debs3759 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 As per the title. I am setting up a few older benching systems, and want to maximise drive speed. On an X38 motherboard (specifically Maximus Extreme), is it possible to boot from a PCI-e SSD AIC? I don't want to waste my money if they only work on later boards, or worse still, boards that already have an M.2 slot. I can always stick a SATA SSD in, but if I can save a few seconds booting and running benches that access the disk (without paying silly money), then I want that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingerYar Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I guess it's possible. I've used to boot M.2 PCI-e SSD with x4 adapter even on s939 with no problems at all. Some LGA775 VIA chipset boards counld't do that (4CoreDualSATA2 for example), like other 95% of them should boot it with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed.fastest Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I think you will need usb bootloader to load the ssd from pcie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladzin Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Check "Clover" bootloader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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