woo! the amd vga card option showed in the bios! then it booted into artix!
and lookie here:
System:
Kernel: 6.12.12-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
Desktop: MATE v: 1.28.2 Distro: Artix base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: HP product: HP EliteDesk 800 G4 DM 35W (TAA) v: SBKPF
serial: <filter>
Mobo: HP model: 83E2 v: KBC Version 07.D4.00 serial: <filter> UEFI: HP
v: Q21 Ver. 02.29.01 date: 09/26/2024
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.7 GiB used: 1016.7 MiB (3.2%)
igpu: 512 MiB
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-B DIMM1 type: DDR4 size: 16 GiB speed: spec: 3200 MT/s
actual: 2667 MT/s
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM3 type: DDR4 size: 16 GiB speed: spec: 3200 MT/s
actual: 2667 MT/s
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-8500T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 bogomips: 25211
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 550 640SP /
560/560X] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4
bus-ID: 01:00.0 temp: 38.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,intel
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting failed: vesa dri: radeonsi,i965 gpu: amdgpu
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,radeonsi,swrast platforms:
active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 560 Series (radeonsi
polaris11 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.59 6.12.12-1-lts)
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib devices: 3
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon
RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
API: ALSA v: k6.12.12-1-lts status: kernel-api
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: off
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active (root, process)
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
bus-ID: 1-14:5
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 459.26 GiB (24.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: TeamGroup model: TM8FP6002T size: 1.86 TiB
temp: 38.9 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 97.87 GiB used: 27.66 GiB (28.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 300 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 294.23 GiB used: 21 GiB (7.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 238 Uptime: 0m Init: Dinit
Packages: 1153 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc:
all that amd 560 goodness in the inxi showing up!
the on down side is i couldnt have 2 2280 m.2 nvmes. i think i can use a 2230 in the right slot but it def does fit with the graphics card and the 2280