installing larger M.2 drives to Predator Helios 300 causes an error.
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I have been trying to update the M.2 drives in my Predator Helios 300 (PH315-53) to larger drives. The computer works fine with the drives in it now, but I need extra storage. I previously upgrade to a larger SSD drive with no issues. Anyway, I want to replace them with 4TB M.2 drives, but when I put one of those drives in the computer, the computer refuses to boot but goes into the BSOD, giving me a "kernel security check error". It doesn't matter what slot I put them in. I have cloned the original drives to the larger drives, but that doesn't make a difference. I can remove one and leave the "C" drive in, and it will work fine with only the original drive in it and nothing in the 2nd slot. I can even put the C drive into the 2nd slot with nothing in the first and it works, fine. However, when I try to put the larger drive into any slot, it refuses to boot. I have changed the bios multiple times, trying to see if I could fix it there. I've changed the boot order, disabled safe boot, etc. with no effect. I have made a USB drive as a recovery startup drive, but I can't seem to get that to boot up either (with the new M.2 drives installed, even by changing the bios. I can see the files in File Explorer. Right now, I am making another recovery drive. I don't want to lose the programs and apps I have on the computer, so I haven't reinstalled Windows. I reluctant to, particularly if it's something else. Everything is up to date, with all updates for Windows and the computer. The M.2 drives work if I have them in an enclosure and connect via USB, but the computer won't boot from them, even with the cloned startup drive. (I didn't expect it too, but am trying everything I can think of) I can see the files and use them for backups, but they just won't work when I try to put them in the computer itself. The computer won't boot. Any suggestions? I use the computer for photography that I do on the road at automobile races. I need the storage on the computer itself. Putting them on external drives, editing, renaming, etc., along with using OneDrive connected to my home computer, creates nightmares for me with duplicate copies, etc.
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Did you change the Sata mode from RST-Optane to AHCI in BIOS? Try that and save settings on exit.
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Did you change the Sata mode from RST-Optane to AHCI in BIOS? Try that and save settings on exit.
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If you have done all what you have done and the 4TB M.2 SSD is not being detected in your Predator PH315-53 laptop, it means that this laptop is not compatible with a 4TB drive in its M.2 slot 1 & 2. Acer only quotes a max 1TB M.2 SSD drive for this laptop, but this laptop works with a 2TB M.2 SSD also. Try these Kernel Security Check Failure fixes and see if it solves the problem, otherwise your PH315-53 is not compatible with these 4TB M.2 SSD drive due to many factors like mainboard chipset and lanes design, cpu support for the 4TB drive or bios compatibility,
The highest Acer M.2 SSD drives tested as compatible with the Predator PH315-53 laptop are the drives below, which are all 1024GB M.2 SSD drives and you could get away with a 2TB M.2 SSD drive max. These new 4TB drives are not compatible with every laptop and its definitely not compatible with your PH315-53 laptop:
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Thank you so much. I had tried to but couldn't figure out how. So with your question, I did a search, found out how, and that totally solved the problem. You have no idea how many days I have worked on this. Thanks again.
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Glad to hear you got it solved. 😀
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I just saw your response. I tried the reply from Purwaw and that was the issue. I now have 2 of the larger drives installed, but to be fair, I did make a mistake when asking my question. I was trying to instally 2 TB drives to replace the 1TB drives. I do have a SSD that is 4 TB. Thanks for the reply.
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