An email was sent to Asus asking:
"Is there a problem with using the ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming motherboard
when the boot drive is a
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512 GB SSD (MZ-V5P512BW)
that will contain the 64 bit version of Windows 7
loaded onto the M.2 drive"
To which Asus replied:
"In order to boot Windows 7 from NVMe SSD, your system must support loading UEFI drivers when the Compatibility Support Module is enabled. My recommendation in order to get your M.2 device as a boot drive is to use Windows 8.1 or 10"
Has anyone in the HardForum community successfully built a mini-ITX computer that - uses Windows 7 - and boots from a Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512 GB SSD (MZ-V5P512BW)?
"Is there a problem with using the ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming motherboard
when the boot drive is a
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512 GB SSD (MZ-V5P512BW)
that will contain the 64 bit version of Windows 7
loaded onto the M.2 drive"
To which Asus replied:
"In order to boot Windows 7 from NVMe SSD, your system must support loading UEFI drivers when the Compatibility Support Module is enabled. My recommendation in order to get your M.2 device as a boot drive is to use Windows 8.1 or 10"
Has anyone in the HardForum community successfully built a mini-ITX computer that - uses Windows 7 - and boots from a Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512 GB SSD (MZ-V5P512BW)?