The Wanderer composed on 2020-12-28 16:13 (UTC-0500): ... 4-subscribe to one or both Grub mailing lists to ask for help.
5-Turn on UEFI if it's off, turn off if it's on, if you have a spare disk for making the switch, or your live media supports both. Grub's job is considerably different between the two. 6-Use Knoppix as your live media. It boots with Syslinux instead of Grub. 7-RMA the 5700. Have you tried slowing down the CPU, disabling hyper-threading, or slowing down RAM? Have you run memtest86 lately, or swapped RAM stick positions? Does your PS or motherboard have any swollen or leaky electrolytics? -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/