Ok I nearly lost hope, since not being able to figure it out.
PLEASE. SEND. HELP.
_ First: this might gonna get a long one, but I‘m desperately looking for help!
Second: I‘m a total newb on Linux, so I have really limited Linux know-how.
Specs:
Asus ROG Strix G15DS-R7700X088W
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
2x 1TB SSDs; 1x M2 NVME with W11 running, 1x SATA
Goal:
Running Dual Boot with W11 on the first, M2 SSD (already running fine) and Linux (Nobara preferred) on the second, SATA SSD
Problem I run into:
I can‘t boot even from the LiveUSB without the „acpi=off“ option. If I do, I get just a black Screen (with Backlight still on) or, if I get into the Grub options first, there‘s only „booting command list“ visible but nothing else happens (even with „quiet“ disabled, no info on the Screen at all).
One thing I noticed, since my Keyboard, Mouse and Mousemat (Razerfly) have lighting, when I try to boot without the acpi=off, they go dark. And stay dark. With acpi=off the keyboard alone goes dark but then lights up again after 2-3 seconds.
If I run it with acpi=off, I can boot and install, but I then have to boot every time with acpi=off. This leads to the graphics driver not being recognized by the OS and running always in 1024x768 „software rendering“ resolution (even with proper drivers installed and enabled and nouveau on blacklist). So just let „acpi=off“ enabled isn‘t an option.
I did, after researching for several hours, try with various other options (nomodeset, acpi=ht, pci=biosirq, noapic, nolapic, and so on, tried a ton of those) but nothing did the trick - always black screen of death without acpi=off.
I did update my BIOS to the latest Version (306), did try every possibilty of options enabled/disabled (Fast Boot, Secure Boot, IOMMU, acpi settings in BIOS, secondary on-board Graphics,…) with no change.
Since I ran out of options (in relation to my google and reddit search skills), knowledge (total newb on Linux) and possibility to ask friends (that know more about linux than me), I‘m desperate enough to ask for help.
You are my last hope, before giving up on Linux with my PC.
If someone has an idea I could try or even a solution, I‘d be endlessly thankful!
If I missed some info or something is needed, don‘t hesitate to as for specific details._
I am away on vacation and may not check back regularly, sorry in advance.
Is this only on LiveUSB? Have you installed to the SSD with acpi on and checked if it boots correctly?
If it is just the liveUSB it sounds like when you have acpi on it power cycles/changes the driver or something with the usb ports and causes the live USB to disappear while trying to boot from it.
Are you also booting UEFI or Legacy? That can change some of the answers.
You are my last hope, before giving up on Linux with my PC.
Don’t worry by putting too much pressure on you mate.
You’ve made a bad bet with both Nvidia and Asus hardware. Both are known to make problems sadly. But we can fix it, I’m sure of that!
I’ve had that problem too a long time ago.
I think it might be because of the USB-stick.
What tool did you use to flash it? Try the Fedora Media Writer, Ventoy, Rufus, Etcher, or any other tool you tried before
Use another USB-stick
And another port
Eject the stick safely, don’t just pull it out
Deactivate the CSM in the BIOS. It will make compatibility with many other OSs impossible or hard.
Secure boot should be fine on most popular distros
Reset the BIOS settings (but don’t forget the CSM!)
Regarding my first paragraph, I recommend the -nvidia and/ or -asus images from universal-blue.org. Depending on if you want to use the PC for just gaming, or general use, you can give Bazzite a shot. Otherwise, the Silverblue and Kinoite main images are great too.
They have all drivers baked in if you select the right image.
Oh, and you could consider getting a second NVMe for Linux too. The performance will then be even better!
If the tips from above don’t work, tell my the results. Then we will troubleshoot more. Remember, usually Linux is just plug and play, and doesn’t require any fiddling. For most PCs, it’s just “plug your stick in, select next next, wait 5 minutes, done”.
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