Error when trying to boot from USB drive: usb 3-2.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32

Hello there! I start trying my venture in using a Desktop Linux Distribution as a secondary OS alongside Windows 11, because i try to test out and eventually migrate to Fedora GNOME, since it seemed to be the best choice out of all possible distributions.
Unfortunately, before i could start my venture, i was greeted with this screen when trying to boot from my USB drives. It never goes further than this screen.
I tried the following things already:

  • Used different USB drives, different flash methods (balenaEtcher, Fedora Media Writer, Ventoy), different USB ports and just the keyboard and all the USB drives i have on hand one after another plugged in, resetting the BIOS and turning IOMMU to on, off and Auto respectively. Alas, i always get the same error.
    Curiously tho, every other considered Desktop Linux Distribution i was able to boot and even install - Ubuntu, Zorin OS, Linux Mint, pop!_OS, CachyOS and EndeavourOS. Just Fedora refuses to even boot the Live environment because of this error.

If it might help, i have an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti installed and Secure Boot on, i don’t know if it may cause issues since i’ve read a lot about Linux having issues with Nvidia GPUs on Linux-based operating systems.

And before i try to do anything stupid just to try to fix this error, i thought maybe someone here may have a clue.

Kind regards!

It looks like quite a lot is continuing to happen after that error. Maybe it is non-fatal and not the reason you are not able to finish booting into Fedora Linux?

If you suspect the video card might be the problem, then you should try selecting the “basic graphics mode” option when you boot and see if that works.

Hey!

It actually worked! In fact, i should’ve done it before asking here because it seemed obvious to do this if the regular approach didn’t work, but the USB device descriptor error threw me off really bad.
But yeah, the culprit is indeed the Nvidia GPU that prevents booting the Live USB drive. I was able to install Fedora 41 and then install Nvidia drivers with Secure Boot support afterwards.

Thank you for the quick and helpful response!

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