no bootable device: SWIFT SF514-55TA-7488, BIos v.108

cchoi
cchoi Member Posts: 1 Newbie

Hi

My laptop bootup is showing no bootable device and bios can't show the harddrive info. when i took out the harddrive, it can be read from other device.

do you think it is bios issue?

how can I update the bios without window? and which version of bios i can update

thank you

Answers

  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 15,411 Trailblazer

    Hi, sometimes a simple battery reset will do the trick, there is a small pinhole in the back of your laptop (with a battery sign), stick a pin in that hole till you feel it click (micro switch), keep pressing the pin for a few seconds. Connect the power adapter and try to boot. To reset BIOS: Power drain + CMOS reset: Open the back of the laptop and disconnect the battery cable from the motherboard. Locate the CMOS module (with 2 twisted wires Red and Black under the battery next to the SSD) and remove the coin battery. Shorten the +/- terminals inside the CMOS capsule for 2 seconds with a bended paperclip and put the coin battery back with the + sign facing up, close the CMOS capsule. Next, press the Power Button on the keyboard for 10-15 seconds after that reconnect the battery cable to the motherboard. Close the laptop, plug-in the adapter and try to boot.

  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 13,292 Trailblazer
    edited 12:29AM

    Your SWIFT SF514-55TA laptop has a PCIe Gen3, 8 Gb/s, NVMe M.2 SSD drive and that is the problem if you get the "no bootable device" and the drive is not recognized in bios.

    Open the laptop up and take the M.2 SSD drive out, clean the mobo slot pins and inspect them if they are not damaged, then inspect the M.2 drive pins and clean them with Isopoll alcohol and reinsert the drive into its slot, see if that fixes the issue, if not then your boot M.2 SSD is faulty and you need to buy a new drive. Good luck.

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