I'm having trouble installing Linux Mint 15 64bit on ASUS Q500A-BHI5N01.

[Shamrockepoch]

The laptop came with Win8 (hate it). I bought an extra hard drive to swap out and install Mint 15 on so I could still play with Win8 more later on. I used a universal usb installer and an official Olivia .iso to make an install usb. I formatted the new hard drive externally with a sata to usb kit and AOMEI Partition Assistant, popped and screwed it in, and proceeded to install. The start Linux mint screen with 4 boot options cape up right away (Start, Start Compatibility, test medium integrity, test memory) I tried the first three options and nothing, no error, no blinking cursor, just black. I put the Win8 drive back in and it worked as normal. The thing is I've installed Mint 15 64bit on a friend's laptop before and when I swapped out the hard drive with this computer just to see what would happen it instantly worked. I used the same tools and files to format and install that worked for her PC. I would just use her laptop to install and swap drives out again if she weren't living hundreds of miles away. Any suggestions?

BIOS: American Megatrends Q500A.205 8/17/2012

 

[ryanvade]

I think it is a graphics issue. Maybe disable ACPI and use nomodeset ? Have you tried this on a dvd? Win8 normally has secure boot, something to look into. And, there is UEFI, which will need to be in legacy boot. I think it should be in legacy boot anyway...

 

[Shamrockepoch]

I think it is a graphics issue. Maybe disable ACPI and use nomodeset ? Have you tried this on a dvd? Win8 normally has secure boot, something to look into. And, there is UEFI, which will need to be in legacy boot. I think it should be in legacy boot anyway...

Thanks, solved it. You were right about secure boot and UEFI. I had tried changing a million things in the bios and it worked. I narrowed it down to the following:
Press "ESC" at startup for boot menu.
Select "Enter setup"
>In Setup
>>Boot
>>>Launch CSM ENABLE
>>>>Launch PXE OPRom ENABLE (legacy)
>>Security
>>>Secure Boot Control DISABLE
>>Save and Exit
>>>Save Options
>>>>Save Changes
>>>Save Changes and Exit

This added more boot options to the boot menu. UEFI:KingstonDTMicro1.00 was one and plain KingstonDTMicro1.00 was another. To boot from the proper device I had to select the usb boot device without "UEFI:" in front of it.


To load the Win 8 drive again I went back into the setup menu under the Save and Exit tab restored defaults Saved and exited. Thanks.

 

[ryanvade]

Thanks, solved it. You were right about secure boot and UEFI. I had tried changing a million things in the bios and it worked. I narrowed it down to the following:
Press "ESC" at startup for boot menu.
Select "Enter setup"
>In Setup
>>Boot
>>>Launch CSM ENABLE
>>>>Launch PXE OPRom ENABLE (legacy)
>>Security
>>>Secure Boot Control DISABLE
>>Save and Exit
>>>Save Options
>>>>Save Changes
>>>Save Changes and Exit

This added more boot options to the boot menu. UEFI:KingstonDTMicro1.00 was one and plain KingstonDTMicro1.00 was another. To boot from the proper device I had to select the usb boot device without UEFI: infront of it.


To load the Win 8 drive again I went back into the setup menu under the Save and Exit tab restored defaults Saved and exited. Thanks.

If this does fix it completely could you mark my response as "Best Answer" ? Just for appearances sake.