HCL - Clevo NH55HPQ

Hi there,

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so here the output:

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  'unknown'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Notebook
model: |
  NH5x_NH7xHP
bios: |
  1.07.01LWL
cpu: |
  11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation 11th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:9a36] (rev 05)
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] [8086:9a60] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  NVIDIA Corporation GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] [10de:2520] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
  Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)
memory: |
  65315
scsi: |

usb: |
  2
versions:

- works:
    'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
  qubes: |
    R4.1
  xen: |
    4.14.3
  kernel: |
    5.10.76-1
  remark: |
    FIXME
  credit: |
    FIXAUTHOR
  link: |
    FIXLINK

---

Disclaimer: I’m just a normal user, not an expert!

I bought a Clevo NH55HPQ halfway across the world as the country I live in doesn’t have Clevo’s (and those windows-laptops with similar hardware specs are double the price).
Bought laptop overseas, added RAM and SSD’s locally.

Clevo NH55HPQ

Processor: Intel Core i7-11800H (8 Cores / 16 Threads) – 2.30GHz (Turbo 4.6 GHz) – 24MB IntelĀ® Smart Cache – 35w-45w TDP
Memory:	2x DDR4 locks (expandable up to 64 GB SODIMM / up to 3200MHz)

> => I installed 2x Kingston Laptop 32GB - DDR4 - 3200MHz-Non-ECC unbuffered - CL22 - 1.2v - SODIMM

Screen_display: 15.6″ LED FULL-HD 1920Ɨ1080 with 144Hz (Matt) 72% NTSC
Luminance 300 cd/m² (Nits) – eDP (2 Lanes) , eDP1.3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX-3060 – 6GB DDR6 Video Memory – DirectX 12.1 – NH55HPQ
IntelĀ® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen IntelĀ® Processors – DirectX 12.1
Storage:	
1 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4
1 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 / SATA interface
1 x 2.5″ (7mm) SATA HDD support

> => I installed:
* ZP4000GM3A013 FIRECUDA 530 NVME SSD 4TB M.2S PCIE GEN4, R/W(Max) 7,300MB/s/6,900MB/s
* Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 (2280),NVMe SSD R/W(Max) 3,500MB/s/3,300MB/s, 500K/480K IOPS
* Samsung 870 QVO MZ-77Q8T0BW 8TB , Samsung V-NAND, SATA III 6GB/s, R/W(Max) 560MB/s/530MB/s, 2.5inch. 7mm

Sound: 
Intel High Definition Audio + SOUND BLASTERā„¢ cinema 5
Built-in Microphone and Stereo speakers
Connectors:
6-in-1 Card Reader ( MMC / RSMMC / SD / MINI SD / SDHC / SDXC)
1x HDMI
1x Mini Display Port 1.2
1x USB 3.1 gene 2 (Type-C) (DisplayPort supported only with RTX3060 version!)
1x USB 3.2 gen 2 port
1x USB 3.2 gen 1 port
1x USB 2.0 port
1x 3.5mm 2-in-1 Audio Jack (sound/microphone) (The 3.5mm Microphone jack is switched off when in use)
1x 3.5mm Microphone jack
1x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN port
Communication: 
1 Megapixel Webcam
Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000MB)
Intel AX200 802.11AX dual-band 2.4 and 5.0 Ghz + Bluetooth V5.1
Keyboard_and_Mouse:
US International (QWERTY) with keyboard lighting (multiple colours). Other keyboard layouts are possible, see configuration options*.
TouchPad
Keyboard backlight (multicoloured)
Security:
Support for Kensington lock
Support for TPM 2.0 (Windows only)
Power:
Long battery life up to 4 hours (48.96WH Lithium-Ion)**.
180W AC Adapter 100~240V
Selected (EU, US, UK, IT, DK, CH, AU or ZA) plug included
Colour: Black
Dimensions:
361 mm x 258 mm x 28 mm
(14.2 x 10.2 x 1.1 inches)
Weight: 2.2 kg (4.85 lbs) (including battery)***

*Hardware depending on configuration.
**Battery life depending on configuration and ideal conditions.
***Weight depending on configuration. Weight tolerance is about 5%.

The shop I bought this laptop from told me this laptop is not compatible with Qubes OS (due to older kernel), so I chose to install Qubes R4.1rc2
I had some issues, like I could not get the installer to use over-provisioning of the SSD’s, so I used a xubuntu live USB to install LVM over LUKS, creating the pools and LV’s Qubes created, but allowing only 90% of the SSD’s being used, leaving 10% on each disk for over-provisioning. Of course all pools and LV’s are thinly-provisioned.
I was not so familiar with LVM when I started, so there may be better ways (maybe decreasing the pool from 100% to 90% after the install?). Anyway, I learned a lot in the process.

WiFi is still not working in QubesOS (it works in xubuntu LiveUSB*). Low priority now.
Since this laptop does not have hardware switches I may opt for a wired connection to a Raspberry Pi, that provides WiFi, that way I can run the first firewall and first VPN on the raspberry pi (with blackarch, with honey-pot). I have never used ArchLinux before, so on long term todo list for now. ((-: I’m soo looking forward to Qubes Air!!! ;-))
*) although when installing xubuntu in another LV next to dom0 (as dual-boot, not inside Qubes), wifi doesn’t work in xubuntu out of the box either.

For now my /boot partition is not encrypted yet (that my explain the: tpm: ā€˜unknown’… maybe… not sure). Will rerun qubes-hcl-report once /boot is encrypted (but don’t hold your breath!)

Also on my todo-list, once I learn LVM a bit more… is use some kind of software-RAID so dom0 runs on every SSD for maximum redundancy: RAID0 over 3 SSD’s of different r/w speed => SSD1 - write-mostly(SSD2 - write-mostly(SSD3))

Have been using Qubes on this laptop now for 3 days… apart from the above, the rest seems to be working fine.
I hope this post will be useful to someone.

If you let me know how I can open the .cpio.gz file and delete the serial numbers, then I’ll add it too.

Cheers,
A point of attention within an infinite state of consciousness having an experience.

P.S. And a huge THANK YOU! to everyone involved creating this AWESOME OS!!!

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Thank you @Random684321684219 for this HCL report, which is now online.

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Challenge accepted :stuck_out_tongue:

That’s actually a good point… :thinking:

This is your wifi:

This will fix it:


Absolute beast of a machine, by the way. Should provide you with much joyness of the Qubic variety :slight_smile:

Are you using the RTX 3060 or the integrated graphics?

I tried to install Qubes 4.1.1 on a usb c stick with fast read/write speeds about 12-15 times and I always get ā€œAn unknown error occurredā€ about a minute or two after the installation starts…

I’d really like to use this OS, for curiosity and also better privacy, depending on how great the loss of convenience will be, but in order to find out I would have to succeed installing it.

Any ideas what the problem on this processor/motherboard is?