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#6736 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon May 10, 2021 10:41 am

@Chiajoe2: @fluffier: Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von Chiajoe2 im Beitrag #6734
So are you able to boot from NVME on this motherboard?

To whom did you address your post and which specific mainboard do you mean?

Zitat von fluffier im Beitrag #6735
Is there any way to know if the needed nvme modules are already installed in the bios? If so, how?

There are at least 2 methods:
A. Insert an NVMe SSD, then power on the PC, enter the BIOS and look into the "BOOT" section. If the name/model of the SSD is listed, your currently in-use BIOS contains already the required NVMe modules.
B. Download your currently in-use BIOS, open it with the UEFITool and search for a "DXE Driver" named "nvme". If you find it, you can be sure, that there is no need to modify the BIOS - it supports already booting off any inserted NVMe SSD.

Enjoy the Forum and good luck with your NVMe SSD!
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#6737 | RE: Can't set NVMe in BIOS Boot Order datum

Mon May 10, 2021 10:47 am

@Markstar: It is not enough to load the "DEFAULT" BIOS settings. Please read the guide carefully.
Do you see a device named "PATA" within the BOOT" section of the BIOS?

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#6738 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon May 10, 2021 1:06 pm (Last edited: Mon May 10, 2021 2:07 pm)

@Fernando:
Thank you! I am completely lost here then. When I connect it to the computer my NVMe shows up at the BIOS but it will not boot up. I changed my old sata ssd to all other sata ports and no luck. Yesterday i tried a new windows install on the NVME but the computer would not boot up. I few days ago the board vendor told me the NVMe should be partitioned so I launched a live usb with ubuntu (because with windows it does not boot up) and formated the NVME (ubuntu has no problems detecting it or booting). After I did that windows managed to boot up with the NVMe connected but it would not show up in windows. Strangely it would show up in crucial's software but only for a few minutes. I few days later I learned that the NVMe would show up if I went into console and typed DISKPART, LIST DISK, SELECT DISK X, online disk. I also tried to install crucial drivers but windows says I have the best driver already.

I am starting to think that either my NVMe is faulty or there is something really wrong with my motherboard. By the way I am talking of a PLEXHD x79 turbo 1.03 motherboard and a crucial p5 nvme 512gb.
Any tips are welcomed :)

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#6739 | RE: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Mon May 10, 2021 2:14 pm

@fluffier:
Try to get Win10 installed onto the NVMe SSD by strictly following Point 4. of the start post's chapter "This is what you should do:"

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#6740 | RE: Can't set NVMe in BIOS Boot Order datum

Mon May 10, 2021 6:13 pm

@Fernando:

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #6737
@Markstar: It is not enough to load the "DEFAULT" BIOS settings. Please read the guide carefully.
Do you see a device named "PATA" within the BOOT" section of the BIOS?

There definitely was no PATA device listed. I tried the whole process several times, always checked the boot devices first and only deviated from the guide after it didn't work. There is definitely no PATA device listed there. As a matter of fact, the whole Priorities section disappears until I plug in another boot device (SATA or USB).

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#6741 | RE: Can't set NVMe in BIOS Boot Order datum

Mon May 10, 2021 7:58 pm

@Markstar:
If a device named "PATA" is not listed within the "BOOT" section of the Bios while having enabled the CSM setting, it is 99% clear, that the in-use BIOS doesn't contain the required NVMe module.
I suspect, that your modded Bios hasn't been successfully flashed.

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#6742 | RE: Can't set NVMe in BIOS Boot Order datum

Wed May 12, 2021 2:22 am (Last edited: Wed May 12, 2021 9:23 am)

Hello,

It will be much grateful to guide me how to modify the source BIOS file for the follows motherboard; I tried UEFITool with no much luck, there was an error message: (Image parsing failed) "UEFI volumes not found"
Best,

P.S
Matter of upgrade factory version to the latest file was went successfully via M-Flash throughout using of USB flash stick
www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/DKA790GX_Platinum

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#6743 | RE: Can't set NVMe in BIOS Boot Order datum

Wed May 12, 2021 2:43 am (Last edited: Wed May 12, 2021 2:45 am)

@Abdllaziz

Your MSI DKA790GX is tool old for this bios mod with NVMe. This mod is only for modern motherboard with AMI Aptio UEFI bios capability, your is Legacy AMI Core8.
It cannot be done.

Not sure of the results, but you can try this: [Experimental] NVMe Option ROM

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#6744 | RE: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Wed May 12, 2021 4:02 am (Last edited: Wed May 12, 2021 8:33 am)

@mmh3: Michael, were you successful at flashing your Dell 7020 and 9020 systems with the modded BIOSes checked by @Fernando?

I tried to download your BIN files at your link, but the files are already removed. I also have a Dell Optiplex 9020 and would like to mod my BIOS for NVMe support. Please let me know if you were successful. Thank you!

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#6745 | RE: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Wed May 12, 2021 3:32 pm

@Fernando
first THANK YOU - and all people - helping me so far.
until now i not found the time to post and planed to post results for all machines together

the Dell Optiplex 7020 "SFF" Size
i flashed 100% succesfully so far

using it now with a 3 euro chinese pci-e 4x adapter (with a WD BLACK SN750 - able up to 3.400mb/s / 2.700mb/s)
due to pci 2.0 and only a 4x slot - having a read 1.500mb/s write 800mb/s about

the 7010 SFF and 9020 MT
are both not flashed yet because this machines are in productiv use at the moment
when those are flashed successfully i will report this again and the 9020 especially to you @Dell_Inc

@Dell_Inc
what 9020 you have - mine is a Minitower
on my ways to here i found out that every size using a different mainboard with - yes - different BIOS
therefore i not leave the BIN-files downloadable now

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#6746 | RE: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Thu May 13, 2021 9:57 am

Zitat von mmh3 im Beitrag #6745

@Dell_Inc
what 9020 you have - mine is a Minitower
on my ways to here i found out that every size using a different mainboard with - yes - different BIOS
therefore i not leave the BIN-files downloadable now

Yes, I also have the Optiplex 9020 Mini-Tower (MT). I'm looking forward to your next update. If the BIOS mod is unsuccessful for the 9020 MT or SFF, @skip741 discussed on the Dell Forums alternate methods to boot from NVMe:

* Use either the Clover or Duet/rEFInd boot manager on a USB flash drive.
(Is the USB needed to boot every time? Or, can rEFInd reside in a separate EFI partition, similar to how the OpenCore bootloader is used in Apple Mac/Hackintosh?)

* Inject F6 mass storage drivers onto a Windows 10 USB flash drive and load the drivers at Windows 10 setup.

My 9020 is my production machine also. When I have free time, I intend to try one of these methods and will report back here.

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#6747 | RE: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Fri May 14, 2021 8:26 pm (Last edited: Fri May 14, 2021 8:44 pm)

Hi,
My setup:
ASRock z87 pro4 + modified BIOS to support NVME
PLEXTOR PX-128M8PeG
Adapter PCI-e x4 M.2 NGFF M Key SSD NVMe (no name)
Booting works, speed is fine

Recently, I've bought WD Blue SN550 2tb NVMe. It doesn't boot.
Question: Adapter fault or the drive is too new for the z87 chipset to boot?

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#6748 | RE: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Fri May 14, 2021 8:49 pm

@alienquake: Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!

Zitat von alienquake im Beitrag #6747
Recently, I've bought WD Blue SN550 2tb NVMe. It doesn't boot.

What does "it doesn't boot" mean?
Did you clone the content of the other NVMe SSD? That would not work, because both NVMe SSDs have different NVMe Controllers.
My advice: Unplug the formerly used NVMe SSD and install Win10 from scratch onto the new one by following my guide.
Good luck!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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#6749 | RE: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Fri May 14, 2021 8:52 pm (Last edited: Fri May 14, 2021 9:19 pm)

Simple...it could have become faulty...but in terms of compatibility i guess we can say that "Oh im sure that spending 200� in a NVMe drive and 5� on a cheap chinese adaptor...its ok "
Buy another 5� cheap one and ull see if the other one is faulty.

EDIT: So seems that we have lucky with the 5� chinese adaptor. Delete volume/partitions on th WD and perform a new/clean UEFI OS install, with no other drives attached for troubleshooting.

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#6750 | RE: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS datum

Fri May 14, 2021 9:04 pm (Last edited: Fri May 14, 2021 9:35 pm)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #6748
What does "it doesn't boot" mean?

I should be more specific, "it doesn't boot" mean that:
- disk is visible to Bootable OS (WinPE/Acronis)
- disk is not detected at the UEFI for "Boot Option Priorities"

Zitat von MeatWar im Beitrag #6749
Buy another 5� cheap one and ull see if the other one is faulty.

For PLEXTOR PX-128M8PeG it does work so I could not predict that the new WD drive will have boot problems.

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