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SqREL

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From: Ukraine, Lviv

Registered: 2012-01-23

Posts: 3

Linux boots after few reboots

Hi. Subject is kind of confusing, but i'll try to explain.

How i boot my pc: press start button. Wait until uefi loads, os select menu, select arch and... It freezes. Press reboot button, load again, stuck. Press few times reboot button so uefi tells me that computer turned off in inappropriate way, and then usually linux loads. Usually, but not always. If not then repeat all steps.

It was on ubuntu, it is now on arch. Windows loads ok, but there is another bug - if i run 3d software (game) it reboots. But on linux it doesn't reboot.

I even don't know how to google this trouble.

Some info about my pc:
CPU: AMD FX-8150
GPU: PowerColor HD6670 2GB DDR3
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3
Memory: Kingston DDR3-1866 16384MB PC3-14900 (2x8G)
PSU: Chieftec APS-600С (600W)
SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 (with root, home and boot)
And some old 1tb hitachi HDD for files.

I have 4 slots for memory, but because of big radiator on cpu i cannot install memory into first slot, so i put in in 2nd and 4th.
Also tested memory in MemTest and it was good.
It cannot be heating problem, because when pc is finally on - it works good (unless running game in windows).

PS. Sorry for my English.

axelectrik

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Registered: 2012-01-25

Posts: 126

Re: Linux boots after few reboots

Do you have any type of overclocking on the GPU, or CPU or wherever?

SqREL

Member

From: Ukraine, Lviv

Registered: 2012-01-23

Posts: 3

Re: Linux boots after few reboots

No, just default motherboard settings.
I cannot do any cpu overlock stuff because it also overlock memory, which freq = 1866 by default. And motherboard's mem top feq limit is also 1866.
GPU i even don't know how to overlock, and i don't need this.

PiAnto

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Registered: 2013-06-25

Posts: 2

Re: Linux boots after few reboots

AMD cpus don't behave so fine with memories at speeds higher than 1333/1666mHz, try to set memories at 1333mHz and see if it keeps freezing. Check here for more info: http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/ … rison.aspx.