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I'm building a new computer around an ASUS Z170 Deluxe motherboard and an Intel Skylake processor. I like BIBM, but it doesn't like UEFI. So, I will need to enable the Compatibility Support Module in BIOS and format the hard drive in legacy MBR in order to install BIBM on the boot drive (I'll be formatting GPT on the data drives). I'm trying to decide which type of SSD to install on the boot drive:
- SSD Sata
- M.2 PCIe AHCI
- M.2 PCIe NVMe

I will be installing Win7 and maybe Win10 as clean installs. Will I have trouble installing any of these drives with Win7 or Win10, in concert with BIBM and CSM enabled?

Any advice is very much appreciated.

jaydub,

I have win7, win8 and win10 with BIBM and CSM enabled. No problems.

Did you limit to 4 active?
Mary

On 8/16/2015 8:54 PM, Brian K wrote:
> jaydub,
>
> I have win7, win8 and win10 with BIBM and CSM enabled. No problems.
>
>

mjnelson99 wrote:
> Did you limit to 4 active?

No, there are a lot of other partitions I didn't mention.

I guess the real question is will BIBM work if the boot drive is a PCI-e SSD that uses NVMe protocol? Using an ASUS Z170 motherboard, with Win 7 and Win10

it doesn't care, it only cares that there is a BIOS to access the drive.


"jaydub" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

I guess the real question is will BIBM work if the boot drive is a PCI-e SSD
that uses NVMe protocol? Using an ASUS Z170 motherboard, with Win 7 and
Win10

Still trying to figure out if I can use an M.2 pci-e AHCI SSD, in particular the Samsung SM951, as a boot drive with Windows 7 and BIBM.
This installation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No-ct8pQcIg states the following
"Your M.2 SSD contains UEFI driver information within the firmware. By disabling the CSM module Windows will read and utilize the M.2-specific UEFI driver. You must use a UEFI Bootable version of Windows. Your Windows DVD won’t work unless you’ve created a UEFI Bootable DVD. M.2 AHCI SSDs do not appear within the BIOS until Windows creates the system partition with the EFI Boot Sector.

This doesn't sound encouraging, as I know legacy booting is required, which I believe means CSM has to be enabled.

Is it really impossible to use a pci-e SSD as a boot drive with BIBM? Am I missing something? Is there a workaround?

Just about all HD controllers that can be added to a system have a BIOS
interface (so you can boot and access them via the BIOS). If in this case
the device *only* has a UEFI BIOS interface an no support for a normal BIOS,
then it would only boot in UEFI mode and there for wouldn't boot BIBM or
show up in the drive list in partition work.

It would show up in partwork in IFL GUI full version since it directly
accesses devices and PCI(e) / AHCI is a standard it can access.

"jaydub" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Still trying to figure out if I can use an M.2 pci-e AHCI SSD, in particular
the Samsung SM951, as a boot drive with Windows 7 and BIBM.
This installation video

[
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No-ct8pQcIg
](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No-ct8pQcIg)

states the following
"Your M.2 SSD contains UEFI driver information within the firmware. By
disabling the CSM module Windows will read and utilize the M.2-specific UEFI
driver. You must use a UEFI Bootable version of Windows. Your Windows DVD
won't work unless you've created a UEFI Bootable DVD. M.2 AHCI SSDs do not
appear within the BIOS until Windows creates the system partition with the
EFI Boot Sector.

This doesn't sound encouraging, as I know legacy booting is required, which
I believe means CSM has to be enabled.

Is it really impossible to use a pci-e SSD as a boot drive with BIBM? Am I
missing something? Is there a workaround?

OK. More directly, is it possible to install BIBM on a 500gb PCI-e AHCI SSD as a bootable drive? Motherboard is Asus Z170 chipset; OS is Win7.

if it shows up in the bios, yes, just boot BIBM (trial version is fine) exit
setup and look if it shows up in partition work.

"jaydub" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

OK. More directly, is it possible to install BIBM on a 500gb PCI-e AHCI SSD
as a bootable drive? Motherboard is Asus Z170 chipset; OS is Win7.