Intel ME has nothing to do with the “base” NVMe mod that users do according Fernando’s guide.
NVMe mod works in AHCI or RAID mode.
A standard Win 10 installation method on the NVMe drive is pretty easy and have been done by hundreds of users on this forum with X79 boards…no special issues reported.
Bios set to PURE UEFI, AHCI mode (or when setting RAID, Samsung Magician will not work), GPU UEFI compat., USB UEFI x64 OS, single NVMe drive only connected when installing and upon OS Setup, on drive destination the NVMe will be visible, and finish the installation, the system will reboot now from the newly UEFI OS from the NVMe drive. Reconnect other drives later on.
Dont know who is “Gantrithor” or the source of the file…not going to loose time on it…
Steps and guidance on Fernando’s guide, point #4: [HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS - Special Topics / NVMe Support for old Systems - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com)
Intel MEInterface driver for windows here in point#D1: Intel (Converged Security) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools - Special Topics / Intel Management Engine - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com) MEI Drivers and Software v11.0.6.1194 includes MEI v11.0.5.1189