On 08/02/2019 12:07, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Peter,
It is an old computer that has been in storage for a few months. When
I boot I see the option for which OS (Fedora 27) and other historical
ones, but then just the flashing cursor.
The same if I try and boot from CD, though I did almost get it to boot
kubuntu a few minutes ago from the live CD options menu, but it hung
with a crap graphics screen. I kept pressing the tab key to get here.
When I changed to the W10 Drive, it got as far as it could on W10, so
that seemed to work.
So it seems to lock up if it's been working hard for a while?
If you leave it on Grub's OS-choice menu for 30 minutes, is it still
working after it's been sitting idle?
Is one of the options a MemTest? That would be quick to load so might
succeed if loading is the problem, not need more graphics than Grub, and
strain the CPU and RAM.
It is currently sitting at the grub command prompt. There is no memtest option,
but if I can get it to boot the live disk that has one.
I haven't discovered where I can set to boot from USB, but It didn't
when I tried. It's an ASUS P5K premium Mobo.
Boot device priority:
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/10163/Asus-P5k-Vm.html?page=83
Thanks I have this page, but there is no 'boot from USB' option.
I swapped two of the memory sticks and then it booted into Fedora once. I had
been hitting the F2 key and it gave me some boot loader statement that looked
to me like memory errors.
I might swap some more around. I m wondering if it is a RAM fault and I should
just write off the hardware. It has always been a bit flaky.
Peter
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