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Minisforum - UM773 Lite (2023) - MiniPC

AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
Kingston 64GB DDR5-4800 SODIMM
WD Black 1TB SN850X
Qubes 4.1.2

Notes

  1. Secure Boot must be disabled in BIOS

  2. Adding x2apic=false entry into both Xen and Linux boot parameters is REQUIRED, both for launching Qubes installer AND for booting into installed system

  3. Installed with latest kernel Qubes installer option, and also running kernel-latest

System is running smoothly and snappily. Have not tried Bluetooth nor wifi.

Attachments

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'desktop'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  'unknown'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Micro Computer (HK) Tech Limited
model: |
  UM773 Lite
bios: |
  1.06
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 [1002:1681] (rev 0a) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V (rev 03)
memory: |
  64765
scsi: |

usb: |
  6
versions:

- works:
    'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
  qubes: |
    R4.1
  xen: |
    4.14.6
  kernel: |
    6.4.8-1
  remark: |
    FIXME
  credit: |
    FIXAUTHOR
  link: |
    FIXLINK

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Thanks for notes, might be useful!

What error messages and/or symptoms will the user face otherwise?

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I believe adding the x2apic=false boot parameter is currently required for all more recent AMD Ryzen systems (6000 and 7000 series?).

For the Qubes installer, once the install option is selected (and if verbose install is selected), the boot process will hang at “Reached Target Basic System” and perpetually throw more errors similar to “nvme nvme7: I/O 180 QID 8 timeout, completion polled” every minute or so.

Once Qubes is successfully installed with x2apic=false but booted without x2apic=false, the system will similarly hang post-GRUB but pre-LUKS decryption password prompt.

Note that the 7735HS CPU is basically a rebadged 6000-series CPU, which seem to have success with the x2apic=false workaround. I have noted some users tried to install Qubes onto proper 7000-series Phoenix APU systems (e.g. 7940HS) but were not successful despite using the x2apic=false parameter.

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Hi polio_flume, thank you for your post.

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Thank you @polio_flume for your HCL report, which is online now!

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