D Diagrafeas Member Jun 24, 2005 123 0 76 Feb 29, 2016 #1 Is there a way to use NVMe (for boot drive) on motherboards with Z87 chipsets? Unofficial BIOS or something? I own a Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3.
Is there a way to use NVMe (for boot drive) on motherboards with Z87 chipsets? Unofficial BIOS or something? I own a Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3.
bonehead123 Senior member Nov 6, 2013 559 19 81 Feb 29, 2016 #2 short answer: NO longer answer: Not really, cause the chipset/bios doesn't support it. even longer answer: Z97 is a maybe, depending on mobo brand/bios and the drive itself, but even then only with Windows 10 installed.... This is just one more reason I have moved up to z170 & a samsung 950Pro
short answer: NO longer answer: Not really, cause the chipset/bios doesn't support it. even longer answer: Z97 is a maybe, depending on mobo brand/bios and the drive itself, but even then only with Windows 10 installed.... This is just one more reason I have moved up to z170 & a samsung 950Pro
A Arcanedeath Platinum Member Jan 29, 2000 2,822 1 76 Mar 6, 2016 #3 It's possible if you add the right drivers to the uefi boot shell, there are guides for how to do this available.
It's possible if you add the right drivers to the uefi boot shell, there are guides for how to do this available.
D Diagrafeas Member Jun 24, 2005 123 0 76 Jul 8, 2017 #4 I used this guide: http://www.win-raid.com/t871f16-Gui...rt-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html The modded BIOS flashed without issues. The only thing that remains is to buy an M.2 SSD and test if works. Thinking about Samsung 960 EVO 256GB or waiting until the next generation with 64 layer TLC NAND comes out.
I used this guide: http://www.win-raid.com/t871f16-Gui...rt-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html The modded BIOS flashed without issues. The only thing that remains is to buy an M.2 SSD and test if works. Thinking about Samsung 960 EVO 256GB or waiting until the next generation with 64 layer TLC NAND comes out.