I recently bought an Acer Nitro-5 and wanted to try Linux on it for the first time. I booted from a USB-Stick as usual, however the OS (Manjaro, Pop!, Ubuntu tried them all) did not recognize my SSD making installation impossible. I then proceeded to attempt to install windows on it, which then worked immediately. I would however like to install Linux in the long term and decided that before I call a technician I should ask here.
Laptop Specs:
- CPU: Intel i5-9300J
- GPU: RTX 2060
- RAM: 8Gb DDR4
- SSD: Micron_2200_MTFDHBA512TCK
Best Answer
Your SATA mode in your BIOS is set to (Intel) RST instead of AHCI. Enter your BIOS, press Ctrl + s in the main tab and change the mode to AHCI, then save the changes and exit.