nukenowakowski
July 12th, 2016, 12:02 AM
Given:
Intel i7 Quad. AMD 370 Graphics card running on the proprietary drivers. Current setup has been running for several months. HDD is a 2TB full use Ubuntu 14.04 install. (no partitions other than required)
Suspected causes:
Other computer in the house went through graceful shut-down citing a power supply having bad input power (too much wattage or too little wattage is not part of the report)
Symptom 1:
The initial symptom upon reboot straight to the HDD is
Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key
This being a problem I've seen many times before and have some experience combating - I moved straight to my bootable (14.04) USB key
Symptom 2:
BGRT: invalid status 0 (expected 1)
Shows up. I know less about this, but I knew I could run a workaround as BGRT shouldn't be causing a fatal error. (disk check passes)
Boot from USB key, select "e" on the "Try Ubuntu" line and add "nomodeset" at the end of the linux line
Once Ubuntu live is running add ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair install and run a GRUB2 repair
boot-repair has been a trusty tool in the past - it reported a possible repair, and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary... View here:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/19008583/
After repair and reboot, the initial symptom returns.
Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key
Suspecting no good options from here, I decide to try a brand new 1 TB HDD, and run a fresh install. Again I get the 2nd symptom when installing from the 14.04 USB.
Fresh install runs through cleanly and works to perfection.
Upon reboot... Initial symptom returns (All other bootable media is disconnected...and the now new HDD is selected)
Key points:
I appear to be able to boot only from the Universal Serial Bus
I CAN mount and view drives and write to drives successfully - through the SATA controller
I have done a battery removal/CMOS reset and BIOS defaults also.
Secure boot is off. AHCI has been set, and CSM set as well. I've tried quite a few of the HDD troubleshooting steps as it was an early suspect (I've also thrown in a SSD and ran a clean install to reassure myself - all problems still persist)
I HAVE read through other threads titled similar to mine to try their workarounds. No Joy.
Finally I know I'm new to the forums, but I'm not new to linux or Ubuntu. I'm pushing 20 years experience on *Nix like machines, I'm no expert, but I can find my way around...
What am I missing?
-Glen
Intel i7 Quad. AMD 370 Graphics card running on the proprietary drivers. Current setup has been running for several months. HDD is a 2TB full use Ubuntu 14.04 install. (no partitions other than required)
Suspected causes:
Other computer in the house went through graceful shut-down citing a power supply having bad input power (too much wattage or too little wattage is not part of the report)
Symptom 1:
The initial symptom upon reboot straight to the HDD is
Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key
This being a problem I've seen many times before and have some experience combating - I moved straight to my bootable (14.04) USB key
Symptom 2:
BGRT: invalid status 0 (expected 1)
Shows up. I know less about this, but I knew I could run a workaround as BGRT shouldn't be causing a fatal error. (disk check passes)
Boot from USB key, select "e" on the "Try Ubuntu" line and add "nomodeset" at the end of the linux line
Once Ubuntu live is running add ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair install and run a GRUB2 repair
boot-repair has been a trusty tool in the past - it reported a possible repair, and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary... View here:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/19008583/
After repair and reboot, the initial symptom returns.
Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key
Suspecting no good options from here, I decide to try a brand new 1 TB HDD, and run a fresh install. Again I get the 2nd symptom when installing from the 14.04 USB.
Fresh install runs through cleanly and works to perfection.
Upon reboot... Initial symptom returns (All other bootable media is disconnected...and the now new HDD is selected)
Key points:
I appear to be able to boot only from the Universal Serial Bus
I CAN mount and view drives and write to drives successfully - through the SATA controller
I have done a battery removal/CMOS reset and BIOS defaults also.
Secure boot is off. AHCI has been set, and CSM set as well. I've tried quite a few of the HDD troubleshooting steps as it was an early suspect (I've also thrown in a SSD and ran a clean install to reassure myself - all problems still persist)
I HAVE read through other threads titled similar to mine to try their workarounds. No Joy.
Finally I know I'm new to the forums, but I'm not new to linux or Ubuntu. I'm pushing 20 years experience on *Nix like machines, I'm no expert, but I can find my way around...
What am I missing?
-Glen