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No joy on Dell Precision 7540 + Samsung 970 EVO nvme + clean Win10 install
Hey Folks,
I have a brand new 7540 that came with 512GB nvme. My user wants to toss that to a data disk and use a 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus m.2 nvme pcie stick.
Brand new system, so no need to save anything.
The bios sees the Samsung as expected. However, in Win10 setup I cannot get past "We couldn't find any drives". I've tried:
- disable secure boot
- use vanilla MS Win10 iso and Dell OEM Win10 iso
- tried SATA mode off/ahci/raid
- loaded extracted Intel raid drivers from Dell support site
- asked nicely
- tried to config legacy boot but I see no such option in bios
Has anyone reading this performed a clean install onto an nvme device on a Precision 7540?
Thanks!
Techgee
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July 19th, 2020 07:00
A reddit post where switching the slot worked.
And a post on notebookreview 7540/7740 owner's thread (regarding 7740, but likely applicable to 7540) discussing myriad drive configurations.
DELL-Cares
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July 19th, 2020 04:00
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Techgee
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July 19th, 2020 07:00
I'd make sure the Samsung 970 EVO is initialized to GPT and not MBR, or totally uninitialized. I'm also assuming Windows 10 install is done via USB and F12 and One Time Boot and a later/latest version Windows 10 ISO was used.
This could also be the issue - seems BIOS settings for enabling drives in 7540 "don't make any sense" - see this post.
lostpacket
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July 20th, 2020 16:00
Yes, following the post about selecting the proper disk slot in the bios corrected my issue. Windows is installing now.
Thanks!