diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf b/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
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+blacklist snd_hda_intel
+blacklist nouveau
+blacklist mei_me
diff --git a/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf b/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf
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index 000000000..74dea577d
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+++ b/contrib/liveusb/etc/modprobe.d/e1000e.conf
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+# More conservative interrupt throttling for better latency
+# https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
+option e1000e InterruptThrottleRate=1