No I didn't benchmark with the other single module installed but what is weird with this particular drive is that with NO Nvme support installed in the bios I was still able to boot Windows! The benchmark score was similar. Only difference was the physical device name didn't show in bios but the Uefi name was still there. I'm sure I wouldn't expect to install windows in the future that way but still this has me confused. My Intel 750 and Z68 board refused to boot or display the drive in the boot menu without that module installed. Perhaps it was the Ozmosis files. Can't say..

I just wanted to announce I got my brand new Samsung 960 EVO NVMe SSD working with Fernando's guide on my ASUS P8Z77-V LK (actually I followed the guide on overclock.net but it is based off this thread so I thought I should post here).

THANK YOU Fernando ;) I just donated 10 EUR to your PayPal.

Problems that I encountered:
I downloaded the ASUS Z97 Pro BIOS image and extracted the three modules Nvme, NvmeSmm, NVMEINT13 using MMTool as uncompressed and inserted them compressed into the same volume as CSMCORE. Then I tried to flash the modded ASUS .CAP image file via ASUS EZ Flash tool, but it refused the file because it's not signed by ASUS. And AFUDOS tool was also unable to write (even the older version with /GAN option). Unfortunately, this mainboard has no USB flashback functionality so my only option was to buy a cheap CH341A programmer off ebay from a local german dealer. I extracted the bios chip from the mainboard and using the CH341A software I made a backup image, which I modded like mentioned above. Finally I was able to write the image back to the chip. Now the UEFI was finally able to boot the SSD :)
Also I disabled CSM in UEFI settings, because for me it's not needed. And I had to install the Samsung NVMe driver 2.0 because the Windows driver was painfully slow in writing for some reason. By the way I am using the ASUS Hyper M.2 x4 Mini Adapter.

so.. hello, i hope i dont get hate now for my question,
but if i understand this wright i should just "download" the last bios from my board or extract it from my mb,
add the "NvmeExpress.DxE.ffs" <- like you told us here, and nothing should go wrong if i flash the modded bios to my mb.
the point why im asking here is.. i dont have any hardware here to get back to original bios if something fails,

i got a asus maximus iv gene-z mb with z68 chipset - so if i did everything wright from your tutorial my bios should not be broken?

so.. my bios now "supports" my samsung 960 evo m.2 ssd, now i need to try to get windows working with it :D
thank you very much for the guide, i love you xD z68 chipset (looks like nvme support confirmed :D)

edit: windows10 don't want to run on the nvme ssd xD it hates me lol

I have a Asus P9x79 Pro motherboard and am trying to get a Samsung 960 Pro booting. Do I need to do the full procedure ? Or just upgrade to a later Asus BIOS ?



Asus P9x79 Pro, i7 3960X, 48GB DDR2 RAM, GTX670, samsung 960

Zitat von Discoboy im Beitrag #324

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Just want to say thanks for a great forum!!
After reading this thread I found that my basic model Asus P9X79 M/B (X79) loaded with the original Bios v4801 boots and loads Win10 with no issues on my new Intel 750 SSD….

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Thanks Fernando, I tried it and have lost my overclocking settings .. and even with the ones I had I am not able to hit the previous ... anyway not important

So is my only option to do what you explain in post one to the bios ?

ok thanks - yes I am not blaming you for anything ! Thank you for your advice and support.

I will try that tomorrow :)

oh damn - so sorry, I just saw you did msg I download and look ... I had already done.. sorry