Cannot install any Linux

[Rocketing-warp9]

Probably how linux points to the memory integers is probably why it's unaffected on windows. (Linux might point to the bad sectors while windows does not)
Do you have another computer you can try the Memory out on?
At least then you can tell if it's the board itself or the memory.

Maybe a CMOS Reset?

 

[APTI]

Hi all, I'm trying to make the move from Windows 11 to Linux and getting nowhere. My setup:


CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 6000MT/s
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI
OS: Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC (Build 26100)
Storage: Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 4TB

I have tried CachyOs, Nobara, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Pop!_OS and all fail after printing a message about malformed bluetooth vendor event most the time, but occasionally progress further to a point where it shows me progress on jobs 1 through 6, before freezing. I believe the malformed event is a red herring from what I can find. Just once, Nobara gave me a message about a soft lock on CPU#4.

Things I have tried:

Secure boot, fast boot and CSM are disabled. Legacy USB support set to auto (also tried disabled)
Updated BIOS, loaded optimised defaults (and then set the above settings)
Disabled iommu
Disabled native ASPM
Disabled fTPM
Disabled onboard bluetooth
Changed PCIe speeds to Gen3/4
Tried booting with nomodeset (I do use nVidia specific ISO's though where available)
Tried maxcpus=1
Blacklisted NVMe drivers
Disabled NVMe autonomous power state changes
Different USB sticks
Ventoy, Rufus, balenaEtcher

And probably a bunch more stuff, I've been at this for about 3 days. The only things I haven't tried yet is plugging into a different USB slot, and unplugging my NVMe, purely because my computer is in a fairly inaccessible location so I'd rather not have to pull everything out and unplug everything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

First and foremost, DO NOT UPDATE BIOS.... that is dangerous to do and should only be done if you have an issue. those bios updates from microsoft are ill advised and they don't get it. One wrong move and your motherboard is a paper weight.

Next, it was suggested to use the live usb to run the system and see if things work. This way you are not wiping things out all the time. One issue I have seen is on occasion a BIOS update from microsoft causes massive issues in linux. Not sure what they do sometimes but have seen this. Another reason to NOT UPDATE BIOS.

Reset your bios to defaults and use a live usb of Fedora 44 and see what you get without installing anything.

 

[Brian Alex]

Useless Newbie here who has no business even posting in a WebTV forum but you said "...my computer is in a fairly inaccessible location so I'd rather not have to pull everything out and unplug everything." If it was me, I'd bite the bullet and actually do this. I'd strip it down to just a wired mouse and KB and boot to compatibility mode if such is offered.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

If it was me, I'd bite the bullet and actually do this. I'd strip it down to just a wired mouse and KB and boot to compatibility mode if such is offered.

Or- Try Puppy Linux, as it uses GRUB4Dos Rather than Regular GRUB (I Think) To at least see if it is just a GRUB issue OR A distro- related issue.