Primary SSD on Dell Precision 7510 Cannot Be Detected by Ubuntu Installer

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I was able to install both Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.10 on the Dell Precision 7510 (settled for Ubuntu 15.10 due to out-of-the-box Wireless driver support). In order for the installer to recognise the disk I went into the BIOS:

System Configuration -> SATA Operation -> Choose AHCI

Apply and Exit

That did the trick for me.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Admin
    Admin about 1 year

    I've been trying to install Ubuntu along with the pre-installed Win 10 on my new Dell Precision 7510 with a PCIe SSD as the primary hard drive (this is where Win 10 was pre-installed) and a SATA HDD as the second hard drive. The problem is that Ubuntu installer cannot detect the SSD. It can only recognize my HDD and the USB thumb drive that I used for installation. The fdisk command doesn't list the SSD either. I've tried both 14.04 and 15.10 and neither worked. However there is no issue with the SSD when running Windows. Anyone's got the same issue or knows how to fix it? I'm pretty new to Linux so any advice would be a big help. Many thanks!

  • user10853
    user10853 about 5 years
    This saved my data's life. Thanks