H97M Pro4 NVMe

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   Does the H97M Pro4 support booting from an NVMe drive in a PCIe to M.2 adapter card?

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smccloud Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 May 2019 Location: /dev/null Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote smccloud Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: H97M Pro4 NVMe Posted: 30 May 2019 at 3:28am
	Does the H97M Pro4 support booting from an NVMe drive in a PCIe to M.2 adapter card?

ASRock_TSD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ASRock_Official Joined: 20 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 8532	Post Options Post Reply Quote ASRock_TSD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jun 2019 at 11:38am
	Dear Smccloud, Thank you for choosing ASRock. H97M Pro4 adds NVMe support since BIOS P1.40 and can boot up from NVMe drive. https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H97M%20Pro4/index.asp#BIOS Thank you! Yours truly, ASRock TSD

T-m0n3y Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Mar 2022 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote T-m0n3y Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 11:54pm
	Hi :) I am having some trouble with using an NVME M.2 expansion card through my PCIe. I have an ASRock H97M Pro4, the same as the user above, but have a freezing issue - I can't figure out if it's a hardware compatibility issue with the SSD and expansion card or a compatibility issue with the motherboard. MOBO: ASRock H97M Pro4 (with latest BIOS) Expansion Card: ORICO NVME M.2 Expansion Card - PSM2-X16 SSD: SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS NVME M.2 I can get windowns installation files onto the SSD and get the MOBO to boot from it, but once it tries to read anything from it, it freezes; I get the same issue if I use it as a "storage device" as an extra drive - It will just freeze up. I have taken to a PC shop and they had the same issue using the expansion/SSD combination with a different MOBO and has the same freezing issue; we had reasonably determined it was a faulty expansion card but have since got it replaced with a brand new ORICO expansion card... and having the exact same issue again! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated! *Yes, i know i should just upgrade my MOBO, but I just don't want to yet if I can avoid it - trying to buy parts that I can use when i upgrade.