Z77 OC Formula and NVMe support

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Hello all,  
I'm thinking of getting this SSD as my boot drive: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 with a matching PCIe adapter.

Does anyone know if my Z77 OC Formula MB supports NVMe and where can I find this info?

Thanks! 
Mesh

Edited by Mesh - 23 May 2018 at 3:07am

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Mesh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 May 2018 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mesh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Z77 OC Formula and NVMe support Posted: 22 May 2018 at 10:12pm
	Hello all, I'm thinking of getting this SSD as my boot drive: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 with a matching PCIe adapter. Does anyone know if my Z77 OC Formula MB supports NVMe and where can I find this info? Thanks! Mesh Edited by Mesh - 23 May 2018 at 3:07am

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badbri Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 Feb 2018 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 415	Post Options Post Reply Quote badbri Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 9:53am
	From what I found: No. A stock Q77 or Z77 motherboard will not boot from NVME. Those old chipsets cannot boot from an NVME drive unless a specific BIOS patch has been released AND the old motherboard has the PCIe wiring to allow it. Some have gotten them to work with special BIOS patching, others use a third party EFI boot tool. I suggest you contact Asrock support and ask them if they can release a beta BIOS for you. Read the follow posts about 77 chipsets and NVME: http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3319&KW=z77+nvme&title=z77-extreme-4-nvme-pcie-ssd-booting http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8242&KW=z77+nvme&title=z77-extreme4-new-beta-bios-290p http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7192&KW=z77+nvme&title=z77-extreme-4-nvme https://communities.intel.com/thread/123676
	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=99573335296