Intel SSD 750 & RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION

[NPano2]

I have a RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION motherboard and after reading about it a bought an Intel 750 Series HHHL (CEM2.0) 400GB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEDMW400G4R1.

My mistake... 😞

After failing to boot from SSD… at Intel site I noticed the "Before you Buy" link that says:

A system based on an Intel® Z97 Chipset or an Intel® X99 Chipset.

My question: Is Intel going to support X79 chipsets in nearby future or I have to sell my NEW SSD 750 because a can't boot from it?

Is there any other way I can boot from Intel 750 SSD with my Asus RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION motherboard Intel® X79 Express Chipset.

Thank you all in advance

[VPent]

Yes, if you boot from W8.1 DVD, there is no need to download any other driver, because 8.1 has native Microsoft driver for NVMe drives. But after installing 8.1 you should install the Intel driver that has better performance.

It seems Rampage IV bios does not have especific NVMe information, but it does not matter, if bios detect the drive, you should be able to install W8.1 in it.

I remenber seeing people in ROG Forum saying succesfull installing W7 and W8/8.1 in SSD 750 drives on RIVE mobos, and in other mobos that not officially support NVMe drives .

Some pics from my mobo with an NVMe drive:

Remember that the drive is NVMe and it does not appear in PCH Storage Configuration, as it is not a SATA drive.

Good luck and []'s

[NPano2]

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I will cross my fingures and give it a try.

Thank you again and JFFulcrum for your posts.

I will inform you all tomorrow, about what happend.

[VPent]

Lol...lol...

The first pic shows the NVMe drive being detected by bios, and your mobo also should show a similar detection:

And don't forget to do an UEFI instalation of W8.1, choosing as first boot option the DVD player with W8.1 and UEFI prefix.

Also, configure CSM and Secure Boot as follows:

If W8.1 UEFI install is correct, after installation you can disable CSM for faster boots, but only if your Graphic Card has an UEFI compatible firmware (UEFI GOP).

Good luck and tell us news.

[NPano2]

Hi to all,

sorry for my delayed post.

Unfortunately above settings didn't worked,

SSD drive was seen by windows but the error that pop up was:

That windows can boot from this device.

Here some photos from bios and windows error.

Any suggestion or ideas are welcomed.

[VPent]

Very weird, but this kind of error is typical of a missing driver.

I suggest downloading the last NVMe driver from Intel in a formatted USB flash drive: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23929/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Data-Center-Family-for-NVMe-... https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23929/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Data-Center-Family-for-NVMe-...

Unzip the driver, boot from Windows 8.1 UEFI DVD with the flash driver attached to an USB 2.0 port.

When the Windows 8.1 installer asks ''Where do you want to install Windows", click on the "Load driver" button to install driver64.

Good luck.