HCL Asus Proart Z890 Creator WIFI 7- 15th gen Intel Ultra 9 285k (series 2) 24 cores (8P-16E) - Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070

[Dutch]

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Desktop'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  ASUS
model: |
  System Product Name
bios: |
  1602
cpu: |
  Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 285K
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:7d1a] (rev 01)
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Arrow Lake-S [Intel Graphics] [8086:7d67] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  NVIDIA Corporation GN22 [GeForce RTX 5070] [10de:2f04] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:7f2f] (rev 10)
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Aquantia Corp. AQtion AQC113 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3an Ethernet Controller [Antigua 10G] [1d6a:04c0] (rev 03)
  Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I226-V [8086:125c] (rev 06)
  Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) AX1775*/AX1790*/BE20*/BE401/BE1750* 2x2 [8086:272b] (rev 1a)
memory: |
  48407
scsi: |

usb: |
  6
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
    qubes: |
      R4.3-alpha
    xen: |
      4.19.1

Both Fedora 42 xfce beta and Qubes OS installed without any work arounds. This is not a dual boot system. I installed Fendora 42 xfce beta first and then installed Qubes OS 4.3 beta over it. Qubes OS 4.3 is the soul operating system on this machine. Both OSs recognized the cpu, gpu, nvme, usb devices and the wifi-7 during installation.

Both the 10 Gb & 2.5 Ethernet as well as both the the thunderbolt 4 & 5 are recognized by Qubes OS with the latest kernel (6.14.0) .

Some folk might think I must be crazy for building a desktop computer like this for running linux and admittedly I probably am …

A Little Bit Crazy

Attachments

Qubes-HCL-ASUS-System_Product_Name-20250327-172205.yml (1.1 KB)

[Sven]

Hardware compatibility list (HCL)

[Bloged]

Hi @Dutch,

I’m trying to get Qubes OS running on very similar hardware to yours and came across this HCL report. I’m hoping you can help!

My Hardware

• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX (Arrow Lake-HX, 24 cores: 8P+16E)
• GPU: Intel Arrow Lake-S Graphics [8086:7d67] + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti [10de:2f18]
• Chipset: Intel 800 Series (WM880) [8086:7d1c]

Your Hardware (that works!)

• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Arrow Lake-S, 24 cores: 8P+16E)
• GPU: Intel Arrow Lake-S Graphics [8086:7d67] + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
• Qubes: R4.3-alpha, Xen 4.19.1, Kernel 6.14.0

My Problem

I’ve tried multiple Qubes versions and they all fail:

• 4.3-rc versions (rc1, rc3, rc4): Boot loop with APIC ID mismatch errors
• 4.2.4: Installs but can’t initialize graphics (no /dev/dri/card0)
• Custom builds (Xen 4.20.2 + kernel 6.17.9): Black screen, Xen fails to start

Questions

1. Where can I get the Qubes 4.3-alpha ISO you used? I can’t find it on the downloads page.
2. Did you use any specific BIOS settings? (E-cores enabled/disabled, IOMMU settings, etc.)
3. Did you use any special boot parameters at installation, or truly no workarounds?
4. What BIOS version are you running?
5. Did you install with integrated graphics only or with both GPUs active?

Your setup is the closest I’ve found to working Arrow Lake hardware with similar core configuration. Any guidance would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks! Kind Regards, Bloged

[WhiteShadow]

@Bloged

Where can I get the Qubes 4.3-alpha ISO you used? I can’t find it on the downloads page.

Qubes OS 4.2 Signed Weekly Builds

Hi, New ISOs for 4.2 can be found through Issues · fepitre/updates-status-iso · GitHub. ISOs are built like @marmarek said, in a dedicated build machine like how the official ones are done. They can be downloaded at Index of /qubes/iso-testing/ and I’ve uploaded the dedicated signing key https://qubes.notset.fr/iso-testing/qubes-weekly-builds-signing-key.asc Best regards, Frédéric

Weekly builds

[joe.blough]

I don’t think it’s overkill. Everything is noticeably faster from 12 gen i9 to 15th gen ultra 7, especially Tor even with the same basic speed service.

[Bloged]

Thanks for you help WhiteShadow! When I try to download those build from around March (when Dutch posted his HCL) I don’t have any peers to download it from. When I try the oldest possible ISO from the FTP, I can get it to boot, but it gets stuck when reaching target.swap.

So either it is some other hardware (in my laptop) that is not working or somewhere along the line some regression is taking place that only I notice

[WhiteShadow]

I guess you need at less dom0 based on Fedora 42, while at the moment it on Fedora 41.

May you run live images of Fedora 41,42 and 43 on your device and share result?

[Bloged]

Running Fedora Live 41 and 43 run without any trouble see also my post: Arrow Lake-HX Boot Loop with Qubes OS - APIC ID Mismatch and Xen Issues