Firmware changes

Now depending on your computer motherboard make sure of:

For Desktops:

• XHCI Handoff: Enabled (if applicable, some may not have this option)

• OS Type: Other (if applicable)

• Secure Boot: Disabled (refer to google or your motherboard's manual on how to disable it)

• Legacy/CSM support: Disabled [if you see a garbled screen, enable this]

• If you have an Nvidia/AMD GPU:

  • NO DISPLAY is connected to the motherboard's DP/HDMI/VGA/DVI ports

  • under System Agent (SA) [or some other menu], Graphics Settings, Main Display: PEG or PCIE

  • Disable anything like: Hybrid Graphics, Dual Graphics, DVMT size ... that are related to Intel GPU

• If you have Intel GPU:

  • make sure your DVMT pre-alloc (not to be confused with DVMT size), is set to 64MB (or higher, 64 is enough), DMVT size/apertures/whatever, to the max.

For laptops:

• make sure you have Secure Boot Disabled

• TMP/Security Chips/Security modules Disabled (if possible, it may be enabled later on)

• DVMT-prealloc to 64MB (if possible, not to be confused with DVMT size/aperture/whatever, however it may be seen as Graphics Memory)

• move from RAID/IDE to AHCI (if applicable)

• Disable the external GPU (if possible)

• Enable USB Legacy support (on some cases)

• Disable fast boot

• Disable LAN/WLAN/WWAN boot/wake

• Disable USB wake