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Will MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 work with Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2

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Hi all

 

I have an old system (2011) which is actually still doing quite well for what I need (SC2, HoTS, CS:GO but primarily just a workstation) especially after upgrading the GPU to a GTX1650S. However, back in 2011 a SSD cost like a sh't ton of money, so could only afford a 128 GB for system disk, and then added a 1 TB HDD for movies, games etc.

 

Now I would like to upgrade the SSD to the Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB. Of course I don't have a m.2 slot, but I have 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x8 and 1 x PCIe 2.0 x4. My idea was to buy an PCIe 3.0 to m.2 adapter and put it in to the available PCIe 3.0/2.0 x8 slot. Would I then be able to use the full speed of this SSD? And will I be able to boot from it as well? From the Motherboard manual it says: Initial Graphic Adapter [PCIE]: Allows you to select the graphics controller as the primary boot device (Config options: [iGPU][PCIE]. Don't know, if that means, I will be able to boot from a SSD connected through PCIE?

 

Is there any difference on the PCIe to m.2 adapters? If so, I would greatly appreciate some suggestions :)

 

Thx in advance!

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1 minute ago, USUK!!! said:

I have an old system (2011)

Motherboards that are this old generally don't support booting from NVMe.

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Yeah, it won’t boot NVMe SSDs unless you mod the BIOS/UEFI.

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18 hours ago, SSD Sean said:

Yeah, it won’t boot NVMe SSDs unless you mod the BIOS/UEFI.

When you say mod the BIOS/UEFI, are we talking a major task, or just choosing the right options in the bios?

 

Reading this thread it seems to perhaps be possible, but I'm not sure: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/booting-from-nvme-on-an-ancient-motherboard.2555940/

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I mean modify the motherboards firmware code and reflash the modded firmware to it. Not just change a setting in the BIOS/UEFI. You can inject/remove your own features. 

 

https://www.win-raid.com/t871f50-Guide-How-to-get-full-NVMe-support-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html

 

perform at own risk. I'd just use a SATA SSD for boot and the NVMe as secondary until you get a new system. 

 

---also, to your other question on the Initial Graphic Adapter [PCIE] stuff - that's just for setting the default video output. nothing with the SSD.

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On 3/18/2020 at 6:06 PM, SSD Sean said:

I mean modify the motherboards firmware code and reflash the modded firmware to it. Not just change a setting in the BIOS/UEFI. You can inject/remove your own features. 

 

https://www.win-raid.com/t871f50-Guide-How-to-get-full-NVMe-support-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html

 

perform at own risk. I'd just use a SATA SSD for boot and the NVMe as secondary until you get a new system. 

 

---also, to your other question on the Initial Graphic Adapter [PCIE] stuff - that's just for setting the default video output. nothing with the SSD.

Thx for clarifying. Nice to have another reason to upgrade the entire system :D

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