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Note: This is pretty much a spare laptop at this point, so I'm willing to tinker with/risk bricking this thing if need be.
Laptop is an Ace Aspire 5738Z-4111. So, it's a bit on the old side. I moved six months ago, and didn't properly store it in the truck. When I went to boot it up, it hung on the Windows screen. I tried to reinstall/repair Windows, and the install/repair would end up hanging as well. I put Ubuntu on a USB and can boot into that, but when I try to install it, it - as you might be guessing - hangs. I've tried installing programs within Linux, and they hang as well. (I'm not sure if they're trying to install to the USB or the HDD.)
I've opened up the back and remounted the RAM and HDD to see if it was a loose connection, but that didn't seem to solve anything. So, my question is this: What could the problem possibly be? Is it fixable? Is it worth fixing? If it's not fixable, do you have any fun ideas of how to use a machine that can boot Linux ONLY from a USB?
Laptop is an Ace Aspire 5738Z-4111. So, it's a bit on the old side. I moved six months ago, and didn't properly store it in the truck. When I went to boot it up, it hung on the Windows screen. I tried to reinstall/repair Windows, and the install/repair would end up hanging as well. I put Ubuntu on a USB and can boot into that, but when I try to install it, it - as you might be guessing - hangs. I've tried installing programs within Linux, and they hang as well. (I'm not sure if they're trying to install to the USB or the HDD.)
I've opened up the back and remounted the RAM and HDD to see if it was a loose connection, but that didn't seem to solve anything. So, my question is this: What could the problem possibly be? Is it fixable? Is it worth fixing? If it's not fixable, do you have any fun ideas of how to use a machine that can boot Linux ONLY from a USB?
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