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Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 (programming.dev)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Dotdev@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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As the title says, my bootable usb is not showing up in the boot menu for my ThinkPad e14 AMD ryzen 5 7530u , gen 5 I think. I have disabled secure boot in the uefi and disabled fast startup in windows. Am I missing anything ? Note: this is my first time using a uefi bios so I don't know if there are any other kinks to mess with .

Edit : I contacted lenovo support for the above issue but even they couldn't find the answer so I guess won't be using linux for this laptop. But since it's for uni I guess it's fine. I will just use WSL

Edit 2: Reinstalled the bios , the usb boots now . Finally slapped opensuse on it and now running it

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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These settings seem exactly the same as mine in all significant ways. Can you show me a picture of Config > USB?

Also, what's the partitioning on your laptop like? Have you actually set up Windows, or have you just left it in OOBE mode for now? On my E16, I just put in a second drive and haven't even touched Windows yet.

Also, when I get time today, I might try replicating your steps with Ventoy to see what happens. Have you just tried straightup flashing an image? (If you haven't, probably try something like OpenSUSE or Debian, which tend to have better EFI support on their installers.)

[–] Dotdev@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have completed the windows setup with the usual 3 partition and I used Ubuntu as well but booting is not the problem, the bios just doesn't seem to pick up the pendrive

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay. What does your Config > USB look like?

[–] Dotdev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Power through usb and the same on battery

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried completely resetting all BIOS settings?

[–] Dotdev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Factory defaults tried that

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The last thing I would try is seeing if you can update/revert the firmware on this thing.

If not, then I think I might be out of ideas unless you happen to have a KVM switch that can stream over le intwerbz.

[–] Dotdev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you reset the firmware ?

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's something you'll have to Google, but there should be a tool in Windows (you might have to install it from OEM website if you've reinstalled to debloat).

[–] Dotdev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tried that as well but that as well uses usb boot so that is also net detecting