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ASUS TUF Dash F15 (2021) no SSD found by Windows installation

JonathanPeel
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Hello all.

I have read and tried https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1044458

I am having trouble with a fresh instal of Windows. The installer does not see my SSD.

I have tried downloading the RST drivers by searching for my serial number on the support/download site. (Exact model number is FX516PE). I installed Ubuntu, then installed a Windows Virtual Box, and used that to extract the drivers from the EXE.
After trying the installer again it reads the driver files on a second USB flash drive (two options 9A0B, one managed and one not).

After selecting one it scans for a while but fails with the message

No new devices drivers were found. Make sure the installation media contains the correct drivers, and then click OK.

I have tried version 19 and 18 from the Asus Website, and I have also tried every other IRST driver I could find lying around the internet.

Things I have tried

  • Disabling VMD
  • RST Drivers
  • Windows 10 and 11 installers

I am now out of ideas.

Just in case, this is all my BIOS settings

Armoury Create Control    Enabled
Hyper-Threading                 Enabled
Intel Virtualisation Tech    Enabled
Intel AES-NI                          Enabled
VT-d                                        Enabled
SMART Self Test                   On
Network Stack                     Disabled
USB Mass Storage Drive    Enabled
DVMT Pre-Allocated           64M
Enable VMD Controller     Enabled <- Tried Both
Thunderbold Security       No
Fast Boot                              Enabled <- Tired Both
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know...

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@Falcon_ASUS, have you managed to find anything out?

@JonathanPeel
After confirmation by the technical team, we would like to request your assistance in verifying whether this SSD has been changed to a GPT partition and removing all configured partitions. Thank you.

@Falcon_ASUS, I got this working, I appreciate your help.

For your records, and for feedback, I borrowed a computer and used Rufus to copy the ISO to USB.
I don't know why this makes the installer work, but it did.

You guys can try remember this if someone else has this trouble 😄