Acer TravelMate P214-53 : Unable to detect NVMe Drive.

 Acer TravelMate P214-53 : Unable to detect NVMe Drive.

1. Press --> F2 key to enter into BIOS.
2. Goto --> Security tab --> Supervisor Password --> Enter a temporary password (eg. 1234)
3. Disabled Secure Boot.
4. Then --> Save & Exit.
5. After restart, enter back into BIOS again and CLEAR the Supervisor Password but leave the Secure Boot option Disabled.
6. Save & Exit.
7. Download --> Intel RST for VMD Drivers --> Intel Download Center.
8. Unzip drivers into USB Flash Drive.
9. Boot Windows 10 installer as usual, you will not able to see any HDD/SSD detected.
10. Click --> Load --> Browse --> Select --> Intel RST VMD folder.
11. After load completed, you can now see the NVMe drive is detected.
12. Proceed to format and install Windows 10 accordingly.

Special Note :

Sometimes the Intel RST Drivers although was loaded and able to detect the NVMe drive successfully, but Windows installer will prompt error message "0x80300001", just proceed to restart the computer again and boot into Windows install as usual and re-load the drivers again.

Notebook : Acer Switch Keyboard Dock (Disassembly)

Been a while since my last post, been bog down with tons of work in the new company.

Recently my colleague asked my help to upgrade his Keyboard Dock with an SSD and below are my findings.

1. From first glance, this seems simple enough as most of the screws is visible at the bottom.

2. After removing those visible screws, I find it difficult to remove until I noticed the long rubber strips.

3. Upon removing the rubber strip there lies 2 more hidden screws.

4. And voila, the bottom cover is now removed revealing the components.

5. Removing the HDD is relatively simple but you need to be careful to disconnect the HDD's connector on the board itself first.

6. The HDD is just a SATA-2 port thus replacing it with a SATA-2 SSD is very simple and straight-forward.

7. As always, removing the back cover requires patients and do not force it as this will damaged the clips. As we all knows aged plastics tends to breaks easily and thus using the correct tools is always important.


!!! HAPPY COMPUTING !!!