The Windows 10 installer is immediately freezing.

[Blackraven1]

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I just got an ROG Zephyrus G14, and it came with Windows 11, but I wanted to put Windows 10 on it. The problem is that the Windows installer freezes as soon as it tries to boot. I've tried 2 different flash drives as well as using Balena Etcher to flash the drives instead of Rufus, but my computer didn't see either of those drives when I tried that (which I sort of expected after getting a message on screen telling me to use Rufus instead for Windows install USBs). I'm not sure what else to try.

[kirashi]

1 hour ago, Blackraven1 said:

Video of the problem

I just got an ROG Zephyrus G14, and it came with Windows 11, but I wanted to put Windows 10 on it. The problem is that the Windows installer freezes as soon as it tries to boot. I've tried 2 different flash drives as well as using Balena Etcher to flash the drives instead of Rufus, but my computer didn't see either of those drives when I tried that (which I sort of expected after getting a message on screen telling me to use Rufus instead for Windows install USBs). I'm not sure what else to try.

If this is a newer ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, it may not support Windows 10 - the manufacturer doesn't even list Windows 10 on the support page. I would ask the manufacturer to verify if Windows 10 is even compatible with this laptop before spending more time trying to install it.

https://rog.asus.com/ca-en/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g14-2024/helpdesk_download/

[Blackraven1]

36 minutes ago, kirashi said:

If this is a newer ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, it may not support Windows 10 - the manufacturer doesn't even list Windows 10 on the support page. I would ask the manufacturer to verify if Windows 10 is even compatible with this laptop before spending more time trying to install it.

https://rog.asus.com/ca-en/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g14-2024/helpdesk_download/

Never mind. I got it to work. I found another Windows install USB I had lying around. From what I can see, this one has a different Windows 10 ISO flashed onto it, so it must have been something with the ISO I was using before.

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, kirashi said:

If this is a newer ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, it may not support Windows 10 - the manufacturer doesn't even list Windows 10 on the support page. I would ask the manufacturer to verify if Windows 10 is even compatible with this laptop before spending more time trying to install it.

https://rog.asus.com/ca-en/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g14-2024/helpdesk_download/

Is that even possible? I mean short of bios level code not allowing it, any PC is technically windows compatible, even using win95!!

Same goes for Linux

[kirashi]

11 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Is that even possible? I mean short of bios level code not allowing it, any PC is technically windows compatible, even using win95!!

Same goes for Linux

If a computer is made with components that a given operating system doesn't know how to talk to and there are no drivers available, yes, it's possible.

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, kirashi said:

If a computer is made with components that a given operating system doesn't know how to talk to and there are no drivers available, yes, it's possible.

Which one ? Maybe the NPU chip, that's the only thing I can think of ?