I have an ASUS X555LA laptop. It has a problem that BIOS doesn't recognize any hard drives connected to the board. BIOS flash did not help the issue. I suspect that controller chip that reads SATA drives is fried. It was malfunctioning intermittently, and unplugging and plugging the separate PCB board that reads the drive from the main motherboard would sometimes make HDD visible again. For like a few days to a week. Then it would stop recognizing it again. Eventually it stopped functioning period. Won't read ANY drives. It's otherwise a good laptop with Intel I7 CPU. Everything else seems to work. DVD drive is readable. What are my options (other than throwing it out or using it for parts)?
I have a 128 GB M2 drive. Is there a way to somehow put it in (in place of DVD ROM for example)? Or is there perhaps a connector I can use to install an SSD/HDD in place of DVD ROM? Finally - if none of this is possible, can I enable boot from a USB drive, and install Windows 10 on the USB drive? What would be clear disadvantages of doing this? How badly would it impact the speed?
I appreciate any ideas you guys could throw my way. Thanks in advance
I have a 128 GB M2 drive. Is there a way to somehow put it in (in place of DVD ROM for example)? Or is there perhaps a connector I can use to install an SSD/HDD in place of DVD ROM? Finally - if none of this is possible, can I enable boot from a USB drive, and install Windows 10 on the USB drive? What would be clear disadvantages of doing this? How badly would it impact the speed?
I appreciate any ideas you guys could throw my way. Thanks in advance