ok so let me first list my hardware:

AMD 5600+ dual core 64 bit socket 939
ATI x1900xtx GPU
4gb DDR400 RAM
40 GB IDE hdd

I have done a 8 hour memtest and it passed with flying colors. i have tried to install, linux mint 17, lubuntu 14.04, ubuntu 14.04 and 12.10 all with the same dang issue. The screen goes black before i can even try a live trial or install.

So in ubuntu, i tried some boot options such as

nomodeset xforcevesa -- vga=785

it starts to run through tthe basic start up and then it stops with the following:


SO i try memtest again and it still passes with no errors.

Today i tried linux mint and i still get the black screen... i thought the whole purpose of linux was to be supior over other OS's? its like they have had a bad batch this year haha. oh well.

So first question, how do i get to a boot option in linux mint so i can at least try the nomodeset thing and see if i can at least get it to start up somewhat?

any other ideas?? thanks

im in the process of downloading and running ultimate boot cd to test the CPU again

The 5600+ is socket AM2, not 939.

Anyways, the screenshot you posted indicates that there are problems with the L3 cache on the CPU, which is rather weird, since the 5600+ doesn't even have a L3 cache. This might be a problem with the Ubuntu kernel, so as a first step I would recommend to try something that is not based on Ubuntu. Try to boot a Fedora, Arch or Slackware CD/DVD/USB. If the problem persists this might be a hardware error.

my bad. i typed the number wrong. its last gen of the socket 939 cpu's. funny thing is though, mine doesnt have an L3 cache, just L2. i still cant get it to work. Also, i am having issues running the ultimate boot cd. since it loads the same linux kernle as ubuntu i get the following error

2.660612 The force paramater is not set to 1. The iris poweroff handler will not be installed.

i cant even run a dang spu test... grr this is making me so mad. haha. memtest runs great though no errors.