P9X79-E WS boot from NVME?

Hardware HDD's & SSD's
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Hi, anyone knows if this motherboard is able to boot from a pcie adaptor using a nvme drive? I thought was straight forward since this motherboard has a lot of workstation certifications but I couldn’t find any confirmation online.
Thanks

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the lack of confirmation is due to the age.

I’m very sure that it worked with my Samsung 950pro.

Had a rampage iv Formula for the majority of time, booting of that 950pro.
Only switched to the EWS for a moment because mine has a hole in VRMs and those overheat very fast, so i switched back after a few shutdowns.

I’d test it again, but i don’t have the ws with me anymore.

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Hey thanks for replying, so you’re saying that it booted without bios modification on the Rampage IV Formula? That’s good to know and I also read somewhere that the 960 pro is the safest bet for older chipsets.

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yes, if it doesn’t, you can modify and easily flash modded bioses, just saing.

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My Asus X79 Deluxe booted from a 960 Pro w/o anything but the latest (from 2014) BIOS update.

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Thanks guys, I’ll get a 960pro and probably a Silverstone adapter soon. Oh one last thing, Is it true that it will only work with windows 10?

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No, Windows 8.1 also supports NVME.

But you will have to patch your BIOS for bootable support.

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You mean Windows 8.1 needs a patched BIOS while 10 doesn’t?

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Honestly Intel 660p is the way to go if you dont plan on slamming the drive 24/7 with a ton of crap
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Intel-SSD-660p-1TB-SSD-Review-QLC-Goes-Mainstream/Performance-Comparisons-Client-QD-

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No, All NVMe M.2 SSDs need that patched in regardless of OS.

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At this point I’m confused

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Looks like someone made a thread just for me. I was going to ask this very same question regarding my Asus P9X79 LE.

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Looks like we do need a modded bios, I found it for my P9X79EWS:

https://www.win-raid.com/t4040f44-OFFER-Asus-P-X-E-WS-Bios-mod-for-NVMe-support.html

And for the P9X79PRO:

https://www.win-raid.com/t2803f44-OFFER-P-X-PRO-BIOS-Modded-for-NVMe-SSD.html

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Using P9X79 WS with 4801 BIOS, Silverstone ECM04 with Samsung 970 PRO and Samsung 860 EVO M.2 SATA, both drives are secondary or scratch disks.

Trying out Intel DC P3608 as primary boot drive and share results.

Current boot drive is Samsung 850 PRO RAID 0 (1000MB/660MB R/W).
Eventually I have to convince myself to abandon X79/ E5-2690 entirely for Threadripper.