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Asus TUF Dash laptop - Samsung SSD drivers for Win 11 install setup

martinwitr
Level 7

‎02-01-2025 11:24 AM - edited ‎02-01-2025 11:27 AM

I'm having an issue installing Windows 11 on my Asus TUF Dash laptop (FX516PM) from 2021. The Windows 11 installation setup doesn't detect my Samsung SSD 980 (M.2 SSD), which is unusual. I have a few questions:

  1. How can I find the correct drivers for this drive?
  2. I downloaded the Samsung NVMe Express Driver 3.3 executable file and extracted it, but there are no .inf or .dll files present. Is there an official way to obtain these drivers in .dll and .inf format?

For reference, Ubuntu installation works without any issues - the Linux installer recognizes the Samsung SSD automatically. How should I proceed with the Windows 11 installation from scratch?

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ElectroStingz
Level 12

‎02-08-2025 04:04 AM

Hello,

What happens during the Windows 11 installer? Do you get any messages or can you post a picture of what happens / message?

Is the 980 drive clean or was it from another PC / laptop that has an OS installed with secure boot? Or did you try some other Linux OS on the 980 before trying to install Windows? < GRUB loader can mess up Windows detection.

If the drive is not clean, try a secure erase feature, if you BIOS has this option?

 

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