On 05/02/13 17:33, Barry Drake wrote:
Hi there .... I've just got my new computer from pcspecialist. I
can't get it to boot with any version of Ubuntu later than 10.04. It
also won't boot with the latest version of Mint although a Jan 2011
download boots OK.
The motherboard is ASUS® F1A55-M LK R2.0: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 3.0GB/s
and it has 2GiB of RAM. I've gone through the UEFI settings. Secure
boot is off. The boot process freezes on the live-DVD at about the point
when the cursor could appear. I really want to install 13.04. So far,
I can'tseem to get rid of the splash screen to see the messages - and
there is no message, only the splash screen when the freeze takes place.
Hi Barry
In my various hardware travels I have several times needed to use
nomodeset. This is available as one of the live session boot options.
In rare cases, some specific options have been needed also (re
nomodeset) on more ancient hardware anyway. If required, then, after
install it needs to be made permanent by file edit.
I have myself just this week taken delivery of a new PC from someone
you contacted a while ago - ElpaTech, who now advertise preinstalled
Ubuntu option (which I took). My reasonably powerful new PC - I am
told - gave an unexpected problem by needing special action to run the
on board wired ethernet (!) (I may simply fit a supplementary NIC for
an easy life with normal kernel updates).
The point here is - this new production mobo has still got unresolved
bug re the hardware, that is, the software has not fully caught up. In
some years, I have bumped into two other examples of similar issues,
which in time got sorted.
Good luck. And thanks for the introduction to ElpaTech in previous times!!
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