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njb

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Booting from M.2 drive
« on: September 10, 2014, 11:04:09 pm »
I have the Z97X-UD5H motherboard.  If I install a M.2 drive - does anyone know if I can boot from that drive.  Either the Sata or PCIe version of the M.2 drive.  Cheers.   :)
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autotech

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Re: Booting from M.2 drive
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2014, 01:08:00 am »
Yes you can just set it as your first boot device in bios.
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polypenko

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Re: Booting from M.2 drive
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2014, 06:16:32 pm »
I have the Plextor M.2 -256gb m6e, works like a charm.

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Re: Booting from M.2 drive
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2014, 07:11:38 pm »
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Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

njb

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Re: Booting from M.2 drive
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2014, 04:22:03 am »
Thanks for that.  It helps a lot.

Does anyone have any experience with the Samsung XP941.  This is a lot faster, using 4 PCIe lanes, but uses NVMe protocol instead of the older AHCI used by the Plextor unit.  Apparently NVMe is not so well supported by MB manufactures, or Window prior to 8.1, so there is some question around recognition of the drive at boot time.  It would be interesting if anyone had tried it with this board.
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Re: Booting from M.2 drive
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2014, 01:13:20 pm »
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