On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:28 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2020-04-02, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 7:29 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 2020-04-02, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I've been wondering if older fairly generic motherboards (7-8 years > >> old) from the likes of Asrock would be able to boot from an NVMe card > >> using a PCIe adapter like this: > >> > >> > > https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y > >> > >> I suspect not... > > > The questions section says it will only boot from the card if the BIOS > > supports the MB booting from NVMe drives > > Obvioiusly, boards can only boot from devices that are supported by > the BIOS. The question is when did NVMe support in BIOSes become > common? > > -- > Grant
Common? Don't know. Possible? Since probably 2011 with the right UEFI. If your Asrock has UEFI/BIOS updates in the last couple of years I'd guess you have a good chance. Asrock gives you a place to ask questions: https://www.asrock.com/support/index.us.asp Give them a try. Mark
