Changed motherboard, CPU and RAM -- now I get a reboot loop for Windows and Debian

Tom_158 · Oct 21, 2016

(Stack Exchange question: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/317850/changed-motherboard-cpu-and-ram-now-i-get-a-reboot-loop-after-selecting-debi)

What I used to have:

- ASUS P8Z77-M motherboard
- Intel i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-core CPU
- 4 x 4GB RAM sticks -- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series, DDR3

What I have now:
- MSI Z170A motherboard
- Intel i7-6700 Quad-core CPU
- 4 X 4GB RAM sticks -- G.SKILL Ripjaws V series, DDR4

My video card is an EVGA GeForce GTX 960.

I have an SSD with Debian 8.2 Jessie, an SSD with Windows 10, and an HDD with no OS.

When I start my computer, the BIOS boots just fine, then the GRUB menu gives me three options as usual:

- Debian GNU/Linux
- Advanced options for GNU/Linux
- Windows boot loader

When I choose the first option, I get the following message:

Loading, please wait...
/dev/sda1: recovering journal
/dev/sda1: clean, 323042/14057462 files, 24103805/56225536 blocks

Then my PC reboots.

This happens when I choose the Windows option too. It gets to the Windows logo, then reboots.

If I choose the second option, then choose "Recovery mode," a bunch of output is printed, then the PC resets itself.

This image shows the last lines printed before it reboots: http://i.imgur.com/2MwviaE.png.

How do I fix everything so that I can boot back into Windows or Debian once more?

heavyartillary9 · Oct 21, 2016

well after such a drastic hardware change the os might not be recoverable, you may have to reinstall the os

Tom_158 · Oct 21, 2016

heavyartillary9 :

Why would both OS's be unrecoverable? I'm new to this sort of thing, so I don't know much about it.

heavyartillary9 · Oct 21, 2016

well the os has to know your hardware to be able to run it, when you install somthing it installs for that hardware, usually after a minor change such as ram, a different cpu, a different mobo it can reapir itself, but after all of those at once, switching to a new gen intel, a new type of ram, and a new socket motherboard it will have a rough time recovering what you need to run the os

Tom_158 · Oct 21, 2016

Hm, well that's unfortunate. But if I have to do a fresh install of both OS's, I can.

I have Windows 10, by the way.

Trouble is, when I try to boot from a Windows 7 CD, the PC still resets when it gets to the Windows logo. When I burn Windows 10 installation to a USB and try booting from that, the system just hangs at "Press any key to boot from USB..."

heavyartillary9 · Oct 21, 2016

oh..... weelllllll %#$@

Tom_158 · Oct 21, 2016

I'm able to load from the Debian Jessie 8.2 net install CD, though...

heavyartillary9 · Oct 21, 2016

well double @&%$ umm, maybe try to boot into the new debian then run a hdd test ?

Tom_158 · Oct 21, 2016

What I meant is I can load the contents of the Debian Net Install. It's not a live CD, but I can use "Rescue Mode" to open a terminal as root user...

How would I do an HDD test from a root terminal?

heavyartillary9 · Oct 21, 2016

oh, have you tried installing a fresh debian ? and i dont work with linux so im not sure on console commands

Tom_158 · Oct 21, 2016

I have not installed fresh Debian or Windows yet. I will if I can find no solution within the next day or so.

404NoobNotFound · Oct 21, 2016

Try booting the system with Live USB Stick (Ubuntu or ...)
If it boots perfectly then you might have to reinstall the OS in you SSD again.

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