Hi everyone,
I recently installed Garuda Linux on my Acer Swift SFG14-63 (which came preinstalled with Windows), and since then, I can no longer access the BIOS/UEFI.
- Pressing F2 during boot does not work.
- Selecting Boot to BIOS from the GRUB menu also does not work.
- In both cases, I only see the Acer logo, which stays on screen indefinitely without booting further.
Before installing Garuda, I was able to enter the BIOS without problems. Windows is completely gone from the machine; Garuda is the only OS installed.
I came across a similar issue with the Acer Swift SFG16-72-91TX, where the user couldn’t access the BIOS after installing Linux. They managed to resolve it by removing the \EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi entry using efibootmgr, then reconfiguring Secure Boot settings. You can read more about their experience here: https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/713652/unable-to-access-bios-on-acer-swift-sfg16-72-91tx-after-bios-update-and-linux-installation.
However, I’m having trouble understanding the fix and am hesitant to try it without further guidance.
Here is my garuda-inxi output:
System:
Kernel: 6.16.8-zen3-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=92a925ca-70ba-492a-8de3-8be43b341557 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 49.0 tk: GTK v: 3.24.50 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 49.0.1 Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Swift SFG14-63 v: V1.04
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HWK model: Manatee_HKH v: V1.04 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.04
date: 03/11/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.5 Wh (69.8%) condition: 53.7/53 Wh (101.3%)
volts: 11.77 min: 11.28 model: LGC AP23A8L type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
charging: status: discharging cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS w/ Radeon 760M Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+
process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x75 (117) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xA705208
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB
desc: 6x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1419 min/max: 410/5018 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1419 2: 1419 3: 1419
4: 1419 5: 1419 6: 1419 7: 1419 8: 1419 9: 1419 10: 1419 11: 1419 12: 1419
bogomips: 103003
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] HawkPoint1
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3
code: Phoenix process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: c1:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1900
class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C
Device-2: Chicony ACER QHD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b7d8
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Samsung 0x4181 built: 2020 res: 2880x1800 dpi: 242
gamma: 1.2 size: 302x189mm (11.89x7.44") diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10
modes: max: 2880x1800 min: 640x480
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
[Rembrandt/Strix] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c1:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_pci_ps v: kernel
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_sof_amd_renoir,
snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63,
snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c1:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c1:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.8-zen3-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 0489:e102
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 119.98 GiB (25.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512GEJ9X110N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 51070C30 temp: 34.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 119.98 GiB (25.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 632 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 119.98 GiB (25.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 119.98 GiB (25.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 119.98 GiB (25.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 14.92 GiB used: 497.5 MiB (3.3%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.8 C mobo: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.92 GiB used: 8.44 GiB (56.6%)
Processes: 439 Power: uptime: 38m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 5.94 GiB services: gsd-power, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd
Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1349 pm: pacman pkgs: 1330 libs: 387
tools: gnome-software,pamac,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 19 Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1
Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.0.8 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.8.3-2):
System install date: 2025-09-23
Garuda release: 250916
Last full system update: 2025-09-24 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
--- System Health Check Report ---
22/24 checks run in 1.08 seconds ⌛
Powered by garuda-health 🦅
--- INFO ---
- A reboot is pending (update applied since last reboot)
âś… System health check passed. No issues found.
Has anyone else experienced this with Acer laptops, and is there a workaround to get back into the BIOS/UEFI?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
