ASUS UX501JW notebook bios with SSD NVME support

[BellaDyer]

If the computer does not boot after updating the BIOS, you may have to reset the BIOS settings. In the BIOS settings in the last section, find the option "Reset settings" or "Return to factory settings" apply it, save the settings and restart the computer.
Unfortunately, there is no complete certainty that the system will start working properly when you reset the settings. There is a chance that some of the data will be deleted, and you will have to deal with data recovery or contact specialists. However, otherwise, you will not be able to use the device, so I advise you to try this method anyway.

[Sasiccia84]

Dear BIOS mods,

Happy new year!

I'm trying, just like Gnomus, Marcinkk and the others, to get NVMe working on the my girlfriend's laptop (It's my Christmas present :p), and I'd kindly request your guidance on how to modify the bios, or should I flash directly the one uploaded by Marcinkk?

Would you be as kind as to help me out?
It'd really make us happy  

Looking forward to your kind reply,
Best Regards,

Sasiccia.

Thanks Gnomuz - hopefully that info will help sonoboyster get me a dump from his system soon so he can be running NVME too
I do not think the stock disk is NVME, I checked your BIOS and there is not a single mention of NVME in the BIOS, usually if stock disk is NVME or BIOS has any NVME compatibility there would be 2-3 NVME modules and many instances of NVME in a search throughout the BIOS file itself.  Also only mention of Samsung in BIOS is in regards to Memory modules and LCD panels.

Is that the exact SSD in your system, the SM951?  If so, yes, I have no clue how this BIOS can boot from that disk, it should not be possible.

Gnomuz  - here is your modified BIOS region for NVME -
NO ONE else use this file, it is users system specific, if you are not Gnomuz and you use this file you will loose your board serial, UUID, DTS Key, etc
You have been warned
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...2132396320

In order to install an OS to your NVME, you must now follow all steps exactly as mentioned in step #4 of this guide (Make your USB installs source GPT format before putting the install files onto it, RUFUS can do this for you)
https://www.win-raid.com/t871f50-Guide-H...-BIOS.html

You may be able to use current windows install, but I doubt it due to how this type of BIOS mod is implemented (Into BIOS that's not originally made for NVME).  You could get lucky though and it's fine as is, but don't get your hopes up, be ready for clean install using the method and steps in #4 linked above.

Mod stock BIOS can probably be flashed on this system, using some version of AFU, but I do not know which works and there is many versions with many variants for each version, and some even appear to flash but do nothing really.  So it's hard to know which will work for this system with a  modified stock BIOS, that is why I wanted BIOS region dumps from you, and why these are system specific.  If one of you want to spend time trying to figure out which AFU version works for this system with mod BIOS I can send you all AFU types I have and tell you how to properly check if BIOS flash is happening when shown or not (Flash stock in, then mod, verify if actually mod BIOS afterward or not)

[Sasiccia84]

Hi!


I have flashed the modified bios, then in other to check if the flashing was successful I have extracted the freshly flashed bios from my motherboard through afudos again and opened it via  UEFITool and,

In the sencond listed: EfiFirmwareFileSystem2Guild/FV_MAIN_NESTED/Compressed section/Volume image section/EfiFirmwareFileSystem2Guild In the end of the folder I can see NvmExpressDxe

Does it mean that I am now good to go?
The bios doesn't detect my Nvme drive anyway.


Is there anything that I am missing?

Thanks for your help!

S.