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Has it stuck on system 76 screen and since the model I bought came with system 76s CFW you can't just do a fresh install or you lose one of the entire selling points of the laptop because that will wipe the custom embedded firmware.
So I get to send my private laptop back to the company so they can fix it pretty much putting all of my data at risk by doing so.
Super shitty for a $2200 laptop to be honest
Sounds like a manufacturing defect tbh. Shitty, but it happens to some degree no matter what.
That is just dumb of them. I would expect a wholly mainline kernel supported machine. At least within 6 months of release.
You've got a backup though, right?