NVMe boot with SuperMicro X9DA7 & X9DRi-F
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I'm looking to run an X9DRD-iF, booting to NVMe with two RTX 3090s. I'd be ok with using clover to boot from NVMe and was planning to do that but It seems like the board isn't even seeing that there is a device attached. The PCIe 8x to m.2 adapter has LEDs on it that normally illuminate when functioning and I'm not even seeing those come on at all. I have the NVMe in slot 7, one GPU in slot 6 and the second GPU in slot 3.
Anyone have some insight as to how I can make this configuration work? Also, why the board wouldn't be seeing the drive or even seeming to power it in any way? Any insight would be much appreciated!
Anyone have some insight as to how I can make this configuration work? Also, why the board wouldn't be seeing the drive or even seeming to power it in any way? Any insight would be much appreciated!
EDIT: False alarm.
After doing this procedure in 2020, I somehow remembered "Add New Boot Option" was part of it (it was not). Just now was able to add the nvme bootup to v.3.4 bios and got all the goodies: nvme boot manager, bifurcation, add new boot option (that no one needs lol), etc.
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@eholyst Could you please send me a modified bios for x9dri-ln4f+?
I modded v.3.3 bios a few years ago for a single disk card. Last night saw some posts about quad cards, latest v.3.4 bios supporting bifurcation, etc. Flashed with stock v.3.4 bios and it no longer has "add new boot option". Stock v.3.3 bios is nowhere to be found. Supermicro Support not responding. Still kicking myself for messing with a working system! Don't know what else to do now. Please help!
After doing this procedure in 2020, I somehow remembered "Add New Boot Option" was part of it (it was not). Just now was able to add the nvme bootup to v.3.4 bios and got all the goodies: nvme boot manager, bifurcation, add new boot option (that no one needs lol), etc.
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@eholyst Could you please send me a modified bios for x9dri-ln4f+?
I modded v.3.3 bios a few years ago for a single disk card. Last night saw some posts about quad cards, latest v.3.4 bios supporting bifurcation, etc. Flashed with stock v.3.4 bios and it no longer has "add new boot option". Stock v.3.3 bios is nowhere to be found. Supermicro Support not responding. Still kicking myself for messing with a working system! Don't know what else to do now. Please help!
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For those who need to read the old win-raid.com forum with original instructions, it was moved to winraid.level1techs.com
I don't know if I can post URLs here but the old thread is now at [HowTo] Get full NVMe Support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS
I don't know if I can post URLs here but the old thread is now at [HowTo] Get full NVMe Support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS
afaik nvme boot doesn't work that way, you see e.g windows boot manager or other UEFI boot devices in main list.