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 I ordered a Dell Alienware 16X Aurora laptop for work.
-Out of the box it would not boot the Arch Linux USB because secure boot was enabled.
+It came with Windows, of course. I was able to shrink the C: partition within Windows to make room for Arch. I was attempting to preserve Windows if possible but would wipe it if necessary.
-After I disabled secure boot it would boot the USB, but Linux could not see the NVMe drive.
+Out of the box the firmware would not boot the Arch Linux USB because secure boot was enabled.
-This is because the drive mode was set to RST/VME instead of AHCI.
+After I disabled secure boot I had to recreate my Windows PIN.
+Next, the firmware would now boot the Arch install medium, but Linux could not see the NVMe drive.
+This was because the drive mode was set to RST/VME instead of AHCI.
+After switching the drive mode to AHCI, I thought Windows would have issues but surprisingly it still booted fine. And Linux could now see the NVMe drive.
+Installation went fine after that.
+Surprisingly, webcam worked out of the box.
+However, external monitor did not. I tried ''nvidia'' module but that did not work. Then I tried ''nvidia-open'' and that worked.