thereby further maximizing my motherboard space and power usage.

At this point, I have one more question for clarification, regarding your last paragraph, before I proceed:
What you can do is to buy an NVMe SSD of your choice, to insert it via M.2>PCIe adapter into a suitable PCIe slot, to add the missing NVMe BIOS support by following my guide (= start post of this thread) and to install Win10 or Win7 SP1 (the latter with integrated NVMMe Hotfix) in UEFI mode onto the NVMe SSD.
Question:
Given that I already have Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 installed, and that I've identified & purchased the NVMe M.2 to PCIe adapter & a matching NVMe drive:
a. is my next step to install the Hotfix?
b. or should I first add the missing NVMe BIOS support to the AMI bios? (I want to be clear on this, before I learn the procedure, and modify the BIOS, which will be a first time for me.)

Thank you again & have a great evening!

Dan