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peroni 
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 Posted: 16 Jan 2016 at 12:37am |
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My scenario was a bit different, hopefully this helps somebody
I had a fully working and customized installation of W10 on a SATA 850 EVO and then decided to add the 950PRO and make it the OS drive. In no way I was going to reinstall windows. I plugged the disk and from windows I made a 1:1 copy from the EVO using Samsung own migration tool. Then disconnected the 850EVO and only left the 950PRO. Low and behold, the only way to get it to boot was to set CSM to legacy. Once I did that and re-entered UEFI the drive was listed under the boot options. Note that setting CSM to disabled would prevent the iGPU from displaying anything until windows is booted. Even entering UEFI is not possible anymore. So at least on this board, CMS can never be disabled. Update: The reason why CSM had to be set to legacy was that for some reason my W10 installation was set to legacy bios mode instead of UEFI. I followed a guide to convert from legacy to UEFI and now the instructions on the first post match my experience. Thanks! Edited by peroni - 18 Jan 2016 at 4:26am |
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JC-Logger
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Posted: 12 Jan 2016 at 1:25am |
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For some strange reason, I chose to build a high end number cruncher with a PCIe M.2 SSD as the one and only storage device. I found the instructions on how to set it up in this forum to be a lifesaver. I would still be flailing away had I not read this. Thanks to Parsec and others for taking the time to document the O/S install.
The build is up and running. i7-4790K, 512 Samsung M.2 PCIe SSD, Asrock Z97 Extreme6, EVGA NEC650G PSU, NVidia R8 390, W10... All good and running like a well oiled machine. Heck, I might do this again!!! Thanks. |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2015 at 2:52pm |
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Intel's NVMe driver installation package for their 750 SSD and related Intel NVMe SSDs contains an F6 type driver set in a Windows folder.
This package also contains a Windows installer program that uses the same NMVe driver files. Intel provides support for Windows 7 with their NVMe driver package, while Samsung so far has not. |
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Endlesspath
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Posted: 24 Dec 2015 at 9:25am |
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Check this forum for links to Samsung F6 NVMe driver for Windows 7 install:
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/3rvoop/samsung_950_pro_nvme_ssd_windows_7_64/ |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 11:55pm |
All versions of Windows 7 do NOT have a built in NVMe driver. That of course is your problem. The error message from the Win 7 installation program is asking for the NVMe driver, but the message is generic and includes the disk request. The NVMe driver should be on a USB flash drive, and is installed using the Custom Installation option. The problem is the Samsung NVMe driver is contained within its own installation program, and is not normally available as an "F6" type driver. Intel's NVMe driver can be easily found in the F6 style, but cannot be used with the Samsung 950 Pro AFAIK. I think a few people have extracted the Samsung NVMe driver files into an F6 style package. Try searching on "Samsung F6 NVMe driver", you may be able to find a copy. I don't have time to find it now, sorry...  |
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DooRules
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Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 8:58pm |
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I don't know if that would make a difference or not. I would tend to think the only difference would come when going to activate it, not so much for install. I also used rufus to create my install media.
Maybe some more info here... https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/3rvoop/samsung_950_pro_nvme_ssd_windows_7_64/ Edited by DooRules - 16 Dec 2015 at 9:06pm |
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thecrimsonchin8
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Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 8:52pm |
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Yes, it is. Created using Rufus, the most recent version. The Windows version I'm trying to install is 7 Pro, but it's also an ISO for a volume copy of Windows (I'm doing this setup for work). Would that have any impact on the process?
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DooRules
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Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 5:34am |
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If trying a uefi install is the usb stick formatted to fat32?
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thecrimsonchin8
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Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 5:31am |
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I get stuck prior to that. I get to the Windows installer, select the language to use, click "Next", then click "Install Now". It processes for a bit, then I get a "Load Driver" window with the following message: "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now".
I've seen this before, and usually it means the installation media (most likely when it's a USB) is in a USB 3.0 port, which Windows doesn't natively have drivers for. Unfortunately, that's not the case here as my installation media is plugged directly into one of the USB 2.0 ports on the motherboard. |
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DooRules
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Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 5:15am |
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So you get to the point where you would pick an install drive?
You go to load driver and open usb stick with f6 driver? At this point you cannot install f6 driver? Is this where the sticking point is?
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