I installed Pop!_OS this morning which went through without issue, looks like it’s using the 5.15 kernel. I’m going to give this a try and see how it behaves with what I’m trying to do (just HTPC/Lutris/Gaming stuff).
I also noticed during all of these failed installations that even Pop OS is using the “470” version of the Nvidia driver. When I had the turbo-fan issue on Manjaro and Endeavour, even when I downgraded I think I only went back to 475 if I remember right… So if I still have issues with Ubuntu based distros, it may be wortwhile for me to try an even bigger downgrade on the GPU driver from Endeavour rather than continuing to jack around with Ubuntu.
I feel like a dumb-Goldilocks incapable of finding the correct porridge. “Too out of date”, “too bleeding edge”, “too broken installer!”