Thread: Win 10 digitel licence?

Could be memory issue or other hardware problem.
Cheers,
Russ

To freeze up when trying to install, using 2 diff distros, has to be hardware or setting...

Check all connections and get the name of each drive...
Go into the bios prior to booting and check all settings, including all drives and ensure they are the correct logical size...

Check everything is set correctly, ie things like boot order, acpi settings, lan connection etc etc... The booklet that comes with the board can explain what settings to do... If you are going for a clean install, then ensure you set the partitions correctly... Windows sets up a couple of partitions and the newer boards require an extra partition for EFI.. without it, they chuck a fit...

Cant get into the nitty gritty of windows as I havent looked at anything win since vista.. But the hardware side isnt too complicated, just frustrating...

PS if you have ram chips that are from diff manufacterers or not identical in anyway, then remove one, as they will conflict...

put the bios into failsafe mode and try from there...

not sure on failsafe mode,,
the board/bios actually has a "failsafe watchdog",, but it is-
'A mechanism to restore safe values if system cannot boot'
and anyway its always been enabled,,
the only other thing close is "default values" which again, apart from boot order, has always been ticked
it seems hardware,, but apart from a hdd change, its been the same config since \i built it 6 months ago,,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

not sure on failsafe mode,,
the board/bios actually has a "failsafe watchdog",, but it is-
'A mechanism to restore safe values if system cannot boot'
and anyway its always been enabled,,
the only other thing close is "default values" which again, apart from boot order, has always been ticked
it seems hardware,, but apart from a hdd change, its been the same config since \i built it 6 months ago,,,

Remove all drives but the new one and try booting, just with that drive...

All you can do is strip down to bare basics and try adding one item at a time...

You may find conflict between drives, I have experienced that myself...

Some times the controllers on board, can conflict with certain drive combinations...

Remembering that certain settings will work, and others conflict... Personally when a system crashes I just go through diagnostics, step by step.. Same process used for solving issues with everything, diesel/petrol/ electronics, all step by step...

Oh one step I use now, when I boot, each time I check bios, and see if the POST has changed things, then i write it down(memory shot with age)...


ps, just because it did work, doesnt mean there wasnt a fault before... I have experienced that with this laptop... Had to do a reinstall, then when upgraded the distro had other problems also linked to settings in bios... All very sweet now...

How's the power supply?

I've seen strange things when one is on the way out, and it sounds as if you are experiencing difficulties just as the system is starting to ask for more juice.

Originally Posted by Wraithe

...Oh one step I use now, when I boot, each time I check bios, and see if the POST has changed things, then i write it down(memory shot with age)...

How old school! I take a screenshot using my mobile phone (patience shot with age).

Just to be clear--
this boot thing is on a different machine,,
it has run faultlessly for the 6 months since I built it,,
All I've done is try to install win 10 as a clean install(removed old C drive)

should be less power needed as replaced hdd with ssd.
all 3 sticks of ram are identical,

actually something has changed,, the vid card.
I dont see how that can affect anything but, (this card uses less power than the previous--) clutching at straws here--