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I cannot get Ubuntu to start on my new MSI laptop

Asked by Simon Porter

Installed Ubuntu and deepin on my MSI laptop GE62VR 7RF with 7th gen i7 7700HQ 2.8ghz, nvidia gtx 1060 and all I get is a black screen, on one attempt it said watchdog (some other stuff but I cant remember). Any advise will be much appreciated

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Simon Porter (simonporter3) said : 		#1

After the install of ubuntu it freezed and I had to hold the power down to get it to restart

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Best Bashing-om (bashing-om) said : 		#2

Hello Simon Porter -

< ubot5> A common kernel (boot)parameter is nomodeset, which is needed for some graphic cards that otherwise boot into a black screen or show corrupted splash screen. See : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 on how to use this parameter.

If there is success with nomodeset, we can then consider installing the nvidia proprietary driver .

My bit to try and help -

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Simon Porter (simonporter3) said : 		#3

Thanks Bashing-om, that solved my question.

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Simon Porter (simonporter3) said : 		#4

Pressed e in the grub menu on Ubuntu, put on the end of the line where it says 'quiet splash' the command 'nomodeset' no mode set, then pressed f10 to save and boot, which then booted into ubuntu with low graphics settings, I then went into terminal and downloaded the additional drivers using 'ubuntu-drivers devices' command to determine which driver I needed. I then used the command 'sudo apt install nvidia-driver-390' which installed the driver I needed