= Dell XPS 17 9710 =
There are two major hardware variants. Intel-only and NVidia
This has only been tested with the Intel-only variant
== Firmware Configuration ==
Enter the bios by repeatedly pressing F2 when the laptop turns on
=== Before installation ===
These settings are needed both for booting the final install, and installer itself. Therefore, they must be done first.
==== Method One ====
* Click ''Restore Settings'' button a select ''BIOS Defaults'', not to be confused with ''Factory Settings''
==== Method Two ====
* ''Disable Secure Boot (but keep UEFI Boot).'' Thankfully doing so is as easy as changing any other simple setting.
* ''Disable Intel hardware RAID and use AHCI instead.'' Intel doesn't seem to provide a working linux driver for this
== Optional ==
=== Firmware upgrades ===
Note that this device is supported by [https://fwupd.org/ fwupd].
To perform firmware upgrades just activate the service
<code>
services.fwupd.enable = true;
</code>
Then use <code>fwupdmgr</code> to perform updates.
=== Enable fingerprint reader ===
Activate the service
<code>
services.fprintd.enable = true;
</code>
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