Have you tried updating your BIOS/UEFI firmware?
Something is really wrong
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No, because I could not find the latest version. It is some kind of 'unbranded' custom laptop I bought from laptopwithlinux.com
Clevo NS70PU
I also wanted first to understand is it a bios problem or not.
About that windows usb - booted from it, saw a 'loading files' line and a progress bar, after loading I saw computer's logo and it stuck at this. 15 minutes already.
The last thing to try would be to see if you can boot the Windows installer and install and boot Windows, just as a final test but that's more if you really want to. To me it's not looking like a problem specific to Linux to Windows since that Windows Pre-Installation live environment isn't booting either.
That took a while,ok found it, it's a re-badged machine made by Tsinghua Tong Fang industries, it's their entry level machine [although it still has a good spec], it only has 1 M2 slot wired as NVMe, the BIOS/UEFI is pre-set for use with Linux so there should be no reason to change it, as it looks like the machine is fairly recent no point in looking for an upgrade either, so now we must look at the hardware, or method,
if you have changed the main drive check and make sure its the same type as original [pcie3 or pcie4 NVMe or if its an older one it may be SATA3 SSD] use a new or recent good quality pend-drive of 8 or 16 GB preferred make sure its clean and formatted fats 32 or x-fats, download your distribution from the developer site [our links are such] when downloaded CHECK the SHA sum to make sure its not corrupt [I dont know how stable power supplies are in the Baltics] write the downloaded ISO to the pendrive [not copy] try and use the primary USB slot [usually the one closest to the power supply] for installing and follow the basic installation routeen
ADDENDUM if at any time it has had windows installed make sure fast boot is dissabled.
if you have changed the main drive check and make sure its the same type as original [pcie3 or pcie4 NVMe or if its an older one it may be SATA3 SSD] use a new or recent good quality pend-drive of 8 or 16 GB preferred make sure its clean and formatted fats 32 or x-fats, download your distribution from the developer site [our links are such] when downloaded CHECK the SHA sum to make sure its not corrupt [I dont know how stable power supplies are in the Baltics] write the downloaded ISO to the pendrive [not copy] try and use the primary USB slot [usually the one closest to the power supply] for installing and follow the basic installation routeen
ADDENDUM if at any time it has had windows installed make sure fast boot is dissabled.
All you mentioned was done by me before installing Fedora...
Well, if linux doesn't boot, live usb doesn't install, windows PE isn't working, windows installer won't work anyway as well.
But what now?
I found similar problem like yours and solution is either upgrade or downgrade bios.
Here is the link
discussion.fedoraproject.org
Here is the link
Installation problem [black screen]: Fedora 41 on laptop with an Intel Ultra 5 CPU and integrated graphics card
Hi there, I’m trying to install the latest Fedora Workstation on my laptop, which has an Intel Ultra 5 CPU and an integrated graphics card. However, I’m stuck at the installation screen, where only a black screen with a “_” in the top left corner appears. I posted about this issue earlier...
discussion.fedoraproject.org
It seems nice, but she was able to play with windows to manipulate all those bios versions and files, and I cannot even make a bootable usb to install anything.I found similar problem like yours and solution is either upgrade or downgrade bios.
Here is the link
Installation problem [black screen]: Fedora 41 on laptop with an Intel Ultra 5 CPU and integrated graphics card
Hi there, I’m trying to install the latest Fedora Workstation on my laptop, which has an Intel Ultra 5 CPU and an integrated graphics card. However, I’m stuck at the installation screen, where only a black screen with a “_” in the top left corner appears. I posted about this issue earlier...
I've wrote an email to laptop's company I bought the computer, fot them to show me directly where to find and download the exact bios version for my device.
Hopefully, that fixes it.
UPDATE
well, that was bios. It needed the update, otherwise it won't work with upper kernel versions.
It seems it could work, but system somehow just held it not to load - like saying 'go update ya shiet and then come back'
Bios itself to be updated, I had to go through the prism of idiotism, because manufacturer does not public the update anywhere. You need to contact reseller ( yes, reseller, because Clevo did not even bother to reply) and tell the story. Then THEY contact Clevo, and after few days, reseller replies, that Clevo issued him this precious fucking update, and it can be downloaded from reseller's temp cloud storage. Downloaded, updated and voilla - booted, chose fedora from grub and it started like nothing ever happened. Like resuming session after sleep.
Jeeezes Christ.
well, that was bios. It needed the update, otherwise it won't work with upper kernel versions.
It seems it could work, but system somehow just held it not to load - like saying 'go update ya shiet and then come back'
Bios itself to be updated, I had to go through the prism of idiotism, because manufacturer does not public the update anywhere. You need to contact reseller ( yes, reseller, because Clevo did not even bother to reply) and tell the story. Then THEY contact Clevo, and after few days, reseller replies, that Clevo issued him this precious fucking update, and it can be downloaded from reseller's temp cloud storage. Downloaded, updated and voilla - booted, chose fedora from grub and it started like nothing ever happened. Like resuming session after sleep.
Jeeezes Christ.
What a headache, would have been so much easier if they share the bios/uefi updates on their website like any other motherboard or laptop vendor. Awesome that you have a working laptop now!
Try cleaning out the drive of unwanted partitions and re-formatting the drive. you may have some corrupted sections. restart and go into boot menu and select Boot From USB. Exit allowing changes. Insert the usb and re-boot. This worked for me recently installing Linux Mint.
