10-11-2017 08:55 PM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
11-30-2017 03:00 AM
12-04-2017 09:09 AM
RaskTreve wrote:
I booted windows from another drive, and ran Samsung Magician. It was able to see the "invisible" NVMe drive, made the drive visible to Disk Manager, and allowed me to remove a "non-windows" volume. After this I was able to rebuild the array and everything seems stable. I really appreciate vsimone67's tips along the way. I hope to write a guide for others trying to do this, but for now here are a few of my lessons learned:
Preparation: Prepare a windows boot media USB drive, and a USB for drivers. Put AMD's NVMe RAID drivers on the USB for drivers. It will also help if you unplug any other hard drives from sata ports so you don't have to filter through them at each step.
1. At the time of writing, you need bios version 0801.
2. Know that just as windows needs to be rebooted after changing certain settings, so does your BIOS.
3. In the boot tab:
- Launch CSM: Enabled
- Boot Device Control: UEFI Only
- Boot from Network Devices: UEFI Driver First*
- Boot from Storage Devices: UEFI Driver First*
- Boot from PCI-E Expansion Devices: UEFI Driver First*
4. Reboot
5. In the advanced tab do NOT set SATA to RAID. Leave it ACHI
6. In the advanced tab find the AMD PBS setting and change it to RAID
7. Reboot
8. In the advanced tab you should see the RAIDXpert Raid Configuration option now. I can't give you exact steps for this, but you may need to delete any arrays, and maybe initialize physical disks before you can create the array. Once you have created your array, move to the next step.
9. Reboot
10. Boot from windows USB and begin installation.
11. On the installation screen where you choose your boot drive, you won't see the array yet. Click on Load Drivers and navigate to your drivers USB. You will have to load 3 drivers individually one after the other. rcbottom.inf, rcraid.inf, and rcnfg.inf (spelling?)
12. Now you should see the raid array. Install windows on the array.
13. Once you have windows up and running, I would be cautious about installing any other chipset or raid drivers if you don't have to, until such time as ASUS formally releases and certifies these all work together.
I hope this helps anyone finding this thread, I almost gave up but am very happy with this crazy fast drive!
Good Luck!
12-04-2017 10:43 AM
12-04-2017 03:29 PM
rich345 wrote:
I also cannot seem to find the BIOS command to Enable NVMe RAID in Advanced -> AMD PBS in BIOS 0804.
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12-05-2017 05:32 PM
rich345 wrote:
I also cannot seem to find the BIOS command to Enable NVMe RAID in Advanced -> AMD PBS in BIOS 0804.
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12-10-2017 01:17 AM
jstewart wrote:
The NVME option is not available in 0804. You will need to go back to 0801, after install follow vsimone67's steps and it will work.