05-10-2021

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Add Samsung option ROM 'SAMSUNG_M2_DXE' (1AC7EE15-1290-402C-80E9-F45A86E43F71) to Asus UEFI BIOS

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The standard Asus BIOS for this motherboard doesn't support booting a Samsung XP941 NVMe SSD (MZHPU512HCGL-00000). Using the MMTool Aptio a bootable BIOS was generated by using the Samsung_M2_DXE from a Asrock BIOS. This steps are only appropriate for motherboards with AMI BIOS. At the time of writing the UBU (UEFI BIOS Updater) v1810 supports Aptio 4 BIOS - newer X99 chipset boards are not supported by this version.

This documentation is the minimum I had to do to get the BIOS booting. I managed not to brick the motherboard. I also opened a support ticket with ASUS but that has proven to be fruitless. This should serve as a good advertisement for the BIOS support in Asrock motherboards.

Steps:

Extract the SAMSUNG_M2_DXE file from a BIOS
Add the SAMSUNG_M2_DXE file to the Asus motherboard file
Flash the updated BIOS

Aptio's Module Management Tool (MMTool) allows developers to manage firmware file modules contained within an Aptio firmware ROM image. Use MMTool to extract, replace and insert binary components such as modules, Option ROMs, microcode patches and ROM holes using its graphical or command line interface. With MMTool, developers can also create. Mmtool Aptio 4.50.0023 Rigmor Of Cyrodiil Review. Rigmor of Cyrodiil by Rigmor 素晴らしいMODを共有してくださり、翻訳版の作成と公開の許可を与えてくださった作者のRigmor氏に感謝いたします。また、Nexus Modsのスタッフの方々、 Skyrim Mod データベース / Skyrim Special.

Download the UBU rar from rghost.net and put the files into a directory. This procedure uses the 'mmtool.exe' executable. Reading some of the the following information on the UBU tools might be useful.

Once complete I was able to boot the machine directly into Windows x64 v7 (SP1).

Extract DXE file

I tried extracting the SAMSUNG_M2_DXE file (1AC7EE15-1290-402C-80E9-F45A86E43F71) from two BIOS. It was a different size in each case. The first was from an Asrock Z97 Extreme6 BIOS. The second one I tried from an Asrock 'Fatal1ty 990FX Killer' v1.30 BIOS worked so I used that (the BIOS was new and it's description included 'Improve M.2 compatibility' and 'support NVME'). No investigation into the differences was made.

BIOS	Volume	Index	Size	Cached module file
Z97 Extreme6 v1.40	01:01-04	1A8	1915	Z97Ex61.40.SAMSUNG_M2_DXE
Fatal1ty 990FX Killer v1.30	91	3C	0D84	990Kill1.30.rom.samsung_m2_dxe

Steps:

Use the 'Load Image' to load the BIOS
Go to the 'Extract' tab
Select the SAMSUNG_M2_DXE item
Select a module file
Press 'Extract'

Asrock 990FX Killer BIOS v1.30

Insert DXE File

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Insert the extracted DXE file into the latest version of the motherboard BIOS.

Steps:

Use the 'Load Image' to load the BIOS
Goto the 'Insert' tab
Browse to the SAMSUNG_M2_DXE file
Enter a 'Vol Index' (the module from the 990FX BIOS went in at '01')
Use the 'Save Image' to save the BIOS