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Ubuntu 12.04 CD will not boot up

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I have a small problem. Fujitsu-Siemens laptop had 12.04. My kid somehow managed to format the hard drive. Now I'm trying to install 12.04. Burnt 2 CD, and it will not boot. All I get is a flashing cursor upper left of the screen. Well before you say do an MD5SUM, it has been done. As a matter of fact both CD work OK on other machines, and on the same machine about 3 weeks ago. If I try XP it works. Any ideas.

Specs:

AMILO Pro V8010

Centrino 1.73 Ghz

1.5 GB RAM

60 GB SATA Hard Drive (AHCI Enabled)

I have tried all the things that were suggested, and nothing works. I also tried Ubuntu 11.10, and that didn't work either. I just tried Windows XP on the machine, and it installed fine. I really don't want anything to do with W. So how can I fix this, so I can have Ubuntu back?

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answered 2 Years ago dresuitable · Accepted Answer

I performed numerous hard drive tests and it passed, but when I tried to boot the up again, I still received the same black screen with the cursor just blinking.

I also ran a Memory test and it passed. I also took out one of the Ram chips, turned on the computer and still got the same blank/black screen. I switched them around, and still I got the same thing.

I even took the thing apart, and checked the connection between the video card and the board, and that was OK. I replace the CD/DVD drive just in case, and that did not help.

At the end, I tried something that happened to me a long time ago, and that was the network card/cable. I disconnected the cable, and tried, and it worked. So I tested the NIC, and it was faulty. So the problem was the NIC. I replaced it with a USB NIC, and it booted fine, and I was able to install Ubuntu.