Similar behaviour here :( CPU selection (parallel, round robin, sequential) does not matter. It just chokes shortly after start. Keyboard control lost. Only the power button is usable.
This is a 16G RAM, BIOS boot: Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-bp0xx v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: .......... Mobo: HP model: 835F v: 46.21 serial: ............... UEFI [Legacy]: Insyde v: F.10 date: 07/28/2017 CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium 4415U bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB Speed: 801 MHz min/max: 400/2300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 801 2: 801 3: 809 4: 802 Cheers, -- Cristian