Gigabyte Aorus elite z790 + Intel i5-13500 + Amd Radeon rx 560

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Qubes-HCL-Gigabyte_Technology_Co___Ltd_-Z790_AORUS_ELITE_DDR4-20240113-060219.yml (925 Bytes)

Some more hardware used:

  • Kingston fury renegade 1tb
  • 2x32gb 3200MHz Corsair vengeance lpx -with xmp enabled

Notes:

  • got stuck indefinitely installing Whonix template on first install -I gave up and reinstalled Qubes after about 30 minutes

  • usb keyboard and mouse both work as expected

  • I had to restart a vm for audio to work once, otherwise front panel audio and my external dac/amp both worked without other issues

  • ethernet has worked without issues so far

  • suspend/resume works without issue

  • no stuttering with 1440p video playback via software encoding

  • WiFi not tested

  • appvm boot time is 5-6 seconds

  • I previously tried running Qubes on a Msi pro z690 a-ddr4 wifi motherboard with an otherwise identical hardware setup and had numerous issues -(screen flickering during installer, qubes not installing without uefi tinkering etc.) see here Qubes installed but not booting - #31 by LEMON101

Day to day usage is almost flawless.

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Thank you for HCL and additional information. Can you please also fill a detailed report based on this template:

Example of user providing the answers is here. The more information the better, it may be helpful to other users, thank you.

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sure thing

going through the list step by step:

  • it got stuck once installing the Whonix template
  • latest kernel was not required
  • no additional kernel options where required
  • usb keyboard works
  • usb mouse works
  • no touch pad to test
  • no touch pad to test
  • the brightness slider seems unavailable with an external monitor
  • volume shortcuts work via usb keyboard
  • xinput --list gives “command not found”
  • keyboard is usb, not ps/2
  • Ethernet works out of the box
  • Ethernet speed is as expected
  • no internal WiFi to test
  • no internal WiFi to test
  • no internal Bluetooth to test
  • no internal Bluetooth to test
  • suspend/resume works
  • no internal WiFi to test
  • no internal Bluetooth to test
  • 720p/1080p/1440p/4k YouTube playback are all smooth with no buffering
  • 4k mp4 playback via vlc or parole has no noticeable stuttering however 8k is like a slideshow
  • the motherboard only has a single hdmi display out
  • front panel audio worked out of the box, as did my external dac/amp using a 3.5mm to coaxial adapter
  • no speakers to test
  • no hdmi sound devices to test
  • spidf to external dac to headphones works
  • fans are inaudible roughly half a meter away while on ldle
  • fans are the same volume as fan curves where set via the bios
  • win10 hvm untested
  • cpu temperature sensors not detected (they worked fine on Linux mint)
  • not a laptop but here are some of the parts used:
    Z790 AORUS ELITE (rev. 1.0) Key Features | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global
    Intel® Core™ i5-13500 Processor
    https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-500-series/radeon-rx-500-series/radeon-rx-560
  • monitor native resolution is 2560x1080
  • ram is 64gb
  • passmark cpu score is 32250
  • just the onboard usb controller
  • tpm2.0 is active
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  • when booting using a monitor connected using displayport the screen freezes on the disk password entry screen (I can still enter the password and it unfreezes on the user login screen)
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Thanks for the HCL report. I just created a pull request to add it to the HCL database.

Best,

Flavio

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