New ACER Aspire XC-885. Windows starts ok.
The bios confirm 1TB drive fitted on SATA port 1. Plus a 13GB Intel Mempek on NVME Port 1
Bios show Optane volume info:
SATA 0.1, WDC 932 GB
PCIe , Intel Mempek 13GB
At partition phase, no drives detected. This using USB ISO image, also DVD.
The onboard SATA mode can be set in the BIOS to 'RST with optane' (default), or to "AHCI"; both settings result in no drives detected.
What to do?