Pop Os/fwupd issues(and that's just the beginning)

[AMp3dStar]

Ok so my laptop which is a VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X570DD_M570DD(currently running POP_OS) has been very uncooperative with Linux, it has been rainbow screening me constantly and not wanting to boot to the desktop interface of other linux distros. But lately I've gotten it to consistently boot and load the desktop environment(just barely) after changing from hybrid graphics to integrated graphics. But it still rainbow screens after I type in my password and start booting the Desktop environment(gnome). So clearly something is still wrong, also if i change any bios setting it starts to get really wonky. After looking around i feel like it could maybe be firmware(pickin at straws here), so i went to update it through POP_OS built in setting firmware updater but it shows "Managed Firmware Unavailable No devices supporting automatic firmware updates detected". Eventually i found out about the terminal method and it's just as useless, it says they are update-able but it has no firmware updates?????

PLS HELP!!!!!

 

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curtis@curtis-laptop:~$ fwupdmgr get-devices
VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X570DD_M570DD
│
├─System Firmware:
│     Device ID:           2d8e3a0be2978888ddb73ebfe446e4e7df34f1f0
│     Current version:     0.0.770
│     Minimum Version:     0.0.770
│     Vendor:              ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (DMI:American Megatrends Inc.)
│     GUID:                86b1a7c9-f367-50c9-a663-92aebbd4a4b7
│     Device Flags:        • Internal device
│                          • Updatable
│                          • Requires AC power
│                          • Needs a reboot after installation
│                          • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│                          • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│   
└─WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202:
      Device ID:           3743975ad7f64f8d6575a9ae49fb3a8856fe186f
      Summary:             NVM Express Solid State Drive
      Current version:     20200000
      Vendor:              Sandisk Corp (NVME:0x15B7)
      GUIDs:               d7dbb9d4-b78f-5fc8-8372-2f42b2343eed
                           8f2c26ef-bb63-5d66-b0bc-f188955c6cc7
                           e1f72f9d-06b9-568b-aece-45066c267d8f
      Device Flags:        • Internal device
                           • Updatable
                           • Requires AC power
                           • Needs a reboot after installation
                           • Device is usable for the duration of the update
    
curtis@curtis-laptop:~$ fwupdmgr update
• System Firmware has no available firmware updates
• WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 has no available firmware updates
No updatable devices

[Radium_Angel]

24 minutes ago, AMp3dStar said:

VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X570DD_M570DD

Give us a link to the product page of the laptop, please.

[AMp3dStar]

3 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Give us a link to the product page of the laptop, please.

here is asus's

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-Laptop-M570DD/

and i bought it from amazon

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0865PR4W5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, AMp3dStar said:

here is asus's

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-Laptop-X570ZD/

and i bought it from amazon

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0865PR4W5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not all laptops are supported out of the box by *nix, while the main hardware looks compatible, that doesn't mean the rest of it is, there are certainly no drivers for anything other than Win10.

 

It's a tired cliche in the *nix world, but try aa better supported distro like Ubuntu or Mint

[AMp3dStar]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Not all laptops are supported out of the box by *nix, while the main hardware looks compatible, that doesn't mean the rest of it is, there are certainly no drivers for anything other than Win10.

 

It's a tired cliche in the *nix world, but try aa better supported distro like Ubuntu or Mint

i have tried ubuntu but it had even more trouble than POP_OS. Also any suggestion for fixing the temporary rainbow screen that happens after the login?

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, AMp3dStar said:

i have tried ubuntu but it had even more trouble than POP_OS. Also any suggestion for fixing the temporary rainbow screen that happens after the login?

Sounds like the laptop is a windows only system.

[AMp3dStar]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Sounds like the laptop is a windows only system.

welll shiiiiiiiiit, thx for the help tho.

[Radium_Angel]

12 minutes ago, AMp3dStar said:

welll shiiiiiiiiit, thx for the help tho.

Sorry buddy, it's not the 1st system out there that's like that. Depending on how well versed you are with *nix, you could try a liveUSB of something like RedHat, or if you are feeling brave, Arch. They are not .deb based, so you *may* have better luck.

[Ashleyyyy]

you can try Manjaro...