ARhere
February 19th, 2009, 06:15 PM
Need some help with a PC I am trying to build for my daughters.
I am trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 from a live CD and it keeps freezing up the PC right at the point where the GUI is loaded. This happens when I try to install or a live session. I have already tried disabling all the on-board hardware including the hard drive and same results. I have also done a full test on the RAM and install media and no errors are found.
After the point where installation freezes, pressing CTRL+ALT+F8 shows me the following...
* Starting periodic command scheduler [OK]
* Enabling additional executable binary formats binfmt-support [OK]
* Checking battery state... [OK]
My motherboard is an ECS K8M800-M2 Rev.1.0A and the BIOS version is 1.1c 9/18/2005. I used this MB before with 8.04 as a file server with no problems so I know it is compatible. I am going to try a different video card next as that is the only thing left that I can think of.
Any thoughts?
-AR
I am trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 from a live CD and it keeps freezing up the PC right at the point where the GUI is loaded. This happens when I try to install or a live session. I have already tried disabling all the on-board hardware including the hard drive and same results. I have also done a full test on the RAM and install media and no errors are found.
After the point where installation freezes, pressing CTRL+ALT+F8 shows me the following...
* Starting periodic command scheduler [OK]
* Enabling additional executable binary formats binfmt-support [OK]
* Checking battery state... [OK]
My motherboard is an ECS K8M800-M2 Rev.1.0A and the BIOS version is 1.1c 9/18/2005. I used this MB before with 8.04 as a file server with no problems so I know it is compatible. I am going to try a different video card next as that is the only thing left that I can think of.
Any thoughts?
-AR