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

Distros I tried:
Nobara 39
Fedora 39
Fedora 38
Ubuntu 22.04
Pop!_OS

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._

#linuxquestions

  • Varen@kbin.socialOP
    1·
    5 months ago

    @Guenther_Amanita
    Thanks mate, appreciate your words!

    What tool did you use to flash it? Try the Fedora Media Writer, Ventoy, Rufus, Etcher, or any other tool you tried before

    Did try the Fedora Media Writer, Ventoy and Rufus up until now

    Use another USB-stick

    tried with 2 different already to exclude and issue with the stick

    And another port

    did already, swapped between USB-A and USB-C and even USB2 and USB3.1 Ports, unfortunately I have always the same issue, no matter the port.

    Eject the stick safely, don’t just pull it out

    always do

    Deactivate the CSM in the BIOS. It will make compatibility with many other OSs impossible or hard.

    already saw posts/comments about it while googling, but wasn’t able to find any option in my BIOS regarding CSM - but will go over it again to make sure I haven’t missed it

    Secure boot should be fine on most popular distros

    ok, good to know…

    Reset the BIOS settings (but don’t forget the CSM!)

    did this right just before answering (except the CSM part, see my answer above), didn’t change anything

    Regarding my first paragraph, I recommend the -nvidia and/ or -asus images from universal-blue.org

    will read through the docs, since I know very little about Linux yet, I’m not that familiar… just thought I’d download the ISO from the projects page and give it a go… will report back for sure, thanks!

    Oh, and you could consider getting a second NVMe for Linux too. The performance will then be even better!

    will def. consider it, if I get it running with proper driver and everything :D

    For most PCs, it’s just “plug your stick in, select next next, wait 5 minutes, done”.

    Kind of what I expected, but I’m not afraid of fiddling around to get it to work. Most of the time there’s a learning curve by fiddling, but I kinda hit a wall with that :D

    Thanks for taking the time and commenting, I’ll get back at you once I worked through everything. Really, thanks, appreciate it

    edits: typos, formatting