Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by falkensmaze66 » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 7:28 PM UTC

Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard
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Re: Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by BobbyTables2 » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 4:53 AM UTC

A Write up on the modding of the BIOS would have been a lot more interesting.

Re: Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by yakbone81 » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 5:18 AM UTC

I've done similar on a Supermicro X10SLL-F, though there is one hiccup. After the mod if the motherboard has anything connected to the PCIE slots, the motherboard will boot itself up. So shutting down the machine in an emergency requires me to be there in person as it will just restart itself. Doh!

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Post by RCitronsBroker » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:48 AM UTC

that reminds me of re-flashing a modded BIOS on my x230 thinkpad to remove their stupid battery and expansion card lock. Spent hours on semi-Russian speaking message boards and fiddling with Pomona clips to get that one working.

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Post by justinclift » Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 7:21 AM UTC

This article is very much:

    How to draw an owl:

    1.  Draw a big oval on your paper.  The owl will go inside this.

    2.  Draw the rest of the owl.

This article is not only useless, it's encouraging people with that same motherboard to potentially compromise their system by installing a completely unknown binary blob into their motherboard firmware. :(

Re: Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by falkensmaze66 » Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 2:37 PM UTC

justinclift wrote: post #5

This article is very much: How to draw an owl: 1. Draw a big oval on your paper. The owl will go inside this. 2. Draw the rest of the owl. This article is not only useless, it's encouraging people with that same motherboard to potentially compromise their system by installing a completely unknown binary blob into their motherboard firmware. :(

I do understand your point, it might have been better to include the actual process of doing it, but what is done is done.

I did add the article link that I used to modify the blob itself at the bottom, so anyone more technical should be able to accomplish the same thing I did by modifying it them themselves.

Re: Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by falkensmaze66 » Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 2:38 PM UTC

yakbone81 wrote: post #3

I've done similar on a Supermicro X10SLL-F, though there is one hiccup. After the mod if the motherboard has anything connected to the PCIE slots, the motherboard will boot itself up. So shutting down the machine in an emergency requires me to be there in person as it will just restart itself. Doh!

Doesn't Supermicro X10SLL-F have an IPMI interface to do it remotely? I didn't encounter the issue you had.

Re: Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by justinclift » Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 3:02 PM UTC

falkensmaze66 wrote: post #6

justinclift wrote: post #5

This article is very much: How to draw an owl: 1. Draw a big oval on your paper. The owl will go inside this. 2. Draw the rest of the owl. This article is not only useless, it's encouraging people with that same motherboard to potentially compromise their system by installing a completely unknown binary blob into their motherboard firmware. :(

I do understand your point, it might have been better to include the actual process of doing it, but what is done is done. I did add the article link that I used to modify the blob itself at the bottom, so anyone more technical should be able to accomplish the same thing I did by modifying it them themselves.

> ... but what is done is done.

Ahhh. So the article is finished and can't be changed. No worries.

> I did add ...

Huh? You just indicated you couldn't change it... but then you did?

*sigh*

Re: Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by falkensmaze66 » Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 9:15 PM UTC

justinclift wrote: post #8

falkensmaze66 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do understand your point, it might have been better to include the actual process of doing it, but what is done is done. I did add the article link that I used to modify the blob itself at the bottom, so anyone more technical should be able to accomplish the same thing I did by modifying it them themselves.

> ... but what is done is done. Ahhh. So the article is finished and can't be changed. No worries. > I did add ... Huh? You just indicated you couldn't change it... but then you did? *sigh*

What I mean is I haven't documented the process and meanwhile I was cleaning my Downloads folder which meant I've deleted the files I've used to modify the BIOS. The link for the guide was there from the start.

There is no need for passive aggressiveness.

Thanks :)

Re: Enabling NVMe Support on Supermicro C7Z97-MF Motherboard

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Post by justinclift » Sun, Jun 30, 2024, 8:14 AM UTC

falkensmaze66 wrote: post #9

justinclift wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> ... but what is done is done. Ahhh. So the article is finished and can't be changed. No worries. > I did add ... Huh? You just indicated you couldn't change it... but then you did? *sigh*

What I mean is I haven't documented the process and meanwhile I was cleaning my Downloads folder which meant I've deleted the files I've used to modify the BIOS. The link for the guide was there from the start. There is no need for passive aggressiveness. Thanks :)

Yeah, fair point. Sorry. ;)