[SOLVED] Crash during installation

AlphaMike85 · 03-25-2009, 06:13 PM

Hoping someone can help me with this problem.

Today I tried to install Ubuntu Linux 8.10 as a second os on my Dell Dimension 2400.

Earlier on in the evening I also installed a 1GB chip of RAM to the system to take it to 1.5GB of RAM. This was installed no problem and system was showing 1.5GB of RAM on booting after installation. I then installed various windows programs over the next couple of hours which involved a couple of reboots and everything was going okay.

I then tried to install Linux using a boot cd. This went okay (including resizing partitions) right up until it started copying files to my hard drive. At 15% the installation hung and strange pixels appeared on the monitor and all the lights on the keyboard started flashing and the mouse stopped responding. I tried ctrl-alt-del but no response. I eventually had to turn the power supply off.

Now when trying to reboot the computer it switches on for a few seconds, switches itself off and then back on again and then hangs. I'm not sure what is happening because the monitor is not displaying any output at all.

Any ideas?

AlphaMike85 · 03-25-2009, 07:11 PM

Appear to have solved the problem. Removed RAM chips and reloaded them and hey presto the system loaded up. Seems to have been just a coincidence that the problem occurred during Linux installation. Ubuntu almost fully installed and looking forward to trying it out.

**wmorri** · 03-25-2009, 11:58 PM

Hi,

Glad that you were able to figure this out on your own. Also thank you for posting how you got it to work. I will close this thread for you, if you need it opened for some reason just pm me and I can open it for you.

Cheers!

03-25-2009, 06:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
AlphaMike85 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP Home	[SOLVED] Crash during installation Hoping someone can help me with this problem. Today I tried to install Ubuntu Linux 8.10 as a second os on my Dell Dimension 2400. Earlier on in the evening I also installed a 1GB chip of RAM to the system to take it to 1.5GB of RAM. This was installed no problem and system was showing 1.5GB of RAM on booting after installation. I then installed various windows programs over the next couple of hours which involved a couple of reboots and everything was going okay. I then tried to install Linux using a boot cd. This went okay (including resizing partitions) right up until it started copying files to my hard drive. At 15% the installation hung and strange pixels appeared on the monitor and all the lights on the keyboard started flashing and the mouse stopped responding. I tried ctrl-alt-del but no response. I eventually had to turn the power supply off. Now when trying to reboot the computer it switches on for a few seconds, switches itself off and then back on again and then hangs. I'm not sure what is happening because the monitor is not displaying any output at all. Any ideas?

03-25-2009, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
AlphaMike85 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP Home	Re: Crash during installation Appear to have solved the problem. Removed RAM chips and reloaded them and hey presto the system loaded up. Seems to have been just a coincidence that the problem occurred during Linux installation. Ubuntu almost fully installed and looking forward to trying it out.

03-25-2009, 11:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,839 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Crash during installation Hi, Glad that you were able to figure this out on your own. Also thank you for posting how you got it to work. I will close this thread for you, if you need it opened for some reason just pm me and I can open it for you. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!