So this is a weird one, I’ll just say what I did then provide a list of symptoms. I updated the bios on my ‘Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7’ motherboard from vF2 to VF12b; I did this by formatting a USB to FAT32, plugging it into the bios designated USB port, turning off the PC, waiting 30 seconds, then pressing the flash button and not touching it until it finished doing its thing and booted up of its own accord.

The results:

  • The card powers on.
  • The PC still posts and otherwise works, notable because my screen is plugged directly into the GPU.
  • ‘Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit’ system information can detect the GPU.
  • Other Linux Applets can not detect the GPU.
  • The motherboards BIOS somehow does not seem to detect the GPU.
  • No software, neither productivity applications nor games, can detect the GPU.

Solution
Disabling secure boot fixed it.

  • kewjo@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    are you sure you have the right motherboard bios i don’t see vf12b on their support page the latest i see is F11a? since it happened after the bios update would suggest checking you have the right version and if you do, try downgrading to a known working version to rule out bios issues.

    I’ve seen on my msi board sometimes they post beta versions and take them down when i check for updates.