Can't install an M.2 SSD

Dear friends,

I bought an Acer laptop (model A315-51_Z) with Windows 10 on it in 2018. Just a few days ago, I tried to install an M.2 NVME SSD from Samsung, but it did not show up in BIOS at all. I am not sure what went wrong then or what I did wrong. Please guide me. Since this laptop is out of warranty, Acer could not offer any help. Thanks.

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Go to the bios and look on which setting is the sata mode, it's either ahci or raid. put it on ahci if it is on raid and see if the sdd is detected.

How do you know the laptop supports NVMe? I bet it doesn't:
Acer Aspire 3 A315 SSD Upgrade M.2 2280 not NVME - YouTube

The SSD in the video is SATA.

Here he puts a crucial p2 nvme on the 315 51, but there are several references, here it's n17q1.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...9dO1yx-SPD2inj

The ssd is not in the bios but you have gone further, ie boot on the windows install usb media?

Edit: Update the bios if you haven't already.

Try3 said:

Whilst the recent threads I've seen about NVME drives have not specifically mentioned the Bios, I wonder if getting an NMVE driver ready to install during the installation procedure might help you as it helped users in other threads.


You then need to copy the driver to your installation USB and use a modified installation procedure to load it at the correct stage. This is described in

HP PCs - No Drives Can Be Found During Windows 10 Installation (Intel 11th Generation processors) - HP Customer Support

Best of luck,

Denis

very nice reply. Yes, I will do the same as requested by you. Many thanks.

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itsme1 said:

Go to the bios and look on which setting is the sata mode, it's either ahci or raid. put it on ahci if it is on raid and see if the sdd is detected.

I had tried both RAID and AHCI, but it did not help, thanks.

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itsme1 said:

Edit: Update the bios if you haven't already.

Sure, this makes a lot of sense, thanks.

Try3 said:

Thanks but you seem to have missed NavyLCdr's reply [#4]. Have you checked in your specs that your computer is compatible with an M.2 NVME?
[Things vary, I have one computer that has an M.2 SATA and another with an M.2 NVME. I cannot swap these drives between my computers even though they are both 2280 of the same "B&M key" type.]

Best of luck,
Denis

Navylcdr's message was surely not ignored by tech. As there are several models everything must be tried before giving up.

NavyLCDR said:

How do you know the laptop supports NVMe? I bet it doesn't:
Acer Aspire 3 A315 SSD Upgrade M.2 2280 not NVME - YouTube

The SSD in the video is SATA.

Yes, it does support an M.2 NVME SSD. 2 reasons. 1st I asked Acer at the time of purchase in 2018 and 2nd if you could please check the series of images I have already posted as a link in my original post, you will find one image/photo, which shows thee is one M.2 NVME slot. I may be wrong. But this is what I have to say in reply. Thanks.

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itsme1 said:

Navylcdr's message was surely not ignored by tech. As there are several models everything must be tried before giving up.

Thanks a lot.

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Things vary, I have one computer that has an M.2 SATA and another with an M.2 NVME. I cannot swap these drives between my computers even though they are both 2280 of the same "B&M key" type.]

Yes, I agree.

Best of luck,

Thanks a lot. I really need a lot of luck for sure.