Aurora r6 swap out my pre installed 250gb m.2 drive with a 1tb Samsung 960 pro m.2

Hi Tesla1856.

is Bios RAID / AHCI Bug fixed now?

You got a Windows-10 DVD-ROM with your new Aurora-R6  wow !

Macrium Reflect (free) should allow your to Image the existing drive to USB-HDD, and then use its bootable flash-drive to "bare-metal restore" the system onto the new M.2-SSD.

You can look at, but try not to mess with your BIOS settings. 

Not that I know of, but the guys in that Linux thread should know how if BIOS 1.0.7 helped. I'm beginning to think is has something to do with Intel Optane. 

I can't really provide any definitive answers because I've never done it myself.

Others have newly installed or upgraded the M.2-SSDs in their Aurora-R6's, and they work fine in RAID mode (see threads on this forum ... maybe I have some Bookmarked).

I am 99% sure that all M.2 PCIe/NVMe are compatible with Aurora-R6 because after all, they are standardized.

The M.2 drives either work with bundled Windows-10/64bit drivers, or Intel-RST is required (it is, after all, an Intel chipset motherboard).

yeah. just saw this Thread here:

Aurora R6 NVMe hynix 256GB SSD not detected by Windows10 installers 

strawmetal can't install Windows in AHCI Mode it seems.

so basically. the Samsung 960 Pro would run with Microsofts NVMe Driver. you can't use AHCI Mode with the Aurora so you wont be able to install the Consumer Version Samsung NVMe Driver. the Official Driver quits the Setup Process because you are running your Machine in RAID Mode. is my Assumption correct?

Hey guys haven't got my 960 pro in yet but was able to run r6 in AHCI by doing the following                                                                                                                                                                                                               

1. Run Command Prompt as Admin.
2. Invoke a Safe Mode boot with the command: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal.
3. Restart the PC and enter your BIOS during bootup (F2 key).
4. In tab Advanced change option SATA Operation from RAID on to AHCI mode then go to Exit tab and use Save Changes and Reset.
5. Windows 10 will launch in Safe Mode.
6. Right click the Window icon and select to run the Command Prompt in Admin mode from among the various options.
7. Cancel Safe Mode booting with the command: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot.
8. Restart your PC once more and this time it will boot up normally but with AHCI mode activated It worked on mine and it hasn't had any problems so for went back to bios to check and see if it was still in AHCI and not RAID yup still in AHCI mode by the way got info here GitHub - awesomebytes/alienware15r3_ubuntu14: Instructions on how to install Ubuntu 14.04 on the Alienware 15 R3 (and in…  One thing should i switch it back to Raid before I install  Samsung 960 pro .

CarbonBasedLifeform‌ I'm unable to install Windows 10 to my hynix PC300 NVMe drive. RAID/ AHCI doesn't make a difference. The drive just doesn't show up as a disk in the installer. 

Booting a Windows installation from a 850EVO does show the hynix NVMe as a working drive. 

It is apparently under moderation. Anyways I'll include content here for you.

System Config: Aurora R6, Intel i7-7700k, Nvidia GTX 1080, hynix M.2 256GB NVMe SSD, samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD, 2TB HDD

It has been 8 days since I purchased this system. The hynix NVMe SSD is no longer recognised by/visible to the Windows installer USB or Linux Live Bootable USB. Funnily enough, the BIOS can still see the drive in the Main tab.

Solution(definitely a fluke)

1. Added a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD
2. Installed Windows 10 on it. NVMe drive still missing.
3. Enabled AHCI mode in BIOS using procedure linked in this guide.
4. Voila! NVMe drive is back from the dead.

Update #1:

While the NVMe drive is detected inside Windows(installed on 850 EVO), it is still not visible inside Windows 10 installer. I've tried both RAID and AHCI modes.

Update #2:

NVMe drive is not visible to the BIOS.

NVMe drive is not visible to Windows Installer USB

NVMe drive is visible to Disk Management from Windows installed on 850 EVO.

I've tried restoring BIOS settings to default. Resetting CMOS. Didn't help.

Update #3:

Changing Boot List option to Legacy has activated the NVMe drive.

It shows up as M.2 PCIe SSD: PC300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB-(S4) 185275945GB.

I'm going mad with this BIOS.

strawmetal

where is your Thread Buddy? it doesn't show up for me. i responded to you yesterday.

i feel like this Board is getting worse and worse every Day. one bug after another. our Message Box isn't working properly for Weeks now, Threads show wrong Posts as the newest Answer and all the other broken Stuff. is everyone who manages this Stuff out of Action or what?

Yeah i switched it back to raid before I cloned my stock 250gb m.2 to my Samsung 850 EVO ssd then cloned that to my Samsung 960 pro m.2 used Samsung's data migration tool to clone it working great not going to install samsung drivers dont know if that will screw it up  just waiting for USB 3.0 to 2.5" SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable w/ UASP - SATA to USB 3.0 Converter to come in so i can plug in my 1 tb 850 evo and reset it and stick back in figured it the safest way not to screw it up with everyone having problems with samsungs NVMe drives. it almost twice as fast as the stock one

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Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3349.284 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 2148.083 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 674.881 MB/s [164765.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 540.327 MB/s [131915.8 IOPS]
Sequential Read (T= 1) : 2541.049 MB/s
Sequential Write (T= 1) : 2137.164 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 56.844 MB/s [ 13877.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 172.748 MB/s [ 42174.8 IOPS]

Test : 1024 MiB [C: 12.0% (114.6/952.4 GiB)] (x5) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2017/07/25 21:47:55
OS : Windows 10 [10.0 Build 15063] (x64)