yoshi3 wrote:
Dear Richcraft,
I bought it in Slovenia (EU) see web page below, where it clearly shows the g552VW-cn288t:
https://www.altstore.si/prenosni-racunalnik-asus-g552vw-cn288t-i7
maybe the retailer made a mistake with the naming? However, I did find some other pages which offer the same name and the same configuration.
There is also stated that the slot is PCI-E 4x so in theory this should work with the SM951 M.2.
It is really confusing...
What could also go wrong? Is it possible that the connector between motherboard and M.2 slot is missing? I think this could be the right stuff for Albert 😉
Thanks for the link, that certainly helped clarify some things. Based on solely the outward appearance of the laptop you purchased, it is identical to the GL552 in appearance. It appears to me in some regions the GL552 is being sold as a G552. I noted on the link you provided that it does advertise a 256GB SSD M.2 PCIEx4 as well as an IPS screen. The U.S. model does not have either of these features. If it does in fact have a x4 slot it should work with NVME. There is a pretty helpful thread that covers the SSD booting and installs, maybe you can use it to go back over the steps you have completed so far: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?76993-Guide-How-to-install-windows-8-8-1-10-The-proper-way...
One more thing we can do to troubleshoot is to take a look at your actual motherboard slots. There is a program called HWiNFO that would do this for you. I'll post a picture from my PC for comparison. Once you download this program, take a screenshot of the motherboard tab, as shown below. Here is the link for the program: http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php
I recommend you also private message cl-Albert and provide him your laptop serial number, he may be able to confirm for you.
Richcraft wrote:
Thanks for the link, that certainly helped clarify some things. Based on solely the outward appearance of the laptop you purchased, it is identical to the GL552 in appearance. It appears to me in some regions the GL552 is being sold as a G552. I noted on the link you provided that it does advertise a 256GB SSD M.2 PCIEx4 as well as an IPS screen. The U.S. model does not have either of these features. If it does in fact have a x4 slot it should work with NVME. There is a pretty helpful thread that covers the SSD booting and installs, maybe you can use it to go back over the steps you have completed so far: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?76993-Guide-How-to-install-windows-8-8-1-10-The-proper-way...
One more thing we can do to troubleshoot is to take a look at your actual motherboard slots. There is a program called HWiNFO that would do this for you. I'll post a picture from my PC for comparison. Once you download this program, take a screenshot of the motherboard tab, as shown below. Here is the link for the program: http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php
I recommend you also private message cl-Albert and provide him your laptop serial number, he may be able to confirm for you.
I agree that this is strange that there are 2 versions G(L)522VW. Thans for the link of the guide. I tried to install Win in the way it is described, however the BIOS still couldn't manage to detect SSD.
I have returned the laptop to the retailer (service), so I cannot try the hwinfo. I hope they will provide me more information tomorrow (will keep you updated).
Thank you also for the suggestions for the cl-Albert.
