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On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:28 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> |
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> On 2020-04-02, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 7:29 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> >> On 2020-04-02, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> I've been wondering if older fairly generic motherboards (7-8 years |
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> >> old) from the likes of Asrock would be able to boot from an NVMe card |
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> >> using a PCIe adapter like this: |
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https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y |
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> >> I suspect not... |
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> > The questions section says it will only boot from the card if the BIOS |
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> > supports the MB booting from NVMe drives |
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> Obvioiusly, boards can only boot from devices that are supported by |
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> the BIOS. The question is when did NVMe support in BIOSes become |
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> common? |
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> Grant |
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Common? Don't know. Possible? Since probably 2011 with the right UEFI. If |
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your Asrock has UEFI/BIOS updates in the last couple of years I'd guess you |
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have a good chance. |
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Asrock gives you a place to ask questions: |
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https://www.asrock.com/support/index.us.asp |
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Give them a try. |
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Mark |
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