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newbiye
January 16th, 2009, 05:13 AM
i have a dell dimension 2400 and i have been trying to install ubuntu but when i insert the live cd after its done loading the screen will turn black and nothing will happen
i have also tryed this with a usb flash drive but the same thing happend
can someone help because im new to this
:confused:

overdrank
January 16th, 2009, 05:14 AM
i have a dell dimension 2400 and i have been trying to install ubuntu but when i insert the live cd after its done loading the screen will turn black and nothing will happen
i have also tryed this with a usb flash drive but the same thing happend
can someone help because im new to this
:confused:

Hi and welcome, Could you give us some system specs?
Have you checked the cd for errors?

newbiye
January 16th, 2009, 05:20 AM
well im only 12 here so your going to need to help me out here i have 768 mb of ram and yes i have used the cd on a laptop before and it worked

what else do you mean by system specs

and i just reinstalled windows xp too

Sef
January 16th, 2009, 05:26 AM
well im only 12 here so your going to need to help me out here i have 768 mb of ram and yes i have used the cd on a laptop before and it worked

what else do you mean by system specs

and i just reinstalled windows xp too

1) Your age does not matter. Asking questions does.

2) What is your motherboard, ram, graphics card, sound card.

3) Go down to "Check disk for errors" (something similar) and make sure your disk is still good.)

overdrank
January 16th, 2009, 05:26 AM
well im only 12 here so your going to need to help me out here i have 768 mb of ram and yes i have used the cd on a laptop before and it worked

what else do you mean by system specs

and i just reinstalled windows xp too

Ok so the cd has worked before on the system. There is a option F4 at the start and install screen. You may try and change the resolution there to see if this will help.
Graphics card, it appears you have enough memory. :)

newbiye
January 16th, 2009, 05:40 AM
i have a intel(R) celeron(R) cpu 2.4

Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller



on the device manager under soun video and game controllers it says
audio codecs
legacy audio drivers
segacy video capture devices
media control devices
soundmax integrated digital audio
video codecs

where can i find what kind of motherboard i have

on cnet it says the dell dimension 2400 has this
Mainboard

* Chipset type Intel 845GV
* Data bus speed 533.0 MHz

newbiye
January 16th, 2009, 05:57 AM
i just put the disk in and clicked check for defects and it said it was still good

Sef
January 16th, 2009, 06:43 AM
Do you have a separate video card or are you using the onboard graphics card, i.e. your motherboard is also the graphics card?

(I suspect the problem is with the video card.)

newbiye
January 17th, 2009, 12:00 AM
I think im using the on board