u/Agreeable-Tie-7151

▲ 2 r/arch+1 crossposts

i have purchased a second hand laptop t14 gen 3 intel for a really cheap price compared to the specs but as in the title the bios is locked with a password that i have no way to bypass and change it's settings even with the legal ways (warranty or contacting the seller), the problem is that secure boot is enabled by default, so when i try to boot linux arch/archboot/fedora no matter what it just never boot taking me back to the boot menu even windows 11 usb didn't boot (which makes me think that usb boot is completely disabled even though it's not in the bios ), but i was able to install windows 11 using the advanced startup settings going to cmd then starting the setup, so i m wondering if there is a way to do the same with linux distro or any other way to just get linux running.

Edit: i tried installing linux mint/fedora using another pc and then putting back the ssd in the laptop but still not booting at all stuck in the boot menu Edit 2: even installing fedora or windows 11 than moving it back to the laptop still gives me black screen so I'm stuck now with no OS 🥲

thanks in advance (sorry for my bad english thou )

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