Diesel wrote:
"Terry Coombs" news
Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:06:00 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:
It beckons , it does ! After a week or more of fighting Win7 to
run and be stable on not one but two completely (or nearly so)
newly built computers I installed Mint on the newest (all new
but the case and cpu) of them . Multiple crashes , blue screens
and shut downs and finally that comp wouldn't boot at all . It
shouldn't be this hard to install and update an OS !
I read the entire thread so far, so I know you aren't clear with this
post concerning Linux and Windows both crashing out on you. Although
Link Mint is up and running, it tends to be more fault tolerant than
windows with *some* hardware issues. And likewise with Windows
concerning some other hardware issues. Don't mistake that for being a
stable system.
Let's begin to rule out the obvious, if you don't mind.
Did you properly reseat the CPU and RAM? Is the CPU overheating? Did
you use any thermal paste? Did you apply too much of it?
Properly seated on both counts , just a dab of paste in the center of the
cpu before seating the fan assembly and it has a temp probe stuck between
the fins of the heatsink - running at 83°F right now while idle .
Pending that's all okay, lets test the ram:
http://www.memtest.org/
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
Pending that passes with flying colors....
Memtest says the RAM is good .
What *exactly* do you mean by won't boot? Is it still posting? Or,
just not going into Windows? And, you are only having an issue with
Windows at this point, right? Which version of Windows did you try to
load?
I was attempting to run Win7 Pro 64 bit . Repeated blue screens , don't
remember all the codes . Probably because i didn't understand what they mean
.. Got to the point that it was running startup repair screen repeatedly and
wouldn't boot at all .
Are your optical drives in good working order? Are the data cables
nice and snug without any problems? A faulty data cable can make your
life a living hell, too. And, it's not one of the first things most
people will check for, either. Is the media you used for Windows in
good condition? No scratches, fingerprints, etc.
Everything in the case is new except the Phenom X4/1.8 Ghz cpu and the
case itself . That cpu has been running with no problems in my desktop for
about a month .
At what point did Windows begin to have issues? During initial
install, OR, when you began loading drivers?
I first started having problems during the initial updates . Motherboard
drivers supplied loaded fine .
Which version specifically of Linux did you load? Did linux give you
any trouble installing?
Loaded Mint version 18.1 cinnamon with no problems . Biggest problem to
date is simple unfamiliarity with the new OS . Very similar to Ubuntu , and
I'm figuring it out .
Help me, help you, by answering my questions and doing what I've
asked of you, in the order I asked. I'll monitor this thread for your
response.
One problem I've had is getting it to boot with a second 1Tb hard drive
hooked up (primary is also a 1Tb). That hdd has video and music on it that
was put there under a Windows OS . When trying to boot with it plugged in it
pops a ntldr not found , other similar codes . Works fine plugged into a USB
port thru an interface device though . I have another hdd coming , plan to
use it for my media storage and move the media to it then wipe this one .
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