[SOLVED] cant load up ubuntu, screen is messed up

[gd6noob]

i just burnd ubuntu onto a cd and tried "try ubuntu without making any change"

after it load the screen is all messed up.. funky stripped colours.. i thought maybe i should let it load completly but nothing.. it just sits there like that..

so i thought i would try to install it and same thing...

is it not compatible with my system?

AMD Athlon64 3700+
2x 320gb SATA drive
2gb mushkin HP3200 ram
SB Live sound card
samsung syncmaster700ift monitor
dvd rom drive
dvd burner drive
NO floppy disk drive

[gd6noob]

umm... help?

[avtolle]

Do you know what graphics card your computer has? I don't install from a Live CD, but it seems to me there is an option to use Safe Graphics Mode (press F4, IIRC, or may be F6) to run without making any changes/install from the initial menu. HTH and good luck.

[gd6noob]

its a eVGA 6800GS card PCI-E

would installing into safemode work and then boots into ubuntu fine after install?

[frost151n]

Boot the Live CD and when you get to the screen with all the options (Try Ubuntu, Check CD, etc)

Press F4 then select Safe Graphics Mode press Enter

Select Try Ubuntu press Enter.