The Truth About NVMe Boot Support in HP Z820

In this video I'm going to discuss the NVMe drive boot support in the HP Z820 workstation. There have been conflicting reports of people who have successfully used an M.2 SSD as boot drive in the Z820, while others have failed to do the same. So some people claim the HP Z820 does support booting NVMe drives while others say it is not possible. I'm going to demonstrate 3 SSDs that can boot on the HP Z820 and explain why they work, what settings need to be adjusted for NVMe support, and how to avoid drives that will not work.

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Timestamps:
0:01 - Description of the HP Z820 NVMe boot support issue
0:56 - Overview of the storage options in this video
3:00 - Describing the Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD
4:00 - Installing the Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD in Z820
5:25 - Booting HP Z820 on Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD
5:55 - Verifying Samsung SM951 in Fedora Workstation Linux
6:41 - Benchmarking Samsung SM951 SSD
8:57 - Explaining NVMe boot support situation in the HP Z820
13:53 - Installing the Samsung 950 Pro SSD in Z820
14:15 - Booting HP Z820 on Samsung 950 Pro and explaining why it failed
15:29 - Entering HP Z820 setup menu to correct the "Mass storage Option ROMS" setting
16:27 - Booting HP Z820 on Samsung 950 Pro successfully
17:12 - Verifying Samsung 950 Pro in Fedora Workstation Linux
17:46 - Benchmarking Samsung 950 Pro SSD
20:15 - Describing the Intel DC P3700 NVMe PCIe SSD
22:15 - Booting HP Z820 on Intel DC P3700 PCIe SSD
22:40 - Verifying Intel DC P3700 in Fedora Workstation Linux
23:08 - Benchmarking Intel DC P3700
24:13 - Final thoughts
26:57 - Wrapping up

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