I have an Acer Aspire 5520g, with the NVIDIA nForce 610M (MCP67-MV) chipset. I decided to give it a boost so I bought a Vertex2 60gb ssd. The problem is that I can't install XP nor WIN7 on it. It gives errors on both installations. When installing XP I go through the partition and format. Then I get the error: "Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem" When trying to install WIN7, I get to the partition tool and it just denies to continue as it can't use the disc. (can't remember the exact error message) When entering BIOS, I see the Vertex fine. Any ideas?
well first and foremost does your board support the SSD in question most laptops only support a limited number of SSDs be on Acer forum some place. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/netbook-upgrade-ssd,review-1481.html my suggestion is you give this a read its for a netbook but it relates to an Acer mobo and id bet they are not that much dif
XP doesn't support SATA configured for AHCI natively, but Windows 7 has no problems. This isn't the issue though because XP simply won't see the disk at all. It sounds like a hardware incompatibility or a faulty drive. Can you test it on anything else?
I've searched high and low, and I can't seem to find out. I'll get reading on that guide, it looks like a good place to start no matter what. Don't know. I tried finding a sata driver and thought I had found it, but I can't read the driver from a usb when I f6... I'll see what I can do! I'll try it on another laptop, which is also a bit old. If that doesn't work, I can always give it a go on my gamer pc. Thanks for the advice guys. I'll post back when I get further later today!
Could also try a bios update as well and if you can set the sata ports to IDE as opposed to AHCI Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2
You need a floppy drive if I recall correctly - XP won't read the driver off a USB stick. I don't know if you can use a USB floppy, though I think that's the only option you'll have?
I actually did a bios update. Latest "normal" version, not a modded bios. Saw no change or any more options in bios after the flash. And I can't even change AHCI in there. I kind of thought that as well. We have one at work I can take home, I might give that a try as well.
Well I'll be damned! I flashed the bios from v1.03 to v1.31 yesterday. I took the drive and put it in my gamer rig, and deleted the partition. Then I put it back in the laptop, and started installing win7. It asked about making a partition, and said it might make a 100mb partition as well, and now it seems like it's installing. (Fingers Crossed) If it works, I'll try putting xp on the same way later! I'll keep you updated!
Sooo... It was no problem installing WIN7 on the ssd. Good news! Bad news; No audio at all. It won't even see the hardware. I know this is a problem among many people going with WIN7 on this and other laptops. I've tried every driver available online, and still nothing. The closest I get is a code 10 if I try to force what I think is the audio hardware. I bought an external usb audio device, but that won't give me sound from the laptop speakers... Any ideas out there? If I change the hdd to the one with XP on, it works perfectly. So it's not the hardware that is corrupt.