Asrock Z87M Extreme4 and bootable NVMe SSD 960 Sam

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   Hi, 

I just want to report a successful upgrade to NVMe PCIE Samsung 960 Evo 250GB - bootable on Asrock Z87M Extreme4

I found it not conclusive answers about booting from Z87, and I do have Z87M version of that mobo, so I thought it would be good for anyone in the future who wants to make this kind upgrade.

Steps:
- updated bios - downloaded from Asrock website (now it is UEFI Version: Z87M Extreme4 P2.20)
- installed 960 Evo 250GB SSD inside the pcie adapter on mobo
- bios did recognise drive: go to Advance -> NVMe Configuration -> you can see the drive
- In Windows I used Disk Management (Windows key + X, choose it from list) to create partition and then I checked it with Samsung Magician
- Then I used Samsung Data Migration to copy the whole system from 840 Evo 250GB onto the new 960 Evo 250GB SSD
- in bios in section Boot -> CSM (Compatibility Support Module): 
CSM: Enabled, Launch PXE OpROM policy: UEFI only, Launch Storage OpROM policy: UEFI only, Launch Video OpROM policy: Legacy only
- in bios I have 960 SSD included Boot -> Hard Drive BBS Priorities - set it above the old SSD
- Then it booted from the new 960 SSD

then I just removed my old SSD, which I now use in old iMac 2009 (successfully installed as well)

Hope this helps anyone who in future will try to do similar upgrade 

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binkstech Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Oct 2017 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote binkstech Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Asrock Z87M Extreme4 and bootable NVMe SSD 960 Sam Posted: 14 Oct 2017 at 11:26am
	Hi, I just want to report a successful upgrade to NVMe PCIE Samsung 960 Evo 250GB - bootable on Asrock Z87M Extreme4 I found it not conclusive answers about booting from Z87, and I do have Z87M version of that mobo, so I thought it would be good for anyone in the future who wants to make this kind upgrade. Steps: - updated bios - downloaded from Asrock website (now it is UEFI Version: Z87M Extreme4 P2.20) - installed 960 Evo 250GB SSD inside the pcie adapter on mobo - bios did recognise drive: go to Advance -> NVMe Configuration -> you can see the drive - In Windows I used Disk Management (Windows key + X, choose it from list) to create partition and then I checked it with Samsung Magician - Then I used Samsung Data Migration to copy the whole system from 840 Evo 250GB onto the new 960 Evo 250GB SSD - in bios in section Boot -> CSM (Compatibility Support Module): CSM: Enabled, Launch PXE OpROM policy: UEFI only, Launch Storage OpROM policy: UEFI only, Launch Video OpROM policy: Legacy only - in bios I have 960 SSD included Boot -> Hard Drive BBS Priorities - set it above the old SSD - Then it booted from the new 960 SSD then I just removed my old SSD, which I now use in old iMac 2009 (successfully installed as well) Hope this helps anyone who in future will try to do similar upgrade