Is SATELLITE P50-B-11M (PSPNUE-02L044CE) Qubes compatible?

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This is my hardware where Ill try to install, so far I was not successful even though I did not get any error at install time:
SATELLITE P50-B-11M (PSPNUE-02L044CE)
Display (LGD0470): 1920x1080 in 16", 60 Hz [Built-in]
RAM Memory: 16 GiB
Graphics:
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-4720HQ (8) @ 3.60 GHz
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M200X Series with 2GB dedicated RAM
I know that qubes works better with intel integrated which is the next one I have
GPU 2: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller @ 1.20 GHz [Integrated]

Disk: 1TB ssd with a partition with ubuntu bit more of 500GB available just for Qubes because I will install qubes if I can replacing ubuntu. The other partitions at the beginning of the disk are for windows

sda Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB 931,5G
sdb Extreme 55AE 931,5G
sr0 MATSHITABD-MLT UJ272 1024M

WIFI Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160

  • PCI ID: 8086:08b3
  • Driver: iwlwifi
  • Interface: wlp3s0
  • Wi-Fi standard: 802.11ac
  • Status: working, Linux driver loaded

Ethernet card

Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

  • Driver: r8169
  • Interface: enp4s0
  • Speed: 1 Gbit/s

Virtualization:
Intel Core i7-4720HQ @ 3.60 GHz (Haswell mobile)
Cores/Threads: 4/8
Flags (Virtualization support): vmx, ept, unrestricted_guest, vpid
VT-x (Intel Virtualization Technology): :white_check_mark: present
EPT / SLAT: :white_check_mark: present
VT-d / IOMMU: not present at the moment of writing this message BUT I tried something in grub and will check later if it worked, which is:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“quiet splash intel_iommu=on iommu=pt”

Some help will be very much appreciated. Im totally new in qubes

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I can’t say for sure, but if we search over HCL you can find:

Dell Precision M3800 i7-4702HQ Haswell Integrated Graphics (HD 4600)

and

Toshiba Satellite C55-A Pentium 2020M Ivy Bridge Integrated Graphics (HD)

Most likely it will work.
Cool idea to install QubesOS on Satellite, NASA should be informed.

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My exact laptop is not there
I checked another laptop which is neither there
Thinkpad p16 gen 1 21D6CT01WW

this is quite new ((2-3 years old)

Neither acer aspire v5 552G

It seems impossible to try test GD qubes

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Remove the dedicated graphics card and try installing Qubes OS without it.

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https://groups.google.com/g/qubes-users/c/qsLAG2cBoy4/m/L0grQlTgBgAJ

If we enter to discussion about Toshiba Satellite C55-A Pentium 2020M, we see that owner face issue with VT-d / IOMMU.
According to https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/78934/intel-core-i74720hq-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz/specifications.html

‡ This feature may not be available on all computing systems. Please check with the system vendor to determine if your system delivers this feature, or reference the system specifications (motherboard, processor, chipset, power supply, HDD, graphics controller, memory, BIOS, drivers, virtual machine monitor-VMM, platform software, and/or operating system) for feature compatibility. Functionality, performance, and other benefits of this feature may vary depending on system configuration.

I can’t find this model on toshiba website, try to check with their support if VT-d / IOMMU should work on your device

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How can I remove the amd graphics card from a laptop ?
;-))))