Qubes OS boot freezes on ThinkPad T490 (i915 / paths.target)

Hello everyone,
I’m trying to install Qubes OS on a Lenovo ThinkPad T490 and I’m having problems during the boot process. I’m not very experienced with Linux or Qubes, so I might be missing something simple.

Here’s what happens:

BIOS settings: Secure Boot disabled, UEFI only, CSM off, Intel VT-x and VT-d enabled.

I created the USB installer using Balena Etcher.

When I boot with no extra parameters, the system freezes at:

Reached target paths.target – Path Units.

When I boot with nomodeset, it goes further but then stops when loading i915 (Intel graphics) messages.

Thank you very much for any help.