Trying to enable NVME on Z77 board

[Smoblikat]

I made a post in this thread:
https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/full-nvme-support-possible-for-older-intel-chipsets.2437588/
But thought this was more of a mobo type question.

Hello, im trying to get NVME support on my ASRock Z77 Extreme11. Im following this guide:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1571271/...rt-on-any-ami-uefi-bios-with-an-intel-chipset

and I have extracted the proper modules from both a Z97 extreme6 and an extreme9, and every time I try to insert the files into my Z77 BIOS I get a "file size exceeds volume size" error. Any idea why im getting it, and how to fix it?

EDIT - Just tried the Nvme files from a Z87 Exreme11 a/c, they didnt work either. Im definitely doing somthing wrong, but I dont know what.....

 

[Smoblikat]

Bump, just found out ASRock had a beta BIOS available for the Z77 Extreme4 with NVME support. I opened it up but couldnt find any Nvme modules.....I even compared it side by side to the latest BIOS without nvme support and they looked the same. Both version 2.9.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'd like to see the same sort of BIOS upgrade for an ASUS Z77-A board -- the only board in the house with an Ivy 3570K providing the PCI-E 3.0 lanes. But even so, the only slot supporting PCI-E 3.0 is the one usually occupied by an dGPU.

 

[Smoblikat]

I'd like to see the same sort of BIOS upgrade for an ASUS Z77-A board -- the only board in the house with an Ivy 3570K providing the PCI-E 3.0 lanes. But even so, the only slot supporting PCI-E 3.0 is the one usually occupied by an dGPU.

I might be able to make that for you, not sure. I just spent the past 4+ days learning the ins and outs of BIOS modding and it paid off, I got my SSD to work. I got a beta BIOS from ASRock (1.5B) and I flashed that on, wouldnt detect my SSD. I made my own custom 1.6 BIOS with nvme modules taken from a Z97 extreme6, and voila, instantly recognized my windows boot manager. I also had to make my own ISO for windows 7 with UEFI boot support and I injected a couple nvme hotfixes into it. Im using a Samsung PM951 (not sure if its NVMe or AHCI) in some $9 ebay PCIe to M.2 converter.

 

[dfero]

I might be able to make that for you, not sure. I just spent the past 4+ days learning the ins and outs of BIOS modding and it paid off, I got my SSD to work. I got a beta BIOS from ASRock (1.5B) and I flashed that on, wouldnt detect my SSD. I made my own custom 1.6 BIOS with nvme modules taken from a Z97 extreme6, and voila, instantly recognized my windows boot manager. I also had to make my own ISO for windows 7 with UEFI boot support and I injected a couple nvme hotfixes into it. Im using a Samsung PM951 (not sure if its NVMe or AHCI) in some $9 ebay PCIe to M.2 converter.

Is it possible to have a copy of the working modded bios for Asrock Extreme11? Thanx a lot in advance.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I might be able to make that for you, not sure. I just spent the past 4+ days learning the ins and outs of BIOS modding and it paid off, I got my SSD to work. I got a beta BIOS from ASRock (1.5B) and I flashed that on, wouldnt detect my SSD. I made my own custom 1.6 BIOS with nvme modules taken from a Z97 extreme6, and voila, instantly recognized my windows boot manager. I also had to make my own ISO for windows 7 with UEFI boot support and I injected a couple nvme hotfixes into it. Im using a Samsung PM951 (not sure if its NVMe or AHCI) in some $9 ebay PCIe to M.2 converter.

I was just surprised how our posts here have aged, or that I was even thinking about accommodating NVME-boot to the Z77 system. What you've done is quite interesting. I've just been running out of personal steam to make such efforts worthwhile to myself.