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I have a recently bought a laptop. ASUS VivoBook 14 with a i5 11th gen.

I wanted to do some tests with wifislax, I used rufus to create the boot device, when I select the USB bootable disk I see a black screen with an underscore. Not blinking.

When I use the same USB on another Laptop, an old Toshiba, it boots perfectly.

  • Secure boot is disabled
  • The BIOS recognize it perfectly
  • I tried it with all the USB ports
  • Rufus formats it on FAT32
  • I tried format it on NTFS but Rufus does not allow it.
  • Changed the boot order to USB first
  • Tested the USB with a original Windows 10 ISO

What other things can I do?

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  • try contacting asus support.
    – Moab
    Commented Dec 23, 2022 at 0:17

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Reset to default
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Please see:

Boot from USB

In addition to disabling Secure Boot, you need to go into BIOS and change the Boot Order to boot from USB first.

This will get around Fast Start which quickly boots to the main disk.

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  • Just changed the order boot. Now the USB is booting first. I see the same when the USB boots, a black screen with a non-blinking white underscore. I'm starting to think that is something related to BIOS
    – josmanuel
    Commented Dec 22, 2022 at 23:17
  • Make sure the USB has proper setup to boot a modern machine. Try on another machine.
    – anon
    Commented Dec 22, 2022 at 23:18
  • I tested it on a Toshiba Satellite L635. It's an old machine, and the USB boots perfectly there, without any problem
    – josmanuel
    Commented Dec 22, 2022 at 23:20
  • Try a more modern USB boot software so as to work with Windows 11 / 10. Indeed, make a new key altogether.
    – anon
    Commented Dec 22, 2022 at 23:21
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    Try a simple Windows USB and see it that works. It certainly should.
    – anon
    Commented Dec 22, 2022 at 23:49

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