Nvme PCIe adapter not bootable

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I recently loaded an NVMe sata drive using an adapter to my M5A97 R2.0 motherboard. I was able to access it in explorer and even copy my HDD to the drive using the data migration software I received from samsung.

However, after restarting the computer multiple times I've yet to be able to boot from the PCIe slot itself. I have the adapater in the black PCIe 20. x16 (x4 mode) slot.The only boot options I have are my existing HDD's. Running Bios 0906 for the motherboard currently.

Is my motherboard just unable to boot from PCIe, or am I doing something wrong?
 
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Z170 is Intel. I have one. AMD only added the ability to boot from NVMe with their latest Ryzen release. You can use it with an adapter but only as fast storage. Which is basically useless.
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Most Z97 boards can't boot from that.
I think some few can with a later BIOS upgrade.
 
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I guess I'll try a BIOS update, and then figure out what's next from there.
 
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No, you have to investigate the BIOS updates, and see if a newer one actually enables that. If not, then don't do it.

When I upgraded to a Z97 last fall, I looked into an NVMe drive for the OS. ASRock board, i7-4790k.
No go, so I just stayed with my existing SATA III SSD's.
 
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That's an AMD 970 chipset board.

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/

AMD couldn't boot from NVMe until Ryzen.
 
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https://rog.asus.com/articles/gallery/asus-announces-all-x99-and-z97-motherboards-support-nvm-express-devices/

According to this my board should have gotten a bios update in April 2015. According to the full list it's bios 2603 that I need to upgrade to.

 
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Huh. Is that correct?
My sabertooth and my coworkers gigabyte z170 are AMD and still work with NVMe for booting.

 
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Z170 is Intel. I have one. AMD only added the ability to boot from NVMe with their latest Ryzen release. You can use it with an adapter but only as fast storage. Which is basically useless.
 
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