Today I got one of my old towers back from the basement and tried installing my beloved mint13 on it. Unfortunately, the live CD wouldn't even boot.
Then I thought "ok, so this doesn't work, let's try another distro!", but no "other distro worked either! In fact I tried these:
- Mint 13 with Cinnamon (x86_64) - black screen after loading kernel (nothing in the text-mode either)
- Mint 13 with Cinnamon (i386) - black screen after loading kernel (nothing in the text-mode either)
- Mageia 2 with KDE4 (x86_64) - black screen after loading kernel (nothing in the text-mode either)
- Fedora 17 with GNOME-Shell (x86_54) - white screen after loading kernel (nothing in the text-mode either)
- Fedora 17 with GNOME-Shell (i386) - white screen after loading kernel (nothing in the text-mode either)
- OpenSUSE 12.1 with KDE4 (x86_64) - their background (or black screen if in text mode) after loading kernel (nothing in the text-mode either)
- Knoppix (latest release) (i486) - This actually succeeded to boot!
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-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory : 3371MB (250MB used)
Operating System : Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.2
User Name : knoppix (Knoppix User)
Date/Time : Tue Jul 17 15:41:34 2012
-Display-
Resolution : 1920x1200 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Software Rasterizer
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : NFORCE - NVidia CK804
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Audio Adapter : Audigy2 - SB Audigy 4 [SB0610]
Audio Adapter : USB-Audio - Corsair CA-HS1 USB Headset
Audio Adapter : MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART
-Input Devices-
Power Button
Power Button
Corsair Corsair CA-HS1 USB Headset
Logitech USB Gaming Mouse
Razer Razer Lycosa
Razer Razer Lycosa
-Printers-
No printers found
-SCSI Disks-
ATA WDC WD3200KS-00P
ATA WDC WD3200KS-00P
ATA ST31000528AS
PLEXTOR DVDR PX-750A
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D
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-PCI Devices-
Host bridge : nVidia Corporation Device 0071
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 007f
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 0075
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 006f
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 00b4
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 0076
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 0078
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 0079
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 007a
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 007b
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 007c
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation Device 007d
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation Device 007e
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation Device 007e
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation Device 007e
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation Device 007e
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation Device 007e
Memory controller : nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller
ISA bridge : nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge
SMBus : nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus
USB Controller : nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller
USB Controller : nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller
Multimedia audio controller : nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller
IDE interface : nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE
RAID bus controller : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
RAID bus controller : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge
Bridge : nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge
VGA compatible controller : nVidia Corporation Device 1080
Audio device : nVidia Corporation Device 0e09
Mass storage controller : Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller
Ethernet controller : Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Multimedia audio controller : Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value
FireWire (IEEE 1394) : Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller
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-I/O Ports-
<tt>0000-001f </tt> : dma1
<tt>0020-0021 </tt> : pic1
<tt>0040-0043 </tt> : timer0
<tt>0050-0053 </tt> : timer1
<tt>0060-0060 </tt> : keyboard
<tt>0064-0064 </tt> : keyboard
<tt>0070-0071 </tt> : rtc0
<tt>0080-008f </tt> : dma page reg
<tt>00a0-00a1 </tt> : pic2
<tt>00c0-00df </tt> : dma2
<tt>00f0-00ff </tt> : fpu
<tt>0170-0177 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE
<tt> 0170-0177 </tt> : pata_amd
<tt>01f0-01f7 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE
<tt> 01f0-01f7 </tt> : pata_amd
<tt>0201-0208 </tt> : ns558-pnp
<tt>0330-0331 </tt> : MPU401 UART
<tt>0376-0376 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE
<tt> 0376-0376 </tt> : pata_amd
<tt>0378-037a </tt> : parport0
<tt>03c0-03df </tt> : vga+
<tt>03f2-03f2 </tt> : floppy
<tt>03f4-03f5 </tt> : floppy
<tt>03f6-03f6 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE
<tt> 03f6-03f6 </tt> : pata_amd
<tt>03f7-03f7 </tt> : floppy
<tt>03f8-03ff </tt> : serial
<tt>04d0-04d1 </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>0500-057f </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt> 0500-0503 </tt> : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK
<tt> 0504-0505 </tt> : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK
<tt> 0508-050b </tt> : ACPI PM_TMR
<tt> 0510-0515 </tt> : ACPI CPU throttle
<tt> 0520-0527 </tt> : ACPI GPE0_BLK
<tt>0580-05ff </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>0600-063f </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus
<tt> 0600-063f </tt> : nForce2_smbus
<tt>0700-073f </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus
<tt> 0700-073f </tt> : nForce2_smbus
<tt>0800-080f </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>0810-0815 </tt> : ACPI CPU throttle
<tt>0900-097f </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>0980-09ff </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>0a20-0a2f </tt> : pnp 00:0c
<tt>0a30-0a3f </tt> : pnp 00:0c
<tt>0c00-0c0f </tt> : pnp 00:0c
<tt>0cf8-0cff </tt> : PCI conf1
<tt>0d00-0d0f </tt> : pnp 00:0c
<tt>0e00-0e7f </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>0e80-0eff </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>8480-8487 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller
<tt> 8480-8487 </tt> : Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver
<tt>8800-880f </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 8800-880f </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>8880-8883 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 8880-8883 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>8c00-8c07 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 8c00-8c07 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>9000-9003 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 9000-9003 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>9080-9087 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 9080-9087 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>9400-940f </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 9400-940f </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>9480-9483 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 9480-9483 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>9800-9807 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 9800-9807 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>9880-9883 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 9880-9883 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>9c00-9c07 </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> 9c00-9c07 </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>a000-a0ff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller
<tt> a000-a0ff </tt> : NVidia CK804
<tt>a400-a4ff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller
<tt> a400-a4ff </tt> : NVidia CK804
<tt>ac00-ac1f </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus
<tt>b000-bfff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:01
<tt> bc00-bc7f </tt> : nVidia Corporation Device 1080
<tt>c000-cfff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:03
<tt> cc00-cc7f </tt> : Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller
<tt>d000-dfff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:05
<tt> d800-d8ff </tt> : Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
<tt> d800-d8ff </tt> : Marvell Yukon 2 Gigabit Ethernet driver
<tt>e000-efff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:06
<tt> ec00-ec3f </tt> : Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value
<tt> ec00-ec3f </tt> : EMU10K1
<tt>ffa0-ffaf </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE
<tt> ffa0-ffaf </tt> : pata_amd
-Memory-
<tt>00000000-0000ffff </tt> : reserved
<tt>00010000-000983ff </tt> : System RAM
<tt>00098400-0009ffff </tt> : reserved
<tt>000a0000-000bffff </tt> : Video RAM area
<tt>000c0000-000c7fff </tt> : Video ROM
<tt>000ce000-000d5bff </tt> : Adapter ROM
<tt>000e9b60-000fffff </tt> : reserved
<tt> 000f0000-000fffff </tt> : System ROM
<tt>00100000-cffaffff </tt> : System RAM
<tt> 01000000-0154e37e </tt> : Kernel code
<tt> 0154e37f-01796c7f </tt> : Kernel data
<tt> 01823000-0188afff </tt> : Kernel bss
<tt>cffb0000-cffbdfff </tt> : ACPI Tables
<tt>cffbe000-cffdffff </tt> : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
<tt>cffe0000-cfffffff </tt> : reserved
<tt>d6000000-dfffffff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:01
<tt> d6000000-d7ffffff </tt> : nVidia Corporation Device 1080
<tt> d8000000-dfffffff </tt> : nVidia Corporation Device 1080
<tt>e0000000-efffffff </tt> : PCI MMCONFIG 0000 [bus 00-ff]
<tt> e0000000-efffffff </tt> : pnp 00:0d
<tt>f9ff6000-f9ff6fff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller
<tt> f9ff6000-f9ff6fff </tt> : Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver
<tt>f9ff7000-f9ff7fff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> f9ff7000-f9ff7fff </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>f9ff8000-f9ff8fff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
<tt> f9ff8000-f9ff8fff </tt> : sata_nv
<tt>f9ff9000-f9ff9fff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller
<tt> f9ff9000-f9ff9fff </tt> : NVidia CK804
<tt>f9ffa000-f9ffafff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller
<tt> f9ffa000-f9ffafff </tt> : ohci_hcd
<tt>f9ffbc00-f9ffbcff </tt> : nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller
<tt> f9ffbc00-f9ffbcff </tt> : ehci_hcd
<tt>fa000000-fbcfffff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:01
<tt> fa000000-faffffff </tt> : nVidia Corporation Device 1080
<tt> fbc00000-fbc7ffff </tt> : nVidia Corporation Device 1080
<tt> fbcfc000-fbcfffff </tt> : nVidia Corporation Device 0e09
<tt> fbcfc000-fbcfffff </tt> : ICH HD audio
<tt>fbd00000-fbdfffff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:03
<tt> fbd00000-fbd7ffff </tt> : Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller
<tt> fbdf8000-fbdfbfff </tt> : Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller
<tt> fbdf8000-fbdfbfff </tt> : sata_sil24
<tt> fbdffc00-fbdffc7f </tt> : Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller
<tt> fbdffc00-fbdffc7f </tt> : sata_sil24
<tt>fbe00000-fbefffff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:05
<tt> fbec0000-fbedffff </tt> : Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
<tt> fbefc000-fbefffff </tt> : Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
<tt> fbefc000-fbefffff </tt> : Marvell Yukon 2 Gigabit Ethernet driver
<tt>fbf00000-fbffffff </tt> : PCI Bus 0000:06
<tt> fbff8000-fbffbfff </tt> : Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller
<tt> fbfff800-fbffffff </tt> : Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller
<tt> fbfff800-fbffffff </tt> : firewire_ohci
<tt>fec00000-fec00fff </tt> : reserved
<tt> fec00000-fec003ff </tt> : IOAPIC 0
<tt>fee00000-feefffff </tt> : reserved
<tt> fee00000-fee00fff </tt> : Local APIC
<tt> fee00000-fee00fff </tt> : pnp 00:0a
<tt> fee01000-feefffff </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>fefff000-feffffff </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt>ff700000-ffffffff </tt> : reserved
<tt> ffb00000-ffbfffff </tt> : pnp 00:09
<tt> fff00000-ffffffff </tt> : pnp 00:09
-DMA-
<tt> 2</tt> : floppy
<tt> 4</tt> : cascade
P.S. It's possible that the problem is in my old BIOS, however I'm not sure of that. According to
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dmesg | less