Acer Swift 3-52G-52XD - Held regarding installing SSD

StraightEdgeNexus

I'm trying to replace the Intel optane on my Acer Swift 3-52G-52XD with a m.2 SATA Samsung 860 Evo SSD. I disabled optane from the GUI as well as BIOS. However when I put the SSD in the m.2 slot it won't boot up at all, it gets stuck on Acer logo and won't enter into BIOS.

The device will boot into windows without the optane or with optane but won't boot at all with the SSD in the m.2 slot

MartinJohn00001

@StraightEdgeNexus
Hi, sorry for your inconvenience. check the specs of your unit below.




     
      As per as the above specs your unit doesn't support a M.2 SATA SSD.

IVAN_PC

Hi

Take out the m2 and give the gold pins with eraser, then replace it, see if the bios recognize it?

Regards.

StraightEdgeNexus

IVAN_PC said:

Hi

Take out the m2 and give the gold pins with eraser, then replace it, see if the bios recognize it?

Regards.

nope, does SF315-52G-52XD even support m.2 SATA-3 standard?

CARLTONBP

Ah - lots of people have had problems with Sata m.2 it should work but for some reason when I was doing this I didn't find a single success with sata, lots of success with NVME though which is what I used.

Also have a look at the bottom post on here, I've been trying to paste the info but the post keeps going to moderation and not posted https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/702243#Comment_702243

This was the issue I had with AHCI drivers not installed so not recognising drive, however I do suspect it's a sata issue in your case but it wouldn't hurt to try this.

StraightEdgeNexus

CARLTONBP said:

Ah - lots of people have had problems with Sata m.2 it should work but for some reason when I was doing this I didn't find a single success with sata, lots of success with NVME though which is what I used.

welp, I suppose I should return it. Although someone suggested removing HDD to see if its some shtick secure boot

CARLTONBP

Trying to post again without the link - previous post went to moderation 10 minutes ago.

 I had the exact same problem. For others I found this solution, the whole explanation and the wonderful person who figured it out on is on the link. The problem is you don't have the ACHI drivers etc installed so you get the blue screen. but what you need is:

1. Run Command Prompt as Admin
2. Invoke a Safe Mode boot with the command: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
3. Restart the PC and enter your BIOS during bootup.
4. Change from optane to AHCI mode then Save & Exit.
5. Windows 10 will launch in Safe Mode.
6. Right click the Window icon and select to run the Command Prompt in Admin mode from among the various options.
7. Cancel Safe Mode booting with the command: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
8. Restart your PC once more and this time it will boot up normally but with AHCI mode activated.
9. Bask in the reflected glory of being a total Windows 10 God

CARLTONBP

I edited my comment with another suggestion that's worth trying before you return it. I had this issue, I removed my ssd, then booted up and went through the steps, that loaded the ahci drivers so when I then reinstalled the ssd it was recognised by the laptop and booted up fine.

MartinJohn00001

@StraightEdgeNexus
Hi, sorry for your inconvenience. check the specs of your unit below.




     
      As per as the above specs your unit doesn't support a M.2 SATA SSD.