- Jan 7, 2016
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Hello,
I have been fussing with a desktop I just built and would appreciate any help or direction.
The pertinent hardware: Gigabyte Motherboard, i5, Nvidia MSI 960, 1TB HDD, no optical drive.
No matter what I try, I cannot get a working OS to install on it.
Something probably telling is that the VGA output from the motherboard is nonexistent - plugging the monitor in there results in no signal. When I'm plugged in using HDMI into the graphics card, I can at least get to the BIOS, and a few screens into the Windows or GRUB managers.
From there, the problem escalates. A clean install from a flash drive of Windows 10 appears to work, until it gets to the actual screen (no login or information entered). Then the bottom bar (the search bar and that's about it) flash on and off, where nothing else is visible. I can open task manager, but not the windows screen or a command prompt.
I figure okay, I'll install linux and see if I can get something working. Well, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and Red Hat all say otherwise. Most do nothing when attempting to either install or boot from the flash drive, except for Ubuntu which gives me a problem that might be related to the Nvidia drivers (ACPI PCC Probe Failed).
I have some ideas as to where the problem might lie: Bad first install of Windows at first, which I had hoped to fix by clearing hard drive; bad Nvidia drivers; faulty motherboard or processor functionality (not likely); or maybe I'm just stupid unlucky.
If anybody has any ideas as to where the problem might be arising or what I can try first to fix it, I would appreciate it.
My first build hasn't exactly been going according to plan
Thanks,
zmarkymark
I have been fussing with a desktop I just built and would appreciate any help or direction.
The pertinent hardware: Gigabyte Motherboard, i5, Nvidia MSI 960, 1TB HDD, no optical drive.
No matter what I try, I cannot get a working OS to install on it.
Something probably telling is that the VGA output from the motherboard is nonexistent - plugging the monitor in there results in no signal. When I'm plugged in using HDMI into the graphics card, I can at least get to the BIOS, and a few screens into the Windows or GRUB managers.
From there, the problem escalates. A clean install from a flash drive of Windows 10 appears to work, until it gets to the actual screen (no login or information entered). Then the bottom bar (the search bar and that's about it) flash on and off, where nothing else is visible. I can open task manager, but not the windows screen or a command prompt.
I figure okay, I'll install linux and see if I can get something working. Well, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and Red Hat all say otherwise. Most do nothing when attempting to either install or boot from the flash drive, except for Ubuntu which gives me a problem that might be related to the Nvidia drivers (ACPI PCC Probe Failed).
I have some ideas as to where the problem might lie: Bad first install of Windows at first, which I had hoped to fix by clearing hard drive; bad Nvidia drivers; faulty motherboard or processor functionality (not likely); or maybe I'm just stupid unlucky.
If anybody has any ideas as to where the problem might be arising or what I can try first to fix it, I would appreciate it.
My first build hasn't exactly been going according to plan
Thanks,
zmarkymark
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