Installed a NVMe SSD, but Win7 doesn't detect it.  

Thanks you your help will try to run this update after work....Much appreciated!

Thanks for this, the whole process was driving me bananas, flushed my BIOS and still nothing until I found this. Once I installed the 2 files and after restart, the drive was recognised.

RayJ said:

Install both KB2990941-v3 and KB3087873-v2

NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x64.ZIP

NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x86.ZIP

Thanks for this, the whole process was driving me bananas, flushed my BIOS to latest version and still nothing until I found this. Once I installed the 2 Windows updates and after restart, the drive was recognised. You won't believe the amount of posts I read on many sites and forums inc (MSI), lots of opinions without any resolution.

I re-flushed to old BIOS as my OC settings got lost but have kept the new BIOS as a backup just in case.

Worth mentioning I have a X99S SLI PLUS Motherboard on BIOS V1.4. Secondary BIOS is now on 7885v1E, I may end up using it once I get Win 10 installed and do screenshots to transfer settings.

SIW2 said:

yoooo thank you for those files. I've been working on this issue for 2 days straight!
I was getting ready to throw in the towel and just bite the bullet and upgrade to windows 10

My buddy has been pressuring me to go to 10 because it's "faster and better". Even if he's correct I HATE navigating through it. He did say I can customize it to "act / look" like windows 7 but that sounds like a whole lot of work I ain't trying to do.

I just wanted to post a note here saying that I just finished the installation of a "WD Blue SN550 NvMe SSD - 2Tb" into a PC Tower with a X99-Deluxe Motherboard. I'm now booting up and running my Windows 7 Pro OS from this new "Drive" location. The drive is mounted vertically about 2mm in front of a large Processor cooling fan. (Of course I have yet to locate that metal vertical mounting bracket, as there wasn't one in my motherboard box when I bought it .. What could possibly go wrong?)


The path to this install was painful, but everything fell into place when I found this sevenforums.com site, and a copy of your "NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x64.ZIP" package containing Microsoft's Hotfixs. (Note to Microsoft: It is very bad form to develop a Hotfix before pulling Win7 support - and then pulling the software patch - but keeping all the document posted on your download site explaining what you have done).



Some Key Install points:
1. Asus BIOS update was all that was needed to have MB recognize the new NvMe SSD stick drive.
2. Running the auto "UPDATES" routine supplied in this blog allowed Win7Pro-64 to then recognize the new drive. (A few reboots needed to sort everything out first)

3. Western Digital does not provide any attempt at specifically supplying or talking about a driver, but all is working when Win7 installs it's "Standard NVM Express Controller".


I am now a VERY VERY Happy camper, BIG THANKS to all the folks running and contributing to this website.
... Buddyb

Thanks so much for your swift advice for this just-installed device.
The updates worked a treat! Ready to go

Thanks so much for these zip files. installed WDsn550 blue 500 gb on my gigabyte p55-ud3 mobo and it works perfect for a scratch drive. Don't think i can boot from it but my kingston ssd works great for boot. protools 12.5 seems to like the sn550. I am very happy with performance so far !!!