How to modify the BIOS on a Dell OptiPlex 3010, 7010 or 9010 to enable booting from an NVMe SSD

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In this video I demonstrate how you can modify the BIOS on a Dell Optiplex 7010 to enable you to boot directly from an NVMe SSD installed on a PCI adapter inside the machine. For all the details on how to do this, please check out the blog post:
www.tachytelic.net/2021/12/de...
Hardware I used for my NVMe upgrade:
Samsung 970 Evo Plus - amzn.to/3H9TLm9
NVMe to PCIe Adapter - amzn.to/32ho7og
If you found this solution useful, I'd appreciate a donation to the channel to fun the purchase of more hardware:
www.buymeacoffee.com/paulie

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@smile768 5 ай бұрын

I just followed your excellent tutorial and my 7010 (which I got for, in the region of £0, but that's not the point) now boots in no time. Thanks ever so much. You didn't miss anything out and I enjoyed doing this immensely.

@PaulieM 5 ай бұрын

Great news. Glad it helped, it’s great to see so many people doing this modification and upgrade.

@MrVicky501 2 ай бұрын

Dear Paul i am really thankful to you because I successfully modify and install nvme in my 9010 without facing any problem by just following your instructions

@PaulieM 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful - glad it worked well for you

@shaocaholica Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. What’s the oldest arch that can be diy flashed to boot from NVMe?

@DutchBigEd 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. Thanks to this I was able to boot and install windows on a NVMe SSD drive in a Dell T3610

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

Great news. Were the steps exactly the same for the T3610?

@DutchBigEd 8 ай бұрын

@@PaulieM yes. Even the place to insert the driver is the same.

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

@@DutchBigEd interesting- I might look into getting one for a hackintosh build.

@amamsnl1385 5 ай бұрын

Hi Paul great instruction video you motivated me to try same admire your support persistence. So I followed your instructions and have my 9010 in service mode. Upon boot it shows it is in service mode (for a few seconds), only thing is it boots windows right away without me pressing any function key. Anyway try to backup A30 bios but it shows error 26: the host cpu does not have read access to the target flash area. to enable read access for this operation you must modify the descriptor settings to give host access to this region. As I mentioned am in Service mode. I am using legacy bios settings, disabled secure boot and currently booting from Samsung SATA SSD drive. Any suggestion?

@Startusns Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I can now boot windows on M.2.

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

Great news, hope you saw a big performance increase.

@JonnyKeyZero 4 ай бұрын

Amigo me funcionó perfectamente en una 790 (seguí la guía específica de la 790/990 pero con el mismo ritmo de este video) y salió excelente,ahora puedo disfrutar de mi nvme de Kingspec :D gracias :D Friend, it worked perfectly for me on a 790 (I followed the specific guide for the 790/990 but at the same pace as this video) and it turned out excellent. Now I can enjoy my Kingspec NVMe :D thanks :D

@luchanoluinava9895 Жыл бұрын

BUENAS UNA CONSULTA PARA CONFIGURAR DISCO SSD M.2 NVMe en una PC Dell Optiplex 7010 SFF PARA BIOS

@bungibungurov4388 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I have tested it on a 3010 Mini Tower, but after i change the Position of the Jumper and want to start the fptw64.exe it says Error 26 The Host CPU doed not have read acess? Please can you help me?

@MegaThorz 3 ай бұрын

you are a boss, sir!

@PaulieM 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am actually a subordinate. 😞

@hardikgameryt8589 9 ай бұрын

can we do it in dell vostro 3471 i3 9gen latest bios please reply , sys is on win 11 rn with latest bios

@marcelofernandes5056 8 ай бұрын

Thx bro you are the best 👌

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

Happy to help

@juniorarojas 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, I have followed the steps twice even reimage the computer. I also tested the m2 with a usb adapter and it worked but it is still not detected by computer via adapter. I have the same as you. I do not get any error could I be because my m2 is key b and the adapter only works with key m or that it must be a Samsung m2 I have an adata?

@PaulieM 11 ай бұрын

It just needs to be NVMe, any drive should work.

@TechnicalDKC Жыл бұрын

Where is service mode Jumper location in dell optiplex 3010 ? I have put the jumper to pswdclr and the system override alert shows but alert! System is in service mode not showing. My motherboard has MECLR1 jumper , is it for service mode ??

@vlad_churukanov 9 ай бұрын

does it will work on Precision T3610 ?

@markdesilva8678 Жыл бұрын

Hi Paulie, is it possible that i can try same tools and same method for HP Elitedesk 800 G1, coz im having the same issue when i plug nVMe.m2 ssd using PCIe x 4 adapter to HP elitedesk it doesn't detect in BIOS but works perfectly in Windows. - please assist me on this thanks you in advance.🙏🙏

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

I have a separate video that shows exactly how to do it in HP EliteDesk 800 G1

@thanghaiphong Ай бұрын

I have Dell 3040 sff, pls guide me to install NVME. Thanks

@jakubmad3957 Ай бұрын

I succesfully moded my Dell R7610 but driver needed to be placed not after oempcie file but AFTER LAST DXE FILE AT THAT SECTION!!!! But I have another question is it possible to add native FAT16 boot in UEFI mode on that PC? Because I need that for ESXi 8 to boot from NVME (windows 10 boots fine from other nvme) because after installation it creates 100mb UEFI partition in that ancient format and to boot from it I need create backup of it, delete that, and create in that place FAT32 partition and copy to that files from backup to that partition which can lead to errors in future. So I am asking if adding native support for FAT16 booting in UEFI mode is possible.

@angelagrant1804 4 ай бұрын

I enjoy your video will this work on Optiplex 9010?

@PaulieM 4 ай бұрын

Yes it will.

@person9210 11 ай бұрын

Hi there, I would like to know if the method you tried worked and if the computer is running fine, as I have an optiplex 9010 and would like to know if it would work on it without bricking the bios.

@PaulieM 11 ай бұрын

It will work on a 9010. Many people have done it without a problem. Just follow the instructions carefully.

@person9210 11 ай бұрын

Ok thanks.

@jessebassett966 5 ай бұрын

I am at the stage of flashing the nvme.bin file but it keeps giving me an error 280 message. How do I fix this? PC is Dell Optiplex 7010

@Swamatron396 8 ай бұрын

no written instructions for the command prompt?

@PobreFaz Жыл бұрын

Obrigado deu certo aqui

@sherifahmed9853 9 ай бұрын

Please everything done and working but device is freezing after working from time to time

@jakubmad3957 Ай бұрын

Hello I have Dell R7610 it is possible that mod will work for me? Bios actually have same 8+4 MB size is fully UEFI and is made by AMI (American Megatrends). And I also want to know if it is possible to select which nvme you booting from since I have windows 10 and ESXi on diffrent nvme drives? Also I don't know if that changes anything but I heard that thing has "partial support for nvme" which means it can boot certain nvme models but these are old, rare and not worth.

@PaulieM Ай бұрын

It’s possible, but as I don’t know that particular model I cannot say for sure. Manu people have used this modification for different models, but I cannot give you a definitive answer I’m afraid.

@jakubmad3957 Ай бұрын

Ok thanks for help but you see I had before Dell R5500 which was completely legacy bios (I even asked you about that one under your other video about optiplex 3020) before and used clover for boot from NVME but now I upgraded and that garbage clover has weird issue that makes windows 10 boot entries missing randomly but ESXi boot entry is fine somehow and I am searching for alternatives. You maybe know some easy to set up bootloader that will do a job better?

@sherifahmed9853 Жыл бұрын

hi paulie i have done all the steps correctly on the optiplex 990 but how to show nvme drive in bios

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

You won't see it in the BIOS, but if you install Windows to the drive, it will boot from it no problem.

@TKM530 Жыл бұрын

Is this method work on Dell optiplex 9020 Minitower (MT) with i7 processor?

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

Yes it does.

@ithmtech2648 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for you how to all pc warking

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

It's my pleasure

@TheKenKen1989 11 ай бұрын

If I do this, will I have any problem booting from sata if I switch back later?

@PaulieM 10 ай бұрын

Nope, you can use SATA or NVMe no problem.

@MrKabirahmed44 8 ай бұрын

Hi sir, I got error while installing intel management engine components which is "This platform isn't supported" Please help me regarding this issue! I am using Dell 7010 windows 11 pro with MBR partition, want to install NVME.

@elisabethryder4719 7 ай бұрын

Try converting the partition table to GPT instead of using MBR as I've been told it doesn't work. As to why, I have no idea, but hopefully that helps. 🙂

@timcorcoran9786 9 ай бұрын

Is it possible to have the complete bios as a download?

@PaulieM 9 ай бұрын

No, because the BIOS has information specific to your particular machine.

@user-iy4vm5fh2d 8 ай бұрын

When I try to install windows is says "windows can't be installed on drive 0 partition 1." and when I click show details it says that my computers hardware may not support booting to this disk. ensure that the disk's controller is enable in the computers BIOS. Any idea what to do?

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

You didn’t boot in UEFI mode. Double check the blog post. You cannot boot in legacy bios mode when booting to NVMe.

@davehilton8052 10 ай бұрын

I have followed the steps very carefully but I can't get my 7010 to boot from nvme the modified bios injected perfectly windows sees the nvme but (can't install in the location) any help

@davehilton8052 10 ай бұрын

I managed to install a clean version of windows in uefi mode after a few tries

@PaulieM 10 ай бұрын

Well done, hope you get a good performance increase from the upgrade.

@TrendsLayer 11 ай бұрын

Will it work on Dell Optiplex 7010 Core i5 3rd gen???

@PaulieM 11 ай бұрын

Yes

@wombling_racer 3 ай бұрын

is the nvme driver in this video for all nvme or just the samsung and is the process the same for the 3010 with i5?

@PaulieM 3 ай бұрын

It’s a general NVMe driver, will work for any drive.

@wombling_racer 3 ай бұрын

@@PaulieM mine comes up 0 files and 3 dirs am i doing something wrong?

@PaulieM 3 ай бұрын

Maybe you need to drop down into the directories?

@wombling_racer 3 ай бұрын

i got past that part its now saying this app cant run on this pc check with software publisher when i try to backup

@PaulieM 3 ай бұрын

@@wombling_racer I think you should abort the mission and just use a SATA SSD

@misteriosoalfa4891 8 ай бұрын

it can work on Dell 790

@Red_rPlayz 3 ай бұрын

I have a 7010 desktop tower with no m.2 slot and i plan to use an adapter i have a question will the modification still works? and what are the consequences?

@PaulieM 3 ай бұрын

It will work. Main consequence is that you’ll have a much faster computer.

@Red_rPlayz 3 ай бұрын

@@PaulieM thank you for the answer and soon I will try this once my nvme m.2 has been delivered also as long as i follow what you do or the steps you provide it should work and less likely to break my components right?

@PaulieM 2 ай бұрын

Many people have done the upgrade without problems. Just follow the guide carefully and you should be ok.

@user-ns8td3qx2o 8 ай бұрын

Can these tools/software be used in linux OS?

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

These ones cannot, but there are other tools that can be used that do the same job under Linux. If you check out this guide I wrote for a HP Machine: www.tachytelic.net/2022/01/hp-compaq-8300-nvme/ This does the same thing but using Linux tools. You could apply to same technique this way. You can also use the intel tools from a DOS command line from a bootable USB stick. So it can be done without Windows.

@bearhntr928 4 ай бұрын

I DID IT - your video and steps are AWESOME! I also changed the BOOT LOGO - from the DELL Black & White to an Orange, Black and White "proxmox" logo. I am gonna try undoing it all - and write up steps, perhaps you can make a video on that too.

@PaulieM 4 ай бұрын

Well done! Would love to! I need to learn Proxmox now actually. Have been a VMWare user for over 10’years.

@budi Жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, thank you. I have successfully install NVme on my 3010. Can I use the method for dell 980? Its BIOS only A18 not A22.

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

I am not sure, I did a separate guide for the 790 and 990. But I do not have a 980 to try it out on.

@bungibungurov4388 Жыл бұрын

Hi @Keluarga Budi, I want also do this upgrade but i cant find the jumper to set the machine in service mode. I have an 3010 Mini Tower. Can you wrote me where is the jumper to come belong in the service modeM

@Official_clay 3 ай бұрын

How you do that intel thing in cmd slow down man

@PaulieM 3 ай бұрын

Press Tab for autocomplete. There is also the written guide and you can change the playback speed on YT 😝

@mbarela82 8 ай бұрын

Will this work with any NVMe drive?

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

Yes.

@AntonioGarcia-bi5ve 16 күн бұрын

sería bueno que hagas tus videos con su títulos en español

@jayjaynet Жыл бұрын

With this method is it possible to enable intel mebx on bios?

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

I don't know what Intel mebx is. So I have no idea.

@jayjaynet Жыл бұрын

@@PaulieM Intel Manage Engine Bios Extensions. It's basically a way of remote manage the computer (turn on/off, reset, see the screen, control mouse/keyboard). It works similar to what IDRAC does on Dell Servers. It usually comes with a sticker inside the computer case saying INTEL AMT or ME DISABLE. However it's set in bios, when you buy a new Dell motherboard on first startup it asks you to enter the TAG Number and the ME Configuration.

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

@@jayjaynet I do actually know a small amount about this. I believe you can turn it on the 7010 (which makes it into a 9010). I played with it briefly when I was messing with these machines.

@bearhntr928 4 ай бұрын

YOU SIR - are amazing. I am gonna have to go back through this again - and make sure I have all the tools. This is something that I have wanted to do for a LONG TIME and told by DELL Support it is not possible. Now you should make a video of how to get rid of that damned DELL LOGO. (I read through many posts on that - and all of them mention service mode). I never could get in to Service Mode - as DELL Support said 'not possible' except by Dell Service Personnel. 🤬 Do you know what capabilities the PCI slots hold? I have an old ASUS 4-NVME card I never could use in another system - as bifurcation was not supported there.

@PaulieM 4 ай бұрын

Actually depends on the CPU. If it’s an i5 or higher then you’ll get full PCI 3 speeds. I an i3 it tops out around 1500mb/second. Good luck with the upgrade, follow the process carefully and you’ll be done in no time.

@bearhntr928 4 ай бұрын

@PaulieM My OP-7010s have Core i5-3475S (2 of them do) - one of them has Core i7-3770

@bearhntr928 4 ай бұрын

Does it matter which PCIe slot is used? The OP7010-DT has PCI-e x16 Connector (SLOT1) / PCI-e x1 Connector (SLOT2) / PCI Connector (SLOT3) / PCI-e x16 (wire x4) Connector (SLOT4)

@terranceharrisonii7336 Ай бұрын

So I’ve done everything you showed on a dell optiplex 7010 with an upgraded I-7, modified Bios successfully but I can’t figure out under bios system settings how to get the nvme to boot.

@PaulieM Ай бұрын

Follow the instructions carefully - you also need to modify the boot manager to actually boot from the NVMe - easy way to do that is just run the windows installer

@terranceharrisonii7336 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the quick response, that is the part I’m stuck on. How do I modify the Boot manager to boot from nvme. If I boot under my Samsung 2.5 ssd it reads the nvme as a second hard drive and can read and write on it but if I unplug the 2.5 ssd it says no hard drive found on startup. Which windows installer are you talking about exactly? Thank you by the way for all of this information.

@PaulieM Ай бұрын

Windows 10 or 11 installer should offer the NVMe drive. You can also modify the boot manager in the bios to point at the NVMe but you won’t have anything to point it at if it’s empty.

@terranceharrisonii7336 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I had to switch everything from mbr over to gpt because it was a cloned hard drive then set it to boot from Uefi secure boot on. You’re a hero in the pc world! Thanks again.

@PaulieM Ай бұрын

@@terranceharrisonii7336well done! Glad you got it done.

@L4k3rF4N 16 күн бұрын

I don't have oemlinkdellpwlib in my bios. I have a optiplex 7010. Any ideas?

@PaulieM 15 күн бұрын

Did you update to the latest bios first?

@androiduser8482 13 күн бұрын

I sure did.😊

@Ameeralamaron 8 ай бұрын

Paul I can't able to install Intel management engine components, it's saying platform is not supported my system is 64 bit and I think it's 32bit software where do I download imec 64bit for supporting my PC 😢😢😢😢help me bro reply fast The system i am using dell optiplex 7010sff win 10

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

I only ever did it on 64-Bit Systems. But a few people have had this problem. Others have also been able to skip this step. I don’t know why this happens to some people.

@stanmisak 8 ай бұрын

@@PaulieM I have also came across this issue. Service mode jumper placed back where it was at start helped to instalation to be successful.

@shadmanavi 18 күн бұрын

@@stanmisak Placing the jumper to original location fixed this issue

@ShelbyWilliamsJr 10 ай бұрын

Paul, I am trying to follow your procedure for the Optiplex 7010. I get the following message: error 280 Failed to disable write protection for the bios space! Do you have any suggestions regarding this error? Thanks Shelby

@PaulieM 10 ай бұрын

Did you put the jumper on to the service pins?

@ShelbyWilliamsJr 10 ай бұрын

@@PaulieM , yes sir I did.

@jessebassett966 4 ай бұрын

@PaulieM, I too have this problem. Please advise

@congnguyentien4552 10 ай бұрын

You are god @@

@PaulieM 10 ай бұрын

Glad it worked out for you

@jhail01 Жыл бұрын

Anyone here have a modded bios for the 7010? I don't have a hdd to install windows on to modify it myself.

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

You could do it with Freedos on a USB Thumb drive - the tools are the same

@TrendsLayer 11 ай бұрын

I have Dell optiplex 7010 ...

@ithmtech2648 8 ай бұрын

I have successfully install NVme on My 7010 woking

@PaulieM 8 ай бұрын

Great news. Well done.

@Lessgetpaid 11 ай бұрын

What about a SATA SSD

@PaulieM 11 ай бұрын

SATA SSD is no different from a SATA HDD in this respect. You can just install one and it will work.

@kramerdesign9443 Жыл бұрын

I'm coming up against an error when trying to install the Intel Engine Management Components - It just says 'platform not supported' - Any ideas? I'm on an Optiplex 9010.

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

Have you already put the jumper on the service mode pins? You won’t be able to install the management components while that jumper is active.

@kramerdesign9443 Жыл бұрын

@@PaulieM you know, despite the error I actually just tried going ahead with it anyway, and it worked absolutely perfectly! So if anyone else sees that pop up, I recommend just forging ahead and seeing what happens. (I actually mentioned this in an email I sent you yesterday!)

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

@@kramerdesign9443 Well done, did you get a good performance boost?

@kramerdesign9443 Жыл бұрын

@@PaulieM much faster than using Clover as an intermediary! 1500gb/s on the 4x slot, and 3000gb/s on the 16x!!!

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

@@kramerdesign9443 Love it! Enjoy

@oscarrocha4146 Жыл бұрын

hola, probé todas las formas para actualizar mi bios y es imposible, con el ejecutable de la pagina oficial solo se reinicia y vuelve al sistema operativo y con freedos se prepara para instalar y luego reinicia y vuelve al sistema operativo. serias tan amable amable de pasarme el backup BIN de tu bios. la voy a cargar con un grabador spi, es lo unico que se me ocurre saludos!

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

Many people have done the modification - does it write the modified flash successfully or not?

@oscarrocha4146 Жыл бұрын

@@PaulieM aun no pude, por la sencilla razón que no puedo actualizar mi bios, la tengo en A14 y no puedo actualizara a A29, la pc solo se reinicia y no hace la actualización

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

@@oscarrocha4146 why not try upgrading from A14 to something like A20 first, and then see if it will take A29? www.dell.com/support/home/en-ae/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=5m70h&oscode=biosa&productcode=optiplex-7010

@oscarrocha4146 Жыл бұрын

@@PaulieM ya intente eso pero no me funciono. Por eso te pedia el backup bin por que tengo la posibilidad de grabar la spi fisica con in grabador de memorias. Saludos!

@PaulieM Жыл бұрын

@@oscarrocha4146 The problem with your idea is that the backup.bin is specific to each machine (it contains the Network Card Mac Address, the Service Tag and various bits of other information for that machine).