Hi All

Just got a new laptop Acer Nitro 5 2021 with 11300h CPU etc

Running Windows 11 but I discovered Windows 10 does exactly the same thing, it wants the intel NVMe drivers

For some reason this new laptop forces to me to install intel NVMe drivers.....................
I am running a samsung 970 evo as the boot drive and it is being gimped hard by the intel drivers, seems from googling others having similar issues..
(there is no option in the BIOS to change AHCI or RAID etc)

Would it be possible to make a super intel NVMe "pimped" driver ?
I can also try to see if Acer will do anything ?

Please help I know you guys are the ultimate resource on the interwebz when it comes to all things SSD :)

Cheers from a long time lurker :P and greetings from Ireland

Edit by Fernando: Thread title specified

Thats odd, u cant install/replace the Standard MS NVMe/the so forced...Intel driver, by the official Samsung NVMe driver?

Here in point: O. Samsung NVMe Drivers: Recommended AHCI/RAID and NVMe Drivers

EDIT: It could be due to the Intel drivers u have installed in the system, even so wots hard to believe is that ur not the owner of ur own machine... so wot kind of error do u have when trying to install Samsung drivers?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/...rivers-software

The Intel driver ur referring usually is installed to the SATA ACHI/RAID controller, not for the NVMe controller, but if u have installed anything related to Intel Optane it could be causing the issue.

Thanks for the reply yea, it will simply only install the Intel driver and no matter what I do will not accept samsungs own driver im so confused

Do I need a BIOS mod ? I can pay no problem as I hate the fact this brand new laptop leaking performance

im not sure what you mean Meat by im not the owner of my machine, I am the owner yes :)
The only driver that would install when installing windows was the Intel one, infact I had to "preload" the driver, the microsoft driver would not work at all..
I did not install any other windows Intel nvme software sofar, optane etc

The Legendary Fernando!

No Fernando I didnt install any extra RST softwares just the driver I had to install to boot Windows

thanks brother for getting back to me, yea there is one more trick potientally up my sleeve, I have another nvme drive in the system and was wondering if somehow possible to inject drivers into the OS ?

the BIOS in this ACER is completely crap :D so I need a bios mod after all! but from what you have said it gives me a slight flicker of hope for the future ;P

Currently on windows 11 which seems to be a memory hog btw :D eating 2gigs completed trimmed!

Also is this if it makes any sense to you ?

https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1044458/

The BIOS is completely locked down sadly, also I have nice ram that has a XMP profile which I would like to set

https://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles...ACER&SC=EMEA_27

haha

launch regular BIOS by tapping F2 a few times right after boot.
hold Power button on BIOS screen to force a shutdown.
now while the laptop is off, press (in order) F4, 4, R, F, V, F5, 5, T, G, B, F6, 6, Y, H, N.
now press Power and tap F2 a few times to boot into the BIOS again.
Source: https://ostoday.org/other/how-do-i-enter-insydeh20-bios.html

yea I tried the crazy code, sadly this machine perhaps is too new for it as it had no effect :<

I take it a BIOS mod is out of the question ?

woah ok this tool looks like it can brick Laptops for fun :D please tell me who to chat with who has experience in this field as I really dont wanna brick my nice new Lappy..

One last thought could you try and increase the speed of the current intel driver ?

Thankyou Fernando for all your messages ABSOLUTE mega star you are!