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senare

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Registered: 2013-10-25

Posts: 1

New computer DELL Precision M4800

Hi,

I gotten a new computer unfortunaly i cant boot the arch usb installer ...

SPEC's

Dell Precision M4800

1 Smartcard Reader Base for QHD+ Panel 
1 4th Gen Intel Core i7-4900MQ Processor (2.80GHz, 8M cache, Upgradable to Intel vPro technology) 
1 39.6cm (15.6") UltraSharp QHD+ (3200x1800) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit Premium Panel Guarantee 
1 Smart Card Reader (Contact Only, No Contactless Smart Card Reader) and No Fingerprint Reader Palmrest 
1 Bezel cam/mic QHD+ 
1 Back cover QHD+ panel WiGig 
1 32GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L 
1 512GB 2.5inch SATA Solid State Drive 
1 No Optical 
1 180W AC Adapter 
1 European Power Cord 
1 6-cell (65Wh) Primary Battery,Dell Mobile Precision 
1 Order Configuration Shipbox Label (PO Number, Ship Date, Model, Processor Speed, HDD Size, RAM) 
1 Dell Precision M4800 Regulatory label 
1 NVIDIA Quadro K2100M w/2GB GDDR5 
1 Dell Wireless 1601 2x2 802.11n+BT+60GHz (WiGig) 
1 Dell Wireless 1601 Driver 
1 Internal Swedish/Finnish Qwerty Backlit dual Pointing Keyboard 

What i tried ...

Booting arch usb leagcy (201310)
# dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx && sync

Booting arch usb UEFI
using  gdisk & mkfs.vfat -F32

in both cases I can select boot x86_64

get loading img .....

then black screen ....

Any advice ?

Last edited by senare (2013-10-25 10:50:29)

nomorewindows

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Registered: 2010-04-03

Posts: 3,367

Re: New computer DELL Precision M4800

What i tried ...

Booting arch usb leagcy (201310)
# dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx && sync

Booting arch usb UEFI
using  gdisk & mkfs.vfat -F32

in both cases I can select boot x86_64

get loading img .....

then black screen ....

Any advice ?

Iso image for a usb device?  Maybe this is the problem.

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,965

Re: New computer DELL Precision M4800

no, that's  a special iso that can also be used to boot from usb.

senare, your laptop has both an intel videocard (integrated in the cpu) and a nividia card.

Is this an nvidia optimus system ?

Can you disable the nividia card and see if that helps ?

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2013-10-25 14:45:18)

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jasonwryan

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Re: New computer DELL Precision M4800

Please edit your first post and choose a title that accurately reflects your issue;
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post

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