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August 24, 2014 11:14:52 AM

I have been trying to install linux on my desktop, and every time i try to livetest, or install the os it simply stops working. So far i have tried linux mint, xUbuntu, Ubuntu, and even windows. every time i try to install the os it simply stops like this

http://imgur.com/PNrYKit

It stops like this on every OS i try to install, and is starting to really frustrate me. Any Help is appreciated

P.S. The harddrive i have currently already has a 32 bit windows 7 on it, and i can boot to that and it works

Hardware Specs (as much as i can find)

dell inspiron 580 motherboard
i5 intel processor @3.2 ghz
2 Gigs of ram (this is temporary)
WDC Harddrive WD Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB

ok so i ran linux mint with nosplash and noquiet and i got this error

http://imgur.com/fd8tldc

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a b 5 Linux
August 24, 2014 11:38:42 AM

more information on the hardware would be more help full.
although go in the bios and under boot make sure you have enabled boot from other devices.
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August 24, 2014 12:23:45 PM

skittle said:
Maybe you have a bad CDROM device.. Try a liveusb instead.
http://www.linuxliveusb.com


I have been using a usb to boot, as i do not have a disk drive in my desktop atm
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a b 5 Linux
August 24, 2014 12:33:29 PM

Well if windows doesn't boot then probably something else is wrong. Try different USB drive or different USB port.

Because it looks like Linux starts to load but encounters some kind of error..
Add "nosplash" to your kernel boot parameters and maybe you can see where it gets stuck
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August 24, 2014 12:51:59 PM

skittle said:
Well if windows doesn't boot then probably something else is wrong. Try different USB drive or different USB port.

Because it looks like Linux starts to load but encounters some kind of error..
Add "nosplash" to your kernel boot parameters and maybe you can see where it gets stuck


how would i go about adding the "nosplash" paramater?
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a b 5 Linux
August 24, 2014 5:22:55 PM

Hardware MCE is a "machine check error". Seems you may have bad RAM.. And it is causing a kernel panic. Ie causing Linux to crash

And maybe its not RAM, could be any of your hardware causing the crash.

Bad mobo, bad CPU...

Try add kernel parameter 'mce=3' to disable kernel panic on a MCE. (Note stable system is not guaranteed)
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