LinuxNoob1226
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Hey All,
My computer's specs. CPU Intel 4690k
Motherboard: MSI z97 Gaming 5
16 gb Ram
Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
Geforce gtx 970 GPU
I'm trying to install Linux Mint on a separate hard drive. I'm a total beginner to Linux but not technically illiterate. I have installed Linux Mint on a friends computer already and it seemed pretty flawless.
I decided it would be nice to have Linux on a separate hard drive on my computer. I use Windows 10 on my SSD, but bought another drive that I was planning to dedicate solely to Linux.
I downloaded the Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 Bit to my hard drive. Installed Rufus and used it to mount the ISO to a USB thumb drive. Changed the Boot Order in the Bios to boot from the Thumb Drive- A splash screen comes up and asks me if I want to load linux mint, LM compatibility mode, etc.. I choose Linux Mint and the screen goes to black and never comes back. After about 15 seconds of hanging there, my monitor shuts off and lets me know that there is no signal present. It never comes back , but after about 1 minute , I do hear the Linux Chime. I only know this because on my friends computer, once Linux loads, that same Chime is heard. However, my computers monitor says no signal is present and I can't see anything.
This lead me to check online for people with similar problems. First people wrote that you need to be in legacy mode and not UEFI. I tried to do this from my bios, but my only options are UEFI or UEFI + LEGACY, so I left it on UEFI + LEGACY. (If there is a way to get it into pure legacy mode, I don't know how to do it)
They recommended turning off fast boot. My fast boot was already disabled.
Then I came across a forum post about adding a line of text to the boot command "nvidia.modeset=0" and to reboot but that didn't seem to help.
I'm not really sure what else to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
My computer's specs. CPU Intel 4690k
Motherboard: MSI z97 Gaming 5
16 gb Ram
Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
Geforce gtx 970 GPU
I'm trying to install Linux Mint on a separate hard drive. I'm a total beginner to Linux but not technically illiterate. I have installed Linux Mint on a friends computer already and it seemed pretty flawless.
I decided it would be nice to have Linux on a separate hard drive on my computer. I use Windows 10 on my SSD, but bought another drive that I was planning to dedicate solely to Linux.
I downloaded the Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 Bit to my hard drive. Installed Rufus and used it to mount the ISO to a USB thumb drive. Changed the Boot Order in the Bios to boot from the Thumb Drive- A splash screen comes up and asks me if I want to load linux mint, LM compatibility mode, etc.. I choose Linux Mint and the screen goes to black and never comes back. After about 15 seconds of hanging there, my monitor shuts off and lets me know that there is no signal present. It never comes back , but after about 1 minute , I do hear the Linux Chime. I only know this because on my friends computer, once Linux loads, that same Chime is heard. However, my computers monitor says no signal is present and I can't see anything.
This lead me to check online for people with similar problems. First people wrote that you need to be in legacy mode and not UEFI. I tried to do this from my bios, but my only options are UEFI or UEFI + LEGACY, so I left it on UEFI + LEGACY. (If there is a way to get it into pure legacy mode, I don't know how to do it)
They recommended turning off fast boot. My fast boot was already disabled.
Then I came across a forum post about adding a line of text to the boot command "nvidia.modeset=0" and to reboot but that didn't seem to help.
I'm not really sure what else to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike