Ubuntu installing........................

[smokeysmoo]

Thanks to a bad virus on the PC, (hopefully resolved now but it's made me weigh up other options), I'm currently using the old laptop while I install Ubuntu on the PC. Never used any other OS than Windows before though.

*bites nails waiting*

 

[Smokin Joe]

I've got Ubuntu on a CD, never quite had the bottle to actually install it.

 

[smokeysmoo]

PC has just powered down and the power button is flashing orange!

Hit a wall now, PC doing nothing, can hold power button to power off but when I press it to power back on it's just flashing orange again.

BO!!OCKS!!

 

[accountantpete]

Sounds like a psu problem - best confirmed by a google with symptoms and make of pc.

BTW - I found Linux Mint a bit better than Ubuntu. Just get the latest release (Qiana).

 

[dan_bo]

Smokey in approx. 35 mins....

 

[dan_bo]

Virus on PC?

It's the only answer.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Well that didn't last long, I'm well and truly in over my head, (luddite), so it's game over for the PC for the foreseeable

 

[dan_bo]

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Get a Mac.

Don't thank me, happy to help.

 

[paul04]

Well that didn't last long, I'm well and truly in over my head, (luddite), so it's game over for the PC for the foreseeable

How did you install Ubuntu? from usb or cd, what it might be doing is looking for the hard drive to boot from, you need to make the PC boot from usb or cd drive before you install the software, then when it restarts (after the software installs) you need to swap 1st boot back to hard drive.
for that you will need to enter the bios setting on your PC (normally the delete button on the keyboard) start the PC and keep pressing the delete button every second until the bios screen appears.
A bit more info here
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm

 

[smokeysmoo]

How did you install Ubuntu?

I installed from a disc, but the disc is still in and I can't even get it to boot up at all now, nor can I can the drawer to open to take the disc out.

Tried sticking a paper clip in the hole under the drawer but still can't get it to open

 

[Smokin Joe]

How did you install Ubuntu? from usb or cd, what it might be doing is looking for the hard drive to boot from, you need to make the PC boot from usb or cd drive before you install the software, then when it restarts (after the software installs) you need to swap 1st boot back to hard drive.
for that you will need to enter the bios setting on your PC (normally the delete button on the keyboard) start the PC and keep pressing the delete button every second until the bios screen appears.
A bit more info here
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm

The very reason I've never had the bottle to install Linux.

 

[Wobblers]

PC has just powered down and the power button is flashing orange!

Hit a wall now, PC doing nothing, can hold power button to power off but when I press it to power back on it's just flashing orange again.

BO!!OCKS!!

That doesn't sound like a software issue. As accountantpete says, it could be the power supply in your computer. Try turning your pc off at the wall for a minute, then back on again and see what happens.

 

[smokeysmoo]

That doesn't sound like a software issue. As accountantpete says, it could be the power supply in your computer. Try turning your pc off at the wall for a minute, then back on again and see what happens.

Yeah I'd tried that, not a sausage

 

[Wobblers]

Yeah I'd tried that, not a sausage

Sounds like a dead power supply. If it were working, you'd at least get to the POST (power on self test) screen.