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- Enter BIOS by pressing DEL key at bootup
- Go to Advanced menu
- Go down to PCIe/PCI/PNP Configuration
- Enable the Above 4G Decoding
- Set NVME Driver to EFI
- For PCI Devices Option ROM setting, change all to EFI
- Change the Onboard Video OPROM to UEFI
- Go to Boot Menu
- change Boot Mode Select to Dual (optional, but will make sure the system is booting from the UEFI device, not Legacy device.)
- select Save Changes and Exit to restart the system.
Note: The Intel SSDPEDME800G4-CVMD609600Y9800BGN (our example) WILL NOT appear in the Boot device list, but will list as PCIe device.
As the system restarted, it is ready to install OS in UEFI mode.
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For Windows (8, 8.1, 10), the installation is very similar to the non-UEFI installation. Only different is when it get to the partition screen, make sure to use "New" button for Windows to create all needed partition on drive (that will include a few partitions → Recovery (450MB) System (99MB), MSR-Reserved (16BM) and Primary (Remaining space of the drive.))
For Linux (centOS or Ubuntu): The installation will create the correct EFI partition (/boot/efi) in automatic partition, but for manual partition scheme, it is necessary to create the /boot/efi (efi file system, or vfat file system, size=50mb or less). the remain space will be using the Exxact Standard partition scheme.
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Select that option (or move to the top of the list) to boot the system
When the system is started with installed OS, the installation is completed.
Update for SYS-4028GR-TR2 system:
The Intel P3700 series PCIe SSD will work with Windows 10, and CentOS7.2. There are some BIOS setting need to change for that to boot.
In Boot Feature, the CSM Support need to be "Disabled"
In PCIe/PCI/PnP Configurartion, Onboard Video OPROM and the PCI-e slot for the NVMe drive need to set to "EFI"
Boot Mode Select need to "UEFI".
On reboot, an entry "UEFI Hard Disk:UEFI OS" will appear in the boot menu.
Note:
Windows 7 is not compatible with the UEFI, not NVMe.
The BIOS needs to be in UEFI mode for the NVMe to boot, but the Windows 7 will not work in UEFI mode (will not boot to desktop).
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