Hey all, I found this thread when attempting to install an M.2 SSD via an adapter to my MSI z77 mpower.

I attempted the guide using UEFITool, but after verifying and comparing the old & new. I noticed it looks a little different. I've lost the "Pad-file" and "Volume free space" was added

See the attached screenshot:



I saw the earlier post where somebody had a similar issue and the solution was to use MMTool. I did as the guide says but cannot find MMTool anywhere.

So my questions are.

Would MMTool be the appropriate fix for my situation/mobo.?

If so can so then can:
A) Somebody point me in the right direction to obtain this tool.
B) Somebody with the tool perform the modification for me. (I uploaded my BIOS file)

Also, I used the latest bios file from MSI for my motherboard, which is a few versions ahead of the one my board is actually using. I presume this is ok?

Thanks in advance for the help

Apologies, I did read that part of the guide, google for the version. It was the first hit on google, I just didn't pay enough attention to the url.

Ok I gave it a go. Here is the result:


The guide states

Zitat

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The last (undermost) module of the related Volume Number should now be new and named either "NvmExpressDxe_4" or "NvmExpressDxe_small" (depending on the module variant you had previously inserted.

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It's not quite the last one in the volume. There is a nameless module after it. But that was there before I did the mod. Is that ok?

Thanks again!

Hei. Is any database with already modded bioses?
Maybe any of you have a copy of P8Z68-DELUXE-ASUS-3603 with NVMe support

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #4054

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You can look into >this< Sub-Forum for an already modded ASUS P8Z68-DELUXE BIOS with NVMe support, but why don't you do the modification yourself?

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@Fernando - Thanks, very interesting, I guess you learn something new every day! I'd never seen P45 UEFI BIOS. When I replied I had only looked at the the stock latest BIOS for this board (2301) only open with MMTool 3.xx (not IV) or AMIBCP 3.51 or lower, never seen UEFI BIOS in the 775 era, nor a 2MB UEFI BIOS.
After looking up the version he posted, seems like it was a beta never posted to the main site, very cool to see such a BIOS so early on, especially when board started out with such a small BIOS rom onboard. Would be cool to see this working, for many users, I eagerly await testing results!
I always thought for mainstream boards some H55/H67, and mainly P67 was first UEFI boards, cool to see this on P45! So, this probably also means there may be some Asus P55 UEFI BIOS too?

@Lost_N_BIOS @Fernando

Actually the northbridge chip of p5q-deluxe is P45,but i think it hardly matters.The beta bios asus just released for a short period of time, then was deleted.And the oldest efi bios motherboard i met is MSI P35-Enfinity,but i don't own it now.

I will show you the pic of the bios I modded before,just the "pata ss",without ''windows boot manager".
and you can see another thing "boot option #2,UEFI 1.00" which is the U Disk installed the efi shell(launch the GRUB)
http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=97832564254937341982

And I will try the method you gave me latter.
Thanks a lot!!!

@gloobox - yes, I mentioned P45 several times, surprised to see this BIOS! Were you able to boot to NVME?

I couldn't boot it without '"windows boot manager",and it would fail when I boot the '"pata ss".
I will try the method @Fernando told me later,and I will give you feedback ,

@gloobox - thanks, will be interesting to see outcome if this is ever bootable or not

Thanks again @Fernando. I flashed the bios and it now has a boot option "UEFI HARD DISK: Windows Boot Manager". I tried to install windows 10 64 bit on it, but it won't boot, just get an infinite spinner on the mobo splash screen (I can see that the spinner belongs to windows as occasionally I get the windows boot text underneath the spinner). Anyway I tried a few more times, Making sure I was booted UEFI, format the ssd again etc. No luck.

After giving up I re-read your guide. You used Rufus to create the windows installation media, where as I just used the Microsoft's tool. How important is that. I also noticed some other settings you recommmended which I have yet to try. (Disable Secure Boot, Fast Boot, CSM).

Other things to note: I removed all other storage devices. And the boot priority order was correct.

I'll hopefully get time to give it another try tonight with rufus & those other settings.

Thanks again for the help, It's very appreciated.