UEFI bios, CSM boot option needed for PCIe SSD?


  1. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 HP x64
       #1

    UEFI bios, CSM boot option needed for PCIe SSD?


    I am interested in buying a Plextor PCIe SSD M6e(A) Black for a performance upgrade.
    Plextor SSD Storage Solutions | Products | M6e(A) Black Edition

    I emailed Plextor support with a system compatibility question & they replied within 20 minutes.

    He stated: "Check your boards bios to see if it has CSM and that it is enabled
    because you will need this feature enabled to boot from a PCIe drive."

    I have a ECS A890GXM-A v2.0 mobo. details at:
    ECS > A890GXM-A (V2.0)

    and it does have a PCIe x4 slot (Gen2, PCI v2.0 compliant) but does not have a UEFI BIOS nor can I find any reference to Compatibility Support Module (CSM). Does this mean I cannot use a SSD with a PCIe connection or are there work-arounds, hotfix's, etc. to make this work? I have read that Windows 7 is a little finicky when it comes to SSD PCIe connections/drivers and such. Thanks!
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  2. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #2

    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    Not sure why you'd want to use pci-e when you have 5 sata ports ?
    Not to mention you also have a esata port on the back too :/
    Code:
    5 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors
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  3. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 HP x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    From what I've read & researched, PCIe SSD's avoid the sata "bottleneck" & get much better performance. It's a moot point now because ECS support says I do need a UEFI bios to use them. My board is over 5 years old but I have less than 30 days uptime on it since 2011. We got a bunch of new smartphones/tablets/pads etc. around that time so I basically only used it to make changes to the modem or router, but now that I'm using it I wanted to try to get the best performance out of it. Oh well, sata 6g/s will certainly make a huge difference anyway. Thanks for replying.
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #4

    Hi,
    It would be as fast as it can be using sata
    Pci-e would be slower I'm sure bottleneck or not which I say not if you need more performance upgrade or add more memory or a faster processor
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