ASRock Forums : SM950 as boot device for Z170 Extreme4 https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 06:25:35 +0000 Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:44:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2212 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[SM950 as boot device for Z170 Extreme4 : Thank you!I update bios via lan...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2212&PID=11327&title=sm950-as-boot-device-for-z170-extreme4#11327 Author: andivax
Subject: 2212
Posted: 13 Mar 2016 at 5:44pm

Thank you!
I update bios via lan to 2.90 and all works fine!]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:44:52 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2212&PID=11327&title=sm950-as-boot-device-for-z170-extreme4#11327 <![CDATA[SM950 as boot device for Z170 Extreme4 : andivax wrote:hola!I just get...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2212&PID=11307&title=sm950-as-boot-device-for-z170-extreme4#11307 Author: parsec
Subject: 2212
Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 2:00pm

Originally posted by andivax andivax wrote:

hola!
I just get new Samsung SM950 PRO 256 Gb NVME and ASRock Z170 Extreme4.
Can I use SM950 as boot drive?
Or I should upgrade BIOS? Can I upgrade it from BIOS using USB drive?

thanx!


You have either a Samsung 950 Pro, or a Samsung NVMe SM951. There is no Samsung SM950 Pro SSD.

Both are NVMe SSDs, and both can be used as a boot drive, but it is easier if you are using Windows 8.1 or 10. You can check this guide about installing Windows on a PCIe SSD. If you have never done that before, you really must read the guide:

http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1236&title=how-to-install-windows-on-a-pcie-ssd

You can use a USB flash drive with the Instant Flash BIOS update file to update the BIOS, with the Instant Flash feature in the BIOS. Check which BIOS version you have on the board now, you may not need to update the BIOS to use your SSD.

If your Internet connection is working, you can use the Internet Flash feature in the BIOS, that automatically downloads the latest BIOS version and installs it.
]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2016 14:00:11 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2212&PID=11307&title=sm950-as-boot-device-for-z170-extreme4#11307 <![CDATA[SM950 as boot device for Z170 Extreme4 : hola!I just get new Samsung SM950...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2212&PID=11304&title=sm950-as-boot-device-for-z170-extreme4#11304 Author: andivax
Subject: 2212
Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 6:23am

hola!
I just get new Samsung SM950 PRO 256 Gb NVME and ASRock Z170 Extreme4.
Can I use SM950 as boot drive?
Or I should upgrade BIOS? Can I upgrade it from BIOS using USB drive?

thanx!
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