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#661 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Thu Apr 28, 2016 12:43 am (Last edited: Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:01 am)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #660
Questions:
1. Have you tried to get the OS installed onto the Samsung SM951 NVMe without doing the step 2?
2. Why didn't you use the tool Rufus for the step 3?

I just recorded everything I did - but that might have been "too much". I actually skipped a lot of messing around with legacy mode and restoring boot loaders (both windows & linux ^^).
1. I formatted it with msdos before that on my old win 10 installation, so I wanted to be on the safe side. But I *suppose* that was optional. Since I now have a working windows install I am not to eager to retry it with an unformatted disk.
2. Well, you know what they say: "if you have a hammer, every thing looks like a nail" - I prefer working on linux [shell] and the first thing that popped googling on creating a win10 usb stick was winusb ;-)
But I suppose if I had known about rufus, I would have used that instead. It looks like the tool should be well suitable, too.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #660
Zitat von archi im Beitrag #659
2. Does it still boot if I unplug the USB Stick?
Yes, unless you have put the EFI boot sector onto it.

:P I know. I didn't tell windows to put it there, but I don't trust MS do to things right... but well, I suppose it didn't (just tested, post above edited accordingly)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #660
Zitat von archi im Beitrag #659
You might want to add a note about better performance with better NVMe drivers to the 1st post ;)
Why should I? The topic of this thread is "How to get full NVMe support for older Intel Chipsets" and not "How to get the best performance with an NVMe SSD."

I see your point and think it's totally valid. I still believe a "advanced topic" or "suggested reading" would be cool, but optional.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #660
Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

Best, Sebastian

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#662 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Sat Apr 30, 2016 1:34 am (Last edited: Sat Apr 30, 2016 1:41 am)

I've followed the guide but can't get my intel 750 to be seen as bootable in my sz68r5.

The google drive link is my current bios file. It is a modified version of the shuttle release 205 to unhide some cpu power limit settings.

Adding NVME support via insertion of the three NVME modules in the CSMCORE region did not allow the 750 to appear as bootable either in bios or in win10 installer.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByDtNw...RDd5Z3NvQVlWbTQ

Stock bios can be found here:
http://global.shuttle.com/news/productsD...?productId=1572

Thanks,
cirthix

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#663 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:49 am (Last edited: Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:52 am)

It won't show up in BIOS. If it's not showing in Windows there's something else wrong.

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#664 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Sat Apr 30, 2016 9:45 am

@cirthix:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von cirthix im Beitrag #662
I've followed the guide but can't get my intel 750 to be seen as bootable in my sz68r5.

As LocutusEstBorg has written, nobody sees the Intel 750as "Intel 750" within the BIOS as bootable drive. A new "Windows Boot Manager" entry is all what should see within the "BOOT" section of the UEFI BIOS.

Zitat
Adding NVME support via insertion of the three NVME modules in the CSMCORE region did not allow the 750 to appear as bootable either in bios or in win10 installer.

The guide recommends to insert just 1 single BIOS module named "NvmeExpressDxE.ffs" and not 3 of them.
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#665 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:25 am (Last edited: Sat Apr 30, 2016 2:20 pm)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #664
Zitat von cirthix im Beitrag #662
Adding NVME support via insertion of the three NVME modules in the CSMCORE region did not allow the 750 to appear as bootable either in bios or in win10 installer.
The guide recommends to insert just 1 single BIOS module named "NvmeExpressDxE.ffs" and not 3 of them.

Has the guide changed? I remember seeing this a while back as inserting "Nvme", "NvmeSmm", and "NVMEINT13" like in this post https://imgur.com/a/x5hyI.
Trying the "NvmeExpressDxE.ffs" module now. Thanks.

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded parts of the fully quoted text removed (to save space)

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#666 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Sat Apr 30, 2016 2:19 pm

Zitat von cirthix im Beitrag #665
Has the guide changed? I remember seeing this a while back as inserting "Nvme", "NvmeSmm", and "NVMEINT13" like in this post https://imgur.com/a/x5hyI.

All my guides are changed resp. updated, when there are news regarding the topic.
That is why the users should have a look into the start post of the related thread, before they begin their work.

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#667 | RE: 950 PRO (Via Wings PX1) Booting fine (Windows 10) on RIVE datum

Mon May 02, 2016 5:11 pm (Last edited: Tue May 03, 2016 12:51 pm)

Zitat von LocutusEstBorg im Beitrag #654
I flashed the modded BIOS again today and started facing more serious hardware problems. After changing any BIOS settings and restarting, the PC would go into a boot loop. The LEDs would come on for 2 seconds and then shutdown for 5 seconds, and the process would repeat. The only way to successfully reboot after changing BIOS settings was to switch off the PSU. My GPU also started giving more problems. Even when it detected successfully (given the VGA not detected problem) at boot, the monitor would not switch on at all. I had to physically unplug and replug the DisplayPort cable and reboot to get a signal.

Again, after reverting to the stock BIOS and using CSM, all the problems were resolved. The only issue with CSM is the boot logo displays at a lot resolution, including the Windows loading dots. The problems could be amplified in my case because I have almost all the PCIe slots filled (GPU 1, 950 Pro, Sound Card, GPU 2, RAID Card).

I have identified the real cause of my problems. My monitor's power adapter had failed. After being in standby for a long time, it would switch off and not power the monitor. After testing I found that in CSM Disabled mode if the GPU is plugged in to a powered off monitor, it causes a VGA Not Detected error. In CSM Enabled mode, it boots fine and the monitor can be powered on later. Since with the BIOS mod I was only running CSM Disabled mode, I attributed it to the mod. I guess this issue is because my monitor is a G-SYNC monitor.

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#668 | RE: 950 PRO (Via Wings PX1) Booting fine (Windows 10) on RIVE datum

Tue May 03, 2016 12:03 pm (Last edited: Tue May 03, 2016 12:08 pm)

i have Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product...spx?pid=4487#ov

i'm trying to mod BIOS, add NVMe DxE, like #1 press insert but have an errror:
"File sieze exceeds the volume size"

please help me to solve it!

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#669 | RE: 950 PRO (Via Wings PX1) Booting fine (Windows 10) on RIVE datum

Tue May 03, 2016 4:45 pm

@recode:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von recode im Beitrag #668
i'm trying to mod BIOS, add NVMe DxE, like #1 press insert but have an errror:
"File sieze exceeds the volume size"
please help me to solve it!

If there is not enough space for the NVMe module within the BIOS file and even the insertion of the pre-compressed variant of the NvmeExpressDxE module (look >here<) should fail, you may have to remove another EFI module from the BIOS, which is not required for your current system (example: the Intel RAID EFI module named "SataDriver" resp. "RaidDriver" for an Intel chipset system, whose Intel SATA Controller is running in AHCI or IDE mode).
Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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#670 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Wed May 04, 2016 10:42 pm

I can verify this works on an ASRock z87 Extreme 6 with an Intel 750 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 AIC SSD.

I used the file uncompressed NvmeExpressDxE Fernando posted with the latest 2.40 BIOS. I had to remove something to make room to insert it and I removed eMail_DXE which seems to only be for emailing tech support from within the BIOS. Also had to use UEFITools to remove the capsulation. The drive will show up as 'PATA'. The BIOS options have to be set for Fastboot disabled, CMS enabled and I think all the options there need to be Legacy. I disabled all SATA controllers to install Windows 7 x64 and used Rufus (first time using it, highly recommend) to create my USB installer, used GPT, NTFS and a Windows 7 x64 ISO. I also had to manually copy the file bootmgfw.efi from 'sources\install.wim\1\Windows\Boot\EFI\' (use 7zip to get inside the install.wim) to the USB drive in efi\boot\ and rename it bootx64.efi. I had the Intel drivers on a 2nd USB drive and loaded them once in the Installer screen.

The Intel 750 takes will cause the boot process to seem to pause for about 10+ seconds but this is how everyone reports it to work I read this on an Intel thread "It seems like the Intel® SSD 750 Series drive will take longer to enumerate (therefore boot). This is a combination of longer PCI initialization time (than SATA) and the SSD ensuring a stable boot."

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#671 | RE: 950 PRO (Via Wings PX1) Booting fine (Windows 10) on RIVE datum

Wed May 04, 2016 11:47 pm

If CSM is enabled there is no need to mod. The whole point of the mod is to run without CSM.

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#672 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Thu May 05, 2016 10:42 am

@RapidSanta:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum and thanks for your detailed description of the procedure how you succeeded.

Zitat von RapidSanta im Beitrag #670
Also had to use UEFITools to remove the capsulation.

Another option would have been to let the UBU tool do this work.

Zitat
I disabled all SATA controllers to install Windows 7 x64 and used Rufus (first time using it, highly recommend) to create my USB installer, used GPT, NTFS and a Windows 7 x64 ISO.

If you would haven chosen the FAT formatting Rufus option (instead of the NTFS one), you should have been able to boot directly off the USB Flash Drive in UEFI mode.
Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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#673 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Thu May 05, 2016 11:23 am (Last edited: Thu May 05, 2016 11:39 am)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #672
If you would haven chosen the FAT formatting Rufus option (instead of the NTFS one), you should have been able to boot directly off the USB Flash Drive in UEFI mode.

I had made a custom windows install using nLite, with drivers, updates, etc. The .wim file was bigger than 4GB, wasn't sure if exFAT would work, but I used NTFS before and knew it would. I chose UEFI boot option. I now have Debian dual booting with Windows 7.

EDIT by Fernando: Unneeded parts of the fully quoted text removed (to save space and to improve the readability)

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#674 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Thu May 05, 2016 11:47 am (Last edited: Thu May 05, 2016 11:47 am)

Zitat von RapidSanta im Beitrag #673
The .wim file was bigger than 4GB, wasn't sure if exFAT would work, but I used NTFS before and knew it would. I chose UEFI boot option.

The Boot Manager will not show an NTFS formatted USB flash drive as "[UEFI] <Name of the USB flash drive>". This would require a FAT32 formatted USB flash drive.

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#675 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up datum

Thu May 05, 2016 10:35 pm (Last edited: Thu May 05, 2016 10:36 pm)

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Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #674
Zitat von RapidSanta im Beitrag #673
The .wim file was bigger than 4GB, wasn't sure if exFAT would work, but I used NTFS before and knew it would. I chose UEFI boot option.
The Boot Manager will not show an NTFS formatted USB flash drive as "[UEFI] <Name of the USB flash drive>". This would require a FAT32 formatted USB flash drive.

I just re-created the media and found out that Rufus creates another 256KB FAT partition on the disk. In that 256KB partition it has a readme.txt

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This partition was created by Rufus (https://rufus.akeo.ie).
It is used for booting NTFS partitions in UEFI mode.
 
For details, see https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs.
 

It also has the /EFT/ folder with a Boot/ containing bootia32.efi and bootx64.efi and the /EFI has a Rufus/ with ntfs_ia32.efi and ntfs_x64.efi

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