Thanks for checking into this for me, here is the info you requested:



additional info: the above screen shots above were when I was using an m.2 drive, trying to boot up linux mint. I also tried booting mint from a usb drive, still did not boot up. The following screen shot was how far the boot process got for the m.2 boot:

one final note, I was able to get the tails os operating system, “The Amnesic Incognito Live System”, to boot up from a usb drive, not sure
what that indicates…
thanks for your help.