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OS X Driver for NVMe M.2 Solid State Drives Released

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I've been running the hackintosh with NVMe and windows 10 dual boot for +-2 weeks now without problems!

Unfortunately I've hit another "problem". At the moment I have 2 SSD's connected, 1 m.2 NVMe SSD (OSX) and 1 SATA SSD (windows10). Last week I wanted to put my 2 sata HDD's from my windows PC in the hackintosh (no OS on those HDD's, just data). And noticed that only 2/6 sata ports are working (port 4&5). I've tested all 3 drives, and they all work as long as they are in one of those ports. The problem is, I have 3 SATA drives to connect (and maybe more in the future) and only 2 working ports.

I found some topics that stated that sometimes SATA ports get disabled when using a specific M2 port, so I went in the manual of the motherboard and came across these tables (image attached). My M2 drive is in port: M2D_32G and only port 4&5 are working, so according to the manual my M2 SSD is an PCIe x4 SSD.

It also shows, when an PCIe x4 SSD is connected to the M2A_32G port all SATA ports will still work. However.. when creating the
SSDT-NVMe-Pcc.aml file I entered the ACPI path to the drive in port M2D_32G, so plugging it into the A port and booting will probably fail I guess.

My question is, is there and easy fix for this problem without having to reinstall OSX? And is there a difference in the ports? Less r/w speeds or something?

I also have windows running on a separate SSD, so I could connect the M2 SSD to the M2A_32G port, boot in windows and check the ACPI path for the M2A port. But I guess I can't edit the SSDT-NVMe-Pcc.aml file without booting into OSX. Or should I edit my .aml file of the installer USB, boot via USB and then replace the .aml file on the SSD efi/clover/acpi/patched ?
 

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austrianhack said:
Just wanted to point out that the Samsung 950 PRO M.2 NVME SSD (256 GB Version) is working perfectly with my skylake i7 configuration (see signature!).

Here's what I did:


  • Placed nvme-driver1.kext into my os x install drive under clover/kexts/other (equals /kexts/10.11)
  • booted to 10.11.4 installer without problems -> disk utility sees m.2 SSD as MinnowStor Samsung SSD -> just a normal formatting procedure
  • installed in no time (really fast even compared to a traditional sata SSD)
  • that's it (don't forget post-install procedures:D)

Also sleep is working perfectly and shutdown doesn't cause kernel panics as some people have reported before!

I couldn't be happier!

PS.: I updated my Bios from F2 to F6, but it is not a necessity for it to work..
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Can you please tell me how did you initialized your dive because mine appear Uninitialized in disk utility?
 
RehabMan said:
I like to do it with a very simple SSDT...

Attach ioreg as ZIP: http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/58368-guide-how-make-copy-ioreg.html. Please, use the IORegistryExplorer v2.1 attached to the post! DO NOT reply with an ioreg from any other version of IORegistryExplorer.app.

Also, attach EFI/Clover/ACPI/origin/DSDT.aml as ZIP (press F4 in Clover to get it).
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Hi RehabMan,

First, thanks for the great patch.

I tried to mess with IOReg to create the DSDT, but I wasn't able to find the correct reference.

Attached my IOReg report. Can you help me with a customised DSDT?

The second folder which you asked about, /clover/acpi/origin is empty.

Thanks
Eran
 

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Do Samsung 960 Pro NVMe work too?
 
Hey RehbMan.
First, thank you for everything you do for this community!

Question:

I've followed the instructions and got my 960 EVO to be bootable and be used as my main drive after using this guide http://www.win-raid.com/t871f16-Gui...rt-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html as my Mobo doesn't support NVMe natively.

As you can see in the screenshots, I don't know which app to believe. What is my real speed? :)
Screen Shot 2017-03-03 at 13.14.30.png Screen Shot 2017-03-03 at 13.14.37.png Screen Shot 2017-03-03 at 13.14.40.png

I'm using this adapter card:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M7MPU9J/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Thanks :)
 
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DrDrumm said:
Hey RehbMan.
First, thank you for everything you do for this community!

Question:

I've followed the instructions and got my 960 EVO to be bootable and be used as my main drive after using this guide http://www.win-raid.com/t871f16-Gui...rt-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html as my Mobo doesn't support NVMe natively.

As you can see in the screenshots, I don't know which app to believe. What is my real speed? :)
View attachment 239426 View attachment 239427 View attachment 239428

I'm using this adapter card:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M7MPU9J/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Thanks :)
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I don't see any issue. Both speeds seem comparable.
 
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