Anyone using an M.2 SSD with Maximus Hero VI ??

[Breimeister]

I don't want to buy a new motherboard just to try out an M.2 SSD so I ordered the Asus Z170 Deluxe Hyper M.2 X4 mini PCI-e adapter. I hope it will work and boot.

[jacksragingbile]

Hey -Breimeister just for clarity.... You own a Maximus VI and used the adapter from the z170 and a 950 pro and were able to reach he 2590 write?

[Breimeister]

jacksragingbileduct wrote:
Hey -Breimeister just for clarity.... You own a Maximus VI and used the adapter from the z170 and a 950 pro and were able to reach he 2590 write?

I just tested again and got 2491 MB/s read 1469 MB/s write.

[Nate152]

Very nice Breimeister

You got her screaming along. 🙂

[Breimeister]

Nate152 wrote:
Very nice Breimeister

You got her screaming along. 🙂

Talking about screaming along, my Internet service was just upgraded to optic fibre. 😄

[pdastrly]

pics please

[PerpetualCycle]

You have that plugged into one of the graphics lanes (the processor and not chipset lanes)?

[Breimeister]

It is plugged into the PCIE_X8_2 slot and yes it did reduce the PCIE_X16_1 to X8. I have been told that make no difference for my GTX 660Ti graphics card.

[desolator4u]

Well I ordered one. Anxious to see if it works.

[babubulala]

I can confirm that Maximus Hero VI will indeed work with SM951 (PCIex4, AHCI), via the ASUS Hyper M.2 Kit, but a bit of work is needed to get it working. And to help people with the same issue, here's what I have done:

I followed Fernando's instruction from Win-RAID forum from link here, to create a MOD BIOS, in order to get the SM951 to show up in Boot Menu under UEFI/BIOS. Without this MOD BIOS, the SM951 SSD will not show up as an option for booting under UEFI/BIOS; it only showed up under Windows.

To create this MOD BIOS, I used the latest BIOS for Maximus Hero VI (build 1603) and inserted the "SAMSUNG_M2_DXE" module, using the AMI Aptio MMTool 4; Fernando from WIn-RAID have a very detailed instruction here on how modules can be inserted into BIOS here.

To update the motherboard with this MOD BIOS, I also had to do the Asus BIOS Flashback method, basically updating the BIOS with a USB drive via the designated USB Port on the back. The MOD BIOS had to be renamed to "M6H.CAP" for this to work as well.

Let me know if more detail is needed.

[gatz30]

babubulala wrote:
I can confirm that Maximus Hero VI will indeed work with SM951 (PCIex4, AHCI), via the ASUS Hyper M.2 Kit, but a bit of work is needed to get it working. And to help people with the same issue, here's what I have done:

I followed Fernando's instruction from Win-RAID forum from link here, to create a MOD BIOS, in order to get the SM951 to show up in Boot Menu under UEFI/BIOS. Without this MOD BIOS, the SM951 SSD will not show up as an option for booting under UEFI/BIOS; it only showed up under Windows.

To create this MOD BIOS, I used the latest BIOS for Maximus Hero VI (build 1603) and inserted the "SAMSUNG_M2_DXE" module, using the AMI Aptio MMTool 4; Fernando from WIn-RAID have a very detailed instruction here on how modules can be inserted into BIOS here.

To update the motherboard with this MOD BIOS, I also had to do the Asus BIOS Flashback method, basically updating the BIOS with a USB drive via the designated USB Port on the back. The MOD BIOS had to be renamed to "M6H.CAP" for this to work as well.

Let me know if more detail is needed.

Hi just to ask I have an Asus Maximus Formula VI and would like to ask if these are compatiable https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-950-P...ywords=850+pro and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SM9.../dp/B015CWR4M2

Also my motherboard bios has already been updated to 1603 via BIOS Updater (NOT Flashback), would it still work if not how do I do this?

Thanks