Can't install IRST/AHCI drivers for W11 Installation in Acer ANV15-51-57W

lucasmailin

My model is a ANV15-51-57W

Does anyone have the whole WINDRIVER partition backed up?

I'm having a very hard time installing IRST drivers during windows 11 installation.
The first time I installed windows 11 it was fine once I located the .inf fileshi

I have 2 serious problems now that I installed Fedora and wiped my SSD when doing so:

1- I accidentally deleted the WINDRIVER folder that came partitioned in the SSD (Even though i bought it with linux gutta)

2- I had backed up only the IRST driver, but neither the version that came on the SSD or the version that is on Acer website is working like it did the first time...

Observation: The first time i couldnt my SSD only when VMD enabled, that is not the case anymore.

I've disabled secure boot, set a bios password, and toggled VMD on/off and still nothing.

Important: I can see the .inf files, but installation will return one of two messages depending on the driver version.
One will fail instalation (It's the same driver that worked before)

The other will say that driver is not compatible.

Did fedora mess up my AHCI driver Is this related to OEM?

[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/711878/cant-install-irst-ahci-drivers-for-w11-installation-in-acer-anv15-51-57w

Go into the ANV15-51 bios and exit the bios loading the "Load Setup Defaults" then press Enter, afterwards make sure that you have a proper Win-11 installation USB constructed with the bootable Rufus 4.5 software and the Win-11 version 23H2 .ISO file on the USB and the unzipped Nitro ANV15-51 IRST (Intel® Rapid Storage Technology) Driver version 19.5.1.1040 on the USB, and when you get to the Win-11 installation section of > Where do you want to install Windows? > Load driver then from the install the 2nd driver named Intel RST VMD Managed controller 09AB as that is the driver for the boot drive of the ANV15-51 laptops PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD boot drive that is a 1TB WD- SDDQNQD-1T00 model or an SK HYNIX-HFS001TEJ9X110N drive which are listed in this laptops service guide or whichever M.2 SSD drive Acer fitted oem to your drive.

What I suggest is that you take this drive to another laptop or PC and either buy an external USB-C to M.2 adapter and format the drive externally or if you have a laptop or PC with 2x M.2 SSD slots format it within Win-10 or 11 in Disk Management before you install it into your Nitro ANV15-51 and try the Win-11 installation again, as then it should work, if it doesn't then the M.2 SSD drive is faulty and you need a new M.2 SSD drive. good luck as I've installed many Win-10 and 11 OS with IRST drives and I've never ever had the IRST not install unless the drive was faulty and needed replacing as then it worked perfectly with a new M.2 drive, so try that.

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