10-04-2016 10:49 AM - last edited on 03-06-2024 10:17 PM by ROGBot
10-05-2016 01:33 AM
10-05-2016 12:39 PM
d0mini wrote:
Here are all the relevant (that I know of) BIOS screens with settings I've been playing around with, if anyone has any ideas feel free to make suggestions:
- Fast boot - I have tried simply disabling it, but that had no effect. Haven't tried anything else.
- As you can see, the USB stick I have can be booted by UEFI, so the BIOS can see UEFI drives. Just not the M.2 one...
- I have disabled secure boot as this guide for getting it to work in a laptop stated was necessary. I have backed up the keys.
- The CSM options seem the most useful, I have tried a few combinations, but I am sure not all.
- M.2 is enabled in the Onboard Devices Configuration. I have not yet found any other setting for enabling or disabling it
- This section is just as blank with or without the M.2 drive installed. Almost as if the BIOS is completely unaware the drive is there and accessible through windows.
I am going to try disabling my sata drives and mess around with the BIOS then. That way, if a setting does actually allow the M.2 drive to be bootable without showing up in the BIOS, I will know straight away. I would really appreciate any and all help, I need to get this sorted.
10-06-2016 06:58 AM
Praz wrote:
Hello
The RD400 works here without issue. With no other drives connected, default settings and CSM set to disabled Win10 installs fine.
10-07-2016 10:17 AM
d0mini wrote:
Hey Praz, I'm glad it worked for you, I don't know why it didn't for me then too considering they are effectively the same drive. Regardless, I did get it to work:
After a good 24 hours of trying to get this to work, I managed it. My XG3 is now recognised by my BIOS and is my boot drive.
All it took was a BIOS modification..! To be more specific, I had to add an NVMe module to my motherboard's BIOS, as apparently the support already in place for NVMe drives was not sufficient for some reason.
I did this seemingly computer-engineering-level feat by following two very simple guides by Fernando on the win-raid forums:
1. This guide 'How to get full NVMe support for Intel Chipset systems from 6-Series up' gives the module required as well as telling you how to add it to your BIOS.
2. This guide How to flash a modded ASUS/ASRock/Gigabyte AMI UEFI BIOS tells you how to flash the modified BIOS onto your motherboard, as some conventional methods may not work.
This will most likely not work for all motherboards, but in the case of the Maximus VII Impact, it just does.
Just in case anyone has the exact same issue as me at some point, +/- the same NVMe SSD, here is my modified BIOS for the Maximus VII Impact:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz3JFg0qs4L9ZS04ZXZmWndkOVU/view?usp=sharing
Obviously I don't take responsibility if using my BIOS fails for you in any way. If you're concerned, just do it yourself following Fernando's guides.
Thank you for your posts anyway! I really did try everything, and the fact that it just worked after I changed the BIOS seems to show I was trying the right settings.
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