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ROG community member, Chino, has put together a Windows install guide for M.2 SSD owners on his Rampage V Extreme (although it will also work with Maximus VII boards featuring M.2 slots as well). It covers BIOS settings, UEFI/non-UEFI install and suggestions on how to work with Samsung's popular XP941.

If you've previously followed our UEFI boot/install guide, here's a BIOS guide to the next step: building a RAID array with UEFI.

UEFI installation is primarily needed for two things. The first is getting TRIM to work under RAID using the original, unmodified ASUS UEFI BIOS (i.e. without a patched OROM) as BIOS version 3404 on the Rampage IV series has the Intel UEFI driver. The second reason is speeding up Windows boot as only with a UEFI installation you can completely disable CSM (compatibility support module). Here we detail exactly how to setup your Rampage IV motherboard a new install of Windows 7 or 8 OS in UEFI mode.