Booting off SSD using pcie nvme adapter
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Topic: Booting off SSD using pcie nvme adapter
Posted By: ndruiz
Subject: Booting off SSD using pcie nvme adapter
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2019 at 6:28am
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How do I boot off of an SSD using a PCie adapter on a As Rock 990GX extreme 4. On windows I can add information and use it just fine. But the SSD does not come up in the BIOS. |
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Posted By: Ray62
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2019 at 7:05am
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The board/bios probably is too old for a pcie NVME ssd. I doesn't support the NVME protocol. But you can use it under windows, that looks good so far. For booting from a pcie NVME ssd the bios must get a NVME update. The latest bios is 2.70 from 2014... I don't think it has it. But you can contact Asrock support, maybe they have an update for you. If not: [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS https://www.win-raid.com/t871f50-Guide-How-to-get-full-NVMe-support-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Scythe Mugen5 | 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 | ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE |
Posted By: Ray62
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2019 at 8:33am
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Additional info from the guide above, maybe a bios update is not required: Some NVMe SSDs like Samsung's 950 Pro SSD are natively bootable in LEGACY mode (CSM and loading of Option ROMs has to be enabled within the BIOS), because their Controller chip contains its own NVMe supporting Option ROM module. ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Scythe Mugen5 | 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 | ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE |
Posted By: ndruiz
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2019 at 10:30am
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I have a XPG SX6000 Lite. It is ADATA. I dont think it has that option but correct me if I am wrong. I am going to try the article you put up. I already tried contacting support but the guy had no clue what was going on. It was an overall bad experience. thanks for the quick reply. |
Posted By: ndruiz
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2019 at 10:35am
| Also, will me having an AMD chip set cause problems? Everyone talks about intel |
Posted By: cx5
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2019 at 11:59am
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Hi @ndruiz I've got a tricky idea, have a SATA SDD to run the windows boot manager, but have the actual windows installation in the NVMe. I.e. use the dual boot feature have a full windoes in SATA SSD as primary, but then install the 2nd windows in NVMe, and finally change dual boot selection default to 2nd windows and count down timer to zero. possible??? may be. ------------- x370taichi@3.50gen4 AX750 Optane900P SN770 3800x PosdonZro4 BarrowPWM-17w>420x140x28 XFX SWFT319 6900XT MSI RX560 LP to get Fluid Motion BlueskyFRC 75hz |
Posted By: Ray62
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2019 at 8:45pm
I don't know if that SSD supports its own NVME supporting Option ROM module. Until yesterday i even didn't know that any NVME supports that... You have to set CSM to legacy and loading of Option ROMs in the bios for testing that. It would work like your PCIe NVME adapter would have it's own bios. If the board bios has no CSM entry, don't care: It is already in legacy mode.
The artice is from 2015 using intel based boards, but updated 2 years later for AMD boards. However, the bios update method looks not easy. The tricky idea from cx5 seems to be an easy way by just using mechanisms already available. ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Scythe Mugen5 | 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 | ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE |
ndruiz wrote: