After installing Zorin OS with Nvidia DRIVERS it boots to black and lags free

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Hi,

I just installed Zorin OS onto my new Asus G16 2024 and the installation process went real smooth I already use Zorin on a T460 and an old DELL XPS 8700 Desktop. I wanted to dual run Windows on one SSD and Zorin on another SSD.

After installtion it rebooted I took the USB drive out and pressed enter. But after that it boots into a black screen with the muse cursor at the bottom right and the computer stays frozen like that for infinity and beyond. Is the G16 not compatible ?
I've uploaded a picture of what happens.
CPU : Intel core ultra 9 185h
GPU : RTX 4070 8GB
RAM : 16 GB DDR5

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Hi, this askubuntu thread might help here:

Does the NVIDIA RTX 4070 have drivers for Ubuntu 22.04? - Ask Ubuntu

Zorin 17 is a fork of Ubuntu 22.04

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And You unplug the USB Stick first when You've got a black Screen where stands that You should remove the Installation Medium and press enter, yes? Not before?

  • Are Secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOS turned off?
  • Is Fast Start-Up in Windows turned off?
  • Is Your BIOS in UEFI or Legacy Mode?
  • Because You use 2 Drives: How did You install Zorin?
  • What Tool did You use to create the bootable USB Stick?

I would suggest to install Zorin again but without the Nvidia Drivers. You can install them after the Installation. And I would suggest to install it offline or at least without installing Updates and Stuff.

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After I installed Zorin OS it rebooted and ask me to remove the USB drive and press enter.

I used latest version of Rufus.

I do have Secure boot on. Never blocked Zorin OS before. I will try turning it off

My Bios is in UEFI.

I did launch the Zorin install on the usb drive and selected a drive and installed it on the said drive. Which was empty. Not new but formatted via Kill Disk a software I use often

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I deactivated secure boot and it does not work I filmed it.

I will provide a YT link for analysis.

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Have you tried that trick?

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One thing that I had an issue with is the lack of a GRUB menu when installing Zorin 17.2 recently. If you boot off the installation media again, try Zorin, then once in live desktop, enter 'Boot Repair' in the search menu.
Run it and hopefully it will do what it did for me, add a GRUB boot menu - this way you can choose advanced options and see if you can boot in Safe Graphics Mode.

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Okay, and have You set up in Rufus on the ''Partition Sheme'' Option GPT? That would be good because Your BIOS is in UEFI. The Option is here in the red marked Area:

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So, You used the ''Something else'' Install Option, yes?

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I will try that and see what happens.

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Also: Nvidia 4070 plus Wayland is a hard mix.
Zorin OS 17 now defaults to Wayland instead of X11 Display Manager.

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