# The Ultimate Arch + Secureboot guide for Ryzen AI Max (ft. HP G1A 128gb 8060S monster laptop)

> Source: <https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-ultimate-arch-secureboot-guide-for-ryzen-ai-max-ft-hp-g1a-128gb-8060s-monster-laptop/230652?page=14#post_268>
> Published: 2026-11-06 16:38:14+00:00

The laptop always refuses to power off, no randomness here. Today I tried the CachyOS kernel as an alternative but everything froze when I tried using the camera.

 

 
[alanoo](https://forum.level1techs.com/u/alanoo)
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Just tried Fedora 45 beta. Everything works as intended on the first boot, maybe the first time I had to do zero fiddling.

Only small compliant is the by default the “performance” mode sticks the freq to 5+ Ghz and 20W+ and never goes down, which is a bit stupid and inefficient on a laptop.

 

 
first time I got the update through `fwupdmgr`!

 
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G1a webcam update: the “everything freezes when the camera fails” bug (`fail to get out prop` in `journalctl -k`, apps stuck until a reboot) is a deadlock in `amd_isp4_capture`. There’s a fix on linux-media: [isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_start_stream() error path](https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261028-isp4-start-stream-deadlock-v1-1-babd80273148@proton.me/). I’ve built it into [linux-g1a](https://github.com/gdkrmr/linux-g1a) (7.3.1), and the hang is gone. The camera still stays black for me, though: the ISP firmware rejects the stream config (`SET_STREAM_CONFIG` returns a failure). It started right after I updated the BIOS to **01.06.02**.

Does your camera work on 01.06.02, or did it break after updating?

 

 
Honestly, I don’t use the camera that much, but keeping that in mind, I haven’t had any hangs (yet?).

I didn’t see one at first glance, but if you tell me of a way to reproduce it without doing anything very exotic, I can definitely check if it happens on my system.
