Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-30BQ - RST with Optane / AHCI

Jandus

I have the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-54-30BQ)

Today I decided to update my BIOS from 1.11 to 1.12 and ran into a MAJOR issue.

I no longer can switch my drive mode from "RST with Optane" to "AHCI".  There is no selection at all for it.  It's defaulted to RST with Optane and now I cannot boot Windows.

Is there a reason there's no longer an AHCI option or was this an oversight with 1.12?

Suggestions?

Thanks.

Jandus

laurent_14

Hello,

You have to press Ctrl + S to activate this option in the right tab (egydiocoelho's info):

laurent_14

Hello,

You have to press Ctrl + S to activate this option in the right tab (egydiocoelho's info):

JackE

What problem were you trying to fix with v1.12? Jack E/NJ

Jandus

laurent_14 said:

Hello,

You have to press Ctrl + S to activate this option in the right tab (egydiocoelho's info):

Awesome!  Thanks so much!

Why would Acer made this a 'hidden' option though?  Makes no sense.

What other 'hidden' options are in this BIOS?

Jandus

Jandus

JackE said:

What problem were you trying to fix with v1.12? Jack E/NJ

Interesting that you asked that.  The answer is 'none'.  But over the years I've learned that it's best to keep things as updated as you can to avoid possible problems.  Maybe that's not always the best way to go about things with regards to BIOS upgrades?

I've also learned that the usual changelogs from updates aren't anywhere near as verbose as they could be.  A BIOS update could vastly improve detection of various memory modules without saying a word in the update notes.

Jandus

JackE

>>>Maybe that's not always the best way to go about things with regards to BIOS upgrades?>>>

Yep, due to much greater risks of side effects and worse than other updates,  BIOS updates are usually 'last resorts' to fix significant issues like really bad performance or major disabling problems that haven't yielded to other fixes. Glad  laurent_14  had the answer for you so soon. Jack E/NJ

VW123

I have the same laptop and the issue is that the keyboard backlight isn't working, I have tried so many option to make it work even followed steps to follow from support team and still my keyboard does not light up, Kindly, can anyone please assist me? and my WhatsApp number is +254722711903. Please do not be shy, if you have fixed this problem or know a way around it, please go ahead and just contact me.

JackE

VW123

If you have the keyboard backlight symbol on the F9 key, then perhaps the KB backlight connector has come loose from its mainboard socket. Jack E/NJ