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Acer Aspire 3 - i5 10210u - SSD not detected

deleteme

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Acer Aspire A315-54
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Intel Core i5-10210U
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Intel UHD Graphics
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10.13.x
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  1. Clover (UEFI)
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  1. MacBook Pro
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Hey everybody,

I've purchased an Acer Aspire 3 A315-54-53AC with the following specs

  • Intel Core i5 10210U (4 x 1.6 GHz)
  • 8 GB DDR4-RAM
  • 256 SSD Kingston RBU SNS8154P3256GJ1
  • Intel UHD Graphics

I was able to reach the installation GUI, but the SSD won't be recognized by disk utility. HFSplus.efi is already in /Clover/drivers/UEFI . In BIOS I don't find the option to set SATA to AHCI, maybe you see something on the attached pictures. I also attached the EFI folder. Any help would be appreciated! :)
 

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Hey everybody,

I've purchased an Acer Aspire 3 A315-54-53AC with the following specs

  • Intel Core i5 10210U (4 x 1.6 GHz)
  • 8 GB DDR4-RAM
  • 256 SSD Kingston RBU SNS8154P3256GJ1
  • Intel UHD Graphics

I was able to reach the installation GUI, but the SSD won't be recognized by disk utility. HFSplus.efi is already in /Clover/drivers/UEFI . In BIOS I don't find the option to set SATA to AHCI, maybe you see something on the attached pictures. I also attached the EFI folder. Any help would be appreciated! :)
You need to disable Optane and set it back to AHCI. If the AHCI option is not available even after disabling Optane, you need to use a kext to make the SATA working. If it doesn't works, you need to rollback your BIOS.

From the Device Manager, attach a screenshot of SATA Device ID.
 
Thanks for your reply!

I attached the asked screenshot and also a complete report created by hwinfo64 (before updating the bios), maybe this will help.

There's no option to disable Optane in this BIOS as far as I can see.
 

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Thanks for your reply!

I attached the asked screenshot and also a complete report created by hwinfo64 (before updating the bios), maybe this will help.

There's no option to disable Optane in this BIOS as far as I can see.
This is a known issue in some new Acer Laptops. Try to downgrade the BIOS.
 
ASUS is definitely better. Have you tried to use SATAUnsupported kext and check with that? The above is a RAID configuration using RST Premium.

Yes, SATAunsupported was my first idea, but nothing changed with that kext. Because you mentioned it already - the RAID/RST should work I guess?
 
Yes, SATAunsupported was my first idea, but nothing changed with that kext. Because you mentioned it already - the RAID/RST should work I guess?
The Optane and RST Premium must be disabled so it can work even in RAID mode. A similar issue i faced in HP Spectre.
 
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Hey man, did you manage to make a hackintosh on this laptop? If so, I could share your EFI because I have similar hardware.
 
I arrived late, but it does not matter I wanted to tell you that it is possible to install macOS on this pc I have an Acer Aspire A315-54 10th Gen , with macOS Montery 12.3.1 & Windows 10 installed in 2 SSD

To change the SATA MODE, you must enter the BIOS and type CTRL+S it will display a (Hidden) option to change it.

This information should help other people. :)
 

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