As the computer has a modern NVIDIA graphics card, we would recommend booting the Zorin OS USB Install Drive with the "Try or install Zorin OS (modern NVIDIA drivers)" option before installing Zorin OS to the computer.
In our experience with similar customer support queries, we've also found that changing the computer's boot mode from "BIOS" / "Legacy" to "UEFI" typically resolves the "NVRAM locked" issue. If there is a "Load CSM" option in the BIOS Settings screen, setting it to "Never" could also help.
However, it looks like the OP's computer is already set to UEFI mode.
If the source of the issue is indeed related to an incompatibility with the hardware and the kernel version, I want to mention that the Linux kernel in Zorin OS 17 is expected to be updated to version 6.11 next month or in March, ahead of the launch of Zorin OS 17.3. This would exceed the Linux kernel version 6.9 in Pop OS 22.04.