ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition (2023)

Remarks

Used x2apic=false Xen parameter, did not try without it.

Suspend does not work - manufacturer excluded S3 sleep firmware support.

Latest kernel version is required for this laptop’s internal keyboard to function.

Specs by ASUS

Attachments


layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  'unknown'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
model: |
  ASUS TUF Gaming A16 FA617NS_FA617NS
bios: |
  FA617NS.408
cpu: |
  AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS with Radeon Graphics
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14b5] (rev 01)
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:7480] (rev c3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:1681] (rev 0a) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  AMD Radeon™ RX 7600S
network: |
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b852
memory: |
  15608
scsi: |

usb: |
  6
versions:

- works:
    'yes'
  qubes: |
    R4.1
  xen: |
    4.14.6
  kernel: |
    6.4.8-1
  remark: |
    FIXME
  credit: |
    FIXAUTHOR
  link: |
    FIXLINK

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Please explain reasons and necessity of this for others, if you know.

There is an open issue for this [1], and numerous topics / HCL reports that indicate necessity of this flag on new Ryzen CPUs like [2] and [3].

I did not even try without it on Qubes 4.1 because on the same laptop it was required for Qubes 4.2 rc1 to complete installation [4].

  1. Improve X2APIC compatibility with modern AMD platform · Issue #8111 · QubesOS/qubes-issues · GitHub
  2. HCL Zephyrus G14 GA402RJ_GA402RJ
  3. Installation problem with Ryzen 9 6000 serie - #4 by Lix
  4. Does anyone had success with Ryzen 6xxx and 7xxx CPUs? - #6 by tegas
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Thank you @tegas for your HCL report, which is online now!