Katana 15 B13VEK - Working R4.2.1

Brand: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Model: Katana 15 B13VEK

CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-13620H
Chipset: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a715]
Graphics: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] [8086:a7a8] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
NVIDIA Corporation AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile] [10de:28a1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

RAM: 65234 Mb

QubesOS version: R4.2.1
BIOS: E1585IMS.113
Kernel: 6.6.21-1
Xen: unknown

Remarks

Entered weird keysequence for advanced bios to disable a feature that causes install to brick. SHIFT + CTRL + ALT and tap F2 a few times. Disable Intel VMD (volume management device) technology.
Rufus in DD Mode (per installation guide)
Select on boot menu - Had to use Troubleshooting - verbose boot and Install Qubes OS (3rd option)

Wifi, Sound working. Haven’t tried bluetooth

Attachments

HCL .yml

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
model: |
  Katana 15 B13VEK
bios: |
  E1585IMS.113
cpu: |
  13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620H
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:a715]
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] [8086:a7a8] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  NVIDIA Corporation AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile] [10de:28a1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi [8086:51f1] (rev 01)
  
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
memory: |
  65234
scsi: |

usb: |
  1
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
    qubes: |
      R4.2.1
    xen: |
      4.17.3
    kernel: |
      6.6.21-1
    remark: |
      FIXME
    credit: |
      FIXAUTHOR
    link: |
      FIXLINK
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