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    COMPAQ CQ60 Ubuntu 64 bit -- getting it to work -- tips and tricks!

    I have had my old gateway laptop on its last leg and I went and bought a new Compaq CQ60 laptop, really nice although I can not get Ubuntu to boot the live cd and get me to a desktop! Okay, I can get the 8.10 32 bit version but it is slow and choppy. I would rather run the 64bit 8.04.x version!

    The following are the specs on the laptop, if anyone sees anything that might prevent me from being able to boot please let me know. When I boot the 8.04.1 cd it gets the progress bar to the third block and then stops with the capslock light blinking at me and does not go any further...

    The Specs:
    Code:
    Product Name            CQ60-215DX
    Product Number 	        NB276UA#ABA
    Microprocessor 	        2.00 GHz AMD Athlon X2 QL-62 Dual-Core Processor
    Microprocessor Cache 	1MB L2 Cache
    Memory 	                2048MB
    Memory Max 	        4096MB
    Video Graphics 	        NVIDIA GeForce 8200M
    Video Memory 	        Up to 895MB
    Hard Drive 	        250GB (5400RPM)
    Multimedia Drive 	SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
    Display  	        15.6" Diagonal High Definition HP BrightView Display (1366x768)
    Fax/Modem 	        High speed 56k modem
    Network Card 	        Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
    Wireless Connectivity 	802.11b/g WLAN
    Sound 	                Altec Lansing speakers
    Keyboard 	        101-key compatible
    Pointing Device 	Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
    Processor specs:
    Code:
    Processor       AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processors for Notebooks
    Model 	                QL-62
    OPN Tray 	        AMQL62DAM22GG
    OPN PIB 	        N/A
    Operating Mode 32 Bit 	Yes
    Operating Mode 64 Bit 	Yes
    Frequency (MHz) 	2000
    System Bus Speed (MHz) 	3600
    Wattage          	25 W
    L2 Cache Size 	        1000
    Process Technology 	65nm SOI
    Package/Infrastructure Socket 	S1
    From what I can see there I do have a 64bit system so what is the issue? What am I missing? I have tried the safe graphics mode and same results occur...

    Thanks in advance.

    Booted using the [ctrl][alt][F1] to see verbose the boot and the following occured:

    Code:
    [  113.978568]
    [  113.978569] HARDWARE ERROR
    [  113.978570] CPU 0: Machine check exception:  4 Bank  4: b600000000070f0f
    [  113.978825] TSC 35134dc47c  ADDR 900000c2004001
    [  113.978076] This is not a software problem!
    [  113.979042] Run through mcelog --ascii to decode and contact your hardware vendor
    [  113.979130] Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine check
    Last edited by dBuster; February 14th, 2009 at 12:42 AM. Reason: Updating title with new info to help others!

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