Hi there guys,
I've been building for a few years now and I've never quite seen something like this.
Issue:
I am able to boot the board, I can access and modify the bios, I can also run Memtest86 on a USB drive.
If I plug in a Ubuntu (or Debian) USB, I am presented with a graphical GRUB bootloader screen, as expected, however when I press any option such as "Try Ubuntu Live.." or "install" the PC black screens instantly/soon after, the CPU debug light on the motherboard also goes red.
What I've tried:
I've been building for a few years now and I've never quite seen something like this.
Issue:
I am able to boot the board, I can access and modify the bios, I can also run Memtest86 on a USB drive.
If I plug in a Ubuntu (or Debian) USB, I am presented with a graphical GRUB bootloader screen, as expected, however when I press any option such as "Try Ubuntu Live.." or "install" the PC black screens instantly/soon after, the CPU debug light on the motherboard also goes red.
What I've tried:
- I have tested the GPU, PSU and installation media on another AM3 motherboard/chip.
- I’ve also tried my friends GTX 1060 and at one point loaded into trying Ubuntu, 10 seconds later Black Screen
- I returned the Asus B450 prime motherboard, got this one, exact same issue to my annoyance.
- I have read some issues about possible GPU issues with Ubuntu so I have tried putting nomodeset before "quiet splash" on the grub config on "Try ubuntu..."
- I have done a CMOS clear
- I have updated to the latest bios for this motherboard (7C02v35)
- R7 2700x
- MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
- 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200Mhz (CMW16GX4M2C3200C16)
- EVGA 650 G3
- Nvidia GT 610 ->Asus GTX 1080 (tomorrow)