Hello everyone - I'm hoping for a little guidance on my new build as linux environments keep locking up and crashing within minutes of a live USB being booted into the desktop environment.
I have built a new computer with specs as below. The intention is to run a dual/triple boot environment with Win 10 pro and 1 or 2 linux variations with linux as the daily driver.
The issue I am encountering is that every time I load up a live USB linux distro I can make it to the desktop but within minutes the computer will freeze for half a second, cut to black and reboot. I have tried making live USBs with the newest (as of 3 days ago) builds of Pop OS! 20.10 (Nvidia driver), Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon, and Manjaro Gnome. Windows 10 Pro appears to be running unaffected and uninterrupted, having gamed a little.
I have noted out some of the things I have tried to troubleshoot below but before I "move fast and break things" I thought I'd reach out to see if there is anything obvious and simple I am not seeing or if there are some community known compatibility issues with any of the hardware I have put together.
Appreciate any steers on how what to consider next for trouble shooting, or even positive notes about hardware being compatible (so I can figure out whether anything needs to be replaced).
I have been using various distros of linux for my day to day for nearly a decade so not super enthused about having to default to windows for too much longer. Thanks in advance.
SPECS
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x
Motherboard: MSI MAG x570 Tomahawk WiFi (flashed to BIOS version 7C84v153(Beta version))
RAM: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600mhz C18 (part number CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18)
GFX card: Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT
Storage: M.2 500GB Western Digital Black NVMe; SATA 2TB Crucial SSD; SATA HDD 500GB samsung
Power Supply: 550w Seasonic Focus GX-550 (80 plus Gold)
BUILD STEPS
Some, hopefully helpful, notes on steps I took during build and initial set up.
I have taken the below steps in an attempt to trouble shoot with no changes in the issue occurring.
POINTS TO NOTE
I have built a new computer with specs as below. The intention is to run a dual/triple boot environment with Win 10 pro and 1 or 2 linux variations with linux as the daily driver.
The issue I am encountering is that every time I load up a live USB linux distro I can make it to the desktop but within minutes the computer will freeze for half a second, cut to black and reboot. I have tried making live USBs with the newest (as of 3 days ago) builds of Pop OS! 20.10 (Nvidia driver), Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon, and Manjaro Gnome. Windows 10 Pro appears to be running unaffected and uninterrupted, having gamed a little.
I have noted out some of the things I have tried to troubleshoot below but before I "move fast and break things" I thought I'd reach out to see if there is anything obvious and simple I am not seeing or if there are some community known compatibility issues with any of the hardware I have put together.
Appreciate any steers on how what to consider next for trouble shooting, or even positive notes about hardware being compatible (so I can figure out whether anything needs to be replaced).
I have been using various distros of linux for my day to day for nearly a decade so not super enthused about having to default to windows for too much longer. Thanks in advance.
SPECS
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x
Motherboard: MSI MAG x570 Tomahawk WiFi (flashed to BIOS version 7C84v153(Beta version))
RAM: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600mhz C18 (part number CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18)
GFX card: Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT
Storage: M.2 500GB Western Digital Black NVMe; SATA 2TB Crucial SSD; SATA HDD 500GB samsung
Power Supply: 550w Seasonic Focus GX-550 (80 plus Gold)
BUILD STEPS
Some, hopefully helpful, notes on steps I took during build and initial set up.
- Flashed Bios with newest version from MSI website: 7C84v153(Beta version). This was required to get the Ryzen 5600x recognised and some rudimentary research suggested the newest Beta version was required to allow my RAM to run at 3600mhz
- CPU power also plugged into the motherboard.
- Turned XMP on for RAM settings at 3600mhz
- Installed Windows 10 pro (live USB created with rufus)
- Attempted to install from live USB the 3 linux distros mentioned above, all crash after a short time. Manjaro lasted the longest and Pop OS! the shortest. About 5 minutes max. I did successfully manage to do some partitioning with the Linux Mint live USB but because the drives are new, setting this up only took about 2 minutes to prepare and execute the commands. However it all crashed very shortly after I started the install process.
I have taken the below steps in an attempt to trouble shoot with no changes in the issue occurring.
- Turned off XMP (RAM runs at 2133mhz)
- XMP set on, but manual setting to RAM at 3200mhz (no other changes)
- run windows memory test - no errors reported
- Live USBs created through a mix of linux image writer, and balanEtcher in windows and work on my Thinkpad X1 Carbon 5th gen without crashing.
- used 3 distros across 3 different USBs (2 are 16GB and the other is 4GB)
POINTS TO NOTE
- Immediately at boot, BIOS complains about gfx card compatibility and forces Compatibility Support Module (CSM) mode to be on.
- Gfx upgrade is planned once the shortage situation improves and I can get a one for RRP.