how to switch to AHCI on 14-dk002dx

[sprintcowboy]

How do I switch to AHCI on 14-dk0002dx

There is no setting in the bios so not sure how to switch

[sprintcowboy]

Anyone

[praveen196]

@sprintcowboy Welcome to HP Community!

I understand that you would like to switch to AHCI mode.

I have a few steps to help you out:

1. Right-click the Windows Start Menu. Choose Command Prompt (Admin).
   1. If you don’t see Command Prompt listed, it’s because you have already been updated to a later version of Windows.  If so, use this method instead to get to the Command Prompt:
      1. Click the Start Button and type cmd
      2. Right-click the result and select Run as administrator
2. Type this command and press ENTER: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
   1. If this command does not work for you, try bcdedit /set safeboot minimal
3. Restart the computer and enter BIOS Setup (the key to press varies between systems).
4. Change the SATA Operation mode to AHCI from either IDE or RAID (again, the language varies).
5. Save changes and exit Setup and Windows will automatically boot to Safe Mode.
6. Right-click the Windows Start Menu once more. Choose Command Prompt (Admin).
7. Type this command and press ENTER: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
   1. If you had to try the alternate command above, you will likely need to do so here also: bcdedit /deletevalue safeboot
8. Reboot once more and Windows will automatically start with AHCI drivers enabled.

Refer to the below link as well.

https://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/how-to-enable-ahci-mode-for-sata-in-the-bios-without-reinst...

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[sprintcowboy]

The problem is there is no option in uefi to change to AHCI

Unless you are saying that these steps will make it show up

Is that the case?

[praveen196]

@sprintcowboy

In that case, I would suggest you update the UEFI.

Also, update the BIOS

Have a nice day!!.

[Huffer]

This is hogwash. The storage connection can never be anything but AHCI as it is a native SATA machine. IDE/RAID is not and never has been an option. You do not need to change it TO AHCI you could not change it FROM AHCI if you wanted. What makes you think you need to do this?

[sprintcowboy]

@Praveen196  uefi has been updated to the latest still no setting

@Huffer  I am trying to install Linux but it does not see the nvme drive and my understanding is it is because it is set in RAID mode and needs to be switched to AHCI but there is no setting in the UEFI do this

Any idea how to fix this?

[Huffer]

NVME is not AHCI. AHCI is SATA. AHCI vs. IDE vs. RAID has no impact on whether an NVME M.2 SSD will be seen. What model NVME M.2 SSD? What Linux distro? Not every Linux Distro will recognize NVME. Do the BIOS "see "the installed NVME M.2? If you start a Windows 10 install does that see the NVME M.2 SSD?

[sprintcowboy]

@Huffer WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 so western digital

tried installing Ferora, LinuxMint, Ubuntu and Pop!OS which should detect the drive since they install it on there system76 laptops with NVME drive.

Clonezilla does not see the drive ether

Yes the Bios sees the drive

Yes Widows 10 install sees the drive

[Huffer]

Its a Linux issue...which Ubuntu are you using? Its been a while since I installed Linux. Right now I have a Linux VM on my laptop with an NVME M.2 because maybe 3 years ago I could not get any distro of Kubuntu (my distro of choice) to see the NVME M.2 on direct install. If the BIOS sees it and Windows install sees it it is not a BIOS issue as I said at the outset.