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September 11th, 2025 17:53

OPtiplex 790 support NVMe via PCIe X4

I put and Orico NVME M.2 Expansion card in a PCIx16 slot in my Dell Optiplex 790. The BIOS was A05 which I am in the process of upgrading to A22. 
The BIOS did not see the NVME drive nor did OpenSUSE 15.6 installation tool. 

Does the Optiplex 790 support the NVME drive in a PCI slot? 

Thank you, 

BRuce.

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September 11th, 2025 18:00

it was done on 7010 so 790 is possible too but no direct evidence

https://tachytelic.net/dell-optiplex-7010-small-form-factor-upgrade-guide/

There are two options to make an NVMe drive bootable:

Both options work well, modifying the BIOS is a cleaner solution, but more risky. 

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