Experimental Modded VMware-NVME Option ROM for AMIBIOS8 Core ( Legacy )

Second Post “The MMTool Way” ( GUI Program )

With the ingenious idea of the forum member @Ethaniel we’re able to boot from an NVME drive with AMIBIOS8 BIOS

Successful tested on following boards:

H8DGI
H8QGL
H8QG7

Proof of concept: check the first post of this thread

Tools needed: MMTool
Files needed: NvmeOpRom.zip (3.6 KB) and your AMIBIOS8 file

If you have everything together check find out which is the PCI Vendor ID ( i.e. Samsung 144D; ADATA: 1CC1 ) and Device ID ( i.e. Samsung A808; ADATA: 8201 ). The Device ID oft he NVME represents the Controller not the Drive itself.

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Next step is to start MMTool and open your BIOS file. You will see the different BIOS modules ( check the other guides for explanation ).

Fort he NVME we need the module „20“ PCI Option Rom.
1.) Make sure you open the Insert tab ( which is default open in MMTool )
2.) Click browse and select the NvmeOpRom.bin file.
Don’t tick the „Link Present“ box
3.) Place the Vendor ID, i.e.: 144D in the field Offset/VID
4.) Place the Link Device ID, i.e.: A808 in the field Seg./DID

Remember to change the IDs matching with yours otherwise only the first NVME device will be recognized.

The result should look similar like this:

When you done press the insert button.

Scroll down the list of modules, it should look like this:

Double check everything and click on “save ROM” or “save ROM as…” button.
You’re done!

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