Hi we have a Acer Aspire 3 A315-21 Series laptop, we are trying to upgrade the mechanical existing hard drive and replace it with the M.2 drive slot, we have a Samsung 128 GB MZ-VLW1280 drive which we want to use in this laptop but the drive can't be seen in the Bios menu, and when going through the Windows installation the drive isn't found, 2 Download the Intel VMD driver and save it to the Windows 10 USB drive from the Acer Drivers and Manuals page. 3) Unzip the file you download and save the files to the Windows 10 USB drive you created. 4) Reboot the system and press the F2 key as soon as you see the Acer Logo to enter the BIOS setup. TheSSD arrived today, I installed it and everything works as it should. So the Acer Aspire A515-51G supports Integral M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD (at least my model number, A515-51G-57DS, does). Thanks alot @brummyfan2 for your help! AIDA64 report: You are welcome and thanks for posting the results. Acer Predator PT516-51s Performance AcerAspire 3. 1. Remove the bottom plate. To access this notebook’s internals, you need to undo 11 Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom panel with a plastic tool, and lift it away from the chassis. 2. Remove the battery. Inside, we find a AspireE5-576(G) models may support installation of an M.2 solid state SATA 3 drive This article only applies to: Aspire E5-576 and E5-576G models. Some Aspire E15 models have an M.2 expansion slot that allows for adding additional storage. The M.2 slot in these models only supports installation of a SATA 3 drive. NVMe PCIe AddingRAM brings older systems back from the brink, boosting gaming, video editing, and heavy multitasking capacities. 4 GB is the minimum for Windows 11. Extra RAM brings older machines back from the brink with a noticeable jump in speed and efficiency. SSD for speed: An old, clunky hard drive bogs down both boot times and loading data-heavy June2020. Yes, it is compatible with your laptop so it will work. Ronojit2011 Member Posts: 5. Tinkerer. November 2021. @jennaa98. I have an Acer A315-31 15.6-inch Laptop (Celeron N3350 2GB DDR3/500GB/Windows 10/)Obsidian Black. A few days ago my laptop hard disk was bad so I will install SSD, if you look at it once and please advise that is TheAcer Aspire 3 does not rise particularly quickly out of its sleep mode. This is down to the way it is set up, because the SSD storage is perfectly nippy. There’s no USB-C connector here at tnWnc.