OK How many of us are now booting from NVMeM.2 ?

[Pandanl]

You might want to try the following from a Terminal window:

sudo unmountDisk /dev/disk0
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk0 count=1​

WARNING: The above will render the information of /dev/disk0 inaccessible. Make sure this is what you intend.

Thank you very much, command needed to be sudo diskutil unmountdisk /dev/disk0, but after that it worked. It still shows up as External, don't know if this is normal?
[doublepost=1534543784][/doublepost]So got Mojave installed on the PCIe Samsung Evo 960 and everything including booting is working fine. Speeds are as expected.

However I noticed a strange yellow light coming from the Mac Pro, seems that this PCIe card has a led ring around it which flashes if there is SSD activity. Did not even noticed this when I bought it, I picked this one because of the passive cooling heatsink and it was only 38 euros.

 

[bookemdano]

It's normal for NVMe SSDs to show up as external. I wish they didn't but I haven't been able to find any way around it.

And wow that LED is bright. Does it bother you? Looks like a nice card otherwise.

 

[tsialex]

It's normal for NVMe SSDs to show up as external. I wish they didn't but I haven't been able to find any way around it.

And wow that LED is bright. Does it bother you? Looks like a nice card otherwise.

PCIe AHCI too.

 

[Pandanl]

It's normal for NVMe SSDs to show up as external. I wish they didn't but I haven't been able to find any way around it.

And wow that LED is bright. Does it bother you? Looks like a nice card otherwise.

Luckily there is a switch to set it to ON/OFF/SSD activity, I only noticed when it is dark in the room.

 

[AAGSmac]

Have a 5,1 running with a 512 GB Samsung 970 Pro and Lycom DT-120, getting 1500 MB/sec reads, 1400 MB/sec writes.

Will shortly get a MyDigitalDiscount 480 GB X4 M.2 NVMe for a flashed 4,1 already running with Mojave beta and the NVMe driver applied.

Both at BootROM 0089.

I'm surprised you were able the use the DT-120 with an NVME since it says that the Lycom DT-120 is only compatible with AHCI only. Just letting you know you might not get what you really wanted from your 970 pro

 

[h9826790]

I'm surprised you were able the use the DT-120 with an NVME since it says that the Lycom DT-120 is only compatible with AHCI only. Just letting you know you might not get what you really wanted from your 970 pro

DT-120 is just an adaptor purely for changing form factor. It's 100% depends on the logic board, OS, firmware, etc to decide if NVMe can work or not. DT-120 itself won't affect anything.

Anyway, Lycom official website does say this card can work with NVMe.

http://www.lycom.com.tw/DT-120.htm

 

[handheldgames]

DT-120 is just an adaptor purely for changing form factor. It's 100% depends on the logic board, OS, firmware, etc to decide if NVMe can work or not. DT-120 itself won't affect anything.

Anyway, Lycom official website does say this card can work with NVMe.

http://www.lycom.com.tw/DT-120.htm

I prefer this link at Lycom

http://www.lycom.com.tw/DT-130.htm

 

[Forbidden Era]

It's normal for NVMe SSDs to show up as external. I wish they didn't but I haven't been able to find any way around it.

And wow that LED is bright. Does it bother you? Looks like a nice card otherwise.

I believe I have seen at least one or two workarounds for that actually, not sure where, just starting to dig into this myself.

Just picked up a 970 PRO 512GB today. Need an adapter card still. My local comp store didn't have anything but the Asus one.

 

[AAGSmac]

DT-120 is just an adaptor purely for changing form factor. It's 100% depends on the logic board, OS, firmware, etc to decide if NVMe can work or not. DT-120 itself won't affect anything.

Anyway, Lycom official website does say this card can work with NVMe.

http://www.lycom.com.tw/DT-120.htm

I stand corrected. Is there a better adapter for an NVME or as what you said anything works.

 

[startergo]

DT-120 is just an adaptor purely for changing form factor. It's 100% depends on the logic board, OS, firmware, etc to decide if NVMe can work or not. DT-120 itself won't affect anything.

Anyway, Lycom official website does say this card can work with NVMe.

http://www.lycom.com.tw/DT-120.htm

I got now 2 DT-Lycom's 120 with 2 970 Pro nVME's with Mojave on one and Win10 EFi on the other. Boot perfectly and 1500 ish Mb/s
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I prefer this link at Lycom

http://www.lycom.com.tw/DT-130.htm

What speed would I expect from this card with 2 nVME's on the cMP?

 

[handheldgames]

I got now 2 DT-Lycom's 120 with 2 970 Pro nVME's with Mojave on one and Win10 EFi on the other. Boot perfectly and 1500 ish Mb/s
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What speed would I expect from this card with 2 nVME's on the cMP?

~ 3000 MB/s max, same as all the other asmedia plx options. design wise, should come in at an affordable price.

 

[h9826790]

I stand corrected. Is there a better adapter for an NVME or as what you said anything works.

I am a bit confused. Stand corrected for what?

You said DT-120 is for AHCI only. And Lycom officially says DT-120 can work with NVMe.