Ju at 09:16, 8 April 2018

2018-04-08T09:16:35Z

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Sockel 1150 mainboard with Z87 chipset, made by MSI.
==NVMe boot==
The mainboard does not support booting off NVMe storage. Support can be added by including the UEFI NVMe drivers from a newer mainboard like this:
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<li>Download latest Z<b>9</b>7-G43 (follow-up model of Z87-G43) BIOS file from MSI, extract to get image file E7816IMS.HB0</li>
<li>Load Image E7816IMS.HB0 with MMTOOL Aptio v4.5</li>
<li>In the tab "Extract", Extract UnCompressed the modules Nvme, NvmeSmm and NVMEINT13 as separate files.</li>
<li>Download latest Z<b>8</b>7-G43 BIOS file from MSI, extract to get image file E7816IMS.1B0</li>
<li>Load Image E7816IMS.1B0</li>
<li>Select module CSMCORE from the list once. This selects Vol. Index 01 above.</li>
<li>In the Insert tab, pick each module file and Insert Compressed once per file. I added them in the order Nvme, NvmeSmm and NVMEINT13, though it probably doesn't matter.
<li>Save image and re-open MMTOOL and the image to double-check the modules Nvme, NvmeSmm and NVMEINT13 are in the list.</li>
<li>Flash the firmware with the UEFI Setup's flashing tool or the DOS tool afude included with the download.
<li>You can now boot off a UEFI system partition on an NVMe storage device.</li>
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Ju at 09:16, 8 April 2018